Engineering triple-phase boundary for superior aqueous metal-air batteries

Subnanometric Stacking of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials: Insights from the Nanotexture Evolution of Dense Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes.

Yang Cao, Zhiyuan Xiong, Qinghua Liang, Wen-Jie Jiang, Fang Xia, Xiaoyang Du, Lianhai Zu, Stephen Mudie, George V Franks, Dan Li

2023-03-14

Assembling two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials into laminar membranes with a subnanometer (subnm) interlayer spacing provides a mat..

Engineering current collectors for advanced alkali metal anodes: A review and perspective

L Hu, J Deng, Q Liang, J Wu, B Ge, Q Liu, G Chen, X Yu

2023-01-01

Alkali metal batteries (AMBs) are promising next-generation high-density electrochemical energy storage systems. In addition, curr..

From Solid-Solution MXene to Cr-Substituted Na3V2(PO4)3: Breaking the Symmetry of Sodium Ions for High-Voltage and Ultrahigh-Rate Cathode Performance.

Hong Yu, Xiaopeng Ruan, Jinjin Wang, Zhenyi Gu, Qinghua Liang, Jun-Ming Cao, Jinzhao Kang, Cheng-Feng Du, Xing-Long Wu

2022-12-27

Stabilizing Na+ accessibility at high voltage and accelerating Na+ diffusivity are pressing issues to further enhance the energy d..

Shearing induced ordered structures in two-dimensional nanomaterials-based electrodes for boosted pseudocapacitive kinetics

Zhiyuan Xiong, Yang Cao, Wen-Jie Jiang, Lianhai Zu, Qinghua Liang, Dan Li

2022-12-01

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been extensively pursued as functional electrodes in electrochemical energy storage device..

Probing Nanoconfined Ion Transport in Electrified 2D Laminate Membranes with Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Xiao Wang, Qinghua Liang, Wen-Jie Jiang, Peiyao Wang, Jinsha Liao, Zhiyuan Xiong, Dan Li

2022-09-23

The recent emergence of electrically conductive nanoporous membranes based on graphene and other 2D materials opens up new opportu..

Potassium doping towards enhanced Na-ion diffusivity in a fluorophosphate cathode for sodium-ion full cells

H Yu, Y Gao, J Wang, Q Liang, J Kang, X Wang, CF Du, Q Yan

2022-09-19

Improving the intrinsic Na+ ion diffusivity of the advanced cathode material Na3V2(PO4)2O2F (NVPOF) has been a fundamental strateg..

Designing Advanced Liquid Electrolytes for Alkali Metal Batteries: Principles, Progress, and Perspectives

Wanming Teng, Junxiong Wu, Qinghua Liang, Jiaojiao Deng, Yu Xu, Qiong Liu, Biao Wang, Ting Ma, Ding Nan, Jun Liu, Baohua Li, Qingsong Weng, Xiaoliang Yu

2022-04-22

The ever-growing pursuit of high energy density batteries has triggered extensive efforts toward developing alkali metal (Li, Na, ..

Self-Assembly of Ir-Based Nanosheets with Ordered Interlayer Space for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation

Lianhai Zu, Xingyue Qian, Shenlong Zhao, Qinghua Liang, Yu Emily Chen, Min Liu, Bing-Jian Su, Kuang-Hsu Wu, Longbing Qu, Linlin Duan, Hualin Zhan, Jun-Ye Zhang, Can Li, Wei Li, Jenh Yih Juang, Junwu Zhu, Dan Li, Aibing Yu, Dongyuan Zhao

2022-02-09

Iridium (Ir)-based electrocatalysts are widely explored as benchmarks for acidic oxygen evolution reactions (OERs). However, furth..

Sodium-rich NASICON-structured cathodes for boosting the energy density and lifespan of sodium-free-anode sodium metal batteries

Junxiong Wu, Cong Lin, Qinghua Liang, Guodong Zhou, Jiapeng Liu, Gemeng Liang, Man Wang, Baohua Li, Liang Hu, Francesco Ciucci, Qiang Liu, Guohua Chen, Xiaoliang Yu

2022-01-23

Rechargeable sodium metal batteries (SMBs) have emerged as promising alternatives to commercial Li-ion batteries because of the na..

A Self-Regulated Interface toward Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Batteries

Daliang Han, Zhenxing Wang, Haotian Lu, Huan Li, Changjun Cui, Zhicheng Zhang, Rui Sun, Chuannan Geng, Qinghua Liang, Xiaoxia Guo, Yanbing Mo, Xing Zhi, Feiyu Kang, Zhe Weng, Quan-Hong Yang

2022-01-15

Aqueous zinc batteries, that demonstrate high safety and low cost, are considered promising candidates for large-scale energy stor..

Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis-assisted Fabrication of Ultrathin CuWO4 Films with Improved Photoelectrochemical Performance

Xiaoyu Duan, Chong Xu, Amany M El Nahrawy, Jing Chen, Zhiqiang Zhu, Jianmin Wang, Qinghua Liang, Feng Cao

2021-12-04

CuWO4 is a promising n-type oxide semiconductor for photoelectrochemical (PEC) applications due to the suitable band gap and good ..

Integrated Porous Cu Host Induced High-Stable Bidirectional Li Plating/Stripping Behavior for Practical Li Metal Batteries

Jianyu Chen, Sijia Li, Xin Qiao, Yizhou Wang, Linna Lei, Zhiyang Lyu, Jin Zhao, Yu Zhang, Ruiqing Liu, Qinghua Liang, Yanwen Ma

2021-12-02

The double-sided electrodes with active materials are widely used for commercial lithium (Li) ion batteries with a higher energy d..

Localized Electron Density Redistribution in Fluorophosphate Cathode: Dangling Anion Regulation and Enhanced Na-Ion Diffusivity for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Jinjin Wang, Jinzhao Kang, Zhen-Yi Gu, Qinghua Liang, Xiangyuan Zhao, Xiaomei Wang, Ruisheng Guo, Hong Yu, Cheng-Feng Du, Xing-Long Wu

2021-11-10

Polyanionic transition metal polyphosphate (TMPO)-type Na3V2(PO4)2O2F (NVPO2F) is promising as cathode for large-scale sodium-ion ..

Deeply Cyclable and Ultrahigh-Rate Lithium Metal Anodes Enabled by Coaxial Nanochamber Heterojunction on Carbon Nanofibers

TrungHieu Le, Ciqing Yang, Wei Lv, Qinghua Liang, Xiehe Huang, Feiyu Kang, Ying Yang

2021-10-23

Lithium metal anodes (LMAs) are the most promising candidates for high-energy-density batteries due to the high theoretical specif..

Layered Tin Phosphide Composites as Promising Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Quanyi Liu, Chuanbang Liu, Zhifa Li, Qinghua Liang, Bo Zhu, Jingchao Chai, Xin Cheng, Penglun Zheng, Yun Zheng, Zhihong Liu

2021-09-29

Tin phosphides have garnered considerable attention as promising anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) due to their hig..

Activating localized lattice oxygen for durable acidic water oxidation

Qinghua Liang, Dan Li

2021-08-19

Acid-stable electrocatalysts for water oxidation with sufficiently high activity are essential for their scalable utilization in c..

Co/Co3O4 nanoparticles embedded into thin O-doped graphitic layer as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries

Luhan Wei, Jianmin Wang, Zhen Zhao, Xi Yang, Sichen Jiao, Feng Cao, Shuai Tang, Xuefeng Zhang, Gaowu Qin, Qinghua Liang, Song Li

2021-06-25

Developing low-cost and efficient oxygen electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reaction (ORR&OER) is critical for va..

Multilayer Porous Vanadium Nitride Microsheets Anodes for Highly Stable Na-ion Batteries

Tao Hu, Weiwei Yang, Cheng Wang, Yali Bu, Feng Jin, Dongwen Zhang, Min Gu, Wenhui Liu, Qinghua Liang, Ruiqing Liu, Xiaomiao Feng, Yanwen Ma

2021-03-20

Sodiumion batteries(SIBs) have attracted intensive attention as promising alternative to lithium-ionbatteries(LIBs) for large scal..

The Passive Effect of MXene on Electrocatalysis: A Case of Ti3C2Tx/CoNi-MOF nanosheets for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Cheng-Feng Du, Qingting Song, Qinghua Liang, Xiangyuan Zhao, Jinjin Wang, Richeng Zhi, Yaxin Wang, Hong Yu

2021-03-15

Herein, CoNi bimetallic metal-organic framework nanosheets (CoNi−MOFNs) in-situ grown on Ti3C2Tx MXene (CoNi−MOFNs@MX) were explor..

Deep Eutectic Solvents for Boosting Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion: A Review and Perspective

Junxiong Wu, Qinghua Liang, Xiaoliang Yu, Qiu-Feng Lu, Lianbo Ma, Xianying Qin, Guohua Chen, Baohua Li

2021-03-11

The pursuit of sustainable energy utilization arouses increasing interest in efficiently producing durable battery materials and c..

Ni nanoparticles/V4C3Tx MXene heterostructures for electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation

Cheng-Feng Du, Lan Yang, Kewei Tang, Wei Fang, Xiangyuan Zhao, Qinghua Liang, Xianhu Liu, Hong Yu, Weihong Qi, Qingyu Yan

2021-03-07

Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) to generate ammonium is a promising renewable technology for nitrogen cycling. ..

A Triple-Gradient Host for Long Cycling Lithium Metal Anodes at Ultrahigh Current Density

TrungHieu Le, Qinghua Liang, Ming Chen, Ciqing Yang, Zhihao Yu, Jie Cheng, Feiyu Kang, Ying Yang

2020-07-28

The viable Li metal anodes (LMAs) are still hampered by the safety concerns resulting from fast Li dendrite growth and huge volume..

Beneficial restacking of 2D nanomaterials for electrocatalysis: a case of MoS2 membranes.

Xingyue Qian, Ke Xie, Shiying Guo, Qinghua Liang, Shengli Zhang, Zhiyuan Xiong, Hualin Zhan, Congcong Liu, Xiaowei Yang, Junwu Zhu, Dan Li

2020-06-28

Restacking of 2D nanomaterials is often deemed to be detrimental to their applications. In contrast to this common notion, here we..

Solvation-Involved Nanoionics: New Opportunities from 2D Nanomaterial Laminar Membranes.

Hualin Zhan, Zhiyuan Xiong, Chi Cheng, Qinghua Liang, Jefferson Zhe Liu, Dan Li

2020-05-07

Nanoporous laminar membranes composed of multilayered 2D nanomaterials (2D-NLMs) are increasingly being exploited as a unique mate..

Constructing a High‐Strength Solid Electrolyte Layer by In Vivo Alloying with Aluminum for an Ultrahigh‐Rate Lithium Metal Anode

Ziyang Lu, Wantang Li, Yu Long, Jiachen Liang, Qinghua Liang, Shichao Wu, Ying Tao, Zhe Weng, Wei Lv, Quan‐Hong Yang

2020-02-12

The serious safety issues caused by uncontrollable lithium (Li) dendrite growth, especially at high current densities, seriously h..