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Kai Zhu is affiliated with Harbin Engineering University in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with extensive contributions to electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, and sustainability. Their work also spans electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover advancements in battery materials, advanced battery technologies, and supercapacitor materials and fabrication. Other significant topics include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, MXene and MAX phase materials, and catalytic processes in materials science.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • High-Capacity and Kinetically Accelerated Lithium Storage in MoO3 Enabled by Oxygen Vacancies and Heterostructure, 2021, Advanced Energy Materials
  • 3D Porous Oxidation-Resistant MXene/Graphene Architectures Induced by In Situ Zinc Template toward High-Performance Supercapacitors, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials
  • VO2(B) nanobelts and reduced graphene oxides composites as cathode materials for low-cost rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Green synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic application of silver nanoparticles synthesized by various plant extracts, 2020, Arabian Journal of Chemistry
  • Deficiency and surface engineering boosting electronic and ionic kinetics in NH4V4O10 for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery, 2021, Energy Storage Materials

Kai Zhu collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Guiling Wang, Jun Yan, Ke Ye, and Dianxue Cao, demonstrating extensive co-authorship in their publications.

The venues where Kai Zhu has published most frequently include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Power Sources

This body of work reflects a sustained engagement with high-impact scientific journals that focus on materials science and energy-related technologies.

Best Publications

  • Metal–organic framework-based separator for lithium–sulfur batteries

    Songyan Bai;Songyan Bai;Xizheng Liu;Kai Zhu;Shichao Wu;Shichao Wu

  • Creating oxygen-vacancies in MoO3-x nanobelts toward high volumetric energy-density asymmetric supercapacitors with long lifespan

    Jiao Yang;Xu Xiao;Peng Chen;Kai Zhu

  • Ternary Transition Metal Sulfides Embedded in Graphene Nanosheets as Both the Anode and Cathode for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors

    Wei Liu;Hao Niu;Jiao Yang;Kui Cheng

  • High-Capacity and Kinetically Accelerated Lithium Storage in MoO3 Enabled by Oxygen Vacancies and Heterostructure

    Yingying Zhang;Peng Chen;Qingyu Wang;Qian Wang

  • 3D Porous Oxidation-Resistant MXene/Graphene Architectures Induced by In Situ Zinc Template toward High-Performance Supercapacitors

    Xue Yang;Qian Wang;Kai Zhu;Ke Ye

  • Li-ion uptake and increase in interlayer spacing of Nb4C3 MXene

    Shuangshuang Zhao;Xing Meng;Xing Meng;Kai Zhu;Fei Du

  • VO2(B) nanobelts and reduced graphene oxides composites as cathode materials for low-cost rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries

    Fuhan Cui;Jun Zhao;Dongxu Zhang;Yongzheng Fang

  • MXene-derived TiO2/reduced graphene oxide composite with an enhanced capacitive capacity for Li-ion and K-ion batteries

    Yongzheng Fang;Rong Hu;Boya Liu;Yingying Zhang

  • Green synthesis, characterization and photocatalytic application of silver nanoparticles synthesized by various plant extracts

    Kishore Chand;Kishore Chand;Dianxue Cao;Diaa Eldin Fouad;Ahmer Hussain Shah

  • The application of deep eutectic solvents in lithium-ion battery recycling: A comprehensive review

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  • Reducing the charging voltage of a Li–O2 battery to 1.9 V by incorporating a photocatalyst

    Yang Liu;Yang Liu;Na Li;Shichao Wu;Kaiming Liao

  • Reversible anionic redox activity in Na3RuO4 cathodes: a prototype Na-rich layered oxide

    Yu Qiao;Yu Qiao;Shaohua Guo;Shaohua Guo;Kai Zhu;Pan Liu

  • The construction of self-supported thorny leaf-like nickel-cobalt bimetal phosphides as efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for urea electrolysis

    Linna Sha;Jinling Yin;Ke Ye;Gang Wang

  • Deficiency and surface engineering boosting electronic and ionic kinetics in NH4V4O10 for high-performance aqueous zinc-ion battery

    Fuhan Cui;Dashuai Wang;Fang Hu;Xin Yu

  • Electrochemical performance and thermal stability of Li1.18Co0.15Ni0.15Mn0.52O2 surface coated with the ionic conductor Li3VO4

    Qiang Fu;Fei Du;Xiaofei Bian;Yuhui Wang

  • Facile Synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework-Derived CoSe2 Nanoparticles Embedded in the N-Doped Carbon Nanosheet Array and Application for Supercapacitors.

    Chenxu Miao;Xihao Xiao;Yan Gong;Kai Zhu

  • Enabling high-volumetric-energy-density supercapacitors: designing open, low-tortuosity heteroatom-doped porous carbon-tube bundle electrodes

    Jing Zhao;Yiju Li;Guiling Wang;Tong Wei

  • In situ grown 3D hierarchical MnCo2O4.5@Ni(OH)2 nanosheet arrays on Ni foam for efficient electrocatalytic urea oxidation

    Linna Sha;Ke Ye;Jinling Yin;Kai Zhu

  • A heterogeneous interface on NiS@Ni3S2/NiMoO4 heterostructures for efficient urea electrolysis

    Linna Sha;Tianfu Liu;Ke Ye;Kai Zhu

  • Induction of Planar Sodium Growth on MXene (Ti3C2Tx)-Modified Carbon Cloth Hosts for Flexible Sodium Metal Anodes

    Yongzheng Fang;Ruqian Lian;Huipeng Li;Ying Zhang

  • A long-life lithium–sulphur battery by integrating zinc–organic framework based separator

    Songyan Bai;Songyan Bai;Kai Zhu;Shichao Wu;Shichao Wu;Yarong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ke Ye
Ke Ye Harbin Engineering University
Dianxue Cao
Dianxue Cao Harbin Engineering University
Guiling Wang
Guiling Wang Harbin Engineering University
Jun Yan
Jun Yan Harbin Engineering University
Kui Cheng
Kui Cheng Harbin Engineering University
Yu Shrike Zhang
Yu Shrike Zhang Harvard Medical School
Haoshen Zhou
Haoshen Zhou Nanjing University
Yingjin Wei
Yingjin Wei Jilin University
Su Ryon Shin
Su Ryon Shin Harvard Medical School
Fei Du
Fei Du Jilin University

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