• RESEARCH

    Charge storage and structural stabilization

    Electrode/electrolyte interface

  • NEWS

    • Jul. 2025 Our RGC/GRF project is funded.
    • Apr. 2025 Yiming won the HKPFS. Congrats!
    • Aug. 2024 Qun won the Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Faculty of Science. Congrats!
    • Jan. 2024 Our NSFC/GRF joint project is funded.
    • Oct. 2023 Zhen won the PolyU PhD Thesis Award 2023. Congrats!
    • Dec. 2021 Dr. Zhang won the Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the Faculty.

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  • MEMBERS

    Post-doc.

    Dr. Yanyan WANG

    (University of Wollongong)

    Post-doc.

    Dr. Wei LI

    (Tsinghua University)

    PhD student

    Ms. Danni WANG

    (Xiamen University)

    PhD student

    Ms. Jie SHI

    (Tongji University)

    PhD student

    Mr. Yao LIU

    (Harbin Institute of Technology,SZ)

    PhD student

    Mr. Mengzi GENG

    (Wuhan University)

    PhD Student

    Mr. Fanbin ZENG

    (Southern University of Science and Technology)

    PhD Student

    Mr. Juanlang GUO

    (Central South University)

    PhD student

    Mr. Yiming ZHAO

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Selected Publications

    1. Z. Wang, X. Che, D. Wang, Y. Wang, X. He, Y. Zhu, B. Zhang. Non‐Fluorinated Ethers to Mitigate Electrode Surface Reactivity in High‐Voltage NCM811‐Li Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202303950.

    2. Q. Liu, Z. Yu, Q. Zhuang, J.K. Kim, F.Y. Kang, B. Zhang. Anti-Fatigue Hydrogel Electrolyte for All-Flexible Zn-Ion Batteries. Adv. Mater. 2023, 2300498.

    3. Y. Gao, X. Du, Z. Hou, X. Shen, Y.-W. Mai, J.M. Tarascon, B. Zhang. Unraveling the mechanical origin of stable solid electrolyte interphase. Joule 2021, 5, 1860.
    4. Z. Hou, Y. Gao, H. Tan, B. Zhang. Realizing high-power and high-capacity zinc/sodium metal anodes through interfacial chemistry regulation. Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 3083.
    5. J. Huang, X. Guo, X. Du, X. Lin, J.Q. Huang, H. Tan, Y. Zhu, B. Zhang. Nanostructures of solid electrolyte interphases and their consequences for microsized Sn anodes in sodium ion batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12, 1550.

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  • Contact

    Email: biao.ap.zhang@polyu.edu.hk


    Tel: (852) 3400 3260
    Address: Department of Applied Physics, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

    Openings

    • High caliber students who are interested in electrochemical energy storage materials are welcome to join our group for final year projects (undergraduate students), postgraduate and postdoc studies. Please contact me with CV and English certificate (IELTS or TOEFL, for Ph.D and Mphil application) to the email address above.