Associate Professor

Email: qikai@hust.edu.cn

Academic Areas: Materials Chemistry

Dr. Kai Qi is currently an associate professor in School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Materials Physics and Chemistry at HUST in 2014. He worked as a lecturer at Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China, from 2014 to 2016, and then as a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, from 2016 to 2018. His research involves functional materials (metal-organic frameworks, conducting polymers, graphene, etc.) and their applications in electrochemistry, anticorrosion, energy conversion and storage.

Academic Degrees

2009-2014

Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2005-2009

B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

Professional Experience

2018-now

Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology

2016-2018

Research Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2014-2016

Lecturer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Courses Taught

1.Engineering Chemistry and Experiments (for undergraduate students)

2.General Chemistry (for undergraduate students)

3.Electrochemical Methods (for graduated students)

4.Nanomaterials Chemistry and Devices (for graduated students)

Awards and Honors

2015

Science and Technology Award of Chinese Society for Corrosion and Protection

2011

Excellence Paper Award of the 6th National Academic Conference on Corrosion

2009

Excellence Graduate of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Selected Projects Funded

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China

2.Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Selected Publications

[1] Kai Qi, Zhenzhen Jin, Dan Wang, Zhenyu Chen, Xingpeng Guo, Yubing Qiu*. Modeling the natural degradation kinetics of conducting polypyrrole for service failure prediction in NaOH aqueous media. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2021, 183, 109418.

[2] Xiaobang Liu, Ting Yue, Kai Qi*, Bao Yu Xia, Zhenyu Chen, Yubing Qiu, Xingpeng Guo. Probe into metal-organic framework membranes fabricated via versatile polydopamine-assisted approach onto metal surfaces as anticorrosion coatings. Corrosion Science, 2020, 177, 108949.

[3] Ruizuo Hou, Mao Miao, Qingyong Wang, Ting Yue, Ho Seok Park*, Kai Qi*, Bao Yu Xia*. Integrated Conductive Hybrid Architecture of Metal-Organic Framework Nanowire Array on Polypyrrole Membrane for All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitors. Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10, 1901892.

[4] Kai Qi, Ruizuo Hou, Shahid Zaman, Yubing Qiu, Bao Yu Xia*, Hongwei Duan*. Construction of Metal-Organic Framework/Conductive Polymer Hybrid for All-solid-state Fabric Supercapacitor. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 18021-18028.

[5] Kai Qi, Ruizuo Hou, Shahid Zaman, Bao Yu Xia*, Hongwei Duan*. A Core/Shell Structured Tubular Graphene Nanoflakes-coated Polypyrrole Hybrid for All-Solid-State Flexible Supercapacitor. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 3913-3918.