1. Energy storage and conversion materials

2. Solid state ions and interfacial electrochemistry

3. Rare earth catalysis and SOEC 

2009/09-2014/12: Ph.D. Material Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CHINA

2011/05-2012/07: Visiting student, Mie University, JAPAN

2005/09-2009/07: B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, CHINA

   

2018/07- present: Associate Professor, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016/02-2018/03: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shinshu University, JAPAN

2015/01-2016/01: Postdoctoral Researcher, BYON Initiative Research Unit, RIKEN, JAPAN 

46.  Yaowei Hao, Qiaojun Nie , Xiaocao Cao , Jiafan Zheng , Kai Zhang , Jun Zheng , Haodong Wang , Yafang Zhao , Jiayi Liu , Zhiguang Lin, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, New J. Chem., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ01063A

45.  Yafang Zhao, Jun Zheng, Yanmei Zhao, Kai Zhang*, Wenwu Fu, Gang Wang, Haodong Wang, Yaowei Hao, Zhiguang Lin, Xiaocao Cao, Jiayi Liu, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*, Designing hard carbon microsphere structure via halogenation amination and oxidative polymerization reactions for sodium ion insertion mechanism investigation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2024, 668, 202–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.148

44. Xiaocao Cao, Yaowei Hao, Jiafan Zheng, Haodong Wang, Zhiguang Lin, Yafang Zhao, Jiayi Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity Regulation of R-P Perovskite La1.2Sr0.8Ni0.6Fe0.4O4+δ by Low-Temperature Fluorination, Energy Fuels 2024, 3, 100083. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c00553

43. Ming Zhang, Xiaocao Cao, Yaowei Hao, Haodong Wang, Jian Pu, Bo Chi*, Zhongrong Shen*, Recent Progress, Challenges and Prospects of Electrolytes for Fluoride-ion Batteries, Energy Reviews, 2024, 3, 100083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2024.100083

42. Qiaojun Nie, Yaowei Hao, Lin Cheng, Yudong Fu, Gang Wang, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Effect of moisture on the phase transition of β-PbSnF₄ at ambient temperature as the fast fluoride ion conductor, Solid State Ionics 2024, 405, 116454. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2024.116454

41.Haodong Wang, Kai Zhang, Jun Zhen, Gang Wang, Wenwu Fu, Yaowei Hao, Yafang Zhao, Xiaocao Cao, Zhiguang Lin, Jiayi Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, FeSe₂ graphite intercalation compound as anode materials for sodium ion batteries, ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2023, 5, 12, 6964–6973 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.3c01355

40. Lin Cheng, Kai Zhang, Qiaojun Nie, Gang Wang, Xiaokang Cai, Ming Zhang, Chao Liu*, Zhongrong Shen*, Microporous and Grain-Sized Design of High-Yield Porous Carbon Materials by Using Potassium Acetate and P-Phenylenediamine，Energy & Fuels, 37 (17), 13405–13414.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c01592

39. Lin Yang, Yudong Fu, Honghai Liu*, Qiaojun Nie, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*, Investigating the Zinc Deposition Behavior in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries with PEG/Cellulose/ZnCl₂ Water-In-Salt Electrolytes via a Homemade Visualized Three-Electrode Tubular Cell，ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 28, 11 (28), 10311–10323.

38. Gang Wang, Qian Zhang, Kai Zhang, Bo Gu, Lin Cheng, Qiaojun Nie, Ming Zhang，Zhongrong Shen*, Designing High-mass Loading 2D Ni-TiO₂/graphene Pellet Electrodes for Lithium Metal Batterie,ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8, e202300961

37.  Yudong Fu, Lin Yang*, Ming Zhang, Zhiguang Lin, Zhongrong Shen*. Recent advances in cellulose‑based polymer electrolytes, Cellulose, 2022, 29, 8997–9034.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04834-w

36. Shoucai Xue, Kai Li*, Zhiguang Lin, Kai Zhang, Jun Zheng, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Rechargeable Aluminum-Ion Battery Based on Interface Energy Storage in Two-Dimensional Layered Graphene/TiO₂ Electrode, Materials Today Sustainability, 2022, 20, 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100213

35. Lin Yang*, Jingxian Wang, Anchang Li, Honghai Liu, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*,Low-Temperature Carbonization of P-phenylenediamine Guided by Iron Alginate Template for Lithium-Ion Capacitors, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 12229–12236. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ02097A

34. Anchang Li, Jingxian Wang, Kai Zhang, Wenwu Fu, Lin Cheng, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Preparation of porous carbon from dichloromethane and p-phenylenediamine with short KOH activation depth, ChemElectroChem, 2022, 9(10), e202200190. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200190.

33. Bo Gu, Chengyang Zhan, Bingheng Liu, Gang Wang, Qian Zhang, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Two-dimensional layered lithium lanthanum titanium oxide/graphene-like composites as electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 7076–7083. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT00751G

32. Jun Zheng#, Chenyang Zhan#, Kai Zhang, Wenwu Fu, Qiaojun Nie, Ming Zhang*, and Zhongrong Shen*, Rapidly Electrochemical activation of V₂O₃@C cathode for high-performance zinc-ion-battery in water-in-salt electrolyte, ChemSusChem, 2022, e202200075. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202200075

31. Bingheng Liu, Bo Gu,Jingxian Wang, Anchang Li, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Tuning the Defects of Two-Dimensional Layered Carbon/TiO₂ Superlattice Composite for a Fast Lithium-Ion Storage, Materials 2022, 15 (5), 1625. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051625

30. Kai Li, Shoucai Xue, Yanjie Hu, Jun Zheng, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Size Effect on Interfacial Pseudocapacitive Contributions to Lithium-Ion Storage in Microscale Carbon/TiO₂ Nanosheet Composite, Materials Today Sustainability, 2022, 18, 100112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100112

29. Yanjie Hu, Yanhong Yin*, Ming Zhang, Ziping Wu, Zhongrong Shen*, In-situ Growth of Carbon Nanosheets Intercalated with TiO2 for Improving Electrochemical Performance and Stability of Lithium-ion Batteries, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2021, 40(11), 1513–1524. http://manu30.magtech.com.cn/jghx/CN/Y2021/V40/I11/1513

28. Yanjie Hu#, Ming Zhang#, Zhongrong Shen*, Lithium Storage in Nanodimensional TiO₂/Carbon Nanosheet Composites: Implications for Battery Applications, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4, 11288–11295. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c02934

27. Junfang Cheng, Pandian Ganesan, Ziling Wang, Ming Zhang, Guozhu Zhang, Nobutaka Maeda, Junko Matsuda, Miho Yamauchi, Bo Chi, Naotoshi Nakashima, Bifunctional electrochemical properties of La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8M0.2O3−δ (M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu): efficient elemental doping based on a structural and pH-dependent study, Mater. Adv., 2021, 3, 272–281. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00632K

26. Kai Li*, Yafeng Jin, Wenming Gao, Shoucai Xue, Ming Zhang*, Enhanced Reliability of Ni-Fe Alloys Supported SOFCs with Ex-Situ Sintered La_0.8Sr_0.2MnO_3-δ Coated Ba_0.5Sr_0.5Co_0.8Fe_0.2O_3–δ Cathode, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2021, 168, 034516. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abef46

25. Wenwu Fu, Kai Zhang, Maosung Chen, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, One-pot synthesis of N-doped hierarchical porous carbon for high-performance aqueous capacitors in a wide pH range, Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 491, 229587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.229587

24. Wenwu Fu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Mesh-liked Carbon Nanosheets Intercalated into layered TiO₂ as a Zero-strain Anode for Lithium-ion Storage, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2021, 40 (6), 797–805. http://manu30.magtech.com.cn/jghx/CN/Y2021/V40/I6/797

23. Ming Zhang#, Yanjie Hu#, Junfang Cheng, Wenwu Fu, Zhongrong Shen*, Synthesis of Highly-Ordered Two-Dimensional Hierarchically Porous Carbon Nanosheet Stacks as Advanced Electrode Materials for Lithium-Ion Storage, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 1, 226–232. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02166

22. Maosung Chen, Wenwu Fu, Yanjie Hu, Mao-Yuan Chen, Yuh-Jing Chiou, Hong-Ming Lin, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Controllable Growth of Carbon Nanosheets in the Montmorillonite Interlayers for High-Rate and Stable Anode in Lithium ion Battery, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 16262–16269. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR03962D

21. Wenwu Fu#, Yaoting Li#, Mao-sung Chen, Yanjie Hu, Bingheng Liu, Kai Zhang, Chenyang Zhan, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, An Orderly Arrangement of Layered Carbon Nanosheet/TiO₂ Nanosheet Stack with Superior Artificially Interfacial Lithium Pseudocapacity, Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 468, 228363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228363

20. Yanjie Hu#, Yaoting Li#, Junfang Cheng, Mao-Sung Chen, Wenwu Fu, Bingheng Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Intercalation of Carbon Nanosheet into Layered TiO₂ Grain for Highly Interfacial Lithium Storage, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(19), 21709−21719. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c03775

19. Chenyang Zhan, Kai Zhang, Yaoting Li, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Enhanced high energy density hybrid lithium ion capacitor by garnet ceramic electrolyte for lithium anode protection, Electrochimica Acta, 343, 136163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136163

18. Junfang Cheng#, Ziling Wang#, Lu Zou, Ming Zhang, Guozhu Zhang, Yabin Dong, Yuexing Jiang, Yizhen Huang, Naotoshi Nakashima, Bo Chi*, Doping optimization mechanism of a bi-functional perovskite catalyst La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8Ni0.2O3-δ for Li–O2 battery cathode, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 831, 154728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154728

17. Yaoting Li, Mao-sung Chen, Junfang Cheng, Wenwu Fu, Yanjie Hu, Bingheng Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Two Dimensional Layered Ultrathin Carbon/TiO₂ Nanosheets Composite for Superior Pseudocapacitive Lithium Storage, Langmuir, 2020, 36(9), 2255–2263. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03889

16. Ming Zhang#, Junfang Cheng#, Lixing Zhang, Yaoting Li, Mao-Sung Chen, Yao Chen*, Zhongrong Shen*, Activated carbon by one-step calcination of deoxygenated agar for high voltage lithiumion supercapacitor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8(9), 3637–3643. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06347

15. Junfang Cheng, Yuexing Jiang, Lu Zou, Ming Zhang, Guozhu Zhang, Ziling Wang, Yizhen Huang, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Efficiency of 3D-Ordered Macroporous La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O₃ as an Electrocatalyst for Aprotic Li O2 Batteries, ChemistryOpen, 2019, 8(2), 206–209. https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201800247

14. Ming Zhang*, Lu Zou, Chunzhen Yang, Yao Chen, Zhongrong Shen, Bo Chi*, An all-nanosheet OER/ORR bifunctional electrocatalyst for both aprotic and aqueous Li-O₂ batteries, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 2855-2862. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR08921C

13. Ming Zhang, Yaoting Li, Zhongrong Shen*, “Water-in-salt” electrolyte enhanced high voltage aqueous supercapacitor with all-pseudocapacitive metal-oxide electrodes, Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 414, 479–485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.01.037

12. Ming Zhang, Sho Makino, Dai Mochizuki, Wataru Sugimoto*, High-performance hybrid supercapacitors enabled by protected lithium negative electrode and “water-in salt” electrolyte, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 396, 498–505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.037

11. Ming Zhang*, Zheng Huang, Zhongrong Shen, Yingpeng Gong, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, High PerformanceAqueous Rechargeable Li-Ni Battery Based on Ni(OH)₂/NiOOH Redox Couple With High Voltage, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7(17), 1700155. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700155. Highlight by Wiley MaterialsViews

10. Junfang Cheng,Yuexing Jiang, Ming Zhang, Yu Sun, Lu Zou, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Aprotic Lithium Air Batteries Tested in Ambient Air with High Performance and Low Cost Bifunctional Perovskite Catalyst, ChemCatChem, 2017, 10(7), 1635–1642. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201701666

9.   Junfang Cheng, Yuexing Jiang, Ming Zhang, Lu Zou, Yizhen Huang, Ziling Wang, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Perovskite-Type La_0.8Sr_0.2Co_0.8Fe_0.2O₃ with Uniform Dispersion on N-doped Reduced Graphene Oxide as an Efficient Bi-functional Li-O2 Battery Cathode, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(16), 10227–10230. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP00110J

8.   Junfang Cheng, Ming Zhang, Yuexing Jiang, Lu Zou, Yingpeng Gong, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Perovskite La_0.6Sr_0.4Co_0.2Fe_0.8O₃ as an effective electrocatalyst for non-aqueous lithium air batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 191, 106–115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.058

7.   Yingpeng Gong*, Ming Zhang, Bo Chi*, Li Jian, A Novel Electrolyte Protect Layer for Aqueous Lithium-Air Battery, Key Engineering Materials, 2016, 680, 520-524. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.680.520

6.   Chunzhen Yang*, Ming Zhou, Ming Zhang, Liang Gao*, Mitigating the Degradation of Carbon-Supported Pt Electrocatalysts by Tungsten Oxide Nanoplates, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 188, 529–536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.147

5.   Zheng Huang, Ming Zhang, Junfang Cheng, Yingpeng Gong*, Xi Li*, Bo Chi, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Silver decorated beta-manganese oxide nanorods as an effective cathode electrocatalyst for rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015, 626, 173–179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.11.156

4.   Zheng Huang, Ming Zhang, Junfang Cheng, Yingpeng Gong, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Silver decorated alpha-manganese oxide nanostructured electrocatalyst for rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery, Catalysis Communications, 2015, 61, 44–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2014.12.009

3.   Ming Zhang, Zheng Huang, Junfang Cheng, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Solid state lithium ionic conducting thin film Li_1.4Al_0.4Ge_1.6(PO₄)₃ prepared by tape casting, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 590, 147–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.12.100

2.   Ming Zhang, Keita Takahashi, Ichiro Uechi, Yasuo Takeda, Osamu Yamamoto*, Dongmin Im, Dong-Jonne Lee, Bo Chi, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Water-stable lithium anode with Li_1.4Al_0.4Ge_1.6(PO₄)₃-TiO₂ sheet prepared by tape casting method for lithium-air batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 2013, 235, 117–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.01.167

1.   Ming Zhang, Keita Takahashi, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Yasuo Takeda, Osamu Yamamoto*, Bo Chi, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Li_1+xAl_xGe_2-x(PO₄)₃ Synthesized by a Sol-Gel Method. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2012, 159(7), A1114–A1119. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.080207jes