Dr. Yi Zhang is a Professor at the Nanjing Tech University. He received his Bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern Polytechnical University in 2008 and 2013, respectively. From 2013 to 2015, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Xi'an Jiaotong University. From 2015 to 2020, he was an Assistant Professor at the Nanjing Tech University. From 2017 to 2019, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology. From 2020 to 2023, he was an Associate Professor at the Nanjing Tech University. His research interests include Lithium-ion/sodium-ion/zinc-ion battery structure and design, Chemical synthesis and structural regulation of polymer materials, and Large-scale preparation and application of new nanocomposite materials.