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WEI Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor

School of Materials Science and Engineering

Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China

Email:chenwei2005@whut.edu.cn



Educations                                                 

  1. E., Sep. 1993- Jun. 1997

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University

Major: Inorganic Non-metallic Materials

M.S.  Sep. 1999- Jun. 2002

Department of Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Major: Inorganic Chemistry

Ph. D. Sep. 2002- Oct. 2005

Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Major: Materials Physics and Chemistry


Professional Appointments                                    

Assistant Engineer Jul. 1997 – Jul. 1998
Wuhan Yaohua Pilkington Glass Co., Ltd.

Lecturer Jan. 2006 – Oct. 2016
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Wuhan University of Technology

Associate Professor Oct. 2016 – Now
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Wuhan University of Technology


Research Interests                                          

1. Sodium-ion batteries

2. zinc-ion batteries

3. CO₂ electrocatalysis


Selected Publications      

                                  

  1. Chaojie Cheng;Wencong Feng;Feiyue Wang;Jingke Ren;Deyang Guan;Wei Chen*;Jean-Jacques Gaumet;Kai Fu;Xiaobin Liao;Wen Luo.WeaklySolvatingElectrolyteEnablingSolvent-FreeCo-Intercalation for StablePotassium-IonStorage in Graphite.Nano Research, 2025,18,3.

  2. Xingbao Chen;Ruihu Lu;Chengbo Li;Wen Luo;Ruohan Yu;Jiexin Zhu;Lei Lv;Yuhang Dai;Shanhe Gong;Yazhou Zhou;Weiwei Xiong;Jiahao Wu;Hongwei Cai;Xinfei Wu;Zhaohui Deng;Boyu Xing;Lin Su;Feiyue Wang;Feiyang Chao;Wei Chen*;Chuan Xia;Ziyun Wang;Liqiang Mai.ActivatingInertNon-DefectSites in Bi CatalystsUsingTensileStrainEngineering for highly Active CO2Electroreduction.NatureCommunications,2025,16.

  3. YiMa;Wenhao Liu;Wenhan Liu;Guangwan Zhang;Yu Wang;Haokai Wang;Wei Chen*;Meng Huang;Xuanpeng Wang. .            Coconut-Solid-Waste-Derived Hard-Carbon Anode Materials for Fast Potassium Ion Storage.Coatings, 2024,14(2)：208.

  4. Wei Chen*,Jiahao Wu,Kai Fu,Zhaohui Deng,Xingbao Chen,Hongwei Cai,Xinfei Wu,Boyu Xing,Wen Luo,Liqiang Mai.Co-Solvent Electrolyte Design to Inhibit Phase Transition toward High Performance K+/Zn2+Hybrid Battery.SmallMethods，2023.

  5. Lei Lv,Ruihu Lu,Jiexin Zhu,Ruohan Yu,Dr. Wei Zhang,Enhui Cui,Xingbao Chen,Yuhang Dai,Lianmeng Cui, Jiong Li,Liang Zhou, Wei Chen*,Ziyun Wang,Liqiang Mai.CoordinatingtheEdgeDefects of Bismuth with Sulfur for Enhanced CO2Electroreduction to Formate.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.,2023.

  6. Cui, EH ;Zhang, W ; Zhou, X ; Lv, L; Chen, W* ; Zhou, L ; Mai, LQ.Cu2S Nanoparticle-Modified Copper Hydroxide Nanowire Arrays for Optimized Electrochemical CO2Reduction Selectivity.ACS Appl. Nano Mater.,2023, 6, 11, 9361–9368.

  7. Wencong Feng, Hong Wang, Yalong Jiang, Huazhang Zhang, Wen Luo, Wei Chen*.A Strain-Relaxation Red Phosphorus Freestanding Anode for Non-Aqueous Potassium Ion Batteries.Adv. Energy Mater.,2021, 2103343.

  8. Lun Li, Wei Chen*, Wen Luo, Zhitong Xiao, Yunlong Zhao, Kwadwo Asare Owusu, Zhenhui Liu, Liang Zhou, and Liqiang Mai. Co0.5Ni0.5MoO4Double-ShelledHollowSpheres with EnhancedElectrochemicalPerformance for Supercapacitors and Lithium-ionBatteries.Energy Technology, 2019.

  9. Zilan Li, Zechao Zhuang, Fan Lv, Han Zhu, Liang Zhou, Mingchuan Luo, Jiexin Zhu, Zhiquan Lang, Shihao Feng, Wei Chen*, Liqiang Mai, and Shaojun Guo.The Marriage of the FeN4 Moiety and MXene Boosts Oxygen Reduction Catalysis: Fe3d Electron Delocalization Matters.Adv. Mater.,2018, 30(43): 1803220.

  10. Ruimin Sun, Qiulong Wei, Qidong Li, Wen Luo, Qinyou An, Jinzhi Sheng, Di Wang, Wei Chen*, Liqiang Mai.Vanadium Sulfide on Reduced Graphene Oxide Layer as a Promising Anode for Sodium Ion Battery.ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 20902–20908.

  11. Wenhao Ren, Zhiping Zheng, Yanzhu Luo, Wei Chen*, Chaojiang Niu, Kangning Zhao, Mengyu Yan, Lei Zhang, Jiashen Meng, Liqiang Mai.An ElectrospunHierarchical LiV3O8Nanowire-in-Network for High-Rate and Long-LifeLithiumBatteries.Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 19850-19856.

  12. Kalele Mulonda Hercule, Qiulong Wei, Owusu Kwadwo Asare, Longbing Qu, Aamir Minhas Khan, Mengyu Yan, Chunhui Du, Wei Chen* and Liqiang Mai.Interconnected Nanorods-Nanoflakes Li2Co2(MoO4)3Framework Structure with Enhanced Electrochemical Properties for Supercapacitors.Advanced Energy Materials, 2015,5,1500060.

  13. Jinzhi Sheng, Qidong Li, Qiulong Wei, Pengfei Zhang, Qinqin Wang, Fan Lv, Qinyou An, Wei Chen* and Liqiang Mai.Metastable Amorphous Chromium-vanadium Oxides Nanoparticles with Superior Performance as a New Lithium Battery Cathode.Nano Research, 2014, 7,1604-1612.