Liang Zhang

Professor

B. Sc.   in Material Physics, Anhui University (China), 2008

Ph.D.    in Application of Synchrotron Radiation, University of Science and Technology of Chna (China), 2013 

Humboldt research fellow, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 2013-2016

Postdoctoral research fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2016-2018

Professor, FUNSOM, Soochow University, since 2019

TEL: 0512-65885890

Email: liangzhang2019@suda.edu.cn

Research interests:

High-energy and high-power secondary batteries;

Nano materials for energy storage and catalysis;

Application of synchrotron radiation

Main contributions and projects:

Dr. Liang Zhang has been working on the energy storage materials and synchrotron radiation, including (1) high-energy and high-power secondary batteries (Li-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, Li-S battereis, Na-S batteries); (2) application of in-situ/operando X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES/RIXS/XPS); and (3) the development of new in situ/operando synchrotron radiation-based spectroscopy and microscopy methods and their applications in energy storage and conversion materials. He has published ~70 papers in the journals of Science, Nature Catalysis, Nano Lett., J. Am. Chem. Soc., ACS Nano, Nano Energy, Phys. Rev. B, and Appl. Phys. Lett. etc.

Group Webpage: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/liangzhang2019

Selected publications:

1. Manling Ding, Cheng Cheng, Qiulong Wei,* Yue Hu, Ying Yan, Kehua Dai, Jing Mao, Jinghua Guo, Liang Zhang,* Liqiang Mai,* Carbon decorated Li₃V₂ (PO₄)₃ for high-rate lithium-ion batteries: Electrochemical performance and charge compensation mechanism, J. Energy Chem., 2021, 53, 124.

2. Na-substitution Induced Oxygen Vacancy Achieving High Transition Metal Capacity in Commercial Li-rich Cathode, Quanxin Ma, Zaijun Chen, Shengwen Zhong, Junxia Meng, Fulin Lai, Zhifeng Li, Chen Cheng, Liang Zhang,* Tiefeng Liu,* Nano Energy, 2021, 81, 105622.

3. Pan Zeng, Cheng Liu, Xiaofeng Zhao, Cheng Yuan, Yungui Chen,* Haiping Lin,* and Liang Zhang*, Enhanced Catalytic Conversion of Polysulfides Using Bimetallic Co₇Fe₃ for High-performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 11558.

4.  Yingying Yan, Chen Cheng, Liang Zhang,* Yanguang Li,* Jun Lu,Deciphering the reaction mechanism of lithium-sulfur batteries by in-situ/operando synchrotron-based characterization techniques, Adv. Energy Mater., 2019, 9, 1900148.

5. Liang Zhang, Dan Sun, Jun Kang, Hsiao-Tsu Wang, Shang-Hsien Hsieh, Way-Faung Pong, Hans A. Bechtel, Jun Feng, Lin-Wang Wang, Elton J. Cairns, Jinghua Guo, Tracking the Chemical and Structural Evolution of the TiS₂ Electrode in the Lithium-Ion Cell using Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Nano Lett., 2018,18, 4506.

Patents：

1. Cathode fabrication of Li-S batteires. Liang Zhang, Pan Zeng, Chen Cheng, ZL202011271421.X (CN)

2. A catalyst for polysulfide redox and functional separator for Li-S batteries. Liang Zhang, Pan Zeng, Chen Cheng, ZL202011328023.7 (CN)