Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University
Guangmin Zhou, associate professor of Shenzhen International Graduate School of Tsinghua University, was selected for the National Overseas High-level Young Talents Program. In 2014, he graduated from the Institute of Metal Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Academician Hui-Ming Cheng and Prof. Feng Li. From 2014 to 2015, he was a postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin, USA, and his co-supervisor was Prof. Arumugam Manthiram. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University in 2015~2019, and his co-supervisor was Prof. Yi Cui. His main research direction is electrochemical energy storage materials, devices, and battery recycling. He has published more than 230 papers, among which the first and corresponding author papers are on Nature Catalysis, Nature Sustainability, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Energy, Chemical Reviews, National Science Review, Nature Communications, PNAS, Advanced Materials, etc. These papers have been cited more than 38,800 times (Google Scholar), more than 50 papers have been selected as ESI highly cited papers, and his H-index is 83. From 2018 to 2023, he has been a highly cited researcher from Clarivate. He is the associate editor/scientific executive editor of Energy Storage Materials and a young member of the editorial board in several journals. He has won the Young Scientist Award of Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology, Young Scientist Award of Guangdong Materials Research Association, Energy Storage Materials Young Scientist Award, Materials Today Rising Star Awards, and other awards.
Li-CO2 batteries have raised great attention due to their dual functions of energy storage capability and CO2 recyclability, promising in realizing carbon neutrality, Mars exploration, deep-sea submarines, etc. However, the slow kinetics of CO2 reduction and evolution reaction (CO2RR/ER) kinetics lead to poor reversibility and cycling life. In view of this, the reporter has developed a series of efficient bidirectional catalysts to accelerate both CO2RR and CO2ER kinetics during discharge and charge. The studies are mainly in two-dimensional materials, including nitrogen-doped graphene, graphene-supported single-atom catalyst, and two-dimensional metal sulfides, which improve battery reversibility, energy efficiency, and cycle life. The battery reaction pathways and mechanisms on the catalyst have been investigated, and the electrophilic and nucleophilic dual centers have been proposed as a guideline to efficiently improve catalyst bidirectionality and battery reversibility, which provides new avenues for designing excellent catalysts for high-performance Li-CO2 batteries.
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