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Northwestern University

Yongfa Cheng, PhD

Postdoctoral researcher
Northwestern University


AB Wing A178, Tech Institute 

2145 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

email: yongfa.cheng@northwestern.edu

 

Educational Background

2023-Present Postdoctoral Fellow, Professor Vinayak P. Dravid Lab, Northwestern University
2018-2023 PhD, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
2014-2018 B.S., School of Electromechanical Engineering, Guilin University of Electronic Technology

 

Research Objectives

In situ transmission electron microscopy of nanomaterials

Study of the material-properties relationship in sensing and energy storage conversion devices

Honors & Awards

 

 Publications and Supported Works

[1]     Yongfa Cheng, Yimei Xie, Zunyu Liu, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Yanan Ma*, Yang Yue*, Jianbo Wang, Yihua Gao, and Luying Li*, Maximizing electron channels enabled by MXene aerogel for high-performance self-healable flexible electronic skin, ACS Nano, 17, 2, 1393-1402, 2023.

[2]     Yongfa Cheng, Yimei Xie, Yanan Ma, Mengjie Wang, Yuhang Zhang, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Ning Ma, Mingyang Liu, Yang Yue*, Jianbo Wang, Luying Li*. Optimization ion/electron channels enabled by cross-scale MXene aerogel for integrated zinc-ion energy storage-pressure sensing system, Nano Energy, 107, 108131, 2023.

[3]     Yongfa Cheng†, Yimei Xie†, Honghao Cao†, Li Li, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Yanan Ma, Weijie Liu, Yang Yue*, Jianbo Wang, Yihua Gao and Luying Li*, High-strength MXene sheets through interlayer hydrogen bonding for self-healing flexible pressure sensor, Chemical Engineering Journal, 453, 139823, 2023.

[4]     Yongfa Cheng, Yimei Xie, Shuwen Yan, Zunyu Liu, Yanan Ma, Yang Yue*, Jianbo Wang, Yihua Gao and Luying Li*, Maximizing ion accessibility and high mechanical strength in nanoscale ion-channel MXene electrodes for high-capacity zinc-ion energy storage, Science Bulletin, 67, 2216-2224, 2022.

[5]     Yongfa Cheng, Li Li, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Feng Cheng, Yang Yue*, Shuangfeng Jia, Jianbo Wang, Yihua Gao and Luying Li*, 3D porous MXene aerogel through gas foaming for multifunctional pressure sensor, Research, 9843268, 2022.

[6]     Li Li†, Yongfa Cheng†*, Honghao Cao, Zhishen Liang, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Luying Li*, Shuangfeng Jia, Jianbo Wang, Yihua Gao, MXene/rGO/PS spheres multiple physical networks as high-performance pressure sensor, Nano Energy, 95, 106986, 2022.

[7]     Yongfa Cheng†, Rui Wan†, Li Li, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Luying Li*, Jianbo Wang and Yihua Gao, Research progress on improving the performance of MoS2 photodetector, Journal of Optics, 24, 104003, 2022.

[8]     Yongfa Cheng, Li Li, Luying Li*, Yanan Zhang, Luoxin Wang, Longfei Wang, Zhi Zhang, Yihua Gao, Linear regulation of electrical characteristics of InSe/Antimonene heterojunction via external electric field and strain, Surfaces and Interfaces, 23, 101014, 2021.

[9]     Yongfa Cheng, Yanan Ma, Luying Li*, Meng Zhu, Yang Yue, Weijie Liu, Longfei Wang, Shuangfeng Jia, Chen Li, Tianyu Qi, Jianbo Wang and Yihua Gao*, Bioinspired micro-spines for a high-performance spray Ti3C2Tx MXene-based piezoresistive sensor, ACS Nano, 14, 2, 2145-2155, 2020.

[10]   Li Li, Honghao Cao, Zhishen Liang, Yongfa Cheng*, Tingting Yin, Zunyu Liu, Shuwen Yan, Shuangfeng Jia, Luying Li*, Jianbo Wang, and Yihua Gao, First-principles study of Ti-deficient Ti3C2 MXene nanosheets as NH3 gas sensors, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5, 2, 2470-2475, 2022.

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