Zhonghui Gao
Associate Researcher
Email: zhgao@tju.edu.cn
Institute: Institute of Advanced Metal Materials
Education
2012.09-2016.06 Ph.D. in Materials Science, Tianjin University
2009.09-2012.01 M.S. in Materials Science, Tianjin University
2005.09-2009.06 B.S. in Metal Materials, Lanzhou University of Technology
Work Experience
2023.03-present Associate Researcher, Tianjin University
2019.09-2022.10 Associate Professor, Tongji University
2016.09-2019.09 Postdoctoral Fellow, Tongji University
Travel abroad experience
2021.11-2022.6 Visiting Scholar, University College London
2019.10-2019.12 Collaborative Research, Technical University Darmstadt
2018.10-2018.12 Collaborative Research, Technical University Darmstadt
2015.1-2016.2 State sponsored joint training doctoral students, Griffith University
Research
·Research fields:
(1) Development of solid-state electrolyte materials, solid-solid interfaces in solid-state batteries, and in-situ characterization techniques for batteries.
(2) Research on the growth mechanism of metal Li/Na dendrites in solid-state batteries.
(3) Development of novel energy storage devices.
Undertake projects
·China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Research on the growth mechanism of single-crystal metal oxides synthesized by solid-phase sintering method, (0500229044), May 2018-April 2019, Chairperson.
·Jiangsu Shuangdeng Furant New Energy Co. collaborative project, Development of oxide/PEO composite electrolyte for solid-state batteries, (TG201817), Nov. 2018-Oct. 2019, Chairperson.
Iconic results
1. Zhonghui Gao, Yang Bai, Haoyu Fu, Jiayi Yang, Thimo Ferber, Junrun Feng, Wolfram Jaegermann, Yunhui Huang, Interphase Formed at Li6.4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12/Li Interface Enables Cycle Stability for Solid-State Batteries, Adv. Funct. Mater, 2022, 32, 2112113. (IF:19.9)
(2)Zhonghui Gao, Jiayi Yang, Guanchen Li, Thimo Ferber, Junrun Feng, Yuyu Li, Haoyu Fu, Wolfram Jaegermann, Charles W. Monroe, Yunhui Huang, TiO2 as Second Phase in Na3Zr2Si2PO12 to Suppress Dendrite Growth in Sodium Metal Solid-State Batteries, Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 12, 2103607. (IF:29.7)
(3)Zhonghui Gao1#, Jiayi Yang2#, Haiyang Yuan, Yuyu, Li2, Haoyu Fu1, Thimo Ferber3, Conrad Guhl3, Dongchen Qi5, Huabin Sun1, Porun Liu4, Wolfram Jaegermann3, René Hausbrand3*, Yunhui Huang2*, Introducing Na-deficient surface for negating interfacial resistance in the Na/Na3Zr2Si2PO12.Chem. Mater. 2020, 32 (9), 3970-3979. (IF:10.5)
(4) Junrun Feng#, Zhonghui Gao#, Lin Sheng, Zhangxiang Hao, Feng R. Wang*, Progress and perspective of interface design in garnet electrolyte-based all-solid-state batteries. Carbon Energy 2021, 3, 385–409. (IF:21.5)
(5)Zhonghui Gao, H. B. Sun, L. Fu, F. L. Ye, Y. Zhang, W. Luo, Y. H. Huang, “All-Solid-State Batteries: Promises, Challenges, and Recent Progress of Inorganic Solid‐State Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries”, Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1705702. (IF:32.0)
(6) Jiayi Yang1#, Zhonghui Gao2#*, Thimo Ferber3, Haifeng Zhang4, Conrad Guhl3, Liting Yang5, Yuyu, Li1, Zhi Deng1, Porun Liu6, Chuanwei Cheng4, Renchao Che5, Wolfram Jaegermann3, René Hausbrand3*, Yunhui Huang1,2*, Guided-formation of favorable interface for stabilizing Na metal solid-state batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8(16), 7828-7835. (IF:14.5)
(7) X. C. Kong, Y. M. Xu, Z. D. Cui, Z. Y. Li, Y. Q. Liang, Zhonghui Gao*, S. L. Zhu*, X. J. Yang, “Defect enhances photocatalytic activity of ultrathin TiO2(B) nanosheets for hydrogen production by plasma engraving method”, Appl. Catal. B-Environ 2018, 230, 11-17. (IF:24.3)
(8)Zhonghui Gao, Y. Zhao, H. F.Wang, Y. Wang, L. X. Jiang, Y. M. Xu, B. X. Xu, L. R. Zheng, C. H. Jin, P. Liu, H. G. Yang, H. J. Zhao, X. J. Yang, Y. H. Huang, “Rapid-Heating-Triggeredin SituSolid-State Transformation of Amorphous TiO2 Nanotubes into Well-Defined Anatase Nanocrystals”, Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19 1086–1094. (IF:4.0)
(9) Quan Sun, Xiangchen Kong, Wei Liu, Baixiang Xu, Pei Hu, Zhonghui Gao*, Yunhui Huang, Flakes-stacked Sn/SnO2/C composite as highly stable anode material for lithium-ion batteries, J. Alloys Compd. 2020, 831, 154677. (IF:6.4)
