Zhu Yue
Basic information: Professor, Department of New Energy Materials and Devices
E-Mail: zhuyue@ouc.edu.cn
Research Interests: 2D materials; batteries; interfacial electrochemistry; intercalation chemistry
Biography: Yue Zhu received his B.Eng. degree in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore in 2011, and then worked as a Project Officer at Nanyang Technological University. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Texas at Austin in 2019, followed by postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research under the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship. Prof. Yue Zhu started his faculty position in School of Materials Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China in 2023. His research group has been focused on developing advanced electrode materials and new energy storage mechanisms with an emphasis on understanding of the basic science behind practical applications.
Research output(selected publications, *corresponding author):
1. L. Zhao, T. Wang, F. Zuo, Z. Ju, Y. Li, Q. Li, Y. Zhu*, H. Li*, G. Yu*, A fast-charging/discharging and long-term stable artificial electrode enabled by space charge storage mechanism, Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 3778.
2. H. Li*, Z. Hu, F. Zuo, Y. Li, M. Liu, H. Liu, Y. Li, Q. Li*, Y. Ding, Y. Wang, Y. Zhu*, G. Yu*, J. Maier, Real-time tracking of electron transfer at catalytically active interfaces in lithium-ion batteries, PNAS, 2024, 121, e2320030121.
3. Y. Zhu, J. Maier*, How to Adequately Describe Full Range Intercalation—A Two-Sided Approach, Adv. Mater., 2023, 35, 2304666.
4. Y. Zhu, Y. Qian, Z. Ju, Y. Ji, Y. Yan, Y. Liu, G. Yu*, Understanding Charge Storage in Hydrated Layered Solids MOPO4 (M = V, Nb) with Tunable Interlayer Chemistry, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 13824-13833.
5. Y. Zhu, Z. Ju, X. Zhang, D. M. Lutz, L. M. Housel, Y. Zhou, K. J. Takeuchi, E. S. Takeuchi, A. C. Marschilok, G. Yu*, Evaporation-Induced Vertical Alignment Enabling Directional Ion Transport in a 2D-Nanosheet-Based Battery Electrode, Adv. Mater., 2020, 32, 1907941.
6. Y. Zhu, Y. Ji, Z. Ju, K. Yu, P. J. Ferreira, Y. Liu, G. Yu*, Ultrafast Intercalation Enabled by Strong Solvent–Host Interactions: Understanding Solvent Effect at the Atomic Level, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 17205-17209.
7. Y. Zhu, Y. Qian, Z. Ju, L. Peng, G. Yu*, Solvent-Dependent Intercalation and Molecular Configurations in Metallocene-Layered Crystal Superlattices, Nano Lett., 2018, 18, 6071-6075.
8. Y. Zhu, L. Peng, Z. Fang, C. Yan, X. Zhang, G. Yu*, Structural Engineering of 2D Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Catalysis, Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1706347.
9. Y. Zhu, L. Peng, D. Chen, G. Yu*, Intercalation Pseudocapacitance in Ultrathin VOPO4 Nanosheets: Toward High-Rate Alkali-Ion-Based Electrochemical Energy Storage, Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 742-747.
10. Y. Zhu, Y. Zhou, M. I. B. Utama, M. dl Mata, Y. Zhao, Q. Zhang, B. Peng, C. Magen, J. Arbiol*, Q. Xiong*, Solution phase van der Waals epitaxy of ZnO wire arrays, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 7242-7249.
