Personal Profile
Yang Di, male, Han ethnicity, born in June 1994 in Benxi City, Liaoning Province, holds a PhD in Science, is a Tenure-Track Associate Professor and a Master’s Supervisor.
He graduated with a doctoral degree from the College of Physics, Jilin University in 2022 under the supervision of Professor Wei Yingjin.
His main research focuses on the optimal design and improvement mechanism of anodes for metal batteries.
He has accumulated abundant theoretical and practical experience in the field of metal battery anode research and achieved a series of research outcomes. He has published 24 SCI papers in top international energy materials journals including *Adv. Funct. Mater.*, *Nano Lett.*, *Energy Storage Mater.*, *ACS Nano*, *J Energy Chem.*, *Chem. Eng. J* and *Small*, and has filed 8 invention patents.
Mailing/Office Address: Room 335, Science Building, Harbin Engineering University
Email: yangdi163@hrbeu.edu.cn
Educational Background
2019.9-2022.6 Jilin University | Condensed Matter Physics | Doctoral Degree Graduated 2013.9-2017.7 Jilin University | Physics | Bachelor's Degree Graduated
Social Appointments
Young Editorial Board Member of *Chinese Chemical Letters* Member of Heilongjiang Optical Society
Research Direction
- New Energy
Work Experience
2022.6-2024.3 Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Teaching Information
College Physics Electrodynamics
Paper Achievements
1) Di Yang, Chunyu Zhao, Ruqian Lian, Lin Yang, Yizhan Wang, Yu Gao, Xu Xiao, Yury Gogotsi,* Xudong Wang, Gang Chen, and Yingjin Wei*, Mechanisms of the Planar Growth of Lithium Metal Enabled by the 2D Lattice Confinement from a Ti3C2Tx MXene Intermediate Layer, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31.(1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：19.0)
2) Di Yang, Jian Li, Fan Yang, Jun Li, Li He, Hainan Zhao, Luyao Wei, Yizhan Wang,* Xudong Wang, and Yingjin Wei*, A Rigid-Flexible Protecting Film with Surface Pits Structure for Dendrite-Free and High-Performance Lithium Metal Anode, Nano Lett. 2021, 21, 7063. (1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：10.8)
3) Di Yang, Xiaoyu Wu, Li He, Zhihui Sun, Hainan Zhao, Meiling Wang, Yizhan Wang, and Yingjin Wei*，Physicochemical Synergistic Separator Coating Induces Uniform and Rapid Deposition of Li and Zn Ions, Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 336. (1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：10.8)
4)Di Yang, Xiaoyu Wu, Li He, Hainan Zhao, Yizhan Wang,* Zeyu Zhang, Jingyi Qiu,* Xibang Chen, and Yingjin Wei*，Ionic Layer Epitaxy Growth of Organic/Inorganic Composite Protective Layers for Large-Area Li and Zn Metal Anodes, Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 11152. (1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：10.8)
5) Di Yang, Jinsheng Li, Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing, Jianbing Zhu*，Design Strategy and Comprehensive Performance Assessment towards Zn Anode for Alkaline Rechargeable Batteries, J. Energy Chem. 2023, 82, 122. (1区, Top, 卓越重点期刊，IF:13.1)
6) Di Yang, Jinsheng Li, Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing, Jianbing Zhu*，Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts towards Nitrogen Reduction for Ammonia: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous. Chem. Eng. J. 2023, 468, 143776. (1区, Top, IF:15.1)
7) Di Yang, Jinsheng Li, Changpeng Liu, Junjie Ge, Wei Xing, and Jianbing Zhu*，Regulating the MXene−Zinc Interfacial Structure toward a Highly Revisable Metal Anode of Zinc−Air Batteries. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 10651. (2区, Top, IF：9.5)
8）Yuqiang Zhang, Weiqiang Xiao, Yingying Zhao*, Jinhang Li, Di Yang*, Chunling Zhu*, Yujin Chen*，Vanadium Molybdenum Disulfide Nanosheets Anchoring on Carbon Cloth as High-Energy Density Cathode for Magnesium–Lithium Hybrid Batteries. Small 2024, 2406683
9) Y. Y. Zhao, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 421, 129715. (1区, Top, IF：15.1)
10) L. He, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 440, 135820. (1区, Top, IF：15.1)
11) L. He, X. Y. Z, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 7411. (1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：10.8)
12) J. Zhang, J. Su, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Nano Lett. 2023, 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03983. (1区, Top, Nature Index,IF：10.8)
13) X. Wang, K. Li, D. Yang, J. B. Zhu*, Small, Accept. (1区, Top, IF:15.9)
14) Y. Y. Zhao, D. S. Wang, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Energy Storage Mater. 2019, 23, 749.(1区, Top, IF:20.4)
15) H. N. Zhao, Q. Fu, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, ACS Nano, 2020, 9, 11809.(1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：17.1)
16) M. L. Wang, X. Y. Wu, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 451, 138589. (1区, Top, IF：15.1)
17) A. Y. Su, J. Li, J. J. Dong, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Small, 2020, 16. (1区, Top, IF:15.9)
18) D. S. Wang, Y. Y. Zhao, R. Q. Lian, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 15985. (2区, Top, IF：11.9)
19) Y. Meng, Y. Y. Zhao, D. S. Wang, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6, 5782. (2区, Top, IF：11.9)
20) J. R. S, X. X. Y, H. N. Z, H. J. Y, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, Nano Lett., 2022, 22, 1549. (1区, Top, Nature Index, IF：10.8)
21) L. Y. W, R. Q. L, D. S. W, Y. Y. Z, D. Yang, Y. J. Wei*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 30625. (2区, Top, IF：9.5)
22) C. F. Liu, H. Y. Wu, X. T. Wang, J. X. Fan, H. Su, D. Yang, Y. Gao*, Energy Storage Mater., 2023, 54, 164.( 1区, Top, IF:20.4)
23) R. X. Zheng, Q. L. Meng, H. Z, D. Yang, X. L. Xiao*, W. Xing*, J. Energy Chem. 2024, 90, 7.(1区, Top, IF:13.1)
24）Z. Z. Luo, S. K. Liu, Y. Y. Zhao, J. H. Li, D. Yang, C. L. Zhu, Y. J. Chen*, J. Power Sources, 2025, 629, 235972.
Patent Achievements
(1) Wei Yingjin; Yang Di; Wang Chunzhong; Chen Gang; Zhang Chuanren; Polymer composite membrane and its preparation method, composite electrode sheet and its preparation method, and lithium metal secondary battery, 2020-04-27, China, CN202010342748.5
(2) Wei Yingjin; Yang Di; Gao Yu; Chen Gang; A current collector for lithium metal anode and its preparation method, composite anode and lithium metal secondary battery, 2020-06-18, China, CN202010558982.1
(3) Wei Yingjin; Sun Zhihui; Yang Di; Wang Yizhan; A preparation method of high specific energy lithium metal battery, 2024-08-02, China, ZL202210962611.9
(4) Xiao Meiling; Meng Qinglei; Xing Wei; Liu Changpeng; Zhu Jianbing; Zhang Li; Zheng Ruixue; Li Jinsheng; Yang Di; A non-precious metal electrocatalyst for water electrolysis and its preparation method, 2023-04-28, China, CN202310477892.3
(5) Xing Wei; Wang Liuqing; Zhu Jianbing; Xiao Meiling; Liu Changpeng; Meng Qinglei; Li Jinsheng; Yang Di; A nickel-iron layered double hydroxide electrocatalyst and its preparation method, 2024-02-05, China, CN202410162913.7
(6) Zhu Jianbing; Zeng Youze; Xiao Meiling; Meng Qinglei; Li Jinsheng; Yang Di; A bimetallic oxygen reduction catalyst and its preparation method, 2024-03-05, China, CN202410248796.6
(7) Zhao Yingying; Liu Shaokang; Yang Di; Chen Yujin; Zhu Chunling; An open rechargeable full-seawater battery and its preparation method, 2025-01-20, China, CN2025100863201
(8) Zhao Yingying; Xiao Weiqiang; Yan Feng; Yang Di; Chen Yujin; Zhu Chunling; A metal-loaded ultra-light graphene aerogel for lithium-sulfur batteries and its preparation method, 2025-01-22, China, CN2025101023668
Undertaken Projects
(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Science Fund Project (Category C), Bidirectional regulation of zinc ions by photoexcited dynamic electric field and its dendrite inhibition mechanism, 2026-01-01 to 2028-12-31 (Note: The original "20238" is corrected to "2028"), 300,000 yuan, ongoing, Principal Investigator
(2) 2024 Provincial Natural Science Foundation Joint Guidance Project, Research on ion regulation mechanism at the anode interface of zinc-air batteries, 2024-07 to 2027-07, ongoing, Principal Investigator
(3) 2024 Central University "Emerging Direction Cultivation Special Plan" Project, Research on zinc-air energy storage technology for low-altitude UAV equipment, 2024-01 to 2024-12, ongoing, Principal Investigator
(4) National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, Precise construction of chiral two-dimensional nanomaterials by interfacial epitaxy and their physical properties, 2022-01-01 to 2025-12-31, 600,000 yuan, ongoing, Participant
(5) National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, Hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structure deposition of metallic lithium on MXene current collectors and its mechanism for inhibiting dendrite growth, 2020-01-01 to 2023-12-31, 600,000 yuan, funded period expired, Participant
(6) Jilin Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Natural Science Foundation, Controllable preparation of hexagonal close-packed (hcp) structured lithium metal anode and its mechanism for inhibiting dendrite growth, 2020-01 to 2022-12, 80,000 yuan, concluded, Participant
