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

Hongye Qin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: DFT, AIMD, Electrocatalysis

Shizhao Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis

Zhi-peng Wu

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

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

Can Wang

Ph.D. Student

Chengtai Li

Ph.D. Student

Abdulrahman Allangawi

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, CO2 reduction, DFT

Xiangyun (Tony) Xiao

Ph.D. Student

Research Interests: Hydrogen production, OER

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

Shahad Al Gamdi

M.S. Student

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, Hydrogen, CO2 reduction

Raghd Hantoush

M.S. Student

Research Interests: CO2 reduction, Electrocatalysis

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