People. Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Dallas.

YUE ZHOU

zhou@utdallas.edu
Office: ECSW 4.355B
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

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Education

Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017
PhD, the Pennsylvania State University, 2015
MS, Nanjing University, 2011
BS, Nanjing University, 2008

Research Interests

Energy storage, Energy conversion, Advanced manufacturing, Electronic materials and devices

Five Most Recent Journal Publications, Book Chapters, and Books

  • J. Pokharel, A. Cresce, B. Pant, M. Y. Yang, A. Gurung, W. He, A. Baniya, B. Lamsal, Z. Yang, S. Gent, X. Xian, Y. Cao*, W. Goddard III*, K. Xu*, Y. Zhou*, “Manipulating the Diffusion Energy Barrier at the Lithium Metal Electrolyte Interface for Dendrite-free Long-life Batteries”, Nature Communications, Accepted, 2024.
  • W. He, Y. Ren, B. Lamsal, J. Pokharel, K. Zhang, P. Kharel, J. J. Wu, X. Xian, Y. Cao*, Yue Zhou*, “Decreasing Water Activity by Tetrahydrofuran Electrolyte Additive for Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 6647 (2023).
  • W. He; K. Chen; R. Pathak; M. Hummel; K. M. Reza; N. Ghimire; J. Pokharel; S. Lu; Z. Gu; Q. Qiao; Y. Zhou*, “High-Mass-Loading Sn-based Anode Boosted by Pseudocapacitance for Long-life Sodium-Ion Batteries”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 414, 128638 (2021).
  • R. Pathak, K. Chen, A. Gurung, K. M. Reza, B. Bahrami, J. Pokharel, A. Baniya, W. He, F. Wu, Y. Zhou*, K. Xu*, Q. Qiao*, “Fluorinated Hybrid Solid Interface for Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition”, Nature Communications, 11, 1 (2020).
  • K. Chen, R. Pathak, A. Gurung, E. Adhamash, B. Bahrami, Q. He, A. Smirnova, J. J. Wu, Q. Qiao and Y. Zhou*, “Flower-Shaped Lithium Nitride as a Protective Layer via Facile Plasma Activation for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes”, Energy Storage Materials, 18, 389 (2019).

Major Honors and Awards

  • 2023 Jonsson School Assistant Professor Research Award
  • 2022 ONR Young Investigator Award
  • 2022 NSF Faculty Early Career Award