Hu Wenbin, Professor, Doctoral supervisor

wbhu@tju.edu.cn

Dr. Wenbin Hu is a professor and Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Tianjin University. Prior to joining Tianjin University, he worked as a professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He graduated from Central South University with a B.Sc. in 1988. Then he received M.Sc. from Tianjin University in 1991 and Ph.D. from Central-South University in 1994. His research interests focus on design, synthesis and characterization of advanced micro/nanomaterials for energy storage and conversion applications, which was supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. 

RESEARCH INTEREST

● Hydrometallurgy and preparation science of materials

● Material surface structure and functional integration

● Contolled synthesis of micro-nano materials and its application

● New energy materials

AWARDS 

● 2019 Vice chairman of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection, Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection

● 2017 Leading talents of science and technology innovation in the national "Ten thousand talents plan", Ministry of Science and Technology

● 2016 Member of the Department of Materials Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education

● 2016 Head of the key field innovation team of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the key field innovation team of Tianjin, Ministry of Science and Technology and Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau

● 2012 Special government allowances of the State Council, State Council of the PRC

● 2012 Expert of advanced structure and composite materials in the field of new materials in the "863 Program", Ministry of Science and Technology

● 2011 The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Natural Science Foundation

● 2009 Second Prize for National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, China State Council

● 2009 First Prize for GM China Automobile Industry Innovative Talents Award, General Motors

● 2009 First Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Society for Corrosion and Protection, Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection

● 2007 First Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education of China

● 2007 First Prize for Science and Technology Progress of Shanghai, Shanghai Municipal Government

RESEARCH GRANTS

1. The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars: Hydrometallurgy preparation of metal powders and their morphological structure control (51125016)

2. The National Natural Science Fund of China: Study on the preparation of superfine hollow nickel spheres by colloidal autocatalysis (50474004)

3. The National Natural Science Fund of China: Basic research on metallurgy diffusion of aluminum coating of magnesium alloy in molten salt (50974088)

4. The National Natural Science Fund of China: Study on mechanical deformation behavior and the microstructure design of micron-scale metal composite film (5117114)

5. National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program): New technology and its application of surface metallization of short carbon fiber (2007AA03Z546)

6. National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program): New metal matrix composite materials and its precision forming technology (2002AA334010)

7. National Science and Technology Support Program: Research and development of core technology and equipment for electrogalvanizing (2011BAE13B08)

8. Major Project Cultivating Fund Project of Science and Technology Innovation Project in High Learning Institutions: Basic research on the spontaneous displacement diffusion in aluminum coating of magnesium alloy (707025)

9. Ministry of Education "New Century Excellent Talent Program" Fund Project: Study on microwave absorption characteristics and stealth coatings of superfine hollow nickel spheres (NCET-06-0390)

10. Shanghai Education Committee "Dawn Project" Fund Project: Study on microwave absorption characteristics and properties of superfine hollow metal spheres; The “Dawn Project” Follows: Study on the influencing mechanisms of structural characteristic parameters on electromagnetic properties of ferromagnetic nanoparticles (10GG06)

11. Shanghai Excellent Academic Leader: Study on the morphological structure control and electromagnetic properties of ferromagnetic nanomaterials (11XD1402700)

12. Shanghai Science and Technology Development Fund Project: Industrial preparation and application of nano-black hollow metal powders (05nm05004)

13. Key Projects of Shanghai: Newly repair technology for wear-resisting and anti-friction of key mechanical parts (0352211037)

14. Ministry of Education Doctoral Program Fund (Doctoral supervisor category): Study on the design preparation and friction mechanism of in-situ liquid self-lubricating composite materials (20120073110006)

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

[1] C. Zhong*, B. Liu, J. Ding, X. Liu, Y. Zhong, Y. Li, C. Sun, X. Han, Y. Deng, N. Zhao, W. Hu*, Decoupling electrolytes towards stable and high-energy rechargeable aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries, Nature Energy, (2020).

[2] X. Zheng, X. Han*, Y. Cao, Y. Zhang, D. Nordlund, J. Wang, S. Chou, H. Liu, L. Li, C. Zhong, Y. Deng*, W. Hu*, Identifying Dense NiSe2/CoSe2 Heterointerfaces Coupled with Surface High-Valence Bimetallic Sites for Synergistically Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Advanced Materials, (2020).

[3] Z. Zhang, X. Li, C. Zhong, N. Zhao, Y. Deng, X. Han*, W. Hu*, Spontaneous Synthesis of Silver-Nanoparticle-Decorated Transition-Metal Hydroxides for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 59 (2020) 7245-7250.

[4] Z. Song, J. Ding, B. Liu, X. Liu, X. Han, Y. Deng, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, A Rechargeable Zn-Air Battery with High Energy Efficiency and Long Life Enabled by a Highly Water-Retentive Gel Electrolyte with Reaction Modifier, Advanced Materials, (2020).

[5] J. Ding, Z. Liu, X. Liu, B. Liu, J. Liu, Y. Deng, X. Han, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, Tunable Periodically Ordered Mesoporosity in Palladium Membranes Enables Exceptional Enhancement of Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity for Formic Acid Oxidation, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 12.2, (2020).

[6] Z. Chen, Y. Liu, C. Liu, J. Zhang, Y. Chen*, W. Hu, Y. Deng*, Engineering the Metal/Oxide Interface of Pd Nanowire@CuOx Electrocatalysts for Efficient Alcohol Oxidation Reaction, Small, 16 (2020).

[7] Z. Zhao, X. Fan, J. Ding, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, J. Lu*, Challenges in Zinc Electrodes for Alkaline Zinc-Air Batteries: Obstacles to Commercialization, Acs Energy Letters, 4 (2019) 2259-2270.

[8] M. Zhang, Z. Chen, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, X. Zheng, D. Rao, X. Han, C. Zhong, W. Hu, Y. Deng*, Enhanced light harvesting and electron-hole separation for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over Cu7S4-enwrapped Cu2O nanocubes, Applied Catalysis B-Environmental, 246 (2019) 202-210.

[9] C. Yang, F. Lv, Y. Zhang, J. Wen, K. Dong, H. Su, F. Lai, G. Qian, W. Wang, A. Hilger, Y. Xu*, Y. Zhu*, Y. Deng, W. Hu, I. Manke, Y. Chen*, Confined Fe2VO4 subset of Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanowires with Internal Void Space for High-Rate and Ultrastable Potassium-Ion Storage, Advanced Energy Materials, 9 (2019).

[10] J. Wu, F. Ma*, X. Liu, X. Fan, L. Shen, Z. Wu, X. Ding, X. Han, Y. Deng, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, Recent Progress in Advanced Characterization Methods for Silicon-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries, Small Methods, 3 (2019).

[11] Y. Sun, X. Liu, Y. Jiang, J. Li, J. Ding, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, Recent advances and challenges in divalent and multivalent metal electrodes for metal-air batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (2019) 18183-18208.

[12] X. Shi, X. Ling, L. Li, C. Zhong, Y. Deng, X. Han*, W. Hu*, Nanosheets assembled into nickel sulfide nanospheres with enriched Ni3+ active sites for efficient water-splitting and zinc-air batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (2019) 23787-23793.

[13] X. Liu, Y. Yuan, J. Liu, B. Liu, X. Chen, J. Ding, X. Han, Y. Deng, C. Zhong*, W. Hu*, Utilizing solar energy to improve the oxygen evolution reaction kinetics in zinc-air battery, Nature Communications, 10 (2019).

[14] Y. Li, J. Fu, C. Zhong*, T. Wu, Z. Chen, W. Hu, K. Amine, J. Lu*, Recent Advances in Flexible Zinc-Based Rechargeable Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 9 (2019).

[15] Y. Li, X. Fan, X. Liu, S. Qu, J. Liu, J. Ding, X. Han, Y. Deng, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, Long-battery-life flexible zinc-air battery with near-neutral polymer electrolyte and nanoporous integrated air electrode, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (2019) 25449-25457.

[16] X. Hu, X. Sun*, S.J. Yoo, B. Evanko, F. Fan, S. Cai, C. Zheng*, W. Hu, G.D. Stucky*, Nitrogen-rich hierarchically porous carbon as a high-rate anode material with ultra-stable cyclability and high capacity for capacitive sodium-ion batteries, Nano Energy, 56 (2019) 828-839.

[17] X. Han, W. Zhang, X. Ma, C. Zhong, N. Zhao, W. Hu, Y. Deng*, Identifying the Activation of Bimetallic Sites in NiCo2S4@g-C3N4-CNT Hybrid Electrocatalysts for Synergistic Oxygen Reduction and Evolution, Advanced Materials, 31 (2019).

[18] X. Han, X. Ling, D. Yu, D. Xie, L. Li, S. Peng*, C. Zhong, N. Zhao, Y. Deng*, W. Hu*, Atomically Dispersed Binary Co-Ni Sites in Nitrogen-Doped Hollow Carbon Nanocubes for Reversible Oxygen Reduction and Evolution, Advanced Materials, 31 (2019).

[19] X. Han, X. Ling, Y. Wang, T. Ma, C. Zhong, W. Hu, Y. Deng*, Generation of Nanoparticle, Atomic-Cluster, and Single-Atom Cobalt Catalysts from Zeolitic Imidazole Frameworks by Spatial Isolation and Their Use in Zinc-Air Batteries, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 58 (2019) 5359-5364.

[20] X. Fan, J. Liu, Z. Song, X. Han, Y. Deng, C. Zhong*, W. Hu*, Porous nanocomposite gel polymer electrolyte with high ionic conductivity and superior electrolyte retention capability for long-cycle-life flexible zinc-air batteries, Nano Energy, 56 (2019) 454-462.

[21] J. Ding, H. Zhang, H. Zhou, J. Feng, X. Zheng, C. Zhong*, E. Paek, W. Hu, D. Mitlin*, Sulfur-Grafted Hollow Carbon Spheres for Potassium-Ion Battery Anodes, Advanced Materials, 31 (2019).

[22] J. Ding, Z. Liu, X. Liu, J. Liu, Y. Deng, X. Han, C. Zhong*, W. Hu*, Mesoporous Decoration of Freestanding Palladium Nanotube Arrays Boosts the Electrocatalysis Capabilities toward Formic Acid and Formate Oxidation, Advanced Energy Materials, 9 (2019).

[23] B. Chen, H. Li, H. Liu, X. Wang, F. Xie, Y. Deng, W. Hu, K. Davey, N. Zhao*, S-Z. Qiao*, 1T '-ReS2 Confined in 2D-Honeycombed Carbon Nanosheets as New Anode Materials for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 9 (2019).

[24] X. Zheng, Y. Zhang, H. Liu, D. Fu, J. Chen, J. Wang, C. Zhong, Y. Deng, X. Han*, W. Hu, In Situ Fabrication of Heterostructure on Nickel Foam with Tuned Composition for Enhancing Water-Splitting Performance, Small, 14 (2018).

[25] K. Qin, L. Wang, S. Wen, L. Diao, P. Liu, J. Li, L. Ma, C. Shi, C. Zhong, W. Hu, E. Liu*, N. Zhao*, Designed synthesis of NiCo-LDH and derived sulfide on heteroatom-doped edge-enriched 3D rivet graphene films for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor and efficient OER, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 6 (2018) 8109-8119.

[26] Y. Li, C. Zhong*, J. Liu, X. Zeng, S. Qu, X. Han, Y. Deng*, W. Hu, J. Lu*, Atomically Thin Mesoporous Co3O4 Layers Strongly Coupled with N-rGO Nanosheets as High-Performance Bifunctional Catalysts for 1D Knittable Zinc-Air Batteries, Advanced Materials, 30 (2018).

[27] X. Han, X. Wu, Y. Deng, J. Liu, J. Lu, C. Zhong*, W. Hu*, Ultrafine Pt Nanoparticle-Decorated Pyrite-Type CoS2 Nanosheet Arrays Coated on Carbon Cloth as a Bifunctional Electrode for Overall Water Splitting, Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (2018).

[28] X. Han, X. Li, J. White, C. Zhong, Y. Deng, W. Hu*, T. Ma*, Metal-Air Batteries: From Static to Flow System, Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (2018).

[29] X. Han, G. He, Y. He, J. Zhang, X. Zheng, L. Li, C. Zhong, W. Hu, Y. Deng*, T.-Y. Ma*, Engineering Catalytic Active Sites on Cobalt Oxide Surface for Enhanced Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (2018).

[30] J. Ding*, W. Hu, E. Paek, D. Mitlin*, Review of Hybrid Ion Capacitors: From Aqueous to Lithium to Sodium, Chemical Reviews, 118 (2018) 6457-6498.

[31] Y. Chen, X. Hu, B. Evanko, X. Sun*, X. Li, T. Hou, S. Cai, C. Zheng*, W. Hu, G.D. Stucky*, High-rate FeS2/CNT neural network nanostructure composite anodes for stable, high-capacity sodium-ion batteries, Nano Energy, 46 (2018) 117-127.

[32] X. Chen, C. Zhong*, B. Liu, Z. Liu, X. Bi, N. Zhao, X. Han, Y. Deng*, J. Lu, W. Hu, Atomic Layer Co3O4 Nanosheets: The Key to Knittable Zn-Air Batteries, Small, 14 (2018).

[33] S. Qu, Z. Song, J. Liu, Y. Li, Y. Kou, C. Ma, X. Han, Y. Deng, N. Zhao, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, Electrochemical approach to prepare integrated air electrodes for highly stretchable zinc-air battery array with tunable output voltage and current for wearable electronics, Nano Energy, 39 (2017) 101-110.

[34] X. Han, X. Wu, C. Zhong*, Y. Deng, N. Zhao, W. Hu*, NiCo2S4 nanocrystals anchored on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes as a highly efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for rechargeable zinc-air batteries, Nano Energy, 31 (2017) 541-550.

[35] Z. Chen, J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Liu, X. Han, C. Zhong, W. Hu, Y. Deng*, NiO-induced synthesis of PdNi bimetallic hollow nanocrystals with enhanced electrocatalytic activities toward ethanol and formic acid oxidation, Nano Energy, 42 (2017) 353-362.

[36] X. Chen, B. Liu, C. Zhong*, Z. Liu, J. Liu, L. Ma, Y. Deng*, X. Han, T. Wu, W. Hu, J. Lu, Ultrathin Co3O4 Layers with Large Contact Area on Carbon Fibers as High-Performance Electrode for Flexible Zinc-Air Battery Integrated with Flexible Display, Advanced Energy Materials, 7 (2017).

[37] J. Liu, B. Chen, Y. Kou, Z. Liu, X. Chen, Y. Li, Y. Deng, X. Han, W. Hu, C. Zhong*, Pt-Decorated highly porous flower-like Ni particles with high mass activity for ammonia electro-oxidation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 (2016) 11060-11068.

[38] C. Zhong, Y. Deng, W. Hu*, J. Qiao, L. Zhang, J. Zhang, A review of electrolyte materials and compositions for electrochemical supercapacitors, Chemical Society Reviews, 44 (2015) 7484-7539.

[39] C. Feng, J. Zhang, Y. He, C. Zhong*, W. Hu, L. Liu, Y. Deng*, Sub-3 nm Co3O4 Nanofilms with Enhanced Supercapacitor Properties, Acs Nano, 9 (2015) 1730-1739.