1.Surface Electron Affinity Modulation:Balancing Iodineoxidation and ReductionReaction Kinetics on Mo2C Cathode Host Catalyst toward EfficientI2 BatteriesAdvancedFunctionalMaterials,2025,Accepted.
2.A Zn-Dendrite Dissolving Membrane to Increase the CyclingLife of Zinc Bromine Flow Batteries.Yuanwei Zhang, Yichan Hu, Chenxi Dong, Fangyuan Xiao, Junzhi Huang, Jing Chen,Guojin Liang*, Hui-Ming Cheng* AdvancedFunctionalMaterials2025, 2500909
3.Predeposited lead nucleation sites enable a highly reversible zinc electrode for stable zinc-bromine flow batteries. Yichan Hu, Zhiwen Min, Guangyu Zhu, Yuanwei Zhang, Yixian Pei, Cong Chen, Yuanmiao Sun*,Guojin Liang* & Hui-Ming ChengNature Communications2025, 16, 3255.
4.Tailoring C3N4 Host to Enable a High-Loading Iodine Electrode for High Energy and Long Cycling Zn-Iodine Battery.Wenwen Cao, Tao Hu, Yuanyuan Zhao, Zhenglin Li, Yichan Hu, Cuncheng Li, Yiqiang Sun*, Feng Ding*,Guojin Liang*ACS Energy Letters, 2025, 10, 320.
5.Initiating a composite membrane with localized high iodine concentration layer based on adduct chemistry to enable highly reversible zinc-iodine flow batteries Yichan Hu, Tao Hu, Yuanwei Zhang,Haichao Huang, Yixian Pei, Yihan Yang, Yudong Wu, Haibo Hu,*Guojin Liang,* and Hui-Ming ChengChemical Science, 2024,15,14195(2024Chemical Science HOT Article Collection).
6.Starch-mediated Colloidal Chemistry for Highly Reversible Zinc-based PolyiodideRedox Flow Batteries, Zhiquan Wei; Zhaodong Huang;Guojin Liang*; Yiqian Wang; Shixun Wang; Yihan Yang; Tao Hu;Chunyi Zhi*;Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 3841.
7.Development of Inverse-Opal-Structured Charge-Deficient Co9S8@nitrogen-Doped-Carbon to Catalytically Enable High Energy and High Power for the Two-Electron Transfer I+/I−Electrode.Tao Hu, Yuanyuan Zhao, Yihan Yang, Haiming Lv, Rong Zhong, Feng Ding, Funian Mo*, Haibo Hu*, Chunyi Zhi*,Guojin Liang*Advanced Materials2024, 2312246.
8.Deploying Cationic Cellulose Nanofiber Confinement to Enable High Iodine Loadings Towards High Energy and High‐Temperature Zn‐I2Battery Zhenglin Li, Wenwen Cao, Tao Hu, Yichan Hu, Rong Zhang, Huilin Cui, Funian Mo*, Chaozheng Liu*, Chunyi Zhi*,Guojin Liang*.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.2024, 63, e202317652. (VIP paper)
9.Regulating Protons to Tailor the Enol Conversion of Quinone for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc BatteriesHuilin Cui, Jiaxiong Zhu, Rong Zhang, Shuo Yang, Chuan Li, Yanbo Wang, Yue Hou, Qing Li,Guojin Liang*, and Chunyi Zhi*,Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 22, 15393–15402.
10.Regulating dielectricity of a polymer electrolyte to promote cation mobility for high-performance solid zinc hybrid batteriesYue Hou, Zhiquan Wei, Zhuoxi Wu, Yiqiao Wang, Zhaodong Huang, Qing Li, Ze Chen, Xinliang Li, Pei Li, Huilin Cui,Guojin Liang*, Chunyi Zhi*Energy & Environmental Science2024,17, 3917-3926
11.Development of rechargeable high-energy hybrid zinc-iodine aqueous batteries exploiting reversible chlorine-based redox reaction,Guojin Liang, Bochun Liang, Ao Chen, Jiaxiong Zhu, Qing Li, Zhaodong Huang, Xinliang Li, Ying Wang*, Xiaoqi Wang, Bo Xiong, Xu Jin, Shengchi Bai, Jun Fan* & Chunyi Zhi*. Nature Communications2023 14, 1856
12.Regulating Inorganic and Organic Components to Build Amorphous‐ZnFx Enriched Solid‐Electrolyte Interphase for Highly Reversible Zn Metal ChemistryGuojin Liang, Zijie Tang, Bing Han, Jiaxiong Zhu, Ao Chen, Qing Li, Ze Chen, Zhaodong Huang, Xinliang Li, Qi Yang, Chunyi Zhi, Advanced Materials2023, 35, 2210051. (Highly cited paper)
13.Gradient fluorinated alloy coating to enable highly reversible Zn-metal anode chemistry.Guojin Liang, Jiaxiong Zhu, Boxun Yan, Qing Li, Ao Chen, Ze Chen, Xiaoqi Wang, Bo Xiong, Jun Fan, Jin Xu and Chunyi Zhi* ,Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 1086–1096.
14.Non-metallic charge carriers for aqueous batteries,Guojin Liang, Funian Mo, Xiulei Ji*, Chunyi Zhi* Nature Reviews Materials,2021,6, 109.
15.A reversible Zn-metal battery,Guojin Liang, Chunyi Zhi* Nature Nanotechnology2021,16, 854.(News & Views)
16.Initiating hexagonal MoO3 for superb-stable and fast NH4+storage based on hydrogen bonds chemistry.Guojin Liang, Yanlei Wang, Zhaodong Huang, Funian Mo, Xinliang Li, Qi Yang, Donghong Wang, Hongfei Li, Shimou Chen*, Chunyi Zhi* ,Advanced Materials2020, 1907802.
17.Commencing an acidic battery based on a copper anode with ultra-fast proton regulated kinetics and superior dendrite-free property,Guojin Liang, Funian Mo, Qi Yang, Zhaodong Huang, Xinliang Li, Donghong Wang, Zhouxin Liu, Hongfei Li, Qiang Zhang, Chunyi Zhi* Advanced Materials, 2019, 31, 1905873.