-
Ph.D.(Tsinghua University)
-
M.S.(Nanchang University)
Details of the Researcher
Research History 3
-
2023/04 - PresentTohoku University Assistant professor
-
2020/11 - 2023/03Tohoku University Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
-
2018/07 - 2020/07Tsinghua University Post-doctoral
Education 1
-
Tsinghua University
2014/09 - 2018/07
Committee Memberships 3
-
The Electrochemical Society
2024/05 - Present
-
The Carbon Society of Japan
2021/07 - Present
-
International Society of Electrochemistry
2021/01 - Present
Professional Memberships 3
-
The Electrochemical Society
2023/01 - Present
-
炭素材料学会
2022/07 - Present
-
The International Society of Electrochemistry
2021/01 - Present
Research Interests 3
-
Carbon material
-
Solid-state Li metal battery
-
Metal-gas battery
Research Areas 2
-
Nanotechnology/Materials / Inorganic materials /
-
Nanotechnology/Materials / Energy chemistry /
Papers 25
-
Fluorinated Amide-Based Electrolytes Induce a Sustained Low-Charging Voltage Plateau under Conditions Verifying the Feasibility of Achieving 500 Wh kg–1 Class Li–O2 Batteries Peer-reviewed
Kiho Nishioka, Mizuki Tanaka, Terumi Goto, Ronja Haas, Anja Henss, Shota Azuma, Morihiro Saito, Shoichi Matsuda, Wei Yu, Hirotomo Nishihara, Hayato Fujimoto, Mamoru Tobisu, Yoshiharu Mukouyama, Shuji Nakanishi
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024/08/22
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)ISSN: 1944-8244
eISSN: 1944-8252
-
A lithiated zeolite-based protective layer to boost the cycle performance of lithium−oxygen batteries via redox mediator sieving Peer-reviewed
Huiping Wu, Zhaohan Shen, Wei Yu, Xinbin Wu, Shundong Guan, Yu-Hsien Wu, Kaihua Wen, Haocheng Yuan, Ying Liang, Hirotomo Nishihara, Ce-Wen Nan, Liangliang Li
Next Energy 4 100135-100135 2024/07
Publisher: Elsevier BVDOI: 10.1016/j.nxener.2024.100135
ISSN: 2949-821X
-
Theoretical Insights into the Role of Defects in the Optimization of the Electrochemical Capacitance of Graphene Peer-reviewed
Alex Aziz, Wei Yu, Rui Tang, Rachel Crespo-Otero, Devis Di Tommaso, Hirotomo Nishihara
Energy Materials and Devices 2 (3) 9370035 2024/05
Publisher: Tsinghua University PressDOI: 10.26599/emd.2024.9370035
ISSN: 3005-3315
eISSN: 3005-3064
-
Hierarchically Porous and Minimally Stacked Graphene Cathodes for High‐Performance Lithium–Oxygen Batteries (Adv. Energy Mater. 2/2024) Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Zhaohan Shen, Takeharu Yoshii, Shinichiroh Iwamura, Manai Ono, Shoichi Matsuda, Makoto Aoki, Toshihiro Kondo, Shin R. Mukai, Shuji Nakanishi, Hirotomo Nishihara
Advanced Energy Materials 14 (2) 2024/01/12
Publisher: WileyISSN: 1614-6832
eISSN: 1614-6840
-
Prominent Structural Dependence of Quantum Capacitance Unraveled by Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene Mesosponge
Rui Tang, Alex Aziz, Wei Yu, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Ginga Nishikawa, Takeharu Yoshii, Keita Nomura, Erin E. Taylor, Nicholas P. Stadie, Kazutoshi Inoue, Motoko Kotani, Takashi Kyotani, Hirotomo Nishihara
Small 2023/12/06
Publisher: WileyISSN: 1613-6810
eISSN: 1613-6829
-
Hierarchically Porous and Minimally Stacked Graphene Cathodes for High‐Performance Lithium–Oxygen Batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Zhaohan Shen, Takeharu Yoshii, Shinichiroh Iwamura, Manai Ono, Shoichi Matsuda, Makoto Aoki, Toshihiro Kondo, Shin R. Mukai, Shuji Nakanishi, Hirotomo Nishihara
Advanced Energy Materials 14 (2) 2023/11/10
Publisher: WileyISSN: 1614-6832
eISSN: 1614-6840
-
Cathode Chemistries of Lithium–Oxygen Batteries in Nanoconfined Space Peer-reviewed
Hongyu Liu, Zhaohan Shen, Zheng-Ze Pan, Wei Yu, Hirotomo Nishihara
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (34) 40397-40408 2023/08/17
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)ISSN: 1944-8244
eISSN: 1944-8252
-
Edge‐Site‐Free and Topological‐Defect‐Rich Carbon Cathode for High‐Performance Lithium‐Oxygen Batteries (Adv. Sci. 16/2023) Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Alex Aziz, Rui Tang, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Kazutoshi Inoue, Motoko Kotani, Hideki Tanaka, Eva Scholtzová, Daniel Tunega, Yuta Nishina, Kiho Nishioka, Shuji Nakanishi, Yi Zhou, Osamu Terasaki, Hirotomo Nishihara
Advanced Science 10 (16) 2023/06/02
Publisher: WileyISSN: 2198-3844
eISSN: 2198-3844
-
Edge‐Site‐Free and Topological‐Defect‐Rich Carbon Cathode for High‐Performance Lithium‐Oxygen Batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Alex Aziz, Rui Tang, Zheng‐Ze Pan, Kazutoshi Inoue, Motoko Kotani, Hideki Tanaka, Eva Scholtzová, Daniel Tunega, Yuta Nishina, Kiho Nishioka, Shuji Nakanishi, Yi Zhou, Osamu Terasaki, Hirotomo Nishihara
Advanced Science 10 (16) 2300268 2023/04/07
Publisher: WileyISSN: 2198-3844
eISSN: 2198-3844
-
Sequential Catalysis of Defected-Carbon and Solid Catalyst in Li–O2 Batteries Peer-reviewed
Zhaohan Shen, Wei Yu, Alex Aziz, Koki Chida, Takeharu Yoshii, Hirotomo Nishihara
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (13) 6239-6247 2023/03/26
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)ISSN: 1932-7447
eISSN: 1932-7455
-
Balancing oxygen evolution reaction and oxygen reduction reaction processes in Li–O2 batteries through tuning the bond distances of RuO2 Peer-reviewed
Xinbin Wu, Wei Yu, Wei Xu, Yujun Zhang, Shundong Guan, Zheng Zhang, Shuwei Li, Huanchun Wang, Xuanjun Wang, Liang Zhang, Ce-Wen Nan, Liangliang Li
Composites Part B: Engineering 234 109727-109727 2022/04
Publisher: Elsevier BVDOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2022.109727
ISSN: 1359-8368
-
Strategies to suppress the shuttle effect of redox mediators in lithium-oxygen batteries Peer-reviewed
Xinbin Wu, Wei Yu, Kaihua Wen, Huanchun Wang, Xuanjun Wang, Ce-Wen Nan, Liangliang Li
Journal of Energy Chemistry 60 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.12.034
ISSN: 2095-4956
-
A volatile redox mediator boosts the long-cycle performance of lithium-oxygen batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Xinbin Wu, Sijie Liu, Hirotomo Nishihara, Liangliang Li, Ce-Wen Nan
Energy Storage Materials 38 2021
Publisher: Elsevier BVDOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2021.04.003
ISSN: 2405-8297
-
Oxygen- and dendrite-resistant ultra-dry polymer electrolytes for solid-state Li–O2 batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Chuanjiao Xue, Bingkun Hu, Bingqing Xu, Liangliang Li, Ce-Wen Nan
Energy Storage Materials 27 244-251 2020/05
Publisher: Elsevier {BV}DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2020.02.001
-
An in Situ-Formed Mosaic Li7Sn3/LiF Interface Layer for High-Rate and Long-Life Garnet-Based Lithium Metal Batteries Peer-reviewed
Bingkun Hu, Wei Yu, Bingqing Xu, Xue Zhang, Ting Liu, Yang Shen, Yuan-Hua Lin, Ce-Wen Nan, Liangliang Li
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 11 (38) 34939-34947 2019/08/29
Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)ISSN: 1944-8244
eISSN: 1944-8252
-
Phase-separation-driven formation of Nickel–Cobalt oxide nanotubes as high-capacity anode materials for lithium-ion batteries Peer-reviewed
Bingqing Xu, Bingkun Hu, Qinghua Zhang, Yijie Xu, Yuan Liu, Wei Yu, Liangliang Li, Yang Shen, Ce-Wen Nan, Yuan-Hua Lin
Materials Research Letters 7 (9) 368-375 2019/05/09
Publisher: Informa UK LimitedDOI: 10.1080/21663831.2019.1613267
eISSN: 2166-3831
-
Tuning hybrid liquid/solid electrolytes by lowering Li salt concentration for lithium batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yang, Qi-Di Wang, Yu Lei, Zi-Pei Wan, Lei Qin, Wei Yu, Ru-Liang Liu, Deng-Yun Zhai, Hong Li, Bao-Hua Li, Fei-Yu Kang
Chinese Physics B 27 (6) 068201-068201 2018/06/20
Publisher: IOP PublishingDOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/6/068201
ISSN: 1674-1056
-
Controllable Electrochemical Fabrication of KO2-Decorated Binder-Free Cathodes for Rechargeable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Huwei Wang, Lei Qin, Junyang Hu, Liang Liu, Baohua Li, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (20) 17156-17166 2018/05/23
Publisher: American Chemical Society ({ACS}) -
Molecular Sieve Induced Solution Growth of Li2O2 in the Li–O2 Battery with Largely Enhanced Discharge Capacity Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Huwei Wang, Jing Hu, Wei Yang, Lei Qin, Ruliang Liu, Baohua Li, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10 (9) 7989-7995 2018/03/07
Publisher: American Chemical Society ({ACS})ISSN: 1944-8252
-
Room-temperature liquid metal-based anodes for high-energy potassium-based electrochemical devices Peer-reviewed
Lei Qin, Wei Yang, Wei Lv, Liang Liu, Yu Lei, Wei Yu, Feiyu Kang, Jang-Kyo Kim, Dengyun Zhai, Quan-Hong Yang
Chemical Communications 54 (58) 8032-8035 2018
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)DOI: 10.1039/c8cc03545h
ISSN: 1359-7345
eISSN: 1364-548X
-
Dense graphene monolith oxygen cathodes for ultrahigh volumetric energy densities Peer-reviewed
Lei Qin, Dengyun Zhai, Wei Lv, Wei Wei, Wei Yu, Yu Lei, Wei Yang, Jiaqiang Huang, Shanshan Yao, Jiang Cui, Feiyu Kang, Jang-Kyo Kim, Quan-Hong Yang
Energy Storage Materials 9 134-139 2017/10
Publisher: Elsevier {BV}DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2017.06.003
-
Dendrite-Free Potassium–Oxygen Battery Based on a Liquid Alloy Anode Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Kah Chun Lau, Yu Lei, Ruliang Liu, Lei Qin, Wei Yang, Baohua Li, Larry A. Curtiss, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (37) 31871-31878 2017/09/20
Publisher: American Chemical Society ({ACS}) -
A soluble phenolic mediator contributing to enhanced discharge capacity and low charge overpotential for lithium-oxygen batteries Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Wei Yang, Ruliang Liu, Lei Qin, Yu Lei, Liang Liu, Dengyun Zhai, Baohua Li, Feiyu Kang
Electrochemistry Communications 79 68-72 2017/06
Publisher: Elsevier {BV}DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2017.04.020
-
Achieving Low Overpotential Lithium–Oxygen Batteries by Exploiting a New Electrolyte Based on N,N′-Dimethylpropyleneurea Peer-reviewed
Ruliang Liu, Yu Lei, Wei Yu, Haifan Wang, Lei Qin, Da Han, Wei Yang, Dong Zhou, Yanbing He, Dengyun Zhai, Baohua Li, Feiyu Kang
ACS Energy Letters 2 (2) 313-318 2017/02/10
Publisher: American Chemical Society ({ACS})DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00581
-
A strategy to prepare highly redispersible and strongly luminescent α-NaYF4:Eu3+ hybrid nanostructures with multi-channel excitation Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Xiaojing Wang, Nan Chen, Guoping Du, Weijun Gui
CrystEngComm 16 (15) 3214-3214 2014
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})DOI: 10.1039/c3ce42334d
Misc. 1
-
Influence of Carbon Cathode Edge Sites on Li-O2 Batteries International-journal International-coauthorship Peer-reviewed
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Zhengze Pan, Rui Tang, Hirotomo Nishihara
Carbon 2022 Extended Abstract Book 457-457 2023/03/30
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.22360630.v1
Presentations 15
-
Unique Mesoporous Carbon for Advanced Batteries Invited
Wei Yu, Hirotomo Nishihara
ISCM-2 2025 2025/01/15
-
Elucidating the Reaction Mechanism of Li-O2 Battery using Graphene Mesosponge
Wei Yu, Zhaohan Shen, Hirotomo Nishihara
第65回電池討論会 2024/11/21
-
Decouple Side Reactions in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries Using Isotope-Labeled GMS Invited
Wei Yu, Zhaohan Shen, Hirotomo Nishihara
MATSUS Fall 24 2024/11/13
-
High-Energy-Density Li-O2 batteries with Graphene Mesosponge Cathodes
Wei Yu, Hirotomo Nishihara
International Meeting on Lithium Batteries 2024 2024/06/18
-
The culprit of carbon corrosion in Li-O2 batteries: H-containing edge sites
Wei Yu, Alex Aziz, Takeharu Yoshii, Hirotomo Nishihara
2023/11/30
-
Elucidation of carbon corrosion in lithium-oxygen batteries
2023/10/20
-
Insight into carbon edge sites in lithium-oxygen batteries
Wei Yu, Alex Aziz, Takeharu Yoshii, Hirotomo Nishihara
Faraday discussion 2023/09/18
-
Free-standing hierarchical porous carbon cathode for practical Li-O2 batteries
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Shoichi Matsuda, Makoto Aoki, Toshihiro Kondo, Hirotomo Nishihara
The 2023 World Conference on Carbon 2023/07/19
-
In Pursuit of High-Performance Carbon Cathodes for Li-O2 Batteries
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Alex Aziz, Rui Tang, Zheng-Ze Pan, Hirotomo Nishihara
第49回炭素材料学会年会 2022/12/09
-
Influence of Carbon Cathode Edge Sites on Li-O2 Batteries
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Rui Tang, Zheng-Ze Pan, Hirotomo Nishihara
The 2022 World Conference on Carbon 2022/07
-
GO/mesoporous Carbon Composite Membrane for Durable Cathode of Li-O2 Batteries
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Rui Tang, Zheng-Ze Pan, Hirotomo Nishihara
第17回酸化グラフェン学会 2022/06/17
-
Topological-defect-rich and edge-site-free graphene mesosponge cathode for the lithium-oxygen batteries
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Rui Tang, Zheng-Ze Pan, Kiho Nishioka, Shuji Nakanishi, Hirotomo Nishihara
第48回炭素材料学会年会 2021/12/01
-
Graphene Mesosponge Cathode with Few Edge Sites and High Surface Area for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries
Wei Yu, Takeharu Yoshii, Rui Tang, Zheng-Ze Pan, Hirotomo Nishihara
72nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2021/08/31
-
Controllable Electrochemical Fabrication of KO2-Decorated Binder-Free Cathodes for Rechargeable Lithium–Oxygen Batteries
Wei Yu, Huwei Wang, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
4th China International Congress on Composite Materials 2019/11/30
-
Dendrite-Free Potassium-Oxygen Battery Based on a Liquid Alloy Anode
Wei Yu, Kah Chun Lau, Dengyun Zhai, Feiyu Kang
The First International Conference on Energy Storage Materials 2017/11/19
Industrial Property Rights 3
-
リチウム空気電池および多孔質炭素膜の製造方法
Hirotomo Nishihara, Wei Yu
Property Type: Patent
-
Liquid metal-gas battery and preparation method
Dengyun Zhai, Wei Yu, Haifan Wang, Conghui You, Quan-Hong Yang, Baohua Li, Feiyu Kang
Property Type: Patent
-
リチウム空気電池用正極およびリチウム空気電池
Hirotomo Nishihara, Wei Yu
Property Type: Patent
Research Projects 5
-
Biomass-derived carbon for Li metal batteries with high energy density Competitive
YU WEI
Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
System: Bilateral Program Joint Research/Seminar (The Royal Society)
Institution: Tohoku University
2025/04 - 2027/03
-
Decoupling Corrosion of Electrode and Electrolyte in Advanced Batteries
YU WEI
Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Institution: Tohoku University
2024/04 - 2026/03
-
Investigating the electrode reaction mechanisms in Li-O2 batteries with multifunctional carbon
YU WEI
Offer Organization: AIMR
System: FY2024 AIMR Fusion Research
Institution: Tohoku University
2024/09 - 2025/03
-
Topological Defect Engineering on Carbon Electrode for Advanced Batteries
YU WEI
Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Institution: Tohoku University
2022/04 - 2024/03
-
Performance of Solid-State Lithium-Oxygen Battery with Perovskite/C Composite Cathode
YU WEI
Offer Organization: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
2019 - 2020
Teaching Experience 1
-
固体材料設計学 東北大学大学院工学研究科
Media Coverage 8
-
リチウム空気電池: 高エネルギー密度と高耐久性を誇るグラフェンメソスポンジ正極が、電池性能の新たな可能性を切り拓く
東北大学材料科学高等研究所
2025/01
Type: Internet
-
New graphene-based cathode design achieves impressive capacity, stability, and sustainability
WPI-AIMR
2024/12
Type: Internet
-
A New Benchmark for High-Performance Carbon Cathodes in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries Myself
WPI-AIMR
2023/11
Type: Internet
-
リチウム空気電池用カーボン正極の高容量とサイクル寿命の両立に成功 ~重さがリチウムイオン電池の数分の1になる次世代畜電池実用化に期待~
東北大学
2023/11
Type: Internet
-
Graphene mesosponge: a step towards practical lithium-oxygen batteries
東北大学材料科学高等研究所
2023/08
Type: Internet
-
カーボン新素材を発見、Li空気電池を長寿命化
EE Times Japan
2023/04
Type: Internet
-
「リチウム空気電池」実用化へ一歩、東北大がGMS採用で寿命6倍に成功
日刊工業新聞
2023/04
Type: Newspaper, magazine
-
リチウム空気電池を長寿命化するカーボン新素材を発見 従来のカーボン正極の劣化をグラフェンメソスポンジで克服
東北大学
2023/04
Type: Internet
Academic Activities 3
-
Guest Editor of Special Issue, ACS Applied Energy Materials
2025/01 - Present
Activity type: Academic society, research group, etc.
-
Youth Editorial Board, ACS Applied Energy Materials
2025/01 - Present
Activity type: Academic society, research group, etc.
-
Youth Editorial Board, Energy Materials and Devices
2024/01 - Present
Activity type: Academic society, research group, etc.