Lecturer    Tsinghua University, Beijing   1997-2000

Associate Professor     Tsinghua University, Beijing   2000-2005

Post-doctorate research fellow     Georgia Institute of Technology, USA    2001-2002

Professor    Tsinghua University, Beijing   2005-

Structural Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites

Porous Ceramics

New Energy Storage Materials (Lithium batteries, supercapacitors)

Catalytic Materials

2nd-class award of Science and Technology    Ministry of Education, China    1998

2nd-class award of Science and Technology    Beijing Ministry of Science and Technology    1998

2nd-class award of Science and Technology    Beijing Ministry of Science and Technology    2003

2nd-class award of Science and Technology    Beijing Ministry of Science and Technology    2005

2nd-class award of Science and Technology    China Materials Research Society  2013

3rd-class award of Science and Technology     Ministry of Science and Technology of Henan province  2015

【selected publication】

(1). Hollow-grained “Voronoi foam” ceramics with high strength and thermal superinsulation up to 1400 C, Materials Today, 2021, 46: 35 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2021.02.003)

(2). Strong metal-support interactions induced by an ultrafast laser. Nature Communications, 12, 6665 (2021) (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27000-5)

(3). Constructing the lithium polymeric salt interfacial phase in composite solid-state electrolytes for enhancing cycle performance of lithium metal batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 442 (2022) 136154 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.136154)

(4). Excellent Li/Garnet Interface Wettability Achieved by Porous Hard Carbon Layer for Solid State Li Metal Battery, Small, 2022, 18, 2106142 (DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106142)

(5). Nanosecond Laser Cleaning Method to Reduce the Surface Inert Layer and Activate the Garnet Electrolyte for a Solid-State Li Metal Battery, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 37082 (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c08509)

(6). High-Energy-Density Solid-Electrolyte-Based Liquid Li-S and Li-Se Batteries, Joule, 4 (1): 262-274 (2020) (DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2019.09.003)

(7). Molten Lithium-Brass/Zinc Chloride System as High-Performance and Low-Cost Battery, Matter, 3 (2020) 1714-1724 (DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2020.08.022)

(8). An intermediate temperature garnet-type solid electrolyte-based molten lithium battery for grid energy storage, Nature Energy, 2018, 3(9): 732 (DOI: 10.1038/s41560-018-0198-9)

(9). Smart tuning of 3D ordered electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction reaction, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 219: 640-644 (2017) (DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.08.017)

(10). Double-oxide sulfur host for advanced lithium-sulfur batteries, Nano Energy, 2017, 38: 12-18. (DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.05.041)

(11). Rational design of sandwich-like MnO2-Pd-CeO2 hollow spheres with enhanced activity and stability for CO oxidation, Nanoscale, 2019, 11: 6776 (DOI: 10.1039/c9nr01737b)

(12). Realizing highly reversible and deeply rechargeable Zn anode by porous zeolite layer, Journal of Power Sources, 2022, 540(23): 231659 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231659)

(13). Microstructure and properties of porous Si3N4 ceramics by gelcasting-self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS). Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022, 11(1): 172 (DOI: 10.1007/s40145-021-0525-7)

(14). Preparation and characteristics of highly porous BN-Si3N4 composite ceramics by combustion synthesis, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2022, 42, 4835 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.05.022)

(15). Highly Dispersed Pt3Co Nanocatalysts Embedded in Porous Hollow Carbon Spheres with Efficient Electrocatalytic O2 Reduction and H2 Evolution Activities, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022, 5, 4496-4504 (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c04081)

(16). An integrated solvent-free modification and composite process of Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12/ Poly(ethylene oxide) solid electrolytes: Enhanced compatibility and cycle performance, Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 492: 229672 ( DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.229672)

(17). Solvent-Free Process for Blended PVDF-HFP/PEO and LLZTO Composite Solid Electrolytes with Enhanced Mechanical and Electrochemical Properties for Lithium Metal Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4(10): 11802 (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c02566)

(18). In Situ Electrode Stress Monitoring: An Effective Approach to Study the Electrochemical Behavior of a Lithium Metal Anode, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 3993-4001 (DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c00353)

(19). Highly elastic and low resistance deformable current collectors for safe and high-performance silicon and metallic lithium anodes, Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 511, 230418 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230418)

(20). Enhanced Performance of Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 Solid Electrolyte by the Regulation of Grain and Grain Boundary Phases, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2020, 12 [50]: 56118 (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c18674)

(21). Flower-like Hollow MoSe2 Nanospheres as Efficient Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction under Ambient Conditions, Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59: 12941 (DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02058)

(22). Blending Poly(ethylene oxide) and Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 by Haake Rheomixer without any solvent: A low-cost manufacture method for mass production of composite polymer electrolyte, Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 451: 227797 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.227797)

(23). Submicronic spherical inclusion black pigment by double-shell reaction sintering, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2020, 103(3): 1520 (DOI: 10.1111/jace.16911)

(24). Preparation of near net size porous alumina-calcium aluminate ceramics by gelcasting-pore-forming agent process, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2020, 103 (8): 4602 (DOI: 10.1111/jace.17075)

(25). Preparation and characterization of monodispersed spherical Fe2O3@SiO2 reddish pigments with core-shell structure, Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2019, 8 (1): 39 (DOI: 10.1007/s40145-018-0289-x)

(26). A dopamine modified Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12/PEO solid-state electrolyte: Enhanced thermal and electrochemical properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7: 16425 (DOI: 10.1039/c9ta03395e)

(27). A monocrystal Fe3O4@ultrathin N-doped carbon core/shell structure: from magnetotactic bacteria to Li storage, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7[36]: 20899 (DOI: 10.1039/c9ta07002h)

(28). Brownian-snowball-mechanism- induced hierarchical cobalt sulfide for supercapacitors, Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 412: 321 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.11.055)

(29). Highly dense perovskite electrolyte with a high Li+ conductivity for Li–ion batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 429: 75 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.04.117)

(30). Defocused laser ablation processA high-efficiency way to fabricate MoO3Mo integrative anode with excellent electrochemical performance for lithium ion batteries, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, 787: 295 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.02.051)

(31). Designing pinecone-like and hierarchical manganese cobalt sulfides for advanced supercapacitor electrodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6 (26): 12782 (DOI: 10.1039/c8ta02438c)

(32). Enhanced anti-deliquescent property and ultralow thermal conductivity of magnetoplumbite-type LnMeAl11O19 materials for thermal barrier coating, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2018, 101(3): 1095 (DOI: 10.1111/jace.15285).

(33). A new binder-free and conductive-additive-free TiO2/WO3-W integrative anode material produced by laser ablation, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 378: 362 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.12.063)

(34). In situ preparation of a binder-free nano-cotton-like CuO-Cu integrated anode on a current collector by laser ablation oxidation for long cycle life Li-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5 (37): 19781 (DOI: 10.1039/c7ta04660j).

(35). A soft non-porous separator and its effectiveness in stabilizing Li metal anodes cycling at 10 mA cm-2 observed in situ in a capillary cell. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5: 4300 (DOI: 10.1039/c7ta00069c)

(36). Li-Ion Conduction and Stability of Perovskite Li3/8Sr7/16Hf1/4Ta3/4O3, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2016, 8(23): 14552 (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b03070)

(37). Design and Preparation of MnO2/CeO2−MnO2 Double-Shelled Binary Oxide Hollow Spheres and Their Application in CO Oxidation, ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2016, 8: 8670 (DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b00002)

(38). Honeycomb-alumina supported garnet membrane: Composite electrolyte with low resistance and high strength for lithium metal batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 281: 399 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.02.024)

(39). Excess lithium salt functions more than compensating for lithium loss when synthesizing Li6.5La3Ta0.5Zr1.5O12 in alumina crucible, Journal of Power Sources, 2014, 260: 109 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.02.065)

(40). High Li+ conduction in NASICON-type Li1+xYxZr2-x(PO4)3 at room temperature, Journal of Power Sources, 2013, 240: 50 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.175)

(41). Hierarchically porous Co3O4 hollow spheres with tunable pore structure and enhanced catalytic activity, Chemical Communications, 2013, 49 [67] 7427 (DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43094d).

(42). Ionic distribution and conductivity in lithium garnet Li7La3Zr2O12, Journal of Power Source, 2012, 209: 278 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.02.100)

(43). Optimizing Li+ conductivity in a garnet framework, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22 [30]: 15357 (DOI: 10.1039/c2jm31413d)