Vice Head of Division of Advanced Energy Materials

Prof. ZHU Jixin

Contacts

Email: iamjxzhu@njtech.edu.cn

Address: 5 Xin Mo Fan Road, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

Research Interests

Nanomaterials for high-performance metal-ion batteries and supercapacitors;

Multifunctional electrocatalysts for metal-air batteries and water splitting;

Flexible and smart energy storage devices.

Biographical Information

2008 - 2011: Ph.D., Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

2011 - 2012: Research Associate, TUM CREATE, Singapore

2012 - 2013: Visiting Scholar, Rice University, USA

2012 - 2014: Post-Doc., TUM CREATE, Singapore

2014 - 2015: Post-Doc., Max Plank Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany

2015 - Now: Professor, Institute of Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University

Academic Achievements

Prof. Zhu Jixin focuses on advanced materials and energy science, e.g. high-performance energy storage devices and clean energy. He has published over 75 SCI papers onJournal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, Energy & Environmental Science, Small,etc, with over 3000 citations. Currently, he is in charge of 1 grant from Natural Science Foundation of China.

Publications:

1.J.X. Zhu,K. Sakaushi,G. Clavel,M. Shalom,M. Antonietti, andT.T. Fellinger, A generalsalt-templatingmethod to fabricate vertically aligned graphitic carbon nanosheets and their metal carbide hybrids for superior lithium ion batteries and water splitting,Journal of the American Chemical Society,2015, 137(16), 5480-5485.

2.J.X. Zhu,W.P. Sun, D. Yang, Y. Zhang, H. H. Hoon, H. Zhang, Q.Y. Yan, Multifunctional architectures composed of PANI nanoneedle arrays on MoS2 thin nanosheets for high-energy supercapacitors,Small,2015, 11(33), 4123-4129.

3.J.X. Zhu, D. Yang, Z.Y. Yin, Q.Y. Yan, H. Zhang, Graphene and Graphene-based Materials for Energy Storage Applications,Small,2014, 10(17), 3480-3498.

4.J.X. Zhu, L.J. Cao, Y.S. Wu, Y.J. Gong, Z. Liu, H. E Hoster, Y.H. Zhang, S.T. Zhang, S.B. Yang, Q.Y. Yan, R. Vajtai, P. M Ajayan, Building 3D structures of vanadium pentoxide nanosheets and application as electrodes in supercapacitors,Nano Letters,2013, 13(11), 5408-5413.

5.J.X. Zhu, Z.Y. Yin, D. Yang, T. Sun, H. Yu, H. E Hoster, H. H. Hng, H. Zhang, Q.Y. Yan, Hierarchical hollow spheres composed of ultrathin Fe2O3 nanosheets for lithium storage and photocatalytic water oxidation,Energy & Environmental Science,2013,6(3), 987-993.

6.J.X. Zhu, D. Yang, X.H. Rui, D.H. Sim, H. Yu, H. E Hoster, P. M Ajayan, Q.Y. Yan, Facile preparation of ordered porous graphene-metal oxide@C binder-free electrodes with high Li storage performance,Small,2013, 9(20), 3390-3397.

7.J.X. Zhu, Z.Y. Yin, H. Li, H.T. Tan, C. L. Chow, H. Zhang, H. H. Hng, J. Ma, Q.Y. Yan,Bottom-Up Preparation of Porous Metal-Oxide Ultrathin Sheets with Adjustable Composition/Phases and Their Applications,Small,2011,7(24), 3458-3464.

8.J.X. Zhu, K. Sun, D.H. Sim, C. Xu, H. Zhang, H. H. Hng and Q.Y. Yan,Nanohybridization of ferrocene clusters and reduced graphene oxide with enhanced lithium storage capability,Chemical Communications,2011,47(37), 10383-10385.

9.J.X. Zhu, T. Sun, J.S. Chen, W.H. Shi, X.W. Lou, S. Mhaisalkar, H. H. Hng, F. Boey, J. Ma, Q.Y. Yan,Controlled synthesis of Sb nanostructures and their conversion to CoSb3 nanoparticle chains for Li-Ion battery electrodes,Chemistry of Materials,2010, 22(18), 5333-5339.

10.J.X. Zhu, T.g Sun, H. H. Hng, J. Ma, F. Boey, X.W. Lou, H. Zhang, C. Xue, H.Y. Chen, Q.Y. Yan,Fabrication of core-shell structure of M@C (M = Se, Au, Ag2Se) and transformation to yolk-shell structure by electron beam irradiation or vacuum annealing,Chemistry of Materials,2009, 21(16), 3848-3852.