Personal Profile

Dewu Lin is currently an Assistant Professor, Research Group Leader, and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of New Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School. He has long been committed to research on the precise structural regulation and large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes. His research team focuses on addressing bottlenecks in carbon nanotube raw material preparation and traditional energy storage technologies. By integrating artificial intelligence-assisted design strategies, they have systematically built a full-chain innovation system from material preparation and structural assembly to device application, aiming to promote the in-depth transformation of nanocarbon materials from laboratory research to industrial application. Adhering to the core philosophy of "problem-driven innovation," the team provides customized research training programs for each member, relying on world-class experimental platforms and interdisciplinary research networks. The research group has long-term openings for postdoctoral positions and doctoral/master’s student positions, and we look forward to your joining!

Educational Background

2015 – 2020: Ph.D. / School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University / Supervisor: Professor Jin Zhang

2011 – 2015: Bachelor’s Degree / College of Science, Tianjin University / Supervisor: Professor Bing Zhang

Academic Work Experience

2025 – Present: Assistant Professor, School of New Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School

2024 – 2025: Research Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

2022 – 2024: Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong / Collaborating Supervisor: Professor Wenjun Zhang

2020 – 2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan / Collaborating Supervisors: Kenji Hata / Don N. Futaba

Research Fields

The research group is mainly dedicated to the controlled large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes and carbon-based energy storage. Driven by AI technology, it focuses on the growth mechanism of carbon nanotubes during scaled-up synthesis, the design and development of high-performance carbon nanotube assemblies, and their exploration in energy storage applications, aiming to advance basic research, equipment development, and industrialization of carbon nanotube raw materials. The main research directions of the group include three aspects: (1) Continuous synthesis of carbon nanotubes with specific structures and exploration of their macroscopic properties; (2) Design and assembly of high-performance carbon nanotube assemblies; (3) Design and development of novel carbon-based energy storage devices.

Honors and Awards

2020: Outstanding Graduate of Peking University

2018: President’s Scholarship of Peking University

2013: National Scholarship

Papers Published in Recent Five 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.