Zining Zhang Lecturer
Phone: +86-15040428331
Email: ziningzhang@email.tjut.edu.cn
Address: No. 391 Bin Shui Xi Dao Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin 300384, China
Education history
2017 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Bachelor's Degree;
2022 School of Transportation Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Master Degree;
2026 School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Doctoral degree.
Areas of research interest
Design of electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction catalyst, first principles calculations, development and application of electrode materials for ion batteries
Honors and awards
2021 National Scholarship, Dalian Maritime University
2022 Outstanding Graduate of Liaoning Province
2025 National Scholarship, East China Normal University
2026 Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai
Main research achievements
Published 9 papers as the first author (including co authorship) in journals such as Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc, and applied for two patents.
Selected publications
1. Zining Zhang, Qi Fang, Xue Yang, Shouwei Zuo, Tao Cheng, Yusuke Yamauchi*, Jing Tang*, Additives-Modified Electrodeposition for Synthesis of Hydrophobic Cu/Cu2O with Ag Single Atoms to Drive CO2 Electroreduction, Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2411498.
2. Zining Zhang, Xinyan Ma, Yang Song, Xue Yang, Qi Fang, Yusuke Yamauchi*, Jing Tang*, Behavior Regulation of *CO over Self-Evolution Tandem Catalysts under Tuned Interfacial Electric Field Boosts CO2 Electroreduction, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202511704.
3. Bingji Huang†, Zining Zhang†, Rongyang Yin, Jiabiao Yan, Jing Tang*, Lisong Chen*, Jianlin Shi*, Anode–Electrolyte Interfacial Fluorine–Hydrogen Bonding Engineering for Boosted Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Small Organic Molecules, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025, 147, 33031.
4. Qi Fang†, Zining Zhang†, Xue Yang, Tao Cheng, Xinyan Ma, Jing Tang*, Cu2O Nanoparticles with Controlled Surface Roughness for CO2 Electroreduction towards C2+ Products, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 515, 163293.
5. Xiang Zheng†, Zining Zhang†, Chaohong Shi, Tianrui Zhao, Lijun Yang, Qi Fang, Rong Xing, Jing Tang*, Suppression of Dendrite Growth and Enhanced Sodiophilicity in Sodium Metal Batteries by Sb-Coated Zn Current Collector, Small, 2026, 22, e11621.
6. Zining Zhang, Hongjing Shang, Xiaole Zhang, Chang Liu, Song Li*, Zhongsheng Wen, Shijun Ji, Juncai Sun, Enhancing the Electrochemical Performances by Wet Ball Milling to Introduce Structural Water into an Electrolytic MnO2/Graphite Nanocomposite Cathode for Zinc-Ion Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 5113.
7. Zining Zhang, Song Li*, Bin Zhao, Xiaole Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Zhongsheng Wen, Shijun Ji, Juncai Sun, Joint Influence of Nitrogen Doping and Oxygen Vacancy on the Manganese Dioxide as High-Capacity Cathode for Zinc-Ion Battery, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 20195.
8. Zining Zhang, Song Li*, Xinyu Wang, Zhongsheng Wen, Juncai Sun, Single-Atom Platinum Implanted on Manganese Dioxide as the Cathode for Zinc-Ion Battery, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2021, 125, 26371.
9. Zining Zhang, Song Li*, Xiaole Zhang, Yehong Du, Zhongsheng Wen, Shijun Ji, Juncai Sun, A Novel Research on the Positive Effects of Oxygen Vacancies for Interstitial N-Doped MnO2 on Lithium-Ion Diffusion, Materials Letters, 2021, 301, 130259.
