Qingbing Xia

As an early career researcher in energy storage, my work spans multidisciplinary research in materials science, chemistry, and chemical engineering. The outcomes of my research provide a robust and practical foundation for electrode preparation, electrochemical characterization, and battery system design and optimisation.

Here are some highlights of my contributions:

1. Correlating the surface structural properties of electrode materials with charge storage performance in batteries: I demonstrated that an in situ layered-to-spinel phase transition on the surface of layered manganese oxide cathodes significantly enhances electrode materials' charge/discharge capability (J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 3995). Also, I pioneered a strategy to modify the surface of metal oxide anode materials, altering their surface and electronic structure properties, thereby greatly improving battery reaction kinetics (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 4022-4026).

2. Optimising the structural unit cell of the electrode materials to tune the local electronic and bonding environment for improving redox kinetics and cycling stability in batteries.

3. Developing a novel general “molecularly mediated thermally induced” approach to synthesising 2D superlattices. I introduced a novel general approach, "molecularly mediated thermally induced," to synthesize 2D superlattice arrays for use as electrode materials, demonstrating remarkably fast sodium ion storage performance (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 14125-14128). (Media coverage by MaterialsViews, ChemstryViews, World Energy, etc.)

4. Devloping the original concept of "sheet-in-sphere" to vertically confine 2D electroactive materials inside hollow nanospheres, addressing the issue of agglomeration faced by 2D electrode materials (Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 2001033).