Papers During 2023–2027 (61+)-Yingkui Yang

184. Yonglin Wang, Yangfeng Cui, Meiqi Zhao, Jiazhi Wang, Xueqin Liu, Yunhai Zhu*, and Yingkui Yang*: Zwitterion-mediated interface chemistry for practical Zn-iodine batteries. Nature Communications 2025, 16(1): 5565.

183. Haisheng Huang, Yin Fan, Yonglin Wang, Li Wang, Yalong Jiang, Yu Cheng, Jiazhi Wang, Yunhai Zhu*, and Yingkui Yang*: Space-confined catalysis of iodine with oxygen vacancy-driven nanopump for durable aqueous zinc-iodine batteries. Matter 2025, 8: 102154.

182. Yunhai Zhu, Li Wang, Chi-Pong Tsui, Chak-Yin Tang, and Yingkui Yang*: Mapping Buried Interfaces in Polymer Electrolytes for Durable High-Voltage Li Metal Batteries. Matter 2025, 8(8): 102168. (Invited)

181. Zhaohui Zhang, Qiang Xu, Weiran Li, Yunhai Zhu, Jun-Sheng Qin, Yingkui Yang*, Heng Rao*, and Long Chen*: Electron-Rich Macrocycle-Based Metal–Organic Frameworks for Efficient Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025, 147(37): 33330-33336.

180. Xun Cui, Ran Jin, Likun Gao, Mingjie Wu, Yijiang Liu*, Zhiqun Lin,* and Yingkui Yang*: High-Loading Single Atoms via Hierarchically Porous Nanospheres for Oxygen Reduction Reaction with Superior Activity and Durability. Advanced Functional Materials 2025, 35(39): 2510108. (Featured on Inside Back Cover)

179. Mingjie Wu*, Jian Luo, Qihang Qian, Lebin Cai, Xin Wang, Lin Tao, Yinghui Xu, Siyi Yang, Xun Cui, Yingkui Yang*, and Bao Yu Xia*: Co–Ag Atomic Pairs Enable Localized Lattice Oxygen Activation for Stable Oxygen Evolution. Advanced Functional Materials 2025, e21658.

178. Mingjie Wu, Siyi Yang, Yang Gao, Zhangsen Chen, Fang Dong, Huiyu Lei, Yingkui Yang*, Ning Chen, Sasha Omanovic, Tom Regier, Xun Cui, Bao Yu Xia, Gaixia Zhang*, and Shuhui Sun*: Steering CO2 Electroreduction Pathway via Tuning Microenvironment of Cobalt Center in Molecular Catalysts. ACS Nano 2025, 19(36): 32507-32517.

177. Qi Lai, Yu Dou, Chi-Pong Tsui, Mengpei Qi, Qing Zhang*, Yunhai Zhu, Xiaofeng Li*, Chak-Yin Tang, and Yingkui Yang*: Atomic Sn Clusters Engineered Electron-Deficient Carbon Nanofibers Enable Bulk-Interface Synergy for High-Capacity and Durable Lithium-Ion Batteries. Nano Energy 2025, 139: 110987.

176. Chenglong Tang, Ran Jin, Yu Xia, Qing Zhang*, Jiazhi Wang, Mingjie Wu, Xun Cui*, and Yingkui Yang*: Asymmetric Low-Coordination Tailoring of Single-Atom Cobalt Catalysts Enabling Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Nano Energy 2025, 137: 110776.

175. Zhengjiao Xie, Bo Xiang, Yu Dou, Yu Cheng*, Xiaosui Chen*, Yalong Jiang, and Yingkui Yang*: In-situ Crafted Fast Li-ion Transport Networks in Composite Quasi-Solid-State Electrolytes from Electrospun Hybrid Polymer Nanofibers. Chemical Engineering Journal 2025, 503: 158474.

174. Chunxue Li, Ning-Yu Huang, Yingkui Yang*, Qiang Xu*, and Guangfu Liao*: Emerging metal-organic framework-based photocatalysts for solar-driven fuel production. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2025, 524: 216292.

173. Ning Liu, Shuguang Bi,* Yi Zhang, Ying Ou,* Chunli Gong, Jianhua Ran, Yihuang Chen,* and Yingkui Yang*：Nanofiber-based polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cells. Carbon Energy 2025, 7(4): e677. (Featured on Back Cover)

172. Mengpei Qi，Liqiu Tang, Rongyu Zhang, Yalong Jiang, Yu Cheng, Yunhai Zhu*, Aiqing Zhang* , Xu Yang, and Yingkui Yang*: Engineering Metal Centers of π-d Conjugated Coordination Polymers for Boosting Sodium Storage. Energy Material Advances 2025, ENERGYMATADV-D-24-00129, accepted. (Invited)

171. Li Wang, Yuhao Yang, Chi-Pong Tsui, Chak-Yin Tang, Yu Cheng, Xiongzhi Zhang, Yunhai Zhu*, and Yingkui Yang*: Multifunctional imidazole-based binder for high-performance aqueous Zn-I2 batteries. Chemical Communications 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5CC03783B. (Invited)

170. Liqiu Tang, Mengpei Qi, Chi-Pong Tsui, Qing Zhang, Chak-Yin Tang, Yunhai Zhu*, and Yingkui Yang*: DNA-inspired design of organic electrode materials for high-performance aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Chemical Communications 2025, 61, 8220-8223. (Invited)

169. Wei Huang, Nan Jiang, Gege Li, Yalong Jiang,* Qing Zhang, Chi-Pong Tsui,* Chak-Yin Tang, and Yingkui Yang*: Carbon Nanotubes Coupled Bipolar Covalent Organic Frameworks with Nitrogen-Enriched Redox-Active Sites for High-Performance Lithium-Organic Batteries. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2025, DOI: 10.1002/marc.202500133. (Invited)

168. Ming Li, Ganghua Li, Zengqing Li, Yalin Tang, Ruidong Xu, Tong Xu, Yiwen Wang, Yuanyuan Liu, Lijun Qu, Binghao Wang,* Yingkui Yang,* and Mingwei Tian*: Ultrasensitive biosensing meta-garment via wetting gradient effect for heat-exhaustion warning. npj Flexible Electronics 2025, 9(1): 17.

167. Feiyu Tong, Ting Wang, Ming Li, Bowen Yin, Yutian Li*, Yingkui Yang*, and Mingwei Tian*: Bioinspired Tunable Helical Fiber-Shaped Strain Sensor with Sensing Controllability for the Rehabilitation of Hemiplegic Patients. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2025, 17(3): 5165-5175.

166. Gege Li, Wei Huang, Lu Xue, Chi-Pong Tsui, Yalong Jiang*, Chak-Yin Tang, and Yingkui Yang*: Mg-Doped MnO2 Cathode with Tailored Oxygen Vacancies for High-Rate High-Capacity Calcium Storage. Batteries & Supercaps 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202500331. (Invited)

165. Meipei Qi, Qiqi Sun*, Yonglin Wang, Qi Lai, Li Wang, Zixuan Chen, Yunhai Zhu*, Aiqing Zhang, and Yingkui Yang*: Molecular Engineering and Microstructure Modulation of High-Performance Organic Batteries. Batteries & Supercaps 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202400607. (Invited)

164. Jian Luo, Junjie Zheng, Mingjie Wu*, Fang Dong, Yuyu Liu, Jinli Qiao*, and Yingkui Yang*: Local microenvironment reactive zone engineering promotes water activation. Materials Reports: Energy 2025: 100327. (Invited)

163. Bing He, Yu Cao, Kaijie Lin, Mingjie Wu, Yunhai Zhu, Xun Cui, Liang Hu*, Yingkui Yang*, and Xueqin Liu*: Enhanced bulk and interfacial charge transfer in Fe:VOPO4 modified Mo:BiVO4 photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. eScience 2025, 5(1): 100242. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

162. Yu Cao, Yihan Tian, Bing He*, Ziyi Qiao, Lingyi Li, Yunhai Zhu, Yingkui Yang*, and Xueqin Liu*: Modulating hole extraction and water oxidation kinetics in CoPi/Au/BiVO4 photoanode via strong metal-support interactions. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2025, 109: 315-324.

161. Kai-Jie Lin, Bing He*, Zi-Han Xiao, Ling-Yi Li, Zi-Yi Qiao, Yun-Hai Zhu, Yi-Huang Chen, Yang Wang, Yingkui Yang*, and Xue-Qin Liu*: Electron-rich Mn:NiFe-LDHs onto BiVO4 photoanode for improved photoelectrochemical water splitting. Rare Metals 2025, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-025-03494-6

160. Bo Xiang, Jinxiang Peng, Qi Lai, Pengchen Wang, Yangfeng Cui*, Mingjie Wu*, Yunhai Zhu*, and Yingkui Yang: Conductive and zincophilic textile-stabilized Zn anode for flexible Zn-I2 battery. Materials Reports: Energy 2025: 100380.

159. Yu Cheng, Xiaowei Liu, Xidan Xiao, Lulu Du, Hong Zhang, Yingkui Yang, and Lin Xu*: Yb2O3-Polyoxometalate Sub-1 nm Heterogeneous Cluster Chains with Local Electron Rearrangement for Accelerated Li+ Transport in Composite Solid Electrolytes. Small 2025, 2501010.

158. Yu Cheng, Lulu Du, Xiaowei Liu, Hong Zhang, Xidan Xiao, Xinkuan Hu, Guangyao Dong, Yingkui Yang, and Lin Xu*: Multi-Dimensional Optimized Interfaces with Rich Hydrogen-Bond Networks in Composite Solid Electrolytes for Interface-Dominated Li+ Transport. ACS Nano 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c00198.

Year 2024（18）

157. Xun Cui, Mingjie Wu, Xueqin Liu, Bing He, Yunhai Zhu, Yalong Jiang, and Yingkui Yang*: Engineering organic polymers as emerging sustainable materials for powerful electrocatalysts. Chemical Society Reviews 2024, 53(3): 1447-1494. (Invited, From the themed collection: Celebrating the scientific accomplishments of RSC Fellows, ESI Highly Cited Paper)

156. Yunhai Zhu, Guojin Liang*, Xun Cui, Xueqin Liu, Haixia Zhong, Chunyi Zhi*, and Yingkui Yang*: Engineering hosts for Zn anode in aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Energy & Environmental Science 2024, 17(2): 369-385. (Featured on Front Cover, ESI Hot Paper)

155. Rui Ma, Chenglong Tang, Yonglin Wang, Xiaoxue Xu, Mingjie Wu, Xun Cui*, and Yingkui Yang*: Linker Mediated Electronic-State Manipulation of Conjugated Organic Polymers Enabling Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63(26): e202405594. (VIP; Editors Choice: Spotlights)

154. Yonglin Wang, Yunhai Zhu*, Zixuan Chen, Xu Yang, Rongyu Zhang*, Hengguo Wang, and Yingkui Yang*: Molecule and Microstructure Modulations of Cyano-Containing Electrodes for High-Performance Fully Organic Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63(19): e202401253.

153. Bing He, Yu Cao, Kaijie Lin, Yang Wang, Zhen Li, Yingkui Yang*, Yanli Zhao*, and Xueqin Liu*: Strong Interactions between Au Nanoparticles and BiVO4 Photoanode Boosts Hole Extraction for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024, 63(23): e202402435. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

152. Mingjie Wu*, Yinghui Xu, Jian Luo, Siyi Yang, Gaixia Zhang, Lei Du, Huixia Luo, Xun Cui, Yingkui Yang*, and Shuhui Sun*: A Rechargeable Urea-Assisted Zn-Air Battery With High Energy Efficiency and Fast-Charging Enabled by Engineering High-Energy Interfacial Structures. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2024: e202410845.

151. Yonglin Wang, Jiazhi Wang, Jinxiang Peng, Yalong Jiang, Yunhai Zhu*, and Yingkui Yang*: Crafting Core–Shell Heterostructures with Enriched Active Centers for High-Energy-Density Symmetric Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Nano 2024, 18(35): 23958-23967.

150. Qi Lai, Bincen Yin, Yu Dou, Qing Zhang*, Yunhai Zhu, and Yingkui Yang*: Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers-Supported V2O3 with Enriched Oxygen Vacancies as Free-Standing High-Rate Anode for All-Vanadium-Based Full Battery. Carbon Energy 2024, 6(9): e517. (Featured on Back Cover)

149. Zhengjiao Xie, Qi Lai, Yu Dou, Xiaosui Chen*, and Yingkui Yang*：Electrospun gel composite electrolyte of solvent-free SiO2 nanofluids coupled polyacrylonitrile nanofibers for high-rate lithium-metal batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 481: 148510.

148 Nan Jiang, Mengpei Qi, Yalong Jiang,* Yin Fan, Shiwei Jin,* and Yingkui Yang*: Superior Anodic Lithium Storage in Core-Shell Heterostructures Composed of Carbon Nanotubes and Schiff-Base Covalent Organic Frameworks. Energy & Environmental Materials 2024, 7(6): e12797.

147. Haisheng Huang, Yun Lu, Shuguang Bi*, Changwang Yan, and Yingkui Yang*: Space-Confined Twin-Polymerization Enabling Homogeneous Integration of Ultrafine TiO2 Nanoparticles into Sulfur-Doped Carbon Matrix for Boosting Lithium Storage. Chemical Communications 2024, 60(27): 3661-3664. (ChemComm HOT Articles 2024)

146. Shuguang Bi, Lin Li*, Yuqing Dong, Rengui Peng, Chengen He*, and Yingkui Yang*: Scalable Wet-Spinning Approach to Fabricate Polydimethylsiloxane Composite Fibers for Tunable Photomechanical Actuators. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2024, 413: 135857.

145. Lin Li, Yulin Jiang, Chao Guo, Kun Han, Xun Cui, Chengen He*, Yihuang Chen*, and Yingkui Yang*: Mechanochemical production of graphene/amorphous carbon/Mn3O4 nanocomposites for asymmetric supercapacitor. Applied Surface Science 2024, 653: 159388.

144. Jian Luo, Mingjie Wu*, and Yingkui Yang*: Unlocking a $30 billion market opportunity with carbon dioxide utilization. The Innovation Energy 2024, 1(1): 100009.

143. Qingfeng Guo, Changwang Yan, Zhenqian Huang, Yujie Liu, Deshan Cheng, Chaoyang Lu, Jianhua Ran*, and Yingkui Yang*: g-C3N4 Nanosheets Supported NiCo2O4 Nanoparticles for Boosting Degradation of Tetracycline under Visible Light and Ultrasonic Irradiation. Nanoscale 2024, 16(27): 12957-12966. (Invited)

142. Siyi Yang, Jian Luo, Yinghui Xu, Mingjie Wu*, and Yingkui Yang*: Oxygen evolution reaction performance misjudgment caused by the self-oxidation process. Nano Research Energy 2024, 3: e9120136.

141. Jianwen Zhou, Tianshang Shan, Fengshan Zhang, Bruno Boury, Liulian Huang, Yingkui Yang*, Guangfu Liao*, He Xiao*, and Lihui Chen: A Novel Dual-Channel Carbon Nitride Homojunction with Nanofibrous Carbon for Significantly Boosting Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. Advanced Fiber Materials 2024, 6(2): 387-400. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

140. Mingjie Wu, Fang Dong, Yingkui Yang, Xun Cui, Xueqin Liu, Yunhai Zhu, Dongsheng Li, Sasha Omanovic*, Shuhui Sun*, and Gaixia Zhang*: Emerging Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters and Ultrasmall Nanoparticles for Efficient Electrochemical Energy Catalysis: Synthesis Strategies and Surface/Interface Engineering. Electrochemical Energy Reviews 2024, 7(1): 10. (ESI Hot Paper)

Year 2023（16）

139. Qing Zhang, Yi He, Yonglin Wang, Jing Lu, Nan Jiang, and Yingkui Yang*: Rational Integration of Carbon Nanotubes into Chain-Engineered Bipolar Polyimides as Core-Shell Heterostructured Electrodes for Polymer-Based Symmetrical Full Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33(5): 2211590. (Featured on Inside Front Cover)

138. Rui Ma, Xun Cui*, Xiaoxue Xu, Yonglin Wang, Gaoqiang Xiang, Likun Gao, Zhiqun Lin*, and Yingkui Yang*: Collaborative Integration of Ultrafine Fe₂P Nanocrystals into Fe, N, P-Codoped Carbon Nanoshells for Highly-Efficient Oxygen Reduction. Nano Energy 2023, 108: 108179. (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

137. Mingjie Wu, Xiaohua Yang, Xun Cui, Ning Chen, Lei Du, Mohamed Cherif, Fu-Kuo Chiang, Yuren Wen, Amir Hassanpour, Francois Vidal, Sasha Omanovic, Yingkui Yang*, Shuhui Sun*, and Gaixia Zhang*: Engineering Fe-N4 electronic structure with adjacent Co-N2C2 and Co nanoclusters on CNTs for efficient oxygen electrocatalysts. Nano-Micro Letters 2023, 15(1): 232.

136. Yonglin Wang, Kai Chen, Yunhai Zhu*, Jiazhi Wang, Nan Jiang, and Yingkui Yang*: Interwoven Poly(anthraquinonyl sulfide) Nanosheets-Decorated Carbon Nanotubes as Core-Sheath Heteroarchitectured Cathodes for Polymer-Based Asymmetrical Full Batteries. Energy & Environmental Materials 2023, 6(5): e12564. (Featured on Front Cover)

135. Zongying Xiao, Gaoqiang Xiang, Qing Zhang*, Yonglin Wang, and Yingkui Yang*: Boosting Lithium Storage in Graphene-sandwiched Cathodes Containing Multi-carbonyl Polyquinoneimine Nanosheets. Energy & Environmental Materials 2023, 6(5): e12399.

134. Qihua Huang, Yonglin Wang, Qing Zhang*, Gaoqiang Xiang, Xiaoyan Han, and Yingkui Yang*: Polyimide-engineered sodium titanate anode for sodium storage with improved structure and interface stability. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 467: 143356.

133. Yalong Jiang, Runya Han, Jun Dong*, Ruohan Yu, Shuangshuang Tan, Fangyu Xiong, Qiulong Wei, Junjun Wang, Lianmeng Cui, Haiyang Tian, Yingkui Yang*, and Qinyou An*: Uncovering the origin of surface-redox pseudocapacitance of molybdenum phosphides enables high-performance flexible sodium-ion capacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 475: 145962.

132. Rui Ma, Zhengjiao Xie, Xiaoxue Xu, Chenglong Tang, Xueqin Liu, Yunhai Zhu, Xun Cui*, and Yingkui Yang*: Crafting core-shell heterostructures of carbon nanotubes and N,O-coordinated cobalt sites-impregnated conjugated porous polymers for highly efficient oxygen reduction. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023, 11(28): 15311-15318. (Invited)

131. Chunxue Li, Ruilong Jia*, Yingkui Yang*, and Guangfu Liao*: A Hierarchical Helical Carbon Nanotube Fiber Artificial Ligament. Advanced Fiber Materials 2023, 5(5): 1549-1551.

130. Xiaoyan Han*, Zongying Xiao, Kai Chen, Qi Lai, and Yingkui Yang*: Graphene Coupled Flower-Like Oxidized-Polyacrylonitrile as High-Performance Anode for Sustainable Lithium-Ion Batteries. Chemical Communications 2023, 59(8): 1082-1085.

129. Yanying Dong, Xiaofang Zhang*, Yonglin Wang, Liqiu Tang, and Yingkui Yang*: Engineering building blocks of covalent organic frameworks for boosting capacitive charge storage. Journal of Power Sources 2023, 564: 232873.

128. Kai Chen, Xiaolan Ma, Xiaoyan Han*, and Yingkui Yang*: Graphene-sandwiched nitrogen-enriched π-conjugated molecules as redox-active cathodes for Li-ion batteries. Materials Advances 2023, 4(15): 3285-3291.

127. Dandan Li, Zhaoyang Wei, Weiwei Lei, Jun You, Jie Liu*, Yingkui Yang, and Dean Shi*: In situ crosslinked hybrid aluminum polymer film for high-performance solid electrolyte interphase of lithium metal battery. Journal of Power Sources 2023, 563: 232808.

126. Jing Huang, Jingnan Wang, Kaijie Lin, Bing He, Xiaoqin Hu, Yingkui Yang, Yang Wang, Zhen Li, and Xueqin Liu*: Unraveling Photothermal-Enhanced Bulk Charge Transport and Surface Oxygen Reactions in TiO2 Photoanodes for Highly Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 462: 142246.

125. Yang-feng Cui, Ren-fei Cao, Qi Hao, Zhen-bang Zhuang, Zi-long Xie, Hao Chen, Kai Li, Qingshuang Wang, Wan-qiang Liu, Yingkui Yang, Gang Huang*, and Yunhai Zhu: Refining the Grain Size of Zinc Electrodeposit by Pb2+ Ion Grinding for Compact and Stable Zinc Anode. Batteries & Supercaps 2023, 6(6): e202300074.

124. Xiaoqin Hu, Jing Huang, Yu Cao, Bing He*, Xun Cui, Yunhai Zhu, Yang Wang, Yihuang Chen*, Yingkui Yang, Zhen Li, and Xueqin Liu*: Photothermal-boosted polaron transport in Fe₂O₃ photoanodes for efficient photoelectrochemical water splitting. Carbon Energy 2023, 5(9): e369. (Featured on Back Cover)

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