Education and Research Experience: 

Bachelor of Applied Chemistry, Northeastern University (June 2009);

Research assistant, State Key Laboratory of Vanadium and Titanium Resources Comprehensive Utilization (July 2009 - June 2013);

Doctor of Applied Chemistry, Xiamen University (June 2018);

Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Technology (July 2018 - August 2021);

Associate Professor, Xiamen University (October 2021 - Now).

Principal Research Interests:
Fast charging lithium-ion battery, high-safety aqueous zinc-ion battery, in-situ electrochemical method.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Zhang, M.; Hua, H.; Dai, P.; He, Z.; Han, L.; Tang, P.; Yang, J.; Lin, P.; Zhang, Y.; Zhan, D.; Chen, J.; Qiao, Y.; Li, C. C.*; Zhao, J.*; Yang, Y.*, Dynamically Interfacial pH-Buffering Effect Enabled by N-Methylimidazole Molecules as Spontaneous Proton Pumps toward Highly Reversible Zinc-Metal Anodes. Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2208630.

2. Yang, Y.*; Hua, H.; Lv, Z.; Zhang, M.; Liu, C.; Wen, Z.; Xie, H.; He, W.; Zhao, J.*; Li, C. C.*, Reconstruction of Electric Double Layer for Long-Life Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2212446.

3. Yang, Y.*; Hua, H.; Lv, Z.; Meng, W.; Zhang, M.; Li, H.; Lin, P.; Yang, J.; Chen, G.; Kang, Y.; Wen, Z.; Zhao, J.*; Li, C. C.*, Diminishing Space-Charge Layer Effect of Zinc Anodes by an Anion-Immobilized Electrolyte Membrane. ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 1959-1968.

4. Yang, J.; Hua, H.; Yang, H.; Lai, P.; Zhang, M.; Lv, Z.; Wen, Z.; Li, C. C.*; Zhao, J.*; Yang, Y.*, A High Utilization and Environmentally Sustainable All-Organic Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Enabled by a Molecular Architecture Design. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2204005.

5. Wu, D.; Kang, Y.; Wang, F.; Yang, J.; Xu, Y.; Zhuang, Y.; Wu, J.; Zeng, J.*; Yang, Y.*; Zhao, J.*, Surface-Redox Pseudocapacitance-Dominated Charge Storage Mechanism Enabled by the Reconstructed Cathode/Electrolyte Interface for High-Rate Magnesium Batteries. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202301145.

6. Yang, H.; Zhang, Q.; Yang, Y.*; Zhao, J.*, Unveiling the origin of air-stability in polyanion and layered-oxide cathode materials for sodium ion batteries and their practical application considerations. Adv. Funct Mater. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202308257.

7. Lv, Z.; Tan, Y.; Kang, Y.; Yang, J.; Cheng, X.; Meng, W.; Zhang, Y.; Li, C. C.*; Zhao, J.*; Yang, Y.*, Non-desolvation Zn2+ storage mechanism enables MoS2 anode with enhanced interfacial charge-transfer kinetics for low temperature zinc-ion batteries. Sci. China Chem. 2023, 66, 1537.

8. Lin, P.; Chen, G.; Kang, Y.; Zhang, M.; Yang, J.; Lv, Z.; Yang, Y.*; Zhao, J.*, Simultaneous Inhibition of Zn Dendrites and Polyiodide Ions Shuttle Effect by an Anion Concentrated Electrolyte Membrane for Long Lifespan Aqueous Zinc–Iodine Batteries. ACS Nano 2023, 17, 15492.

9. Kang, Y.; Chen, G.; Hua, H.; Zhang, M.; Yang, J.; Lin, P.; Yang, H.; Lv, Z.; Wu, Q.; Zhao, J.*; Yang, Y.*, A Janus Separator based on Cation Exchange Resin and Fe Nanoparticles-decorated Single-wall Carbon Nanotubes with Triply Synergistic Effects for High-areal Capacity Zn-I2 Batteries. Angew. Chem. 2023, 62, e202300418.

10. Chen, G.; Kang, Y.; Yang, H.; Zhang, M.; Yang, J.; Lv, Z.; Wu, Q.; Lin, P.; Yang, Y.*; Zhao, J.*, Toward Forty Thousand-Cycle Aqueous Zinc-Iodine Battery: Simultaneously Inhibiting Polyiodides Shuttle and Stabilizing Zinc Anode through a Suspension Electrolyte. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 33, 2300656.

11.  Yang, Y.; Huang, J.; Cao, Z.; Lv, Z.; Wu, D.; Wen, Z.; Meng, W.; Zeng, J.; Li, C. C.; Zhao, J., Synchronous Manipulation of Ion and Electron Transfer in Wadsley–Roth Phase Ti-Nb Oxides for Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries. Adv. Sci. 2022, 9, 2104530.

12.  Wu, D.; Wang, F.; Yang, H.; Xu, Y.; Zhuang, Y.; Zeng, J.*; Yang, Y.*; Zhao, J.*, Realizing rapid electrochemical kinetics of Mg2+ in Ti-Nb oxides through a Li+ intercalation activated strategy toward extremely fast charge/discharge dual-ion batteries. Energy Storage Mater. 2022, 52, 94-103.

13.  Wen, Z.; Kang, Y.; Wu, Q.; Shen, X.; Lai, P.; Yang, Y.*; Li, C. C.*; Zhao, J.*, High interfacial-energy heterostructure facilitates large-sized lithium nucleation and rapid Li+ desolvation process. Sci. Bull. 2022, 67, 2531-2540.

14.  Lin, P.; Cong, J.; Li, J.; Zhang, M.; Lai, P.; Zeng, J.; Yang, Y.*; Zhao, J.*, Achieving ultra-long lifespan Zn metal anodes by manipulating desolvation effect and Zn deposition orientation in a multiple cross-linked hydrogel electrolyte. Energy Storage Mater. 2022, 49, 172-180.

15. Yang, Y.; Zhu, H.; Yang, F.; Yang, F.; Chen, D.; Wen, Z.; Wu, D.; Ye, M.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, J.; Liu, Q.; Lu, X.; Gu, M.*; Li, C. C.*; He, W.*, Ten Thousand-Cycle Ultrafast Energy Storage of Wadsley–Roth Phase Fe–Nb Oxides with a Desolvation Promoting Interfacial Layer. Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 9675-9683.

16.  Yang, Y.; Zhao, J.*, Wadsley–Roth Crystallographic Shear Structure Niobium-Based Oxides: Promising Anode Materials for High-Safety Lithium-Ion Batteries. Adv. Sci. 2021, 8, 2004855.

17.  Yang, Y.; Xiao, J.; Cai, J.; Wang, G.; Du, W.; Zhang, Y.; Lu, X.; Li, C. C.*, Mixed-Valence Copper Selenide as an Anode for Ultralong Lifespan Rocking-Chair Zn-Ion Batteries: An Insight into its Intercalation/Extraction Kinetics and Charge Storage Mechanism. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2005092.

18. Yang, Y.; Liu, C.; Lv, Z.; Yang, H.; Zhang, Y.; Ye, M.; Chen, L.; Zhao, J.*; Li, C. C.*, Synergistic Manipulation of Zn2+ Ion Flux and Desolvation Effect Enabled by Anodic Growth of a 3D ZnF2 Matrix for Long-Lifespan and Dendrite-Free Zn Metal Anodes. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2007388.

19. Yang, Y.; Liu, C.; Lv, Z.; Yang, H.; Cheng, X.; Zhang, S.; Ye, M.; Zhang, Y.; Chen, L.; Zhao, J.; Li, C. C., Redistributing Zn-ion flux by interlayer ion channels in Mg-Al layered double hydroxide-based artificial solid electrolyte interface for ultra-stable and dendrite-free Zn metal anodes. Energy Storage Mater. 2021, 41, 230-239.

20.  Wang, B.; Yan, J.; Zhang, Y.; Ye, M.; Yang, Y.*; Li, C. C.*, In Situ Carbon Insertion in Laminated Molybdenum Dioxide by Interlayer Engineering Toward Ultrastable “Rocking-Chair” Zinc-Ion Batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2102827.

21.  Lv, Z.; Zhu, H.; Meng, W.; Wei, L.; Yang, Y.*; Zhang, Y.; Ye, M.; Li, C. C.*, Cation mixing in Wadsley-Roth phase anode of lithium-ion battery improves cycling stability and fast Li+ storage. Appl. Phys. Rev. 2021, 8, 031404.

22.  Yang, Y.; Zhu, H.; Xiao, J.; Geng, H.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, J.; Li, G.; Wang, X.-L.; Li, C. C.; Liu, Q., Achieving Ultrahigh-Rate and High-Safety Li+ Storage Based on Interconnected Tunnel Structure in Micro-Size Niobium Tungsten Oxides. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 1905295.