Leiting Zhang
Associate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor Associate senior lecturer/Assistant Professor at Institutionen för kemi - Ångström; Strukturkemi
- E-mail:
- leiting.zhang@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 538
751 21 Uppsala
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- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-4057-7106
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Short presentation
Having dual material-electrochemistry expertise and a chemical engineering background, I am passionate about linking fundamental chemistry with practical applications in energy storage.
Keywords
- aqueous electrolytes
- batteries
- electrochemistry
- energy storage
- gas analysis
- interphases
- operando characterizations
- robotics
- sensing
Biography
I obtained my PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the Collège de France (co-supervision) in 2018. My doctoral dissertation was on the synthesis and mechanistic understanding of oxyfluorides as high-energy cathodes for Li-/Na-ion batteries. After graduation, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Paul Scherrer Institute for three years, specializing in operando gas analysis for various battery chemistries. I joined the Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University as of 2021 for a second postdoc training to develop new battery testing methodologies. I am now a tenure-track assistant professor at UU. I have received the Swedish Research Council (VR) starting grant 2023-2026, ÅForsk young scientist grant 2023-2024, and Swedish Energy Agency FFI project grant 2024-2027.
I was/am associated with the following teaching activities:
@UU: 1KB208 Inorganic Chemistry I, 1KB276 Batteries for Electromobility, 1KB277 Introduction to Material Synthese and Characterization,1KB286 Material Syntheses, 1KB729 Synthesis of Battery Materials, 1KB714 Battery Safety and Control, 1KB738 Rechargeable Batteries (course responsible), 1KB741 Future Perspective in Cell Chemistries (course responsible), 1KB744 Introduction to Energy Storage, 1EL003 Introduction to Electromobility.
@ETH Zürich: 529-0507-00L Hands-on Electrochemistry for Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
@HKUST: CENG1010 Academic and Professional Development I, CENG1980 Industrial Training - Chemical Process Simulation with ASPEN Plus, CENG2220 Process Fluid Mechanics
Also available at https://leitingzhang.com.
Research
- High-throughput robotic screening of aqueous electrolytes
- Interfaces and interphases in aqueous and non-aqueous batteries
- Study of ageing mechanism in commercial battery cells
- Development and application of advanced operando characterizations
For a full list of my publications, please see my Google Scholar homepage.
Publications
Selection of publications
- Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries (2024)
- Interfacial Chemistry in Aqueous Lithium‐Ion Batteries (2023)
- Automated electrolyte formulation and coin cell assembly for high-throughput lithium-ion battery research (2023)
- Capturing dynamic ligand-to-metal charge transfer with a long-lived cationic intermediate for anionic redox (2022)
- Elucidating the Humidity-Induced Degradation of Ni-Rich Layered Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries (2022)
- Reactivity of TiS2 Anode towards Electrolytes in Aqueous Li‐ion Batteries (2022)
- Deciphering Interfacial Reactions via Optical Sensing to Tune the Interphase Chemistry for Optimized Na‐Ion Electrolyte Formulation (2021)
- Unlocking anionic redox activity in O3-type sodium 3d layered oxides via Li substitution (2021)
- Unraveling gas evolution in sodium batteries by online electrochemical mass spectrometry (2021)
Recent publications
- Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries (2024)
- A 3D Framework with an In Situ Generated Li3N Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Superior Lithium Metal Batteries (2023)
- Interfacial Chemistry in Aqueous Lithium‐Ion Batteries (2023)
- Interphase formation with carboxylic acids as slurry additives for Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Part 1 (2023)
- Constructing “Li-rich Ni-rich” oxide cathodes for high-energy-density Li-ion batteries (2023)
All publications
Articles
- Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries (2024)
- A 3D Framework with an In Situ Generated Li3N Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Superior Lithium Metal Batteries (2023)
- Interfacial Chemistry in Aqueous Lithium‐Ion Batteries (2023)
- Interphase formation with carboxylic acids as slurry additives for Si electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Part 1 (2023)
- Constructing “Li-rich Ni-rich” oxide cathodes for high-energy-density Li-ion batteries (2023)
- Decoupling the roles of Ni and Co in anionic redox activity of Li-rich NMC cathodes (2023)
- Water-in-salt electrolytes made saltier by Gemini ionic liquids for highly efficient Li-ion batteries (2023)
- Tuning of Molecular Water Organization in Water-in-Salt Electrolytes by Addition of Chaotropic Ionic Liquids (2023)
- Automated electrolyte formulation and coin cell assembly for high-throughput lithium-ion battery research (2023)
- Capturing dynamic ligand-to-metal charge transfer with a long-lived cationic intermediate for anionic redox (2022)
- Optimized functional additive enabled stable cathode and anode interfaces for high-voltage all-solid-state lithium batteries with significantly improved cycling performance (2022)
- Rational design of a heterogeneous double-layered composite solid electrolyte via synergistic strategies of asymmetric polymer matrices and functional additives to enable 4.5 V all-solid-state lithium batteries with superior performance (2022)
- Retardation of Structure Densification by Increasing Covalency in Li-Rich Layered Oxide Positive Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries (2022)
- Elucidating the Humidity-Induced Degradation of Ni-Rich Layered Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries (2022)
- Reactivity of TiS2 Anode towards Electrolytes in Aqueous Li‐ion Batteries (2022)
- Assessing Long‐Term Cycling Stability of Single‐Crystal Versus Polycrystalline Nickel‐Rich NCM in Pouch Cells with 6 mAh cm −2 Electrodes (2022)
- Deciphering Interfacial Reactions via Optical Sensing to Tune the Interphase Chemistry for Optimized Na‐Ion Electrolyte Formulation (2021)
- Correlating ligand-to-metal charge transfer with voltage hysteresis in a Li-rich rock-salt compound exhibiting anionic redox (2021)
- Unraveling the Voltage‐Dependent Oxidation Mechanisms of Poly(Ethylene Oxide)‐Based Solid Electrolytes for Solid‐State Batteries (2021)
- Unlocking anionic redox activity in O3-type sodium 3d layered oxides via Li substitution (2021)
- Unraveling gas evolution in sodium batteries by online electrochemical mass spectrometry (2021)
- Structural evolution at the oxidative and reductive limits in the first electrochemical cycle of Li1.2Ni0.13Mn0.54Co0.13O2 (2020)
- Synthesis by Thermal Decomposition of Two Iron Hydroxyfluorides: Structural Effects of Li Insertion (2019)
- New Amorphous Iron-Based Oxyfluorides as Cathode Materials for High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries (2019)
- Impact of Nickel Substitution into Model Li-Rich Oxide Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries (2019)
- CoS-interposed and Ketjen black-embedded carbon nanofiber framework as a separator modulation for high performance Li-S batteries (2019)
- Revealing pH-Dependent Activities and Surface Instabilities for Ni-Based Electrocatalysts during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2018)
- Net-Structured Filter of Co(OH)2-Anchored Carbon Nanofibers with Ketjen Black for High Performance Li–S Batteries (2018)
- Origin of the High Capacity Manganese-Based Oxyfluoride Electrodes for Rechargeable Batteries (2018)
- Phosphate Ion Functionalization of Perovskite Surfaces for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution Reaction (2017)
- Electrochemically activated MnO as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries (2017)
- Triggering the In Situ Electrochemical Formation of High Capacity Cathode Material from MnO (2016)
- Influence of relative humidity on the structure and electrochemical performance of sustainable LiFeSO4F electrodes for Li-ion batteries (2015)
- Controllable synthesis of spinel nano-ZnMn2O4via a single source precursor route and its high capacity retention as anode material for lithium ion batteries (2011)
- One-pot synthesis of ZnFe2O4/C hollow spheres as superior anode materials for lithium ion batteries (2011)
