Name: Yan Zhou
Title: Lecturer
E-mail: zhouyan@ujs.edu.cn

Working Experience
● April 2023 - Present   Jiangsu University, Lecturer
● October 2021 - October 2022   Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Visiting Student

Education Background
● Doctor of Engineering (Sep. 2016 - Jan. 2023)
-Major: Materials Science and Engineering
● Bachelor of Engineering (Sep. 2012 - Jun. 2016)
-Major: Chemical Engineering and Technics

Research Interests
● Carbon Nanostructures
● Energy Materials
● Electrochemical Catalyst

Publications
● Zhijie Qi, Yan Zhou*, Runnan Guan, Yongsheng Fu* and Jong-Beom Baek*. Tuning the coordination environment of carbon-based single-atom catalysts via doping with multiple heteroatoms and their applications in electrocatalysis. Advanced Materials, 2023: 2210575.
● Yan Zhou, Yongsheng Fu*, TingTing Zhang, Chenyao Hu, Fen Qiao, Junfeng Wang, Hyuk-Jun Noh and Jong-Beom Baek*. Synthesis of size-controllable, yolk-shell metal sulfide spheres for hybrid supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023: 146377.
● Yan Zhou, Zixin Jia, Yiting Shen, Liyuan Wei, Siyuan Zhao, Yingying Han, Peng Chen, Chang Xu, Xiangmei Cui, Jingwen Sun, Xiaoping Ouyang, Xin Wang, Junwu Zhu, Shugang Pan* and Yongsheng Fu*. Ingenious construction of hierarchical spherical nanostructures by in-situ confining Ni-Co-Mn hydroxide nanosheets inside/outside hollow carbon nanospheres for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors, Journal of Energy Storage, 2021, 36: 102380.
● Yan Zhou, Zixin Jia, Siyuan Zhao, Peng Chen, Youning Wang, Tong Guo, Liyuan Wei, Xiangmei Cui, Xiaoping Ouyang, Xin Wang, Junwu Zhu, Jingwen Sun*, Shugang Pan* and Yongsheng Fu*. Construction of triple-shelled hollow nanostructure by confining amorphous Ni-Co-S/crystalline MnS on/in hollow carbon nanospheres for all-solid-state hybrid supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 416: 129500.
● Yan Zhou, Zixin Jia, Yiting Shen, Liyuan Wei, Siyuan Zhao, Yingying Han, Peng Chen, Chang Xu, Xiangmei Cui, Jingwen Sun, Xiaoping Ouyang, Xin Wang, Junwu Zhu, Shugang Pan* and Yongsheng Fu*. Ingenious construction of hierarchical spherical nanostructures by in-situ confining Ni-Co-Mn hydroxide nanosheets inside/outside hollow carbon nanospheres for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors, Journal of Energy Storage, 2021, 36: 102380.
● Yan Zhou, Zixin Jia, Lingling Shi, Zhen Wu, Binyong Jie, Siyuan Zhao, Liyuan Wei, Aiguo Zhou, Junwu Zhu, Xin Wang* and Yongsheng Fu*. Pressure difference-induced synthesis of P-doped carbon nanobowls for high-performance supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 385: 123858.
● Yongsheng Fu*,1, Yan Zhou1, Qiong Peng, Chunyan Yu, Zhen Wu, Jingwen Sun, Junwu Zhu* and Xin Wang*. Hollow mesoporous carbon spheres enwrapped by small-sized and ultrathin nickel hydroxide nanosheets for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 402: 43-52.
● Zixin Jia, Youning Wang, Jiaqi Chen, Zhijie Cao. Shugang Pan, Yan Zhou, Jingwen Sun, Junwu Zhu, Xin Wang and Yongsheng Fu*. Metal-organic frameworks derived low-crystalline NiCo2S4/Co3S4 nanocages with dual heterogeneous interfaces for high-performance supercapacitors. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023, 34(1): 107137.
● Mingliang Liu, Peng Chen, Xinchen Pan, Shencheng Pan, Xiang Zhang, Yan Zhou, Min Bi, Jingwen Sun, Shaolin Yang, Aleksandr L. Vasiliev, Pawel J. Kulesza, Xiaoping Ouyang, Jianbo Xu, Xin Wang, Junwu Zhu* and Yongsheng Fu*. Synergism of flame-retardant, self-healing, high-conductive and polar to a multi-functional binder for lithium-sulfur batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2205031.
● Chun Li1, Long Zhang1, Ying Zhang, Yan Zhou, Xiaoping Ouyang, Jingwen Sun, Xin Wang, Junwu Zhu* and Yongsheng Fu*. PtRu alloy nanoparticles emded on C2N nanosheets for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction in both acidic and alkaline solutions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 428, 2022, 131085.
● Hao Geng*, Yuanqiang Song*, Wei Luo, Yan Zhou, Yali Li. Hierarchical layered nickel–iron double hydroxide/carbon nanotube fiber electrode for constructing asymmetric fiber supercapacitor. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022, 6(23): 5268-5280.
● Peng Chen, Zhen Wu, Tong Guo, Yan Zhou, Mingliang Liu, Xifeng Xia, Jingwen Sun, Lude Lu, Xiaoping Ouyang, Xin Wang, Yongsheng Fu* and Junwu Zhu*. Strong chemical interaction between lithium polysulfides and flame-retardant polyphosphazene for lithium-sulfur batteries with the enhanced safety and electrochemical performances. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33: 2007549.
● Zhen Wu, Lei Yuan, Qiurui Han, Yingjie Lan, Yan Zhou, Xiaohong Jiang, Xiaoping Ouyang, Junwu Zhu, Xin Wang* and Yongsheng Fu*. Phosphorous/oxygen co-doped mesoporous carbon bowls as sulfur host for high performance lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 450: 227658.
● Jiaqi Chen, Lili Zhang, Wuxin Bai, Yan Zhou, Chun Li, Tong Guo, Peng Chen, Junwu Zhu, Xin Wang* and Yongsheng Fu*. Unique hollow-concave CoMoSx boxes with abundant mesoporous structure for high-performance hybrid supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 337: 135824.
● Peng Chen, Yongsheng Fu*, Zheng Wu, Jiawei Xia, Yan Zhou and Xin Wang*. Labyrinth-inspired nitrogen-sulfur co-doped reduced holey graphene oxide/carbonized cellulose paper: A permselective and multifunctional interlayer for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 434: 226728.