2021年，世界各国依旧笼罩在新型冠状病毒疫情的阴霾之中。国内疫情接二连三在不同地方蔓延。然而2021年国内各领域也精彩纷呈。苏炳添跑出9秒83打破亚洲纪录，王亚平成为中国首位出舱女航天员，“羲和号”实现中国太阳探测零的突破……课题组在过去的一年也取得一些收获。新的一年继续努力奋斗，力争再创佳绩。
学术交流
本年度共参加2场学术会议：9月16-18日第三届先进储能材料与器件国际研讨会；10月22-24日第五届纳米能源与系统国际会议。邀请4名本领域专家为课题组做学术报告。
科学研究
获得各类科研项目3项；发表学术论文13篇。论文总引用次数超过6200次，H因子45。所有论文中，单篇引用100次以上的论文13篇，高被引论文总数9篇。继2020年后，再次入选全球前2%顶尖科学家名单（终身科学影响力）。
学生培养
5名同学获得研究生国家奖学金，其中1名同学第二次获得。10名同学获得校学业奖学金。1名同学获得第三届先进储能材料与器件会议优秀墙报奖。4名同学毕业，其中2名同学分别到哈工大和大连理工继续攻读博士学位。1名同学硕士学位论文获得校优秀学位论文。三名同学获得校优秀研究生称号，2名同学获得沈阳市优秀研究生称号。新招生4名硕士研究生和2名博士研究生。指导4 名本科生毕业论文（两名在课题组读研）。武祥教授被评为材料学院优秀本科毕业论文指导教师，2020年度沈阳市优秀研究生导师，2021年沈阳工业大学优秀硕士论文指导教师和优秀研究生导师称号。
2021年度工作计划
招生硕士研究生4名，博士研究生1名。力争获得各种科研项目2-3项，发表SCI 一区论文15篇，新增ESI 1%高被引论文3篇。论文总引用次数达到9000次，H因子50。单篇引用100次以上的论文增至20篇。参加2-3次学术会议。6名同学获得研究生国家奖学金；15名同学获得校学业奖学金。协助组织第四届先进储能材料与器件国际研讨会。
2021年发表论文清单
1.Ying Liu, Xiang Wu*, Hydrogen and sodium ions intercalated vanadium dioxide electrode materials with enhanced storage capacity Nano Energy 2021,86,106124
2.Ying Liu, Xiang Wu*, Review of vanadium-based electrode materials for rechargeable aqueous zinc ion batteries Journal of Energy Chemistry 2021, 56, 223-237 高被引论文
3.Hengqi Liu, Depeng Zhao, Ying Liu, Yongli Tong, Xiang Wu*, Guozhen Shen* NiMoCo layered double hydroxides for electrocatalyst and supercapacitor electrode Science China Materials 2021, 64, 581-591
4. Depeng Zhao, Meizhen Dai, Hengqi Liu, Xiaofei Zhu, Xiang Wu* PPy film anchored on ZnCo2O4 nanowires facilitating efficient bifunctional electrocatalysis Materials Today Energy 2021, 20, 100637
5.Meizhen Dai, Hengqi Liu, Depeng Zhao, Xiaofei Zhu, Xiang Wu*, Bao Wang* Nanohybridization of Ni-Co-S nanosheets with ZnCo2O4 nanowires as supercapacitor electrode with long cycling stabilities ACS Applied Energy Materials 2021,4, 2637-2643
6.Meizhen Dai, Hengqi Liu, Depeng Zhao, Xiaofei Zhu, Ahmad Umar, Xiang Wu*, Ni foam substrates modified with a ZnCo2O4 nanowire coated with Ni(OH)2 nanosheet electrode for hybrid capacitors and electrocatalysts ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021, 4, 5461-5468
7.Zhongxin Duan, Xiaojie Tan, Yuchen Sun, Wei-chao Zhang, Ahmad Umar*, Xiang Wu* Manipulating electrocatalytic performance of NiCoP nanowire catalyst by V doping in acid-base condition for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021,4,10791-10798
8.Pengfei Hu, Ying Liu, Hengqi Liu, Xiang Wu*，Baodan Liu* MnCo2O4/NiCo2S4 heterostructures as cathode materials for capacitors ACS Applied Nano Materials 2021, 4, 2, 2183-2189
9.Yi Liu, Ying Liu, Yusuke Yamauchi, Zeid A. Alothman, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti*, Xiang Wu*, Enhanced zinc ion storage capability of V2O5 electrode materials with hollow interior cavities Batteries & Supercaps 2021, 4,1867-1873
10.Tong Xia, Ying Liu, Meizhen Dai, Qing Xia, Xiang Wu* A flexible hybrid capacitor based NiCo2S4 nanowire electrode with an ultrahigh capacitance Dalton Transactions 2021, 50, 4045-4052
11.Qing Xia, Tong Xia, Meizhen Dai, Xiang Wu*, Yufeng Zhao* A facile synthetic protocol of α-Fe2O3@FeS2 nanocrystals for advanced electrochemical capacitor CrystEngComm 2021, 23, 2432-2438
12.Yuchen Sun, Xiaowei Wang, Weichao Zhang, Xiang Wu* Mesoporous Co-Mo-S nanosheet networks as cathode materials for flexible electrochemical capacitors CrystEngComm 2021,23,7671-7678
13.Tong Xia, Depeng Zhao, Qing Xia, Ahmad Umar, Xiang Wu* Realizing high performance flexible supercapacitors by electrode modification. RSC Advances 2021, 11, 39045-39050