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Dong Zheng

Dong Zheng

  • Scientist III, Mechanical Engineering Department

Dr. Dong Zheng is research scientist in Professor Deyang Qu’s mechanical engineering group. Since 2010 Dr. Zheng  focuses on research of renewable energy and power sources. By utilizing electrochemical methods and other instrumental methods, Dr. Zheng has continuously contributed to several projects funded by DOE and JCI, including Li/Air battery, Li/S battery, Li-ion battery, and solid-state battery.

Education

  • PhD, Green Chemistry, University of Massachusetts-Boston, 2011
  • BS. Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, 1995

Research Interests

  • Lithium-ion Battery
  • Lithium Metal Battery
  • Solid-State Battery
  • LC/MS and GC/MS

Selected Publications

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  • Dong Zheng, Gongwei Wang, Dan Liu, Jingyu Si, Tianyao Ding, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “The Progress of Li–S Batteries—Understanding of the Sulfur Redox Mechanism: Dissolved Polysulfide Ions in the Electrolytes”, Advanced Materials Technologies,2018, 3, 1700233.
  • Dong Zheng, Gongwei Wang, Dan Liu, Joshua B. Harris, Tianyao Ding, Jingyu Si, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “Systematic and rapid screening for the redox shuttle inhibitors in lithium-sulfur batteries”, Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 282, 687-693.
  • Dong Zheng, Dan Liu, Joshua B. Harris, Tianyao Ding, Jingyu Si, Sergei Andrew, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “Investigation of the Li-S Battery Mechanism by Real-Time Monitoring of the Changes of Sulfur and Polysulfide Species during the Discharge and Charge”, ACS Materials and Interfaces, 2017, 9, 4326-4332.
  • Dong Zheng, Xiao‐Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “Reaction between Lithium Anode and Polysulfide Ions in a Lithium–Sulfur Battery”, ChemSusChem,2016, 9, 2348.
  • Dong Zheng, Xuran Zhang, Jiankun Wang, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “Reduction mechanism of sulfur in lithium-sulfur battery: From elemental sulfur to polysulfide”, Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 301, 312-316.
  • Dong Zheng, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Hung-Sui Lee, Deyang Qu, “Preferential solvation of lithium cations and the impacts on the oxygen reduction in Li-Air Batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 19923-19929.
  • Gerald Gourdin, Dong Zheng, Deyang Qu,“Adaption of kinetics to solid electrolyte interphase layer formation and application to electrolyte-soluble reaction products”, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 299, 451-459.
  • Dong Zheng, Xuran Zhang, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Hung-Sui Lee, Deyang Qu, “ Investigation of the electrocatalytic oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in. lithium-oxygen batteries”, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 288, 9-12.
  • Dong Zheng, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “Quantitative and qualitative determination of polysulfide species in the electrolyte of a lithium-sulfur battery using HPLC ESI/MS with one-step derivatization”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5, 1401888.
  • Dong Zheng, Xuran Zhang, Chao Li, Meg E. McKinnon, Rachel G. Sadok, Deyu Qu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Deyang Qu, “Quantitative chromatographic determination of dissolved elemental sulfur in the non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium-sulfur batteries”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society,2015,162, A203-206.