WUT Nano Key Lab

Education and Work Experience

Ø  2016/09‐2019/01, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Ph,D., Supervisor: Prof. Li-Qiang Mai

Ø  2013/09–2016/06, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, M. E., Supervisor: Prof. Li-Qiang Mai

Ø  2009/09–2013/06, School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Urban Construction, B.D., Supervisor: Associate Prof. You-An Lei 

Selected Publications

1.        Xuanpeng Wang, Xiaoming Xu, Chaojiang Niu*, Jiashen Meng, Meng Huang, Xiong Liu, Ziang Liu, and Liqiang Mai*. Earth Abundant Fe/Mn-Based Layered Oxide Interconnected Nanowires for Advanced K-Ion Full Batteries. Nano Letters, 2017, 17 (1): 544-550. (IF=12.080，SCI A，ESI Highly Cited Paper, ESI 0.1% Hot Paper)

2.        Xuanpeng Wang†, Chaojiang Niu†, Jiashen Meng†, Ping Hu, Xiaoming Xu, Xiujuan Wei, Liang Zhou*, Kangning Zhao, Wen Luo, Mengyu Yan and Liqiang Mai*. Novel K₃V(PO₄)₃/C Bundled Nanowires as Superior Sodium-Ion Battery Electrode with Ultrahigh Cycling Stability. Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5(17), 1500716. (IF=21.875，SCI A，Cover Paper, VIP Paper)

3.        Xuanpeng Wang,† Chenyang Wang,† Kang Han,† Chaojiang Niu, Jiashen Meng, Ping Hu, Xiaoming Xu, Zhaoyang Wang, Qi Li, Chunhua Han,* Yunhui Huang and Liqiang Mai*. A Synergistic Na-Mn-O Composite Cathodes for High-Capacity Na-Ion Storage. Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 33(8), 1802180. (IF=21.875，SCI A)

4.        Xuanpeng Wang, Ping Hu, Chaojiang Niu*, Jiashen Meng, Xiaoming Xu, Xiujuan Wei, Chunjuan Tang, Wen Luo, Liang Zhou, Qinyou An and Liqiang Mai*. New-Type K_0.7Fe_0.5Mn_0.5O₂ Cathode with an Expanded and Stabilized Interlayer Structure for High-Capacity Sodium-Ion Batteries. Nano Energy, 2017, 35, 71-78. (IF=13.120，SCI A)

5.        Chaojiang Niu†, Jiashen Meng†, Xuanpeng Wang†(co-first author), Chunhua Han, Mengyu Yan, Kangning Zhao, Xiaoming Xu, Wenhao Ren, Yunlong Zhao, Lin Xu*, Qingjie Zhang, Dongyuan Zhao and Liqiang Mai*. General Synthesis of Complex Nanotubes by Gradient Electrospinning and Controlled Pyrolysis. Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 7402. (Co-first Author，IF=12.353，SCI A，ESI Highly Cited Paper)

6.                 Xuanpeng Wang, Kang Han, Dongdong Qin, Qi Li*, Chenyang Wang, Chaojiang Niu and Liqiang Mai*. Polycrystalline Soft Carbon Semi-Hollow Microrod Anode for Advanced K-Ion Full Batteries. Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 18216-18222. (IF=7.233，SCI A)

7.        Xuanpeng Wang,† Kang Han,† Chenyang Wang,† Ziang Liu, Xiaoming Xu, Meng Huang, Ping Hu, Jiashen Meng, Qi Li* and Liqiang Mai*. Graphene Modified Hollow Microrod Organic Potassium Salt for Enhanced Potassium Storage. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 11029-11032. (IF=6.290，SCI A)

8.        Chaojiang Niu, Huilin Pan, Wu Xu, Jie Xiao, Ji-Guang Zhang, Langli Luo, Chongmin Wang, Donghai Mei, Jiashen Meng, Xuanpeng Wang, Ziang Liu, Liqiang Mai and Jun Liu*. Self-Smoothing Anode for Achieving High-Energy Lithium Metal Batteries under Realistic Conditions. Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, Accepted. (IF=37.490，SCI A)

9.        Xiujuan Wei, Xuanpeng Wang, Xin Tan, Qinyou An* and Liqiang Mai*. Nanostructured Conversion-Type Negative Electrode Materials for Low-Cost and High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 46(28), 1804458. (IF=13.325，SCI A)

10.    Qingshui Xie, Yating Ma, Xuanpeng Wang, Deqian Zeng, Laisen Wang, Liqiang Mai and Dong-Liang Peng*. Electrostatic Assembly of Sandwich-Like Ag-C@ZnO-C@Ag-C Hybrid Hollow Microspheres with Excellent High-Rate Lithium Storage Properties. ACS Nano, 2015, 10(1): 1283-1291. (IF=13.709, ESI Highly Cited Paper， SCI A)

11.    Xiaoming Xu, Chaojiang Niu, Manyi Duan, Xuanpeng Wang, Lei Huang, Junhui Wang, Liting Pu, Wenhao Ren, Changwei Shi, Jiashen Meng, Bo Song* and Liqiang Mai*. Alkaline Earth Metal Vanadates as Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes. Nature Communications, 2017, 8, 460. (IF=12.353，SCI A)

12.    Ping Hu†, Mengyu Yan†, Xuanpeng Wang, Chunhua Han, Liang He, Xiujuan Wei, Chaojiang Niu, Kangning Zhao, Xiaocong Tian, Qiulong Wei, Zijia Li and Liqiang Mai*. Single-Nanowire Electrochemical Probe Detection for Internally Optimized Mechanism of Porous Graphene in Electrochemical Devices. Nano Letters, 2016, 16(3): 1523-1529. (IF=12.080，SCI A)

13.    Ping Hu, Ting Zhu, Xuanpeng Wang, Xiujuan Wei, Mengyu Yan, Jiantao Li, Wen Luo, Wei Yang, Wencui Zhang, Liang Zhou*, Zhiqiang Zhou and Liqiang Mai*. Highly Durable Na₂V₆O₁₆·1.63H₂O Nanowire Cathode for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery. Nano Letters, 2018, 18 (3), 758-1763 (IF=12.080，SCI A，ESI Highly Cited Paper)

14.    Jiashen Meng, Xiong Liu, Jiantao Li, Qi Li, Chuan Zhao, Linhan Xu, Xuanpeng Wang, Fang Liu, Wei Yang, Xiaoming Xu, Ziang Liu, Chaojiang Niu and Liqiang Mai*. General Oriented Synthesis of Precise Carbon-Confined Nanostructures by Low-Pressure Vapor Superassembly and Controlled Pyrolysis, Nano Letters, 2017, 17 (12), 7773-7781. (IF=12.080，SCI A)

15.    Jiashen Meng, Chaojiang Niu, Linhan Xu, Jiantao Li, Xiong Liu, Xuanpeng Wang, Yuzhu Wu, Xiaoming Xu, Wenyi Chen, Qi Li, Zizhong Zhu*, Dongyuan Zhao and Liqiang Mai*. General Oriented Formation of Carbon Nanotubes from Metal-Organic Frameworks. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 139, 8212-8221. (IF=14.357, SCI A，ESI Highly Cited Paper, ESI 0.1% Hot Paper)

16.    Kangning Zhao†, Mingying Wen†, Yifan Dong†, Lei Zhang, Mengyu Yan, Wangwang Xu, Chaojiang Niu, Liang Zhou,* Qiulong Wei, Wenhao Ren, Xuanpeng Wang and Liqiang Mai*. Thermal Induced Strain Relaxation of 1D Iron Oxide for Solid Electrolyte Interphase Control and Lithium Storage Improvement. Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7(6), 1601582. (IF=21.875, SCI A，ESI Highly Cited Paper)

17.    Ting Zhu, Ping Hu, Xuanpeng Wang, Zhenhui Liu, Wen Luo, Kwadwo Asare Owusu, Weiwei Cao,b Changwei Shi, Jiantao Li, Liang Zhou* and Liqiang Mai*. Realizing Three-Electron Redox Reactions in NASICON-Structured Na₃MnTi(PO₄)₃ for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 10.1002/aenm.201803436. (IF=21.875，SCI A)

18.    Chaojiang Niu†, Xiong Liu†, JiashenMeng†, Lin Xu, Mengyu Yan, Xuanpeng Wang, Guobin Zhang, Ziang Liu, Xiaoming Xu and Liqiang Mai*. Three-Dimensional V₂O₅/NaV₆O₁₅ Hierarchical Hterostructures: Controlled Snthesis and Snergistic Efectinve Sigated by In Situ X-ray Dffraction. Nano Energy, 2017, 27, 147-156. (IF=13.120，SCI A)

19.    Ping Hu, Ting Zhu, Xuanpeng Wang, Xufeng Zhou, Xiujuan Wei, Xuhui Yao, Wen Luo, Changwei Shi, Kwadwo Asare Owusu, Liang Zhou and Liqiang Mai. Aqueous Zn//Zn(CF₃SO₃)₂//Na₃V₂(PO₄)₃ batteries with simultaneous Zn²⁺/Na⁺ intercalation/de-intercalation. Nano Energy, 2019, 58, 492-498. (IF=13.120，SCI A)

20.    Jiashen Meng, Ziang Liu, Chaojiang Niu*, Linhan Xu, Xuanpeng Wang, Qi Li, Xiujuan Wei, Wei Yang, Lei Huang, Liqiang Mai*. General Oriented Assembly of Uniform Carbon-Confined Metal Oxide Nanodots on Graphene for Stable and Ultrafast Lithium Storage. Materials Horizons, 2018, 5, 78-85. (IF=13.183，SCI A)

Patents

1.        Liqiang Mai, Xuanpeng Wang, Jiashen Meng, Chaojiang Niu, In-Situ Carbon-Coated Hexagon K_0.7[Fe_0.5Mn_0.5]O₂ Nanomaterials and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, ZL201510057879.8 (Authorized).

2.        Liqiang Mai, Xuanpeng Wang, Jiashen Meng, Chaojiang Niu, Coaxial Carbon Coated K₃V(PO₄)₃/C Bundled Nanowires and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, ZL201510057889.1  (Authorized).

3.        Liqiang Mai, Xuanpeng Wang, Kang Han, Chenyang Wang, Graphene Modified Organic-Oxygen-Potassium Salts and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, CN201711136947.5.

4.        Liqiang Mai, Xuanpeng Wang, Chenyang Wang, Kang Han, Sodium-Rich Manganese-Based Composite Material and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, CN201711136074.8.

5.        Liqiang Mai, Xuanpeng Wang, Jiashen Meng, Chaojiang Niu, Gradient-Electrospinning and Controlled-Pyrolysis of Pea-Like Nanotube and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, ZL201510032549.3 (Authorized).

6.        Liqiang Mai, Chenyang Wang, Kang Han, Xuanpeng Wang, Carbon-Coated K_0.7[Fe_0.5Mn_0.5]O₂ Interconnected Nanowires and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, CN201611046054.7.

7.        Liqiang Mai, Kang Han, Chen Yang, Xuanpeng Wang, A Kind of Aodium Sulfide Battery Cathode Material and Their Preparation Methods & Applications, CN201710526097.3.

8.        Youan Lei, Lingzhi Du, Dongli Miao, Xuanpeng Wang, Haipeng Zhao, Xiaonan Li, Linsen Hua, Menglu Song, The Synthesis Method of a High-Specific Logarithmic Viscosity PPTA, ZL201210144482.9 (Authorized).

9.        Youan Lei, Xuanpeng Wang, Chaofan Liu, Baojin Liu, Menglu Song, Linsen Hua, Haipeng Zhao, Simple Decompression Sublimation Device, ZL201120560516.3(Authorized).

10.    Youan Lei, Dongli Miao, Zhijuan Niu, Fanggang Ran, Xuanpeng Wang, Menglu Song, A Kind of Easy-Open Pressing Powder Mold Structure, ZL201120078784.1 (Authorized).

Awards and Honors

Ø  The 4^th China College Students' "Internet Plus" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (National Silver Award, Hubei Province Gold Award);

Ø  China College Students Entrepreneurship Competition in 2018 (National Bronze Award, Hubei Province Gold Award);

Ø  13^th Sino-US Forum Nanoscale Science and Technology, Nano Research & Sino-US Nano Forum Student Poster Award 2018 (Silver Award);

Ø  Excellence Award of the 5^th "Win in Nanjing" Youth Students Entrepreneurship Competition (2017);

Ø  National Scholarship for Graduates (2017);

Ø  The Merit     Student of Graduates of WUT (2017);

Ø  WUT-CNBM Best Independent Innovation Award (2016);

Ø  National Scholarship for Graduates (2016);

Ø  The Merit     Student of Graduates of WUT (2016);

Ø  Top Ten Academic Research Star of WUT (2016)；

Ø  Excellent Report Award of the 2^nd HUST-NW New Energy Forum (2016);

Ø  Excellent Volunteer of the Nature Conference on Materials for Energy (2016);

Ø  Excellent Master 's Graduation Thesis of WUT (2016);

Ø  Excellent Volunteer of the 10^th Sino-US Symposium Nanoscale Science Technology (2015);

Ø  Excellent Volunteer of the 1^st China-France Workshop on Advanced Materials (2014);

Ø  National Scholarship for Encouragement (2012);

Ø  The First Prize Scholarship (2011).

Participating Projects

Ø  The National Basic Research Program of China, 2013CB934103;

Ø  The National Basic Research Program of China, 2012CB933003;

Ø  The International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China, 2013DFA50840;

Ø  The National Key Research and Development Program of China, 2016YFA0202603;

Ø  The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51521001;

Ø  The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 51832004;

Ø  The National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 51425204.