Li, Weijie

Research Overview

Dr. Li is a young early career researcher, and joined the University of Wollongong (UOW) on 1 August, 2016. She is now working as an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM) at UOW. Dr. Li did pioneering work on the development of phosphorus (P)-based materials as anode for sodium ion batteries. Many papers have been published in highly respected journals, such as Nano Lett. ACS Nano. Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Chem. Mater. Materials Horizons, Chem. Commun., Nano Energy. Small, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., et al. Now, she shifts the research focus on the development of safe energy storage device, such as, aqueous zinc ion batteries, zinc-air batteries, and electrolyte modulation.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A 1D/2D WO3 nanostructure coupled with a nanoparticulate CuO cocatalyst for enhancing solar-driven CO2 photoreduction: the impact of the crystal facet Published In Sustainable Energy and Fuels
2020	Beta-Cyclodextrin-triggered fabrication of broccoli-like ZnO nanoaggregates with enhanced photocatalytic capability Published In Functional Materials Letters
2020	Cuprous ion (Cu+) doping induced surface/interface engineering for enhancing the CO2 photoreduction capability of W18O49 nanowires Published In Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2020	Electrodeposited binder-free Sb/NiSb anode of sodium-ion batteries with excellent cycle stability and rate capability and new insights into its reaction mechanism by operando XRD analysis Published In Nano Energy
2020	Engineered zinc oxide nanoaggregates for photocatalytic removal of ciprofloxacin with structure dependence Published In Journal of Nanoparticle Research
2020	Principals and strategies for constructing a highly reversible zinc metal anode in aqueous batteries Published In Nano Energy
2020	Reversible structural evolution of sodium-rich rhombohedral Prussian blue for sodium-ion batteries Published In Nature Communications
2020	Stress Distortion Restraint to Boost the Sodium Ion Storage Performance of a Novel Binary Hexacyanoferrate Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2020	Structural modulation of manganese oxides for zinc-ion batteries Published In Jiegou Huaxue
2020	Three-Dimensional Electronic Network Assisted by TiN Conductive Pillars and Chemical Adsorption to Boost the Electrochemical Performance of Red Phosphorus Published In ACS Nano
2019	Catalytic Activity Boosting of Nickel Sulfide toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction via Confined Overdoping Engineering Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials
2019	Chemical Properties, Structural Properties, and Energy Storage Applications of Prussian Blue Analogues Published In Small
2019	Design strategies for developing non-precious metal based bi-functional catalysts for alkaline electrolyte based zinc-air batteries Published In Materials Horizons
2019	Electrostatically assembled construction of ternary TiO2-Cu@C hybrid with enhanced solar-to-hydrogen evolution employing amorphous carbon dots as electronic mediator Published In Chemical Engineering Journal
2019	Free-Standing Three-Dimensional CuCo2S4 Nanosheet Array with High Catalytic Activity as an Efficient Oxygen Electrode for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	Functional composite polymer electrolytes with imidazole modified SiO2 nanoparticles for high-voltage cathode lithium ion batteries Published In Electrochimica Acta
2019	Impact of Cu particles on adsorption and photocatalytic capability of mesoporous Cu@TiO2 hybrid towards ciprofloxacin antibiotic removal Published In Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
2019	Phosphorus‐Modulation‐Triggered Surface Disorder in Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals Enables Exceptional Sodium‐Storage Performance Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Promoting solar-to-hydrogen evolution on Schottky interface with mesoporous TiO2-Cu hybrid nanostructures Published In Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2019	Recent Advances in Cu-Based Cocatalysts toward Solar-to-Hydrogen Evolution: Categories and Roles Published In Solar RRL
2018	Achieving photocatalytic hydrogen production from alkaline solution upon a designed mesoporous TiO2-Ni hybrid employing commonly used paper as a sacrificial electron donor Published In Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2018	First Observation of Low-Temperature Magnetic Transition in CuAgSe Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2018	Remarkable Enhancement in Sodium-Ion Kinetics of NaFe2(CN)(6) by Chemical Bonding with Graphene Published In Small Methods
2018	Structural design of anode materials for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	A facile way to fabricate double-shell pomegranate-like porous carbon microspheres for high-performance Li-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	Commercial Prospects of Existing Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Storage Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2017	Oxidation behavior and mechanism of porous nickel-based alloy between 850 and 1000 °C Published In Nonferrous Metals Society of China Transactions
2017	Phosphorus and phosphide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries Published In Nano Research
2016	Ambient synthesis of a multifunctional 1D/2D hierarchical Ag-Ag2S nanowire/nanosheet heterostructure with diverse applications Published In CrystEngComm
2016	C10H4O2S2/graphene composite as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2016	Graphite-nanoplate-coated Bi2S3 composite with high-volume energy density and excellent cycle life for room-temperature sodium-sulfide batteries Published In Chemistry: A European Journal
2016	MoS2 with an intercalation reaction as a long-life anode material for lithium ion batteries Published In Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2016	Recent Developments of the Lithium Metal Anode for Rechargeable Non-Aqueous Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2016	Significant enhancement of the cycling performance and rate capability of the P/C composite via chemical bonding (P-C) Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2016	Urchin-Like CoSe2 as a High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2015	A new, cheap, and productive FeP anode material for sodium-ion batteries Published In Chemical Communications
2015	Ball-milled FeP/graphite as a low-cost anode material for the sodium-ion battery Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
2015	Cobalt phosphide as a new anode material for sodium storage Published In Journal of Power Sources
2015	Facile method to synthesize Na-enriched Na1+xFeFe(CN)6 frameworks as cathode with superior electrochemical performance for sodium-ion batteries Published In Chemistry of Materials
2015	Multifunctional conducing polymer coated Na1+xMnFe(CN)6 cathode for sodium-ion batteries with superior performance via a facile and one-step chemistry approach Published In Nano Energy
2015	One-pot synthesis of ultra-small magnetite nanoparticles on the surface of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets as anodes for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2015	Oxidation behaviors of porous Haynes 214 alloy at high temperatures Published In Materials Characterization
2014	Controlled synthesis of copper telluride nanostructures for long-cycling anodes in lithium ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2014	Sn4+xP3 @ amorphous Sn-P composites as anodes for sodium-ion batteries with low cost, high capacity, long life, and superior rate capability Published In Advanced Materials
2013	Oxidation behaviors of Ni-Cr-Al superalloy foams at 1 000 °C in air Published In Journal of Central South University
2013	Simply mixed commercial red phosphorus and carbon nanotube composite with exceptionally reversible sodium-ion storage Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2012	KFe2Se2 is the Parent Compound of K-Doped Iron Selenide Superconductors Published In Physical Review Letters

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Low cost anode materials for sodium-ion battery Published In 18th International Meeting for Lithium Batteries

Investigator On

Year	Title
2021	Carbon-free Energy Storage and Conversion Using Ammonia as a Mediator Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2018 - 2021	Long life sodium ion batteries by optimizing initial coulombic efficiency Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2019	Investigation on the effect of alkaline ions-intercalation into V2O5 on the phase evolution for Zn-ion storage Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2018	Understand the phase evolution of Na rich materials "Prussian Blue analogue" as cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of Novel Safe Lithium Metal-Free Sulfur Batteries	Zheng, Zhi
Doctor of Philosophy	Inter-facial and structural engineering of metal oxides for energy storage system	Wang, Xinyi
Doctor of Philosophy	Advanced materials for rechargeable batteries	Liu, Liyang

Keywords

energy storage device, interfacial modulation of electrodes, phosphorus-based materials, gel-electrolyte

Research Overview

Dr. Li is a young early career researcher, and joined the University of Wollongong (UOW) on 1 August, 2016. She is now working as an ARC DECRA Fellow at the Institute for Superconducting & Electronic Materials (ISEM) at UOW. Dr. Li did pioneering work on the development of phosphorus (P)-based materials as anode for sodium ion batteries. Many papers have been published in highly respected journals, such as Nano Lett. ACS Nano. Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Chem. Mater. Materials Horizons, Chem. Commun., Nano Energy. Small, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., et al. Now, she shifts the research focus on the development of safe energy storage device, such as, aqueous zinc ion batteries, zinc-air batteries, and electrolyte modulation.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A 1D/2D WO3 nanostructure coupled with a nanoparticulate CuO cocatalyst for enhancing solar-driven CO2 photoreduction: the impact of the crystal facet Published In Sustainable Energy and Fuels
2020	Beta-Cyclodextrin-triggered fabrication of broccoli-like ZnO nanoaggregates with enhanced photocatalytic capability Published In Functional Materials Letters
2020	Cuprous ion (Cu+) doping induced surface/interface engineering for enhancing the CO2 photoreduction capability of W18O49 nanowires Published In Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2020	Electrodeposited binder-free Sb/NiSb anode of sodium-ion batteries with excellent cycle stability and rate capability and new insights into its reaction mechanism by operando XRD analysis Published In Nano Energy
2020	Engineered zinc oxide nanoaggregates for photocatalytic removal of ciprofloxacin with structure dependence Published In Journal of Nanoparticle Research
2020	Principals and strategies for constructing a highly reversible zinc metal anode in aqueous batteries Published In Nano Energy
2020	Reversible structural evolution of sodium-rich rhombohedral Prussian blue for sodium-ion batteries Published In Nature Communications
2020	Stress Distortion Restraint to Boost the Sodium Ion Storage Performance of a Novel Binary Hexacyanoferrate Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2020	Structural modulation of manganese oxides for zinc-ion batteries Published In Jiegou Huaxue
2020	Three-Dimensional Electronic Network Assisted by TiN Conductive Pillars and Chemical Adsorption to Boost the Electrochemical Performance of Red Phosphorus Published In ACS Nano
2019	Catalytic Activity Boosting of Nickel Sulfide toward Oxygen Evolution Reaction via Confined Overdoping Engineering Published In ACS Applied Energy Materials
2019	Chemical Properties, Structural Properties, and Energy Storage Applications of Prussian Blue Analogues Published In Small
2019	Design strategies for developing non-precious metal based bi-functional catalysts for alkaline electrolyte based zinc-air batteries Published In Materials Horizons
2019	Electrostatically assembled construction of ternary TiO2-Cu@C hybrid with enhanced solar-to-hydrogen evolution employing amorphous carbon dots as electronic mediator Published In Chemical Engineering Journal
2019	Free-Standing Three-Dimensional CuCo2S4 Nanosheet Array with High Catalytic Activity as an Efficient Oxygen Electrode for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	Functional composite polymer electrolytes with imidazole modified SiO2 nanoparticles for high-voltage cathode lithium ion batteries Published In Electrochimica Acta
2019	Impact of Cu particles on adsorption and photocatalytic capability of mesoporous Cu@TiO2 hybrid towards ciprofloxacin antibiotic removal Published In Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers
2019	Phosphorus‐Modulation‐Triggered Surface Disorder in Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystals Enables Exceptional Sodium‐Storage Performance Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Promoting solar-to-hydrogen evolution on Schottky interface with mesoporous TiO2-Cu hybrid nanostructures Published In Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
2019	Recent Advances in Cu-Based Cocatalysts toward Solar-to-Hydrogen Evolution: Categories and Roles Published In Solar RRL
2018	Achieving photocatalytic hydrogen production from alkaline solution upon a designed mesoporous TiO2-Ni hybrid employing commonly used paper as a sacrificial electron donor Published In Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2018	First Observation of Low-Temperature Magnetic Transition in CuAgSe Published In The Journal of Physical Chemistry C: Energy Conversion and Storage, Optical and Electronic Devices, Interfaces, Nanomaterials, and Hard Matter
2018	Remarkable Enhancement in Sodium-Ion Kinetics of NaFe2(CN)(6) by Chemical Bonding with Graphene Published In Small Methods
2018	Structural design of anode materials for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	A facile way to fabricate double-shell pomegranate-like porous carbon microspheres for high-performance Li-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017	Commercial Prospects of Existing Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Storage Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2017	Oxidation behavior and mechanism of porous nickel-based alloy between 850 and 1000 °C Published In Nonferrous Metals Society of China Transactions
2017	Phosphorus and phosphide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries Published In Nano Research
2016	Ambient synthesis of a multifunctional 1D/2D hierarchical Ag-Ag2S nanowire/nanosheet heterostructure with diverse applications Published In CrystEngComm
2016	C10H4O2S2/graphene composite as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2016	Graphite-nanoplate-coated Bi2S3 composite with high-volume energy density and excellent cycle life for room-temperature sodium-sulfide batteries Published In Chemistry: A European Journal
2016	MoS2 with an intercalation reaction as a long-life anode material for lithium ion batteries Published In Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
2016	Recent Developments of the Lithium Metal Anode for Rechargeable Non-Aqueous Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2016	Significant enhancement of the cycling performance and rate capability of the P/C composite via chemical bonding (P-C) Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2016	Urchin-Like CoSe2 as a High-Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2015	A new, cheap, and productive FeP anode material for sodium-ion batteries Published In Chemical Communications
2015	Ball-milled FeP/graphite as a low-cost anode material for the sodium-ion battery Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
2015	Cobalt phosphide as a new anode material for sodium storage Published In Journal of Power Sources
2015	Facile method to synthesize Na-enriched Na1+xFeFe(CN)6 frameworks as cathode with superior electrochemical performance for sodium-ion batteries Published In Chemistry of Materials
2015	Multifunctional conducing polymer coated Na1+xMnFe(CN)6 cathode for sodium-ion batteries with superior performance via a facile and one-step chemistry approach Published In Nano Energy
2015	One-pot synthesis of ultra-small magnetite nanoparticles on the surface of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets as anodes for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2015	Oxidation behaviors of porous Haynes 214 alloy at high temperatures Published In Materials Characterization
2014	Controlled synthesis of copper telluride nanostructures for long-cycling anodes in lithium ion batteries Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2014	Sn4+xP3 @ amorphous Sn-P composites as anodes for sodium-ion batteries with low cost, high capacity, long life, and superior rate capability Published In Advanced Materials
2013	Oxidation behaviors of Ni-Cr-Al superalloy foams at 1 000 °C in air Published In Journal of Central South University
2013	Simply mixed commercial red phosphorus and carbon nanotube composite with exceptionally reversible sodium-ion storage Published In Nano Letters: a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology
2012	KFe2Se2 is the Parent Compound of K-Doped Iron Selenide Superconductors Published In Physical Review Letters

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Low cost anode materials for sodium-ion battery Published In 18th International Meeting for Lithium Batteries

Investigator On

Year	Title
2021	Carbon-free Energy Storage and Conversion Using Ammonia as a Mediator Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2018 - 2021	Long life sodium ion batteries by optimizing initial coulombic efficiency Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2019	Investigation on the effect of alkaline ions-intercalation into V2O5 on the phase evolution for Zn-ion storage Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program
2018	Understand the phase evolution of Na rich materials "Prussian Blue analogue" as cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries Awarded by: Australian Synchrotron Research Program Funding Scheme: Powder Diffraction beamtime

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of Novel Safe Lithium Metal-Free Sulfur Batteries	Zheng, Zhi
Doctor of Philosophy	Inter-facial and structural engineering of metal oxides for energy storage system	Wang, Xinyi
Doctor of Philosophy	Advanced materials for rechargeable batteries	Liu, Liyang

Keywords

energy storage device, interfacial modulation of electrodes, phosphorus-based materials, gel-electrolyte

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