Long engaged in the design and synthesis of organic functional materials, is committed to the development of energetic materials, new secondary battery organic materials, high-safety battery self-responsive smart materials. As a technical backbone to participate in the National Natural Science Foundation and the United States Department of Energy and other projects. He has published more than 20 SCI papers, including 10 papers as the first or corresponding author in journals with IF>10, including Adv. Funct. Mater., Nano Energy, Energy Storage Mater. Let's wait. Co-authored the Springer book Core-Shell and Yolk-Shell Nanocatalysts. Cooperated with Sigma-Aldrich Company to develop a number of organic electrode materials, applied for a US patent. Served as Energy Storage Mater., J. Mater. Chem. A, J. Clean. Prod. Reviewer of other journals

(1) Energetic materials
(2) Electrochemical energy storage materials and technologies

2012-2017, Wuhan University, PhD, Supervisor: Professor Ai Xinping
2019-2022, University of Wisconsin, USA, Postdoctoral Researcher and Co-Supervisor: Professor Deyang Qu

2022-present, Beijing Institute of Technology, Pre-appointed Assistant Professor

1. Ji, W.; Zhang, X.; Zheng, D.; Huang, H.*; Lambert, T. H.; Qu, D.* Practically Accessible All-Solid-State Batteries Enabled by Organosulfide Cathodes and Sulfide Electrolytes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 2202919.
2. Ji, W.; Zhang, X.; Qu, H.; Xin, L.; Luedtke, A.; Huang, H.*; Lambert, T. H.; Qu, D.* Polyimide as A Durable Cathode for All-Solid-State Li (Na)−Organic Batteries with Boosted Cell-Level Energy Density. Nano Energy 2022, 96, 107130.
3. Ji, W.; Zhang, X.; Xin, L.; Luedtke, A.; Zheng, D.; Huang, H.*; Lambert, T. H.; Qu, D.* A High-performance Organic Cathode Customized for Sulfide-Based All-Solid-State Batteries. Energy Storage Mater. 2022, 45, 680-686.
4. Ji, W.; Huang, H.; Zhang, X.; Zheng, D., Ding, T.; Lambert, T. H.*; Qu, D.* A Redox-active Organic Salt for Safer Na-ion Batteries. Nano Energy 2020, 72, 104705.
5. Ji, W.; Huang, H.; Zheng, D.; Zhang, X.; Ding, T.; Lambert, T. H.*; Qu, D.* A Redox-active Organic Cation for Safer Metallic Lithium-based Batteries. Energy Storage Mater. 2020, 32, 185-190.
6. Li, H.; Wang, F.; Zhang, C.; Ji, W.*; Qian, J.; Cao, Y.; Yang, H.; Ai, X*. A temperature-sensitive poly (3-octylpyrrole)/carbon composite as a conductive matrix of cathodes for building safer Li-ion batteries. Energy Storage Mater. 2019, 17, 275−283.
7. Ji, W.; Qu, H.; Zhang, X.; Zheng, D.; Qu, D.* Electrode Architecture Design to Promote Charge-Transport Kinetics in High-Loading and High-Energy Lithium-Based Batteries. Small Methods 2021, 5, 2100518.
8. Ji, W.; Zheng, D.; Zhang, X.; Ding, T.; Qu, D.* A kinetically stable anode interface for Li3YCl6-based all-solid-state lithium batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 15012−15018.
9. Ji, W., Huang, H.; Huang, X.; Zhang, X; Zheng, D.; Ding, T.; Chen, J.; Lambert, T. H.*; Qu, D.* A Redox-active Organic Cation for Safer High Energy Density Li-ion Batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 17156-17162.
10. Ji, W.; Wang, F.; Liu, D.; Qian, J.; Cao, Y.; Chen, Z.*; Yang, H.; Ai, X*. Building thermally stable Li-ion batteries using a temperature-responsive cathode. J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 11239−11246.