News
2025
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20/7/2025
Zhiyuan was invited to deliver an invited talk with title "Li+ intercalation chemistry in 2D materials: scalable preparation, mechanism study and applications" in "2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2025" conference (https://www.2dtmds2025.com/) in Cambridge, United Kingdom, which is organized by Manish Chhowalla from University of Cambridge.
25/6/2025
Zhiyuan was invited to deliver an invited talk (25 min) with title "Intercalation in 2D Materials and In-Situ Studies" in "MRS Meetings Spotlight Series Workshop on 2D Materials" on June 25, 2025, a program of virtual workshops based on popular symposia from the MRS Spring and Fall Meetings. The goal of the Spotlight Series is to bring featured content from these symposia to participants from around the world who were not able to join MRS meeting in person for the Meeting.
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7/4/2025 ~ 11/4/2025
Zhiyuan was invited to deliver an invited talk (30 min) with title "Battery Intercalation for Material Synthesis and In Situ Liquid Phase TEM Studies" in "2025 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit" (https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/annual-meetings/2025-mrs-spring-meeting) in Seattle, Washington, United States, which was in Symposium: EN06: Materials for Energy-Storage Systems in Extreme Environments.
2024
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11/4/2024
Our Nature Reviews Chemistry paper "Intercalation in 2D materials and in-situ studies" is accepted, this is the 4th Nature Sister paper after we launch the lab in CityU since 2019. Congratulation to Ruijie and Liang! Special thanks to Prof Ju Li from MIT for his valuable comments and guidance!
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17/1/2024
Zhiyuan joined the Local Organizing Committee in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 2024 and International Meeting on Lithium Batteries 2024, welcome to attending these two international conferences in Hong Kong!
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5/1/2024
Zhiyuan got UGC Young Collaborative Research Grant (https://www.ugc.edu.hk/eng/rgc/funding_opport/crf/), which is a big grant (4,832,040 HKD) funded by Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, congratulations to the group! CRF supports multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary projects in order to encourage more research groups to engage in creative and high-quality cross-disciplinary / cross-institutional projects.
See the posts below:
College of Engineering post:
Website: https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceng/news/rgc-collaborative-research-fund-crf-202324-funding-results​
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2MivQIKeSi/
SKLMP post:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=839529971518623&set=a.451156090356015
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marine_SKLMP/status/1765321558460076272/photo/1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/95040332/admin/feed/posts/
Wechat: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0t84onO7B98TmISco5YKYA
MSE post:
2023
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8/10/2023-8/12/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "The 6th China (International) Symposium on Chemistry of Energy Materials" in Jinan, China by Shandong University.
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7/19/2023
Congratulation to Mr Liang Mei and Mr Qingyong Zhang for passing their PhD Defense! They are the 1st & 2nd PhD students graduating from Zeng Group@CityU, wish both of them all the best in the future career development! Special thanks to Prof. Qichun Zhang from CityU, Prof. Yang Chai from PolyU, and Prof Feng Wang from CityU for attending Liang and Qingyong's PhD Defense!
7/7/2023-7/10/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "China Materials Conference 2022-2023" in Shenzhen, China by Chinese Materials Research Society.
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6/26/2023-6/29/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to present "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides" in Cambridge, United Kingdom by Cambridge University.
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6/20/2023-6/24/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "EcoMat Conference 2023" in Hong KONG SAR, China by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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6/17/2023-6/19/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "The 33rd Annual Academic Meeting of the Chinese Chemical Society" in Qingdao, China by Chinese Chemical Society.
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5/24/2023-5/26/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "Yonsei University - City University of Hong Kong Joint Workshop" in Seoul, South Korea by Yonsei University.
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4/13/2023-4/16/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver a keynote talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "The 10th Shenzhen International Graphene Forum" in Shenzhen, China by Shenzhen Science Technology and Innovation Commission.
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4/7/2023-4/9/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "2023 International Symposium on Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis of the Chinese Chemical Society " in Chang Sha, China by Chinese Chemical Society.
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4/6/2023
Zhiyuan is invited to deliver an invited talk "Electrochemical Lithium Intercalation & Exfoliation in 2D TMD and its In-Situ Studies" in "the 1st In Situ Electrochemical Microanalysis Forum" in Xiamen, China by CHIPNOVA and ZEISS Microscopy.
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2/13/2023
Our Nature Synthesis paper "Synthesis of atomically thin sheets by the intercalation-based exfoliation of layered materials" is online today, this is the 3rd Nature Sister paper after we launch the lab in CityU since 2019. Congratulation to Ruijie, Yingying and Liang! Special thanks to Prof Ju Li from MIT for his valuable comments and guidance!
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2/1/2023
Our Nature Protocols paper "Fabrication of Liquid Cell for In-Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy of Electrochemical Processes" is officially online today with full issue number, this is the 2st Nature Sister paper after we launch the lab in CityU since 2019. Congratulation to Ruijie, Liang, Yingying and Qingyong! Special thanks to Prof Ju Li from MIT for his valuable comments and guidance!
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2022
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2/27/2022
Zhiyuan accepted the invitation to contribute to the Small Structure, thanks Dr. Jovia Jiang (Editor-in-Chief) for the invitation!
2/7/2022
Our Matter (Cell Sister Journal) paper "In situ TEM visualization of LiF nanosheet formation on the cathode-electrolyte interphase (CEI) in liquid-electrolyte lithium-ion batteries" is online today. Congratulation to Qingyong!
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1/12/2022
Our Nature Protocols paper "High-yield production of mono- or few-layer transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets by an electrochemical lithium ion intercalation-based exfoliation method" is online today, this is the 1st Nature Sister paper after we launch the lab in CityU since 2019. Congratulation to Ruijie, Liang and Qingyong!
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2021
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7/29/2021
Our manuscript "High-yield production of mono- or few-layer transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets by an electrochemical lithium ion intercalation-based exfoliation method" is in principle accepted by Nature Protocols Editor, this is the 1st Nature Sister paper accepted after I joined in CityU since 2019.
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5/12/2021
Zhiyuan accepted the invitation to contributors to the Small "Rising Stars" series.
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4/30/2021
Congratulations to Ruijie, our research article entitled "Highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution and simultaneous formaldehyde degradation over Z-scheme ZnIn2S4-NiO/BiVO4 hierarchical heterojunction under visible light irradiation" is accpeted by Chemical Engineering Journal.
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3/22/2021
Mr Kang Shen join our group as a visting PhD student for 6 month, welcome!
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3/4/2021
Mr Ting Ying join our group as PhD student, welcome!
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2/25/2021
Zhiyuan accepted the invitation to contributors to the Advanced Materials "Rising Stars" series.
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2/6/2021
Zhiyuan received the 2021 Emerging Investigators for Chemical Communications Award from Royal Society of Chemistry. Congratulations!
2/5/2021
Congratulations to Liang, our research article entitled "Size-Selective Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles on Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction" is accepted by Chemical Communications.
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2/1/2021
Dr. Huarong Peng join our group as a Visting Fellow for 1 year, welcome!
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1/5/2021
Dr. Xijun Xu join our group as a Visting Fellow for 1 year, welcome!
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2020
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11/18/2020
Congratulations to Prof. Zhiyuan Zeng for win the 2020 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field, by Clarivate Analytics, This list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that ranked in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science.
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10/5/2020
Dr. Jiangqi Zhao join our group as a Postdoc Fellow, welcome!
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10/3/2020
A group of new PhD students joined the team. Welcome, Yuefeng and Zhen!
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9/25/2020
Mr. Ruijie Yang join our group as a Research Assistant, welcome!
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9/3/2020
Congratulations to Ruijie, our review article entitled "MnO2-based materials for environmental applications" is accepted by Advanced Materials.
5/28/2020
Our collaborative research article with Dr Derek Ho in CityU-MSE entitled "Mn dopant induced high-valence Ni3+ sites and oxygen vacancies for enhanced water oxidation" is accepted by Mater. Chem. Front.
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5/20/2020
Zhiyuan received the 2020 Emerging Investigators for Journal of Materials Chemistry A Award from Royal Society of Chemistry. Congratulations!
5/19/2020
Congratulations to Qingyong and Liang, our review article entitled "Intercalation and Exfoliation Chemistry of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides" is accepted by Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
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5/14/2020
Our research article with Dr Haimei Zheng in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory entitled "Electrode Roughness Dependent Electrodeposition of Sodium at the Nanoscale" is accepted by Nano Energy.
4/21/2020
Our collaborative research article with Prof. Xiehong Cao in Zhejiang University of Technology entitled "Exploration of Energy Storage Materials for Water Desalination via Next-Generation Capacitive Deionization" is accepted by Front. Chem.
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3/13/2020
Congratulations to Liang, our research article entitled "Electrochemical Biosensing Platforms on Basis of Reduced Graphene Oxide and Its Composites with Au Nanodots" is accepted by Analyst.
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2019
11/21/2019
Our collaborative research article with Prof. Jeffrey D Rimer in University of Houston entitled "Crystallization of Mordenite Platelets using Cooperative Organic Structure-directing Agents" is published on Journal of the American Chemical Society.
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8/1/2019
A group of new PhD students joined the team. Welcome, Liang and Qingyong!
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7/4/2019
Congratulations to Prof. Zhiyuan Zeng for winning the Early Career Scheme award by Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.
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5/23/2019
Our collaborative research article with Dr Haimei Zheng in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory entitled "Formation of two-dimensional transition metal oxide nanosheets with nanoparticles as intermediates" is accepted by Nature Materials.​
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3/1/2019
Congratulations to Prof. Zhiyuan Zeng for win the 2018 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field, by Clarivate Analytics, This list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that ranked in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science.
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3/1/2019
Prof. Zhiyuan Zeng arrived in Hong Kong and started his appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong.