2023-6至今，兰州大学物理学院，青年研究员 2020-11至2023-6，兰州大学物理学院，萃英博士后，合作导师：周金元教授、谢二庆教授和傅杰财副教授 2015-9至2020-6，兰州大学物理学院，凝聚态物理，理学博士，导师：谢二庆教授、张振兴教授和傅杰财副教授 2011-9至2015-6，兰州大学物理学院，材料物理，理学学士

1. 水系储能器件（水系锌锰电池、超级电容器） 2. 氧化锰电极材料、碳电极材料储能机理研究

2022年，担任隆基课程《碳碳复合材料》的培训讲师 2015年至今，协助导师指导本科生：洪彦帅、陈国鹏、梅杰、黄泽宇、辛建宇、徐波、秦章杰，硕士生：崔鹏、李越、延剑峰、谭钧壬、邵智鹏、邓斯达、王盛渊、王九洲，博士生：刘宇鹏、孙振亨、崔晓莎

已经发表SCI论文46篇，总引1339次，H因子21。具体见主页 Researchgate主页：https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yaxiong-Zhang 谷歌学术主页：https://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=U2pPSIkAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN 其中以第一作者、共同第一作者以及通讯作者在Small、J. Energy Chem.、Chem. Eng. J.、J. Mater. Chem. A、J. Power Sources、J. Colloid Interface Sci. 等SCI期刊上发表论文18篇。具体如下：（#: Contributed equally; *: Corresponding authors） 1. Cui, X.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y.*; Sun, Z.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Xie, E.; Fu, J.*; Unraveling the electrochemical charge storage dynamics of defective Oxides-Based cathodes toward High-Performance aqueous Zinc-Ion batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 478, 147197. 2. Cui, X.; Huang, Z.; Xin, J.; Deng, S.; He, Y.; Zhang, Y.*; Zhang, J.; Chen, W.; Xie, E.; Fu, J.*, Intercalation chemistry engineering strategy enabled high mass loading and ultrastable electrodes for High-Performance aqueous electrochemical energy storage devices, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 660, 32-41. 3. Li, Y.#; Cui, X.#; Yan, J.; Zhang, Y.*; Xie, E.; Fu, J.*, Ferroelectric-Enhanced cathode kinetics toward High-Performance aqueous Zinc-Ion batteries. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2023, 650, 1605-1611. 4. Cui, X.; Zhang, Y.*; Zhang, J.; Xie, E.; Fu, J.*, Insight on the Energy Storage Mechanism and Kinetic Dynamic of Manganese Oxide-Based Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials Technologies 2023, 8 (16), 2300321. 5. Zhang, Y.#; Cui, X.#; Liu, Y.; Cheng, S.; Cui, P.; Wu, Y.; Sun, Z.; Shao, Z.; Fu, J.*; Xie, E.*, Aqueous Zn-MnO2 battery: Approaching the energy storage limit with deep Zn2+ pre-intercalation and revealing the ions insertion/extraction mechanisms. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2022, 67, 225-232. 6. Cui, X.#; Zhang, Y.#; Cheng, S.; Liu, Y.; Shao, Z.; Sun, Z.; Wu, Y.; Guo, H.; Fu, J.*; Xie, E.*, Achieving high-rate and durable aqueous rechargeable Zn-Ion batteries by enhancing the successive electrochemical conversion reactions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2022, 620, 127-134. 7. Zhang, Y.*; Xie, E.*, Functionalized and tip-open carbon nanotubes for high-performance symmetric supercapacitors. Dalton Transactions 2021, 50 (37), 12982-12989. 8. Zhang, Y.#; Liu, Y.#; Sun, Z.; Bai, Y.; Cheng, S.; Cui, P.; Zhang, J.; Su, Q.; Fu, J.*; Xie, E.*, Strategic harmonization of surface charge distribution with tunable redox radical for high-performing MnO2-based supercapacitor. Electrochimica Acta 2021, 375, 137979. 9. Zhang, Y.#; Fu, J.#*; Cui, P.; Cheng, S.; Cui, X.; Qin, T.; Zhou, J.; Zhang, Z.; Su, Q.; Xie, E.*, Low-crystalline birnessite-MnO2 nanograins for high-performance supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta 2021, 389 138761. 10. Zhang, Y.#; Cui, X.#; Fu, J.*; Liu, Y.; Wu, Y.; Zhou, J.; Zhang, Z.; Xie, E.*, Commercial-level mass-loading MnO2 with ion diffusion channels for high-performance aqueous energy storage devices. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9 (33), 17945-17954. 11. Cheng, S.#; Zhang, Y.#; Liu, Y.; Sun, Z.; Cui, P.; Zhang, J.; Hua, X.; Su, Q.; Fu, J.*; Xie, E.*, Energizing Fe2O3-based supercapacitors with tunable surface pseudocapacitance via physical spatial-confining strategy. Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 406 126875. 12. Zhang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Bai, Y.; Liu, Y.; Xie, E.*, Boosting the electrochemical properties of carbon materials as bipolar electrodes by introducing oxygen functional groups. RSC Advances 2020, 10 (58), 35295-35301. 13. Zhang, Y.#; Duan, S.#; Li, Y.; Zhang, S.; Wu, Y.; Ma, M.; Tao, C.; Zhang, Z.*; Qin, D.*; Xie, E., 2.6 V aqueous symmetric supercapacitors based on phosphorus-doped TiO2 nanotube arrays. Dalton Transactions 2020, 49 (6), 1785-1793. 14. Liu, Y.#; Zhang, Y.#; Sun, Z.; Cheng, S.; Cui, P.; Wu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Fu, J.*; Xie, E.*, New Insight into the Mechanism of Multivalent Ion Hybrid Supercapacitor: From the Effect of Potential Window Viewpoint. Small 2020, 16 (46), 2003403. 15. Zhang, Y.#; Liu, Y.#; Sun, Z.; Fu, J.*; Cheng, S.; Cui, P.; Zhou, J.; Zhang, Z.; Pan, X.; Han, W.; Xie, E.*, Versatile electrochemical activation strategy for high-performance supercapacitor in a model of MnO2. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7 (37), 21290-21298. 16. Zhang, Y.; Li, Y.; Mu, X.; Huang, B.; Du, J.; Zhang, S.; Liu, Y.; Fu, J.; Sheng, Y.; Zhang, Z.*; Xie, E.*, Nanofoaming to boost electrochemical performance of three-dimensional compressible carbon monoliths for robust supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta 2019, 297, 504-510. 17. Sun, Z.#; Zhang, Y.#; Liu, Y.; Fu, J.*; Cheng, S.; Cui, P.; Xie, E.*, New insight on the mechanism of electrochemical cycling effects in MnO2-based aqueous supercapacitor. Journal of Power Sources 2019, 436, 226795. 18. Zhang, Z.#*; Zhang, Y.#; Mu, X.; Du, J.; Wang, H.; Huang, B.; Zhou, J.; Pan, X.; Xie, E., The carbonization temperature effect on the electrochemical performance of nitrogen-doped carbon monoliths. Electrochimica Acta 2017, 242, 100-106.

1. 博士后科学基金面上项目，碱金属离子嵌入MnO2的电学过程和电化学动力学过程的研究，2020-11至2022-11，8万元，主持 2. 定向探索项目-博士后创新项目，基于微电化学研究锰氧化物的储能机制，2022-6至2024-6，10万元，主持 3. 国家自然科学基金面上项目，高比能微型超级电容器的三维电极设计与制备研究，2020-01 至 2023-12，60万元，参与（3）