Ye Zhang

Ye Zhang

Associate Professor,

Address：Nanjing University Xianlin Campus, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Building, Room C413

Email： yezhang@nju.edu.cn

Research Interest：Bioenergy, Bioelectronics, Fiber electronics

Personal profile:

Professor Zhang earned her Ph.D. degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics from Fudan University and carried out her postdoctoral research at Harvard University. She is now an associate professor of Nanjing University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Her research focuses on the development of flexible energy and electronic devices and their biotechnological applications. She has published over 50 papers at Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nature Rev. Mater., Adv. Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., etc. She authorized 7 invention patents, 2 of which were transferred to industry. The research work was highlighted by Nature, Chemistry World and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. several times, and has recognized ten awards including IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, Geneva International Invention Gold Award and CPCIF-Clariant Sustainability Youth Innovation Excellence Award.

Publication

[1] Ye, T.; Li, L.; Zhang, Y.* “Recent Progress in Solid Electrolytes for Energy Storage Devices"，Adv. Funct. Mater.  2020, 30, 2000077.

[2] Ye, L.; Liao, M.; Sun, H.; Yang, Y.; Tang, C.; Zhao, Y.; Wang, L.; Xu Y.; Zhang, L.; Wang, B.; Xu, F.; Sun, X.; Zhang, Y.*; Dai, H.; Bruce, P.; Peng, H.* “Stabilizing lithium into cross-stacked nanotube sheets with ultra-high specific capacity for lithium oxygen battery”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 2437.

[3] Xu, X.; Xie, S.; Zhang, Y.; Peng, H.* “The rise of fiber electronic”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 13778-13788.

[4] Zhang, Y.*; Ding, J.; Qi, B.; Tao, W.; Wang, J.; Shi, J.* “Multifunctional Fibers to Shape the Future Biomedical Device”, Adv. Funct. Mater.  2019, 29, 1902834.

[5] Zhao, Y.; Cao, J.; Zhang, Y.; Peng, H.* “Gradually Crosslinking Carbon Nanotube Array in Mimicking the Beak of Giant Squid for Compression-Sensing Supercapacitor”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2019, 58, 1902971.

[6] Wang, L.; Wang, L.; Zhang, Y.; Pan, J.; Li, S.; Sun, X.; Peng, H.* “Weaving sensing fibers into electrochemical fabric for real‐time health monitoring”, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 28, 1804456.

[7] Sun, H.†; Zhang, Y.†; Zhang, J.; Sun, X.*; Peng, H.* “Energy harvesting and storage in 1D devices”, Nature Rev. Mater. 2017, 2, 17023.

[8] Zhang, Y.; Jiao, Y.; Lu, L.; Wang, L.; Chen, T.; Peng, H.* “An ultra-flexible silicon-oxygen battery fiber with high energy density"， Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 129, 13929-13746.

[9] Zhang, Y.; Wang, L.; Guo, Z.; Xu, Y.; Wang, Y.; Peng, H.* “High-performance lithium-air battery with a coaxial-fiber architecture”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4487-4491.

[10] Zhang, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Ren, J; Weng, W.*; Peng, H.* “Advances in wearable fiber-shaped lithium-ion batteries”, Adv. Mater. 2016, 28, 4524-4531.

[11] Zhao, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Sun, H.; Dong, X.; Cao, J.; Wang, L.; Xu, Y.; Ren, J.; Hwang, Y.; Son, I. H.; Huang, X.; Wang, Y.*; Peng, H.* “A self-healing aqueous lithium-ion battery”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14382-14386.

[12] Zhang, Y.; Zhao, Y.; Cheng, X.; Weng, W.; Ren, J.; Fang, X.; Jiang, Y.; Chen, P.; Zhang, Z.; Wang, Y.; Peng, H.* “Realizing both high energy and power densities by twisting three carbon nanotube-based hybrid fibers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 11177–11182.

[13] Deng, J.†; Zhang, Y.†; Zhao, Y.; Chen, P.; Cheng, X.; Peng, H.* “A shape-memory supercapacitor fiber”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15419-15423.

[14] Xu, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Guo, Z.; Ren, J.; Wang, Y.*; Peng, H.* “Flexible, stretchable and rechargeable fiber-shaped zinc-air battery based on cross-stacked carbon nanotube sheets”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 15390-15394.

[15] Yang, Z.; Ren, J.; Zhang, Z.; Chen, X.; Guan, G.; Qiu, L.; Zhang, Y.; Peng, H.* "Recent advancement of nanostructured carbon for energy applications" Chem. Rev. 2015, 115, 5159-5223.

[16] Weng, W.; Sun, Q.; Zhang, Y.; He, S.; Wu, Q.; Deng, J.; Peng, H.* “A gum‐like lithium‐ion battery based on a novel arched structure”, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 1363-1369.

[17] Zhang, Y.; Bai, W.; Cheng, X.; Ren, J.; Weng, W.; Chen, P.; Peng, H.* “Flexible and stretchable lithium-ion batteries and supercapacitors based on electrically conducting carbon nanotube fiber springs", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 14564-14568.

[18] Ren, J.†; Zhang, Y.†; Bai, W.; Chen, X.; Zhang, Z.; Fang, X.; Weng, W.; Wang, Y.*; Peng, H.*, “Elastic and wearable wire-shaped lithium-ion battery with high electrochemical performance”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 7864-7869.

[19] Weng, W.; Sun, Q.; Zhang, Y.; Lin, H.; Ren, J.; Lu, X.; Wang, M.; Peng, H.* “Winding aligned carbon nanotube composite yarns into coaxial fiber full batteries with high performances”, Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 3432-3438.

[20] Ren, J.; Bai, W.; Guan, G.; Zhang, Y.; Peng, H.* “Flexible and weaveable capacitor wire based on a carbon nanocomposite fiber”, Adv. Mater. 2013, 25, 5965-5970.

Contact

Welcome to our group! We enroll 1~2 PhD students and 2~3 Master students every year.

We are always looking for talented and passionate students and postdocs. Please contact yezhang@nju.edu.cn