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  1. Lithium-air batteries: Challenges coexist with opportunities

    Article • APL Materials, April 2019, American Institute of Physics

    Zhen Zhou

  2. review of bi-layer grphene

    Article • Current Graphene Science, January 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Zhen Zhou, Huijuan Cui

  3. Graphitization and Pore Structure Adjustment of Graphene for Energy Storage and Conversion

    Article • Current Graphene Science, July 2017, Bentham Science Publishers

    Zhen Zhou

  4. Rational design of SnO2@C nanocomposites for lithium ion batteries by utilizing adsorption properties of MOFs

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Wei Shi, Zhen Zhou

  5. Small molecules make big differences: molecular doping effects on electronic and optical properties of phosphorene

    Article • Nanotechnology, February 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Zhen Zhou

  6. TiO2–B nanorods on reduced graphene oxide as anode materials for Li ion batteries

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  7. Computational studies on structural and electronic properties of functionalized MXene monolayers and nanotubes

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  8. Origin of photoactivity in graphitic carbon nitride and strategies for enhancement of photocatalytic efficiency: insights from first-principles computations

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  9. Achieving battery-level energy density by constructing aqueous carbonaceous supercapacitors with hierarchical porous N-rich carbon materials

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  10. Structural design for anodes of lithium-ion batteries: emerging horizons from materials to electrodes

    Article • Materials Horizons, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  11. Rechargeable Li–CO2 batteries with carbon nanotubes as air cathodes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  12. Designing high-voltage carbonyl-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cathode materials for Li-ion batteries guided by Clar's theory

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  13. Two better than one: cobalt–copper bimetallic yolk–shell nanoparticles supported on graphene as excellent cathode catalysts for Li–O2batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  14. High and anisotropic carrier mobility in experimentally possible Ti2CO2(MXene) monolayers and nanoribbons

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  15. Computational prediction of the electronic structure and optical properties of graphene-like β-CuN3

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  16. Pre-lithiated graphene nanosheets as negative electrode materials for Li-ion capacitors with high power and energy density

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, October 2014, Elsevier

    Zhen Zhou

  17. Sb nanoparticles decorated N-rich carbon nanosheets as anode materials for sodium ion batteries with superior rate capability and long cycling stability

    Article • Chemical Communications, September 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  18. Rutile TiO2nanobundles on reduced graphene oxides as anode materials for Li ion batteries

    Article • Chemical Communications, August 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  19. Tuning electronic and optical properties of MoS2monolayer via molecular charge transfer

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, August 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  20. Ultrasmall MnO@N-rich carbon nanosheets for high-power asymmetric supercapacitors

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  21. First-principles investigations on delithiation of Li4NiTeO6

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, June 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  22. Graphene, inorganic graphene analogs and their composites for lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, May 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  23. Rational Design of Ni Nanoparticles on N‐Rich Ultrathin Carbon Nanosheets for High‐Performance Supercapacitor Materials: Embedded‐ Versus Anchored‐Type Dispersion

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, March 2014, Wiley

    Zhen Zhou

  24. Tunable Band Structures of Heterostructured Bilayers with Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide and MXene Monolayer

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Zhen Zhou

  25. Computational prediction of experimentally possible g-C3N3 monolayer as hydrogen purification membrane

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, March 2014, Elsevier

    Zhen Zhou

  26. Porous hollow LiCoMnO 4 microspheres as cathode materials for 5 V lithium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, February 2014, Elsevier

    Zhen Zhou

  27. A composite of Co nanoparticles highly dispersed on N-rich carbon substrates: an efficient electrocatalyst for Li–O2battery cathodes

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  28. Facile preparation of hierarchical Nb2O5 microspheres with photocatalytic activities and electrochemical properties

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  29. Tuning band gaps of BN nanosheets and nanoribbons via interfacial dihalogen bonding and external electric field

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou

  30. Metallic VS2 Monolayer: A Promising 2D Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Zhen Zhou

  31. Role of transition metal nanoparticles in the extra lithium storage capacity of transition metal oxides: a case study of hierarchical core–shell Fe3O4@C and Fe@C microspheres

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Zhen Zhou