Congratulations to Zou Kangyu for being awarded the 2021 Character Nomination Award of Central South University.

Another exciting football afternoon for Ji group.

Prof. Bingwen Hu from East China Normal University was invited by Prof. Ji to give a report titled "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Paramagnetic Resonance in Lithium Batteries".

Prof. Chenghao Yang from South China University of Technology was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online academic talk called "Grain Boundary Control of Battery Materials".

Prof. Shaohua Guo from Nanjing University was invited by Prof. Ji to give an academic lecture titled "Study on Transition Metal Ion Migration of Layered Oxide Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries".

Prof. Shenglin Xiong from Shandong University was invited by Prof. Ji to give a report titled "Structure-oriented Construction of Low-dimensional Carbon-based Composite Materials and Sodium/Potassium Storage Mechanism".

Prof. Shulei Chou from Wenzhou University was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online academic talk called "Sustainable and Safe Sodium-ion Battery: from Fundamental to Application".

Congratulations to A/Prof. Hou for being awarded "Excellent Teaching Prize" of undergraduate courses.

Prof. Zaiping Guo (The University of Adelaide) was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online academic talk called "Non-flammable Electrolytes for Emerging Potassium and Zinc Batteries".

Ji Group members enjoyed an interesting football afternoon.

Prof. Wei Yingliang from Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology visited Ji group.

Prof. Ji, represented by Chen Jun, was invited to give a talk with a title "Design and High-value Utilization of Cathode Materials for Lithium Batteries" at the Hunan (Changsha) Battery Expo.

A/Prof. Zou and Lecturer Deng visited Peng Dehuai Memorial Hall, an activity organized by the Department.

Congratulations to Zou Kangyu for being awarded the 2021 National Doctoral Scholarship and President Top-notch Scholarship.

Congratulations to Xu Laiqiang, Gao Xu, Luo Zheng and Chen Jun for winning the 2021 President Innovation Scholarship of Central South University.

Congratulations to Deng Xinglan and Li Shuo for winning the 2021 National Scholarship for Postgraduates.

Prof. Shizhang Qiao (The University of Adelaide) was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online academic talk called "Nanomaterial Design and Innovation for Electrocatalytic Refinery".

Prof. Ji, Prof. Yang, Prof. Song and Prof. Liu organized an international collaboration symposium between the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Central South University and the Department of Chemistry of University of Sheffield.

Congratulations! Prof. Ji and A/Prof. Hou have been selected as "Highly Cited Researchers" of Clarivate Analytics 2021.

Our Ph.D. student Gao Xu has finished his study as a visiting student in Prof. Yong-Mook Kang's research group at Korea University.

Prof. Craig Banks (Manchester Metropolitan University) was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online academic talk called "The Electrochemical Journey from Screen-printing to 3D Printing".

Prof. Ji was invited to give an online report called "Cationic-Potential Tuned Biphasic Layered Cathodes for Stable (De)Sodiation " at the 6^th International Conference on Advanced Electromaterials.

Prof. Petra Cameron (University of Bath) was invited by Prof. Ji to give an academic talk called "Perovskite Materials and Perovskite Solar Cells".

Ji Group members enjoyed a fascinating football afternoon.

Prof. Ji and A/Prof. Hou had a pleasant visit at Dongguan Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Guangdong province.

The 5^th Ji Group's Harmony Cup

An exciting volleyball match！

Prof. Ji, represented by Liu Huanqing, was invited to give a present talk on "Non Stoichiometric Design of High Performance P2/O3 Composite Cathode Materials" at the 6^th National Solid State Ionology Youth Academic Conference.

A/Prof. Zou, represented by Zou Kangyu, was invited to give a report titled "Research on the Load Transfer Mechanism and Performance Improvement of Anode Materials for Sodium Ion Capacitors" at the 6^th National Solid State Ionology Youth Academic Conference.

A/Prof. Hou, represented by Xu Laiqiang, was invited to give an academic lecture titled "Insight into the Performance of Carbon Dots Enhanced Solid-state Polymer Lithium Battery" at the 6^th National Solid State Ionology Youth Academic Conference.

Prof. Ji, represented by Mei Yu, was invited to give an academic lecture titled "Design and High-value Application of Cathode Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries" at the 3^rd International Conference on Advanced Energy Storage Materials and Devices.

Congratulations to Dr Wentao Deng and Dr Xuejing Qiu for finishing their postdoc.

Congratulaiton to Prof. Ji for being awarded "Outstanding Supervisor for Postgraduate Students".

Congratulaitons to Prof. Ji as a team member of Central South University Resources Recycle Innovation Team for being awarded as" Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Team".

Prof. Ji visited Dongguan LARGE Electronics Co., Ltd.

A/Prof. Hou & A/Prof. Zou have a glad visit at ZHUZHOU TIMES NEW MATERIAL. TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

A/Prof. Hou was invited to give a report titled "The Regulation and Application of CQDs in Energy Storage" at Chinese Materials Annual Meeting of 2021.

Postgraduates from the Ji Group participated Chinese Materials Annual Meeting of 2021 for academic exchanges.

Dr. Hu Xiaowei had a pleasant visit to Ji Group.

Congratulaiton to A/Prof. Hou for nomination as one of the Youth Editors of SmartMat.

Prof. Ji has a glad visit at Zhangjiagang Guotai Huarong New Chemical Materials Co.,Ltd.

Ji Group members enjoyed a fascinating football afternoon.

All the best wishes to our graduates: 2 doctors (Dr. Xu Wei and Dr. Shuai Honglei), 5 masters (Liu Cheng, Li Lin, Li Jiayang, Qiu Tianyun, Cai Peng) and 2 bachelors (Tu Hanyu and Tao Shusheng)! Proud of you, guys!

Prof. Xi Wang(CNRS) was invited by Prof. Ji to give a live presentation  "Microfabricated approaches for bioengineering and medical applications".

Prof. Hou, represented by Mr Zou Kangyu, was invited to present a talk on "Molecularly Compensated Pre-metallation Strategy for Metal-ion Battery and Capacitor" at the International Congress on Energy Chemistry and Engineering in Chengdu.

Prof. Ji, A/Prof. Hou and A/Prof. Zou visited Zhuzhou Ding Duan Equipment Co., Ltd.

Prof. Ji and A/Prof. Hou had a pleasant visit at HUNAN TIANTAITIANRUN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.

Congratulations! Dr. Xu Wei and Dr. Shuai Honglei have got their doctor's degree.

Congratulations! Miss. Li Lin, Miss. Qiu Tianyun, Mr. Liu Cheng, Miss. Li Jiayang and Mr. Cai Peng have got their master's degree.

Xinmin Forum of Central South University is successfully held, in which members are from Tsinghua University, Peking University and other universities/institutions.

A/Prof. Zou was invited to give a report titled “Study on the Energy Storage Mechanism of the Carbon Positive Electrode of Hybrid Ion Capacitor ”at 2021 Super Capacitor Industry Annual Conference and Seminar on Promotion of Localization of Key Materials.

Prof. Ji, represented by Dr. Liu, was invited to give an academic lecture titled "Key Issues of Fe/Mn Based Layered Cathode Materials" at the 2^nd International Electrochemical Energy System Conference.

Prof. Hu Xiangyu (Beijing University of Technology）and Prof. Cao Xiaoyu (Henan University of Technology) have a delighted visit to Ji's lab.

JiGroup are climbing Mt. yuelu!

A/Prof. Hou was invited to give a report titled "The Regulation and Application of CQDs in Energy Storage" at the 6^th National Conference on New Energy and New Chemical Materials cum National Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials.

A/Prof. Zou was invited to give a speech titled "Design of Electrode Material for High Performance Hybrid Ion Capacitor" at the 6^th National Conference on New Energy and New Chemical Materials cum National Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials.

Dr. Liu Jun, the director of radiology department (THE SECOND XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY), had a pleasant visit with Prof. Ji.

Prof. Zhanggui Hu (Tianjin University of Technology) visited Ji's lab with Prof. Ji.

Prof. Chen (University of Houston) was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online report called "Catalysts for Hydrogen Production from Seawater Electrolysis ".

Prof. Zhanggui Hu (Tianjin University of Technology) was invited by Prof. Ji to give a report tittled "Optical Functional Crystal and Its Application".

Doctors from Ji Group participated in the 32^th Chinese Chemical Society Congress for academic communication.

Dr. Xu was invited to give an academic lecture titled "Single Particle Electrochemistry for Cathode Materials in Lithium/Sodium Batteries" at the 32^th Chinese Chemical Society Congress.

Prof. Yun Zhang of SICHUAN UNIVERSITY and Prof. Ji have a meeting in Shanghai Institute of Space Power-Sources.

Prof. Yang (University of Siegen) was invited by Prof. Ji to give an online report called "Diamond Supercapacitors".

Prof. Ji was invited to give a live speech titled "Electrochemistry for Energy Storage Materials" at the 2021 International Forum on Graphene in Shenzhen.

Congratulaiton to Prof. Ji as a memeber of the Editorial Board of Battery Energy Journal.

Congratulations! Prof. Ji's article is highly appreciated.

Fighting!! An international football game of CSU Team versus Hengyang Club!

Dr. Peng Qian and Dr. Zhen Zhang, working in the Institute of Process Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Scientific Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences respectively, visited Ji's lab with Prof. Ji.

Prof. Ji was invited to give a live speech titled"Copper-Substituted Na_xMO₂ (M=Fe, Mn) Cathodes for Sodium Ion Batteries" at the Virtual Conference on Future Energy Materials.

Dr. Chiwei Wang came to CSU for energy project cooperation.

A/Prof. Hou & Zou are invited by Prof. Yang, having a pleasant trip at TONGREN UNIVERSITY in Guizhou Province.

Mr. Gu and Sun (Suzhou) visited Ji group with a pleasant comunication to the co-exchange project of transformation.

Mr. Li gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Improve the Initial Coulombic Efficiency and Rate Performance of Hard Carbon as Anode Materials for LIBs and SIBs".

Miss. Deng gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Study on the Dynamic Mechanism of Anion Doping to Enhance the Charge Transfer of Sodium Ion Capacitor Anode Materials".

Mr. Wang gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Preparation of Organic Metal Salt-based Carbon Materials and Their Application in Hybrid Ion Capacitors" .

Mr. Li gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Design and Performance Study of Electrolyte Additives for Stabilizing Lithium Metal Anode".

Miss. Guo gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Research on the Structure Design of Manganese-based Cathode Material and Its Application in Zinc-ion Battery".

Miss. Wang gave a master thesis proposal,  tittled"Application of Bi-based Materials Regulated by Carbon Dots in Alkaline Metal Ion Batteries".

Miss. Yin gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Research on High Nickel Ternary Layered Oxide Cathode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries".

Mr. Yang gave a master thesis proposal, tittled"Study on Synthesis and Modification of High Performance Olivine-type Lithium-ion Battery Cathode Materials".

Dr. Liu gave a PHD thesis proposal, tittled"Study on Layered Manganese-based Oxide Cathode Material for High-performance Sodium-ion Battery".

Dr. Luo gave a PHD thesis proposal, tittled"Phase Structure Design and Interface Mass Transfer Control of High-performance Lithium Metal Anode".

Dr. Chen gave a PHD thesis proposal, tittled"Structure Design and Performance Research of Lithium-rich Manganese-based Cathode".

Congratulations to Prof. Ji on the reward as a chemistry tutor in the Hunan Provincial Middle School Students' Science and Technology Innovation Reserve Talent Training Project.