Zhongwei Chen, University of Waterloo

Research

3-Dimensional Active sites Activity Catalysis Durability Electrode Fuel Cells Nanomaterials

Latest papers

Cluster level entropy enhancement in neutral acetate electrolytes enables economical and durable zinc air batteries.
Nature communications · 2026 · senior author
Scalable and Ultrathin Dual Entangled Network Polymer Electrolytes for Safe Solid-State Sodium Batteries.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025 · senior author
Janus Cellular Design Drives Solar-Powered Spatial Lithium Extraction and Water Co-Generation from Salt-Lake Brines.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025

All 154 publications

Latest funding

Scalable 2D-Materials Architectures (2D-MATURE): Synthesis and Processing, Characterization andFunctionality, Implementation and Demonstrations (Inter. Collabor. - DFG-IRTG)
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$780,000
Cobalt-free Single Crystal Layered Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$242,310
Development of Rechargeable Zinc Lithium-ion Battery
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 33 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 154 publications.

01

Cluster level entropy enhancement in neutral acetate electrolytes enables economical and durable zinc air batteries.

Zhao W, Wang Y, Mashhadimoslem H, Zhu N, Karimi P, Wang Z, Elkamel A, Tan Z, Yu A, Chen Z

Nature communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65366-y PMID: 41540005

02

Scalable and Ultrathin Dual Entangled Network Polymer Electrolytes for Safe Solid-State Sodium Batteries.

Liu C, Jia S, Yang T, Liu J, Zhou X, Wang Z, Dong H, Shi Z, Zhang Y, Chen Z

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202505938 PMID: 40252013

03

Janus Cellular Design Drives Solar-Powered Spatial Lithium Extraction and Water Co-Generation from Salt-Lake Brines.

Wang Y, Zhao W, Peng Z, Feng Y, Lu J, Song Y, Xu W, Wen X, Chen Z, Wang Z

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202502134 PMID: 40519045

04

Electroinitiated interfacial healing for external pressure-free solid-state sodium metal batteries.

Yang T, Qin S, Gao S, Wang X, Luo D, Shi Y, Ma Q, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Chen Z

Nature communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64612-7 PMID: 41168187

05

Discretizing Cobalt Spin-Orbitals through Tuning the Crystal Symmetry for Zinc-Air Batteries.

Jiang Y, Liang R, Wang C, Liu Y, Liu C, Shakouri M, King G, Regier T, Deng YP, Chen Z

Journal of the American Chemical Society2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c07623 PMID: 40644701

06

Hierachical Aerogel-Supported Cu-Sn-Ox Solid Solutions for Highly Selective CO2 Electroreduction and Zn-CO2 Batteries.

Wang N, Mei R, Zhang G, Chen L, Yang T, Chen Z, Lin X, Liu Q

ACS applied materials & interfaces2024

DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06157 PMID: 39081020

07

P-Bridging Asymmetry Diatomic Catalysts Sites Drive Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis for Zinc-Air Batteries.

Wang N, Mei R, Chen L, Yang T, Chen Z, Lin X, Liu Q

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2024

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202400327 PMID: 38516947

08

Atomic-Level Catalyst Coupled with Metal Oxide Heterostructure for Promoting Kinetics of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

Zhang X, Yang T, Liu J, Hu C, Gao S, Shi Z, Wu Q, Li H, Zhang Y, Chen Z

Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311086 PMID: 38459647

09

Biomass Solid-State Electrolyte with Abundant Ion and Water Channels for Flexible Zinc-Air Batteries.

Dou H, Xu M, Zhang Z, Luo D, Yu A, Chen Z

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202401858 PMID: 38569594

10

Conformal Engineering of Both Electrodes Toward High-Performance Flexible Quasi-Solid-State Zn-Ion Micro-Supercapacitors.

Wu Y, Yuan W, Wang P, Wu X, Chen J, Shi Y, Ma Q, Luo D, Chen Z, Yu A

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

DOI: 10.1002/advs.202308021 PMID: 38561969

Scalable 2D-Materials Architectures (2D-MATURE): Synthesis and Processing, Characterization andFunctionality, Implementation and Demonstrations (Inter. Collabor. - DFG-IRTG)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Pope, Michael MA

Keywords: 2d materials; energy storage; graphene; hererostructures; optoelectronic devices; roll-to-roll processing; scalable processing; transition metal dichalcogenides

$780,000

Cobalt-free Single Crystal Layered Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Chen, Zhongwei ZC

$242,310