1. Lithium/sulfur primary battery, low temperature power battery, lead carbon battery, lithium ion hybrid supercapacitor design and key material development, involving carbon materials, positive and negative active materials, separators, electrolytes, current collectors and battery structures.
2. Development of ion-conducting membranes for all-vanadium flow batteries, including ion exchange membranes, porous ion-conducting membranes.
1. Zhang, Hongzhang, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li, Zhensheng Mai, and Jianlu Zhang, 2011, Nanofiltration (NF) membranes: the next generation separators for all vanadium redox flow batteries (VRBs)? Energy & Environmental Science. 4(5): p. 1676.
2. Zhang, Hongzhang, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li, Zhensheng Mai, and Wenping Wei, 2012, Silica modified nanofiltration membranes with improved selectivity for redox flow battery application. Energy & Environmental Science. 5(4): p. 6299-6303.
3. Zhang, Hongzhang, Huamin Zhang, Fengxiang Zhang, Xianfeng Li, Yun Li, and Ivo Vankelecom, 2013, Advanced charged membranes with highly symmetric spongy structures for vanadium flow battery application. Energy & Environmental Science. 6(3): p. 776-781.
4. Ma, Yiwen., Hongzhang. Zhang, Baoshan. Wu, Meiri. Wang, Xianfeng. Li, and Huamin. Zhang, 2015, Lithium Sulfur Primary Battery with Super High Energy Density: Based on the Cauliflower-like Structured C/S Cathode. Sci Rep. 5: p. 14949.
5. Yang, Xiaofei, Yuqing Chen, Meiri Wang, Hongzhang Zhang, Xianfeng Li, and Huamin Zhang, 2016, Phase Inversion: A Universal Method to Create High-Performance Porous Electrodes for Nanoparticle-Based Energy Storage Devices. Advanced Functional Materials. 26(46): p. 8427-8434.
6. Qu, Chao, Yuqing Chen, Xiaofei Yang, Hongzhang Zhang, Xianfeng Li, and Huamin Zhang, 2017, LiNO 3 -free electrolyte for Li-S battery: A solvent of choice with low K sp of polysulfide and low dendrite of lithium. Nano Energy. 39: p. 262-272.
7. Yang, Xiaofei, Hongzhang Zhang, Yuqing Chen, Ying Yu, Xianfeng Li, and Huamin Zhang, 2017, Shapeable electrodes with extensive materials options and ultra-high loadings for energy storage devices. Nano Energy. 39: p. 418-428.
8. Zhang, Huamin, Xianfeng Li, and Hongzhang Zhang, Li–S and Li–O2 Batteries with High Specific Energy, in Li-S and Li-O2 Batteries with High Specific Energy: Research and Development. 2017, Springer Singapore: Singapore. p. 1-48.
9. Chen, Yuqing, Hongzhang Zhang, Wenbin Xu, Xiaofei Yang, Ying Yu, Xianfeng Li, and Huamin Zhang, 2018, Polysulfide Stabilization: A Pivotal Strategy to Achieve High Energy Density Li-S Batteries with Long Cycle Life. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(8). 1704987
10. Gou, Jian, Hongzhang Zhang, Xiaofei Yang, Yuqing Chen, Ying Yu, Xianfeng Li, and Huamin Zhang, 2018, Quasi-Stable Electroless Ni-P Deposition: A Pivotal Strategy to Create Flexible Li-S Pouch Batteries with Bench Mark Cycle Stability and Specific Capacity. Advanced Functional Materials. 28(20) 1707272.
