Introduction

Yong-Qing Zhao received his B.S. degree from Lanzhou University in 2004. He then joined Prof. Hu-Lin Li’s group at Lanzhou University as a graduate student and performed research in the field of biodegradable polymer composites (such as biofiber enhanced polylactic acid composites). From 1/2007 to 10/2008, he worked as research assistant in the Prof. Kin-Tak Lau’s group at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2009, and then became a lecturer of chemistry at Lanzhou University. He was promoted to an associate professor in 2016. His current research interests include the development and application of carbon materials and their composites (such as biomass derived carbon, graphyne, graphene, and manganese dioxide) in the field of electrochemical energy conversion and storage (especially supercapacitors).

Representative Publications

1. Shao-Wen Xu, Yong-Qing Zhao, Yi-Xuan Xu, Qing-Han Chen, Guo-Qing Zhang, Qian-Qian Xu, Dan-Dan Zhao, Xuan Zhang, Cai-Ling Xu, Heteroatom doped porous carbon sheets derived from protein-rich wheat gluten for supercapacitors: The synergistic effect of pore properties and heteroatom on the electrochemical performance in different electrolytes, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 401, 375-385.

2. Yong-Qing Zhao, Min Lu, Peng-Yu Tao, Yun-Jie Zhang, Xiao-Ting Gong, Zhi Yang, Guo-Qing Zhang, Hu-Lin Li, Hierarchically porous and heteroatom doped carbon derived from tobacco rods for supercapacitors, Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 307, 391-400. (ESI highly cited)

3. Peng-Yi Tang, Yong-Qing Zhao, Yin-Mei Wang, Cai-Ling Xu, A metal-decorated nickel foam-inducing regulatable manganese dioxide nanosheet array architecture for high-performance supercapacitor applications, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 8156-8163.

4. Peng-Yi Tang, Yong-Qing Zhao, Cai-Ling Xu, Step-by-step assembled poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/manganese dioxide composite electrodes: tuning the structure for high electrochemical performance, Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 89, 300-309.

5. Yong-Qing Zhao, Dan-Dan Zhao, Peng-Yi Tang, Yin-Mei Wang, Cai-Ling Xu, Hu-Lin Li, MnO₂/graphene/nickel foam composite as high performance supercapacitor electrode via a facile electrochemical deposition strategy, Materials Letters, 2012, 76, 127-130.

Representative Publications