• 2014.08 – 2019.02       Nanyang Technological University Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
• 2011.09 – 2014.01       Tianjin University M. S. in Materials Science and Engineering
• 2007.09 – 2011.07       Fuzhou University      B. S. in Materials Science and Engineering

• 2021.06 – Present      Assistant professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• 2019.07 – 2021.05      Senior Engineer at Central Research Institute (Watt Lab), Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China
• 2018.09 – 2019.07     Research Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Electrocatalysis（water splitting and fuel cell application）

oxygen evolution reaction（OER）/ hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) / oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)

• Next-generation high energy density battery

new electrode materials / fundamental studies

[1] Ye Zhou, External pressure: An overlooked metric in evaluating next-generation battery performance. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 31,100916, (2022).

[2] Ye Zhou, Shengnan Sun, Chao Wei, Yuanmiao Sun, Pinxian Xi, Zhenxing Feng, Zhichuan J Xu. Significance of Engineering the Octahedral Units to Promote the Oxygen Evolution Reaction of Spinel Oxides. Advanced Materials, 31, 1902509, (2019).

[3] Shengnan Sun⁺, Yuanmiao Sun⁺, Ye Zhou⁺, Shibo Xi, Xiao Ren, Bicheng Huang, Hanbin Liao, Luyuan Paul Wang, Yonghua Du, Zhichuan J Xu. Shifting Oxygen Charge Towards Octahedral Metal: A Way to Promote Water Oxidation on Cobalt Spinel Oxides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58(18), 6042-6047, (2019).

[4] Ye Zhou⁺, Shengnan Sun⁺, Jiajia Song, Shibo Xi, Bo Chen, Yonghua Du, Adrian C Fisher, Fangyi Cheng, Xin Wang, Hua Zhang, Zhichuan J Xu. Enlarged Co-O covalency in Octahedral Site Leading to Highly Efficient Spinel Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Advanced Materials, 30 (32), 1802912, (2018).

[5] Ye Zhou⁺, Shengnan Sun⁺, Shibo Xi, Yan Duan, Thirumany Sritharan, Yonghua Du, Zhichuan J Xu. Superexchange Effects on Oxygen Reduction Activity of Edge-Sharing [Co_xMn_1-xO₆] Octahedra in Spinel Oxide. Advanced Materials, 30 (11), 1705407, (2018).

[6] Ye Zhou, Shibo Xi, Jingxian Wang, Shengnan Sun, Chao Wei, Zhenxing Feng, Yonghua Du, Zhichuan J Xu. Revealing the Dominant Chemistry for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Small Oxide Nanoparticles. ACS Catalysis, 8 (1), 673-677, (2018).

[7] Ye Zhou, Yonghua Du, Shibo Xi, Zhichuan J X. Spinel Manganese Ferrites for Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Effect of Mn Valency and Occupation Site. Electrocatalysis, 9 (3), 287, (2018).

[8] Ting Wang, Yuanmiao Sun, Ye Zhou, Shengnan Sun, Xiao Hu, Yihu Dai, Shibo Xi, Yonghua Du, Yanhui Yang, and Zhichuan J. Xu. Identifying Influential Parameters of Octahedrally Coordinated Cations in Spinel ZnMn_xCo_2-xO₄ Oxides for the Oxidation Reaction. ACS Catalysis, 8 (9), 8568–8577, (2018).

[9] Yan Duan, Shengnan Sun, Shibo Xi, Xiao Ren, Ye Zhou, Ganlu Zhang, Haitao Yang, Yonghua Du, Zhichuan J Xu. Tailoring the Co 3d‑O 2p Covalency in LaCoO₃ by Fe Substitution to Promote Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Chemistry of Materials, 29, 10534−10541, (2017).

[10] Ying Liu, Hanbin Liao, Ye Zhou, Yonghua Du, Chao Wei, Jian Zhao, Shengnan Sun, Joachim SC Loo, Zhichuan J Xu. Fe₂O₃ nanoparticle/SWCNT composite electrode for sensitive electrocatalytic oxidation of hydroquinone. Electrochimica Acta, 180, 1059-1067, (2015).

[11] Shengnan Sun, Yuanmiao Sun, Ye Zhou, Jingjing Shen, Daniel Mandler, Ronny Neumann, Zhichuan J Xu. Switch of the Rate-Determining Step of Water Oxidation by Spin-Selected Electron Transfer in Spinel Oxides. Chemistry of Materials, 31, 19, 8106–8111, (2019).

• Nanyang Technological University   “MSE Doctorate Research Excellent Award ”  2019
• China Scholarship Council      “National outstanding oversea student scholarship”  2018