教授，博士生导师，大连理工大学化工学院副院长，辽宁省微纳米技术及系统重点实验室纳米材料与器件研究室副主任。国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金获得者、德国洪堡学者、大连理工大学“星海杰青”、辽宁省“兴辽英才计划”青年拔尖人才、大连市优秀科技工作者。主要从事纳米新能源材料的基础与应用研究工作（锂二次电池、电化学催化等）。在Nature Communications、Journal of the American Chemical Society、Advanced Materials、Energy Environmental Science等国际知名学术期刊发表论文70余篇，论文SCI他引6000余次，出版专著1部，H-index: 41。承担国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金、国家自然科学基金面上项目、霍英东青年教师基金等课题项目。任英国Nature出版集团刊物Scientific Reports编委、国际电化学能源科学院(IAOEES)青年理事、中国颗粒学会青年理事、全国石油和化工行业重质油碳质化高附加值利用重点实验室学术委员等学术兼职。

1.高性能二次电池（如锂/钠离子电池、锂/钠硫电池等）纳米电极材料与储能器件
2.基于无机-碳复合纳米结构的高效电化学催化剂及应用

代表性论文：

21. Yu Mingliang, Zhou Si, Wang Zhiyu, Wang Yuwei,Zhang Nan, Wang Song, Zhao Jijun, Qiu Jieshan. Accelerating polysulfide redox conversion on bifunctional electrocatalytic electrode for stable Li-S batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2018.11.028.

20.  Xiu Luyang, Wang Zhiyu, Yu Mengzhou, Wu Xianhong, Qiu Jieshan. Aggregation-Resistant 3D MXene Based Architecture as Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting, ACS Nano, 2018, in press, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b02849

19. Niu Shanshan, Wang Zhiyu, Yu Mingliang, Yu Mengzhou, Xiu Luyang, Wang Song, Wu Xianhong, Qiu Jieshan. MXene-based electrode with enhanced pseudocapacitance and volumetric capacity for power-type and ultra-long life lithium storage, ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 3928
18. Yu Mengzhou, Zhou Si, Wang Zhiyu, Zhao Jijun, Qiu Jieshan. Boosting electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by synergistically coupling layered double hydroxide with MXene, Nano Energy, 2018,44, 181.
17. Liu Shaohong, Wang Zhiyu, Zhou Si, Yu Fengjiao, Yu Mengzhou, Chiang Chang-Yang, Zhou Wuzong, Zhao Jijun, Qiu Jieshan. Metal-organic framework-derived hybrid carbon nanocages as bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1700874.
16. Wu Xianhong, Wang Zhiyu, Yu Mengzhou, Xiu Luyang, Qiu Jieshan. Stabilizing the MXenes by carbon nanoplating for developing hierarchical nanohybrids with efficient lithium storage and hydrogen evolution capability, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29, 1607017.    
15. Yu Mingliang, Wang Zhiyu, Wang Yuwei, Dong Yanfeng, Qiu Jieshan. Free-standing flexible Li2S paper electrode with high mass and capacity loading for high energy Li-S batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7, 1700018.
14.Niu Shanshan, Wang Zhiyu, Zhou Tao, Yu Mingliang, Yu Mengzhou, Qiu Jieshan, A polymetallic metal-organic framework-derived strategy towards synergistically multi-doped metal oxide electrodes with ultra-long cycle life and high volumetric capacity, Advanced Functional Materials 2017, 27, 5, 1605332.
13.Hu Han, Han Lei, Yu Mengzhou, Wang Zhiyu, Lou Xiong Wen, Metal-organic-framework-engaged formation of Co nanoparticle-embedded carbon@Co9S8 double-shelled nanocages for efficient oxygen reduction, Energy & Environmental Science 2016, 9, 107-111.
12.Ling Zheng, Wang Zhiyu, Zhang Mengdi, Yu Chang, Wang Gang, Dong Yanfeng, Liu Shaohong, Wang Yuwei, Qiu Jieshan, Sustainable Synthesis and Assembly of Biomass-Derived B/N Co-Doped Carbon Nanosheets with Ultrahigh Aspect Ratio for High-Performance Supercapacitors, Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 111-119.
11.Dong Yanfeng, Yu Mingliang, Wang Zhiyu, Liu Yang, Wang Xuzhen, Zhao Zongbin, Qiu Jieshan, A Top-Down Strategy toward 3D Carbon Nanosheet Frameworks Decorated with Hollow Nanostructures for Superior Lithium Storage, Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 7590-7598.
10.Adam Marcus,#Wang Zhiyu,# Dubavik Aliaksei, Stachowski Gordon M., Meerbach Christian, Soran-Erdem Zeliha S, Rengers Christin, Demir Hilmi Volkan, Gaponik Nikolai, Eychmüller Alexander, Liquid–liquid diffusion-assisted crystallization: a fast and versatile approach toward high quality mixed quantum dot-salt crystals, Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25, 2638. (#The authors contribute equally)
9.Liu Shaohong, Dong Yanfeng, Zhao Changtai, Zhao Zongbin, Yu Chang, Wang Zhiyu, Qiu Jieshan, Nitrogen-rich carbon coupled multifunctional metal oxide/graphene nanohybrids for long-life lithium storage and efficient oxygen reduction, Nano Energy 2015, 12, 578-587.
8.Wang Zhiyu, Dong Yanfeng, Li Hongjiang, Zhao Zongbin, Wu Hao Bin, Hao Ce, Liu Shaohong, Qiu Jieshan, Lou Xiong Wen, Enhancing lithium-sulphur battery performance by strongly binding the discharge products on amino-functionalized reduced graphene oxide, Nature Communications 2014, 5, 5002.
7.Liu Shaohong, Wang Zhiyu, Yu Chang, Wu Hao Bin, Wang Gang, Dong Qiang, Qiu Jieshan, Eychmueller Alexander, Lou Xiong Wen, A Flexible TiO2(B)-Based Battery Electrode with Superior Power Rate and Ultralong Cycle Life, Advanced Materials 2013, 25, 3462-3467.
6.Wang Zhiyu, Wang Zichen, Liu Wenting, Xiao Wei, Lou Xiong Wen, Amorphous CoSnO3@C nanoboxes with superior lithium storage capability, Energy & Environmental Science 2013, 6, 87-91.
5.Wang Zhiyu, Zhou Liang, Lou Xiong Wen, Metal Oxide Hollow Nanostructures for Lithium-ion Batteries, Advanced Materials 2012, 24, 1903-1911.
4.Wang Zhiyu, Lou Xiong Wen, TiO2 Nanocages: Fast Synthesis, Interior Functionalization and Improved Lithium Storage Properties, Advanced Materials 2012, 24, 4124-4129.
3.Wang Zhiyu, Luan Deyan, Madhavi Srinivasan, Hu Yong, Lou Xiong Wen, Assembling carbon-coated alpha-Fe2O3 hollow nanohorns on the CNT backbone for superior lithium storage capability, Energy & Environmental Science 2012, 5, 5252-5256.
2.Wang Zhiyu, Luan Deyan, Boey Freddy Yin Chiang, Lou Xiong Wen, Fast Formation of SnO2 Nanoboxes with Enhanced Lithium Storage Capability, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2011, 133, 4738-4741.
1.Wang Zhiyu, Luan Deyan, Li Chang Ming, Su Fabing, Madhavi Srinivasan, Boey Freddy Yin Chiang, Lou Xiong Wen, Engineering Nonspherical Hollow Structures with Complex Interiors by Template-Engaged Redox Etching, Journal of the American Chemical Society2010, 132, 16271-16277.