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Year 2025

100. Biomimetic Hollow ZnCo2O4 Supercapacitor Diode Achiveing Unidirectional Energy Storage. 

Zhe Sun, Yimei Chen, Zhiping Deng, Zhanhua Huang*, Xiaolei Wang*

Submitted. 

99. Construction of Cu Metal-Organic Frameworks with Mixed Valence Sites for Photoelectrocatalytic CO2 Reduction. 

Yi-Cheng Wang, Peng-Fei Sui, Chenyu Xu, Renfei Feng, Yi Liu, Xiaolei Wang*, Jingli Luo*

Submitted.  

98.  Anion Spacer Effect on CO2 Fixation to Dimethyl Carbonate.   

Yan Zhang, Jiaqi Zhao, Qi Tao, Wenjing Deng, Fangfang Chang, Xinjun Wang, Guobin Wen, Zhengyu Bai*, Qing Zhang*, Xiaolei Wang*,   

Submitted.  

97. Fine-Conditioning Electrolyte Engineering for Anode-Free Zinc Batteries. 

Xuejun Lu, Keqi Qu, Zijian Li, Yuping Liu*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Submitted.  

96. Wavelength-controlled Copper Oxidation States for Tunable Photoelectrochemical Syngas Generation. 

Yi-Cheng Wang, Chenyu Xu, Peng-Fei Sui, Renfei Feng, Xiaolei Wang*, Jingli Luo*

Submitted.  

95. Critical Review of Acid Leaching for Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. 

Anil Kumar Vinayak, Mahrima Majid, Xiaolei Wang* 

In revision.  

94.  Octahedral Nanocrystals of PtNiCoMoCu Core/Shell High-Entropy Alloy with Lattice Strain and Low-coordination Sites Enabling CO2 Pathway of Alcohol Oxidation Reactioin.   

Fei Zhao, Wenbo Shi, Chenhong Liu, Ruirui Zhou, Fangfang Chang*, Qing Zhang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai* 

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 700(3), 138589. 

93.  Enhanced Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2-to-C2+ Products via Intermediate Stabilized Cu+/Cu0 Interface Catalysts.   

Kai Zhu, Zihan Lin, Xinyi Bai, Fangfang Chang*, Qing Zhang*, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai* 

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2025, 13(29), 11503-11513.   

92. Defect Engineering on Commercial Carbon for Economical H2O2 Electrosynthesis under Industrial-relevant Conditions. 

Zhiping Deng, Zhe Gong, Mingxing Gong*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, just accepted.  

91. Improving Synergism in Ni-Prussian Blue Analog/CNT Composite via Coordination Engineering for Highly Stable K+-Ion Capacitor. 

Sarathkumar Krishnan, Mayank K. Singh, Sheetal Gupta, Khushwant Singh, Xiaolei Wang*, Dhirendra K. Rai*

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2025, 9, 2367-2383.    

90.  Atomic Cobalt-Doped Palladium Metallen towar Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis.   

Zhe Gong, Zhiping Deng, Yongqian Wang, Chen Li, Mingxing Gong*, Xiaolei Wang 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17(16), 23809-23816.  

89.  Deciphering the Interfacial Electrochemistry of Non-nucleophilic Mg(TFSI)2 as 4V-Class Electrolyte for Mg Batteries.   

Lu Zhang, Yuping Liu*, Xiaolei Wang*, Zhihong Cui, Chenglong Xiao, Changguo Chen, Jingfeng Wang, Guangsheng Huang, Dingfei Zhang*, Fusheng Pan* 

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 516, 162410.  

88. Synergy of Strongly Coordinated Salts and Weakly Coordinated Solvents Enables Fast-Kinetics Zinc Metal Batteries. 

Yimei Chen, Yongxiang Sun, Renfei Feng, Hao Zhang, Hongbo Zeng*, Xiaolei Wang* 

ACS Nano, 2025, 19(17), 16913-16929.  

87. Pressurized Organic Electrodes Enable Practical and Extreme Batteries. 

Zhixiao Xu, Yunkai Xu, Yunkun Qiu, Yan Cao, Sergey Gasilov, Ge Li*, Jun Lu*, Xiaolei Wang*

Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 4561.   

86. Energy-Conservative CO2 Electroreduction for Efficient Formate Co-Generation. 

Peng-Fei Sui, Meng-Nan Zhu, Min-Rui Gao, Yi-Cheng Wang, Renfei Feng, Xiaolei Wang, Subiao Liu, Jingli Luo*

Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 373, 125355.   

85.  A Universal Thick Anode for Aqueous and Seawater Energy Storage Devices.   

Zhixiao Xu, Pengcheng Li, Jianbao Zhao, Ke Hu, Wenting Jia, Sergey Gasilov, Ge Li*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Advanced Materials, 2025, 37(12), 2416427.  

84.  Synergistic Lewis Acid-Base Pair Electrolyte Configuration Enables Reversible Zinc Anode via Multiple Electrostatic Interactions.   

Wenting Jia, Zhixiao Xu, Yimei Chen, Pengge Ning*, Hongbin Cao*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 506, 160158.  

83. Evolution of Frustrated Coordination in Eutectic Electrolyte Driven by Ligand Asymmetry toward High-Performance Zinc Batteries. 

Wenjing Deng, Zhiping Deng, Xuzi Zhang, Yimei Chen, Renfei Feng, Ge Li*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64(4), e202416482.  

82. Regulating Interfacial Reaction through Electrolyte Chemistry Enables Anion-rich Interface for Wide-Temperature Zinc Metal Batteries. 

Yimei Chen, Kaijie Zhang, Zhixiao Xu, Facheng Gong, Renfei Feng, Zhehui Jin, Xiaolei Wang* 

Energy & Environmental Science, 2025, 18, 713-727.   

81. Revealing the Role of 1T- & 2H-MoS2 /Ni3S2 Heterojunction for Effiicent Overall Water Splitting. 

Zeming Li, Zhiping Deng, Yan Dong, Yue Li, Hao Zhang, Xiaolei Wang*, Ge Li*

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025, 678(A), 666-675.   

80. Advances in Tandem Strategies for CO2 Electroreduction: From Electrocatalysts to Reaction System Design. 

Peng-Fei Sui, Yi-Cheng Wang, Xiaolei Wang*, Subiao Liu, Jingli Luo*

ChemCatChem, 2025, 17(6), e202401604.        

Year 2024

79. A Derived-Cu Catalyst with A Potential-Driven Interface and Tensile Strain for Enhancing CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction . 

Fangfang Chang, Zihan Lin, Yongpeng Liu, Qing Zhang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai*

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024, 11, 5964-5972.     

78. Recent Progress in the Diverse Practical Applications of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. 

Mahrima Majid, Zhiping Deng, Xiaolei Wang*

Nano Energy, 2024, 132, 110387.

77. Superhalide Structure and Iodide-Proof Interphase via Electrolyte Regulation Enable Ultrastable Zinc-Iodine Batteries. 

Wenjing Deng, Renfei Feng, Xiaolei Wang*

Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 8643-8657.  

76. Potential-driven Coordinated Oxygen Migration Promotes the Catalytic Performance of Pd Clusters towards H2O2 Production. 

Zhiping Deng, Song Jin, Mingxing Gong, Ning Chen, Weifeng Chen, Min Ho Seo*, Xiaolei Wang*

ACS Nano, 2024, 18(47), 32834-32846.  

75. Advancing H2O2 Electrosynthesis: Enhancing Electrochemical Systems, Unveiling Emerging Applications, and Seizing Opportunities. 

Zhiping Deng, Seung Joon Choi, Ge Li*, Xiaolei Wang*

Chemical Society Reviews, 2024, 53, 8137-8181.  

74. Advances in Electrocatalyst Design and Mechanism for Sulfide Oxidation Reaction in Hydrogen Sulfide Splitting. 

Zhao Yu, Zhiping Deng, Yao Li*, Xiaolei Wang*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34(39), 2403435.  

73. Circular Economies for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Challenges to Their Implementation. 

Anil Kumar Vinayak, Matthew Li, Xiaozhou Huang, Pei Dong, Khalil Amine*, Jun Lu*, Xiaolei Wang*

Next Materials, 2024, 5, 100231.  

72. Spontaneous Anode-Molecule Interface Triggers Highly Reversible Zinc Anode. 

Yan Dong, Qing Sun, Yimei Chen, Wenjing Deng, Hao Zhang, Hongbo Zeng, Guangyi Liu*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 70, 103465.  

71. Zinc-Ion Battery Chemistries Enabled by Regulating Electrolyte Solvation Structure. 

Wenjing Deng, Ge Li*, Xiaolei Wang*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34(42), 2405012.  

70. A Green Approach for Cohesive Recycling and Regeneration of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Active Materials. 

Anil Kumar Vinayak, Xiaolei Wang*

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2024, 102(5), 1852-1862.   

69. Binding FSI- to Construct a Self-Healing SEI Film for Li-Metal Batteries by In-situ Crosslinking Vinyl Ionic Liquid. 

Yinping Qin, Hefeng Wang, Jingjing Zhou, Ruyi Li, Chun Jiang, Yi Wan, Xiaoyi Wang, Zhenlian Chen, Xiaolei Wang, Yang Liu, Bingkun Guo*, Deyu Wang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63(19), e202402456.    

68. Synergistic Modulation of Valence State and Oxygen Vacancy Induced by Surface Reconstruction of the CeO2/CuO Catalyst towards Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction. 

Fangfang Chang, Zhenmao Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yongpeng Liu, Lin Yang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai*, Qing Zhang*

Carbon Energy, 2024, 6(12), e588.   

67. Multiscale Regulation of Ordered PtCu Intermetallic Electrocatalyst for Highly Durable Oxygen Reduction Reaction. 

Zhiping Deng, Zhe Gong, Mingxing Gong*, Xiaolei Wang*

Nano Letters, 2024, 24(13), 3994-4001.  

66. Construction of Cu-Ni Atomic Pair with Bimetallic Atom-Cluster Sites for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction. 

Fangfang Chang, Kai Zhu, Chenhong Liu, Juncai Wei, Shuwen Yang, Qing Zhang, Lin Yang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34(34), 2400893.  

65. Trace Topological Doping Strategy and Deep Learning to Reveal High-Rate Sodium Storage Regulation of Barium Doping Na3V2(PO4)3. 

Ji Yan*, Chaoyu Zhang, Zhen Li, Fujun Liu*, Heng Wang, Xiaolei Wang*, Lizhen Wang

Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 4578-4590.  

64. Pd 4d-orbital Overlapping Modulation on Au@Pd Nanowires for Efficient H2O2 Production. 

Zhiping Deng, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh, Mingxing Gong, Samira Siahrostami*, Xiaolei Wang*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146(4), 2816-2823.     

63. Competitive Coordination Structure Regulation in Deep Eutectic Electrolyte for Stable Zinc Batteries. 

Wenjing Deng, Zhiping Deng, Yimei Chen, Renfei Feng, Xiaolei Wang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, 63(8), e202316499. 

62. Optimizing Bi Active Sites by Ce Doping for Boosting Formate-Production in A Wide Potential Window. 

Yi-Cheng Wang, Peng-Fei Sui, Chenyu Xu, Meng-Nan Zhu, Renfei Feng, Xiaolei Wang*, Jingli Luo*

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2024, 11, 926-935.     

61. Ultrathin Zincophilic Interphase Regulated Electric Double Layer Enabling Highly Stable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. 

Yimei Chen, Zhiping Deng, Yongxiang Sun, Yue Li, Hao Zhang, Ge Li, Hongbo Zeng*, Xiaolei Wang*

Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16, 96.    

60. RGO Induced Flower-like Ni-MOF in-situ Self-Assembled Electrodes for High-Performance Hybrid Supercapacitors. 

Zhe Sun, Yao Wang, Lifei Yang, Jingshuai Liu, Houjuan Qi, Zhanhua Huang*, Xiaolei Wang*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16(1), 584-593.  

59. Modulating Electronic Structures of Bimetallic Co-Fe Sulfide Ultrathin Nanosheet Supported on g-C3N4 Promoting Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance. 

Yan Dong, Sheng Liu, Wenjing Deng, Hao Zhang, Guangyi Liu*, Xiaolei Wang*

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 653(B), 1557-1565.  

Year 2023

58. O, N-Enriched, Self-Activated, Holey Carbon Sheets for High-Loading Zinc-Ion Supercapacitors. 

Zhixiao Xu, Zhe Sun, Janay Shan, Song Jin, Jiayao Cui, Zhiping Deng, Min Ho Seo*, Xiaolei Wang*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 34(14), 2302818.   

57. Boosting the Performance of Aqueous Ammonium-Ion Batteries by Mitigating Side Reactions Using Polymer Additive. 

Sarathkumar Krishnan, Dhirendra K. Rai*, Xiaolei Wang*

ACS Appiled Polymer Materials, 2023, 5(11), 9274-9285.  

56. Tailoring Hierarchically Porous Structure of Biomass-Derived Carbon for High-Performance Supercapacitors. 

Zhe Sun, Miao Zhang, Hui Yin, Qi Hu, Zhanhua Huang*, Houjuan Qi*, Xiaolei Wang*

Renewable Energy, 2023, 219(1), 119375.  

55. A Highly Active and Durable Hierarchical Electrocatalyst for Large-Current-Density Water Splitting. 

Yan Dong, Zhiping Deng, Hao Zhang, Guangyi Liu*, Xiaolei Wang*

Nano Letters, 2023, 23(19), 9087-9095.  

54. Reversible Zinc Powder Anode via Crystal Facet Engineering. 

Zhixiao Xu, Yue Li, Ge Li, Hao Zhang*, Xiaolei Wang*

Matter, 2023, 6(9), 3075-3086.  

53. Carbon-based Materials for CO2 Capture: Their Production, Modification and Performance. 

Ali Zaker, Samia ben Hammouda, Jie Sun, Xiaolei Wang, Xia Li, Zhi Chen* 

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023, 11(3), 109741.  

52. Dual-Function Electrolyte Additive Enabling Simultaneous Electrode Interface and Coordination Environment Regulation for Zinc-Ion Batteries. 

Yimei Chen, Facheng Gong, Wenjing Deng, Hao Zhang, Xiaolei Wang*

Energy Storage Materials, 2023, 58, 20-29.   

51. Synergistic Tuning of CoO/CoP Heterojunction Nanowire Arrays as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Alkaline Overall Water Splitting.  

Yan Dong, Zhiping Deng, Zhixiao Xu, Guangyi Liu*, Xiaolei Wang*  

Small Methods, 2023, 7(7), 2300071.

50. Self-Transformation Strategy toward Vanadium Dioxide Cathode for Advanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries.  

Wenjing Deng, Zhixiao Xu, Ge Li*, Xiaolei Wang*  

Small, 2023, 19(24), 2207754.

49. Current Trends in Sourcing, Recycling and Regeneration of Spent Lithium-ion Batteries - A Review.  

Anil Kumar Vinayak, Gei Li*, Xiaolei Wang*  

Renewables, 2023, 1(3), 294-315.

48. Polymer Hydrogel Electrolytes for Flexible and Multifunctional Zinc-Ion Batteries and Capacitors. 

Rujiao Ma, Zhixiao Xu, Xiaolei Wang*  

Energy & Environmental Materials, 2023, 6(5), e12464.  

47. Upcycling of Spent LiCoO2 Cathodes via Nickel- and Manganese-Doping. 

Nianji Zhang, Wenjing Deng, Zhixiao Xu, Xiaolei Wang*  

Carbon Energy, 2023, 5(1), e231.   

Year 2022

46. Recycling and Upcycling of Spent LIB Cathodes: A Comprehensive Review.   

Nianji Zhang, Zhixiao Xu, Wenjing Deng, Xiaolei Wang* 

Electrochemical Energy Review, 2022, 5, 33.  

45. Mesoscale Mass Transport Enhancement on Well-defined Porous Carbon Platform for Electrochemical H2O2 Synthesis.  

Zhiping Deng, Mingxing Gong, Zhe Gong, Xiaolei Wang*  

Nano Letters, 2022, 22(23), 9551-9558.  

44. Upcycling Spent Alkaline Batteries into Rechargeable Zn-ion Batteries. 

Zhixiao Xu, Nianji Zhang, Xiaolei Wang*  

Nano Energy, 2022, 102, 107724.  

43. LiPAA with Short-chain Anion Facilitating Li2Sx (x≤4) Reduction in Lean-electrolyte Lithium-sulfur Battery.  

Jizong Zhang, Mingming Chen*, Yu Si, Jian Guo, Tianli Wu, Chengyang Wang, Xiaolei Wang* 

Energy & Environmental Materials, 2022, 5(3), 877-882.  

42. High-Donor Electrolyte Additive Enabling Stable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. 

Wenjing Deng, Zhixiao Xu, Xiaolei Wang*  

Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 52, 52-60.  

41. Modulating Intrinsic Properties of Platinum-Cobalt Nanowires for Enhanced Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction Reaction. 

Fangfang Chang, Yongpeng Liu, Lin Yang, Qing Zhang, Juncai Wei, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai*  

New Journal of Chemistry, 2022, 46, 8122-8130.  

40. An Ultrafast, Durable, and High-Loading Polymer Anode for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors. 

Zhixiao Xu, Matthew Li, Wenyuan Sun, Tian Tang, Jun Lu*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34(23), 2200077.  

39. Mechanism Investigation of Enhanced Electrochemical H2O2 Production Performance on Oxygen-rich Hollow Porous Carbon Spheres. 

Zhiping Deng, Xiaolei Wang* 

Nano Research, 2022, 15, 4599-4605.  

38. Efficient Zn Metal Anode Enabled by O, N-Codoped Carbon Microflowers.   

Zhixiao Xu, Song Jin, Nianji Zhang, Wenjing Deng, Min Ho Seo, Xiaolei Wang* 

Nano Letters, 2022, 22(3), 1350-1357.  

37. Hetero-Architectured Core-shell NiMoO4@Ni9S8/MoS2 Nanorods Enabling High-Performance Supercapacitors. 

Lu Chen, Wenjing Deng, Zhi Chen*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Journal of Materials Research, 2022, 37, 284-293.  (Invited Feature Article for Special Issue on Early Career Scholar in Materials Science 2022).   

36. Ultrafast, Long-life, High-loading, and Wide-temperature Zinc Ion Supercapacitors. 

Zhixiao Xu, Rujiao Ma, Xiaolei Wang* 

Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 46, 233-242.  

35. Designing Gradient Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries.   

Wenjing Deng, Xiaolei Wang* 

Green Energy & Environment, 2022, 7(6), 1129-1131.  

34. Ultrafine Li4Ti5O12 Nanocrystals as Building Blocks for Ultrahigh-Power Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes.  

Zhiping Deng, Zhixiao Xu, Wenjing Deng, Xiaolei Wang*

Journal of Power Sources, 2022, 521, 230970.   

33. Hybrid Interlayer Enables Dendrite-Free and Deposition-Modulated Zinc Anodes.   

Wenjing Deng, Nianji Zhang, Xiaolei Wang* 

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 432, 134378.  

32. Regulating the Lattice Strain of Platinum-Copper Catalysts for Enhancing Collaborative Electrocatalysis. 

Fangfang Chang, Yongpeng Liu, Qing Zhang, Zhichao Jia, Xiaolei Wang, Lin Yang*, Zhengyu Bai* 

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022, 9, 249-258.  

31. A Composite PEO Electrolyte with Amide-based Polymer Matrix for Suppressing Lithium Dendrite Growth in All-Solid-State Lithium Battery.  

Menghan Ge, Xiaoyu Zhou, Yinping Qin, Yang Liu*, Jingjing Zhou, Xiaolei Wang*, Bingkun Guo*

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2022, 33(8), 3894-3898. 

30. Revealing the Role of Mo Doping in Promoting Oxygen Reduction Reaction Performance of Pt3Co Nanowires. 

Zhiping Deng, Wanying Pang, Mingxing Gong, Zhehui Jin, Xiaolei Wang* 

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 66, 16-23.  

Year 2021 

29. Modulating the Multiple Intrinsic Properties of Platinum-Iron Alloy Nanowires towards Enhancing Collaborative Electrocatalysis. 

Fangfang Chang, Juncai Wei, Qing Zhang, Zhichao Jia, Yongpeng Liu, Lin Yang*, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai* 

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 5, 8118-8126.  (Selected by the themed collection: Materials Chemistry Frontiers HOT Papers) 

28. Building Core-Shell Ni9S8/MoS2@NiMoO4 Hetero-Structured Nanorods for Enhanced Water Splitting. 

Lu Chen, Zhixiao Xu, Zhi Chen*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2021, 8(21), 2101483.  

27. Enhanced Polysulfides Regulation via Honeycomb-Like Carbon with Catalytic MoC for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. 

Wenjing Deng, Zhixiao Xu, Zhiping Deng, Xiaolei Wang* 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 21760-21770.  (Selected by the themed collection: Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers)  

26. N, O-codoped Carbon Nanosheet Array Enabling Stable Lithium Metal Anode. 

Zhixiao Xu, Luyao Xu, Zhixin Xu, Zhiping Deng, Xiaolei Wang* 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31(40), 2102354.  

25. Hierarchical Ni-Mo2C/N-doped Carbon Mott-Schottky Array for Water Electrolysis.  

Zhixiao Xu, Song Jin, Min Ho Seo*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 292, 120168.  

24. 3D Hierarchical Carbon-rich Micro/Nano-materials for Energy Storage and Catalysis.  

Zhixiao Xu, Wenjing Deng, Xiaolei Wang* 

Electrochemical Energy Review, 2021, 4, 269-335.  

23. N,S-Codoped Hollow Carbon Dodecahedron/Metal Sulfides Composites Enabling High-Performance Lithium-Ion Intercalation. 

Lu Chen, Zhi Chen, Xudong Liu, Zhibin Ye, Xiaolei Wang* 

Electrochemical Science Advances, 2021, 1(4), e2100001. 

22. Investigation of Advanced Catalytic Effect of Co3O4 Nanosheets Modified Carbon Felts as Vanadium Flow Battery Electrodes.  

Dongjiang You*, Jingyuan Lou, Xiaoqiang Li, Yanli Zhou, Xueqin Sun, Xiaolei Wang

Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 494, 229775.  

21. Realizing High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries via Rational Design and Engineering Strategies.  

Wenjing Deng, Jason Phung, Ge Li*, Xiaolei Wang* 

Nano Energy, 2021, 82, 105761. 

20. Bimetallic Metal-Organic Framework Derived Doped Carbon Nanostructures as High-Performance Electrocatalyst towards Oxygen Reactions. 

Lu Chen, Zhi Chen*, Xudong Liu, Xiaolei Wang*  

Nano Research, 2021, 14, 1533-1540.     

Year 2020 

19. Platinum–palladium alloy nanotetrahedra with tuneable lattice-strain for enhanced intrinsic activity.  

Ruifang Miao, Fangfang Chang*, Mengyun Ren, Xianhong He, Lin Yang*, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai* 

Catalysis Science and Technology, 2020, 10(18), 6173-6179.   

18. Hollow Waxberry-Like Cobalt-Nickel Oxide/S, N-Codoped Carbon Nanospheres as Trifunctional Electrocatalyst for Oxygen and Hydrogen Reactions.  

Qing Zhang, Wenjie Han, Zhixiao Xu, Yinling Li, Lu Chen, Zhengyu Bai*, Lin Yang, Xiaolei Wang* 

RSC Advances, 2020, 10, 27788-27793.  

17. Strained Lattice Platinum–Palladium Alloy Nanowires for Efficient Electrocatalysis.  

Mengyun Ren, Fangfang Chang, Ruifang Miao, Xianhong He, Lin Yang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhengyu Bai* 

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020, 7(8), 1713-1718.  

16. Bimetallic CoNi Alloy Nanoparticles Embedded Pomegranate-Like Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Sphere as High-Performance Bifunctional Electrocatalyst.  

Lu Chen, Zhixiao Xu, Wenjie Han, Qing Zhang, Zhengyu Bai, Zhi Chen, Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang* 

ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2020, 3(2), 1354-1362.  

15. Hierarchical chestnut-burr like structure of copper cobalt oxide electrocatalyst directly grown on Ni foam for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis.  

Yoo Sei Park, Myeong Je Jang, Jaehoon Jeong, Sung Min Park, Xiaolei Wang, Min Ho Seo, Sung Mook Choi*, Juchan Yang* 

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8(6), 2344-2349.  

14. Room-Temperature Sputtered Electrocatalyst WSe2 Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.  

Jae Hyeon Nam, Myeong Je Jang, Hye Yeon Jang, Woojin Park, Xiaolei Wang, Sung Mook Choi*, Byungjin Cho, Y. Kim*, J. Yang*.  

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2020, 47, 107-111.  

Year 2019 

13. Abundant Defects-induced Interfaces Enabling Effective Anchoring for Polysulfides and Enhanced Kinetics in Lean Electrolyte Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.  

Jizong Zhang, Jie Zhang, Kunlin Liu, Ting Tang, Jianhua Tian, Chengyang Wang, Mingming Chen*, Xiaolei Wang* 

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11(50), 46767-46775. 

12. Catalytic Synthesis of Hard/Soft Carbon Hybrids with Heteroatom Doping for Enhanced Sodium Storage. 

Xu Liu, Youyu Zhu, Na Liu, Mingming Chen*, Chengyang Wang, Xiaolei Wang* 

ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4(12), 3551-3558. 

11. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of sewage sludge: A review. 

Ali Zaker, Zhi Chen*, Xiaolei Wang, Qiang Zhang 

Fuel processing technology, 2019, 187, 84-104. 

10. 3D N-doped Hybrid Architectures Assembled from 0D T-Nb2O5 Embedded in Carbon Microtubes toward High-Rate Li-ion Capacitors. 

Sahar Hemmati, Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang, Yuanli Ding, Yu Pei, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen* 

Nano Energy, 2019, 56, 118-126. 

Year 2018

9. A Lithium-Sulfur Battery Using A 2D Current Collector Architecture with A Large-Sized Sulfur Host Operated under High Areal Loading and Low E/S Ratio.  

Matthew Li, Yining Zhang, Zhengyu Bai, Wenwen Liu, Tongchao Liu, Jihyeon Gim, Gaopeng Jiang, Yifei Yuan, Dan Luo, Kun Feng, Reza S. Yassar, Xiaolei Wang, Zhongwei Chen*, Jun Lu* 

Advanced Materials, 2018, 30(46), 1804271. 

8. Bifunctionally Active and Durable Hierarchically Porous Transition Metal-Based Hybrid Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Metal-Air Batteries. 

Min Ho Seo, Moon Gyu Park, Dong Un Lee, Xiaolei Wang, Wook Ahn, Seung Hyo Noh, Sung Mook Choi, Zachary P. Cano, Byungchan Han, Zhongwei Chen* 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018, 239, 677-687. 

7. Two-Dimensional Phosphorus Doped Carbon Nansheets with Tunable Porosity for Oxygen Reactions in Zinc-Air Battery. 

Wen Lei, Ya-Ping Deng, Gaoran Li, Zachary Cano, Xiaolei Wang, Dan Luo, Yangshuai Liu, Deli Wang, Zhongwei Chen* 

ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8(3), 2464-2472. 

6. Chemisorption of Lithium Polysulfides through Redox Reactions with Organic Molecules for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.  

Ge Li§, Xiaolei Wang§, Min Ho Seo, Matthew Li, Lu Ma, Yifei Yuan, Tianpin Wu, Aiping Yu, Shun Wang*, Jun Lu*, Zhongwei Chen* 

Nature Communication, 2018, 9, 705. (co-first author)

Year 2017 

5. Tuning Shell Numbers of Transition Metal Oxide Hollow Microspheres towards Durable and Superior Lithium Storage. 

Dan Luo, Yaping Deng, Xiaolei Wang, Gaoran Li, Juan Wu, Jing Fu, Wen Lei, Ruiling Liang, Yangshuai Liu, Yuanli Ding, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen* 

ACS Nano, 2017, 11(11), 11521-11530. 

4. Engineered Architecture of Nitrogenous Graphene Encapsulating Porous Carbon with Nano-Channel Reactors Enhancing the PEM Fuel Cell Performance. 

Xiaogang Fu, Fathy Hassan, Pouyan Zamani, Gaopeng Jiang, Drew C Higgins, Ja-Yeon Choi, Xiaolei Wang, Pan Xu, Yanru Liu, Zhongwei Chen* 

Nano Energy, 2017, 42, 249-256. 

3. Compact High Volumetric and Areal Capacity Lithium Sulfur Batteries through Rock Salt Induced Nano-Architectured Sulfur Hosts. 

Matthew Li, Yining Zhang, Fathy Hassan, Wook Ahn, Xiaolei Wang, Wenwen Liu, Gaopeng Jiang, Zhongwei Chen*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(40), 21435-21441.  

2. Enhanced Reversible Sodium-Ion Intercalation by Synergistic Coupling of Few-Layered MoS2 and S-doped Graphene.   

Ge Li, Dan Luo, Xiaolei Wang*, Min Ho Seo, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen* 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27(40), 1702562. 

1. Design of Ultralong Single-Crystal Nanowire-Based Bifunctional Electrode for Efficient Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution in A Mild Alkaline Electrolyte. 

Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang*, Min Ho Seo, Sahar Hemmati, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen* 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(22), 10895-10901.

Prior to UofA and Concordia

33. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Min Ho Seo, Gregory Lui, Fathy Hassan, Kun Feng, Xingcheng Xiao*, Zhongwei Chen*, Carbon-Coated Silicon Nanowires on Carbon Fabric as Self-Supported Electrodes for Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries. 

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9(11), 9551-9558.   

32. Matthew Li, Yining Zhang, Xiaolei Wang, Wook Ahn, Gaopeng Jiang, Gregory Lui, Zhongwei Chen*, Gas Pickering Emulsion Templated Hollow Carbon for High Rate Performance Lithium Sulfur Batteries. 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26(46), 8408-8417. 

31. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Jingde Li, Yining Zhang, Wook Ahn, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen*, Structural and Chemical Synergistic Encapsulation of Polysulfides Enables Ultralong-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. 

Energy and Environmental Science, 2016, 9, 2533-2538. (Highlighted in inside back cover) 

30. XiaoleiWang§, Ge Li§, Yining Zhang, Zhongwei Chen*, Pomegranate-Inspired Rational Design of Highly Active and Durable Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Metal-Air Batteries. 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55(16), 4977-4982. (VIP paper) (co-first author)

29. Xiaolei Wang§, Xingye Fan§, Ge Li, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen*, High-Performance Flexible Electrodes Based on Electrodeposited Polypyrrole/MnO2 on Carbon Cloth for Low-Cost Supercapacitors. 

Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 326, 357-364. (co-first author)

28. Gregory Lui, Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen*, Flexible, 3D Ordered Macroporous TiO2Electrode with Enhanced Electrode-Electrolyte Interaction in High-Power Li-Ion Batteries. 

Nano Energy, 2016, 24, 72-77.

27. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Min Ho Seo, Fathy M.Hassan, Md Ariful Hoque, Zhongwei Chen*, Sulfur Atoms Bridging Few-layered MoS2 with S-doped Graphene Enables Highly Robust Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries.

Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5(23), 1501106. 

26. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Fathy M. Hassan, Jingde Li, Xingye Fan, Rasim Batmaz, Xingcheng Xiao, Zhongwei Chen*, Sulfur Covalently Bonded Graphene with Large Capacity and High Rate for High-Performance Sodium-ion Batteries Anodes.

Nano Energy, 2015, 15, 746-754.

25. Xiaolei Wang, Xingye Fan, Ge Li, Matthew Li, Xingcheng Xiao, Aiping Yu*, Zhongwei Chen*, Composites of MnO2 Nanocrystals/Partially Graphitized Hierarchically Porous Carbon Spheres with Enhanced Rate Capability for High-performance Supercapacitors. 

Carbon, 2015, 93, 258-265.     

24. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Fathy M Hassan, Matthew Li, Kun Feng, Xingcheng Xiao*, Zhongwei Chen*, Building Sponge-like Robust Architecture of CNT-Graphene-Si Composites with Enhanced Rate and Cycling Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 3962-3967.  

23. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Fathy M.Hassan, Rasim Batmaz, Xingcheng Xiao, Aiping Yu*, Fast Lithium-ion Storage of Nb2O5 Nanocrystals in-situ Grown on Carbon Nanotube for High-performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors. 

RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 41179-41185.  

22. Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang, Fathy M. Hassan, Matthew Li, Rasim Batmaz, Xingcheng Xiao, Aiping Yu*, Vanadium Pentoxide Nanorods Anchored to and Wrapped with Graphene Nanosheets for High-Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors. 

ChemElectroChem, 2015, 2(9), 1264-1269.

21. Fathy M. Hassan, Rasim Batmaz, Jingde Li, Xiaolei Wang, Aiping Yu, Xingcheng Xiao*, Zhongwei Chen*, Covalent Synergy of Silicon-Sulfur-Graphene as Peculiar Material Design for Cutting-edge Lithium-ion Battery. 

Nature Communications, 2015, 6, 8597. 

20. Wook Ahn, Min Ho Seo, Yun-Seok Jun, Dong Un Lee, Xiaolei Wang, Aiping Yu, Zhongwei Chen*, Sulfur Nanogranular Film-Coated Three-Dimensional Graphene Sponge-Based High Power Lithium Sulfur Battery. 

ACS Applied Materials& Interfaces, 2016, 8(3), 1984-1991. 

19. Dong Un Lee, Moon Gyu Park, Hey Woong Park, Min Ho Seo, Xiaolei Wang, Zhongwei Chen, Highly Active and Durable Nanocrystals-Decorated Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. 

ChemSusChem, 2015, 8(18), 3129-3138.   

18. Kun Feng, Wook Ahn, Gregory Lui, Hey Woong, Ali Ghorbani Kashkooli, Gaopeng Jiang, Xiaolei Wang, Zhongwei Chen*, Implementing an in-situ carbon network in Si/reduced graphene oxide for high performance lithium-ion battery anodes. 

Nano Energy, 2016, 19, 187-197.

17. Chao Lei, Zheng Chen, Hiesang Sohn, Xiaolei Wang, Ding Weng, Meiqing Shen*, Yunfeng Lu*, Better Lithium-Ion Storage Materials Made through Hierarchical Assemblies of Active Nanorods and Nanocrystals. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 17536-17544.  

16. Kun Feng, Hey Woong Park, Xiaolei Wang, Dong Un Lee, Zhongwei Chen*, High Performance Porous Anode Based on Template-Free Synthesis of Co3O4 Nanowires for Lithium-Ion Batteries. 

Electrochimica Acta, 2014, 109, 145-151.   

15. Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang*, Xueming Ma, Nb2O5-Carbon Core-Shell Nanocomposite as Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery. 

Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2013, 22(3), 357-362. (corresponding author)  

14. Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang*, Xueming Ma*, Tetragonal VNb9O24.9-based Nanorods: A Novel Form of Lithium Battery Anode with Superior Cyclability. 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2013, 1, 12409-12412. (corresponding author)  

13. Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang, Zheng Chen, Xueming Ma*, Yunfeng Lu*, Characterization of Niobium and Vanadium Oxide Nanocomposites with Improved Rate Performance and Cycling Stability. 

Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 102, 351-357.   

12. Zheng Chen, Yin Yuan, Huihui Zhou, XiaoleiWang, Zhihua Gan, Fosong Wang*, Yunfeng Lu*, 3D Nanocomposite Architectures from Carbon-Nanotube-Threaded Nanocrystals for High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage. 

Advanced Materials, 2014, 36(2), 339-345.   

11. Xilai Jia, Zheng Chen, Xia Cui, Yiting Peng, Xiaolei Wang, Fei Wei*, Yunfeng Lu*, Building Robust Architectures of Carbon and Metal Oxide Nanocrystals towards High-Performance Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries. 

ACS Nano, 2012, 6(11), 9911-9919.  

10. Zheng Chen, Dieqing Zhang, Xiaolei Wang, Xilai Jia, Fei Wei, Hexing Li, Yunfeng Lu*, High-Performance Energy Storage Architectures from Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocrystal Building Blocks. 

Advanced Materials, 2012, 24(15), 2030-2036.   

9. Zheng Chen, Ding Weng, Xiaolei Wang, Yanhua Cheng, Ge Wang, Yunfeng Lu*, Ready fabrication of thin-film electrodes from building nanocrystals for micro-supercapacitors. 

Chemical Communications, 2012, 48, 3736-3738.   

8. Xilai Jia, Zheng Chen, Arnold Suwarnasarn, Xiaolei Wang, Hiesang Sohn, Qiang Zhang, Fei Wei, Yunfeng Lu*, High-performance flexible lithium-ion electrodes based on robust network architecture. 

Energy and Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 6845-6849.   

7. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Zheng Chen, Veronica Augustyn, Xueming, Ma, Ge Wang, Bruce Dunn, Yunfeng Lu*, High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on CNT/Nb2O5 Nanocomposites. 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1(6), 1089-1093.   

6. Xiaolei Wang, Daocheng Pan, Ding Weng, Chen-Yian Low, Lynn Rice, Jinyu Han, Yunfeng Lu*, A General Synthesis of Cu−In−S Based Multicomponent Solid-Solution Nanocrystals with Tunable Band Gap, Size, and Structure. 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010, 114(41), 17293-17297.   

5. Zheng Chen, Yaochun Qin, Ding Weng, Qiangfeng Xiao, Xiaolei Wang, Hexing Li, Fei Wei, Yunfeng Lu*, Design and Synthesis of Hierarchical Nanowire Composites for Electrochemical Energy Storage. 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2009, 19(21), 3420-3426.       

4. Daocheng Pan, Xiaolei Wang, Z. Hong Zhou, Wei Chen, Chuanlai Xu and Yunfeng Lu*, Synthesis of Quaternary Semiconductor Nanocrystals with Tunable Band Gaps. 

Chemistry of Materials, 2009, 21(12), 2489-2493.   

3. Daocheng Pan, Ding Weng, Xiaolei Wang, Qiangfeng Xiao, Wei Chen, Chuanlai Xu, Zhengzhong Yang, Yunfeng Lu*, Alloyed semiconductor nanocrystals with broad tunable bandgaps. 

Chemical Communications, 2009, 0, 4221-4223.   

2. Xiaolei Wang, Jinyu Han, Hua Wang*, Preparation of Lactide Using Ionic Liquid Catalyst. 

Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering, 2007, 58(12), 4-8.   

1. Wei Mao, Xiaolei Wang, Hua Wang, Heying Chang, Xiangwen Zhang, Jinyu Han*, Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study of tert-amyl methyl ether (TAME) synthesis. 

Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 2007, 47(5), 761-769.