Dr. Minghao Yu

Research group leader

Mr Dr. Minghao Yu

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Chair for Molecular Functional Materials

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Modular-Gebäude, Raum 415 Stadtgutstr. 59

01217 Dresden

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WORK BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Minghao Yu is the research group leader of the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at Technische Universität Dresden. He received his doctoral degree in Material Physics and Chemistry from Sun Yat-sen University (China) in June 2017. He joined Prof. Xinliang Feng’s group as a postdoctoral researcher under the support of Humboldt Research Fellowship in November 2017. In March 2019, he was appointed as a research group leader for the energy subgroup of the Chair of Molecular Functional Materials at Technische Universität Dresden.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

11/2017-10/2019: Postdoctoral researcher (Humboldt Research Fellowship), Chair of Molecular Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
03/2019-today: Research group leader, Chair of Molecular Functional Materials, Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

RESEARCH INTERESTS

His current research interests focus on (1) Development of novel organic and inorganic 2D materials and novel 2D hybrids; (2) Fundamental electrochemistry study on 2D materials for electrochemical energy storage and electrocatalysis. (3) Functional energy device fabrication including supercapacitors, hybrid-ion capacitors, multivalent metal ion batteries, dual-ion batteries, Zinc-air batteries, and fuel cells.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, Energy Storage Materials, Nano Energy, Small, Nanoscale, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Scientific Reports, Chemical Engineering Journal, and so on.

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITION

82 publications, 11468 citations, h-index of 51 (web of science, as of 24^th June 2020).

Full publication list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=azLEIL4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Selected publications

Yu, M.; Shao, H.; Wang, G.; Yang, F.; Liang, C.; Rozier, P.; Wang, C. Z.; Lu, X.; Simon, P.*; Feng, X.* Interlayer gap widened alpha-phase molybdenum trioxide as high-rate anodes for dual-ion-intercalation energy storage devices. Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1348.

Wang, F.; Tseng, J.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, P.; Wang, G.; Chen, G.; Wu, W.; Yu, M.*; Wu, Y.; Feng, X.* A Stimulus-Responsive Zinc-Iodine Battery with Smart Overcharge Self-Protection Function. Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, e2000287.
Yu, M.; Feng, X.* Thin-Film Electrode-Based Supercapacitors. Joule 2019, 3, 338-360.
Zhu, L.; Zheng, D.; Wang, Z.; Zheng, X.; Fang, P.; Zhu, J.; Yu, M.*; Tong, Y.; Lu, X.* A Confinement Strategy for Stabilizing ZIF-Derived Bifunctional Catalysts as a Benchmark Cathode of Flexible All-Solid-State Zinc-Air Batteries. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, e1805268.
Yu, M.; Wang, Z.; Hou, C.; Wang, Z.; Liang, C.; Zhao, C.; Tong, Y.; Lu, X.*; Yang, S.* Nitrogen-Doped Co3O4 Mesoporous Nanowire Arrays as an Additive-Free Air-Cathode for Flexible Solid-State Zinc-Air Batteries. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1602868.
Yu, M.; Lin, D.; Feng, H.; Zeng, Y.; Tong, Y.; Lu, X.* Boosting the Energy Density of Carbon-Based Aqueous Supercapacitors by Optimizing the Surface Charge. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5454-5459.
Yu, M.; Cheng, X.; Zeng, Y.; Wang, Z.; Tong, Y.; Lu, X.*; Yang, S.* Dual-Doped Molybdenum Trioxide Nanowires: A Bifunctional Anode for Fiber-Shaped Asymmetric Supercapacitors and Microbial Fuel Cells. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 6762-6766.
Yu, M.; Han, Y.; Cheng, X.; Hu, L.; Zeng, Y.; Chen, M.; Cheng, F.; Lu, X.*; Tong, Y. Holey tungsten oxynitride nanowires: novel anodes efficiently integrate microbial chemical energy conversion and electrochemical energy storage. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 3085-3091.
Yu, M.; Zhang, Y.; Zeng, Y.; Balogun, M. S.; Mai, K.; Zhang, Z.*; Lu, X.*; Tong, Y. Water surface assisted synthesis of large-scale carbon nanotube film for high-performance and stretchable supercapacitors. Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 4724-4729.

HONORS

2019 Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)
2018 Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate Analytics)
2017 Humboldt Research Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers