Name: Yan Zhao
E-mail: zhaoyan@ujs.edu.cn

Working Experience
Sep. 2023 - Present    Jiangsu University
Jun. 2022 - Aug. 2023   Peking University, Assistant Researcher
Nov. 2019 - Mar 2022    Imperial College London, Research Associate

Education Background
● Doctor of Science (Sep.2014 - Jun.2019)
-Major: Mechanics, Advanced Materials and Mechanics
● Bachelor of Chemistry (Sep.2010 - Jun.2014)
-Major: Chemistry

Research Interests
● Electrochemical Chemistry
● Electrode Materials and Electrolytes for Lithium-ion Batteries
● Electrode Materials and Electrolytes for Sodium-ion Batteries
● Electrolytes for Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries

Research Techniques and Skills
● Experimental techniques: (a) Materials synthesis and preparation; (b) Electrode preparation; and (c) assembly of coin cells and pouch cells.
● Characterization techniques: Testing instrument operation, including scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for surface imaging, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for chemical analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD) for crystallographic information, thermogravimetric analysis (TG) for thermal stability, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for heat flow and phase transition analysis, and infrared spectroscopy (IR) for molecular identification. Electrochemical measurement, which encompasses cyclic voltammetry (CV) for studying redox processes, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for analyzing electrode-electrolyte interfaces, and galvanostatic intermittent titration technique (GITT) for determining transport properties, and other normal electrochemical testing techniques et. al. Analysis of experimental data, involving data processing, curve fitting, and statistical analysis to draw meaningful conclusions from the obtained results.

Projects
● Shenzhen High-End Talent Recruitment Program, China, Special Appointment Position Project C of Shenzhen Pengcheng Peacock Plan (No. 1270110333)
● Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Commission, China, Fundamental Research Project (JCYJ20150629144453251)
● Shenzhen Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Commission, China, Fundamental Research Project (JCYJ20160531141048950)

Publications
1)Hao Zhang, Yuxiang Huang, Yue Wang, Lu Wang, Zhibo Song, Haoliang Wang, Caixia Xu, Xingtao Tian, Siyu Wang, Jianjun Fang, Wenguang Zhao, Hongbin Cao, Xiangming Yao, Jie Yang, Rui Tan, Luyi Yang*, Feng Pan*, Yan Zhao*, Energy Storage Materials, 2023, 62, 102951.
2)Yue Wang, Caixia Xu, Xingtao Tian, Siyu Wang, Yan Zhao*, Chinese J. Struc. Chem, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100167 in press
3)Yan Zhao, Mengzheng Ouyang, Yuetao Wang, Runzhi Qin, Hao Zhang, Wending Pan, Dennis Y. C. Leung, Billy Wu, Xinhua Liu, Nigel P. Brandon, Jin Xuan,* Feng Pan,* and Huizhi Wang*, Biomimetic Lipid-Bilayer Anode Protection for Long Lifetime Aqueous Zinc-Metal Batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater.，2022, 2203019.
4)Zhibo Song, Taohang Zhang, Lu Wang, Yan Zhao,* Zikun Li, Meng Zhang, Ke Wang, Shida Xue, Jianjun Fang, Yuchen Ji, Feng Pan,* and Luyi Yang*, Bio-Inspired Binder Design for a Robust Conductive Network in Silicon-Based Anodes, Small Methods, 2022, 6, 2101591.
5)Zhibo Song, Shiming Chen, Yan Zhao*, Shida Xue, Guo Qian, Jianjun Fang, Taohang Zhang, Chuanjiang. Long, Luyi. Yang, Feng Pan*, Constructing a Resilient Hierarchical Conductive Network to Promote Cycling Stability of SiOx Anode via Binder Design, Small, 2021, 17, 2102256.
6)Shida Xue, Yanda Fu, Zhibo Song, Shiming Chen, Yuchen Ji, Yan Zhao*, Huizhi Wang, Guoyu Qian, Luyi Yang*, and Feng Pan*, Coil-to-Stretch Transition of Binder Chains Enabled by “Nano-Combs” to Facilitate Highly Stable SiOx Anode. Energy Environ. Mater., 2021, 0, 1-7.
7)Yan Zhao, Luyi Yang#, Yunxing Zuo, Zhibo Song, Fang Liu, Ke Li, and Feng Pan, Conductive Binder for Si Anode with Boosted Charge Transfer Capability via nType Doping. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 27795-27800.
8)Yan Zhao, Luyi Yang, Dong Liu, Jiangtao Hu, Lei Han, Zijian Wang, and Feng Pan, A Conductive Binder for High-Performance Sn Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 10, 1672-1677.
9)Yan Zhao, Rui Tan#, Jie Yang, Kai Wang, Rongtan Gao, Dong Liu, Yidong Liu, Jinlong Yang, Feng Pan, 3D-hybrid material design with electron/lithium-ion dual conductivity for high performance Li-sulfur batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 340, 160-166.
10)Dong Liu#, Yan Zhao#, Rui Tan#, Lei-Lei Tian, Yidong Liu, Haibiao Chen, Feng Pan, Novel conductive binder for high-performance silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries. Nano Energy, 2017, 36, 206-212.