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Zongkui Kou is affiliated with Wuhan University of Technology in China, focusing on research primarily within engineering, energy, and materials science. Their work encompasses various subfields, including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, fuel cells and related materials, catalytic processes in materials science, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and advancements in battery materials.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Zongkui Kou include:

  • "Fundamentals, advances and challenges of transition metal compounds-based supercapacitors" (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • "Efficient Hydrogen Evolution of Oxidized Ni-N3 Defective Sites for Alkaline Freshwater and Seawater Electrolysis" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Synergizing Mo Single Atoms and Mo2C Nanoparticles on CNTs Synchronizes Selectivity and Activity of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Potential-Dependent Phase Transition and Mo-Enriched Surface Reconstruction of γ-CoOOH in a Heterostructured Co-Mo2C Precatalyst Enable Water Oxidation" (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Nanoframes of Co3O4-Mo2N Heterointerfaces Enable High-Performance Bifunctionality toward Both Electrocatalytic HER and OER" (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

The frequent collaborators in Zongkui Kou's work include:

  • John Wang
  • Francis Verpoort
  • Wenjie Zang
  • Shichun Mu
  • Xingchuan Li

Zongkui Kou has published extensively in high-impact journals with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • Nano Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • RuP2 -Based Catalysts with Platinum-like Activity and Higher Durability for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH Values.

    Zonghua Pu;Ibrahim Saana Amiinu;Zongkui Kou;Wenqiang Li

  • 2D Dual‐Metal Zeolitic‐Imidazolate‐Framework‐(ZIF)‐Derived Bifunctional Air Electrodes with Ultrahigh Electrochemical Properties for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

    Tingting Wang;Zongkui Kou;Shichun Mu;Jingping Liu

  • Fundamentals, advances and challenges of transition metal compounds-based supercapacitors

    Rong Liu;Ao Zhou;Xiaorong Zhang;Jingbo Mu

  • Copper Single Atoms Anchored in Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon as Efficient pH-Universal Catalysts for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

    Wenjie Zang;Tong Yang;Haiyuan Zou;Shibo Xi

  • Significant Role of Al in Ternary Layered Double Hydroxides for Enhancing Electrochemical Performance of Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitor

    Xiaorui Gao;Xiaorui Gao;Ximeng Liu;Dajun Wu;Bin Qian

  • Efficient Hydrogen Evolution of Oxidized Ni-N 3 Defective Sites for Alkaline Freshwater and Seawater Electrolysis

    Wenjie Zang;Tao Sun;Tong Yang;Shibo Xi

  • N-P-O co-doped high performance 3D graphene prepared through red phosphorous-assisted “cutting-thin” technique: A universal synthesis and multifunctional applications

    Yufeng Zhao;Shifei Huang;Meirong Xia;Sarish Rehman

  • Hierarchical Micro-Nano Sheet Arrays of Nickel-Cobalt Double Hydroxides for High-Rate Ni-Zn Batteries.

    Hao Chen;Hao Chen;Zhehong Shen;Zhenghui Pan;Zongkui Kou

  • Nanoframes of Co3O4–Mo2N Heterointerfaces Enable High-Performance Bifunctionality toward Both Electrocatalytic HER and OER

    Tingting Wang;Pengyan Wang;Wenjie Zang;Xin Li

  • Synergizing Mo Single Atoms and Mo 2 C Nanoparticles on CNTs Synchronizes Selectivity and Activity of Electrocatalytic N 2 Reduction to Ammonia

    Yuanyuan Ma;Yuanyuan Ma;Tong Yang;Haiyuan Zou;Wenjie Zang

  • Nurturing the marriages of single atoms with atomic clusters and nanoparticles for better heterogeneous electrocatalysis

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  • All-Solid-State Fiber Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Volumetric Energy Density and Outstanding Flexibility

    Zhenghui Pan;Zhenghui Pan;Jie Yang;Qichong Zhang;Meinan Liu

  • Stitching of Zn3(OH)2V2O7·2H2O 2D Nanosheets by 1D Carbon Nanotubes Boosts Ultrahigh Rate for Wearable Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Ion Batteries.

    Zhenghui Pan;Jie Yang;Jin Yang;Qichong Zhang

  • Potential-Dependent Phase Transition and Mo-Enriched Surface Reconstruction of γ-CoOOH in a Heterostructured Co-Mo2C Precatalyst Enable Water Oxidation

    Zongkui Kou;Yong Yu;Yong Yu;Ximeng Liu;Xiaorui Gao;Xiaorui Gao

  • Rational Design of Holey 2D Nonlayered Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride Heterostructure Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Water Oxidation

    Zongkui Kou;Tingting Wang;Qilin Gu;Mo Xiong

  • 3D-Printed MOF-Derived Hierarchically Porous Frameworks for Practical High-Energy Density Li–O2 Batteries

    Zhiyang Lyu;Gwendolyn J. H. Lim;Rui Guo;Zongkui Kou

  • Iron-Doped Nickel Phosphide Nanosheet Arrays: An Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting.

    Pengyan Wang;Zonghua Pu;Yanhui Li;Lin Wu

  • Phytic acid-derivative transition metal phosphides encapsulated in N,P-codoped carbon: an efficient and durable hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst in a wide pH range

    Zonghua Pu;Ibrahim Saana Amiinu;Chengtian Zhang;Min Wang

  • Heterojunction engineering of MoSe2/MoS2 with electronic modulation towards synergetic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitance performance

    Songzhan Li;Wenjie Zang;Ximeng Liu;Stephen J. Pennycook

  • Defect and pyridinic nitrogen engineering of carbon-based metal-free nanomaterial toward oxygen reduction

    Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Yuanmiao Sun;Jiawei Zhu;Zongkui Kou

  • Zn2+ Pre-Intercalation Stabilizes the Tunnel Structure of MnO2 Nanowires and Enables Zinc-Ion Hybrid Supercapacitor of Battery-Level Energy Density.

    Qiang Chen;Qiang Chen;Jialun Jin;Zongkui Kou;Cong Liao

Frequent Co-Authors

John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Shichun Mu
Shichun Mu Wuhan University of Technology
Zhenghui Pan
Zhenghui Pan Tongji University
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Zonghua Pu
Zonghua Pu Wuhan University of Technology
Daping He
Daping He Wuhan University of Technology
Cao Guan
Cao Guan Northwestern Polytechnical University
Liqiang Mai
Liqiang Mai Wuhan University of Technology
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yifu Zhang
Yifu Zhang Dalian University of Technology

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