Haitao Zhang earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Sciences and Technology of China in 2006. After that, he conducted his postdoctoral research in National University of Singapore and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS, Japan). Since 2012 he has been a professor in the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His current research interests focus on the new energy materials, energy storage techniques and battery recycling. So far, he has authored over 70 SCI papers and filed 20 Chinese innovation patents. Especially, he is interested in developing novel ionogel electrolytes to enable the commercialization of high safety lithium metal batteries, and understanding the multi-scale coupling correlations among electrodes, electrolytes, configuration and manufacture process of energy storage devices.

1. Yao, M.; Zhang, H. T.; Zhang, S. J.; Ultralong cycling and wide temperature lithium metal batteries enabled by solid polymer electrolytes interpenetrated with poly(liquid crystal) network. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0TA10932K.

2. Song, X. L.; Zhang, H. T.; Jiang, D. F.; Lipeng Yang, L. P.; Zhang, J. H.; Yao, M.; Ji, X. Y.; Wang, G. Y.; Zhang, S. J.; Enhanced transport and favorable distribution of Li-ion in a poly(ionic liquid) based electrolyte facilitated by Li1.3Al0.3Ti1.7(PO4)3 nanoparticles for highly-safe lithium metal batteries. Electrochimica Acta, 2021, 368, 137581.

3. Li, B. S.; Xing, C. X.; Zhang, H. T*.; Hu, L.; Zhang, J. G.; Jiang, D. F.; Su, P. P.; Zhang, S. J.* Comprehensive kinetic-matching between electrodes and electrolyte enabling solid-state sodium-ion capacitors with improved voltage output and ultra-long cyclability. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127832

4. Xing, C. X.; Zhang, H. T. *; Pan, S. S.; Yao, M.; Li, B. S.; Zhang, Y. Q.; Zhang, S. J*. Boosting the safety and energy density of molybdenum disulfide/carbon nanotubes based solid-state sodium-ion supercapacitors with an ionogel electrolyte. Materials Today Energy, 2020, 18: 100527-100538.

5. Wang, L.L.; Zhang, H. T.*; Wang, Y. L.; Qian, C.; Dong, Q.; Deng, C. H.; Jiang, D. F.; Shu, M. Y.; Pan, S. S.; Zhang, S. J.* Unleashing the mechanisms of Ultra-fast Sodium Ion Storage Performances in Interface-Engineered Monolayer MoS2/C Interoverlapped Superstructure with Robust Charge Transfer Networks. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8: 15002-15011. 

6. Yao, M.; Liu, A.; Xing, C. X.; Li, B. S.; Pan, S. S.; Zhang, J. H.; Su, P. P.; Zhang, H. T.* Asymmetric supercapacitor comprising a core-shell TiNb2O7@MoS2/C anode and a high voltage ionogel electrolyte. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 394: 124883.

7. Zhang, J. H.; Zhang, H. T.*; Zhang, Y. Q.; Zhang, J. W.; He, H. Y.; Zhang, X. X.; Shim, J. J.; Zhang, S. J.* Unveiling of the energy storage mechanisms of multi -modified (Nb2O5@C)/rGO nanoarrays as anode for high voltage supercapacitors with formulated ionic liquid electrolytes. Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 313, 532-543.

8. Jiao, Y. Z.; Zhang, H. T.*; Zhang, H. L.; Liu, A.; Liu, Y. X.; Zhang, S. J.* Highly bonded T-Nb2O5/rGO nanohybrids for 4 V quasi-solid state asymmetric supercapacitors with improved electrochemical performance. Nano Res. 2018, 11 (9), 4673-4685.

9. Liu, H.; Zhang, H. T.*; Fei, L. F.; Ma, H. B.; Zhao, G. Y.; Mak, C.; Zhang, X. X.; Zhang, S. J.* Superior acidic catalytic activity and stability of Fe-doped HTaWO6 nanotubes. Nanoscale 2017, 9 (31), 11126-11136.

10. Zhang, H. T.; Zhang, S. J.*; Zhang, X. X. Experimental Discovery of Magnetoresistance and Its Memory Effect in Methylimidazolium-Type Iron-Containing Ionic Liquids. Chem. Mat. 2016, 28 (23), 8710-8714.