Faculty
Bio:
Dr. Hongfei Li got his Master degree from Tsinghua University in 2012 and Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2019. After that, he joined Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory as an associated professor. Now, he is an assistant professor at Southern University of Science and Technology. His research mainly covers wearable and flexible energy storage devices, novel electrolytes and electrode materials, high safe batteries and novel aqueous batteries. Based on Web of Science, Dr. Li has published over 30 peer-reviewed SCI journal papers, which has been cited over 10600 times, with an h-index of 57. Dr. Li also serves as the Associate Editorial Board Member of Materials Research Letters and Chinese Chemical Letters.
Research Area:
Intelligent wearable and flexible energy storage devices
Novel electrolytes and electrode materials
Energy storage devices and materials
High safe batteries
Novel aqueous batteries
Working Experience:
2022 – Present, Assistant Professor, SDIM, Southern University of Science and Technology
2019 – 2022, Associate Professor, Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory
2012 – 2016, Deputy director, Department of Industry and Information Technology
Education Background:
2019, Ph.D. City University of Hong Kong
2012, M.Sc. Tsinghua University
2009, B.Sc. Central South University
Publications (selected & fist-authored):
Cuiping Han, Hongfei Li*, Yu Li, Jiaxiong Zhu, Chunyi Zhi*. Proton-assisted Calcium-Ion Storage in Aromatic Organic Molecular Crystal with Coplanar Stacked Structure, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2400. (IF=14.919) (IF=17.69, JCR一区,入选Nature Communications期刊的Editors' Highlights和Featured Article,高被引论文)
Hongfei Li#, Cuiping Han#, Yan Huang, Yang Huang, Minshen Zhu, Zengxia Pei, Qi Xue, Zifeng Wang, Zhuoxin Liu, Zijie Tang, Yukun Wang, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li, and Chunyi Zhi*. An extremely safe and wearable solid-state zinc ion battery based on a hierarchical structured polymer electrolyte, Energy & Environmental Science, 2018, 11, 941-957. IF=39.71) (IF=39.71, JCR一区,高被引论文,引用频次>510)
Yongchao Tang#, Xuejin Li#, Haiming Lv, Wenlong Wang, Qi Yang, Chunyi Zhi*, Hongfei Li*. High-Energy Aqueous Magnesium Hybrid Full Batteries Enabled by Carrier-Hosting Potential Compensation, Angewandte Chemie, 2021, 133, 5503-5512. (IF=16.82, JCR一区, highlighted by MaterialsViews)
Hongfei Li#, Zijie Tang#, Zhuoxin Liu, Chunyi Zhi*. Evaluating Flexibility and Wearability of Flexible Energy Storage Devices. Joule. 2019, 3, 613-619. (IF=46.04, JCR一区, Highlighted by 纳米人、研之成理、能源学人等,引用频次>196)
Hongfei Li, Zhuoxin Liu, Guojin Liang, Yang Huang, Yan Huang, Minshen Zhu, Zengxia Pei, Qi Xue, Zifeng Wang, YukunWang, Baohua Li, Chunyi Zhi*. Waterproof and Tailorable Elastic Rechargeable Yarn Zinc Ion Batteries by a Cross-Linked Polyacrylamide Electrolyte. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 3140–3148. (IF=18.02, JCR一区,高被引论文, 引用频次>306)
Xiaoke Wang#, Xixi Zhang#, Gang Zhao, Hu Hong, Zijie Tang, Xijin Xu,* Hongfei Li,* Chunyi Zhi, Cuiping Han*. Ether-Water Hybrid Electrolyte Contributing to Excellent Mg Ion Storage in Layered Sodium Vanadate, ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 4, 6093–6102. (IF=18.02, JCR一区, highlighted by 能源学人,纳米人等)
Yongchao Tang#, Xuejin Li#, Haiming Lv, Dong Xie, Wenlong Wang, Chunyi Zhi*, Hongfei Li*. Stabilized Co3+/Co4+ Redox Pair in In-Situ Produced CoSe2-x-Derived Cobalt Oxides for Alkaline Zn Batteries with 10000-Cycle Lifespan and 1.9-V Voltage Plateau. Advanced Energy Materials. 2020, 10, 2000892. (IF=29.69, JCR一区, highlighted by能源学人等)
Xuejin Li#, Yongchao Tang#, Jiaxiong Zhu, Haiming Lv, Yan Xu, Wenlong Wang, Chunyi Zhi*, Hongfei Li*. Initiating a room-temperature rechargeable aqueous fluoride-ion battery with long lifespan through a rational buffering phase design. Advanced Energy Materials. 2021, 11, 2003714. (IF=29.69, JCR一区, highlighted by MaterialsViews)
Longtao Ma#, Yiran Ying#, Shengmei Chen, Ze Chen, Hongfei Li,* Haitao Huang,* Lingzhi Zhao, and Chunyi Zhi*. Electrocatalytic Selenium Redox Reaction for High-Mass-Loading Zinc-Selenium Batteries with Improved Kinetics and Selenium Utilization. Advanced Energy Materials. 2022, 2201322. (IF=29.69, JCR一区, highlighted by能源学人等)
Hongfei Li#, Longtao Ma#, Cuiping Han, Zifeng Wang, Zhuoxin Liu, Zijie Tang, Chunyi Zhi*. Advanced Rechargeable Zn based batteries: Recent Progress and Future Perspectives. Nano Energy 2019, 62, 550-587. (IF=19.06, JCR一区,高被引论文, 引用频次>465)
Patents:
Chunyi Zhi, Hongfei Li. Rechargeable polyacrylamide based polymer electrolyte zinc-ion batteries, 专利授权号:US 10,957,939(已授权)
Chunyi Zhi, Funian Mo, Zijie Tang, Hongfei Li. Low temperature operable electrical energy supply device, 专利授权号:US 11,063,309(已授权)
Chunyi Zhi,Zhuoxin Liu, Hongfei Li, Zijie Tang. Electrical energy storage device and a method of preparing the same, 2020, US Patent App. 16/383,927.
Chunyi Zhi, Donghong Wang, Hongfei Li, Zijie Tang. Energy storage device, an electrolyte for use in an energy storage device and a method of preparing the electrolyte, 2020, US Patent App. 16/383,902.
Chunyi Zhi, Longtao Ma, Hongfei Li, Zijie Tang. Electrical energy storage apparatus and a method of preparing the same, 2020, US Patent App. 16/377,608.
Chunyi Zhi, Yukun Wang, Hongfei Li, Zijie Tang. Energy storage device and a method of preparing the same, 2020, US Patent App. 16/369,040.
Chunyi Zhi, Longtao Ma, Zijie Tang, Hongfei Li. Energy storage device, an electrolyte for use in an energy storage device and a method of preparing the electrolyte, 2020, US Patent App. 16/216,168.
Awards:
Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2021
Emerging Investigator of Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2020
Outstanding Communist Party Member of Dongguan Songshan Lake Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, 2019
“Outstanding Academic Performance Award” of City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2018.
“Research Tuition Scholarship” of City University of Hong Kong, 2016-2018.
Second Prize of the 15th “Challenge Cup” national competition, 2017
Qihang Scholarship of Tsinghua University, 2012
Academic Honors:
Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2021
Associate Editorial Board Member of Materials Research Letters and Chinese Chemical Letters.