Biography
Dr. Lin is currently an Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator, and PhD Supervisor at the School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. He has long been dedicated to the precise structural regulation and scalable preparation of carbon nanotubes. His research focuses on overcoming bottlenecks in high-quality CNTs manufacture and traditional energy storage technologies. By integrating AI-assisted design strategies, his team systematically constructs an innovative system spanning material preparation, structural assembly, and device applications, aiming to drive the transition of nanocarbon materials from laboratory research to industrial applications. The team leverages world-class experimental platforms and interdisciplinary collaborations to provide tailored research training for every member. Post-doctoral and PhD/MSc candidate positions are available.
教育经历
2015 - 2020 PhD, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Supervisor: Prof. Jin ZHANG
2011 - 2015 BSc, School of Science, Tianjin University
Supervisor: Prof. Bing ZHANG
Academic Appointments
2025-Present: Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School
2024-2025: Research Assistant Professor，Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong
2022-2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. Collaborators: Prof. Wenjun ZHANG
2020-2022: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. Collaborators: Dr. Kenji Hata / Dr. Don N. Futaba
Research Interests
Continuous synthesis of CNTs with tailored microscale structures
Design and assembly of high-performance CNT-based architectures.
Development of advanced carbon-based energy storage devices.
Honors & Awards
2020 Outstanding Graduate, Peking University
2018 President Scholarship, Peking University
2013 National Scholarship
Selected Publications (Last 3 Years)
[1] Dewu Lin, Yushuang Lin, Ruihong Pan, Jiapei Li, Anquan Zhu, Tian Zhang, Kai Liu, Dongyu Feng, Kunlun Liu, Yin Zhou, Chengkai Yang*, Guo Hong*, and Wenjun Zhang*, Water-Restrained Hydrogel Electrolytes with Repulsion-Driven Cationic Express Pathways for Durable Zinc Ion Batteries, Nano-Micro Lett., 2025, 17, 193.
[2] Yanbin Qiu, Yushuang Lin, Dehuan Shi, Haiyang Zhang, Jing Luo, Jinquan Chen, Zheyuan Liu, Yan Yu, Dewu Lin*, Wenjun Zhang*, Yitan Li*, and Chengkai Yang*, Möbius Solvation Structure for Zinc-Ion Batteries, Adv. Mater., 2025, 2415373 (doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415373).
[3] Dewu Lin, Dehuan Shi, Anquan Zhu, Chengkai Yang*, Tian Zhang, Kai Liu, Kunlun Liu, Guo Hong*, Wenjun Zhang*, Self-Adaptive Hierarchical Hosts with Switchable Repulsive Shielding for Dendrite-Free Zinc Ion Batteries, Adv. Energy Mater., 2024, 14, 2304535.
[4] Dewu Lin, Shun Muroga, Hiroe Kimura, Hirokuni Jintoku, Takashi Tsuji, Kenji Hata, Guohai Chen*, Don N. Futaba*, Addressing the Trade-Off Between Crystallinity and Yield in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Forest Synthesis using Machine Learning, ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 22821.
[5] Dewu Lin, Don N. Futaba*, Kazufumi Kobashi, Shun Muroga, Guohai Chen, Takashi Tsuji, Kenji Hata* A Microwave-Assisted, Solvent-Free Approach for the Versatile Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes. ACS Nano, 2023, 17, 3976.
[6] Dewu Lin, Ying Zhou, Kazufumi Kobashi, Guohai Chen, Don N. Futaba*, Kenji Hata*, A Novel Approach to Open “dead space” and Modify Interfacial Features of Carbon Nanotube Assemblies by a Microwave Shock. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 33, 2211180.
[7] Dewu Lin†, Yue Yu†, Lanying Li, Mingzhi Zou, Jin Zhang*, Growth of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Array by Precisely Inhibiting Metallic Tubes Using ZrO2 Nanoparticles, Small, 2021, 17, 2006605.
[8] Dewu Lin, Shuchen Zhang, Weiming Liu, Yue Yu, Jin Zhang*, Carburization of Fe/Ni Catalyst for Efficient Growth of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes, Small, 2019, 15, 1902240.
[9] XiuXia Wang, Yi Yu, Jianan Li, Xinyu Zhang, Linxi Zhu, Sizhe Lin, Jin Gao, Ran Du, Dewu Lin*, and Yue Hu*, Sowing Clean-Release Salt Catalyst for the Synthesis of Contamination-Free Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Arrays, Small, 2025, 21, 2405216.
[10] Sizhi Lin, Tao Ye, Xinyu Zhang, Hui Zuo, XiuXia Wang, Changlong Li, Zhi Yang, Ran Du, Dewu Lin*, Yue Hu*, Arrays of Horizontal Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes Grown from Non-Metal Catalysts Prepared by a “Thermophoresis-Anchoring” Synergistic Strategy. Nano Today, 2025, 61, 102562.
