Research areas Energy Materials and Electrochemistry Secondary Battery Technology with High Energy Courses Introduction to Energy Science and Engineering Energy Storage Materials and Battery Technology Fundamental Experiments in Energy Science Profile Education and research experience: Nanjing university, Nanjing, China College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Professor Since January 2018 Doctoral supervisor Since July 2017 Associate Professor Since November 2011 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan Energy Technology Research Institute Special Researcher(Post-Doctoral Fellow) July 2009 - December 2011 Fudan University, Shanghai, China Department of Chemistry PhD in physical chemistry (electrochemistry) June 2009 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China College of Materials Science and Engineering Master of Science in Engineering April 2006 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China College of Materials Science and Engineering Bachelor of Science June 2003 Supported by the talent recruitment program of Nanjing University, Professor He came back to China and joined the faculty in November 2011. After that, he established the university’s Laboratory of Energy Storage Materials and Battery Technology. His research interests lie in energy materials electrochemistry and battery technology, especially power-type high-energy lithium-ion batteries, lithium-air batteries and lithium-sulfur batteries. In recent years, Prof. He obtained many innovative achievements in several scientific fields including multiphase electrocatalytic theory of air cathode, design and realization of improved interface between Li metal anode and electrolyte, and improvement of carrier transport in solid electrolyte interface. Achievements: Published over 120 SCI papers published on international journals in energy materials and chemistry areas such as Joule, Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials and Nano Energy. Served as the first or corresponding author of over 60 of those papers. Has an H-index of 44 and a paper citation of over 6,000 times by Web of Science Core Collection articles. Holds over 20 patents in Japan and China Honored as Young Scholar of Yangtze River Scholar Program (2018), China Top Ten Cutting-edge Talent in Science and Technology (2018) Awarded the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars (2019), Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province (2019), Natural Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars of Jiangsu Province (2016). Selected into the Six Expert Peaks Project of Jiangsu Province Won Wu Haoqing Prize in Electrochemistry (2009), Bank of China Teaching Achievement Prize (2015), Charming Supervisor of Nanjing University (2018), and Taking charge of the National Key R & D Program of China Project “New Energy Vehicle”, National Basic Research Program in nanotechnology (part of the 973 Program), 3 projects funded by the National Natural Science, 3 projects funded by the Natural Science of Jiangsu Province and several projects funded by the PhD Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education and Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars of Ministry of Education Research achievement Publications: Selected peer-reviewed journal publications (Note: * refers to corresponding author.) Cheng, Z.; Liu, M.; Ganapathy, S.; Li, C.; Li, Z. L.; Zhang, X. Y.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.*; Wagemaker, M.* Revealing the Impact of Space-Charge Layers on the Li-Ion Transport in All-Solid-State Batteries. Joule, 2020, 4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.04.002 Song, H. C.; Wang, S.; Song, X. Y.; Wang, J.; Jiang, K. Z.; Huang, S. H.; Han, M.; Xu, J.*; He, P.*; Chen, K. J.; Zhou, H. S.*. Solar-driven all-solid-state lithium–air batteries operating at extreme low temperatures. Energy Environmen. Sci., 2020, 13(4), 1205-1211. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EE04039K Mu, X. W.; Pan, H.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.* Li-CO2 and Na-CO2 Batteries: Toward Greener and Sustainable Electrical Energy Storage. Adv. Mater. 2019, 1903790. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201903790 Mu, X. W.; Jiang, J.; Deng, H.; Qiao, Y.; Zheng, M. B.; Zhang, X. P.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.* H2O self-trapping air cathode of Li–O2 battery enabling low charge potential operating in dry system. Nano Energy, 2019. 64, 103945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.103945 Wang, D.; Zhang, F.; He P.*; Zhou, H. S.* Versatile Halide Ester Enabling Li Anode Stability and High Rate Capability of Lithium-Oxygen Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2019, 58(8), 2355-2359. (Very Important Paper) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201813009 Qiu, F. L.; Li, X.; Deng, H.; Wang, D.; Mu, X. W.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.* A Concentrated Ternary-Salts Electrolyte for High Reversible Li Metal Battery with Slight Excess Li, Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 9(6), 1803372. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803372 Yang, S. X.; Zhang, F.; Ding, He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.* Lithium Metal Extraction from Seawater. Joule, 2018, 2(9), 1648-1651.(Cover story)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.07.006 Liao, K. M.; Wu, S. C.; Mu, X. W.; Lu, Q.; Han, M., He P.*; Shao, Z. P.; Zhou H. S.* Developing water-defendable” and “dendrite-free” lithium metal anode using a simple and promising GeCl4 pretreatment method. Adv. Mater. 2018. 2018. 1705711. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201705711 Mu, X. W.; Wen, Q. H.; Ou, G.; Du, Y. M.; He, P.*; Zhong, M. L.; Zhu, H.; Wu, H. *; Yang, S. X.; Li, Y. J.; Li, B. J.; Zhang, X. P.; Zhou, H. S.* A cathodic collector with nano villous NiO1-x layer fabricated by laser-scan for Li-O2 battery, Nano Energy. 2018, 51, 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.06.043 Li, X.; Qiao, Y.; Guo, S. H.*; Xu, Z. M.; Zhu, H.; Zhang, X. Y.; Yuan, Y.; He, P.*; Ishida, M.; Zhou, H. S*, Direct Visualization of the Reversible O2−/O− Redox Process in Li-Rich Cathode Materials. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1705197. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201705197 Liu, Y. J.; Li, C.; Li, B. J.; Song, H. C.; Cheng, Z.; Chen, M. R.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.* Germanium Thin Film Protected Lithium Aluminum Germanium Phosphate for Solid-State Li Batteries. Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 8, 1702374. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201702374 Liu, Y. J.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.*, Rechargeable Solid-State Li–Air and Li–S Batteries: Materials, Construction, and Challenges. Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 8, 1701602. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701602 Yang, S. X.; Qiao, Y.; He, P.*; Liu, Y. J.; Cheng, Z.; Zhou, H. S.*, A reversible Lithium-CO2 battery with Ru nanoparticles as cathode catalyst. Energy Environ. Sci. 2017, 10(4), 972-978. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EE03770D Yang, S. X.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.*, Exploring the Electrochemical Reaction Mechanism of Carbonate Oxidation in Li-Air/CO2 Battery through Tracing Missing Oxygen. Energy Environ. Sci. 2016, 9(5), 1650-1654. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EE00004E Feng, N. N.; He, P.*; Zhou, H. S.*, Critical Challenges in Rechargeable Aprotic Li–O2 Batteries. Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6(9), 1502303. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201502303 National-, provincial- and ministerial-level research projects: 1. National Key R&D Project “New Energy Automobile” and “Exploration on the New System of Power Battery,” 2016.7-2020.12, 6.4 million yuan, in charge 2. General Program funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, “Study on the Electrochemical Reaction Mechanism on the Positive Interface of Li-O2 Battery in Complex System,” 2016.7-2020.12, 650,000 yuan, in charge 3. Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Program of the National Natural Science Foundation, “Chemistry of Energy Storage Materials and High Specific Energy Battery Technology,” 2020.1-2022.12, 1.2 million yuan, in charge 4. General Program funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, “Study on Interfacial Reaction Mechanism and Electrochemical Performance of Organic Electrolyte Based Lithium-Air Batteries,” 2013.7-2017.12, 830,000 yuan, main participant 5. National Basic Research Program in nanotechnology, “Study on the Stability of Micro- and Nano-structured Lithium Negative Electrode and its Compatibility with Electrolyte,” 2014.1-2018.8, 1.09 million yuan, in charge 6. Outstanding Youth Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, “Preparation and Performance of Porous Air Electrode for Lithium-Air Batteries,” 2016.7-2019.12, 500,000, in charge 7. Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, “Preparation and Asymmetric Electrochemical Kinetics of Negative Electrode Material Li4 Ti5 O12 of Li-ion Power Batteries,” 2012.7-2015.12, 200,000, in charge 8. Production-University-Research Cooperation Project of the Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, “Research on the Preparation of Three-dimensional Porous Materials of Lithium-Air Batteries and the Compatibility of its Aprotic Electrolyte,” 2016.1-2017.12, 150,000, in charge 9. PhD Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education, “Research on the Electrochemical Interface of Anhydrous Electrolyte Based Lithium-Air Batteries,” 2013.1-2015.12, 40,000, in charge 10. Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Scholars of Ministry of Education, “Preparation and Performance of Li-ion Solid Electrolyte Based Thin-Film Lithium-Air Batteries,” 2015.1-2016.12, 30,000, in charge Others Graduate students advisement Advised 5 doctoral student and 12 master’s students who have graduated Advising 2 post-doc researcher, 5 doctoral students and several master’s students |