Dr. Wenhua Zuo

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElectrochemistry
KeywordsLithium ion batteries, Sodium layered transition metal oxides, Structural transformations, Sodium ion batteries, Synchrotron characterization

Current contact address

CountryPeople's Republic of China
CityXiamen
InstitutionXiamen University
InstituteCollege of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Homepagehttps://chem.xmu.edu.cn/info/1420/123385.htm

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Stefano PasseriniHelmholtz-Institut Ulm, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Ulm
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2021

Programme(s)

2021Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2026Yutong Liu, Wenhua Zuo, Wei Wang, Cong Lin, Qingsong Weng, Yinggang Zhu, Kai Zhang, Ke Du, Haihui Ruan, Feng Pan, Xuejie Huang, Xiang Liu, Hailong Yu, Guohua Chen & Qiang Liu: Dynamic delocalization of stress in brittle battery positive electrode active materials by shape-memory polymer nanocoating. In: Nature Nanotechnology, 21, 2026, 1154-1163
2026Wenhua Zuo, Zaichun Liu, Andrew Dopilka, Ziqi Yang, Yuqi Li, Joseph Kubal, Haegyeom Kim, Fang Liu, Ping Liu, Anh T. Ngo, Johanna Nelson Weker, Zonghai Chen, Robert Kostecki, Julie Wulf-Knoerzer, Venkat Srinivasan, Yi Cui, Khalil Amine & Gui-Liang Xu: Next-generation anodes for high-energy and low-cost sodium-ion batteries. In: Nature Reviews Materials, 11, 2026, 117-135
2025Wenhua Zuo, Fucheng Ren, Pallab Barai, Dewen Hou, Shiyuan Zhou, Guanyi Wang, Tianyi Li, Xin Jia, Yan Qin, Zhenzhen Yang, Wenqian Xu, Yuzi Liu, Hanfei Yan, Yong S. Chu, Yong Yang, Venkat Srinivasan, Xianghui Xiao, Khalil Amine & Gui-Liang Xu Gas-mediated defect engineering in earth-abundant Mn-rich layered oxides for non-aqueous sodium-based batteries. In: Nature Nanotechnology, 20, 2025, 1667
2025Wenhua Zuo, Huihuo Zheng, Tanjin He, Venkatram Vishwanath, Maria KY Chan, Rick L Stevens, Khalil Amine, Gui-Liang Xu: Large language models for batteries. In: Joule, 9, 2025,
2024Wenhua Zuo, Jihyeon Gim, Tianyi Li, Dewen Hou, Yibo Gao, Shiyuan Zhou, Chen Zhao, Xin Jia, Zhenzhen Yang, Yuzi Liu, Wenqian Xu, Xianghui Xiao, Gui-Liang Xu, Khalil Amine: Microstrain screening towards defect-less layered transition metal oxide cathodes. In: Nature Nanotechnology, 19, 2024, 1644-1653
2024Wenhua Zuo, Rui Liu, Jiyu Cai, Yonggang Hu, Manar Almazrouei, Xiangsi Liu, Tony Cui, Xin Jia, Emory Apodaca, Jakob Alami, Zonghai Chen, Tianyi Li, Wenqian Xu, Xianghui Xiao, Dilworth Parkinson, Yong Yang, Gui-Liang Xu, Khalil Amine: Nondestructive Analysis of Commercial Batteries. In: Chemical Reviews, 125, 2024, 369-444
2022Zuo, Wenhua; Xiao, Zhumei; Zarrabeitia, Maider; Xue, Xilai; Yang, Yong; Passerini, Stefano: Guidelines for Air-Stable Lithium/Sodium Layered Oxide Cathodes. In: ACS Materials Lett. (ACS Materials Letters), 4, 2022, 1074-1086
2022Zuo, Wenhua; Yang, Yong: Synthesis, Structure, Electrochemical Mechanisms, and Atmospheric Stability of Mn-Based Layered Oxide Cathodes for Sodium Ion Batteries. In: Acc. Mater. Res. (Accounts of Materials Research), 3, 2022, 709-720
2021Zuo, Wenhua and Liu, Xiangsi and Qiu, Jimin and Zhang, Dexin and Xiao, Zhumei and Xie, Jisheng and Ren, Fucheng and Wang, Jinming and Li, Yixiao and Ortiz, Gregorio F and others: Engineering Na+-layer spacings to stabilize Mn-based layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. In: Nature communications, 12, 2021, 1--11
2021Xiao, Zhumei and Zuo, Wenhua and Liu, Xiangsi and Xie, Jisheng and He, Huajin and Xiang, Yuxuan and Liu, Haodong and Yang, Yong: Insights of the Electrochemical Reversibility of P2-Type Sodium Manganese Oxide Cathodes via Modulation of Transition Metal Vacancies. In: ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 13, 2021, 38305--38314