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Xu Zhao is a researcher affiliated with Hong Kong Polytechnic University in China, with a focus on engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including materials chemistry, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and polymers and plastics.

The main topics covered in Xu Zhao's research include:

  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Thermal and Kinetic Analysis
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Rocket and Propulsion Systems Research
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials

Xu Zhao has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in the following venues:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energetic Materials Frontiers
  • Applied Surface Science
  • Construction and Building Materials

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Xu Zhao include:

  • "An oxygen-deficient vanadium oxide@N-doped carbon heterostructure for sodium-ion batteries: insights into the charge storage mechanism and enhanced reaction kinetics" (2020) published in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Bronze TiO2 as a cathode host for lithium-sulfur batteries" (2020) published in Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • "Enhancing sodium-ion storage performance of MoO2/N-doped carbon through interfacial Mo-N-C bond" (2020) published in Science China Materials
  • "Multistimuli-Responsive Actuators Derived from Natural Materials for Entirely Biodegradable and Programmable Untethered Soft Robots" (2023) published in ACS Nano
  • "Interfacial engineering endowing energetic co-particles with high density and reduced sensitivity" (2020) published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Xu Zhao frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Zhijian Yang
  • Feiyan Gong
  • Congmei Lin
  • Jianhu Zhang
  • Wen Qian

Best Publications

  • MoSe2 nanosheets perpendicularly grown on graphene with Mo–C bonding for sodium-ion capacitors

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Wei Cai;Ying Yang;Ying Yang;Xuedan Song

  • Lamellar MoSe2 nanosheets embedded with MoO2 nanoparticles: novel hybrid nanostructures promoted excellent performances for lithium ion batteries.

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Jiehe Sui;Fei Li;Haitao Fang

  • Stiff, Thermally Stable and Highly Anisotropic Wood-Derived Carbon Composite Monoliths for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding.

    Ye Yuan;Xianxian Sun;Minglong Yang;Fan Xu

  • Walnut-like Porous Core/Shell TiO2 with Hybridized Phases Enabling Fast and Stable Lithium Storage.

    Yi Cai;Hong En Wang;Hong En Wang;Xu Zhao;Fei Huang

  • Lightweight, flexible and strong core-shell non-woven fabrics covered by reduced graphene oxide for high-performance electromagnetic interference shielding

    Ye Yuan;Weilong Yin;Minglong Yang;Fan Xu

  • Phosphorized SnO2/graphene heterostructures for highly reversible lithium-ion storage with enhanced pseudocapacitance

    Ying Yang;Ying Yang;Xu Zhao;Hong-En Wang;Malin Li

  • Design of coherent anode materials with 0D Ni3S2 nanoparticles self-assembled on 3D interconnected carbon networks for fast and reversible sodium storage

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Hong-En Wang;Robert C. Massé;Jian Cao

  • Sulfur-deficient MoS2 grown inside hollow mesoporous carbon as a functional polysulfide mediator

    Hong-En Wang;Xuecheng Li;Ning Qin;Xu Zhao

  • Encapsulating NiS nanocrystal into nitrogen-doped carbon framework for high performance sodium/potassium-ion storage

    Xu Zhao;Feiyan Gong;Yundong Zhao;Bin Huang

  • rGO/SnS2/TiO2 heterostructured composite with dual-confinement for enhanced lithium-ion storage

    Hong-En Wang;Hong-En Wang;Hong-En Wang;Xu Zhao;Xuecheng Li;Zhenyu Wang

  • Amorphous/crystalline hybrid MoO2 nanosheets for high-energy lithium-ion capacitors.

    Xu Zhao;Hong-En Wang;Jian Cao;Wei Cai

  • SnS2/TiO2 nanohybrids chemically bonded on nitrogen-doped graphene for lithium–sulfur batteries: synergy of vacancy defects and heterostructures

    Xuecheng Li;Guanlun Guo;Ning Qin;Zhao Deng

  • Reversible and fast Na-ion storage in MoO2/MoSe2 heterostructures for high energy-high power Na-ion capacitors

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Hong-En Wang;Ying Yang;Zachary Garbe Neale

  • Oxygen-deficient titanium dioxide as a functional host for lithium–sulfur batteries

    Hong-En Wang;Kaili Yin;Ning Qin;Xu Zhao

  • An oxygen-deficient vanadium oxide@N-doped carbon heterostructure for sodium-ion batteries: insights into the charge storage mechanism and enhanced reaction kinetics

    Qingyuan Ren;Ning Qin;Bin Liu;Yuan Yao

  • A Critical Review of Basic Crystallography to Salt Crystallization Fouling in Heat Exchangers

    Xu Zhao;Xiao Dong Chen

  • Controllable and eco-friendly synthesis of P-riched carbon quantum dots and its application for copper (II) ion sensing

    Fan Yang;Xing He;Chunxia Wang;Yan Cao

  • Synergistic coupling of lamellar MoSe2 and SnO2 nanoparticles via chemical bonding at interface for stable and high-power sodium-ion capacitors

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Yundong Zhao;Zihang Liu;Ying Yang

  • Superior Pseudocapacitive Lithium-Ion Storage in Porous Vanadium Oxides@C Heterostructure Composite

    Hongen Wang;Xu Zhao;Kaili Yin;Yu Li

  • Tubular MoO2 organized by 2D assemblies for fast and durable alkali-ion storage

    Xu Zhao;Xu Zhao;Hong-En Wang;Xiaoxi Chen;Jian Cao

  • Bronze TiO2 as a cathode host for lithium-sulfur batteries

    Wenjing Dong;Di Wang;Xiaoyun Li;Yuan Yao

  • Multistimuli-Responsive Actuators Derived from Natural Materials for Entirely Biodegradable and Programmable Untethered Soft Robots

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  • Superlight, Mechanically Flexible, Thermally Superinsulating, and Antifrosting Anisotropic Nanocomposite Foam Based on Hierarchical Graphene Oxide Assembly.

    Qingyu Peng;Yuyang Qin;Xu Zhao;Xianxian Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Hong-En Wang
Hong-En Wang Yunnan Normal University
Wei Cai
Wei Cai Harbin Institute of Technology
Guozhong Cao
Guozhong Cao University of Washington
Jiehe Sui
Jiehe Sui Harbin Institute of Technology
Bao-Lian Su
Bao-Lian Su University of Namur
Xiaodong He
Xiaodong He Harbin Institute of Technology
Yibin Li
Yibin Li Harbin Institute of Technology
Yu Li
Yu Li Wuhan University of Technology
Wenjun Zhang
Wenjun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Jian Cao
Jian Cao Harbin Institute of Technology

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