Dr Xiaobo Zhu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wang Group
+61 7 334 63803
Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)
Researcher biography
Xiaobo Zhu is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. He received his PhD degree from the University of Queensland in 2018 and MSc degree from University of Science and Technology of China in 2014. His research focuses on the development of high-performance and cost-effective electrode materials for rechargeable batteries.
Publications
Journal Articles
Vostrov, Nikita, Martens, Isaac, Colalongo, Mattia, Zatterin, Edoardo, Ronovsky, Michal, Boulineau, Adrien, Leake, Steven, Zhu, Xiaobo, Wang, Lianzhou, Richard, Marie‐Ingrid and Schulli, Tobias (2025). Plastic Deformation of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Single Crystals Caused by Domain Orientation Dynamics. Advanced Energy Materials. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202404933
Ma, Xingyue, Luo, Shuxuan, Hua, Yunhui, Seetharaman, Seshadri, Zhu, Xiaobo, Hou, Jingwei, Zhang, Lei, Wang, Wanlin and Sun, Yongqi (2024). An alumina phase induced composite transition shuttle to stabilize carbon capture cycles. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 7556, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52016-y
Ma, Xingyue, Luo, Shuxuan, Zhu, Xiaobo, Zhang, Lei, Wang, Wanlin and Sun, Yongqi (2024). Enhancing Calcium Oxide-Based Carbon Capture Cycles with Ion-Doped Spinels. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 12 (32), 11940-11948. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c02588
Zhang, Shuo, Yin, Zonggui, Wang, Lili, Shu, Mengyao, Liang, Xin, Liang, Sheng, Hu, Lei, Deng, Chonghai, Hu, Kunhong and Zhu, Xiaobo (2024). Interlayer expansion and conductive networking of MoS2 nanoroses mediated by bio-derived carbon for enhanced potassium-ion storage. Energy Materials, 4 (6). doi: 10.20517/energymater.2024.25
Huang, Yu, Zeng, Weixiong, Li, Kui and Zhu, Xiaobo (2024). Na-deficient P2-type layered oxide cathodes for practical sodium-ion batteries. Microstructures, 4 (3), 3. doi: 10.20517/microstructures.2023.102
Zhu, Xiaobo, Huang, Aoyu, Martens, Isaac, Vostrov, Nikita, Sun, Yongqi, Richard, Marie‐Ingrid, Schülli, Tobias U. and Wang, Lianzhou (2024). High‐voltage spinel cathode materials: navigating the structural evolution for lithium‐ion batteries. Advanced Materials, 36 (30) e2403482, e2403482. doi: 10.1002/adma.202403482
Zhu, Xiaobo, She, Qin, Wang, Mao, Wang, Zhiliang, Hu, Yuxiang, Yuan, Du, Sun, Yongqi, Schülli, Tobias U. and Wang, Lianzhou (2024). Synchronous densification and conductivity modulation of nano-titanate for pseudocapacitive Li-ion storage. Advanced Functional Materials, 34 (13) 2311025, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202311025
Martens, Isaac, Vostrov, Nikita, Mirolo, Marta, Leake, Steven J., Zatterin, Edoardo, Zhu, Xiaobo, Wang, Lianzhou, Drnec, Jakub, Richard, Marie-Ingrid and Schulli, Tobias U. (2023). Defects and nanostrain gradients control phase transition mechanisms in single crystal high-voltage lithium spinel. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 6975, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42285-4
Cai, Tonghui, Li, Tongge, Li, Bingyu, Hu, Yuxiang, Li, Xuejin, Lin, Tongen, Hu, Haoyu, Luo, Bin, Zhang, Yu, Zhu, Xiaobo, Cui, Yongpeng, Zhao, Lianming, Xing, Wei, Yan, Zifeng and Wang, Lianzhou (2022). Reversible phosphorus-based five-electron transfer reaction for aluminium–phosphorus batteries. Energy Storage Materials, 53, 415-423. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2022.09.010
Martens, Isaac, Vostrov, Nikita, Mirolo, Marta, Colalongo, Mattia, Kúš, Peter, Richard, Marie-Ingrid, Wang, Lianzhou, Zhu, Xiaobo, Schülli, Tobias U. and Drnec, Jakub (2022). Revisiting phase transformation mechanisms in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 high voltage cathodes with operando microdiffraction. ACS Materials Letters, 4 (12), 2528-2536. doi: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00787
Zhu, Xiaobo, Schülli, Tobias U., Yang, Xiaowei, Lin, Tongen, Hu, Yuxiang, Cheng, Ningyan, Fujii, Hiroki, Ozawa, Kiyoshi, Cowie, Bruce, Gu, Qinfen, Zhou, Si, Cheng, Zhenxiang, Du, Yi and Wang, Lianzhou (2022). Epitaxial growth of an atom-thin layer on a LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode for stable Li-ion battery cycling. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1565, 1565. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-28963-9
Wang, Guixiang, Zou, Haitao, Zhu, Xiaobo, Ding, Mei and Jia, Chuankun (2021). Recent progress in zinc-based redox flow batteries: a review. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 55 (16) 163001, 163001. doi: 10.1088/1361-6463/ac4182
Zhu, Xiaobo and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Advances in materials for all‐climate sodium‐ion batteries. EcoMat, 2 (3) eom2.12043. doi: 10.1002/eom2.12043
Tang, Jiayong, Huang, Xia, Lin, Tongen, Qiu, Tengfei, Huang, Hengming, Zhu, Xiaobo, Gu, Qinfen, Luo, Bin and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). MXene derived TiS2 nanosheets for high-rate and long-life sodium-ion capacitors. Energy Storage Materials, 26, 550-559. doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.11.028
Lin, Tongen, Schulli, Tobias U., Hu, Yuxiang, Zhu, Xiaobo, Gu, Qinfen, Luo, Bin, Cowie, Bruce and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Faster activation and slower capacity/voltage fading: a bifunctional urea treatment on lithium‐rich cathode materials. Advanced Functional Materials, 30 (13) 1909192, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201909192
Hu, Yuxiang, Zhu, Xiaobo and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Two‐dimensional material‐functionalized separators for high‐energy‐density metal–sulfur and metal‐based batteries. ChemSusChem, 13 (6) cssc.201902758, 1366-1378. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201902758
Zhu, Xiaobo, Schulli, Tobias and Wang, Lianzhou (2020). Stabilizing high-voltage cathode materials for next-generation Li-ion batteries. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 36 (1), 24-32. doi: 10.1007/s40242-020-9103-8
Zhu, Xiaobo, Tang, Jiayong, Huang, Hengming, Lin, Tongen, Luo, Bin and Wang, Lianzhou (2019). Hollow structured cathode materials for rechargeable batteries. Science Bulletin, 65 (6), 496-512. doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.12.008
Hu, Yuxiang, Debnath, Shaikat, Hu, Han, Luo, Bin, Zhu, Xiaobo, Wang, Songcan, Hankel, Marlies, Searles, Debra J. and Wang, Lianzhou (2019). Unlocking the potential of commercial carbon nanofibers as free-standing positive electrodes for flexible aluminum ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (25), 15123-15130. doi: 10.1039/c9ta04085d
Zhu, Xiaobo, Sun, Dan, Luo, Bin, Hu, Yuxiang and Wang, Lianzhou (2018). A stable high-power Na2Ti3O7/LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Li-ion hybrid energy storage device. Electrochimica Acta, 284, 30-37. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.07.153
Sun, Dan, Zhu, Xiaobo, Luo, Bin, Zhang, Yu, Tang, Yougen, Wang, Haiyan and Wang, Lianzhou (2018). New binder-free metal phosphide-carbon felt composite anodes for sodium-ion battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 8 (26) 1801197, 1801197. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201801197
Zhu, Xiaobo, Mochiku, Takashi, Fujii, Hiroki, Tang, Kaibin, Hu, Yuxiang, Huang, Zhenguo, Luo, Bin, Ozawa, Kiyoshi and Wang, Lianzhou (2018). A new sodium iron phosphate as a stable high-rate cathode material for sodium ion batteries. Nano Research, 11 (12), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s12274-018-2139-0
Hu, Yuxiang, Ye, Delai, Luo, Bin, Hu, Han, Zhu, Xiaobo, Wang, Songcan, Li, Linlin, Peng, Shengjie and Wang, Lianzhou (2018). A binder-free and free-standing cobalt sulfide@carbon nanotube cathode material for aluminum-ion batteries. Advanced Materials, 30 (2) 1703824, 1703824. doi: 10.1002/adma.201703824
Hu, Yuxiang, Luo, Bin, Ye, Delai, Zhu, Xiaobo, Lyu, Miaoqiang and Wang, Lianzhou (2017). An innovative freeze-dried reduced graphene oxide supported SnS2 cathode active material for aluminum-ion batteries. Advanced Materials, 29 (48) 1606132. doi: 10.1002/adma.201606132
Zhu, Xiaobo, Luo, Bin, Butburee, Teera, Zhu, Jingwen, Han, She and Wang, Lianzhou (2016). Hierarchical macro/mesoporous NiO as stable and fast-charging anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Microporous And Mesoporous Materials, 238, 78-83. doi: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.03.020
Yuan, Zhengqiu, Si, Lulu and Zhu, Xiaobo (2015). Three-dimensional hard carbon matrix for sodium-ion battery anode with superior-rate performance and ultralong cycle life. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (46), 23403-23411. doi: 10.1039/c5ta07223a
Tao, Shi, Huang, Wei-feng, Wu, Gui-xian, Zhu, Xia-bo, Wang, Xing-bo, Zhang, Meng, Wang, Sheng-hao, Chu, Wang-sheng, Song, Li and Wu, Zi-yu (2014). Performance enhancement of Lithium-ion battery with LiFePO4@C/RGO hybrid electrode. Electrochimica Acta, 144, 406-411. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.08.092
Wang, Yan, Zhu, Xiaobo, Li, Xiaona, Wang, Linlin, Wang, Yongkun, Hao, Qiaoyan and Tang, Kaibin (2014). D-Glucopyranose-modified compound of Ruddlesden-Popper phases H 2CaTa2O7: Characterization and intercalation with Ag. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2 (37), 15590-15597. doi: 10.1039/c4ta02987a
Zhu, Xiaobo, Li, Xiaona, Zhu, Youngchun, Jin, Shasha, Wang, Yan and Qian, Yitai (2014). Porous LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 microspheres with different pore conditions: preparation and application as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 261, 93-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.03.047
Jin, Shasha, Zhu, Xiaobo and Qian, Yitai (2014). Copper oxide hierarchical microspheres grown on copper foil and their enhanced performance as anodes for li-ion batteries. International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 9 (6), 2859-2866.
Li, Xiaona, Zhu, XiaoBo, Zhu, Yongchun, Yuan, Zhengqiu, Si, LuLu and Qian, Yitai (2014). Porous nitrogen-doped carbon vegetable-sponges with enhanced lithium storage performance. Carbon, 69, 515-524. doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.12.059
Zhu, Xiaobo, Li, Xiaona, Zhu, Yongchun, Jin, Shasha, Wang, Yan and Qian, Yitai (2014). LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 nanostructures with two-phase intergrowth as enhanced cathodes for lithium-ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta, 121, 253-257. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.176
Wang, Yan, Wang, Caihua, Wang, Linlin, Hao, Qiaoyan, Zhu, Xiaobo, Chen, Xiuhua and Tang, Kaibin (2014). Preparation of interlayer surface tailored protonated double-layered perovskite H2CaTa2O7 with n-alcohols, and their photocatalytic activity. RSC Advances, 4 (8), 4047-4054. doi: 10.1039/c3ra44623a
Wang, Lili, Zhu, Yongchun, Guo, Cong, Zhu, Xiaobo, Liang, Jianwen and Qian, Yitai (2014). Ferric chloride-graphite intercalation compounds as anode materials for Li-ion batteries. ChemSusChem, 7 (1), 87-91. doi: 10.1002/cssc.201300874
Li, Xiaona, Zhu, Xiaobo, Liang, Jianwen, Hou, Zhiguo, Wang, Yan, Lin, Ning, Zhu, Yongchun and Qian, Yitai (2014). Graphene-supported NaTi2(PO4)3 as a high rate anode material for aqueous sodium ion batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 161 (6), A1181-A1187. doi: 10.1149/2.0081409jes
Fan, Long, Zhang, Jingjing, Zhu, Yongchun, Zhu, Xiaobo, Liang, Jianwen, Wang, Lili and Qian, Yitai (2014). Comparison between SnSb-C and Sn-C composites as anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. RSC Advances, 4 (107), 62301-62307. doi: 10.1039/c4ra12304b