Wang, Yun-Xiao

Research Areas

Research Overview

I established a research group from 2017. My team features elaborate material engineering for various emerging battery systems and other energy storage technologies.

I particularly focus on developing room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries under the support of my ARC DECRA fellowship. The research involves nanostructural design for cathode/anode, regulation of electrode electrolyte interphase, and electrolyte optimization. Our recent research also includes sodium metal-free Na-S batteries for the sake of safety. Meanwhile, I am interested in atomic material science in range of monoatomic clusters and single atoms. Via developing general synthetic strategies, we are exploiting a large range of atomic materials as efficient catalysts for batteries and various electrochemical reactions.

Member Of

Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A High-Kinetics Sulfur Cathode with a Highly Efficient Mechanism for Superior Room-Temperature Na–S Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Alkali-Metal Sulfide as Cathodes toward Safe and High-Capacity Metal (M = Li, Na, K) Sulfur Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2020	Effect of ether-based electrolyte composition on the lithium storage performance of copper sulfide Published In Electrochimica Acta
2020	Electrocatalyzing S Cathodes via Multisulfiphilic Sites for Superior Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Nano
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	General Synthesis of Single-Atom Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions and Room-Temperature Na-S Batteries Published In Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2020	Highly efficient Co3O4/Co@NCs bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for long life rechargeable Zn-air batteries Published In Nano Energy
2020	Layered mesoporous CoO/reduced graphene oxide with strong interfacial coupling as a high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2020	Multiregion Janus-Featured Cobalt Phosphide-Cobalt Composite for Highly Reversible Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Nano
2020	S/N-doped carbon nanofibers affording Fe7S8 particles with superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Power Sources
2020	Self-assembling RuO2 nanogranulates with few carbon layers as an interconnected nanoporous structure for lithium–oxygen batteries Published In Chemical Communications
2020	Super‐Kinetically Pseudocapacitive MnCo2S4 Nanourchins toward High‐Rate and Highly Stable Sodium‐Ion Storage Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2020	Surface Modification of Fe7S8/C Anode via Ultrathin Amorphous TiO2 Layer for Enhanced Sodium Storage Performance Published In Small
2019	An electrodeposition strategy for the controllable and cost-effective fabrication of Sb-Fe-P anodes for Li ion batteries Published In Electrochimica Acta
2019	Atomic-Local Environments of Single-Atom Catalysts: Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Activity Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2019	Electrodeposited Binder-Free Antimony−Iron−Phosphorous Composites as Advanced Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ChemElectroChem
2019	Engineering the Distribution of Carbon in Silicon Oxide Nanospheres at the Atomic Level for Highly Stable Anodes Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Fabrication of Superior Single-Atom Catalysts toward Diverse Electrochemical Reactions Published In Small Methods
2019	General π-electron-assisted strategy for single-atom (Ir, Pt, Ru, Pd, Fe, and Ni) electrocatalysts with bi-functional active sites toward highly efficient water splitting Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Long-Life Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries by Virtue of Transition-Metal-Nanocluster–Sulfur Interactions Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Lotus rhizome-like S/N–C with embedded WS2 for superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Morphology tuning of inorganic nanomaterials grown by precipitation through control of electrolytic dissociation and supersaturation Published In Nature Chemistry
2019	Morphology-selected synthesis of copper ferrite via spray drying with excellent sodium storage properties Published In Ceramics International
2019	New monatomic layer clusters for advanced catalysis materials Published In Science China Materials
2019	Nickel sulfide nanocrystals on nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanotubes with high-efficiency electrocatalysis for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Published In Nature Communications
2019	Ordered platinum-bismuth intermetallic clusters with Pt-skin for a highly efficient electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Remedies for Polysulfide Dissolution in Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
2019	Sulfur-Based Electrodes that Function via Multielectron Reactions for Room-Temperature Sodium-Ion Storage Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Targeted Synergy between Adjacent Co Atoms on Graphene Oxide as an Efficient New Electrocatalyst for Li-CO2 Batteries Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	The Quasi-Pt-Allotrope Catalyst: Hollow PtCo@single-Atom Pt 1 on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon toward Superior Oxygen Reduction Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2018	A Comprehensive Review on Controlling Surface Composition of Pt-Based Bimetallic Electrocatalysts Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	Atomic cobalt as an efficient electrocatalyst in sulfur cathodes for superior room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Published In Nature Communications
2018	Defect Sites-Rich Porous Carbon with Pseudocapacitive Behaviors as an Ultrafast and Long-Term Cycling Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Nanoconfined SnS in 3D interconnected macroporous carbon as durable anodes for lithium/sodium ion batteries Published In Carbon
2018	Self-Assembling Hollow Carbon Nanobeads into Double-Shell Microspheres as a Hierarchical Sulfur Host for Sustainable Room-Temperature Sodium Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2017	Amorphous TiO2 Shells: A Vital Elastic Buffering Layer on Silicon Nanoparticles for High-Performance and Safe Lithium Storage Published In Advanced Materials
2017	Atomically thin Co₃O₄ nanosheet-coated stainless steel mesh with enhanced capacitive Na⁺ storage for high-performance sodium-ion batteries Published In 2D Materials
2017	In Situ Grown S Nanosheets on Cu Foam: An Ultrahigh Electroactive Cathode for Room-Temperature Na-S Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2017	Platinum–Cobalt Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Pt Skin for Electro-Oxidation of Ethanol Published In ACS Catalysis
2017	Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries: A Comprehensive Review on Research Progress and Cell Chemistry Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2017	Superior Li storage anode based on novel Fe-Sn-P alloy prepared by electroplating Published In Electrochimica Acta
2016	Achieving high-performance room-temperature sodium−sulfur batteries with S@interconnected mesoporous carbon hollow nanospheres Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2016	Chemically Bonded Sn Nanoparticles Using the Crosslinked Epoxy Binder for High Energy-Density Li Ion Battery Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces
2016	Critical thickness of phenolic resin-based carbon interfacial layer for improving long cycling stability of silicon nanoparticle anodes Published In Nano Energy
2016	Germanium Nanograin Decoration on Carbon Shell: Boosting Lithium-Storage Properties of Silicon Nanoparticles Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2016	Nanoengineering to achieve high sodium storage: A case study of carbon coated hierarchical nanoporous TiO2 microfibers Published In Advanced Science
2016	Silicon/Mesoporous Carbon/Crystalline TiO2Nanoparticles for Highly Stable Lithium Storage Published In ACS Nano
2015	Rapid synthesis of α-Fe2O3/rGO nanocomposites by microwave autoclave as superior anodes for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Power Sources
2015	Uniform yolk-shell iron sulfide-carbon nanospheres for superior sodium-iron sulfide batteries Published In Nature Communications
2015	Yolk-shell silicon-mesoporous carbon anode with compact solid electrolyte interphase film for superior lithium-ion batteries Published In Nano Energy
2014	High-performance sodium-ion batteries and sodium-ion pseudocapacitors based on MoS2/graphene composites Published In Chemistry: A European Journal
2014	Reversible sodium storage via conversion reaction of a MoS2-C composite Published In Chemical Communications
2014	Ultrafine SnO2 nanoparticle loading onto reduced graphene oxide as anodes for sodium-ion batteries with superior rate and cycling performances Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2013	A facile route to synthesize transition metal oxide/reduced graphene oxide composites and their lithium storage performance Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
2013	A hybrid electrolyte energy storage device with high energy and long life using lithium anode and MnO2 nanoflake cathode Published In Electrochemistry Communications
2013	Evidence for transformation from δTc to δl pinning in MgB2 by graphene oxide doping with improved low and high field Jc and pinning potential Published In Applied Physics Letters
2013	Nanocomposites of silicon and carbon derived from coal tar pitch: Cheap anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with long cycle life and enhanced capacity Published In Electrochimica Acta
2013	Reduced graphene oxide with superior cycling stability and rate capability for sodium storage Published In Carbon
2013	The electrochemical properties of high-capacity sulfur/reduced graphene oxide with different electrolyte systems Published In Journal of Power Sources
2012	Facile synthesis of a interleaved expanded graphite-embedded sulphur nanocomposite as cathode of Li-S batteries with excellent lithium storage performance Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry
2011	Lithium storage performance and interfacial processes of three dimensional porous Sn-Co alloy electrodes for lithium-ion batteries Published In Electrochimica Acta

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Low cost anode materials for sodium-ion battery Published In 18th International Meeting for Lithium Batteries
2014	α-Fe2O3/graphene nanocomposite as anode material for sodium-ion batteries with enhanced capacity retention Published In 17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2021	Superior room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2019	In-situ Synchrotron XRD: Understanding the electrocatalytic roles of Fe, Cu, and Ni nanoclusters in sluggish S cathodes for room-temperature Na-S batteries Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano Materials for Energy Applications	Yang, Huiling
Doctor of Philosophy	Cathode Materials for SIB	Lei, Yaojie
Doctor of Philosophy	Constructing Functional S Hosts for Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries	Liu, Hanwen
Doctor of Philosophy	Sodium Ion Battery	Zhao, Lingfei
Doctor of Philosophy	Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries	Zhang, Yiyang

Keywords

Affordable and clean Energy
Energy storage and conversion; lithium-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; lithium-sulfur batteries; room-temperature sodium sulfur batteries; electrocatalysis

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1704-0829 (confirmed)

Research Areas

Research Overview

I established a research group from 2017. My team features elaborate material engineering for various emerging battery systems and other energy storage technologies.

I particularly focus on developing room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries under the support of my ARC DECRA fellowship. The research involves nanostructural design for cathode/anode, regulation of electrode electrolyte interphase, and electrolyte optimization. Our recent research also includes sodium metal-free Na-S batteries for the sake of safety. Meanwhile, I am interested in atomic material science in range of monoatomic clusters and single atoms. Via developing general synthetic strategies, we are exploiting a large range of atomic materials as efficient catalysts for batteries and various electrochemical reactions.

Member Of

Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A High-Kinetics Sulfur Cathode with a Highly Efficient Mechanism for Superior Room-Temperature Na–S Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
2020	Alkali-Metal Sulfide as Cathodes toward Safe and High-Capacity Metal (M = Li, Na, K) Sulfur Batteries Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2020	Effect of ether-based electrolyte composition on the lithium storage performance of copper sulfide Published In Electrochimica Acta
2020	Electrocatalyzing S Cathodes via Multisulfiphilic Sites for Superior Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Nano
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	General Synthesis of Single-Atom Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions and Room-Temperature Na-S Batteries Published In Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
2020	High-performance room-temperature sodium-sulfur battery enabled by electrocatalytic sodium polysulfides full conversion Published In Energy and Environmental Science
2020	Highly efficient Co3O4/Co@NCs bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for long life rechargeable Zn-air batteries Published In Nano Energy
2020	Layered mesoporous CoO/reduced graphene oxide with strong interfacial coupling as a high-performance anode for lithium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2020	Multiregion Janus-Featured Cobalt Phosphide-Cobalt Composite for Highly Reversible Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Nano
2020	S/N-doped carbon nanofibers affording Fe7S8 particles with superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Power Sources
2020	Self-assembling RuO2 nanogranulates with few carbon layers as an interconnected nanoporous structure for lithium–oxygen batteries Published In Chemical Communications
2020	Super‐Kinetically Pseudocapacitive MnCo2S4 Nanourchins toward High‐Rate and Highly Stable Sodium‐Ion Storage Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2020	Surface Modification of Fe7S8/C Anode via Ultrathin Amorphous TiO2 Layer for Enhanced Sodium Storage Performance Published In Small
2019	An electrodeposition strategy for the controllable and cost-effective fabrication of Sb-Fe-P anodes for Li ion batteries Published In Electrochimica Acta
2019	Atomic-Local Environments of Single-Atom Catalysts: Synthesis, Electronic Structure, and Activity Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2019	Electrodeposited Binder-Free Antimony−Iron−Phosphorous Composites as Advanced Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ChemElectroChem
2019	Engineering the Distribution of Carbon in Silicon Oxide Nanospheres at the Atomic Level for Highly Stable Anodes Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Fabrication of Superior Single-Atom Catalysts toward Diverse Electrochemical Reactions Published In Small Methods
2019	General π-electron-assisted strategy for single-atom (Ir, Pt, Ru, Pd, Fe, and Ni) electrocatalysts with bi-functional active sites toward highly efficient water splitting Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Long-Life Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries by Virtue of Transition-Metal-Nanocluster–Sulfur Interactions Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Lotus rhizome-like S/N–C with embedded WS2 for superior sodium storage Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Morphology tuning of inorganic nanomaterials grown by precipitation through control of electrolytic dissociation and supersaturation Published In Nature Chemistry
2019	Morphology-selected synthesis of copper ferrite via spray drying with excellent sodium storage properties Published In Ceramics International
2019	New monatomic layer clusters for advanced catalysis materials Published In Science China Materials
2019	Nickel sulfide nanocrystals on nitrogen-doped porous carbon nanotubes with high-efficiency electrocatalysis for room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Published In Nature Communications
2019	Ordered platinum-bismuth intermetallic clusters with Pt-skin for a highly efficient electrochemical ethanol oxidation reaction Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019	Remedies for Polysulfide Dissolution in Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries Published In Advanced Materials
2019	Sulfur-Based Electrodes that Function via Multielectron Reactions for Room-Temperature Sodium-Ion Storage Published In Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2019	Targeted Synergy between Adjacent Co Atoms on Graphene Oxide as an Efficient New Electrocatalyst for Li-CO2 Batteries Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2019	The Quasi-Pt-Allotrope Catalyst: Hollow PtCo@single-Atom Pt 1 on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon toward Superior Oxygen Reduction Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2018	A Comprehensive Review on Controlling Surface Composition of Pt-Based Bimetallic Electrocatalysts Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2018	Atomic cobalt as an efficient electrocatalyst in sulfur cathodes for superior room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Published In Nature Communications
2018	Defect Sites-Rich Porous Carbon with Pseudocapacitive Behaviors as an Ultrafast and Long-Term Cycling Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2018	Nanoconfined SnS in 3D interconnected macroporous carbon as durable anodes for lithium/sodium ion batteries Published In Carbon
2018	Self-Assembling Hollow Carbon Nanobeads into Double-Shell Microspheres as a Hierarchical Sulfur Host for Sustainable Room-Temperature Sodium Sulfur Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2017	Amorphous TiO2 Shells: A Vital Elastic Buffering Layer on Silicon Nanoparticles for High-Performance and Safe Lithium Storage Published In Advanced Materials
2017	Atomically thin Co₃O₄ nanosheet-coated stainless steel mesh with enhanced capacitive Na⁺ storage for high-performance sodium-ion batteries Published In 2D Materials
2017	In Situ Grown S Nanosheets on Cu Foam: An Ultrahigh Electroactive Cathode for Room-Temperature Na-S Batteries Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2017	Platinum–Cobalt Bimetallic Nanoparticles with Pt Skin for Electro-Oxidation of Ethanol Published In ACS Catalysis
2017	Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries: A Comprehensive Review on Research Progress and Cell Chemistry Published In Advanced Energy Materials
2017	Superior Li storage anode based on novel Fe-Sn-P alloy prepared by electroplating Published In Electrochimica Acta
2016	Achieving high-performance room-temperature sodium−sulfur batteries with S@interconnected mesoporous carbon hollow nanospheres Published In Journal of the American Chemical Society
2016	Chemically Bonded Sn Nanoparticles Using the Crosslinked Epoxy Binder for High Energy-Density Li Ion Battery Published In Advanced Materials Interfaces
2016	Critical thickness of phenolic resin-based carbon interfacial layer for improving long cycling stability of silicon nanoparticle anodes Published In Nano Energy
2016	Germanium Nanograin Decoration on Carbon Shell: Boosting Lithium-Storage Properties of Silicon Nanoparticles Published In Advanced Functional Materials
2016	Nanoengineering to achieve high sodium storage: A case study of carbon coated hierarchical nanoporous TiO2 microfibers Published In Advanced Science
2016	Silicon/Mesoporous Carbon/Crystalline TiO2Nanoparticles for Highly Stable Lithium Storage Published In ACS Nano
2015	Rapid synthesis of α-Fe2O3/rGO nanocomposites by microwave autoclave as superior anodes for sodium-ion batteries Published In Journal of Power Sources
2015	Uniform yolk-shell iron sulfide-carbon nanospheres for superior sodium-iron sulfide batteries Published In Nature Communications
2015	Yolk-shell silicon-mesoporous carbon anode with compact solid electrolyte interphase film for superior lithium-ion batteries Published In Nano Energy
2014	High-performance sodium-ion batteries and sodium-ion pseudocapacitors based on MoS2/graphene composites Published In Chemistry: A European Journal
2014	Reversible sodium storage via conversion reaction of a MoS2-C composite Published In Chemical Communications
2014	Ultrafine SnO2 nanoparticle loading onto reduced graphene oxide as anodes for sodium-ion batteries with superior rate and cycling performances Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2013	A facile route to synthesize transition metal oxide/reduced graphene oxide composites and their lithium storage performance Published In RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
2013	A hybrid electrolyte energy storage device with high energy and long life using lithium anode and MnO2 nanoflake cathode Published In Electrochemistry Communications
2013	Evidence for transformation from δTc to δl pinning in MgB2 by graphene oxide doping with improved low and high field Jc and pinning potential Published In Applied Physics Letters
2013	Nanocomposites of silicon and carbon derived from coal tar pitch: Cheap anode materials for lithium-ion batteries with long cycle life and enhanced capacity Published In Electrochimica Acta
2013	Reduced graphene oxide with superior cycling stability and rate capability for sodium storage Published In Carbon
2013	The electrochemical properties of high-capacity sulfur/reduced graphene oxide with different electrolyte systems Published In Journal of Power Sources
2012	Facile synthesis of a interleaved expanded graphite-embedded sulphur nanocomposite as cathode of Li-S batteries with excellent lithium storage performance Published In Journal of Materials Chemistry
2011	Lithium storage performance and interfacial processes of three dimensional porous Sn-Co alloy electrodes for lithium-ion batteries Published In Electrochimica Acta

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Low cost anode materials for sodium-ion battery Published In 18th International Meeting for Lithium Batteries
2014	α-Fe2O3/graphene nanocomposite as anode material for sodium-ion batteries with enhanced capacity retention Published In 17th International Meeting on Lithium Batteries

Investigator On

Year	Title
2017 - 2021	Superior room-temperature sodium-sulfur batteries Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
2019	In-situ Synchrotron XRD: Understanding the electrocatalytic roles of Fe, Cu, and Ni nanoclusters in sluggish S cathodes for room-temperature Na-S batteries Awarded by: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Funding Scheme: Australian Synchrotron Access Program

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Nano Materials for Energy Applications	Yang, Huiling
Doctor of Philosophy	Cathode Materials for SIB	Lei, Yaojie
Doctor of Philosophy	Constructing Functional S Hosts for Room-Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries	Liu, Hanwen
Doctor of Philosophy	Sodium Ion Battery	Zhao, Lingfei
Doctor of Philosophy	Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries	Zhang, Yiyang

Keywords

Affordable and clean Energy
Energy storage and conversion; lithium-ion batteries; sodium-ion batteries; lithium-sulfur batteries; room-temperature sodium sulfur batteries; electrocatalysis

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1704-0829 (confirmed)

Wang, Yun-Xiao Dr.

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