Dr. Wei Ni (Max) received his B.E. (Polymer Materials and Engineering) and M.E. (Materials Science) from Zhengzhou University in 2005 and 2008, respectively, and then Ph.D. (Polymer Chemistry and Physics) from Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) in 2011. After several research fellow/faculty experiences including at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), CAEP, and University of Oulu (Finland), PZH Univ., he is now a senior research scientist at State Key Laboratory of Vanadium and Titanium Resources Comprehensive Utilization, ANSTEEL Research Institute of Vanadium & Titanium (Iron & Steel). He has coauthored over 50 SCI papers (including 6 highly cited papers, h-index of 22, i10-index of 33, citation > 2000) and 6 book chapters. He and coworkers have pioneered some research areas such as room-temperature rapid cationic polymerization for one-dimensional (1D) polymer nanomaterials (similar to the mechanism of CVD growth of CNTs) and their carbonaceous materials, magnetic 1D/2D metallic nickel nanomaterials and their derivatives, room-temperature rapid and large-scale synthesis of 1D vanadium-based nanomaterials etc. Now his research interests focus on advanced nanomaterials for energy storage/conversion and environmental protection. Dr. Ni is on the editorial board of several scientific journals and serves as a reviewer or referee for dozens of mainstream journals from RSC, ACS, Elsevier and Wiley, etc. He is also a member of Chinese Chemical Society (CCS), China Association of Inventions (CAI), and American Vacuum Society (AVS).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (full list at Google Scholar, ORCID)

[1]           Ni W, Liang F, Liu J, Qu X, Zhang C, Li J, et al. Polymer nanotubes toward gelating organic chemicals. Chem Commun 2011; 47(16): 4727-9.

[2]           Ni W, Wu HB, Wang B, Xu R, Lou XW. One-Pot Synthesis of Ultra-Light Nickel Nanofoams Composed of Nanowires and Their Transformation into Various Functional Nanofoams. Small 2012; 8(22): 3432-7.

[3]           Ni W, Cheng J, Shi L, Li X, Wang B, Guan Q, et al. Integration of Sn/C yolk–shell nanostructures into free-standing conductive networks as hierarchical composite 3D electrodes and the Li-ion insertion/extraction properties in a gel-type lithium-ion battery thereof. J Mater Chem A 2014; 2(45): 19122-30.

[4]           Ni W, Wang B, Cheng J, Li X, Guan Q, Gu G, et al. Hierarchical foam of exposed ultrathin nickel nanosheets supported on chainlike Ni-nanowires and the derivative chalcogenide for enhanced pseudocapacitance. Nanoscale 2014; 6(5): 2618-23.

[5]           Ni W, Shi L. Layer-structured carbonaceous materials for advanced Li-ion and Na-ion batteries: Beyond graphene. J Vac Sci Technol A 2019; 37(4): 040803.

[6]           Ni W, Shi L. 2D and layered Ti-based materials for supercapacitors and rechargeable batteries: synthesis, properties, and applications. Curr Appl Mater 2022; 1(1): e200521193451.

[7]           Ni W, Khan A. Chapter 10 - Modified metal-organic frameworks as photocatalysts. In: Khan A, Verpoort F, Asiri AM, Hoque ME, Bilgrami AL, Azam M, et al., editors. Metal-Organic Frameworks for Chemical Reactions: Elsevier; 2021. p. 231-70.