Biography

Chunyi ZHI obtained a B.S. in Physics from Shandong University and a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After two years of a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan, he was promoted to ICYS researcher, researcher (faculty), and senior researcher (permanent position) at NIMS. Dr. Zhi is now a chair professor at MSE, CityU. Prof. Zhi has extensive experience in flexible energy storage, aqueous electrolyte batteries, zinc ion batteries, and highly thermally conducting insulating polymer composites. He has published over 500 papers with an h-index of 122 and other-citation of ~55000 (by Aug 2023). He has been granted more than 100 patents. Prof. Zhi is a recipient of the outstanding research award and the President’s Award City University of Hong Kong, the NML researcher award, and Beijing Science and Technology Award (first class). He is a Clarivate Analytics Global highly cited researcher (2019-2022, Materials Science), RSC fellow, member of The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences and RGC senior research fellow.

Research Interests/Areas

Aqueous electrolyte batteries, Zinc batteries, Solid-state batteries, Flexible energy storage, Catalysts for sustainable development.

Prizes/Honours

?  Highly Cited Researcher (Web of science) (2019-2022 Materials Science)
?  Member of Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (since Jan 2020)
?  RGC Senior Research Fellow
?  CityU President Award 2018
?  Outstanding research award for junior faculty, CityU, 2017
?  Outstanding supervisor award, CityU
?  Committee member of International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science
?  NML Researcher Award 2017
?  The First Prize of Beijing Science and Technology, Beijing Government, P. R. China, 2009
?  RSC Fellow
?  Fellowship, NIMS, 2006

Editor or Editorial Membership

?  Founding Editor-in-Chief, Nano Research Energy (Tsinghua Press)
?  Editor-in-Chief for functional materials, Material Research Letters
?  Associate Editor, Materials Futures
?  Executive advisory member of Small Methods
?  Advisory board member of Device
?  Editorial board member of npj Flexible Electronics, Green Energy & Environment Science, and Rare Metals

Selected Publications