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Changtai Zhao is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and automotive engineering. Zhao's work addresses topics related to advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication.

The scientist has been active in research published in a range of scientific journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Energy Storage Materials
  • Nano Energy
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Zhao has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, notably:

  • Xueliang Sun
  • Jianwen Liang
  • Xiaona Li
  • Ruying Li
  • Biwei Xiao

Among the recent publications attributed to Zhao are the following papers:

  • Determining the limiting factor of the electrochemical stability window for PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes: main chain or terminal -OH group? (2020), published in Energy & Environmental Science
  • Single crystal cathodes enabling high-performance all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries (2020), published in Energy Storage Materials
  • Decoupling the Voltage Hysteresis of Li-Rich Cathodes: Electrochemical Monitoring, Modulation Anionic Redox Chemistry and Theoretical Verifying (2020), published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Regulating the Lithium Ions' Local Coordination Environment through Designing a COF with Single Atomic Co Site to Achieve Dendrite-Free Lithium-Metal Batteries (2023), published in Advanced Materials
  • Unveiling the critical role of interfacial ionic conductivity in all-solid-state lithium batteries (2020), published in Nano Energy

The main fields of study Zhengtai Zhao engages with include:

  • Engineering

The subfields of scientific focus are:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Frequent topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials

Best Publications

  • Determining the limiting factor of the electrochemical stability window for PEO-based solid polymer electrolytes: main chain or terminal –OH group?

    Xiaofei Yang;Ming Jiang;Xuejie Gao;Danni Bao

  • Ultrafine MoO2-Carbon Microstructures Enable Ultralong-Life Power-Type Sodium Ion Storage by Enhanced Pseudocapacitance

    Changtai Zhao;Changtai Zhao;Chang Yu;Mengdi Zhang;Huawei Huang

  • A superhydrophilic “nanoglue” for stabilizing metal hydroxides onto carbon materials for high-energy and ultralong-life asymmetric supercapacitors

    Shaofeng Li;Chang Yu;Juan Yang;Changtai Zhao

  • Enhanced sodium storage capability enabled by super wide-interlayer-spacing MoS2 integrated on carbon fibers

    Changtai Zhao;Changtai Zhao;Chang Yu;Mengdi Zhang;Qian Sun

  • Iron-tuned super nickel phosphide microstructures with high activity for electrochemical overall water splitting

    Huawei Huang;Chang Yu;Changtai Zhao;Xiaotong Han

  • Ultrasensitive Iron-Triggered Nanosized Fe–CoOOH Integrated with Graphene for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution

    Xiaotong Han;Chang Yu;Si Zhou;Changtai Zhao

  • Ultrafast Self‐Assembly of Graphene Oxide‐Induced Monolithic NiCo–Carbonate Hydroxide Nanowire Architectures with a Superior Volumetric Capacitance for Supercapacitors

    Juan Yang;Chang Yu;Xiaoming Fan;Changtai Zhao

  • Surface-Confined Fabrication of Ultrathin Nickel Cobalt-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for High-Performance Supercapacitors

    Juan Yang;Chang Yu;Chao Hu;Man Wang

  • 3D Porous N-Doped Graphene Frameworks Made of Interconnected Nanocages for Ultrahigh-Rate and Long-Life Li–O2 Batteries

    Changtai Zhao;Chang Yu;Shaohong Liu;Juan Yang

  • Restructuring of Cu 2 O to Cu 2 O@Cu-Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO 2 .

    Xinyi Tan;Chang Yu;Changtai Zhao;Huawei Huang

  • Mass and Charge Transfer Coenhanced Oxygen Evolution Behaviors in CoFe‐Layered Double Hydroxide Assembled on Graphene

    Xiaotong Han;Chang Yu;Juan Yang;Changtai Zhao

  • Nanohybrids from NiCoAl-LDH coupled with carbon for pseudocapacitors: understanding the role of nano-structured carbon.

    Chang Yu;Juan Yang;Changtai Zhao;Xiaoming Fan

  • Ultrahigh Rate and Long-Life Sodium-Ion Batteries Enabled by Engineered Surface and Near-Surface Reactions.

    Changtai Zhao;Changtai Zhao;Chang Yu;Bo Qiu;Si Zhou

  • NiCo-layered double hydroxides vertically assembled on carbon fiber papers as binder-free high-active electrocatalysts for water oxidation

    Chang Yu;Zhibin Liu;Xiaotong Han;Huawei Huang

  • Single crystal cathodes enabling high-performance all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries

    Changhong Wang;Ruizhi Yu;Sooyeon Hwang;Jianwen Liang

  • Solvothermal conversion of coal into nitrogen-doped carbon dots with singlet oxygen generation and high quantum yield

    Mingyu Li;Chang Yu;Chao Hu;Wenbo Yang

  • High-areal-capacity all-solid-state lithium batteries enabled by rational design of fast ion transport channels in vertically-aligned composite polymer electrodes

    Xiaofei Yang;Qian Sun;Changtai Zhao;Xuejie Gao

  • Natural SEI-Inspired Dual-Protective Layers via Atomic/Molecular Layer Deposition for Long-Life Metallic Lithium Anode

    Yang Zhao;Maedeh Amirmaleki;Qian Sun;Changtai Zhao

  • Cobalt-embedded nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanorods for synergistically immobilizing the discharge products in lithium–sulfur battery

    Mengdi Zhang;Chang Yu;Changtai Zhao;Xuedan Song

  • Highly Stable Lithium Metal Anode Interface via Molecular Layer Deposition Zircone Coatings for Long Life Next-Generation Battery Systems

    Keegan R. Adair;Changtai Zhao;Mohammad Norouzi Banis;Yang Zhao

  • Bridging of Ultrathin NiCo2O4 Nanosheets and Graphene with Polyaniline: A Theoretical and Experimental Study

    Juan Yang;Chang Yu;Suxia Liang;Shaofeng Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jieshan Qiu
Jieshan Qiu Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Chang Yu
Chang Yu Dalian University of Technology
Juan Yang
Juan Yang Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xueliang Sun
Xueliang Sun University of Western Ontario
Ruying Li
Ruying Li University of Western Ontario
Yang Zhao
Yang Zhao University of Western Ontario
Qian Sun
Qian Sun University of Western Ontario
Xiaofei Yang
Xiaofei Yang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Jianneng Liang
Jianneng Liang Helmholtz-Institute Ulm
Changhong Wang
Changhong Wang Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

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