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Minhua Cao is affiliated with the Beijing Institute of Technology in China and has an extensive research portfolio focused on engineering, energy, and materials science. Their work primarily spans electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, as well as materials chemistry and electrochemistry.

They have contributed significantly to research in electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies and materials, including MXene and MAX phase materials, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advanced memory and neural computing.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Increasing the active sites and intrinsic activity of transition metal chalcogenide electrocatalysts for enhanced water splitting (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)
  • Identifying the Transfer Kinetics of Adsorbed Hydroxyl as a Descriptor of Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Microenvironment reconstitution of highly active Ni single atoms on oxygen-incorporated Mo2C for water splitting (2024, Nature Communications)
  • Strain-regulated Gibbs free energy enables reversible redox chemistry of chalcogenides for sodium ion batteries (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Inside solid-liquid interfaces: Understanding the influence of the electrical double layer on alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction (2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jinwen Qin, Baoguang Mao, Minxia Jiang, Jie Wang, and Yan Jiang.

Their publications often appear in journals such as:

  • Nano Energy
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Small
  • Nanoscale
  • Dalton Transactions

Minhua Cao's research addresses critical areas in advancing materials chemistry and energy sustainability by investigating electrocatalysts, battery materials, their properties, and related electrochemical processes. Their work includes both experimental and theoretical approaches to enhance energy conversion technologies and sustainable energy solutions.

Best Publications

  • Hierarchical Dendrite-Like Magnetic Materials of Fe3O4, γ-Fe2O3, and Fe with High Performance of Microwave Absorption

    Genban Sun;Bingxiang Dong;Minhua Cao;Bingqing Wei

  • Superparamagnetic high-surface-area Fe3O4 nanoparticles as adsorbents for arsenic removal.

    Liyun Feng;Minhua Cao;Xiaoyu Ma;Yongshuang Zhu

  • Fe3O4–Graphene Nanocomposites with Improved Lithium Storage and Magnetism Properties

    Jing Su;Minhua Cao;Ling Ren;Changwen Hu

  • Metal–organic framework-induced construction of actiniae-like carbon nanotube assembly as advanced multifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting and Zn-air batteries

    Shuguang Wang;Jinwen Qin;Tao Meng;Minhua Cao

  • Co9S8@MoS2 Core-Shell Heterostructures as Trifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting and Zn-Air Batteries.

    Jinman Bai;Tao Meng;Donglei Guo;Shuguang Wang

  • Solvothermal Synthesis of LiFePO4 Hierarchically Dumbbell-Like Microstructures by Nanoplate Self-Assembly and Their Application as a Cathode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Hui Yang;Xing-Long Wu;Min-Hua Cao;Yu-Guo Guo

  • In situ coupling of Co0.85Se and N-doped carbon via one-step selenization of metal–organic frameworks as a trifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting and Zn–air batteries

    Tao Meng;Jinwen Qin;Shuguang Wang;Di Zhao

  • A mild route to mesoporous Mo2C-C hybrid nanospheres for high performance lithium-ion batteries.

    Qing Gao;Xinyu Zhao;Ying Xiao;Di Zhao

  • Nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanofiber webs for efficient CO2 capture and conversion

    Yao Li;Bo Zou;Changwen Hu;Minhua Cao

  • Well-dispersed ultrafine Mn3O4 nanoparticles on graphene as a promising catalyst for the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

    Na Li;Zhenfeng Geng;Minhua Cao;Ling Ren

  • Graphene-wrapped WO3 nanoparticles with improved performances in electrical conductivity and gas sensing properties

    Jinwen Qin;Minhua Cao;Na Li;Changwen Hu

  • Engineering Hybrid between MnO and N-Doped Carbon to Achieve Exceptionally High Capacity for Lithium-Ion Battery Anode

    Ying Xiao;Xia Wang;Wei Wang;Di Zhao

  • Porous carbon nanofiber webs derived from bacterial cellulose as an anode for high performance lithium ion batteries

    Wei Wang;Ying Sun;Bing Liu;Shuguang Wang

  • Sonochemical Synthesis of Prussian Blue Nanocubes from a Single-Source Precursor

    Xinglong Wu;Minhua Cao;Changwen Hu;Xiaoyan He

  • Highly nitrogen-doped carbon capsules: scalable preparation and high-performance applications in fuel cells and lithium ion batteries

    Chuangang Hu;Ying Xiao;Yang Zhao;Nan Chen

  • The first fluoride one-dimensional nanostructures: microemulsion-mediated hydrothermal synthesis of BaF2 whiskers.

    Minhua Cao;Changwen Hu;Enbo Wang

  • Achieving high mass loading of Na3V2(PO4)3@carbon on carbon cloth by constructing three-dimensional network between carbon fibers for ultralong cycle-life and ultrahigh rate sodium-ion batteries

    Donglei Guo;Jinwen Qin;Zhigang Yin;Jinman Bai

  • Self-Assembled Nickel Hydroxide Three-Dimensional Nanostructures: A Nanomaterial for Alkaline Rechargeable Batteries

    Minhua Cao;Xiaoyan He;and Jun Chen;Changwen Hu

  • Carbon-Anchored MnO Nanosheets as an Anode for High-Rate and Long-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries.

    Ying Xiao;Minhua Cao

  • A new type of single-helix coordination polymer with mixed ligands [M2(phen)2(e,a-cis-1,4-chdc)2(H2O)2]n (M=Co and Ni; phen=1,10-phenanthroline; chdc=cyclohexanedicarboxylate).

    Yanjuan Qi;Yonghui Wang;Changwen Hu;Minhua Cao

  • Increasing the active sites and intrinsic activity of transition metal chalcogenide electrocatalysts for enhanced water splitting

    Jingbin Huang;Yan Jiang;Tianyun An;Minhua Cao

  • Selected-control synthesis of PbO2 and Pb3O4 single-crystalline nanorods.

    Minhua Cao;Changwen Hu;Ge Peng;Yanjuan Qi

Frequent Co-Authors

Changwen Hu
Changwen Hu Beijing Institute of Technology
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xing-Long Wu
Xing-Long Wu Northeast Normal University
Wei Wen
Wei Wen University of New South Wales
Jin-Ming Wu
Jin-Ming Wu Zhejiang University
Fude Nie
Fude Nie China Academy of Engineering Physics
Yihe Zhang
Yihe Zhang China University of Geosciences
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Bingqing Wei
Bingqing Wei University of Delaware
Zhong Lin Wang
Zhong Lin Wang Georgia Institute of Technology

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