Simultaneous anionic and cationic redox reactivity for high-energy-density electrodes.
Equilibrium/Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in the electrochemistry.
Li-ion kinetics and mass transport in lithium-ion battery and solid-state electrolyte.
Accelerated materials discovery using deep learning automated virtual screening.
News and Updates
Feb. 15, 2019. Our recent work on revealing the critical oxygen evolution and transport during a complete delithiation of the benchmark Li-rich system: Li2MnO3.
Jan. 1, 2019. Our recent work on the discovery of calcium-metal alloy anodes for reversible Ca-Ion batteries is published on
Advanced Energy Materials.
May. 18, 2018. Our work on "Interplay of Cation and Anion Redox in Li4Mn2O5 Material and Prediction of Improved Li4(Mn,M)2O5 Cathodes for Li-ion Batteries" is published on ScienceAdvances.
Feb. 5, 2018. GREATEST honor to have the Anionic redox active material work featured on the main page of
Northwestern University.
Jan. 12, 2018. Recent social media coverage of the New Lithium-Rich Battery Could Last Much Longer:
Jan. 5, 2018. "New Lithium-Rich Battery Could Last Much Longer" has been posted as a University Research highlight on the
Office of Science homepage of the Department of Energy.
Dec. 11, 2017. Nature Energy twittered about simultaneous anionic and cationic redox enabled in anti-fluorite lithium iron oxides.
Dec. 8, 2017. Nature published a “News and Views” on the paper by C. Zhan† and Z. Yao†, et al. "Enabling the high capacity of lithium-rich anti-fluorite lithium iron oxide by simultaneous anionic and cationic redox".
Nov. 20, 2017. Zhenpeng is awarded "Best Presentation Award" with a travel grant by the Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage (CEES).