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Overview

Kun Rui is affiliated with Nanjing Tech University in China, focusing research efforts at the intersection of engineering and materials science. Their scholarly work spans key subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, biomedical engineering, renewable energy sustainability and the environment, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several main topics within these domains. These topics include advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advanced battery technologies research, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and conducting polymers and their applications.

Kun Rui has published numerous papers across a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • Journal of Energy Chemistry

Notable recent papers demonstrate a focus on materials and sensor technologies. Examples are:

  • "Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Based on a Conductive 3D Sponge Network for Motion Sensing and Human-Machine Interface" (2023), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Boosting electrochemical water oxidation: the merits of heterostructured electrocatalysts" (2020), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Recent advances in vanadium-based cathode materials for rechargeable zinc ion batteries" (2020), published in Materials Chemistry Frontiers
  • "Designing heterostructured FeP-CoP for oxygen evolution reaction: Interface engineering to enhance electrocatalytic performance" (2023), published in Nano Research
  • "Ultrasensitive and Wearable Carbon Hybrid Fiber Devices as Robust Intelligent Sensors" (2021), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Collaboration plays a significant role in Kun Rui's research output with frequent coauthors contributing to their scientific work. These collaborators include Jixin Zhu, Huijuan Lin, Yan Yan, Longwei Ke, and Yao Zhang.

Best Publications

  • Heterostructures for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Review

    Guoqiang Zhao;Kun Rui;Shi Xue Dou;Wenping Sun

  • Hybrid 2D Dual-Metal–Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Water Oxidation Catalysis

    Kun Rui;Kun Rui;Guoqiang Zhao;Yaping Chen;Yue Lin

  • Low-Coordinate Iridium Oxide Confined on Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution.

    Jiayi Chen;Peixin Cui;Guoqiang Zhao;Kun Rui

  • Recent Progress on Nickel-Based Oxide/(Oxy)Hydroxide Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Yaping Chen;Kun Rui;Kun Rui;Jixin Zhu;Shi Xue Dou

  • Platinum/Nickel Bicarbonate Heterostructures towards Accelerated Hydrogen Evolution under Alkaline Conditions

    Mengmeng Lao;Kun Rui;Guoqiang Zhao;Peixin Cui

  • Direct Hybridization of Noble Metal Nanostructures on 2D Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets To Catalyze Hydrogen Evolution.

    Kun Rui;Kun Rui;Guoqiang Zhao;Mengmeng Lao;Peixin Cui

  • Manipulating Li2O atmosphere for sintering dense Li7La3Zr2O12 solid electrolyte

    Xiao Huang;Yang Lu;Zhen Song;Kun Rui

  • 2D Black Phosphorus for Energy Storage and Thermoelectric Applications.

    Yu Zhang;Yun Zheng;Kun Rui;Huey Hoon Hng

  • Enhanced performance of lithium sulfur battery with polypyrrole warped mesoporous carbon/sulfur composite

    Guoqiang Ma;Zhaoyin Wen;Jun Jin;Yan Lu

  • Sulfonic Groups Originated Dual-Functional Interlayer for High Performance Lithium–Sulfur Battery

    Yang Lu;Sui Gu;Jing Guo;Kun Rui

  • Highly stable garnet solid electrolyte based Li-S battery with modified anodic and cathodic interfaces

    Yang Lu;Xiao Huang;Zhen Song;Kun Rui

  • Borohydride-Scaffolded Li/Na/Mg Fast Ionic Conductors for Promising Solid-State Electrolytes.

    Jing Cuan;You Zhou;Tengfei Zhou;Tengfei Zhou;Shigang Ling

  • Reversible ion exchange and structural stability of garnet-type Nb-doped Li 7 La 3 Zr 2 O 12 in water for applications in lithium batteries

    Cai Liu;Kun Rui;Chen Shen;Michael E. Badding

  • Pre-modified Li 3 PS 4 based interphase for lithium anode towards high-performance Li-S battery

    Yang Lu;Sui Gu;Xiaoheng Hong;Xiaoheng Hong;Kun Rui

  • Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor Based on a Conductive 3D Sponge Network for Motion Sensing and Human-Machine Interface.

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  • Rational Design of a Flexible CNTs@PDMS Film Patterned by Bio-Inspired Templates as a Strain Sensor and Supercapacitor.

    Chenjun Zhang;Hui Li;Aoming Huang;Qiao Zhang

  • One-Step Solvothermal Synthesis of Nanostructured Manganese Fluoride as an Anode for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Batteries and Insights into the Conversion Mechanism

    Kun Rui;Zhaoyin Wen;Yan Lu;Jun Jin

  • Stereoselectively Assembled Metal–Organic Framework (MOF) Host for Catalytic Synthesis of Carbon Hybrids for Alkaline-Metal-Ion Batteries

    Min Du;Dian Song;Aoming Huang;Ruixuan Chen

  • Electronic Structure Engineering of LiCoO2 toward Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis

    Xiaobo Zheng;Yaping Chen;Xusheng Zheng;Guoqiang Zhao

  • New insights into understanding the exceptional electrochemical performance of P2-type manganese-based layered oxide cathode for sodium ion batteries

    Xiaobo Zheng;Peng Li;Haojie Zhu;Kun Rui

  • Fe7S8 Nanoparticles Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanosheets as Anode Materials for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries.

    Qiming He;Kun Rui;Jianhua Yang;Zhaoyin Wen

  • CoSe2/MoSe2 Heterostructures with Enriched Water Adsorption/Dissociation Sites towards Enhanced Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Guoqiang Zhao;Peng Li;Kun Rui;Yaping Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Jixin Zhu
Jixin Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Zhaoyin Wen
Zhaoyin Wen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenping Sun
Wenping Sun Zhejiang University
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Jun Jin
Jun Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong
Qiao Zhang
Qiao Zhang Soochow University
Xun Xu
Xun Xu University of Wollongong
J. Joshua Yang
J. Joshua Yang University of Southern California
Xusheng Zheng
Xusheng Zheng University of Science and Technology of China

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