22. Lei Wu,‡ Kaixi Lan,‡Yaocheng Han, Yanting Zhang, Dongyang Han, Yian Shi, Manni Li,*  Kun Zhang,*. Menbrane-shaped MOF proton conductors. Inorg. Chem. Front. (accept) 2025, DOI: 10.1039/d5qi01763g.

                                          

21．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Lei Wu,‡ Ke Gong,‡ Shuyang Bian,‡ Yanting Zhang, Huayu Gu, Dongshuang Wu, Linfeng Hu,* Huiyuan Liu,* and Yusong Wang*. Superprotonic Conduction over Wide Humidity Range Driven by Enhanced Proton Dissociation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202421444. 

20．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Lei Wu,‡ Kaixi Lan,‡ Yanting Zhang, Wenxin Zhang, Huanhuan Li, Guoji Huang,* Dongshuang Wu, Long Chen, Manni Li,*. N-3 of 1-methylimidazole: Enhancing proton conduction in COF under humidity conditions. Chinese. Chem. Lett. (accept) 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2025.111043

19．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Yaocheng Han,‡ Ziya Liu,‡ Lei Wu, Dongshuang Wu and Manni Li*. Low Coordination Water in COF and Acid-free Proton Conduction. Chem. Commun. (accept)

18．Kun Zhang, Yian Shi, Dongyang Han, Hassaan Ahmad Butt, Zeyu Wang* and Manni Li*. One-Step Chemical Dealloying Synthesis of a Multi-Structured Cu2Sb/Sb2O3/Cu/Cu2O Nanocomposite Anode for Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries. J. Mater. Sci. 2025, 60, 4301-4312.

17．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Yanting Zhang,‡ Lei Wu,‡ and Qingchao Liu. Amorphous Microporous Polymer with High-density Sulphonic Acid for Proton Conduction. J. Chem. Sci. 2025, 137, 9.

 

16．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Lei Wu,‡ Yanting Zhang,‡ Hong Zhang, and Dongshuang Wu*. Tuning the Crowding Effect of Water and Imidazole in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Proton Conduction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2025, 17, 963−968.

15．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Lei Wu,‡ Yanting Zhang,‡ Hong Zhang and Dongshuang Wu*. Tuning Hydrophilic Segments to Achieve Acid-Free Proton Conduction in COF. Chin. J. Chem. 2025, 43, 61-66.

14．Lu Feng,‡ Shuyang Bian,‡ Kun Zhang* and Hong Zhou*. Remarkable Proton Conducting Behavior Driven by Synergistic Effects in Acid–base Conjugated MOFs Impregnated with Sulphuric Acid Molecules. Dalton. Trans. 2022, 51, 13742-13748.

13．Shuyang Bian,‡ Kun Zhang,‡ Yuxiang Wang, Ziya Liu, Guixiang Wang,* Xinzhu Jiang, Yaoyao Pan, Bingqing Xu,* Guoji Huang, and Gen Zhang*. Charge Separation by Imidazole and Sulfonic Acid-Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Proton Conductivity. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 1298-1304.

12．Ziya Liu,‡ Kun Zhang,‡ Guoji Huang,‡ Shuyang Bian, Yang Huang, Xinzhu Jiang, Yaoyao Pan, Yuxiang Wang, Xifeng Xia, Bingqing Xu,* and Gen Zhang*. Lithium-ion Transport in Covalent Organic Framework Membrane. Chem. Eng. J. 2022, 433, 133550.

11．Ziya Liu,‡ Kun Zhang,‡ Guoji Huang, Bingqing Xu,* You-lee Hong, Xiaowei Wu, Yusuke Nishiyama, Satoshi Horike,* Gen Zhang,* and Susumu Kitagawa. Highly Processable Covalent Organic Framework Gel Electrolyte Enabled by Side-Chain Engineering for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202110695.

 

10.  Shengdong Wang,‡ Xiaohui Tang,‡ Kaijie Yang,‡ Bin Chen, Kun Zhang, Hong Xu, Weitao Wang, Gen Zhang,* and Cheng Gu*. Facile, Direct, De Novo Synthesis of an Alkyl Phosphoric Acid-Decorated Covalent Organic Framework. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2023, 44, 2200678.

9．Xiaowei Wu,‡ Ziya Liu,‡ Hu Guo,‡ You-lee Hong, Bingqing Xu,* Kun Zhang, Yusuke Nishiyama, Wei Jiang, Satoshi Horike, Susumu Kitagawa, and Gen Zhang*. Host−Guest Assembly of H-Bonding Networks in Covalent Organic Frameworks for Ultrafast and Anhydrous Proton Transfer. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 37172−37178.

8．Ge-Hua Wen, Qian Zou, Xin-Da Huang, Kun Zhang, Song-Song Bao, Li-Min Zheng *. Heterometallic Uranyl-organic Frameworks Incorporating Manganese and Copper: Structures, Ammonia Sorption and Magnetic Properties. Polyhedron 2021, 205, 115327.

7．Yihan Du,‡ Kun Zhang,‡ Ziya Liu,‡ Shaoxian Liu, Guoji Huang, Yang Huang, Qianqian Qin, Jiaxin Luo, Bingqing Xu* and Gen Zhang*. Encapsulating NH4Br in a Metal Organic Framework: Achieving Remarkable Proton Conduction in a Wide Relative Humidity Range. Dalton. Trans. 2021, 50, 15321-15326.

6．Yuxiang Wang,‡ Kun Zhang,‡ Xinzhu Jiang, Ziya Liu, Shuyang Bian, Yaoyao Pan, Zhen Shan, Miaomiao Wu, Bingqing Xu,* and Gen Zhang*. Branched Poly(ethylene glycol)-Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks as Solid Electrolytes. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 11720-11725.

5．Xinzhu Jiang,‡ Kun Zhang,‡ Yang Huang, Bingqing Xu,* Xuefeng Xu, Jiajun Zhang, Ziya Liu, Yuxiang Wang, Yaoyao Pan, Shuyang Bian, Qihang Chen, Xiaowei Wu, and Gen Zhang*. Conjugated Microporous Polymer with C≡C and C−F Bonds: Achieving Remarkable Stability and Super Anhydrous Proton Conductivity. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2021, 13, 15536-15541.

4．Kun Zhang, Ge-Hua Wen, Xiao-Jing Yang, Dae-Woon Lim, Song-Song Bao, Masaki Donoshita, Lan-Qing Wu, Hiroshi Kitagawa,* and Li-Min Zheng*. Anhydrous Superprotonic Conductivity of a Uranyl-Based MOF from Ambient Temperature to 110 °C. ACS Materials Lett. 2021, 3, 744-751.

3．Kun Zhang,*,‡ Ge-Hua Wen,‡ Song-Song Bao, Lan-Qing Wu, and Jia-Ge Jia. Studying the Proton Conduction through the Grain Surface of UiO-66-NH2. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 8198-8204.

2．Kun Zhang,‡ Xiaoji Xie,‡ Hongyu Li, Jiaxin Gao, Li Nie, Yue Pan, Juan Xie, Dan Tian, Wenlong Liu, Quli Fan, Haiquan Su, Ling Huang,* and Wei Huang. Highly Water-Stable Lanthanide-Oxalate MOFs with Remarkable Proton Conductivity and Tunable Luminescence. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1701804.

1．Kun Chen,‡ Wenhong Su,‡ Yue Wang, Huan Ge, Kun Zhang, Yangbo Wang, Xiaoji Xie, Vincent G. Gomes,* Handong Sun* and Ling Huang*. Nanocomposites of Carbon Nanotubes and Photon Upconversion Nanoparticles for Enhanced Optical Limiting Performance. J. Mater. Chem. C. 2018, 6, 7311-7316.