FacultyName: ZehengYang

Title:Professor

Office:407, Shenghua Building

Phone:+86-0551-62901450

Email:zehengyang@hfut.edu.cn

Education:

B.S.,Inorganic Chemical Engineering,Hefei University of Technology,1978-1982

M.S.,Applied Chemistry, HefeiUniversity of Technology, 1988-1991

Ph.D.,Inorganic Chemistry,University of Science and Technology of China,2003-2005

Biography

ZehengYang engaged in technical work at Hefei Chemical Plant from August1982 to August 1988, and scientific research and development work atthe Anhui Provincial Geological Experimental Research Institute fromMay 1991 to December 1999, andhe wasawarded the title of Senior Engineer in1997. In January 2000, he entered the School of Chemistry andChemical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology as ateacher.He was appointed asassociate professor in December 2003, as a professor in December2007, and selected as doctoral supervisor in 2012.He conducted visiting research at the School ofChemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Sydney inAustralia from January 2008 to January 2009, and University ofBirmingham and Imperial College London in the UK from February 2010to March 2010. He has successively presided overmore than 10 national, provincial, and enterprise fundedscientific research projects, published over 90papers in important academic journals both domestically andinternationally. He has been authorized10 national invention patents, resultingin significant economic and social benefits.

ResearchInterests

1. Researchon the preparation of electrode materials for lithium-ion batteriesand the key technologies for recycling waste lithium-ion batteries

(2)Mass transfer and separation engineering

Keywords:Lithium-ion batteries, Electrode materials, Energy storage andconverter, Recycling

TeachingInterests:

Teachingundergraduate courses: "Principles of Chemical Engineering"and "Chemical Instrumentation and Automation"

Teachinggraduate course: "Separation Engineering"

SelectedFundedProjects:

Presideover 10 national, provincial and enterprise funded projects.

SelectedAwards and Honors:

(1)Grand Prize in Teaching Achievement Award of Anhui Provincial (FirstInvestigator, 2019)

(2)Second Prize in Science and Technology of Anhui Province (SecondInvestigator, 2007)

SelectedPublications：

1. CongLi, Chun Liu, Honglei Liu, Chengzhi Hu, Yong Wu, ZehengYang*, et al, In-situ epitaxial growth andelectrochemical conversion of LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄thin layer on Ni-rich cathode materials for high voltage lithium-ionbatteries, Nanoscale,2023, in press.

2. ChengHuang, Xue Xia, Ziwei Chi, Zeheng Yang*,Haijian Huang, Zhangxian Chen, et al, Preparation of single-crystalternary cathode materials via recycling spent cathodes for highperformance lithium-ion batteries, Nanoscale,2022, 14, 9724-9735.

3. ChengHuang, Hong Lv, Zeheng Yang*,Cheng Lian*, Jianglong Du, Guoqiang Liu, et al, Exfoliating spentcathode materials with robust interlayer interactions intoatomic-thin nanosheets for boosting the oxygen evolution reaction,Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2022, 10, 3359-3372.

4. ZhangxianChen, Qiuge Zhang, Weijian Tang, Deli Li, Juxuan Ding, ZehengYang*, et al, Ultrahigh Capacity Retentionof a Li₂ZrO₃-CoatedNi-Rich LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂Cathode Material through Covalent Interfacial Engineering, ACSApplied Energy Materials, 2021, 4(12),13785-13795.

5. JunCao, Haijian Huang*, Yifan Qu, Weijian Tang, ZehengYang*, Weixin Zhang*, Construction of ahetero-epitaxial nanostructure at the interface of Li-rich cathodematerials to boost their rate capability and cycling performances,Nanoscale,2021,13, 20488-20497.

6. ShuaiCao^#, HaijianHuang^#, Kun Shi,Li Wei, Ning You, Zeheng Yang*,et al, Engineering superhydrophilic/ superaerophobic hierarchicalstructures of Co-CH@NiFe-LDH/NF to boost the oxygen evolutionreaction, Chemical Engineering Journal,2021, 422, 130123.

7. HongLv^#, HaijianHuang^#, ChengHuang, Qiang Gao, Zeheng Yang*,Weixin Zhang*, Electric field driven de-lithiation: A strategytowards comprehensive and efficient recycling of electrode materialsfrom spent lithium ion batteries, AppliedCatalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 283,119634.

8. ShuaiCao, Ning You, Li Wei, Cheng Huang, Xiaoming Fan, ZehengYang*, et al, CoP microscale prism-likesuperstructure arrays on Ni foam as an efficient bifunctionalelectrocatalyst for overall water splitting, InorganicChemistry, 2020, 59, 8522-8531.

9. WeijianTang, Zhangxian Chen*, Fan Xiong, Fei Chen, Cheng Huang, ZehengYang*, et al, Aneffective etching-induced coating strategy to shieldLiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂electrode materials by LiAlO₂,Journal of Power Sources,2019, 412, 246-254.

10. QiangGao,HongLv,FanXiong,FeiChen,ZehengYang*, Weixin Zhang*, Preparation ofLiFePO₄/C platecathode materials and their electrochemicalproperties, CIESCJournal, 2019,70(4), 1628-1634.