Our research interest centers on developing fundamental understandings and material design principles for clean energy storage and conversion. In particular, our research group focuses on electrode and electrolyte design for high-energy aqueous/non-aqueous batteries; mechanistic understanding of interfacial phenomena governing electrochemical energy conversion and storage processes.
2008-2012 Harbin Institute of Technology B.Sc.
2012-2014 Harbin Institute of Technology M.Sc.
2015-2019 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Ph.D.（Prof. Yi-Chun Lu）
2019-2021 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Postdoctor（Prof. Yi-Chun Lu）
2021-2023 City University of Hong Kong Postdoctor（Prof. Chunyi Zhi）
2023-2025 College de France Postdoctor（Prof. Jean-Marie Tarascon）
2026.03- Nankai University Professor（Tenure-Track）
（*corresponding author，#equal contribution）
1. Y. Wang, C. Leau, S. Coudray, C. Boussard-Plédel, C. Davoisne, D. Foix, C. Mouravieff, S. T. Boles, J.-M. Tarascon*.Formation dynamics of ethylene carbonate-derived solid-electrolyte-interphase in commercial Li-ion batteries. Energy & Environmental Science, 2026,19, 619-634.
2. Y. Wang, T. Wang, S. Bu, J. Zhu, Y. Wang, R. Zhang, H. Hong, W. Zhang, J. Fan* and C. Zhi*. Sulfolane-containing aqueous electrolyte solutions for producing efficient ampere-hour-level zinc metal battery pouch cells. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 1828 (1-13).
3. Y. Wang, B. Liang, J. Zhu, G. Li, Q. Li, R. Ye, J. Fan* and C. Zhi*. Manipulating electric double layer adsorption for stable solid‐electrolyte interphase in 2.3 Ah Zn‐pouch cells. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202302583 (1-12).
4. Y. Wang, T. Wang, D. Dong, J. Xie, Y. Guan. Y. Huang, J. Fan and Y.-C. Lu*. Enabling high-energy-density aqueous batteries with hydrogen bond-anchored electrolytes. Matter, 2022, 5, 162-179.
5. Y.-C. Yang#, Y Wang#, A. Olgo, N. M. Keppetipola, Z. Li, O. Sel, N. Blanc, B. Mathieu, A. V. Roekeghem, S. Tardif, S. Lyonnard, J.-M. Tarascon*, Q. Jacquet*. Design guidelines to use optical fibers as state of charge sensors: an operando micro wide and small angle X-ray scattering study of an IR-fiber equipped smart Na-ion battery. EES Batteries, 2026.
6. Z. Wu, Y. Wang* and C. Zhi*. Zinc-anode reversibility and capacity inflection as an evaluation criterion. Joule, 2024, 9, 2442-2448.
7. H. Hong#, Y. Wang#, Y. Zhang#, B. Han*, Q. Li, X. Guo, Y. Guo, A. Chen, Z. Wei, Z. Huang, Y. Zhao, J. Fan*, Chunyi Zhi*. Hydrogen‐bonded ionic co‐crystals for fast solid‐state zinc ion storage. Advanced Materials, 2024, 47, 2407150 (1-12).
8. Y. Wang, W. Wang, J. Xie, C. H. Wang, Y. W. Yang and Y.-C. Lu*. Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in ionic liquid: mechanistic study of Li–CO2 batteries via in situ ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Nano Energy, 2021, 83, 105830.
9. Y. Wang, Y.-R. Lu, C.-L. Dong and Y.-C. Lu*. Critical factors controlling superoxide reactions in lithium-oxygen batteries. ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 1355-1363.
10. Y. Wang, and Y.-C. Lu*, Nonaqueous lithium–oxygen batteries: reaction mechanism and critical open questions, Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 28, 235-246.
11. Y. Wang, and Y.-C. Lu*, Isotopic labeling reveals active reaction interfaces of electrochemical-oxidation of lithium peroxide, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 6962-6966.
12. Y. Wang, N.-C. Lai, Y.-R. Lu, Y. Zhou, C.-L. Dong and Y.-C. Lu*. A solvent-controlled oxidation mechanism of Li2O2 in lithium-oxygen batteries. Joule, 2018, 2, 2364-2380.
13. Y. Wang, Z. Liang, Q. Zou, G. Cong, and Y.-C. Lu*. Mechanistic insights into catalyst-assisted nonaqueous oxygen evolution reaction in lithium-oxygen batteries. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016, 12, 6459-6466.
Collaboration：
14. C. Leau, Y. Wang, C. Gervillié-Mouravieff, S. Boles, X. Zhang, S. Coudray, C. Boussard-Plédel, J. Tarascon*. Tracking solid electrolyte interphase dynamics using operando fibre optic infrared spectroscopy and multivariate curve regression. Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 757(1-14).
15. Z. Li, Y. Wang, F. Rabuel, M. Deschamps, G. Rousse, O. Sel*, J.-M. Tarascon*. Na2-x Mn[Fe(CN)6] prussian blue analog cathodes for Na-ion batteries–from fundamentals to practical demonstration. Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 76, 104118(1-12).
16. P. Desai, H. Lohani, Y. Wang, F. Ribot, G. Laurent, J. Bonefacino, H. Vezin, D. Foix, C. Davoisne, B. Zhang, J.-M. Tarascon*, and S. Mariyappan*. Addressing bottlenecks to achieve high-energy sodium-ion cells using Tin anodes or anode-free. Advanced Energy Materials. 2026.
17. M. Qiu, P. Sun, Y. Wang, L. Ma, C. Zhi*, W. Mai*. Anion-trap engineering toward remarkable crystallographic reorientation and efficient cation migration of Zn ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022, 44, e202210979 (1-9).
18. W. Wang, Y. Wang, C.-H. Wang, Y.-W. Yang, Y.-C. Lu*. In Situ probing of solid/liquid interfaces of potassium–oxygen batteries via ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: New reaction pathways and root cause of battery. Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 36, 341-346.
19. D. Wang, Q. Li, W. Ying, C. Han, Y. Wang, Y. Zhao, H. Li, Chunyi Zhi*. H2-inhibited organic anodes for fast and long-life aqueous aluminum ion batteries with a 3.5-Month calendar life. Small, 2022, 22, 2200463 (1-8).
20. Z. Li, Y. Zhou, Y. Wang, and Y.-C. Lu*. Solvent‐mediated Li2S electrodeposition: a critical manipulator in lithium–sulfur batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9, 1802207 (1-10).
21. W. Wang, N.-C. Lai, Z. Liang, Y. Wang and Y.-C. Lu*. Superoxide stabilization and a universal KO2 growth mechanism in potassium-oxygen batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 5042-5046.
22. Z. Liang, Q. Zou, Y. Wang and Y.-C. Lu*. Recent progress in applying in situ/operando characterization techniques to probe the solid/liquid/gas interfaces of Li–O2 batteries. Small Methods, 2017, 1700150 (1-15).