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Yong Hu is a researcher affiliated with Zhejiang Normal University in China, focusing primarily on materials science, engineering, and energy. Their work spans a variety of subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy and environmental sustainability, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as polymers and plastics.

The scientist's research revolves around several key topics, notably advanced battery technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, copper-based nanomaterials and their applications, crystallization and solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Recent publications by Yong Hu include:

  • Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors: Achievements, challenges and future perspectives (2021, Nano Energy)
  • Modulating Cation Migration and Deposition with Xylitol Additive and Oriented Reconstruction of Hydrogen Bonds for Stable Zinc Anodes (2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Aqueous Zinc-Iodine Batteries: From Electrochemistry to Energy Storage Mechanism (2023, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Formation of mesoporous Co/CoS/Metal-N-C@S, N-codoped hairy carbon polyhedrons as an efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst for Zn-air batteries and water splitting (2020, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Hierarchical Cu2S@NiCo-LDH double-shelled nanotube arrays with enhanced electrochemical performance for hybrid supercapacitors (2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A)

The frequency of collaboration with other researchers indicates ongoing partnerships with several coauthors, including Jiqiang Ning, Yijun Zhong, Changfa Guo, and Lei Yan.

Yong Hu publishes regularly in well-established scientific journals and venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, Advanced Energy Materials, and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

Best Publications

  • Construction of hierarchical Ni–Co–P hollow nanobricks with oriented nanosheets for efficient overall water splitting

    Enlai Hu;Yafei Feng;Jianwei Nai;Dian Zhao

  • Assembling carbon-coated α-Fe2O3 hollow nanohorns on the CNT backbone for superior lithium storage capability

    Zhiyu Wang;Deyan Luan;Srinivasan Madhavi;Yong Hu

  • Carbon-coated CdS petalous nanostructures with enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity

    Yong Hu;Xuehui Gao;Le Yu;Yanrong Wang

  • Construction of CoO/Co-Cu-S Hierarchical Tubular Heterostructures for Hybrid Supercapacitors.

    Wen Lu;Junling Shen;Peng Zhang;Yijun Zhong

  • Formation of Mesoporous Heterostructured BiVO4/Bi2S3 Hollow Discoids with Enhanced Photoactivity

    Xuehui Gao;Hao Bin Wu;Lingxia Zheng;Yijun Zhong

  • Zn-ion hybrid supercapacitors: Achievements, challenges and future perspectives

    Haiyan Wang;Wuquan Ye;Ying Yang;Yijun Zhong

  • A magnetically separable photocatalyst based on nest-like γ-Fe2O3/ZnO double-shelled hollow structures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

    Yu Liu;Le Yu;Yong Hu;Changfa Guo

  • Modulating Cation Migration and Deposition with Xylitol Additive and Oriented Reconstruction of Hydrogen Bonds for Stable Zinc Anodes.

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  • Selective light absorber-assisted single nickel atom catalysts for ambient sunlight-driven CO2 methanation.

    Yaguang Li;Jianchao Hao;Hui Song;Hui Song;Fengyu Zhang

  • A Room-Temperature Postsynthetic Ligand Exchange Strategy to Construct Mesoporous Fe-Doped CoP Hollow Triangle Plate Arrays for Efficient Electrocatalytic Water Splitting.

    Enlai Hu;Jiqiang Ning;Dian Zhao;Chunyang Xu

  • Microwave-assisted synthesis of porous Ag2S-Ag hybrid nanotubes with high visible-light photocatalytic activity.

    Wenlong Yang;Lei Zhang;Yong Hu;Yijun Zhong

  • Microwave-assisted non-aqueous route to deposit well-dispersed ZnO nanocrystals on reduced graphene oxide sheets with improved photoactivity for the decolorization of dyes under visible light

    Yu Liu;Yong Hu;Mojiao Zhou;Haisheng Qian

  • Formation of mesoporous Co/CoS/Metal-N-C@S, N-codoped hairy carbon polyhedrons as an efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst for Zn-air batteries and water splitting

    Lei Yan;Haiyan Wang;Junling Shen;Jiqiang Ning

  • Hierarchical MoS2/NiCo2S4@C urchin-like hollow microspheres for asymmetric supercapacitors

    Qinghao Li;Wen Lu;Zhipeng Li;Jiqiang Ning

  • Graphene Layers-Wrapped Fe/Fe5C2 Nanoparticles Supported on N-doped Graphene Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction

    Enlai Hu;Xin-Yao Yu;Fang Chen;Yadan Wu

  • Magnetic-field induced formation of 1D Fe3O4/C/CdS coaxial nanochains as highly efficient and reusable photocatalysts for water treatment

    Yu Liu;Liang Zhou;Yong Hu;Changfa Guo

  • One-Step Solvothermal Formation of Pt Nanoparticles Decorated Pt2+-Doped α-Fe2O3 Nanoplates with Enhanced Photocatalytic O2 Evolution

    Huanhuan Liu;Kunfei Tian;Jiqiang Ning;Yijun Zhong

  • Construction of mesoporous Cu-doped Co9S8 rectangular nanotube arrays for high energy density all-solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors

    Wen Lu;Ze Yuan;Chunyang Xu;Jiqiang Ning

  • Hierarchical Cu2S@NiCo-LDH double-shelled nanotube arrays with enhanced electrochemical performance for hybrid supercapacitors

    Ze Yuan;Haiyan Wang;Junling Shen;Pengcheng Ye

  • Effects of nano-TiO2 on photosynthetic characteristics of Ulmus elongata seedlings

    Jianguo Gao;Gendi Xu;Huanhuan Qian;Peng Liu

  • Seed-mediated synthesis of NaY F4:Y b, Er/NaGdF4 nanocrystals with improved upconversion fluorescence and MR relaxivity

    Hai Guo;Zhengquan Li;Zhengquan Li;Haisheng Qian;Yong Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yijun Zhong
Yijun Zhong Zhejiang Normal University
Jiqiang Ning
Jiqiang Ning Fudan University
Haisheng Qian
Haisheng Qian Anhui Medical University
Zhengquan Li
Zhengquan Li Zhejiang Normal University
Xiao Hu
Xiao Hu Nanyang Technological University
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology
Guoxiu Tong
Guoxiu Tong Zhejiang Normal University
Xiong Wen (David) Lou
Xiong Wen (David) Lou City University of Hong Kong
Hao Bin Wu
Hao Bin Wu Zhejiang University
Le Yu
Le Yu Beijing University of Chemical Technology

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