Metal/air fuel cell, water electrolysis, direct seawater electrolysis

1. Design and synthesis of advanced electrode materials for metal-air fuel cells. Design and development of metal-air fuel cell systems. 

2. Design and synthesis of advanced electrode and membrane materials for direct seawater electrolysis. Design, development and integration of water electrolysis systems.

​Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2012/09 - 2018/01

B.E. in Chemical Engineering and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2008/09 - 2012/06

Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2022/07 - present 

Assistant Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2018/01 - 2022/07 

   

(1) Li, M.; Li, H.; Fan, H. F.; Liu, Q. F.; Yan, Z.; Wang, A. Q.; Yang, B.; Wang, E. R. Engineering interfacial sulfur migration in transition-metal sulfide enables low overpotential for durable hydrogen evolution in seawater. Nature Communications 2024, 15 (1). 6154.

(2) Zhang, X.; Liu, Q.; Yan, Z.; Liu, S.; Wang, E. CuO/Co3O4 heterostructures with carbon nanotubes composites as ORR/OER electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries. Journal of Energy Storage 2023, 66, 107485.

(3) Liu, Q.; Yan, Z.; Gao, J.; Fan, H.; Li, M.; Wang, E. Ion sieving membrane for direct seawater anti-precipitation hydrogen evolution reaction electrode. Chem Sci 2023, 14 (42), 11830-11839.

(4) Li, X.; Gao, S.; Liu, Q.; Gao, J.; Yan, Z.; Liu, M.; Liu, S.; Wang, E. The solute cerium to enhance corrosion resistance of magnesium anode in 3.5% NaCl solution. Ionics 2023, 29 (5), 1923-1933.

(5) Liu, Q. F.; Yan, Z.; Gao, J. X.; Wang, E. D. Surface-Oxidized Iron-Cobalt-Nickel Alloy with Continuous Variable Composition for Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2022, 10 (45), 14926-14934.

(6) Liu, Q.; Qin, W.; Yan, Z.; Gao, J.; Wang, E. Porous Ni(OH)2 permselective membrane to identify the mechanism of hydrogen evolution reaction in buffered solution. Electrochimica Acta 2022, 401, 139444.

(7) Jing, Z. H.; Yan, Z.; Wang, X. L.; Che, R. X.; Wang, E. D. Reducing Water Exchange by Polyacrylic Acid Based Water-Vapor-Resistant Membrane in Zinc/Air Battery. Chemistryselect 2022, 7 (42). e202203470.

(8) Liu, Q.; Yan, Z.; Gao, J.; Wang, E.; Sun, G. Optimizing Platinum Location on Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets to Accelerate the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2020, 12 (22), 24683-24692.

(9) Li, W. Q.; Yan, Z.; Li, X. K.; Liu, Q. F.; Wang, E. R. Polarization Analysis of Gas Diffusion Electrode with Different Fabrication Parameters in Metal-Air Batteries. Energy Technology 2020, 8 (6). 2000121.

(10) Gao, J. X.; Li, Y.; Yan, Z.; Liu, Q. F.; Gao, Y. L.; Chen, C. K.; Ma, B.; Song, Y. J.; Wang, E. D. Effects of solid-solute magnesium and stannate ion on the electrochemical characteristics of a high-performance aluminum anode/electrolyte system. Journal of Power Sources 2019, 412, 63-70.

(11) Yan, Z.; Gao, J. X.; Liu, M.; Wang, E. D.; Sun, G. Q. Reducing the Cost of Zinc-Oxygen Batteries by Oxygen Recycling. Energy Technology 2018, 6 (2), 246-250.

(12) Wang, E.; Yan, Z.; Liu, Q.; Gao, J.; Liu, M.; Sun, G. Research and Development of Metal-Air Fuel Cells. In Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: Principles, Materials and Systems, An, L., Zhao, T. S. Eds.; Springer International Publishing, 2018; pp 285-323.

(13) Liu, Q.; Chen, Z.; Yan, Z.; Wang, Y.; Wang, E.; Wang, S.; Wang, S.; Sun, G. Crystal‐Plane‐Dependent Activity of Spinel Co3O4 Towards Water Splitting and the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemElectroChem 2018, 5 (7), 1080-1086.

(14) Du, X. L.; Yan, Z.; Wang, E. D.; Li, L. F. A High Performance Air Cathode with the Hydrophobic Pores Distributed Continuously and in Gradient for Zinc-Air Fuel Cells. Energy Technology 2018, 6 (10), 1860-1864.

(15) Yan, Z.; Wang, E. D.; Gao, J. X.; Yang, J. P.; Wu, C. C.; Jiang, L. H.; Zhu, M. Y.; Sun, G. Q. An Exceptionally Facile Synthesis of Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrodes for Zinc-Oxygen Batteries. Chemelectrochem 2017, 4 (9), 2190-2195.

(16) Liu, Q. F.; Yan, Z.; Wang, E. D.; Wang, S. L.; Sun, G. Q. A high-specific-energy magnesium/water battery for full-depth ocean application. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2017, 42 (36), 23045-23053.

(17) Yuan, L. Z.; Yan, Z.; Jiang, L. H.; Wang, E. D.; Wang, S. L.; Sun, G. Q. Gold-iridium bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2016, 25 (5), 805-810.

(18) Yan, Z.; Wang, E. D.; Jiang, L. H.; Sun, G. Q. Superior cycling stability and high rate capability of three-dimensional Zn/Cu foam electrodes for zinc-based alkaline batteries. Rsc Advances 2015, 5 (102), 83781-83787.