Han Wu

Dr Han Wu

Research Associate

Office of Engineering and Information Technology

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Dr. Han Wu is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Adelaide. He received both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Central South University, China, and obtained his PhD qualification from the University of Adelaide in 2025. His research focuses on aqueous batteries, particularly aqueous sodium-ion and zinc-ion batteries. Dr. Wu has published over 20 SCI papers and holds an h-index of 17 (Google Scholar). As first author or co-first author, he has contributed to high-impact journals including Joule, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, and Advanced Science.

Date Institution name Country Title
2021 - 2025 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2017 - 2020 Central South University China master
2013 - 2017 Central South University China B.E.

Year Citation
2025 Zhao, X., Hao, J., Chen, Q., Zhang, S. -J., Wu, H., Mao, L., & Qiao, S. (2025). Aqueous Zinc-bromine Battery with Highly Reversible Bromine Conversion Chemistry. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(20), e202502386-1-e202502386-10.
DOI Scopus14 WoS10 Europe PMC4
2025 Liu, J., Wu, H., Ye, C., & Qiao, S. (2025). High-Entropy Sulfides Catalyze Rate-Determining Redox in Fast-Charging Aqueous Zinc-Sulfur Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(28), e202503472-1-e202503472-8.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2025 Zhang, S. -J., Hao, J., Wu, H., Chen, Q., Hu, Y., Zhao, X., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Coordination Chemistry toward Advanced Zn–I₂ Batteries with Four-Electron I⁻/I⁰/I⁺ Conversion. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(19), 16350-16361.
DOI Scopus22 WoS26 Europe PMC8
2025 Wu, H., Zhang, S. J., Vongsvivut, J., Jaroniec, M., Hao, J., & Qiao, S. Z. (2025). Aqueous zinc-iodine batteries with ultra-high loading and advanced performance. Joule, 9(7), 102000-1-102000-11.
DOI Scopus13 WoS22
2025 Liu, J., Wu, H., Ye, C., & Qiao, S. (2025). High‐Entropy Sulfides Catalyze Rate‐Determining Redox in Fast‐Charging Aqueous Zinc–Sulfur Batteries. Angewandte Chemie, 137(28).
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2025 Liu, J., Chen, Y., Wu, H., Ye, C., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Anti-Corrosive Covalent Iodo-Thiadiazole Catalyst Enables Aqueous Zn─S Batteries with High Coulombic Efficiency. Advanced Materials, 37(43), e08570-1-e08570-8.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2025 Wu, H., Zhang, S. -J., Vongsvivut, J., Jiang, Y., Hao, J., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Quasi-Solid Cathode Additive Enables Highly Reversible Four-Electron I⁻/I⁰/I⁺ Conversion in Aqueous Zn-I₂ Batteries. Advanced Materials, e11680-1-e11680-10.
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2025 Zhang, S. -J., Hao, J., Wu, H., Hu, Y., Chen, Q., Johannessen, B., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2025). Electroactive ferrocene/ferrocenium redox coupling for shuttle-free aqueous zinc-iodine pouch cells. Nature Chemistry, 1-15.
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2024 Xu, X., Ren, S., Wu, H., Li, H., Ye, C., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2024). Establishing Exceptional Durability in Ultralow-Temperature Organic-Sodium Batteries via Stabilized Multiphase Conversions. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(2), 1619-1626.
DOI Scopus30 WoS28 Europe PMC11
2024 Wu, H., Hao, J., Jiang, Y., Jiao, Y., Liu, J., Xu, X., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2024). Alkaline-based aqueous sodium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage. Nature Communications, 15(1), 575-1-575-.
DOI Scopus122 WoS120 Europe PMC40
2024 Liu, T., Wu, H., Wang, H., Jiao, Y., Du, X., Wang, J., . . . Cui, G. (2024). A Molecular-Sieving Interphase Towards Low-Concentrated Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries.. Nano-micro letters, 16(1), 144.
DOI Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC5
2024 Hao, J., Zhang, S., Wu, H., Yuan, L., Davey, K., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2024). Advanced cathodes for aqueous Zn batteries beyond Zn²⁺ intercalation. Chemical Society Reviews, 53(9), 4312-4332.
DOI Scopus147 WoS155 Europe PMC54
2024 Wu, H., Hao, J., Zhang, S., Jiang, Y., Zhu, Y., Liu, J., . . . Qiao, S. -Z. (2024). Aqueous Zinc-Iodine Pouch Cells with Long Cycling Life and Low Self-Discharge. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(24), 16601-16608.
DOI Scopus100 WoS109 Europe PMC35
2024 Zhang, S. J., Hao, J., Wu, H., Chen, Q., Ye, C., & Qiao, S. Z. (2024). Protein Interfacial Gelation toward Shuttle-Free and Dendrite-Free Zn–Iodine Batteries. Advanced Materials, 36(35), 2404011-1-2404011-12.
DOI Scopus100 WoS84 Europe PMC33
2024 Zhang, S. -J., Hao, J., Wu, H., Kao, C. -C., Chen, Q., Ye, C., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2024). Toward High-Energy-Density Aqueous Zinc-Iodine Batteries: Multielectron Pathways. ACS Nano, 18(42), 28557-28574.
DOI Scopus47 WoS55 Europe PMC21
2023 Liu, J., Ye, C., Wu, H., Jaroniec, M., & Qiao, S. -Z. (2023). 2D Mesoporous Zincophilic Sieve for High-Rate Sulfur-Based Aqueous Zinc Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(9), 5384-5392.
DOI Scopus89 WoS89 Europe PMC40
2023 Liu, T., Du, X., Wu, H., Ren, Y., Wang, J., Wang, H., . . . Cui, G. (2023). A Bio-Inspired Methylation Approach to Salt-Concentrated Hydrogel Electrolytes for Long-Life Rechargeable Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(43), 12 pages.
DOI Scopus33 WoS32 Europe PMC13
2023 Zhang, J., Wu, H., Du, X., Zhang, H., Huang, L., Sun, F., . . . Cui, G. (2023). Smart Deep Eutectic Electrolyte Enabling Thermally Induced Shutdown Toward High-Safety Lithium Metal Batteries. ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS, 13(3), 12 pages.
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2022 Liu, T., Wu, H., Du, X., Wang, J., Chen, Z., Wang, H., . . . Cui, G. (2022). Water-Locked Eutectic Electrolyte Enables Long-Cycling Aqueous Sodium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(29), 33041-33051.
DOI Scopus38 WoS38 Europe PMC18
2021 Zhang, J., Zhang, J., Liu, T., Wu, H., Tian, S., Zhou, L., . . . Cui, G. (2021). Toward Low-Temperature Lithium Batteries: Advances and Prospects of Unconventional Electrolytes. ADVANCED ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH, 2(10), 17 pages.
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2020 Liu, T., Zhang, J., Han, W., Zhang, J., Ding, G., Dong, S., & Cui, G. (2020). Review-In Situ Polymerization for Integration and Interfacial Protection Towards Solid State Lithium Batteries. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY, 167(7), 9 pages.
DOI WoS123
2020 Yu, Z., Zhang, J., Wang, C., Hu, R., Du, X., Tang, B., . . . Cui, G. (2020). Flame-retardant concentrated electrolyte enabling a LiF-rich solid electrolyte interface to improve cycle performance of wide-temperature lithium-sulfur batteries. JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY, 51, 154-160.
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2019 Yang, J., Zhang, M., Chen, Z., Du, X., Huang, S., Tang, B., . . . Cui, G. (2019). Flame-retardant quasi-solid polymer electrolyte enabling sodium metal batteries with highly safe characteristic and superior cycling stability. NANO RESEARCH, 12(9), 2230-2237.
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2018 Xu, H., Luo, T., Wu, H., Yuan, L. -B., Zhao, S. -Q., Liang, W. -J., . . . Molina, M. J. (2018). An equilibrium isotope effect due to a strong hydrogen bond. Chemical Physics Letters, 713, 117-120.
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