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Northwestern University

Qianqian Li, PhD

qianqianPostdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
Room: 1137 Cook Hall
2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 847-491-7794
 Email: qianqian.li@northwestern.edu



Educational Background

2014.09-Present      Post-doctor fellowship at NUANCE Center, Northwestern University

2011.04- 2014.07    Ph.D. in Institute of Applied Mechanics, Zhejiang University

2009.09-2011.04     Master in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

2005.09-2009.06     Bachelor in School of Material Science and Engineering, University of Jinan


Research Objectives and Approach

Synthesis and modification of electrode materials and in-situ TEM study on fundamental mechanism of these high-density energy storage materials during electrochemical cycling. 


Journal Publications

  • Li, Q. Q.; Wang, P.; Feng, Q.; Mao, M. M.; Liu, J. B.; Wang, H. T.; Mao, Scott X.; In-situ TEM on the Reversibility of Nano-sized Sn Anodes during Electrochemical Reaction. Chemisty of Materials 2014, 26, 4102-4108. (IF=8.238)
  • Li, Q. Q.; Wang, P.; Feng, Q.; Mao, M. M.; Liu, J. B.; Wang, H. T., Mao, Scott X.; Zhang, X. X.; Superior Flexibiligy of Wrinkled Carbon Shell under Electrochemical Cycling. Journal of Material Chemistry A 2014, 2, 4192-4197. (IF= 6.101)
  • Li, Q. Q.; Li, W. Q.; Wang, H. T.; Yao, H. M.; Zhou, L. M. Thickness-dependent fracture of amorphous carbon coating on SnO2 nanowire electrodes. Carbon 2014, 80, 793-798. (IF=6.160)
  • Li, Q. Q.; Dong, C. Z.; Nie, A. M.; Liu, J. B.; Zhou, W.; Wang, H. T., Microstructure-Dependent Conformal Atomic Layer Deposition on 3D Nanotopography. Langmuir 2012, 28, 15809-15815. (IF= 4.187)
  • Li, Q. Q.; Liu, F.; Zhang, L.; Nelson, B. J.; Zhang, S.; Ma, C.; Tao, X. Y.; Cheng, J. P.; Zhang, X. B., In situ construction of potato starch based carbon nanofiber/activated carbon hybrid structure for high-performance electrical double layer capacitor. Journal of Power Sources 2012, 207, 199-204. (IF= 4.675)
  • Li, Q. Q.; Cheng, J. P.; Zhang, L., Activated Carbon Modified by Carbon Nanotubes Coated with Nickel-cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles as High-performance Electrodes of Supercapacitor. IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, accepted. (IF= 1.8)
  • Li, Q. Q.; Cheng, J. P.; Zhang, L., Nickel-cobalt Oxide Coated CNTs as Additives of Activated Carbon. Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology 2013, 348-351.
  • Du, J.; Li, Q. Q.; Xia, Y.; Cheng, X. J.; Gan, Y. P.; Huang, H.; Zhang, W. K.; Tao, X. Y., Synthesis of boron carbide nanoflakes via a bamboo-based carbon thermal reduction method. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2013, 581, 128-132. (IF= 2.390)
  • Liu, F.; Li, Q. Q.; Zhang, S. H.; Ma, C.; Ren, Q. Z.; Tao, X. Y.; Cheng, J. P.; Zhang, X. B., Synthesis and Characterization of Ni/CNTs Electrodes and their Supercapacitors Performance. Advanced Materials Research 2012, 507, 48-51.
  • Wang, H. B.; Ma, F.; Li, Q. Q.; Dong, C. Z.; Ma, D. Y.; Wang, H. T.; Xu, K. W., Synthesis and stress relaxation of ZnO/Al-doped ZnO core-shell nanowires. Nanoscale 2013, 5, 2857-2863. (IF= 6.233)
  • Nie, A. M.; Liu, J. B.; Li, Q. Q.; Cheng, Y.; Dong, C. Z.; Zhou, W.; Wang, P.; Yang, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Wang, H. T., Epitaxial TiO2/SnO2 Core-shell Heterostructure by Atomic Layer Deposition. Journal of Materials Chemistry 2012, 22, 10665-10671. (IF= 6.101)
  • Fang, J. H.; Li, M.; Li, Q. Q.; Zhang, W. F.; Shou, Q. L.; Liu, F.; Zhang, X. B.; Cheng, J. P., Microwave-assisted synthesis of CoAl-layered double hydroxide/graphene oxide composite and its application in supercapacitors. Electrochimica Acta 2012, 85, 248-255. (IF= 3.777)
  • Zhang, W. F.; Liu, F.; Li, Q. Q.; Shou, Q. L.; Cheng, J. P.; Zhang, L.; Nelson, B. J.; Zhang, X. B., Transition metal oxide and graphene nanocomposites for high-performance electrochemical capacitors. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2012, 14, 16331-16337. (IF= 3.829)
  • Nie, A. M.; Gan, L. Y.; Cheng, Y. C.; Hasti, A. A.; Li, Q. Q.; Dong, C. Z.; Atomic-Scale Observation of Lithiation Reaction Front in Nanoscale SnO2 Materials. ACS Nano, 2013; 7, 6203–6211. (IF= 12.062)
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