Kai Wu

ORCID: 0000-0003-0202-8472
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Research Areas
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers
  • Internet of Things and Social Network Interactions
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions
  • Sensorless Control of Electric Motors
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Jiaxing University
2023-2024

North China Electric Power University
2024

National Institutes for Food and Drug Control
2024

Wuhan University of Science and Technology
2016-2024

Hunan University
2020-2024

Donghua University
2024

Shanghai University
2018-2023

Guizhou Electric Power Design and Research Institute
2020-2023

Shanghai Electric (China)
2023

Shanghai University of Electric Power
2023

Abstract Aqueous Zn batteries have drawn tremendous attention for their several advantages. However, the challenges of anodes such as corrosion and ZnO densification compromised application in rechargeable Zn‐based batteries. In this paper, a straightforward strategy is employed to facilitate uniform stripping/plating anode through using ZrO 2 coating layer, which contributes controllable nucleation sites 2+ fast transportation favorable Maxwell–Wagner polarization. As result, low...

10.1002/adfm.201908528 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2020-02-13

Abstract Aqueous rechargeable zinc ion batteries (ZIBs) have been deemed to be possible candidates for large‐scale energy storage due their ecoefficiency, substantial reserve, safety, and low cost. However, the challenges inherent in aqueous electrolytes, such as water splitting reactions, evaporation, liquid leakage, greatly hindered development storage. Fortunately, polymer electrolytes would able overcome abovementioned challenges. Moreover, flexible properties of can facilitate future...

10.1002/aenm.201903977 article EN Advanced Energy Materials 2020-02-12

A comprehensive understanding of the challenges in zinc-electrode materials and fabrication that limit continuous development rechargeable zinc–air batteries.

10.1039/c8ee01991f article EN Energy & Environmental Science 2018-01-01

Aqueous zinc ion batteries show prospects for next-generation renewable energy storage devices. However, the practical applications have been limited by issues derived from Zn anode. As one of serious problems, dendrite growth caused uncontrollable deposition is unfavorable. Herein, with aim to regulate deposition, an artificial solid–electrolyte interface subtly engineered a perovskite type material, BaTiO3, which can be polarized, and its polarization could switched under external electric...

10.1007/s40820-021-00599-2 article EN cc-by Nano-Micro Letters 2021-02-23

Owing to the inherent properties of aqueous electrolytes, zinc-ion batteries are considered be a promising energy storage system. Unfortunately, water-induced issues, such as hydrogen evolution and corrosion reaction, inevitably occur on Zn anode surface during cycling, which leads poor electrochemical performance. The gel polymer electrolyte would reduce parasitic reactions associated with water. However, nondegradable is harmful environment. Herein, aim alleviate serious issues derived...

10.1021/acsami.2c05887 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022-07-22

Thermoresponsive micellization of poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PEG110-b-PNIPAM44) in water is studied by static light scattering and dynamic scattering. The critical aggregation temperature PEG110-b-PNIPAM44 a little higher than homopolymer PNIPAM, it depends on the block copolymer concentration, which increases from 33.7 to 38.4°C when concentration decreases 2.0 0.20 mg/mL. Above temperature, thermoresponsive occurs, resultant spherical micelles consist PNIPAM core...

10.1021/ma0509199 article EN Macromolecules 2005-06-01

Choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents (DESs) exhibited remarkable activity in the cycloaddition of CO<sub>2</sub> with propylene oxide (PO) absence any additives under solvent- and metal-free conditions as well recyclability.

10.1039/c8cc04412k article EN Chemical Communications 2018-01-01

As one type of advanced alternative batteries, zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) have attracted increasing attention because their advantages cost-effectiveness, high safety and environmentally benign features. However, the performance cathode materials has become a bottleneck for future application ZIBs. In recent years, manganese dioxide (MnO2)-based as cathodes ZIBs been intensively explored. this review, advances in MnO2-based are comprehensively reviewed with discussion about reaction...

10.1088/1361-6528/ab5b38 article EN Nanotechnology 2019-11-25

Aqueous zinc ion battery is a potential alternative for stationary energy storage system owing to the inherent properties of Zn anode. However, anode suffers from serious dendrite due uneven plating. Thus, inspired by nano-drug delivery target site tumor cell, it would be promising strategy introduce targeted in electrolyte even Passive transport plays an important role delivery, which presents released carrier based on polymer particular site. As proof-of-concept, pseudopolyrotaxane...

10.1021/acsami.2c20194 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023-01-26

Abstract Aqueous zinc‐ion batteries (AZIBs) have attracted considerable attention. However, due to the uneven distribution of charge density at Zn anode‐electrolyte interface, severe dendrites and corrosion are generated during cycling. In this work, a facile scalable strategy address above‐mentioned issues has been proposed through regulating interface. As proof concept, amidinothiourea (ATU) with abundant lone‐pair electrons is employed as an interfacial modifier for The uniform increased...

10.1002/chem.202303211 article EN Chemistry - A European Journal 2023-11-01

Abstract Both the sluggish sulfur redox reaction (SRR) kinetics and lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) shuttle effect limit practical application of Li‐S batteries. Designing heterostructure hosts has emerged as an effective way to address these two issues with one material. However, principles heterostructures reinforced batteries remain inadequately understood. Here, it is demonstrated for first time that increasing entropy can promote its SRR catalytic activity alleviate LiPSs shuttling. By a...

10.1002/adfm.202404976 article EN Advanced Functional Materials 2024-06-03

Abstract Polyethylene oxide (PEO)‐based all‐solid‐state lithium metal batteries (ASSLMBs) are strongly hindered by the fast dendrite growth at Li metal/electrolyte interface, especially under large rates. The above issue stems from suboptimal interfacial chemistry and poor + transport kinetics during cycling. Herein, a SnF 2 ‐catalyzed lithiophilic‐lithiophobic gradient solid electrolyte interphase (SCG‐SEI) of x Sn y /LiF‐Li O is in situ formed. superior ionic LiF‐Li rich upper layer (17.1...

10.1002/anie.202410347 article EN Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024-08-02

With the increasing energy demand, conversion and storage technology has garnered intense attention. As one of competitive electrochemical technologies, zinc–air battery (ZAB) been considered to be a promising candidate due its advantages, including low cost environmental friendliness. To overcome technical challenges activity stability ZAB air electrode electrocatalysts, substantial efforts have made develop highly active stable materials for improving performance. In this paper,...

10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00508 article EN Organometallics 2018-09-24
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