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Zhi Li
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Latest papers
Hierarchical Membrane for Photoelectrostatically Gated Monovalent-Divalent Ion Separation.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
Spatially Coupled Cl2 Confinement and Activation at Curved Ni Single-Atom Sites for Highly Reversible Li-Cl2 Batteries.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026 · senior author
Data-Driven Cation Engineering Guides Electrolyte Design for Sustainable Aqueous Zinc Battery Chemistries.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $46,000
High Entropy Oxides for Sustainable Cathode Materials in Lithium-ion Batteries
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $200,000
Ion-sieving Capacitive Extraction of Lithium from Alberta Oilfield Brine towards Sustainable Supply Chain
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Scalable preparation of g-C3N4 nanosheets and quantum dots for metal anode protection and nitrogen reduction
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
28 publications.
Hierarchical Membrane for Photoelectrostatically Gated Monovalent-Divalent Ion Separation.
Eren EO, Xie X, Li Z, Giusto P
Spatially Coupled Cl2 Confinement and Activation at Curved Ni Single-Atom Sites for Highly Reversible Li-Cl2 Batteries.
Xie M, Jiang K, Tan X, Xie X, Cheng Z, Meng X, Xue Y, Guan Y, Chen Z, Li Y, Feng R, Li Z
Data-Driven Cation Engineering Guides Electrolyte Design for Sustainable Aqueous Zinc Battery Chemistries.
Xie X, Lyu Y, Ren H, Pedrycz W, Li Y, Yang Y, Tan X, Xie M, Guan Y, Xue Y, Chen N, Li Z
Unlocking Wide-Temperature Operation of High-Capacity Rechargeable Li/SOCl2 Batteries with an Activated Carbon Host Featuring Catalytic Activity.
Song Y, Ouyang H, Wang T, Zhang K, Li Z, Li K, Xu Z, Yang J
Geminal Cl-Bridged Dual-Fe-Atom Catalyst for Efficient and Stable Oxygen Reduction Reaction.
Cui J, Zhang W, Hou Y, Yang X, Gao Y, Zhang X, Fang C, Yang Y, Li Z, Liu B, Zhu J
High-Rate Rechargeable Li/SOCl2 Batteries Enabled by Cobalt Phthalocyanine Cathodic Catalysts.
Song Y, Ouyang H, Xu Z, Zhang Z, Li K, Huang J, Li Z, Wang T, Yang J
Ten thousand hour stable zinc air batteries via Fe and W dual atom sites.
Li Y, Wang H, Chen C, Xie X, Yang Y, Tan X, Jiang K, Chen N, Zhang H, Li Z
N skeleton-regulated cobalt phthalocyanine promotes polysulfide adsorption and redox kinetics.
Zhao J, Xu Z, Zhang Y, Yao K, Li L, Niu H, Li J, Li Z
Carbon Nanotube Supported Fluorine Substituted Iron Phthalocyanine Enabling Boosted Polysulfide Redox Conversion Kinetics and Cyclic Stability.
Zhao J, Xu Z, Zhang Y, Jin Q, Guo L, Chen S, Shen X, Li J, Li Z
Self-repairing interphase reconstructed in each cycle for highly reversible aqueous zinc batteries.
Zhang W, Dong M, Jiang K, Yang D, Tan X, Zhai S, Feng R, Chen N, King G, Zhang H, Zeng H, Li H, Antonietti M, Li Z
High Entropy Oxides for Sustainable Cathode Materials in Lithium-ion Batteries
Principal investigators: Liu, Jing JL
Keywords: anode; cathode; co-free; critical minerals; electrochemical performance; high-entropy oxides; lithium-ion battery; synthesis
Ion-sieving Capacitive Extraction of Lithium from Alberta Oilfield Brine towards Sustainable Supply Chain
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi Z
Keywords: capacitive; carbon nitride; lithium; pore engineering; semiconductor
Scalable preparation of g-C3N4 nanosheets and quantum dots for metal anode protection and nitrogen reduction
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi Z
In situ TEM Holder for Investigating the Real-time Behaviors of Nanomaterials in the Native Working Environment
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi
Resolving the Localized Stress Evolution: Toward Long-lasting Rechargeable Batteries
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi
Keywords: battery; energy storage; stress; microcantilever; in situ tem; in situ afm; cycle life
Resolving the Localized Stress Evolution: Toward Long-lasting Rechargeable Batteries
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi
Low-cost process of converting asphaltene into valuable graphene-like materials
Principal investigators: Li, Zhi
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Hongbo Zeng and Hao Zhang: 25 shared papers
- Hao Zhang and Zhi Li: 2 shared papers
- Witold Pedrycz and Zhi Li: 1 shared paper
- Hongbo Zeng and Zhi Li: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Materials Engineering
- chemical and materials engineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
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