Wenxue Zhang

ORCID: 0000-0002-9327-5761
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Research Areas
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Graphene research and applications
  • ZnO doping and properties
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Ga2O3 and related materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

University of Technology Sydney
2016-2025

Chang'an University
2015-2024

Central South University
2022-2024

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2024

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2024

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (China)
2022-2024

Shanghai University of Sport
2024

Chongqing Medical University
2024

The Affiliated Yongchuan Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
2024

Yanshan University
2023

N–Co<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@N–C nanododecahedra combine the advantages of strong affinity for polysulfides and excellent electronic conductivity.

10.1039/c7ta10272k article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2018-01-01

Sodium-sulfur batteries using abundant elements offer an attractive alternative to currently used batteries, but they need better sulfur host materials compete with lithium-ion in capacity and cyclability. We report situ sulfur-doping strategy functionalize MXene nanosheets by introducing heteroatomic into the structure form MAX phase precursor. By employing vacuum freeze-drying method, a three-dimensional (3D) wrinkled nanoarchitecture high specific surface area was prepared. The...

10.1021/acsnano.9b04977 article EN ACS Nano 2019-09-18

Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have been regarded as one of the most promising candidates for next-generation energy storage owing to their high density and low cost. However, practical deployment Li–S has largely impeded by conductivity sulfur, shuttle effect polysulfides, areal sulfur loading. Herein, we report synthesis uniform Co–Fe mixed metal phosphide (Co–Fe–P) nanocubes with highly interconnected-pore architecture overcome main bottlenecks batteries. With architecture, inherently...

10.1021/acsnano.9b01079 article EN ACS Nano 2019-03-29

3D metal carbide@mesoporous carbon hybrid architecture (Ti 3 C 2 T x @Meso‐C, X ≈ F O y ) is synthesised and applied as cathode material hosts for lithium‐sulfur batteries. Exfoliated‐metal carbide nanosheets have high electronic conductivity contain rich functional groups effective trapping of polysulfides. Mesoporous with a robust porous structure provides sufficient spaces loading sulfur effectively cushion the volumetric expansion cathodes. Theoretical calculations confirmed that can...

10.1002/adfm.201603704 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2016-10-31

The stacking of complementary two-dimensional (2D) materials into hybrid architectures is desirable for batteries with enhanced capacity, fast charging, and long lifetime. However, the 2D heterostructures energy storage are still underdeveloped, some associated problems like low Coulombic efficiencies need to be tackled. Herein, we reported a phosphorene/MXene anode an in situ formed fluorinated interphase stable sodium storage. combination phosphorene nanosheets Ti3C2Tx MXene not only...

10.1021/acsnano.0c00177 article EN ACS Nano 2020-03-09

Facing the increasingly serious energy and environmental crisis, development of heteronuclear metal-free double-atom catalysts is a potential strategy to realize efficient catalytic nitrogen reduction with low consumption no pollution because it could combine advantages flexible active sites in while also being pollution-free have high Faraday efficiency simultaneously. However, according existing mechanism, finite orbits other nonmetallic atoms, except boron atom, reduce possibility...

10.1021/jacs.2c01245 article EN Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022-05-20

We propose a conceptual design of InSe/g-C3N4 van der Waals heterostructure to achieve highly efficient and spontaneous water splitting. possesses direct band gap 2.04 eV with type-II alignment, which is beneficial the separation electrons holes exhibits proper valence conduction-band positions for redox reactions H2O. In addition, adsorption multiple molecules changes free energy on have been calculated understand oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process The energies three sides are all...

10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00909 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2019-05-22

C<sub>4</sub>N<sub>4</sub>monolayer is an excellent anchoring material for lithium–sulfur batteries.

10.1039/c8ta10933h article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019-01-01

With the aggravation of environmental pollution and energy crisis, it is particularly important to develop design environment-friendly efficient spontaneous enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysts for water splitting. Herein novel type-II van der Waals (vdW) GaSe/CN Ga2SSe/CN heterostructures are proposed through first-principles calculations. Their electronic properties photocatalytic performance theoretically analyzed. In particular, their appropriate band gap band-edge position meet...

10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01023 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2021-05-24

This study shows BC 6 N/SnSe 2 as a Z-type heterostructure with ultrafast interlayer recombination, exhibiting enhanced OER reactivity in aqueous environments using the implicit solvent model.

10.1039/d4ta02440k article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024-01-01

The combination of the physical adsorption lithium polysulfides onto porous graphene and chemical binding to N S sites promotes reversible Li<sub>2</sub>S/polysulfide/S conversion, realizing high performance Li–S batteries with long cycle life high-energy density.

10.1039/c6ta05878g article EN cc-by Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016-01-01

A Schottky UV photodetector based on graphene/ZnO:Al nanorod-array-film (AZNF) structure has been fabricated. Different from the previously reported graphene/ZnO photodetectors, this a stable barrier which does not disappear under light. Thus, can work as high-performance self-powered device. The key to improve stability of is two-step surface treatment process. As result, exhibits UV-to-visible rejection ratio about 1 × 102, responsivity 0.039 W1-, short rise time 37 μs, and decay 330 μs....

10.1021/acsami.6b14305 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017-02-27

Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reaction (NRR) is a promising method for sustainable production of NH3, which provides an alternative to the traditional Haber–Bosch process. However, poor Faraday efficiency caused by N≡N triple bond activation and competitive hydrogen evolution (HER) have seriously hindered application NRR. In this work, novel strategy promote NRR through boron–transition-metal (TM) hybrid double-atom catalysts (HDACs) has been proposed. The excellent catalytic activity...

10.1021/acsami.1c11889 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021-09-29

Uniaxial strain can effectively tune the electronic properties of a g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub>/SLG/g-C<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> sandwich heterostructure.

10.1039/c7tc00386b article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2017-01-01

Potassium-ion batteries have attracted attention because of their abundant resources and similar electrochemistry to Li-ion (LIBs). In the present work, GeSe/black phosphorus (BP) heterostructures as promising anode materials for K-ion (KIBs) been systematically investigated by first-principles calculations. The results reveal that GeSe/BP exhibits a semiconductor-to-metal transition after incorporating K atoms, indicating enhanced conductivity compared monolayer GeSe. energy barrier atom...

10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08909 article EN The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019-02-19
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