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

(1) Zhang, P.; Wang, M.; Liu, Y.; Fu, Y.; Gao, M.; Wang, G.; Wang, F.; Wang, Z.; Chen, G.; Yang, S.; Liu, Y.; Dong, R.; Yu, M.*; Lu, X.; Feng, X.* Largely Pseudocapacitive Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal-Organic Framework Anodes with Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital Localized in Nickel-bis(dithiolene) Linkages. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 6247-6256.
(2) Sabaghi, D.; Wang, Z.; Bhauriyal, P.; Lu, Q.; Morag, A.; Mikhailovia, D.; Hashemi, P.; Li, D.; Neumann, C.; Liao, Z.; Dominic, A. M.; Nia, A. S.; Dong, R.; Zschech, E.; Turchanin, A.; Heine, T.; Yu, M.*; Feng, X.* Ultrathin positively charged electrode skin for durable anion-intercalation battery chemistries. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 760.
(3) Liu, Y.; Lu, Y.; Khan, A. H.; Wang, G.; Wang, Y.; Morag, A.; Wang, Z.; Chen, G.; Huang, S.; Chandrasekhar, N.; Sabaghi, D.; Li, D.; Zhang, P.; Ma, D.; Brunner, E.; Yu, M.*; Feng, X.* Redox-Bipolar Polyimide Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework Cathodes for Durable Aluminium Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202306091.
(4) Wang, X.; An, Y.; Liu, L.; Fang, L.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Qi, H.; Heine, T.; Li, T.; Kuc, A.*; Yu, M.*; Feng, X.* Atomically Dispersed Pentacoordinated-Zirconium Catalyst with Axial Oxygen Ligand for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202209746.
(5) Sun, B.; Lu, Q.; Chen, K.; Zheng, W.; Liao, Z.; Lopatik, N.; Li, D.; Hantusch, M.; Zhou, S.; Wang, H. I.; Sofer, Z.; Brunner, E.; Zschech, E.; Bonn, M.; Dronskowski, R.; Mikhailova, D.; Liu, Q.; Zhang, D.*; Yu, M.*; Feng, X.* Redox-Active Metaphosphate-Like Terminals Enable High-Capacity MXene Anodes for Ultrafast Na-Ion Storage. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, e2108682.
(6) Zhang, P.; Wang, M.; Liu, Y.; Yang, S.; Wang, F.; Li, Y.; Chen, G.; Li, Z.; Wang, G.; Zhu, M.; Dong, R.; Yu, M.*; Schmidt, O. G.; Feng, X.* Dual-Redox-Sites Enable Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal-Organic Frameworks with Large Pseudocapacitance and Wide Potential Window. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 10168-10176.
(7) Zhang, H.; Wu, W.; Liu, Q.; Yang, F.; Shi, X.; Liu, X.; Yu, M.*; Lu, X.* Interlayer Engineering of alpha-MoO₃ Modulates Selective Hydronium Intercalation in Neutral Aqueous Electrolyte. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 896-903.
(8) Wang, X.; Raghupathy, R. K. M.; Querebillo, C. J.; Liao, Z.; Li, D.; Lin, K.; Hantusch, M.; Sofer, Z.; Li, B.; Zschech, E.; Weidinger, I. M.; Kuhne, T. D.; Mirhosseini, H.; Yu, M.*; Feng, X.* Interfacial Covalent Bonds Regulated Electron-Deficient 2D Black Phosphorus for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reactions. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, e2008752.
(9) Wang, G.; Yu, M.*; Feng, X.* Carbon materials for ion-intercalation involved rechargeable battery technologies. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 2388-2443.
(10) 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.
(11) Yu, M.; Dong, R.; Feng, X.* Two-Dimensional Carbon-Rich Conjugated Frameworks for Electrochemical Energy Applications. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 12903-12915.
(12) Yu, M.; Chandrasekhar, N.; Raghupathy, R. K. M.; Ly, K. H.; Zhang, H.; Dmitrieva, E.; Liang, C.; Lu, X.; Kuhne, T. D.; Mirhosseini, H.; Weidinger, I. M.; Feng, X.* A High-Rate Two-Dimensional Polyarylimide Covalent Organic Framework Anode for Aqueous Zn-Ion Energy Storage Devices. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19570-19578.
(13) 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, 2000287.

HONORS

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