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Sept. 2002 ~ June 2006 University of Science and Technology Beijing

Sept. 2006 ~ May 2013 Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

June 2013-January 2018 Brookhaven National Lab

February 2018 -August 2019 The University of Tokyo

September 2019-present Nankai University

Selected Publications: 

1.K. Wei, T. Zhou, Y. Jiang, C. Sun, Y. Liu, S. Li, S. Liu, X. Fu, C.Hu, S. Tian, Y.Yang, X. Fu, N. AlMasoud, S.M.H. Qaid, M.K. Nazeeruddin, H.-Y. Hsu, W.-D. Li, J.T.Kim, R.Long, W. Zhang*, J. Chen*, M. Yuan*, Perovskite heteroepitaxy for high-efficiency and stable pure-red LEDs, Nature, (2025): 1-8.

2.H. Sun, Y. Ni, X. Wu, D. Shi, Z. Yan, K. Zhang, F. Cheng, W. Xie, W. Zhang*, J. Chen*, Single-dopant long-range stabilization in long-cycled Li-rich layered cathodes via trace tetrahedral-site doping, eScience, (2025): 100406.

3.X. Huang, H. Sun, X. Li, W. Zhu, L. Chen, T. Ma, S. Ding, T. Ma, Y. Dong, K. Zhang, F. Cheng, Q. Wei, L. Gao*, J. Zhao*, W. Zhang*, J. Chen*, Eliminating charge transfer at cathode-electrolyte interface for ultrafast kinetics in na-ion batteries, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146.43 (2024): 29391-29401.

4.Z. Hao, H. Sun, Y. Ni, G. Yang, Z. Yang, Z. Hao, R. Wang, P. Yang, Y. Lu, Q. Zhao, W. Xie, Z. Yan, W. Zhang*, J. Chen*, Suppressing bulk strain and surface O2 release in Li-rich cathodes by just tuning the Li content, Advanced Materials, 36.1 (2024): 2307617.

5.R. Ma, L. Xiong, P. Jiao, E. Zhou, H. Jin, Y.-Z. Zhao, Y. Zhu, Y. Mei, H. Ji, K. Zhang, N.Q. Su*, W. Zhang*, Origins of severe structural changes during alloying-dealloying reactions in black phosphorus, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146.33 (2024): 23044-23053.

6.G. Ding, M.Yao, J. Li, T. Yang, Y. Zhang, K. Liu, X. Huang, Z. Wu, J. Chen, Z. Wu, J. Du, C. Rong, Q. Liu, W. Zhang*, F. Cheng*, Molten salt-assisted synthesis of single-crystalline nonstoichiometric Li1+xNi1–xO2 with improved structural stability, Advanced Energy Materials, 13.23 (2023): 2300407.

7.M. Ren, S. Zhao, S. Gao, T. Zhang, M. Hou, W. Zhang, K. Feng, J. Zhong, W. Hua, S. Indris, K. Zhang, J. Chen and F. Li*, Homeostatic solid solution in layered transition-metal oxide cathodes of sodium-ion batteries, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145.1 (2023): 224.

8.Y. Jiang, C. Sun, J. Xu, S. Li, M. Cui, X. Fu, Y. Liu, Y. Liu, H. Wan, K. Wei, T. Zhou, W. Zhang, Y. Yang, J. Yang, C. Qin, S. Gao, J. Pan, Y. Liu, S. Hoogland, E. H. Sargent*, J. Chen*, M. Yuan*, Synthesis-on-Substrate of Quantum Dot Solids, Nature 612(2022):679.

9.T. Zhou, H. Wang, Y. Wang, P. Jiao, Z. Hao, K. Zhang, J. Xu, J.-B. Liu, Y.-S. He, Y.-X. Zhang, L. Chen, L. Li*, W. Zhang*, Z.-F. Ma, J. Chen, Stabilizing lattice oxygen in slightly Li-enriched nickel oxide cathodes toward high-energy batteries, Chem 8(2022):2817.

10.X. Huang, J.Zhao, W. Zhu, M. Hou, T. Zhou, L. Bu, L. Gao, W. Zhang*, Three-dimensional Li-ion transportation in Li2MnO3-integrated LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2, Journal of Energy Chemistry 63(2021):376.

11.W. Zhang, D.-H. Seo, T. Chen, L. Wu, M. Topsakal, Y. Zhu, D. Lu, G. Ceder, F. Wang, Kinetic pathways of ionic transport in fast charging lithium titanate, Science 367 (2020): 1030.

12.W. Zhang, Y. Li, L. Wu, Y. Duan, K. Kisslinger, C. Chen, D. C. Bock, F. Pan, Y. Zhu, A. C. Marschilok, E. S. Takeuchi, K. J. Takeuchi, F. Wang, Multiple-electron transfer enabled by topotactic reaction in magnetite, Nature Communications 10.1 (2019): 1972.

13.W. Zhang, H. C. Yu, L. J. Wu, H. Liu, A. Abdellahi, B. Qiu, J. Bai, B. Orvananos, F. C. Strobridge,

X. Zhou, Z. Liu, G. Ceder, Y. M. Zhu, K. Thornton, C. P. Grey and F. Wang, Localized concentration reversal of lithium during intercalation into nanoparticles, Science Advances 4.1 (2018): eaao2608.

14.W. Zhang, M. Topsakal, C. Cama, C. J. Pelliccione, H. Zhao, S. Ehrlich, L. Wu, Y. Zhu, A. I. Frenkel, K. J. Takeuchi, E. S. Takeuchi, A. C. Marschilok, D. Lu, F. Wang, Multi-stage structural transformations in zero-strain lithium titanate unveiled by in-situ X-ray absorption fingerprints, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139.46 (2017): 16591.

15.W. Zhang, D. C. Bock, C. J. Pelliccione, Y. Li, L. Wu, Y. Zhu, A. C. Marschilok, E. S. Takeuchi, K. J. Takeuchi, F. Wang, Insights into ionic transport and structural changes in magnetite during multiple-electron transfer reactions, Advanced Energy Materials 6.10 (2016): 1502471.

16.W. Zhang, R. Yu, K. Du, Z.Y. Cheng, J. Zhu, H.Q. Ye, Undulating slip in Laves phase and implications for deformation in brittle materials, Physical Review Letters 106 (2011) 165505.