2019. 07-present: Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China; 2017. 07-2019. 06: Postdoctor, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China; 2014. 9-2017. 06: PhD, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China;

   1. Design and synthesis various efficient electrode materials for high-performance electrochemical batteries. 2. Develop flexible/stretchable self-powered batteries and supercapacitors.

   Physical Master students per year

   1. Dan Zhou*, Jingguang Yi, Xudong Zhao, Jiaqi Yang, Haoran Lu, Li-Zhen Fan. Confining ultrasmall CoP nanoparticles into nitrogen-doped porous carbonvia synchronous pyrolysis and phosphorization for enhanced potassium-ion storage, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 413, 127508. 2. Dan Zhou, Ning Wang*, Taotao Yang, Long Wang, Xia Cao*, Zhong Lin Wang*. A piezoelectric nanogenerator promotes highly stretchable and self-chargeable supercapacitors, Materials Horizons, 2020, 7, 2158−2167. 3. Dan Zhou*, Taotao Yang, Jiaqi Yang, Li-zhen Fan. A flexible self-charging sodium-ion full battery for self-powered wearable electronics, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 13267–13276. 4. Dan Zhou, Liping Xue, Long Wang, Ning Wang*, Woon-Ming Lau, Xia Cao*. Self-chargeable sodium-ion battery for soft electronics, Nano Energy, 2019, 61, 435−441. 5. Dan Zhou, Li-Zhen Fan*. Co2P nanoparticles encapsulated in 3D porous N-doped carbon nanosheet networks as an anode for high-performance sodium-ion batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 2139–2147.