Zhenrui Wu

ORCID: 0000-0003-0241-8710
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Research Areas
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Fiber-reinforced polymer composites
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry
  • Muon and positron interactions and applications
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Merger and Competition Analysis
  • Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
  • Global trade and economics

University of British Columbia
2020-2024

Okanagan University College
2023-2024

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
2024

Shanghai Normal University
2022

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
2017-2020

Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
2015

A bio-inspired electrolyte was first designed with tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) additive as a “healing agent” to in situ repair the Zn surface crack and modulate 2+ solvation chemistry, rendering long-life deep-cycling metal anodes.

10.1039/d3ta02804f article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023-01-01

The brain-storm of designing low-cost and commercialized eutectic electrolytes for zinc (Zn)-based electrochemical energy storage (ZEES) remains unresolved attractive, especially when implementing it at low temperatures. Here, we report an appealing layout advancing chlorine-functionalized (Cl-FE) via exploiting Cl anion-induced interaction with Zn acetate solutions. This novel liquid shows high affinity to collaborate 1,3-dioxolane (DOL) is prone constitute Cl-FE/DOL-based a unique...

10.1002/anie.202307475 article EN cc-by-nc Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023-06-15

Abstract Aqueous rechargeable zinc‐sulfur (Zn‐S) batteries are a promising, cost‐effective, and high‐capacity energy storage technology. Still, they challenged by the poor reversibility of S cathodes, sluggish redox kinetics, low utilization, unsatisfactory areal capacity. This work develops facile strategy to achieve an appealing high‐areal‐capacity (above 5 mAh cm −2 ) Zn‐S battery molecular‐level regulation between high‐electrical‐conductivity tellurium (Te). The incorporation Te as...

10.1002/advs.202308580 article EN cc-by Advanced Science 2024-04-02

Abstract Aqueous Zn‐metal battery (AZMB) is a promising candidate for future large‐scale energy storage with commendable capacity, exceptional safety characteristics, and low cost. Acetonitrile (AN) has been widely used as an effective electrolyte constituent to improve AZMBs’ performance. However, its functioning mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we unveiled the critical roles of AN in AZMBs via comparative situ electrochemical, gaseous, morphological analyses. Despite limited...

10.1002/anie.202402206 article EN cc-by-nc Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024-03-08

Understanding zinc (Zn) deposition behavior and improving Zn stripping plating reversibility are significant in developing practical aqueous ion batteries (AZIBs). metal is abundant, cost-effective, intrinsically safe compared with Li. However, their similar inhomogeneous growth regime harms practicality. This work reports a facile, easily scalable, but effective method to develop textured unidirectional scratches on the surface that electrochemically achieves high accumulated areal capacity...

10.1002/smll.202206634 article EN Small 2022-11-27

Potassium-ion capacitors (KICs) have received a surge of interest because their higher reserves and lower costs potassium than lithium. However, the cycle performance capacity devices been reported to be unsatisfactory. Herein, unique crystalline MnCo2O4.5 amorphous MnCo2S4 core/shell nanoscale flower structure grown on graphene (MCO@MCS@rGO) was synthesized by two-step hydrothermal process demonstrated in KICs. The MCO@MCS@rGO exhibits improved electrical conductivity excellent structural...

10.1021/acsami.0c16812 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020-11-23

Potassium batteries are an emerging energy storage technology due to the large abundance of potassium, low cost, and potentially high density. However, it remains challenging find suitable electrode materials with density good cycling stability structural instability kinetics issues resulting from size K+. Herein, a durable high-capacity K-Te battery was developed by rational design Te/C electrolyte salt chemistry. A well-confined cathode structure prepared using commercially available...

10.1021/acsami.1c01155 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021-03-31
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