Dong Zhou

Dong Zhou is an associate professor and PhD supervisor at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School. He received his PhD degree from Tsinghua University in 2017, and then worked as a postdoctoral research associate in University of Technology Sydney, Australia and the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research topic mainly focuses on the design and synthesis of specialized solid polymer electrolytes and nano electrode materials for various advanced energy storage devices, and investigation of the interfacial mechanisms. As first/corresponding author, his research has resulted in more than 30 refereed journal articles such as Nat. Nanotechnol., Nat. Commun., Chem, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., Nano Lett. and ACS Energy Lett. with a total citation of >3,700 (Google scholar). He is the recipient of the National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas), First Prize of Guangdong Natural Science in 2020, the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship.

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We are seeking highly motivated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Applicants should send the application to zhou.d@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn

Sep. 2013 - Jul. 2017: Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China; Supervisor: Prof. Feiyu Kang

Sep. 2010 - Jan. 2013: M. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China; Supervisor: Prof. Li-Zhen Fan

Sep. 2006 - Jul. 2010: B. S. in Materials Science and Engineering, School of Energy Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University (Beijing), China.

Dec.2024-present, Associate Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Nov. 2021 - Dec.2024: Assistant Professor in Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Feb. 2021 - Oct. 2021: Project Researcher in Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan; Supervisor: Prof. Atsuo Yamada

Sep. 2017 - Jan. 2021: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Centre for Clean Energy Technology, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; Supervisor: Prof. Guoxiu Wang

• Design and synthesis of novel electrolytes (including liquid electrolytes, polymer electrolytes, ceramic electrolytes and aqueous electrolytes) and nano electrode materials for advanced energy storage devices (including lithium metal batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, high-voltage lithium batteries, sodium-ion batteries, sodium-sulfur batteries, calcium ion batteries and supercapacitors)

• Investigation of the electrode|electrolyte interfacial mechanisms in novel rechargeable batteries

• Development of advanced nano/polymeric materials for energy and environmental applications and the related mechanism investigation

1. Junru Wu, Xianshu Wang, Qi Liu, Shuwei Wang, Dong Zhou*(co-corresponding author), Feiyu Kang, Devaraj Shanmukaraj, Michel Armand*, Teofilo Rojo, Baohua Li*, Guoxiu Wang*. A synergistic exploitation to produce high-voltage quasi-solid-state lithium metal batteries.Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 5746.

2. Zengming Man, Javad Safaei, Zhen Zhang, Yizhou Wang, Dong Zhou*(co-corresponding author), Peng Li, Xiaogang Zhang, Lei Jiang*, Guoxiu Wang*. Serosa-mimetic nanoarchitecture membranes for highly efficient osmotic energy generation. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, 143, 16206-16216.

3. Pauline Jaumaux, Xu Yang, Bao Zhang, Javad Safaei, Xiao Tang, Dong Zhou*(co-corresponding author), Chunsheng Wang*, Guoxiu Wang*. Localized water-in-salt electrolyte for aqueous lithium-ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 19965-19973.

4. Xiao Tang, Dong Zhou^*(co-corresponding author), Bao Zhang, Shijian Wang, Peng Li, Hao Liu, Xin Guo, Pauline Jaumaux, Xiaochun Gao, Yongzhu Fu, Chengyin Wang, Chunsheng Wang^*, Guoxiu Wang^*. Universal strategy towards high–energy aqueous multivalent ion batteries. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2857.

5. Qi Liu, Yizhou Wang, Xu Yang, Dong Zhou^* (co-corresponding author), Xianshu Wang, Pauline Jaumaux, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li^*, Xiulei Ji^*, Guoxiu Wang^*. Rechargeable anion-shuttle batteries for low-cost energy storage. Chem, 2021, 7, 1993-2021.

6. Dong Zhou^†, Xiao Tang^†, Xin Guo, Peng Li, Devaraj Shanmukaraj, Hao Liu, Xiaochun Gao, Yizhou Wang, Teofilo Rojo*, Michel Armand*, Guoxiu Wang*. Polyolefin-based Janus separator for rechargeable sodium batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 16725-16734.

7. Yizhou Wang^†, Dong Zhou^† (co-first author), Veronica Palomares^†, Devaraj Shanmukaraj^†, Bing Sun, Xiao Tang, Chunsheng Wang^*, Michel Armand^*, Teófilo Rojo^*, Guoxiu Wang^*. Revitalising sodium-sulfur batteries for non-high-temperature operation: a crucial review. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 13, 3848-3879.

8. Pauline Jaumaux, Qi Liu, Dong Zhou* (co-corresponding author), Xiaofu Xu, Tianyi Wang, Yizhou Wang, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li*, Guoxiu Wang*. Deep eutectic solvent-based self-healing polymer electrolyte for safe and long-life lithium metal batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 9134-9142。

9. Xiaofu Xu, Kui Lin, Dong Zhou* (co-corresponding author), Qi Liu, Xianying Qin, Shuwei Wang, Shun He, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li^*, Guoxiu Wang^*.Quasi-solid-state dual-ion sodium metal batteries for low-cost energy storage. Chem, 2020, 6, 902-918.

10. Dong Zhou, Guoxiu Wang^*. Supercool sulfur, Nature Nanotechnology,2020, 15, 167-168.

11. Xiao Tang, Dong Zhou* (co-corresponding author), Peng Li, Xin Guo, Bing Sun, Hao Liu, Kang Yan, Yury Gogotsi*, Guoxiu Wang*. MXene-based dendrite-free potassium metal batteries. Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1906739.

12. Dong Zhou^†, Devaraj Shanmukaraj^†, Anastasia Tkacheva, Michel Armand*, Guoxiu Wang*. Polymer electrolytes for lithium-based batteries: advances and prospects.Chem, 2019, 5, 2326-2352.

13. Dong Zhou^†, Anastasia Tkacheva^†, Xiao Tang, Bing Sun, Devaraj Shanmukaraj, Peng Li, Fan Zhang, Michel Armand, Guoxiu Wang*. Stable conversion chemistry-based lithium metal batteries enabled by hierarchical multifunctional polymer electrolytes with near-single ion conduction.Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 6001-6006.

14. Dong Zhou, Yi Chen, Baohua Li*, Hongbo Fan, Faliang Cheng, Devaraj Shanmukaraj, Teofilo Rojo, Michel Armand*, Guoxiu Wang*. A stable quasi-solid-state sodium-sulfur battery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 10168-10172.

15. Xiaofu Xu^†, Dong Zhou^† (co-first author), Xianying Qin, Kui Lin, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li^*, Devaraj Shanmukaraj, Teofilo Rojo, Michel Armand^*, Guoxiu Wang^*. A room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery with high capacity and stable cycling performance. Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 3870.

[1] Feiyu Kang, Dong Zhou, Yan-Bing He, et al. Chinese Patent, 2015, No. CN104638296A.

[2] Feiyu Kang, Dong Zhou, Yan-Bing He, et al. Chinese Patent, 2015, No. CN104681865B.

[3] Feiyu Kang, Ming Liu, Dong Zhou, et al. Chinese Patent, 2015, No. CN104795592A.

• National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas)

• The First Prize of Guangdong Natural Science in 2020

• The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship

• The Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) in Australia

• The Outstanding Graduates in Beijing

• Excellent Academic dissertation of Tsinghua University