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Dynamic Behavior of Spatially Confined Sn Clusters and Its Application in Highly Efficient Sodium Storage with High Initial Coulombic Efficiency

Lei Zhang, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Kangning Zhao

Advanced battery electrodes require a cautious design of microscale particles with built-in nanoscale features to exploit the advantages of both micro- and nano-particles relative to their performance attributes. Herein, the dynamic behavior of nanosized S ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2024

Pure Amorphous and Ultrathin Phosphate Layer with Superior Ionic Conduction for Zinc Anode Protection

Kangning Zhao

Fast and uniform ion transport within the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is considered a crucial factor for ensuring the long-term stability of metal electrodes. In this study, we present the fabrication of ultrathin artificial interphases consisting o ...

Amer Chemical Soc2023

Sodium Superionic Conductors (NASICONs) as Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Kangning Zhao, Guangwei He

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) have developed rapidly owing to the high natural abundance, wide distribution, and low cost of sodium. Among the various materials used in SIBs, sodium superion conductor (NASICON)-based electrode materials with remarkable struc ...

SPRINGERNATURE2021

Advancing Molecular Sieving via Å-Scale Pore Tuning in Bottom-Up Graphene Synthesis

Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Mounir Driss Mensi, Kangning Zhao, Heng-Yu Chi, Cédric Karel J Van Goethem, Yueqing Shen

Porous graphene films are attractive as a gas separation membrane given that the selective layer can be just one atom thick, allowing high-flux separation. A favorable aspect of porous graphene is that the pore size, essentially gaps created by lattice def ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

Mixed-phase 1T/2H-WS2 nanosheets on N-doped multichannel carbon nanofiber as current collector-integrated electrode for potassium battery anode

Kangning Zhao, Song Gao

Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) have attracted enormous attention due to the increasing lithium battery cost, but their development is still in the pre-mature stage due to the limited selection of electrodes. Herein, a free-standing current-collector-integr ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2023

Bottom-up synthesis of graphene films hosting atom-thick molecular-sieving apertures

Emad Oveisi, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Kangning Zhao, Victor Carle Adrien Boureau, Luis Francisco Villalobos Vazquez de la Parra, Shiqi Huang, Mostapha Dakhchoune, Shaoxian Li, Kuang-Jung Hsu, Cédric Karel J Van Goethem, Yueqing Shen, Mina Moradi

Incorporation of a high density of molecular-sieving nanopores in the graphene lattice by the bottom-up synthesis is highly attractive for high-performance membranes. Herein, we achieve this by a controlled synthesis of nanocrystalline graphene where incom ...

National Academy of Sciences2021

Artificial Hydrophilic Organic and Dendrite-Suppressed Inorganic Hybrid Solid Electrolyte Interface Layer for Highly Stable Zinc Anodes

Lei Zhang, Kangning Zhao

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) have gained significant attentions for their inherent safety and cost-effectiveness. However, challenges, such as dendrite growth and anodic corrosion at the Zn anode, hinder their commercial viability. In this paper, an ...

Amer Chemical Soc2024

A colloidal aqueous electrolyte modulated by oleic acid for durable zinc metal anode

Kangning Zhao

Continuous dendrites growth, as well as corrosion and side reactions of Zn metal anode seriously hinder the development of aqueous zinc ion batteries. To address these issues, oleic acid (OA) is dispersed into a 2 M ZnSO4 solution to form a novel colloidal ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

A pre-fatigue training strategy to stabilize LiCoO2 at high voltage

Lei Zhang, Kangning Zhao

Layered cathodes are among the most promising cathodes for high-energy-density Li-ion batteries, yet hindered by the structural degradation from both bulk strain and surface oxygen loss at high voltage (above 4.5 V). Herein, we report a pre-fatigue trainin ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2024

Challenges and Perspectives for Doping Strategy for Manganese-Based Zinc-ion Battery Cathode

Kangning Zhao

As one of the most appealing options for large-scale energy storage systems, the commercialization of aqueous zinc-ion batteries (AZIBs) has received considerable attention due to their cost effectiveness and inherent safety. A potential cathode material f ...

MDPI2022

Fast and Durable Lithium Storage Enabled by Tuning Entropy in Wadsley-Roth Phase Titanium Niobium Oxides

Kangning Zhao, Liping Zhong

Wadsley-Roth phase titanium niobium oxides have received considerable interest as anodes for lithium ion batteries. However, the volume expansion and sluggish ion/electron transport kinetics retard its application in grid scale. Here, fast and durable lith ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2023

Two-Dimensional Organic-Inorganic Heterostructure as a Multifunctional Protective Layer for High Performance Zinc Metal Anode

Kangning Zhao

Dendrite growth and side reactions of Zn metal anodes remain unresolved obstacles for practical application of aqueous Zn ion batteries. Herein, a two-dimensional (2D) organic-inorganic heterostructure with controlled thickness was constructed as a protect ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2023

An integrated flexible film as cathode for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur battery

Kangning Zhao, Yutao Li

Poor cycling stability and low volumetric capacity of sulfur cathode prevents practical application of Lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries. Herein, we demonstrate a strategy to address the two drawbacks of sulfur cathode by synthesizing a compact and flexible ...

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE2022

Non-van-der-Waals Oriented Two-Dimensional UiO-66 Films by Rapid Aqueous Synthesis at Room Temperature

Anne Faustine Sido Belin, Kumar Varoon Agrawal, Wendy Lee Queen, Kangning Zhao, Heng-Yu Chi, Kuang-Jung Hsu, Qi Liu, Yueqing Shen, Shuqing Song, Ranadip Goswami

The synthesis of MOFs in a two-dimensional (2D) film morphology is attractive for several applications including molecular and ionic separation. However, 2D MOFs have only been reported from structures that crystallize in lamellar morphology, where layers ...

2025

In situ visualizing the interplay between the separator and potassium dendrite growth by synchrotron X-ray tomography

Kangning Zhao, Yutao Li, Yanan Chen

Rechargeable potassium (K) batteries are a promising next-generation technology for low-cost grid scale energy storage applications. Nevertheless, the undesirable interfacial instabilities originating from the interplay between the employed separators and ...

Elsevier2021

Carbon-Decorated Na3V2(PO4)(3) as Ultralong Lifespan Cathodes for High-Energy-Density Symmetric Sodium-Ion Batteries

Kangning Zhao

In this work, several carbon-decorated Na3V2(PO4)(3) materials (NVP@C-750/800/850) are successfully fabricated using a solgel approach and subsequent heat treatment. When NVP@C-800 is used as a cathode, it shows an ultralong cycle life (2000 cycles) at a h ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Flexible free-standing Fe-CoP-NAs/CC nanoarrays for high-performance full lithium-ion batteries

Kangning Zhao

In this study, a flexible, free-standing Fe -doped CoP nanoarrays electrode for superior lithium -ion storage has been successfully fabricated. The electrode combines the advantages of a Fe -doping and a flexible carbon cloth (CC) support, resulting in a h ...

Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science2024