Ming Zhang
Associate professor
1 Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
2 Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institutes, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, China
Address: Xiamen Institute of Rare-Earth Materials, Haixi Institutes, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, No.258, Duishanxiheng Road, Jimei District, Xiamen,
Fujian, 361021, P.R.China
E-mail: mingzhang@fjirsm.ac.cn
Postcode: 361021
Research Areas
1. Energy storage and conversion systems
2. Solid state ions and interfacial electrochemistry
3. Rare-earth catalysis and SOFC/SOEC
Education
2009/09-2014/12: Ph.D. Material Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CHINA
2011/05-2012/07: Visiting student, Mie University, JAPAN
2005/09-2009/07: B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, CHINA
Experience
Work Experience
2018/07- present: Associate Professor, Xiamen Institute of Rare Earth Materials, Haixi Institutes, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016/02-2018/03: Postdoctoral Researcher, Shinshu University, JAPAN
2015/01-2016/01: Postdoctoral Researcher, BYON Initiative Research Unit, RIKEN, JAPAN
Publications
51. Yafang Zhao, Kai Zhang, Jun Zheng, Yanmei Zhao, Xiaokang Cai, Chao Liu*, Ming Zhang, and Zhongrong Shen*, Closed-Pore Hard Carbon Nanospheres via Aldol Condensation for Sodium Storage, ACS Applied Nano Materials 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c06355
50. Jiafan Zheng, Jun Zheng, Gang Wang, Chengyu Zhang, Wenwu Fu, Yanmei Zhao, Zhilu Yang, Jieyuan Wang, Junwei Li, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, One-Step Pre-Sodiation and Dehydration of Prussian Blue Analog Nanostructures via Sodium Benzophenone for Sodium-Ion Batteries, ACS Applied Nano Materials 2025, 8, 2, 1245−1254. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c06326
49. Jun Zheng, Gang Wang, Kai Zhang, Jiafan Zheng, Wenwu Fu, Chengyu Zhang, Jiayi Liu, Jieyuan Wang, Junwei Li, Fu Cai, Wenbo Huang, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*, Multiple strategies from apparatus to synthetic process toward high-performance spherical manganese hexacyanoferrate for sodium-ion batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 502, 157785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.157785
48. Zhiguang Lin, Ming Zhang*, Jun Zheng, Yanmei Zhao, Jiafan Zheng, Wenwu Fu, Zhilu Yang, Zhongrong Shen*, Regulating the Zn electrode/electrolyte interface with lactose additive for high performance Zn anode, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 2024, 973, 118685. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2024.118685
47. Wenwu Fu, Jun Zheng, Zhiguang Lin, Kai Zhang, Ming Zhang, Xiaokang Cai, Chao Liu, Zhongrong Shen*, Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon with Staged Nanopore Formation for Capacitors，ACS Applied Nano Materials 2024，7, 16191−16203. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c02104
46. Yaowei Hao, Qiaojun Nie , Xiaocao Cao , Jiafan Zheng , Kai Zhang , Jun Zheng , Haodong Wang, Yafang Zhao, Jiayi Liu, Zhiguang Lin, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Effects of mixed phases on ionic conductivities for (LaF3)1–x(PbF2)x fast-fluoride-ion-conducting solid electrolytes, New J. Chem., 2024, 48, 9196–9207. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4NJ01063A
45. Yafang Zhao, Jun Zheng, Yanmei Zhao, Kai Zhang*, Wenwu Fu, Gang Wang, Haodong Wang, Yaowei Hao, Zhiguang Lin, Xiaocao Cao, Jiayi Liu, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*, Designing hard carbon microsphere structure via halogenation amination and oxidative polymerization reactions for sodium ion insertion mechanism investigation, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2024，668, 202–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.04.148
44. Xiaocao Cao, Yaowei Hao, Jiafan Zheng, Haodong Wang, Zhiguang Lin, Yafang Zhao, Jiayi Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity Regulation of R-P Perovskite La1.2Sr0.8Ni0.6Fe0.4O4+δ by Low-Temperature Fluorination, Energy & Fuels 2024, 38, 9, 8095–8102. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c00553
43. Ming Zhang, Xiaocao Cao, Yaowei Hao, Haodong Wang, Jian Pu, Bo Chi*, Zhongrong Shen*, Recent Progress, Challenges and Prospects of Electrolytes for Fluoride-ion Batteries, Energy Reviews, 2024, 3, 100083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enrev.2024.100083.
42. Qiaojun Nie, Yaowei Hao, Lin Cheng, Yudong Fu, Gang Wang, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Effect of moisture on the phase transition of β-PbSnF4 at ambient temperature as the fast fluoride ion conductor, Solid State Ionics 2024, 405, 116454.
41. Haodong Wang, Kai Zhang, Jun Zhen, Gang Wang, Wenwu Fu, Yaowei Hao, Yafang Zhao, Xiaocao Cao, Zhiguang Lin, Jiayi Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, FeSe2 graphite intercalation compound as anode materials for sodium ion batteries, ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2023, 5, 12, 6964–6973.
40. Lin Cheng, Kai Zhang, Qiaojun Nie, Gang Wang, Xiaokang Cai, Ming Zhang, Chao Liu*, Zhongrong Shen*, Microporous and Grain-Sized Design of High-Yield Porous Carbon Materials by Using Potassium Acetate and P-Phenylenediamine，Energy & Fuels, 2023, 37 (17), 13405–13414. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c01592.
39. Lin Yang, Yudong Fu, Honghai Liu*, Qiaojun Nie, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*，Investigating the Zinc Deposition Behavior in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries with PEG/Cellulose/ZnCl2 Water-In-Salt Electrolytes via a Homemade Visualized Three-Electrode Tubular Cell，ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2023, 11, 28, 11 (28), 10311-10323. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01035.
38. Gang Wang, Qian Zhang, Kai Zhang, Bo Gu, Lin Cheng, Qiaojun Nie, Ming Zhang，Zhongrong Shen*, Designing High-mass Loading 2D Ni-TiO2/graphene Pellet Electrodes for Lithium Metal Batteries, ChemistrySelect, 2023, 8, e202300961.
37. Yudong Fu, Lin Yang*, Ming Zhang, Zhiguang Lin, Zhongrong Shen*, Recent advances in cellulose‑based polymer electrolytes, Cellulose, 2022, 29, 8997–9034, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04834-w.
36. Shoucai Xue, Kai Li*, Zhiguang Lin, Kai Zhang, Jun Zheng, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Rechargeable Aluminum-Ion Battery Based on Interface Energy Storage in Two-Dimensional Layered Graphene/TiO2 Electrode, Materials Today Sustainability, 2022, 20, 100213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100213.
35. Lin Yang*, Jingxian Wang, Anchang Li, Honghai Liu, Ming Zhang, Zhongrong Shen*, Low-Temperature Carbonization of P-phenylenediamine Guided by Iron Alginate Template for Lithium-Ion Capacitors, New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 12229-12236. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2NJ02097A.
34. Anchang Li, Jingxian Wang, Kai Zhang, Wenwu Fu, Lin Cheng, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Preparation of porous carbon from dichloromethane and p-phenylenediamine with short KOH activation depth, ChemElectroChem, 2022, 9 (10), e202200190. https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202200190.
33. Bo Gu, Chengyang Zhan, Bingheng Liu, Gang Wang, Qian Zhang*, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Two-dimensional layered lithium lanthanum titanium oxide/graphene-like composites as electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, Dalton Transactions, 2022, 51, 7076-7083. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2DT00751G.
32. Jun Zheng#, Chenyang Zhan#, Kai Zhang, Wenwu Fu, Qiaojun Nie, Ming Zhang*, and Zhongrong Shen*, Rapidly Electrochemical activation of V2O3@C cathode for high-performance zinc-ion-battery in water-in-salt electrolyte, ChemSusChem, 2022, 15(8), e202200075. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202200075.
31. Bingheng Liu, Bo Gu,Jingxian Wang, Anchang Li, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Tuning the Defects of Two-Dimensional Layered Carbon/TiO2 Superlattice Composite for a Fast Lithium-Ion Storage, Materials, 2022, 15 (5), 1625. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051625.
30. Kai Li, Shoucai Xue, Yanjie Hu, Jun Zheng, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Size Effect on Interfacial Pseudocapacitive Contributions to Lithium-Ion Storage in Microscale Carbon/TiO2 Nanosheet Composite, Materials Today Sustainability, 2022, 18, 100112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2022.100112.
29. Yanjie Hu, Yanhong Yin*, Ming Zhang, Ziping Wu, Zhongrong Shen*, In-situ Growth of Carbon Nanosheets Intercalated with TiO2 for Improving Electrochemical Performance and Stability of Lithium-ion Batteries, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2021, 40(11), 1513-1524. http://manu30.magtech.com.cn/jghx/CN/Y2021/V40/I11/1513.
28. Yanjie Hu#, Ming Zhang#, Zhongrong Shen*, Lithium Storage in Nanodimensional TiO2/Carbon Nanosheet Composites: Implications for Battery Applications, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021, 4, 11288-11295. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c02934.
27. Junfang Cheng, Pandian Ganesan, Ziling Wang, Ming Zhang, Guozhu Zhang, Nobutaka Maeda, Junko Matsuda, Miho Yamauchi, Bo Chi, Naotoshi Nakashima*, Bifunctional electrochemical properties of La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8M0.2O3−δ (M = Ni, Fe, Mn, and Cu): efficient elemental doping based on a structural and pH-dependent study, Materials Advances, 2021, 3, 272-281. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00632K.
26. Kai Li*, Yafeng Jin, Wenming Gao, Shoucai Xue, Ming Zhang*, Enhanced Reliability of Ni-Fe Alloys Supported SOFCs with Ex-Situ Sintered La0.8Sr0.2MnO3-δ Coated Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3–δ Cathode, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2021, 168, 034516. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abef46.
25. Wenwu Fu, Kai Zhang, Maosung Chen, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, One-pot synthesis of N-doped hierarchical porous carbon for high-performance aqueous capacitors in a wide pH range, Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 491, 229587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.229587.
24. Wenwu Fu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Mesh-liked Carbon Nanosheets Intercalated into layered TiO2 as a Zero-strain Anode for Lithium-ion Storage, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, 2021, 40 (6), 797-805. http://manu30.magtech.com.cn/jghx/CN/Y2021/V40/I6/797.
23. Ming Zhang#, Yanjie Hu#, Junfang Cheng, Wenwu Fu, Zhongrong Shen*, Synthesis of Highly-Ordered Two-Dimensional Hierarchically Porous Carbon Nanosheet Stacks as Advanced Electrode Materials for Lithium-Ion Storage, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 1, 226–232. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c02166.
22. Maosung Chen, Wenwu Fu, Yanjie Hu, Mao-Yuan Chen, Yuh-Jing Chiou, Hong-Ming Lin, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Controllable Growth of Carbon Nanosheets in the Montmorillonite Interlayers for High-Rate and Stable Anode in Lithium ion Battery, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 16262–16269. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR03962D.
21. Wenwu Fu#, Yaoting Li#, Mao-sung Chen, Yanjie Hu, Bingheng Liu, Kai Zhang, Chenyang Zhan, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, An Orderly Arrangement of Layered Carbon Nanosheet/TiO2 Nanosheet Stack with Superior Artificially Interfacial Lithium Pseudocapacity, Journal of Power Sources, 2020, 468, 228363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228363.
20. Yanjie Hu#, Yaoting Li#, Junfang Cheng, Mao-Sung Chen, Wenwu Fu, Bingheng Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Intercalation of Carbon Nanosheet into Layered TiO2 Grain for Highly Interfacial Lithium Storage, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(19), 21709−21719. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c03775.
19. Chenyang Zhan, Kai Zhang, Yaoting Li, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Enhanced high energy density hybrid lithium ion capacitor by garnet ceramic electrolyte for lithium anode protection, Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 343, 136163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136163.
18. Junfang Cheng#, Ziling Wang#, Lu Zou, Ming Zhang, Guozhu Zhang, Yabin Dong, Yuexing Jiang, Yizhen Huang, Naotoshi Nakashima, Bo Chi*, Doping optimization mechanism of a bi-functional perovskite catalyst La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8Ni0.2O3-δ for Li–O2 battery cathode, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 831, 154728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154728.
17. Yaoting Li, Mao-sung Chen, Junfang Cheng, Wenwu Fu, Yanjie Hu, Bingheng Liu, Ming Zhang*, Zhongrong Shen*, Two Dimensional Layered Ultrathin Carbon/TiO2 Nanosheets Composite for Superior Pseudocapacitive Lithium Storage, Langmuir, 2020, 36(9), 2255-2263. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03889.
16. Ming Zhang#, Junfang Cheng#, Lixing Zhang, Yaoting Li, Mao-Sung Chen, Yao Chen*, Zhongrong Shen*, Activated carbon by one-step calcination of deoxygenated agar for high voltage lithium ion supercapacitor, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8(9), 3637-3643. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b06347.
15. Junfang Cheng, Yuexing Jiang, Lu Zou, Ming Zhang, Guozhu Zhang, Ziling Wang, Yizhen Huang, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Efficiency of 3D-Ordered Macroporous La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3 as an Electrocatalyst for Aprotic Li O2 Batteries, ChemistryOpen, 2019, 8(2), 206-209. https://doi.org/10.1002/open.201800247.
14. Ming Zhang*, Lu Zou, Chunzhen Yang, Yao Chen, Zhongrong Shen, Bo Chi*, An all-nanosheet OER/ORR bifunctional electrocatalyst for both aprotic and aqueous Li-O2 batteries, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 2855-2862. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR08921C.
13. Ming Zhang, Yaoting Li, Zhongrong Shen*, “Water-in-salt” electrolyte enhanced high voltage aqueous supercapacitor with all-pseudocapacitive metal-oxide electrodes, Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 414, 479-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.01.037.
12. Ming Zhang, Sho Makino, Dai Mochizuki, Wataru Sugimoto*, High-performance hybrid supercapacitors enabled by protected lithium negative electrode and “water-in salt” electrolyte, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 396, 498-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.037.
11. Ming Zhang*, Zheng Huang, Zhongrong Shen, Yingpeng Gong, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, High PerformanceAqueous Rechargeable Li-Ni Battery Based on Ni(OH)2/NiOOH Redox Couple With High Voltage, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7(17), 1700155. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201700155. Highlight by Wiley MaterialsViews.
10. Junfang Cheng,Yuexing Jiang, Ming Zhang, Yu Sun, Lu Zou, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Aprotic Lithium Air Batteries Tested in Ambient Air with High Performance and Low Cost Bifunctional Perovskite Catalyst, ChemCatChem, 2017, 10(7), 1635-1642. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201701666.
9. Junfang Cheng, Yuexing Jiang, Ming Zhang, Lu Zou, Yizhen Huang, Ziling Wang, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Perovskite-Type La0.8Sr0.2Co0.8Fe0.2O3 with Uniform Dispersion on N-doped Reduced Graphene Oxide as an Efficient Bi-functional Li-O2 Battery Cathode, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017, 19(16), 10227-10230. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP00110J.
8. Junfang Cheng, Ming Zhang, Yuexing Jiang, Lu Zou, Yingpeng Gong, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Perovskite La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3 as an effective electrocatalyst for non-aqueous lithium air batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 191, 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.058.
7. Yingpeng Gong*, Ming Zhang, Bo Chi*, Li Jian, A Novel Electrolyte Protect Layer for Aqueous Lithium-Air Battery, Key Engineering Materials, 2016, 680, 520-524. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.680.520.
6. Chunzhen Yang*, Ming Zhou, Ming Zhang, Liang Gao*, Mitigating the Degradation of Carbon-Supported Pt Electrocatalysts by Tungsten Oxide Nanoplates, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 188, 529-536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.147.
5. Zheng Huang, Ming Zhang, Junfang Cheng, Yingpeng Gong*, Xi Li*, Bo Chi, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Silver decorated beta-manganese oxide nanorods as an effective cathode electrocatalyst for rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015, 626, 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.11.156.
4. Zheng Huang, Ming Zhang, Junfang Cheng, Yingpeng Gong, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Li Jian, Silver decorated alpha-manganese oxide nanostructured electrocatalyst for rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery, Catalysis Communications, 2015, 61, 44-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catcom.2014.12.009.
3. Ming Zhang, Zheng Huang, Junfang Cheng, Osamu Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Bo Chi*, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Solid state lithium ionic conducting thin film Li1.4Al0.4Ge1.6(PO4)3 prepared by tape casting, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2014, 590, 147-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.12.100.
2. Ming Zhang, Keita Takahashi, Ichiro Uechi, Yasuo Takeda, Osamu Yamamoto*, Dongmin Im, Dong-Jonne Lee, Bo Chi, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Water-stable lithium anode with Li1.4Al0.4Ge1.6(PO4)3-TiO2 sheet prepared by tape casting method for lithium-air batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 2013, 235, 117–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.01.167.
1. Ming Zhang, Keita Takahashi, Nobuyuki Imanishi, Yasuo Takeda, Osamu Yamamoto*, Bo Chi, Jian Pu, Jian Li, Preparation and Electrochemical Properties of Li1+xAlxGe2-x(PO4)3 Synthesized by a Sol-Gel Method. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2012, 159(7), A1114-A1119. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.080207jes.