Overview
Background
Xiaobo Zhu is a Research Fellow in Prof. Lianzhou Wang's group at the School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland (UQ). He attained his Ph.D. degree from UQ in 2018. His research interests focus on the synthesis and characterization of low-cost and high-performance electrode materials for metal-ion batteries.
Availability
- Dr Xiaobo Zhu is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research impacts
Dr Zhu has been conducting research on functional materials for energy-related applications for over a decade, with a particular focus on cathode materials for rechargeable battery technologies. He has published 66 peer-reviewed articles, including over 30 first/corresponding-author papers in top-tier journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and Advanced Functional Materials. His research has been cited more than 3,300 times, with an h-index of 30 (Google Scholar). Dr Zhu is also the inventor of 10 patents. His research has made significant contributions to the fundamental understanding of degradation mechanisms and the development of performance enhancement strategies for lithium- and sodium-ion batteries, attracting broad recognition from both academic and industrial communities.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
A liquid crystal ionomer‐type electrolyte toward ordering‐induced regulation for highly reversible zinc ion battery
Yuan, Du, Li, Xin, Yao, Hong, Li, Yuhang, Zhu, Xiaobo, Zhao, Jin, Zhang, Haitao, Zhang, Yizhou, Jie, Ernest Tang Jun, Cai, Yi and Srinivasan, Madhavi (2023). A liquid crystal ionomer‐type electrolyte toward ordering‐induced regulation for highly reversible zinc ion battery. Advanced Science, 10 (8) 2206469. doi: 10.1002/advs.202206469
2022
Journal Article
Carbon felt electrode modified by lotus seed shells for high-performance vanadium redox flow battery
Hu, Zhengyu, Miao, Zhiqiang, Xu, Zhizhao, Zhu, Xiaobo, Zhong, Fangfang, Ding, Mei, Wang, Jianhui, Xie, Xiaoyin, Jia, Chuankun and Liu, Jinlong (2022). Carbon felt electrode modified by lotus seed shells for high-performance vanadium redox flow battery. Chemical Engineering Journal, 450 138377. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.138377
2022
Journal Article
Reversible phosphorus-based five-electron transfer reaction for aluminium–phosphorus batteries
Cai, Tonghui, Li, Tongge, Li, Bingyu, Hu, Yuxiang, Li, Xuejin, Lin, Tongen, Hu, Haoyu, Luo, Bin, Zhang, Yu, Zhu, Xiaobo, Cui, Yongpeng, Zhao, Lianming, Xing, Wei, Yan, Zifeng and Wang, Lianzhou (2022). Reversible phosphorus-based five-electron transfer reaction for aluminium–phosphorus batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 53, 415-423. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2022.09.010
2022
Journal Article
Revisiting phase transformation mechanisms in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 high voltage cathodes with operando microdiffraction
Martens, Isaac, Vostrov, Nikita, Mirolo, Marta, Colalongo, Mattia, Kúš, Peter, Richard, Marie-Ingrid, Wang, Lianzhou, Zhu, Xiaobo, Schülli, Tobias U. and Drnec, Jakub (2022). Revisiting phase transformation mechanisms in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 high voltage cathodes with operando microdiffraction. ACS Materials Letters, 4 (12), 2528-2536. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00787
2022
Journal Article
Boosting catalytic activities of carbon felt electrode towards redox reactions of vanadium ions by defect engineering
Xu, Jian, Zhang, Yi-qiong, Zhu, Xiao-bo, Long, Ting, Xu, He, Lou, Xue-chun, Xu, Zhi-zhao, Fu, Hu, Xiang, Wei-zhe, Xie, Ming-ming and Jia, Chuan-kun (2022). Boosting catalytic activities of carbon felt electrode towards redox reactions of vanadium ions by defect engineering. Journal of Central South University, 29 (9), 2956-2967. doi: 10.1007/s11771-022-5129-z
2022
Journal Article
Unlocking the solubility limit of ferrocyanide for high energy density redox flow batteries
Wang, Guixiang, Zou, Haitao, Xu, Zhizhao, Tang, Ao, Zhong, Fangfang, Zhu, Xiaobo, Qin, Chengpeng, Ding, Mei, You, Wei and Jia, Chuankun (2022). Unlocking the solubility limit of ferrocyanide for high energy density redox flow batteries. Materials Today Energy, 28 101061. doi: 10.1016/j.mtener.2022.101061
2022
Conference Publication
Operando x-ray diffraction nanoimaging of advanced cathodes
Martens, Isaac, Vostrov, Nikita, Mirolo, Marta, Drnec, Jakub, Schulli, Tobias and Zhu, Xiaobo (2022). Operando x-ray diffraction nanoimaging of advanced cathodes. ECS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, 26-30 May 2024. Pennington, NJ, United States: Electrochemical Society. doi: 10.1149/ma2022-012360mtgabs
2022
Journal Article
Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling
Zhu, Xiaobo, Schülli, Tobias U., Yang, Xiaowei, Lin, Tongen, Hu, Yuxiang, Cheng, Ningyan, Fujii, Hiroki, Ozawa, Kiyoshi, Cowie, Bruce, Gu, Qinfen, Zhou, Si, Cheng, Zhenxiang, Du, Yi and Wang, Lianzhou (2022). Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1565, 1565. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28963-9
2022
Journal Article
Functionalized carbon black modified sulfonated polyether ether ketone membrane for highly stable vanadium redox flow battery
Lou, Xuechun, Lu, Bo, He, Murong, Yu, Yuesheng, Zhu, Xiaobo, Peng, Fei, Qin, Chengpeng, Ding, Mei and Jia, Chuankun (2022). Functionalized carbon black modified sulfonated polyether ether ketone membrane for highly stable vanadium redox flow battery. Journal of Membrane Science, 643 120015. doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.120015
2022
Journal Article
Carbon felt decorated with carbon derived from spent asphalt as a low‐cost and high‐performance electrode for vanadium redox flow batteries
Xu, Zhizhao, Xu, He, Hu, Zhengyu, Wu, Wenze, Xu, Jian, Zhong, Fangfang, Ding, Mei, Zhu, Xiaobo, Fu, Hongyuan and Jia, Chuankun (2022). Carbon felt decorated with carbon derived from spent asphalt as a low‐cost and high‐performance electrode for vanadium redox flow batteries. ChemNanoMat, 8 (4) e202200027. doi: 10.1002/cnma.202200027
2022
Journal Article
Cost-effective membrane and advanced electrode for stable polysulfide-ferricyanide flow battery
Lou, Xuechun, Fu, Hu, Xu, Jian, Long, Yong, Yan, Su, Zou, Haitao, Lu, Bo, He, Murong, Ding, Mei, Zhu, Xiaobo and Jia, Chuankun (2022). Cost-effective membrane and advanced electrode for stable polysulfide-ferricyanide flow battery. Energy Material Advances, 2022 9865618. doi: 10.34133/2022/9865618
2021
Journal Article
Recent progress in zinc-based redox flow batteries: a review
Wang, Guixiang, Zou, Haitao, Zhu, Xiaobo, Ding, Mei and Jia, Chuankun (2021). Recent progress in zinc-based redox flow batteries: a review. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55 (16) 163001, 163001. doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac4182
2021
Journal Article
Spent asphalt-derived mesoporous carbon for high-performance Li/Na/K-ion storage
Xie, Mingming, Zhu, Xiaobo, Li, Danqing, Xu, Zhizhao, Huang, Yingjia, Zha, Huanyi, Ding, Mei and Jia, Chuankun (2021). Spent asphalt-derived mesoporous carbon for high-performance Li/Na/K-ion storage. Journal of Power Sources, 514 230593. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230593
2021
Journal Article
All-climate aluminum-ion batteries based on binder-free MOF-derived FeS2@C/CNT cathode
Hu, Yuxiang, Huang, Hongjiao, Yu, Deshuang, Wang, Xinyi, Li, Linlin, Hu, Han, Zhu, Xiaobo, Peng, Shengjie and Wang, Lianzhou (2021). All-climate aluminum-ion batteries based on binder-free MOF-derived FeS2@C/CNT cathode. Nano-Micro Letters, 13 (1) 159, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s40820-021-00682-8
2021
Journal Article
A high-performance ammonia plasma-treated WO<sub>3</sub> @carbon felt electrode for vanadium redox flow batteries
Xiang, Weizhe, Xu, Jian, Zhang, Yiqiong, Fu, Hu, Zhu, Xiaobo, Lou, Xuechun, Qin, Chengpeng, Ding, Mei and Jia, Chuankun (2021). A high-performance ammonia plasma-treated WO3 @carbon felt electrode for vanadium redox flow batteries. Functional Materials Letters, 14 (07). doi: 10.1142/s1793604721430098
2020
Journal Article
Lithiation-induced vacancy engineering of Co3O4 with improved faradic reactivity for high-performance supercapacitor
Zhang, Yu, Hu, Yuxiang, Wang, Zhiliang, Lin, Tongen, Zhu, Xiaobo, Luo, Bin, Hu, Han, Xing, Wei, Yan, Zifeng and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Lithiation-induced vacancy engineering of Co3O4 with improved faradic reactivity for high-performance supercapacitor. Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (39) 2004172, 2004172. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202004172
2020
Journal Article
Advances in materials for all‐climate sodium‐ion batteries
Zhu, Xiaobo and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Advances in materials for all‐climate sodium‐ion batteries. EcoMat, 2 (3) eom2.12043. doi: 10.1002/eom2.12043
2020
Journal Article
MXene derived TiS2 nanosheets for high-rate and long-life sodium-ion capacitors
Tang, Jiayong, Huang, Xia, Lin, Tongen, Qiu, Tengfei, Huang, Hengming, Zhu, Xiaobo, Gu, Qinfen, Luo, Bin and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). MXene derived TiS2 nanosheets for high-rate and long-life sodium-ion capacitors. Energy Storage Materials, 26, 550-559. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.11.028
2020
Journal Article
Faster activation and slower capacity/voltage fading: a bifunctional urea treatment on lithium‐rich cathode materials
Lin, Tongen, Schulli, Tobias U., Hu, Yuxiang, Zhu, Xiaobo, Gu, Qinfen, Luo, Bin, Cowie, Bruce and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Faster activation and slower capacity/voltage fading: a bifunctional urea treatment on lithium‐rich cathode materials. Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (13) 1909192, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201909192
2020
Journal Article
Two‐dimensional material‐functionalized separators for high‐energy‐density metal–sulfur and metal‐based batteries
Hu, Yuxiang, Zhu, Xiaobo and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Two‐dimensional material‐functionalized separators for high‐energy‐density metal–sulfur and metal‐based batteries. ChemSusChem, 13 (6) cssc.201902758, 1366-1378. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201902758
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High-performance cathode materials for next-generation Li-ion batteries
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