(1) Organic redox-active molecules for flow batteries
(2) Eutectic electrolytes as highly concentrated system for electrochemical energy storage
(3) Novel battery designing
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Professor, P.R. China, 2020/11 - present
Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin, U. S.A., 2016/8 - 2020/9
Postdoctoral Fellow, Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, P.R. China, 2014/6 - 2016/4
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph.D, Chemical Engineering, 2009 - 2012
Harbin Engineering University, B.S., 2005 - 2009
1. Mengqi Zhang; Tianyu Li; Xianghui Liu; Changkun Zhang;* Xianfeng Li.* Molecular Revealing the High-stable Polycyclic Azine Derivatives for Long-Lifetime Aqueous Organic Flow Batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024, n/a, 2312608.
2. Ziming Zhao; # Xianghui Liu; # Mengqi Zhang; # Leyuan Zhang; Changkun Zhang;* Xianfeng Li;* Guihua Yu.* Development of flow battery technologies using the principles of sustainable chemistry. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2023, 52, 6031-6074.
3. Xianghui Liu; Tianyu Li; Chagkun Zhang;* Xianfeng Li.* Benzidine Derivatives: A Class of High Redox Potential Molecules for Aqueous Organic Flow Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2023, 62, e202307796. (VIP)
4. Yonghui Zhang; Fan Li; Tianyu Li; Mengqi Zhang; Zhizhang Yuan; Guangjin Hou; Jie Fu;* Changkun Zhang;* Xianfeng Li.* Insight into Air-stable Methylene Blue Catholyte towards kW-scale Practical Aqueous Organic Flow Batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 2023, 16, 231-240.
5. Changkun Zhang,# Hui Chen,# Yumin Qian,# Gaole Dai, Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu. General Design Methodology for Organic Eutectic Electrolytes toward High-Energy-Density Redox Flow Batteries. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33(15), 2008560.
6. Changkun Zhang,# Zhihui Niu,# Jiwoong Bae, Leyuan Zhang, Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu. Polyeutectic-based stable and effective electrolytes for high-performance energy storage systems. Energy Environ. Sci. 2021, 14, 931-939.
7. Changkun Zhang,# Leyuan Zhang,# Guihua Yu. Eutectic electrolytes as a promising platform for next-generation electrochemical energy storage. Acc. Chem. Res., 2020, 53(8): 1648-1659.
8. Changkun Zhang, Zhihui Niu, Sangshan Peng, Yu Ding, Leyuan Zhang, Xuelin Guo, Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu. Phenothiazine-based organic catholyte for high-capacity and long-life aqueous redox flow batteries. Adv. Mater., 2019, 31(24): 1901052-1901059.
9. Changkun Zhang, Yumin Qian, Yu Ding, Leyuan Zhang, Xuelin Guo, Yu Zhao, Guihua Yu. Biredox eutectic electrolytes derived from organic redox-active molecules: High-energy storage systems. Angew. Chem. Int., 2019, 58 (21): 7045-7050.
10. Changkun Zhang,# Yu Ding,# Leyuan Zhang,# Xuelan Wang, Yu Zhao, Xiaohong Zhang, Guihua. Yu. A sustainable redox flow battery with an aluminum-based, deep-eutectic-solvent anolyte. Angew. Chem. Int., 2017, 56(26): 7454-7459. (VIP)
11. Changkun Zhang,# Leyuan Zhang,# Yu Ding, Guihua Yu. Eutectic electrolytes for high-energy-density redox flow batteries. ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3(12) 2875-2883.