A. PI Solely-Authored Papers:
Materials Horizons emerging investigator series: Professor Derek Ho, City University of Hong Kong, China
D Ho*
Materials Horizons, 10, 2723-2725, 2023. (DOI) (PDF) (Media) (Media PDF)
The piezoionic effect: biomimetic transduction mechanism for sensing, actuation, interface, and energy harvesting
D Ho*
ChemElectroChem, 2023, 11, e202300268. (DOI) (PDF) | Author Interview (DOI) (PDF)
B. Highlighted Papers:
Enhancing pressure-induced voltage response in hydrogels
K Yang, Y Duan, Z Ma, J Xu, D Wang, B Li, Z Zeng, D Ho*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, accepted.
Ultrahigh energy and power density in Ni-Zn aqueous battery via superoxide activated three-electron transfer
Y Duan, K Yang*, B Li, Z Gong, X Peng, L He*, D Ho*
Nano-Micro Letters, accepted.
A universal framework for the effect of operating parameters on piezoionic voltage generation
J Xu, Q Li, and D Ho*
Materials Horizons, accepted.
Piezoionics: mechanical-to-ionic transduction for sensing, biointerface, and energy harvesting
K Chen and D Ho*
Aggregate, 5, 1, 2024, e425. (DOI) (Media) (Media PDF)
Poloxamer pre-solvation sheath ion encapsulation strategy for zinc anode-electrolyte interfaces
K Yang, H Fu, Y Duan, Z Ma, D Wang, B Li, H Park, and D Ho*
ACS Energy Letters, 9, 1, 2024. (DOI)
Micro-redoxcapacitor: a hybrid architecture out of the notorious energy-power density dilemma
Z Cao, H Hu*, and D Ho*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2111805. (DOI) (PDF) (Media)
Hexagonal Co9S8: experimental and mechanistic study of enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution of a new crystallographic phase
T Bin, L Sun*, and D Ho*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2210298. (DOI) (PDF)
C. Selected Publications in Sensors:
Enhancing pressure-induced voltage response in hydrogels
K Yang, Y Duan, Z Ma, J Xu, D Wang, B Li, Z Zeng, D Ho*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, accepted.
A universal framework for the effect of operating parameters on piezoionic voltage generation
J Xu, Q Li, and D Ho*
Materials Horizons, accepted.
MXene hydrogels for soft multifunctional sensing: a synthesis-centric review
U Amara, L Xu, I Hussain, K Yang, H Hu*, and D Ho*
Small, 2024, accepted.
Piezoionics: mechanical-to-ionic transduction for sensing, biointerface, and energy harvesting
K Chen and D Ho*
Aggregate, accepted. (DOI) (PDF) (Media) (Chinese)
Bean pod-inspired ultra-sensitive and self-healing pressure sensor based on laser induced graphene and polystyrene microspheres sandwiched structure
Q Tian, W Yan, Y Li, and D Ho*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2020, 12, 9710. (DOI) (PDF)
d-Band center optimization of Ti3C2Tx MXene nanosheets for ultra-high NO2 gas sensitivity at room temperature
Y Wang, J Fu, H Hu, and D Ho*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2022, 29, 101133. (DOI)
Atomic plasma grafting: precise control of functional groups on Ti3C2Tx MXene for room temperature gas sensor
Y Wang, J Fu, J Xu, H Hu, and D Ho*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2023, 15, 9. (DOI)
Battery-sensor hybrid: a new gas sensing paradigm with complete energy self-sufficiency
W Yan, L. Ma, J. Xu, Y. Guo, H. Hu, C. Zhi, and D Ho*
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 46507. (DOI)
The adatom concentration profile: a paradigm for understanding two-dimensional MoS2 morphological evolution in chemical vapor deposition growth
J Xu, D Srolovitz*, and D Ho*
ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 6839. (DOI) (Media)
Precursor concentration ratio: the key to controllable lateral to standing MoO2 flake transition
J Xu and D Ho*
Chemistry of Materials, 2021, 33, 6052. (DOI)
D. Selected Publications in Energy:
Poloxamer pre-solvation sheath ion encapsulation strategy for zinc anode-electrolyte interfaces
K Yang, H Fu, Y Duan, Z Ma, D Wang, B Li, H Park, and D Ho*
ACS Energy Letters, 9, 1, 2024. (DOI)
Ultrahigh energy/power density Ni-Zn aqueous battery via superoxide activated three-electron transfer for wearable health monitoring
Y Duan, K Yang*, B Li, Z Gong, X Peng, L He*, D Ho*
Nano-Micro Letters, accepted.
Micro-redoxcapacitor: a hybrid architecture out of the notorious energy-power density dilemma
Z Cao, H Hu*, and D Ho*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2111805. (DOI) (PDF) (Media)
Hexagonal Co9S8: experimental and mechanistic study of enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution of a new crystallographic phase
T Bin, L Sun*, and D Ho*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2210298. (DOI) (PDF)
Interlayer injection of low-valence Zn atoms to activate MXene-based micro-redoxcapacitors with battery-type voltage plateaus
Z Cao, D Ho, C Zhi* and H Hu*
Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 2303060. (DOI)
Texture exposure of unconventional (101)Zn Facet: enabling dendrite-free Zn deposition on metallic zinc anodes
W Fang, X Yu, D Ho, H Hu* et al.
Advanced Energy Materials, 14(16), 2024, 2304003
Order-disorder engineering of RuO2 nanosheets towards pH-universal oxygen evolution
Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Zeng*, and D Ho*
Materials Horizons, 2023, 10, 2904. (DOI)
A high-energy aqueous Zn || NO2 electrochemical cell: a new strategy for NO2 fixation and electric power generation
L Ma, S Chen, W Yan, G Zhang, Y Ying, H Huang, D Ho*, W Huang, and C Zhi*
Energy & Environmental Science, 2023, 10, 1039. (DOI)
Framework structure engineering of polymeric carbon nitrides and its recent applications
T Bin, D Ho*, J Qin, J Hu, Z Chen, D Voiry, Q Wang, and Z Zeng*
Progress in Materials Science, 2022, 101056. (DOI)
Dual defocused laser pyrolysis: a lasing-centric strategy for defect and morphological optimization in microsupercapacitor electrodes
W Yan, H Hu, L Wang* and D Ho*
Small Methods, 2022, 6, 2101616. (DOI) (PDF)
E. Additional Information:
Personal Profiles/IDs:
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1636-9032
Scopus Author ID: 23492313800
ResearcherID: P-6486-2018
Journals (Impact Factor):
- Progress in Materials Science (39.6)
- Energy & Environmental Science (38.5)
- Nano-Micro Letters (31.6)
- Advanced Energy Materials (29.7)
- Aggregate (22.9)
- Energy Storage Materials (20.8)
- Advanced Functional Materials (19.9)
- ACS Nano (18.0)
- Advanced Science (17.5)
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition (16.6)
- Materials Horizons (15.7)
- Small Methods (14.2)
- Biomaterials (12.5)
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A (11.7)
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (10.4)
- Chemistry of Materials (10.2)