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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For outstanding and innovative development and implementation of advanced electron beam experiments to understand electronic and magnetic structures and the physical behavior of functional materials such as superconductors and ferromagnetics

Overview

Yimei Zhu is a researcher affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on materials science, engineering, and physics and astronomy. Within these disciplines, Zhu's research emphasizes materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, atomic and molecular physics and optics, as well as condensed matter physics.

The scientist's research is particularly concentrated on various topics, including:

  • Electronic and structural properties of oxides
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Advanced electron microscopy techniques and applications
  • Advanced condensed matter physics
  • Electron and X-ray spectroscopy techniques
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Advancements in battery materials

Zhu has frequently published in venues such as Microscopy and Microanalysis, arXiv (Cornell University), Nano Letters, Nature Communications, and Ultramicroscopy.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Kinetic pathways of ionic transport in fast-charging lithium titanate," 2020, Science
  • "Reconfigurable perovskite nickelate electronics for artificial intelligence," 2022, Science
  • "Coupling between magnetic order and charge transport in a two-dimensional magnetic semiconductor," 2022, Nature Materials
  • "Quantitative temporally and spatially resolved X-ray fluorescence microprobe characterization of the manganese dissolution-deposition mechanism in aqueous Zn/α-MnO2 batteries," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Atomic Structure Evolution of Pt-Co Binary Catalysts: Single Metal Sites versus Intermetallic Nanocrystals," 2021, Advanced Materials

Zhu has collaborated extensively over their career with several frequent co-authors, including Myung-Geun Han, Lijun Wu, Amy C. Marschilok, Esther S. Takeuchi, and Kenneth J. Takeuchi.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized by professional organizations. They have been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016. They also received recognition as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2006 for work involving the development and implementation of advanced electron beam experiments to study electronic and magnetic structures and the physical behavior of functional materials such as superconductors and ferromagnetics.

Best Publications

  • Pd-Pt Bimetallic Nanodendrites with High Activity for Oxygen Reduction

    Byungkwon Lim;Majiong Jiang;Pedro H. C. Camargo;Eun Chul Cho

  • Hydrogen-evolution catalysts based on non-noble metal nickel-molybdenum nitride nanosheets.

    Wei Fu Chen;Kotaro Sasaki;Chao Ma;Anatoly I. Frenkel

  • Copper oxide nanocrystals.

    Ming Yin;Chun Kwei Wu;Yongbing Lou;Clemens Burda

  • Highly active and durable nanostructured molybdenum carbide electrocatalysts for hydrogen production

    W.-F. Chen;C.-H. Wang;K. Sasaki;N. Marinkovic

  • Oxygen Reduction on Well-Defined Core-Shell Nanocatalysts: Particle Size, Facet, and Pt Shell Thickness Effects

    Jia X Wang;Hiromi Inada;Lijun Wu;Yimei Zhu

  • All The Catalytic Active Sites of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution

    Guoqing Li;Du Zhang;Qiao Qiao;Yifei Yu

  • Graphene modified LiFePO4 cathode materials for high power lithium ion batteries

    Xufeng Zhou;Feng Wang;Yimei Zhu;Zhaoping Liu

  • Gas-solid interfacial modification of oxygen activity in layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries.

    Bao Qiu;Minghao Zhang;Lijun Wu;Jun Wang

  • Combining In Situ Synchrotron X‐Ray Diffraction and Absorption Techniques with Transmission Electron Microscopy to Study the Origin of Thermal Instability in Overcharged Cathode Materials for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

    Kyung-Wan Nam;Seong-Min Bak;Seong-Min Bak;Enyuan Hu;Xiqian Yu

  • Shape‐Controlled Synthesis of Pd Nanocrystals in Aqueous Solutions

    Byungkwon Lim;Majiong Jiang;Jing Tao;Pedro H. C. Camargo

  • Conversion Reaction Mechanisms in Lithium Ion Batteries: Study of the Binary Metal Fluoride Electrodes

    Feng Wang;Rosa Robert;Natasha A. Chernova;Nathalie Pereira

  • Tetragonal-to-orthorhombic structural phase transition at 90 K in the superconductor Fe(1.01)Se.

    T. M. McQueen;A. J. Williams;P. W. Stephens;J. Tao

  • Fast phase unwrapping algorithm for interferometric applications.

    Marvin A. Schofield;Yimei Zhu

  • Structure of chemically derived mono- and few-atomic-layer boron nitride sheets

    Wei-Qiang Han;Lijun Wu;Yimei Zhu;Kenji Watanabe

  • Controlling the Shapes of Silver Nanocrystals with Different Capping Agents

    Jie Zeng;Yiqun Zheng;Matthew Rycenga;Jing Tao

  • Synthesis of Pure Boron Single-Wall Nanotubes

    Dragos Ciuparu;Robert F. Klie;Yimei Zhu;Lisa Pfefferle

  • Biomass-derived electrocatalytic composites for hydrogen evolution

    Wei Fu Chen;Shilpa Iyer;Shweta Iyer;Kotaro Sasaki

  • Ferroelectric order in individual nanometre-scale crystals

    Mark J. Polking;Myung-Geun Han;Amin Yourdkhani;Valeri Petkov

  • Oxidation state and lattice expansion of CeO 2 − x nanoparticles as a function of particle size

    Lijun Wu;H. J. Wiesmann;A. R. Moodenbaugh;R. F. Klie

  • Formation and Oxidation State of CeO2-x Nanotubes

    Wei-Qiang Han;Lijun Wu;Yimei Zhu

  • Ambient Electrosynthesis of Ammonia: Electrode Porosity and Composition Engineering.

    Hong Wang;Lu Wang;Lu Wang;Qiang Wang;Shuyang Ye

  • Ambient Electro-Synthesis of Ammonia - Electrode Porosity and Composition Engineering.

    Hong Wang;Lu Wang;Qiang Wang;Shuyang Ye

Frequent Co-Authors

Lijun Wu
Lijun Wu Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jing Tao
Jing Tao University of Science and Technology of China
Masaki Suenaga
Masaki Suenaga Brookhaven National Laboratory
Dong Su
Dong Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Amy C. Marschilok
Amy C. Marschilok Stony Brook University
Esther S. Takeuchi
Esther S. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Jin-Cheng Zheng
Jin-Cheng Zheng Xiamen University
Kenneth J. Takeuchi
Kenneth J. Takeuchi Stony Brook University
Robert F. Klie
Robert F. Klie University of Illinois at Chicago
Wing Bun Lee
Wing Bun Lee Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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