He has been engaged in the research of new secondary energy storage system for a long time. He published 29 articles and 19 SCI papers as the first author/corresponding author, one of which was highly cited by ESI, including Adv. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mater., Prog. Mater Sci. Etc., apply for 5 invention patents (4 authorized). National Natural Science Youth Foundation and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation; As a scientific research backbone, he has participated in the National Natural Foundation project, Guangdong Province key areas research and development program, National Key research and development, the US Department of Energy, the US National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society, and the US Army Research Laboratory and other scientific research projects, and has participated in many international conferences. He has held positions in Advanced Science, Energy Material Advances, Energy Storage Materials, Electrochimica Acta, ACS applied materials & interfaces and other academic journal reviewers. Won the first prize of Science and Technology Award of China Business Federation in 2023 as the main completion person. In 2023, he won the title of outstanding postdoctoral Fellow of Beijing Institute of Technology.

Mainly engaged in the preparation and mechanism analysis of key materials for new secondary energy storage systems, including the development of water zinc-ion battery electrodes and electrolytes, aluminum ion battery cathode materials, new calcium ion battery electrolytes, lithium ion and sodium ion battery sulfide solid electrolytes and other materials as well as electrochemical mechanism research.

(1) 2011-08 to 2017-05, PhD, Chemistry, Arizona State University, USA
(2) 2007-09 to 2011-07, Chemistry, Jilin University, China

(1) 2021-02 to 2023-12, Postdoc, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
(2) 2019-07 to 2020-12, Postdoctoral Fellow, Arizona State University, USA
(3) 2017-07 to 2019-06, Postdoctoral Fellow, Iowa State University, USA

[1] Zhao R, Yang J, Han X, Wang Y, Ni Q, Hu Z, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Stabilizing Zn Metal Anodes via Cation/Anion Regulation toward High Energy Density Zn‐Ion Batteries [J]. Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13(8): 2203542.
[2] Zhang A, Zhao R*, Wang Y, Yang J, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Regulating the electronic structure of manganese-based materials to optimize the performance of zinc-ion batteries [J]. Energy & Environmental Science, 2023, 16(8): 3240-301.
[3] Yue J, Li S, Chen S, Yang J, Lu X, Li Y, Zhao R*, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Initiating High-Voltage Multielectron Reactions in NASICON Cathodes for Aqueous Zinc/Sodium Batteries [J]. Energy Material Advances, 2023, 4: 0050.
[4] Yue J, Chen S, Yang J, Li S, Tan G, Zhao R*, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Multi‐ion Engineering Strategies Towards High Performance Aqueous Zinc‐based Batteries [J]. Advanced Materials, 2023: 2304040.
[5] Yue J, Chen S, Wang Y, Zhang A, Li S, Han X, Hu Z, Zhao R*, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Na+ Preintercalated MoO3 Microrods for Aqueous Zinc/Sodium Batteries with Enhanced Performance [J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15(47): 54488-98.
[6] Yang J, Zhao R*, Wang Y, Hu Z, Wang Y, Zhang A, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Insights on Artificial Interphases of Zn and Electrolyte: Protection Mechanisms, Constructing Techniques, Applicability, and Prospective [J]. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33(14): 2213510
[7] Yang J, Zhang A, Zhao R*, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Cation and Anion Modulation Strategies toward Ideal Zinc Artificial Interface [J]. Batteries & Supercaps, 2023, 6(10).
[8] Wang Y, Zhao R*, Liu M, Yang J, Zhang A, Yue J, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Suppressed Water Reactivity by Zincophilic‐Hydrophobic Electrolyte Additive for Superior Aqueous Zn Metal Batteries [J]. Advanced Energy Materials, 2023: 202302707.
[9] Hu Z, Zhao R*, Yang J, Wu C*, Bai Y*. Binders for Si based electrodes: Current status, modification strategies and perspective [J]. Energy Storage Materials, 2023, 59: 102776.
[10] Han X, Wu F, Zhao R, Bai Y, Wu C. Tremella-like Vanadium Tetrasulfide as a High-Performance Cathode Material for Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries [J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15(5): 6888-901.
[11] Zhao R, Hu G, Kmiec S, Wheaton J, Torres V M, Martin S W*. Grain‐Boundary‐Free Glassy Solid Electrolytes based on Sulfide Materials: Effects of Oxygen and Nitrogen Doping on Electrochemical Performance [J]. Batteries & Supercaps, 2022, 5(11): e202100356.
[12] Yang J, Zhao R*, Wang Y, Bai Y*, Wu C*. Regulating Uniform Zn Deposition via Hybrid Artificial Layer for Stable Aqueous Zn-Ion Batteries [J]. Energy Material Advances, 2022, 2022(2022): 9809626.
[13] Han X, Bai Y, Zhao R*, Li Y, Wu F, Wu C*. Electrolytes for rechargeable aluminum batteries [J]. Progress in Materials Science, 2022, 128: 100960.
[14] Zhao R, Hu G, Kmiec S, Gebhardt R, Whale A, Wheaton J, Martin S W*. New Amorphous Oxy-Sulfide Solid Electrolyte Material: Anion Exchange, Electrochemical Properties, and Lithium Dendrite Suppression via In Situ Interfacial Modification [J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13(23): 26841-52.
[15] Zhao R, Kmiec S, Hu G, Martin S W*. Lithium Thiosilicophosphate Glassy Solid Electrolytes Synthesized by High-Energy Ball-Milling and Melt-Quenching: Improved Suppression of Lithium Dendrite Growth by Si Doping [J]. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 12(2): 2327-37.