长期从事新型二次储能体系方面的研究。发表文章29篇，以第一作者/通讯作者发表SCI论文19篇，其中一篇为ESI高被引文章，包括Adv. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mater., Prog. Mater Sci.等，申请发明专利5项（4项已授权）。承担国家自然科学青年基金，中国博士后科学基金面上资助项目；作为科研骨干参加国家自然基金面上项目、广东省重点领域研发计划项目、国家重点研发、美国能源部、美国国家科学基金会、美国化学学会、以及美国陆军研究实验室等科研项目，参加过多次国际会议。担任Advanced Science、Energy Material Advances、Energy Storage Materials、Electrochimica Acta、ACS applied materials & interfaces等学术期刊审稿人。作为主要完成人获得2023年度中国商业联合会科学技术奖一等奖。2023年取得北京理工大学优秀博士后称号。

主要从事新型二次储能体系关键材料的制备与机理解析，包括水系锌离子电池电极及电解质、铝离子电池正极材料、新型钙离子电池电解质、锂离子及钠离子电池硫化物固态电解质等材料的研发以及电化学机制研究工作。

(1) 2011-08 至 2017-05, 美国，Arizona State University, 化学, 博士
(2) 2007-09 至 2011-07, 中国，吉林大学, 化学, 学士

(1) 2021-02 至 2023-12, 中国，北京理工大学,博士后
(2) 2019-07 至 2020-12, 美国，Arizona State University，博士后
(3) 2017-07 至 2019-06, 美国，Iowa State University，博士后

[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.
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[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.