Tel: +86 (0755) 8657-7837
Email: zhaidy0404@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn
Address: Room 1713, Energy & Environment Building
Focus on the design of ion batteries and development of their key materials
Sept. 2007 - Jul. 2011, Doctor of Engineering, School of Materials, Tsinghua University
Sept. 2003 - Jul. 2006, Master of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Sept. 1999 - Jul. 2003, Bachelor of Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
March 2019 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Environment, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
Jan. 2017 - Feb 2019, Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University
Nov. 2014 - Dec. 2016, Engineer, Department of Energy and Environment, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University
Sept. 2011 - Oct. 2014, Post doctor, The US Department of Energy Argonne Laboratory
Jul. 2006 - Jul. 2007, Engineer, 3M China Ltd
Experimental Design & Data Processing 60420123
Introduction to New Energy Materials 80350342
The research interest focuses on the development of key materials, storage mechanisms and interface stability of advanced ion batteries (i.e., potassium- or sodium-ion batteries).
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 52361165621, 52072206, 51772167); Local Innovative Research Teams Project of Guangdong Pearl River Talents Program (No. 2017BT01N111); National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFA1202802); Shenzhen Technical Plan Project (Nos. JCYJ20220818101003008, JCYJ20170412171311288, JCYJ20170817162443934, WDZC20200818155913001).
Publish more than 80 papers in Nature, J Am Chem Soc, Nature Commun, Adv Mater, Angew Chem Int Edit, Nano Lett, Energy Envir Sci, Adv Energy Mater, Energy Storage Mater, Carbon and so on.
Selected paper as follows:
1. C. Gao, M. Chen, J. Li, S. Lee, T. Sun, X. Wang, S. Zhang, G. Feng,* D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Nature Communications 2025, 10341.
2. Y. Zhu, T. Sun, J. Zhang, C. Gao, J. Wang, F. Kang, G. Feng,* D Zhai.* Advanced Materials 2025, e08252.
3. S. Zhang, C. Gao, X. Wang, W. Li, C. Yang,* F. Kang, D. Zhai.* Nano Letters 2025, 14166.
4. J. Wang, S. Li, M. Chen, C. Gao, W. Li, G. Feng,* F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Nature Communications 2025, 7628.
5. Y. Yan, J. Hu,* Y. Gao, T. Hou, B. Zhang, B. Li, J. Liang, F. Kang, D. Zhai.* Angew Chem Int Edit 2025, e202502872.
6. X. Wang, C. Gao, S. Zhang, J. Li, J. Wang, S. Lin, S. Lee, F. Kang,. D Zhai.* Energy & Environmental Science 2025, 7869.
7. Y. Gao, X. Ma, Y. Yan, S. Zhang, J. Liang, B. Li, F. Kang, D. Zhai.* Advanced Energy Materials 2025, 2404913.
8. H. Wang, J. Wang, W. Li, J. Hu, J. Dong, D. Zhai,* .F Kang.* Advanced Materials 2024, 2409062.
9. X. Wang, C. Gao, S. Zhang, J. Wang, Y. Lou, F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 2401708.
10. C. Gao, J. Li, T. Sun, M. Chen, X. Wang, G. Zhang, S. Zhang, S. Lee, T. Li,* G. Feng, D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* ACS Energy Letters 2024, 4248.
11. Y. Zhu, B. Ou, C. Gao, Y. Gao, B. Zhang, F. Kang, D. Zhai.* ACS Energy Letters 2024, 3212.
12. J. Wang, J. Hu, F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Energy & Environmental Science 2024, 3202.
13. C. Gao, M. Chen, J. Li, X. Wang, G. Zhang, X. Tan, S. Zhang, G. Feng,* D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Energy & Environmental Science 2024, 9278.
14. J. Hu, H. Wang, F. Yuan, J. Wang, H. Zhang, R. Zhao, Y. Wu,* F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Nano Letters 2024, 1673.
15. W. Li, H. Wang, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, M. Chen, J. Wang, Y. Gao, R. Zhao, J. Hu, G. Feng,* D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 2303458.
16. Y. Gao, W. Li, B. Ou, S. Zhang, H. Wang, J. Hu, F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 2305829.
17. C. Gao, X. Wang, Y. Zhu, D. Zhai, F. Kang. Nano Letters 2023, 10028.
18. Y. Lei, J. Wang, D. Han, F. Yuan, H. Wang, R. Zhao, Y. Wu, B. Zhang, D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Carbon 2022, 229.
19. F. Yuan, J. Hu, Y. Lei, R. Zhao, C. Gao, H. Wang, B. Li, F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* ACS nano 2022, 12511.
20. J. Wang, H. Wang, R. Zhao, Y. Wei, F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Nano Letters 2022, 6359.
21. H. Wang, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, W. Li, M. Chen, Q. Guo, K. Lau, L. Zeng, G. Feng,* D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Cell Reports Physical Science 2022, 100919.
22. C. Gao, Y. Lei, Y. Wei, H. Wang, F. Yuan, F. Kang,* D. Zhai.* Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 133926.
23. H. Wang, J. Dong, Q. Guo, W. Xu, H. Zhang, KC Lau, Y Wei, J. Hu. D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Energy Storage Materials 2021, 526.
24. J. Hu, H. Wang, S. Wang, Y. Lei, L. Qin, X. Li, D. Zhai,* B. Li, F. Kang.* Energy Storage Materials 2021, 91.
25. Y. Lei,† Y. Chen,† H. Wang, J. Hu, D. Han, J. Dong, W. Xu, X. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Wu, D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 37027.
26. H. Wang, D. Zhai,* F. Kang.* Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 4583.
27. L. Qin, S. Zhang, J. Zheng, Y. Lei, D. Zhai,* Y. Wu.* Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 3656.
28. Y. Lei, D. Han, J. Dong, L. Qin, X. Li, D. Zhai,* B. Li, Y. Wu, F. Kang.* Energy Storage Materials 2020, 319.
29. H. Wang, J. Hu, J. Dong, K. Lau, L. Qin, Y. Lei, B. Li, D. Zhai,* Y. Wu, F. Kang.* Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 1902697.
30. L. Qin, Y. Lei, H. Wang, J. Dong, Y. Wu, D. Zhai,* F. Kang, Y. Tao, Q. Yang.* Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 1901427.
31. J. Dong, Y. Lei, D. Han, H. Wang, D. Zhai,* B. Li, F. Kang.* Chemical Communications 2019, 12555.
32. Y. Lei,† L. Qin,† R. Liu,† K. C. Lau, Y. Wu, D. Zhai,* B. Li and F. Kang.* ACS Applied Energy Materials 2018, 1828.
33. W. Yu, K. C. Lau, Y. Lei, R. Liu, L. Qin, W. Yang, B. Li, L. A. Curtiss, D. Zhai* and F. Kang.* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 31871.
34. R. Liu, Y. Lei, W. Yu, H. Wang, L. Qin, D. Han, W. Yang, D. Zhou, Y. He, D. Zhai,* B. Li* and F. Kang. ACS Energy Letters 2017, 313.
35. J. Lu, Y. J. Lee, X. Luo, K. C. Lau, M. Asadi, H. H. Wang, S. Brombosz, J. Wen, D. Zhai, Z. Chen, D. J. Miller, Y. S. Jeong, J. B. Park, Z. Z. Fang, B. Kumar, A. Salehi-Khojin, Y. K. Sun, L. A. Curtiss* and K. Amine.* Nature 2016, 377.
36. D. Zhai, K. C. Lau, H.-H. Wang, J. Wen, D. J. Miller, J. Lu, F. Kang, B. Li, W. Yang, J. Gao, L. A. Curtiss* and K. Amine.* Nano letters 2015, 1041.
37. D. Zhai, H.-H. Wang, K. C. Lau, J. Gao, P. C. Redfern, F. Kang, B. Li, E. Indacochea, U. Das and H.-H. Sun, K. Amine, L. A. Curtiss.* The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2014, 2705.
38. D. Zhai, H. H. Wang, J. Yang, K. C. Lau, K. Li, K. Amine* and L. A. Curtiss.* Journal of the American Chemical Society 2013, 15364.
