Jianan Gu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Social Profile:

Research Interests

  • Synthesizing advanced 2D materials (MXenes and graphene) for energy conversion and storage applications, including metal-ion batteries (LIBs, SIBs, and ZIBs), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and so on.

Selected Publications

  • Stress Relief in Metal Anodes: Mechanisms and Applications

Jianan Gu, Yu Shi, Zhiguo Du*, Meicheng Li*, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2302091

  • High-Energy-Heavy-Ion Engineering Low-Tortuosity and High-Porosity 3D Metallic Electrodes for Long-Life Lithium Anodes

Xiaoxia Zhu, Hongwei Cheng, Shuangbao Lyu, Junfeng Huang, Jianan Gu*, Yu Guo, Yong Peng, Jie Liu, Canglong Wang, Jinglai Duan*, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2300129

  • Eliminating Lightning-Rod Effect of Lithium Anodes via Sine-Wave Analogous MXene Layers

Jianan Gu, Hao Chen, Yu Shi, Zhenjiang Cao, Zhiguo Du, Bin Li, and Shubin Yang*, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2201181

  • Stress-Release Functional Liquid Metal-MXene Layers towards Dendrite-Free Zinc Metal Anodes

Jianan Gu, Yi Tao, Hao Chen, Zhenjiang Cao, Yongzheng Zhang, Zhiguo Du, Yanglansen Cui, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2200115

  • Single Zinc Atoms Immobilized on MXene Layers toward Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anodes

Jianan Gu, Qi Zhu, Yongzheng Shi, Hao Chen, Di Zhang, Zhiguo Du, and Shubin Yang*

ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 891.

 

Education

  • 2014.09 - 2020.06, Ph.D. Materials Science, Beihang University
  • 2010.09 - 2014.06, B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Professional Profile

  • 2023.11 - Current, Visiting scholar, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2022.07 - Current, Associate professor, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
  • 2020.06 - 2022.07, Postdoctoral in nuclear physics, School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, China.

Awards

  • The fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, 2020

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

2D materials MXenes metal anode catalysis

Current Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Liting Yan

Visiting Scholar

Xi Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jifeng Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow (Joint with Prof. Kuo-Wei Huang)

Research Interests: Porous materials, Supercapacitors, Superconductors

Shouwei Zuo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: XAFS, Synchrotron radiation experiment technology, Perovskite materials, OER

Huawei Huang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, Water splitting, Seawater splitting, Hydrogen, Fuel cell

Yang Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis

Chengyang Feng

Postdoctoral Fellow

Bin Chang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, Nitrogen fixation, Electrochemical organic synthesis

Ph.D Students

Abdulrahman Allangawi

Ph.D. Student

Xiangyun (Tony) Xiao

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Hydrogen production, OER

Yunzhi Wang

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Organic semiconductors, Solar energy conversion

Miao Hu

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Photocatalysis, Photothermal catalysis

Yuanfu Ren

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, OER, Single-atom catalysis

M.S. Students

Afnan Abid

M.S. Students

Jumanah Alharbi

MS student

Research Interests: Photocatalysis, Water splitting

Adil iqbal

Visiting student

 

 

Alumni

Jianan Gu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Social Profile:

Research Interests

  • Synthesizing advanced 2D materials (MXenes and graphene) for energy conversion and storage applications, including metal-ion batteries (LIBs, SIBs, and ZIBs), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and so on.

Selected Publications

  • Stress Relief in Metal Anodes: Mechanisms and Applications

Jianan Gu, Yu Shi, Zhiguo Du*, Meicheng Li*, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2302091

  • High-Energy-Heavy-Ion Engineering Low-Tortuosity and High-Porosity 3D Metallic Electrodes for Long-Life Lithium Anodes

Xiaoxia Zhu, Hongwei Cheng, Shuangbao Lyu, Junfeng Huang, Jianan Gu*, Yu Guo, Yong Peng, Jie Liu, Canglong Wang, Jinglai Duan*, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2300129

  • Eliminating Lightning-Rod Effect of Lithium Anodes via Sine-Wave Analogous MXene Layers

Jianan Gu, Hao Chen, Yu Shi, Zhenjiang Cao, Zhiguo Du, Bin Li, and Shubin Yang*, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2201181

  • Stress-Release Functional Liquid Metal-MXene Layers towards Dendrite-Free Zinc Metal Anodes

Jianan Gu, Yi Tao, Hao Chen, Zhenjiang Cao, Yongzheng Zhang, Zhiguo Du, Yanglansen Cui, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2200115

  • Single Zinc Atoms Immobilized on MXene Layers toward Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anodes

Jianan Gu, Qi Zhu, Yongzheng Shi, Hao Chen, Di Zhang, Zhiguo Du, and Shubin Yang*

ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 891.

 

Education

  • 2014.09 - 2020.06, Ph.D. Materials Science, Beihang University
  • 2010.09 - 2014.06, B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Professional Profile

  • 2023.11 - Current, Visiting scholar, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2022.07 - Current, Associate professor, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
  • 2020.06 - 2022.07, Postdoctoral in nuclear physics, School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, China.

Awards

  • The fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, 2020

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

2D materials MXenes metal anode catalysis

Jianan Gu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Alumni

Social Profile:

Research Interests

  • Synthesizing advanced 2D materials (MXenes and graphene) for energy conversion and storage applications, including metal-ion batteries (LIBs, SIBs, and ZIBs), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and so on.

Selected Publications

  • Stress Relief in Metal Anodes: Mechanisms and Applications

Jianan Gu, Yu Shi, Zhiguo Du*, Meicheng Li*, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2302091

  • High-Energy-Heavy-Ion Engineering Low-Tortuosity and High-Porosity 3D Metallic Electrodes for Long-Life Lithium Anodes

Xiaoxia Zhu, Hongwei Cheng, Shuangbao Lyu, Junfeng Huang, Jianan Gu*, Yu Guo, Yong Peng, Jie Liu, Canglong Wang, Jinglai Duan*, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2300129

  • Eliminating Lightning-Rod Effect of Lithium Anodes via Sine-Wave Analogous MXene Layers

Jianan Gu, Hao Chen, Yu Shi, Zhenjiang Cao, Zhiguo Du, Bin Li, and Shubin Yang*, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2201181

  • Stress-Release Functional Liquid Metal-MXene Layers towards Dendrite-Free Zinc Metal Anodes

Jianan Gu, Yi Tao, Hao Chen, Zhenjiang Cao, Yongzheng Zhang, Zhiguo Du, Yanglansen Cui, and Shubin Yang*

Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2200115

  • Single Zinc Atoms Immobilized on MXene Layers toward Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anodes

Jianan Gu, Qi Zhu, Yongzheng Shi, Hao Chen, Di Zhang, Zhiguo Du, and Shubin Yang*

ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 891.

 

Education

  • 2014.09 - 2020.06, Ph.D. Materials Science, Beihang University
  • 2010.09 - 2014.06, B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology

Professional Profile

  • 2023.11 - Current, Visiting scholar, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2022.07 - Current, Associate professor, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
  • 2020.06 - 2022.07, Postdoctoral in nuclear physics, School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, China.

Awards

  • The fellowship of China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, 2020

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

2D materials MXenes metal anode catalysis