Educational Background

2008.09~2011.06:  PhD in Physical Chemistry, Soochow University

2003.09~2006.06:  Master of Science in Analytical Chemistry, Nanchang University

1999.09~2003.07:  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Nanchang University

Work experience

2025.03~Present: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Professor  (Level-3)

2025.01~Present: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,  Vice Dean (on secondment)

2024.03~2025.03: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Flexible Electronics Innovation Institute, Professor

2021.12~2024.03: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Professor

2021.05~2021.12: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Discipline Construction Office, Section Chief

2018.07~2021.05: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, University Appointed Professor

2017.09~2018.07: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Discipline Construction Office, Deputy Section Chief

2015.12~2017.09: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Associate Professor

2015.03~2015.12: Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Discipline Construction Office, Clerk

2013.03~2015.03: Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS/Jiangxi Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, Postdoctor

2011.07~2013.03: SAE Technologies Development CO., Ltd., Dongguan, Senior Engineer

2006.07~2008.08: Yichun University, Teacher

Research Field

Energy Storage and Photoelectrocatalysis of Low Dimensional Composite Materials

Research Achievements

My research interests are mainly focused on the preparation of new energy storage and conversion materials and device applications. At present, I have been selected as the academic and technological leader in major disciplines in Jiangxi Province, the Outstanding Young Talents Program in Jiangxi Province, and an excellent master's thesis advisor in Jiangxi Province. In recent years, as the project leader, I have led 4 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 8 provincial level projects (5 key projects). I have published over 80 SCI papers (the first or corresponding author) and gotten 16 authored invention patents, 1 third-class prize for natural science of Jiangxi Province, 2 first-class prizes and 1 second-class prize for scientific and technological achievements of universities in Jiangxi Province, 1 first-class prize and 1 second-class prize for graduate teaching achievements in Jiangxi Province. Among my graduate students, there having been 14 students who are matriculated for doctoral graduate students by famous universities. I serves as a responsible editor and editorial board member for two journals, as well as a part-time doctoral supervisor.

Representative Academic Papers

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-468X

[1] Liming Xu, Weiqiang Zhou*, Shixing Chao, Yanmei Liang, Xueqian Zhao, Congcong Liu*, Jingkun Xu*. Advanced Oxygen-Vacancy Ce-doped MoO₃ Ultra-Thin Nanoflakes Anode Materials Used as Asymmetric Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Energy Density. Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12, 2200101.

[2] Zian Huang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Meihua Hu, Mingming Zhang, Xueqian Zhao, Yize Li, Xiaojing Hao, Danqin Li*, Jingkun Xu. Ultralong lifespan and high energy density soft-pack asymmetric supercapacitors based on electrochemically activated porous nickel oxide nanosheet array. Chemical Engineering Journal 494 (2024) 152907.

[3] Xiaojing Hao, Weiqiang Zhou*, Zian Huang, Yize Li, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. High-performance soft-packaged supercapacitors with high energy density enabled by advanced boron-modified single-walled carbon nanotubes-enhanced nickel oxide. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 689 (2025) 137200.

[4] Yao He, Weiqiang Zhou*, Danqin Li, Yanmei Liang, Shixing Chao, Xueqian Zhao, Mingming Zhang, Jingkun Xu. Rare Earth Doping Engineering Tailoring Advanced Oxygen-Vacancy Co₃O₄ with Tunable Structures for High-Efficiency Energy Storage, Small, 2023, 19, 2206956.

[5] Yingying Zhang, Hui Zhang, Mingze Liu, Lei Feng, Yongze Ren, Jingkun Xu, Weiqiang Zhou*, Ting Xu. Vertically Aligned Micropillar Arrays Coated with a Conductive Polymer for Advanced Pseudocapacitance Energy Storage, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 8, 10805–10814.

[6] Liming Xu, Yingying Zhang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Fengxing Jiang, Hui Zhang, Qinglin Jiang, Yanhua Jia, Rui Wang, Aiqin Liang, Jingkun Xu, Xuemin Duan. Fused heterocyclic molecules functionalized N-doped reduced graphene oxide by non-covalent bonds for high-performance supercapacitors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 45202-45213.

[7] Zian Huang, Mingming Zhang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Rui Wang, Yize Li, Xiaojing Hao, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. Robust flexible high-performance hydrogel-based all-solid-state asymmetrical supercapacitors one-step assembled by simple freezing/thawing method, Journal of Energy Storage 117 (2025) 116179.

[8] Zian Huang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. MOFs-Derived Nanoarrays: A Promising Strategy for Next-Generation Supercapacitors. Chemical Record, 2025, e202400233 (Doi: 10.1002/tcr.202400233)

[9] Yufei Hu, Weiqiang Zhou*, Zian Huang, Xuemin Duan, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. Ce-Doped TiO₂ with Abundant Oxygen Vacancies Supported Pt Nanoparticles for High-Efficiency Photoelectrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1022 (2025) 179975.

[10] Xiaojing Hao, Tong Yang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Xuemin Duan, Zian Huang, Yize Li, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. Oxygen-vacancy B-doped NiO/reduced graphene oxide composite nanosheets for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor. Journal of Energy Storage 107 (2025) 114972.

[11] Yize Li, Weiqiang Zhou*, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. Multifunctional Non-Stoichiometric Tungsten Oxides: Synthesis, Properties and Application. Journal of Power Sources, 631 (2025) 236222.

[12] Yize Li, Weiqiang Zhou*, Xuemin Duan, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu, Zian Huang, Xiaojing Hao, Sea urchin-like Pr-doped W₁₈O₄₉ nanospheres for high-performance supercapacitors, Journal of Energy Storage 104 (2024) 114560.

[13] Yize Li, Weiqiang Zhou*, Zian Huang, Qinxue Pan, Xueqian Zhao, Mingming Zhang, Xiaojing Hao, Danqin Li, Jingkun Xu. Flexible Ce-doped WO₃ nanowire arrays with enriched oxygen vacancies for soft-packaged asymmetric supercapacitor. Applied Surface Science 655 (2024) 159616.

[14] Xueqian Zhao, Weiqiang Zhou*, Liming Xu, Danqin Li, Zian Huang, Mingming Zhang, Yize Li, Xiaojing Hao, Jingkun Xu*. Oxygen-vacancy Ce-MoO₃ nanosheets loaded Pt nanoparticles for super-efficient photoelectrocatalytic oxidation of methanol. Applied Surface Science 655 (2024) 159576.

[15] Mingming Zhang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Danqin Li, Zian Huang, Xueqian Zhao, Yize Li, Xiaojing Hao, Jingkun Xu. Conducting polymers/oxygen vacancies WO₃ vertically nanowire arrays supported on carbon cloth as advanced electrodes for high-performance supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage 74 (2023) 109401.

[16] Danhua Zhu, Zhengyou Zhu, Xiumei Ma, Jingkun Xu, Weiqiang Zhou*. Electrochemical synthesis of carboxaldehyde functionalized polyindole for highly efficient electrochemical energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage 72 (2023) 108369.

[17] Shixing Chao, Danqin Li, Weiqiang Zhou*, Yanmei Liang, Yao He, Jingkun Xu, Peipei Liu. Fused heteroaromatic benzothiazoles functionalized nitrogen-doped graphene by noncovalent bonds for high-performance supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage, 2023, 61 (2023) 106816.

[18] Yanmei Liang, Danhua Zhu, Shixing Chao, Meihua Hu, Danqin Li, Weiqiang Zhou*, Jingkun Xu, Xuemin Duan, Peipei Liu. Oxygen-vacancy europium-doped MnO₂ ultrathin nanosheets used as asymmetric supercapacitors. Journal of Energy Storage 60 (2023) 106673.

[19] Yao He, Weiqiang Zhou*, Jingkun Xu*. Rare Earth-Based Nanomaterials for Supercapacitors: Preparation, Structure Engineering and Application. ChemSusChem, 2022, 15, e202200469.

[20] Yao He, Aiqin Liang, Danhua Zhu, Meihua Hu, Liming Xu, Shixing Chao, Weiqiang Zhou*, Yanli Wu, Jingkun Xu, Feng Zhao. Organic-inorganic hybrid electrode engineering for high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor based on WO₃-CeO₂ nanowires with oxygen vacancies. Applied Surface Science 573 (2022) 151624.

[21] Liming Xu, Danhua Zhu, Weiqiang Zhou*, Fengxing Jiang, Yanli Wu, Yue Cai, Huan Kang, Jingkun Xu. One-step hydrothermal synthesis of N-doped graphene/poly5-hydroxyindole composite materials for supercapacitor with ultra-long cycle stability and ultra-high energy storage performance. Journal of Energy Storage, 43 (2021) 103303.

[22] Liming Xu, Yue Cai, Fengxing Jiang, Huan Kang, Jingkun Xu, Weiqiang Zhou*, Xuemin Duan. Significantly boosting energy storage capacity of N-doped graphene by non-covalent modification of fused heterocyclic small molecules. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2021, 5, 3073–3084.

[23] Yue Cai, Liming Xu, Huan Kang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Jingkun Xu, Xuemin Duan, Xinyu Lu, Quan Xu, Electrochemical self-assembled core/shell PEDOT@MoS₂ composite with ultra-high areal capacitance for supercapacitor. Electrochimica Acta 370, 2021, 137791.

[24] Yue Cai, Huan Kang, Fengxing Jiang, Liming Xu, Yao He, Jingkun Xu, Xuemin Duan, Weiqiang Zhou*, Xinyu Lu, Quan Xu. The construction of hierarchical PEDOT@MoS₂ nanocomposite for high-performance supercapacitor. Applied Surface Science 546 (2021) 149088.

[25] Huan Kang, Liming Xu, Yue Cai, Youfa Liu, Fengxing Jiang, Jingkun Xu, Weiqiang Zhou*. Using boronic acid functionalization to simultaneously enhance electrical conductivity and thermoelectric performance of free-standing polythiophene film. European Polymer Journal 144 (2021) 110208.

[26] Liming Xu, Jing Wu, Yingying Zhang, Fengxing Jiang, Hui Zhang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Jingkun Xu. Using nitroaromatic fused-heterocycle molecules as nitrogen source to hugely boost the capacitance performance of graphene. Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 354, 136703.

[27] Rui Wanga, Weiqiang Zhou*, Kaiwen Lin, Fengxing Jiang, Zhenfeng Wang, Jingkun Xu*, Yingying Zhang, Aiqin Liang, Guang ming Nie, Xuemin Duan. Highly efficient electrochemical energy storage of fluorinated nano-polyindoles. Electrochimica Acta, 349 (2020) 136410.

[28] Liming Xu, Jing Wu, Weiqiang Zhou,* Fengxing Jiang, Jingkun Xu. Binder-free hierarchical porous N-doped graphene directly anchored on carbon fiber cloth for high-performance electrochemical energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage, 31 (2020) 101682.

[29] Limin Xu, Danqin Li, Guo Ye, Yongbo Ding, Qianjie Zhou, Yanli Wu, Jing Wu, Yanan Chang, Weiqiang Zhou*, Jingkun Xu, Fangfang Ren, Xuemin Duan. High-efficiency electrodeposition of polyindole nanocomposite using MoS₂ nanosheets as electrolytes and their capacitive performance. Arabian Journal of Chemistry (2020) 13, 6061–6071.

Authorized Patent:

1. Weiqiang Zhou, Jingkun Xu, Jing Wu, Fengxing Jiang, Danhua Zhu. High capacitance polyindole nitrogen doped porous carbon material and its preparation method, Chinese invention patent: ZL 201710042992.8

2. Weiqiang Zhou, Yao He, Jingkun Xu, Fengxing Jiang, Xuemin Duan. A preparation method and application of high capacitance oxygen vacancy rare earth doped cobalt oxide nanosheets, Chinese invention patent: ZL 202111652444. X.

3. Weiqiang Zhou, Yao He, Jingkun Xu, Fengxing Jiang, Xuemin Duan. A method for assembling organic-inorganic composite supercapacitor electrodes layer by layer, Chinese invention patent: ZL 202111615050.7.

4. Weiqiang Zhou, Yao He, Jingkun Xu, Fengxing Jiang, Xuemin Duan. Preparation method and application of interwoven network poly (5-nitroindole)/Ce doped Co₃O₄ composite electrode, Chinese invention patent: ZL 202210679828.9.

5. Weiqiang Zhou, Yao He, Jingkun Xu, Fengxing Jiang, Xuemin Duan, Danqin Li. A high specific surface area oxygen vacancy europium doped Co₃O₄ nanoparticle and its preparation method, Chinese invention patent: ZL 202211241878.5.