Biography

Hongbin Lu is a professor in College of Smart Materials and Future Energy at Fudan University, and adjunct professor in Yiwu Research Institute of Fudan University and Shandong Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He has long been committed to the development and industrial application of polymer, carbon fiber, graphene and their composites, more than 100 research articles published in journals such as Nature Communications and nearly 60 patents authorized in China and the United States. He is one of the '2015 Persons of the journal Scientific Chinese', and received 'Best Organization Award' at 2014 First China International Graphene Innovation Conference and the Chair of Sub-forums for multiple sessions of the Conference. He is also a member of the Expert Committee of Graphene Innovation Centers in Shanghai, the Yangtze River Delta Region, Jiangsu and Guangdong Province; a Council Member of the Shanghai Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Society; a Member of the Expert Committee of the Shanghai Industrial Creative Design Association.

Education and Working Experience

• 1993-1996, M.Eng, Beijing Institute of Technology  

• 1996-1999, Ph.D., Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)  

• 2000-2001, Postdoctor, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University  

• 2001-2004, Postdoctor, Department of Materials Science, University of Southern California, USA  

• 2004-2012, Associate Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University  

• 2012-2025, Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University  

• 2025-Present, Professor, College of Smart Materials and Future Energy, Fudan University

Research Interests

Establish the fundamental understanding of functional polymer composites, and promote their practical applications in structural and functional material fields such as integrated circuit packaging, thermal management, electromagnetic shielding, and hydrogen transport.

• Scalable fabrication of low-dimensional and advanced functional materials

• Packaging materials for integrated circuits and flexible electronics

• Hydrogen energy transport and storage materials

Teaching

•    Graphene: New opportunities of a miracle material

• Instrumental Analysis and Physical Chemistry Experiments

Awards &Recognition

• First Prize of Sinopec Science and Technology Progress Award (2003, 2010);

• Second Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award (2004);

• “Best Organization Award” at 2014 China International Graphene Innovation Conference

• 2015 Persons of the journal “Scientific Chinese”;

• China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Award (2021).

Selected Publications

1. Ying Ge, Zhiqiang Chen, Kaiqing Ou, Junming Kang, Zhimin Zhai, Man Zhang, Lequan Wang*, Hongbin Lu*, Strong and Thermally Conductive Poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) Nanofiber Films via a Hierarchical Assembly Strategy, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, in press.

2. Kaiqing Ou, Yuanhang Ge*, Ying Ge, Jiawei Chen, Jiajia Zhang*, Hongbin Lu*, Highly Electrically/Thermally Conductive and Flexible Films Based on Interconnected Bacterial Cellulose Network-Enhanced Expanded Graphite Frameworks, Chem. Eng. J., 2025, in press.

3. Zhiqiang Chen, Cuiqian Yu, Ying Ge, Kaiqin Ou, Jie Chen* and Hongbin Lu*, Interface phonon scattering suppression boosts vertical thermal conduction in thermal interface materials, Chem. Eng. J., 2024, 500, 156924.

4. Yuanhang Ge, Lequan Wang, Bo Hu, Hongbin Lu*, Yizhen Shao*, Bacterial cellulose-based composite films with liquid metal/graphene synergistic conductive pathways for superior electromagnetic interference shielding and Joule heating performance, Compos. Sci. Technol., 2024, 251, 110582.

5. Bo Hu, Lequan Wang, Jiaxi Zeng, Yuanhang Ge, Shaoxue Pan, Yizhen Shao*, Hongbin Lu*, Straightforward Strategy Toward in Situ Water-Phase Exfoliation and Improved Interfacial Adhesion to Fabricate High-Performance Polypropylene/Graphene Nanocomposites, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15(31), 37903–37915.

6. Jiaxi Zeng, Zhiqiang Chen, Mengxiong Li, Yixuan Guo, Jian Xu, Xiaoli Zhao*, Hongbin Lu*, Carbon aerogel with high thermal conductivity enabled by shrinkage control, Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 20, 9172-9181.

7. Jiaxi Zeng, Xiaoli Zhao*, Hongbin Lu*, Highly crystalline graphene foams based on capillarity and deintercalation sewing, Chem. Mater., 2022, 34, 16, 7424-7433.

8. Mengxiong Li, Jiangwei Liu, Shaoxue Pan, Jiajia Zhang, Ya Liu, Johan Liu, Hongbin Lu*, Highly oriented graphite aerogel fabricated by confined liquid-phase expansion for anisotropically thermally conductive epoxy composites, ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 2020, 12(24), 27476-27484.

9. Jianhua Ma, Peng Wang, Hongyu Chen, Shenjie Bao, Wei Chen*, Hongbin Lu*, Highly Sensitive and Large-Range Strain Sensor with a Self-compensated Two-order Structure for Human Motion Detection, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11(8), 8527-8536.

10. Jiajia Zhang, Qiangqiang Liu, Yinbo Ruan, Shan Lin, Hongbin Lu*, Monolithic Crystalline Swelling of Graphite Oxide: a Bridge to Ultralarge Graphene Oxide with High Scalability, Chem. Mater., 2018, 30 (6), 1888–1897.

11. Lei Dong, Zhongxin Chen, Xiaoxu Zhao, Jianhua Ma, Shan Lin, Mengxiong Li, Yang Bao, Leiqiang Chu, Kai Leng, Hongbin Lu*, Kian Ping Loh*, A non-dispersion strategy for large-scale production of ultra-high concentration graphene slurries in water, Nature Commun., 2018, 9:76.

12. Peng Wang, Jiajia Zhang, Lei Dong, Chang Sun, Xiaoli Zhao, Yinbo Ruan, Hongbin Lu*, Interlayer Polymerization in Chemically Expanded Graphite for Preparation of Highly Conductive, Mechanically Strong Polymer Composites, Chem. Mater., 2017, 29 (8): 3412–3422.

13. Lei Dong, Zhongxin Chen, Shan Lin, Jiajia Zhang, Hongbin Lu*, Reactivity-controlled preparation of ultralarge graphene oxide from chemically expanded graphite, Chem. Mater., 2017, 29 (2): 564–572.

14. Shan Lin, Lei Dong, Jiajia Zhang, Hongbin Lu*, Room-Temperature Intercalation and ~1000-Fold Chemical Expansion for Scalable Preparation of High-Quality Graphene, Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 2138-2146.

15. Zedong Zhao, Rong Wang, Wuji Chen, Tianqi Wu, Bo Hu, Jiaxi Zeng, Peiying Liu, Yicheng Liu, Chengxin Peng*, Jia Guo*, Hongbin Lu*, Zaiping Guo*, Horizontally Arranged Zinc Platelet Electrodeposits Modulated by Fluorinated Covalent Organic Framework Film for High-Rate and Durable Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries, Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 6606.

16. Lequan Wang, Yizhen shao, Zhongheng Fu, Xianfu Zhang, Junming Kang, Xingxiu Yang, Zhimin Zhai, Ying Ge, Long Zhang,* Yanglong Hou,* and Hongbin Lu*, Synergistically enhancing the selective adsorption for crystal planes to regulate the (002)-texture preferred Zn deposition viasupramolecular host-guest units, Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 4859-4871.

17. Junming Kang#, Jiajia Zhang#, Wang Wan, Zhimin Zhai, Ganxiong Liu, Ying Ge, Lequan Wang, Chao Wang*, and Hongbin Lu*, Dynamic Cathode Interlayer for Ultralow Self-Discharge and High Iodide Utilization in Zinc-Iodine Batteries, Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 4800-4810.