Zixu Sun

ORCID: 0000-0001-9070-2775
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Research Areas
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research

Henan University
2023-2025

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2023

Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Nanoscale
2023

University of Science and Technology of China
2023

Nanyang Technological University
2019-2020

Institute of High Energy Physics
2020

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014-2017

Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology
2016-2017

Sn/N-doped carbon microcage composites (Sn/NMCs) are synthesized through a simple spray drying process and these exhibit excellent electrochemical performance in both LIBs SIBs.

10.1039/c7ta01480e article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017-01-01

Abstract The lithium–sulfur (Li–S) battery is widely regarded as a promising energy storage device due to its low price and the high earth‐abundance of materials employed. However, shuttle effect lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) sluggish redox conversion result in inefficient sulfur utilization, power density, rapid electrode deterioration. Herein, these challenges are addressed with two strategies 1) increasing LiPS kinetics through catalysis, 2) alleviating by enhanced trapping adsorption...

10.1002/aenm.201904010 article EN Advanced Energy Materials 2020-04-27

Abstract Lithium‐sulfur batteries (LSBs) are regarded as a highly promising next‐generation energy storage technology due to their exceptional theoretical capacity and density. However, the practical application of these is hindered by several challenges, including significant volume change active materials, severe shuttle effect lithium polysulfides, inadequate electronic ionic conductivity, safety concerns. These issues particularly pronounced in cathodes with high sulfur loading, which...

10.1002/adfm.202307108 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2023-09-24

Abstract The low energy density, safety concerns, and high cost associated with conventional lithium‐ion batteries pose challenges in meeting the growing demands of emerging applications. While lithiumsulfur (LSBs) offer specific capacity, their commercial viability is hindered by prevalent issue shuttle effects. Furthermore, potential solid‐state lithium constrained suboptimal ionic conductivity significant interphase problems. High‐entropy materials (HEMs) have emerged as a strategic...

10.1002/adfm.202313168 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2023-12-29

Abstract The performance of Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries is constrained by the migration lithium polysulfide (LiPS), slow conversion LiPS, and significant reaction barrier encountered during precipitation/dissolution Li 2 S throughout discharge/charge cycle. In this contribution, study presents Ni–Co dual‐atom catalytic sites on hollow nitrogen‐doped carbon (NiCoNC). Theoretical calculations experimental data reveal that catalysts (DACs) accelerate kinetic LiPSs facilitate...

10.1002/adfm.202402175 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2024-03-29

Abstract Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs), renowned for their superior energy density and the plentiful availability of sulfur resources, are progressively emerging as focal point forthcoming storage technology. Nevertheless, they presently confront fundamental challenges including insulation its discharge product, lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) shuttle phenomenon, growth dendrites. Zeolite imidazole framework materials (ZIFs), particularly ZIF‐8 ZIF‐67, significant members metal–organic...

10.1002/adfm.202414671 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2024-10-22

Abstract Alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) holds great promise for a truly sustainable energy future if it can be driven by renewable sources such as solar and wind. The main challenge arises from the serious partial loading issue when intermittent unstable is coupled to electrolyzers. An storage device mitigate this incompatibility between electrolyzer sources. Herein, an AWE photovoltaic (PV) through full cell of lithium‐ion battery (LIB) reservoir demonstrated (PV−LIB−AWE). Stable power...

10.1002/adfm.202002138 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2020-05-05

In this work, for the first time, we synthesize a SnO<sub>2</sub> nanomaterial through calcination of tin metal–organic framework (MOF) precursors.

10.1039/c5ra12295c article EN RSC Advances 2015-01-01

Abstract The key hurdle to the practical application of polymeric electrolytes in high‐energy‐density solid lithium‐metal batteries is sluggish Li + mobility and inferior electrode/electrolyte interfacial stability. Herein, a dynamic supramolecular polymer electrolyte (SH‐SPE) with loosely coordinating structure synthesized based on poly(hexafluoroisopropyl methacrylate‐ co ‐N‐methylmethacrylamide) (PHFNMA) single‐ion lithiated polyvinyl formal. weak anti‐cooperative H‐bonds between two...

10.1002/adfm.202214881 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2023-04-21

Abstract The local electrolyte micro‐environment surrounding the catalyst reaction center, including critical factors such as pH, reactant concentration, and electric field, plays a decisive role in electrocatalytic reactions water splitting. Recently, this topic has garnered significant attention due to its potential significantly enhance catalytic performance. While various strategies optimize processes have been explored, deliberate control over fundamental principles guiding these...

10.1002/adfm.202419328 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2025-01-10

Abstract In this work, we successfully synthesize a hierarchical porous N‐doped carbon material via low‐cost, facile and scalable spray‐drying method followed with subsequent pyrolysis. This unique delivers excellent electrochemical properties in lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) sodium‐ion (SIBs) high reversible capacity long cycle life selectivity for CO 2 reduction. The good performance results from the novel structure, which is favor of electrolyte penetration, electron transfer, structural...

10.1002/slct.201903639 article EN ChemistrySelect 2020-01-10

Abstract Living on Mars requires ability to synthesize living products locally using Martian resources. The synthesis of necessary chemicals from local materials, especially oxygen, which is essential for survival, a challenging task. Here, we demonstrate robotic AI-Chemist that automatically synthesizes and intelligently optimizes usable oxygen evolution reaction catalysts meteorites. entire process including ore pre-treatment, catalyst synthesis, characterization, testing, most...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-2681831/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2023-03-23

With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, air pollution has become a public concern. Fine-grained quality prediction is crucial for both government to reduce harmful effects pollution. The challenge in fine-grained effectively capture static dynamic spatial relationships, which existing methods struggle achieve. To addressing this challenge, we propose novel multi-modal attention encoder-decoder model (MMAED). MMAED adopts an structure, using temporal encode...

10.1109/ihmsc58761.2023.00050 article EN 2023-08-01
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