Hydroxide exchange membrane, High-temperature proton exchange membrane, Low-temperature direct ammonia fuel cell, Electrochemical CO2 capture, Electrochemical hydrogen pump

2008/09-2013/07: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Chemical Engineering

2022/01-present: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor

2016/11-2021/11: University of Delaware, USA, Research Associate

2013/11-2016/10: University of Delaware, USA, Postdoctoral Fellow

1.Xinyi Liu, Jun Chi, Yun Zhao*, Riyang Huang, Haitao Zhang, Jinchen Fu, Zhiwei Ren, Yangkai Han, Tao Wei, Wei Song, Hongmei Yu, Zhigang Shao*, Achieving 2400+ hours pure water-fed electrolysis via hydroxide exchange membrane-electrodes interface engineering, Advanced Energy

Materials, 2025, 15(43): e03388

2.Wei Wang, Ruixiang Guo, Aodi Zheng, Xiaorui Jin, Xiongjie Jia, Zhiwei Ren, Yangkai Han, Lifeng Zhang; Yeming Zhai; Xiaofen Liu, Haoran Jiang*, Yun Zhao*, KaiGe Zhou*, Meiling Wu*, Zhongyi Jiang*, Promoting in-situ stability of hydroxide exchange membranes by thermally conductive network for durable water electrolysis, Nature Communications, 2025, 16(1): 934.

3.Zhiwei Ren, Yun Zhao*,Yangkai Han, Tao Wei, Jiaqi Sun, Zhilin Jiao, Xinyi Liu, Haitao Zhang, Zhigang Shao*, Improving alkali stability of anion exchange membrane by a super waterretention strategy, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35(28): 2423460.

4.Teng Wang, Yun Zhao*, Brian P. Setzler, Reza Abbasi, Shimshon Gottesfeld, Yushan Yan, A High Performance 75 W Direct Ammonia Fuel Cells Stack, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022, 3(4):100829.

5.Meiling Wu†, Xin Zhang†, Yun Zhao†, Chunpeng Yang, Shuangshuang Jing, Qisheng Wu, Jeffrey T. Miller, Nicole LiBretto, Tianpin Wu, Sahana Das Bhattacharyya, Mounesha Garaga, Yue Qi, Steven G. Greenbaum, Robert M. Briber, Yushan Yan, Liangbing Hu*, A high-performance hydroxide exchange membrane enabled by Cu2+-crosslinked chitosan, Nature Nanotechnology, 2022, 17: 629-636.

6.Lin Shi†, Yun Zhao†, Stephanie Matz, Shimshon Gottesfeld, Brian P. Setzler*, Yushan Yan*, A Shorted Membrane Electrochemical Cell Powered by Hydrogen to Remove CO2 from the Air Feed of Hydroxide Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Nature Energy, 2022, 7, 238-247.

7.Yun Zhao†, Teng Wang†, Brian P. Setzler*, Reza Abbasi, Junhua Wang, Yushan Yan, A High-Performance Gas-Fed Direct Ammonia Hydroxide Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 1996-2002.

8.Junhua Wang†, Yun Zhao†, Brian P. Setzler, Santiago Rojas-Carbonell, Lan Wang, Keda Hu, Chaya Ben Yehuda, Alina Amel, Miles Page, Lin Shi, Bingjun Xu*, Yushan Yan*, Poly (aryl piperidinium) membranes and ionomers for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells, Nature Energy, 2019, 4, 392-398.

9.  Yun Zhao†, Brian P. Setzler†, Junhua Wang†, Jared Nash, Teng Wang, Yushan Yan*, An Efficient Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell for Affordable Carbon-Neutral Transportation, Joule, 2019, 3(10), 2472-2484.

10.  Yun Zhao, Shuang Gu, Ke Gong, Jie Zheng, Junhua Wang, Yushan Yan*, Low-Voltage Gaseous HCl Electrolysis with Iron Redox-Mediated Cathode for Chlorine Regeneration, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56,10735-10739.

1. Yushan Yan, Bingjun Xu, Junhua Wang, Yun Zhao, Poly(aryl piperidinium) polymers for use as  hydroxide exchange membranes and ionomers, US Patent No. 10,290,890 B2

2. Yushan Yan, Yun Zhao, Electrolysis device for chlorine production, US Patent No. 9,273,405 B1,

3. Yushan Yan, Brian Setzler, Yun Zhao, Mario Santiago Rojas Carbonell, Shimshon Gottesfeld,  Electrochemical devices and fuel cell systems, US Patent No. 10,811,711 B2

4. 俞红梅，赵云，邵志刚，衣宝廉. 一种交联型复合阴离子交换膜的制备方法：中国专利,103387690B. 2015-01-14.

5. 俞红梅，赵云，邵志刚，衣宝廉. 一种异相阴离子交换膜的制备方法：中国专利,103012829 B. 2016-06-15.

6. 俞红梅，赵云，王光阜，邵志刚，衣宝廉. 一种复合阴离子交换膜的制备方法：中国专利，103881132B. 2016-06-15.

7. 俞红梅，杨冬蕾，赵云，刘艳喜，邵志刚. 一种碱性阴离子交换膜燃料电池膜电极的制备方法：中国专利，104064793 B. 2016-03-16.

8. 俞红梅，刘艳喜，赵云，邵志刚，衣宝廉. 碱性阴离子交换膜燃料电池失效膜电极恢复再生的方法：中国专利，103972523 B. 2018-01-16.

9. 俞红梅，王光阜，刘艳喜，赵云，邵志刚，衣宝廉. 碱性阴离子交换膜燃料电池电极催化层立体化树脂的制备：中国专利，103881093 B. 2016-08-17

10.Yushan Yan, Keda Hu, Junhua Wang, Lan Wang, Bingjun Xu, Yun Zhao, Poly(aryl piperidinium) polymers including those with stable cationic pendant groups for use as anion exchange membranes and ionomers, USPatent App. 16/651,622

1. Yun Zhao, Yushan Yan*, et al. “Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell with Precious-Metal-Free Cathode”, Gordon Research Conference on Fuel Cells, July 29-August 03, 2018, Boston, RI. Poster

2. Yun Zhao, Yushan Yan*, et al. “Direct Ammonia Fuel Cell with Precious-Metal-Free Cathode”, 233th ECS Meeting, May 12-18, 2018, Seattle, WA. Invited talk 

3. Yun Zhao, Yushan Yan*, et al. “Low-Voltage Gaseous HCl Electrolysis with  Iron Redox-Mediated Cathode for Chlorine Regeneration”, 232th ECS Meeting, Oct 1-5, 2017, National Harbor, MD. Oral4. Yun Zhao, Yushan Yan* “Chlorine Recovery by Gaseous HCl Electrolysis with Iron Redox Assisted  Cathode”, 2016 CCST Annual Research Review, Oct 5-6, 2016, Newark, DE. Oral

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