Zinc–Air Batteries – Introduction, Design Principles and Emerging Technologies

Zongping Shao is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University, Australia, and also a professor at Nanjing Tech University, China. He obtained his Ph.D. from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, China, in 2000. He worked as a Visiting Scholar at Institut de Researches Sur La Catalyse, CNRS, France, and then a Postdoctoral Fellow at California Institute of Technology, USA, from 2000 to 2005. His current research interests include fuel cells, metal-air batteries, solar cells, lithium-ion batteries, and oxygen-permeable membranes. He has authored over 600 scientific publications and has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics since 2017. Xiaomin Xu is currently a Research Associate at Curtin University, Australia. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University in 2021. His research interests include the development of perovskite oxide materials and other functional materials for applications in electrochemical energy storage and conversion.