研究领域或方向
? 先进功能碳材料的工业化应用与基础研究，主要包括：人造石墨，石墨烯粉体制备与功能化，超级活性碳（多孔碳材料），石墨烯微米管，柔性碳纤维纸；
? 能量存储与转换，主要包括：Li-S电池，锂离子电池，钠离子电池和超级电容器；
? 低温余热回收与发电系统研究，主要包括：浓差电池，烟气燃料电池，电化学脱硫脱硝技术
? 电化学催化，主要包括：氧还原反应（ORR）催化剂的制备与优化，裂解水催化剂制备与优化（OER 和 HER）。
工作经历
? 2016.12-至今，西安交通大学，材料科学与工程学院，副教授
? 2015.12-2016.12，University of Wollongong Australia, 超导与电子材料研究所(ISEM)，访问****
? 2012.7-2016.12，西安交通大学，材料科学与工程学院，讲师
科研项目（时间倒序）
? 企业项目，高性能石墨烯的制备及应用研究，2019.12-2021.12，在研，主持人
? 国家自然科学基金，**，具有生物质孔道形态三维石墨烯网络的制备及储能应用，2017.1-2019.12，在研，主持人。
? 中国博士后基金，2012M521760, 矩形聚苯胺管的生长机理研究及其在Li-S电池中的应用， 2012.10-2014.10. 结题，主持人。
学术成果
(1) Wei, Xuedong*; Liu, Nan; Chen, Weifeng; Qiao, Shuangyan; Chen, Yuanzhen*, Three-phase composites of NiFe2O4/Ni@C nanoparticles derived from metal-organic frameworks as electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction. Nanotechnology 2021, 32, 175701.
(2) Shi, Ming; Xin, Yanfei; Chen, Xinxing; Zou, Kunyang; Jing, Weitao; Sun, Junjie; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Liu, Yongning*, Coal-derived porous activated carbon with ultrahigh specific surface area and excellent electrochemical performance for supercapacitors. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2021, 859, 157856.
(3) Shi, Ming; Song, Changlei; Tai, Zige; Zou, Kunyang; Duan, Yue; Dai, Xin; Sun, Junjie; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Liu, Yongning*, Coal-derived synthetic graphite with high specific capacity and excellent cyclic stability as anode material for lithium-ion batteries. Fuel 2021, 292, 120250.
(4) Dai, Xin; Xin, Yanfei; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Tan, Qiang; Liu, Yongning, NiFe hydroxide pillared by metaborate for efficient oxygen evolution reaction. Electrochimica Acta 2021, 366, 137427.
(5) Zou, Kunyang; Li, Na; Dai, Xin; Jing, Weitao; Shi, Ming; Lu, Chenjie; Tan, Qiang; Xin, Yanfei; Sun, Junjie; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Liu, Yongning*, Lightweight Freestanding CeF3 Nanorod/Carbon Nanotube Composite Interlayer for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020, 3, 5732-5742.
(6) Shi, Ming; Tai, Zige; Li, Na; Zou, Kunyang; Chen, Yuanzhen; Sun, Junjie; Liu, Yongning, Spherical graphite produced from waste semi-coke with enhanced properties as an anode material for Li-ion batteries. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2019, 3, 3116-3127.
(7) Liu, Yan; Chen, Yuanzhen; Ming, Jun; Chen, Li; Shu, Chengyong; Qu, Ting; Tan, Qiang; Liu, Yongning; Asefa, Tewodros, Harvesting waste heat energy by promoting H+-ion concentration difference with a fuel cell structure. Nano Energy 2019, 57, 101-107.
(8) Chen, Yuanzhen#; Zhou, Tengfei#; Li, Lei; Pang, Wei Kong; He, Xingmin; Liu, Yong-Ning*; Guo, Zaiping*, Interfacial Engineering of Nickel Boride/Metaborate and Its Effect on High Energy Density Asymmetric Supercapacitors. ACS Nano 2019, 13, 9376-9385.
(9) Yu, Zheyin; Chen, Yuanzhen; Cheng, Zhenxiang; Tsekouras, George; Li, Xiaoning; Wang, Xiaolin; Kong, Xiangyang; Dou, Shi Xue, Enzyme-catalysed room temperature and atmospheric pressure synthesis of metal carbonate hydroxides for energy storage. Nano Energy 2018, 54, 200-208.
(10) Shu, Chengyong; Song, Bo; Wei, Xuedong; Liu, Yan; Tan, Qiang; Chong, Shaokun; Chen, YuanZhen*; Yang, Xiao-dong; Yang, Wei-Hua; Liu, Yongning, Mesoporous 3D nitrogen-doped yolk-shelled carbon spheres for direct methanol fuel cells with polymer fiber membranes. Carbon 2018, 129, 613-620.
(11) Shu, Chengyong; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Yang, Xiao-Dong; Liu, Yan; Chong, Shaokun; Fang, Yuan; Liu, Yongning; Yang, Wei-Hua, Enhanced Fe dispersion via “pinning” effect of thiocyanate ion on ferric ion in Fe-NS-doped catalyst as an excellent oxygen reduction reaction electrode. Journal of Power Sources 2018, 376, 161-167.
(12) Shi, Ming; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Wen, Hua; Liu, Yongning, One-step heat treatment to process semi-coke powders as an anode material with superior rate performance for Li-ion batteries. RSC Advances 2018, 8, 41207-41217.
(13) Liu, Yan; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Li, Sai; Shu, Chenyong; Fang, Yuan; Song, Bo, Improved Charge Transfer in a Mn2O3@Co1.2Ni1.8O4 Hybrid for Highly Stable Alkaline Direct Methanol Fuel Cells with Good Methanol Tolerance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10, 9485-9494.
(14) Liu, Yan; Shu, Chengyong; Fang, Yuan; Chen, Yuanzhen; Liu, Yongning, Two 3D structured Co-Ni bimetallic oxides as cathode catalysts for high-performance alkaline direct methanol fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources 2017, 361, 160-169.
(15) Chen, Yuanzhen; Zhou, Tengfei; Liu, Yongning; Guo, Zaiping, In situ formation of a carbon fiber@Ni3S2 non-woven electrode with ultrahigh areal and volumetric capacitance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 23476-23480.
(16) Chen, Yuanzhen; Pang, Wei Kong; Bai, Haihua; Zhou, Tengfei; Liu, Yongning; Li, Sai; Guo, Zaiping, Enhanced Structural Stability of Nickel–Cobalt Hydroxide via Intrinsic Pillar Effect of Metaborate for High-Power and Long-Life Supercapacitor Electrodes. Nano Letters 2017, 17, 429-436.
(17) Yan, Wuwei; Wen, Hua; Chen, Yuanzhen*; Wang, Yanping; Liu, Yongning, The characterization and electrochemical performance of Li Li0.2Ni0.4Mn0.4 O-2 material prepared by a combustion method. Journal of Power Sources 2015, 277, 76-83.
(18) Chen, Yuanzhen; Dong, Shujuan; Li, Sai; Liu, Yongning; Yan, Wei, Preparation and Growth of N-Doped Hollow Carbon Nanospheres and Their Application as Catalyst Support in Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2015, 15, 3862-3869.
(19) Chen, Yuanzhen; Liu, Yongning; Yan, Wei, Preparation of porous (Ni,Co)3(BO3)2/Ni(OH)2 nanosheet networks as pseudocapacitor materials with superior performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 5903-5909.
(20) Chen, Yuanzhen; Liu, Yongning, Preparation of porous carbon with high dispersion of Ru nanoparticles by sol-gel method and its application in hydrogen storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 9193-9199.
(21) Chen, Yuanzhen; Wang, Beiping; Dong, Shujuan; Wang, Yanping; Liu, Yongning, Rectangular microscale carbon tubes with protuberant wall for high-rate electrochemical capacitors. Electrochimica Acta 2012, 80, 34-40.
(22) Chen, Yuanzhen; Cao, Xiuzhen; Zhu, Haiyan; Liu, Yongning, Preparation of a porous carbon from ferrocene-loaded polyaniline and its use in hydrogen adsorption. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2012, 37, 7629-7637.
(23) Chen, Yuanzhen; Zhu, Haiyan; Liu, Yongning, Preparation of activated rectangular polyaniline-based carbon tubes and their application in hydrogen adsorption. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2011, 36, 11738-11745.
(24) Chen, Yuanzhen; Liu, Qing; Yan, Yisheng; Cheng, Xiaohua; Liu, Yongning, Influence of sample cell physisorption on measurements of hydrogen storage of carbon materials using a Sieverts apparatus. Carbon 2010, 48, 714-720.