清华大学化工系助理研究员。面向双碳目标下可再生能源高效利用对新一代高比能和高安全电池的需求，聚焦于固态锂电池开发。提出了固固界面离子分布设计概念，并通过固定阴离子、引入离子再分布器等方法，实现了界面锂离子均匀分布，研制出功能化柔性复合固态电解质、复合锂负极等新型能源材料，提升了固态金属锂负极的沉积均匀性和循环寿命，构筑了安时级固态金属锂软包电池器件。相关成果在电化学储能领域得到推广，与多个国际、国内一流企业达成合作，推动了固态锂电池的实际应用。入选中国科协青年人才托举工程，承担国家自然科学基金、重点研发计划子课题等项目，担任Chinese Chemical Letters青年编委和Nature、Joule、Adv. Energy Mater. 等期刊独立审稿人。受邀为《高等学校化学学报》、Matter、Joule等期刊撰写综述论文或评述。

● 教育与工作经历

● 研究领域

能源材料化学；固态电化学；固态锂电池；固态电解质；金属锂负极。

● 代表性论文、专利和著作

相关成果发表论文60余篇，他引12000余次，H因子为34，其中包括19篇ESI高被引论文。论文发表在Sci. Adv., PNAS, Adv. Mater.等高水平期刊上。   
详情参见：https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1507926

部分工作如下：

1. Y Lu, CZ Zhao*, JQ Huang, Q Zhang*. The timescale identification decoupling complicated kinetic processes in lithium batteries, Joule, 2022, 6, 1172.

2. S Sun, CZ Zhao*, H Yuan, ZH Fu, X Chen, Y Lu, YF Li, JK Hu, J Dong, JQ Huang, M Ouyang, Q Zhang*. Eliminating interfacial O-involving degradation in Li-rich Mn-based cathodes for all-solid-state lithium batteries. Science Advances, 2022, 8, eadd5189.

3. WZ Huang, CZ Zhao*, P Wu, H Yuan, WE Feng, ZY Liu, Y Lu, S Sun, ZH Fu, JK Hu, SJ Yang, JQ Huang, Q Zhang*. Anode‐Free Solid‐State Lithium Batteries: A Review. Advanced Energy Materials, 2021, 12, 2201044.

4. JK Hu, H Yuan*, SJ Yang, Y Lu, S Sun, J Liu, YL Liao, S Li, CZ Zhao*, JQ Huang. Dry electrode technology for scalable and flexible high-energy sulfur cathodes in all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry 71, 612.

5. S Sun, CZ Zhao*, H Yuan, Y Lu, JK Hu, JQ Huang, Q Zhang. Multiscale understanding of high-energy cathodes in solid-state batteries: from atomic scale to macroscopic scale. Materials Futures, 2022, 1, 012101.

6. CZ Zhao, PY Chen, R Zhang, X Chen, BQ Li, XQ Zhang, XB Cheng*, Q Zhang*. An ion redistributor for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes, Science Advances, 2018, 4, eaat3446.

7. CZ Zhao, XQ Zhang, XB Cheng, R Zhang, R Xu, PY Chen, HJ Peng, JQ Huang, Q Zhang*. An anion-immobilized composite electrolyte for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 2017, 114, 11069.

8. CZ Zhao, Q Zhao, X Liu, J Zheng, S Stalin, Q Zhang, LA Archer*. Rechargeable lithium metal batteries with an in‐built solid‐state polymer electrolyte and a high voltage/loading Ni‐rich layered cathode, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32, 1905629.

9. CZ Zhao, XB Cheng, R Zhang, HJ Peng, JQ Huang, R Ran, ZH Huang, F Wei, Q Zhang*. Li₂S₅-based ternary-salt electrolyte for robust lithium metal anode. Energy Storage Materials, 2016, 24, 75.

10. CZ Zhao, BC Zhao, C Yan, XQ Zhang, JQ Huang*, Y Mo*, X Xu*, H Li*, Q Zhang*. Liquid phase therapy to solid electrolyte–electrode interface in solid-state Li metal batteries: A review. Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 24, 75.

11. Q Zhao, S Stalin, CZ Zhao, LA Archer*. Designing solid-state electrolytes for safe, energy-dense batteries. Nature Reviews Materials, 2020, 5, 229.

12. XB Cheng, R Zhang, CZ Zhao, Q Zhang*. Toward safe lithium metal anode in rechargeable batteries: A review. Chemical Reviews, 2017, 117, 10403.

13. Y Wu, X Feng, M Yang, CZ Zhao, X Liu, D Ren, Z Ma, L Lu, L Wang, GL Xu, X He, K Amine, M Ouyang*. Thermal runaway of nonflammable localized high‐concentration electrolytes for practical LiNi_0.8Mn_0.1Co_0.1O₂|Graphite‐SiO Pouch Cells. Advanced Science, 2022, 9, 2204059.

14. 张强, 赵辰孜, 程新兵. 一种用于锂电池的复合隔膜. ZL 201711450127.3

15. 张强, 程新兵，闫崇，赵辰孜. 一种电解液添加剂及其应用. ZL201610252402.X

● 在研项目

 中国科协青年人才托举工程，电化学储能，2022–2024，45万元，主持

 科技部国家重点研发计划，高能量密度全固态金属锂电池关键材料与技术，2021–2026，负责经费240万元，子课题负责人

 国家自然科学基金青年基金，固态锂硫电池硫正极硫化锂形核–生长机制研究，2022–2024，30万元，主持

● 任职与奖励

2022至今 Chinese Chemical Letters青年编委

2022至今 中国可再生能源学会青委会委员

2022至今 中国科协青年人才托举工程

2021 科睿唯安 “全球高被引科学家”

2022 科睿唯安 “全球高被引科学家”

2020 清华大学“水木学者”

2020 中国化学会京博优秀博士论文奖