{"id":161,"date":"2025-05-14T22:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yu-sbatlab.399339.xyz\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-08-22T20:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:58:03","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/index.php\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"161\" class=\"elementor elementor-161\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e9bee4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e9bee4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8366ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8366ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f42434 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f42434\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-687cef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"687cef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yu-Xiaoliang-e1721724438217-260x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-122\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yu-Xiaoliang-e1721724438217-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yu-Xiaoliang-e1721724438217-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yu-Xiaoliang-e1721724438217-768x886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yu-Xiaoliang-e1721724438217.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-537d4d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"537d4d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Dr.XiaoliangYu\uff08\u65bc\u66c9\u4eae\uff09<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"professional-blue\">Assistant Professor (Research)<\/span><br \/><span class=\"professional-blue\">Rm FG623 6\/F Core FG<\/span><br \/><span class=\"professional-blue\">Department of Mechanical Engineering<\/span><br \/><strong>The Hong Kong Polytechnic University<\/strong><br \/><strong>Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong<\/strong><br \/><em>+852 3400 2558<\/em><br \/><span class=\"professional-blue\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <em>xiaoliang.yu@polyu.edu.hk<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><style>\n.professional-blue {\n  color: #0066cc;  \n}\n\nh3 strong { font-size: 1.2em; }\nstrong { color: #333; }\nem { font-style: italic; }\n<\/style><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9245ab4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9245ab4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe16b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbe16b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Xiaoliang Yu (\u65bc\u66c9\u4eae) joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) as an Assistant Professor (Research) in 2020. He leads the YU\u2019s Smart Battery Lab, focusing on electrochemical energy storage, with particular interests in lithium\/sodium metal batteries, liquid &amp; solid-state electrolytes, electrode-electrolyte interfacial regulation, and AI-assisted battery design. The lab has been sponsored by various funding bodies. It was also funded with three PhD quotas by the highly-competitive PolyU Presidential PhD Fellowship Scheme (PPPFS) in 2022\/23 and 2023\/24 admissions. Our sponsors include Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (\u9999\u6e2f\u7814\u7a76\u8cc7\u52a9\u5c40), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission (\u9999\u6e2f\u5275\u65b0\u79d1\u6280\u7f72), Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (\u5e7f\u4e1c\u7701\u79d1\u5b66\u6280\u672f\u5385), and world-leading battery companies, such as CATL (\u5be7\u5fb7\u6642\u4ee3) and XFH (\u7fd4\u8c50\u83ef), etc.<\/p><p>Before joining PolyU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, from 2016 to 2020. He received his Ph.D and Bachelor\u2019s degrees, both from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2016 and 2011, respectively, advised by Professor Feiyu Kang. Xiaoliang has published more than 50 peer-reviewed research papers, many of which were published on prestigious journals like Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater. ACS Nano. His research work has been cited widely, leading to more than 5000 Google scholar citations with an H-index of 37. He is a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) since 2024, was selected as an Emerging Investigator of Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2025) and Chinese Journal of Chemistry (2025), and received the Faculty of Engineering Research Grant Achievement Award from PolyU in 2025. He serves as a Lead Guest Editor for Frontiers in Chemistry (2021), a Young Editorial Board Member for Energy Materials and Devices (2025), and was an Organizing Committee Member for the International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB 2024). He is also a member of the Na-Ion Battery Technical Standards Committee (CSTM\/FC59\/TC03).<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Research Grants<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>PI<\/strong>, General Research Fund (GRF), Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Tailoring Linear Ether Electrolytes via Machine Learning for High-Performance Cryogenic Anode-Free Sodium Batteries, <em>HK$ 840,217<\/em>, Grant No. 15308826, 01\/01\/2027-31\/12\/2029.<\/li><li><strong>PI<\/strong>, Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, Development of Ultrahigh-Specific-Energy and High-Safety Sodium-based Traction Batteries, <em>HK$1,296,350.00<\/em>, Grant No. ITS\/325\/22FP, 01\/12\/2023 \u2010 30\/11\/2025.<\/li><li><strong>PI, <\/strong>Research Talent Hub (RTH), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, <em>HK$1,887,771.27<\/em>, Grant No. PiH\/553-556\/23, 01\/12\/2023 \u2010 31\/05\/2025.<\/li><li><strong>PI,<\/strong> Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, Development of Advanced Quasi-Solid-State Anode-Free Sodium Metal Batteries for Next-Generation Electric Vehicles, <em>HK$3,017,600.00<\/em>, Grant No. ITS\/325\/22FP, 01\/05\/2025 \u2010 31\/10\/2026.<\/li><li><strong>PI,<\/strong> Research Talent Hub (RTH), Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission, <em>HK$2,879,880.00<\/em>, Grant No. PiH\/268-271\/25, 23\/06\/2025 \u2010 31\/10\/2026.<\/li><li><strong>PI, <\/strong>General Program of Guangdong Natural Science Fund, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, Low-temperature electrolyte design and interface regulation mechanism for high-voltage sodium metal batteries, <em>CNY 100,000.00<\/em>, Grant No. 2023A1515010020, 01\/01\/2023 \u2010 31\/12\/2025.<\/li><li><strong>PI, <\/strong>General Program of Guangdong Natural Science Fund, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, Design of quasi-solid-state electrolyte and interface regulation for anode-free sodium metal batteries, <em>CNY 100,000.00<\/em>, Grant No. 2025Al515011149, 01\/01\/2025 \u2010 31\/12\/2027.<\/li><li><strong>Co-PI, <\/strong>RGC Collaborative Research Fund Young Collaborative Research Grant (CRF-YCRG), Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC), Electrification and Decarbonization: Multi-port Wireless Dock and Charge for Waterborne Transportation, <strong><em>HK$ 1,000,000.00 allocated<\/em><\/strong>, Grant No. C1002-23Y, 01\/06\/2024 \u2010 31\/05\/2027.<\/li><li><strong>Co-PI,<\/strong> S&amp;T Achievement Transformation Project, Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Department, Development and industrial pilot test of advanced anode-free sodium metal batteries based on functionalized carbon-coated current collectors, <em>CNY 400,000.00 allocated<\/em>, Grant No. 2022ZY0011, 01\/09\/2022 \u2010 31\/08\/2025.<\/li><li><strong>Co-PI, <\/strong>Key R&amp;D and Achievement Transformation Project, Inner Mongolia Science and Technology Department, Study and Demonstrative Application of Preparation Technology of Gradient Functionalized Electrode for Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries, <em>CNY 300,000.00 allocated<\/em>, Grant No. 2023YFHH0062, 01\/06\/2023 \u2010 31\/05\/2025.<\/li><li><strong>Co-PI,<\/strong> Shandong Province Key R&amp;D Project, Shandong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, Research and application demonstration of key technologies for full-element recycling of retired power lithium batteries, <em>CNY 247,000.00 allocated<\/em>, Grant 2024KJHZ030, 01\/09\/2024 \u2010 30\/09\/2027.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Teaching<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>Manufacturing Fundamentals for BEng (Hons) Scheme<\/p><p>Manufacturing Fundamentals for BEng (Hons) in Product Analysis and Engineering Design<\/p><p>Products and Materials in Modern Society<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516c6ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"516c6ad\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7d0598 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e7d0598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b7a05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"43b7a05\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f553f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f553f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1519849 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1519849\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c37539a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c37539a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3fe7c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3fe7c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kai-Shi-e1731681272233-220x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-100\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kai-Shi-e1731681272233-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Kai-Shi-e1731681272233.png 454w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4c396 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad4c396\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Kai Shi<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Background:<\/p><p>Ph.D.: Helmholtz Institute Ulm\/Karlsruhe Institute of Technology<\/p><p>M.S.:Tsinghua University<\/p><p>B.S.:\u00a0Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Aeronautics<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Sustainable electrochemical energy storage, including solid-state electrolytes for safe alkali-metal anodes, organic batteries and sustainable processing<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620bad6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"620bad6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2752870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2752870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XQS-218x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-119\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XQS-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XQS-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XQS-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XQS.jpg 928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f5f2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f5f2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Qingshuai Xu <\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Background:\u00a0<\/p><p>Ph.D.: South China University of Technology<\/p><p>M.S.: South China Normal University<\/p><p>B.S.: Hanshan Normal University\u00a0<\/p><p>Research Area: Research and development of electrolytes for lithium metal batteries , design and preparation of composite lithium-metal anodes , gel solid-state electrolytes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a509e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a509e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eefd252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eefd252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/liang-271x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-101\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/liang-271x300.png 271w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/liang.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97c1d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97c1d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Liang Hu<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Background:<\/p><p>Ph.D.: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University<\/p><p>M.S.:\u00a0University of Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p><p>B.E.: Central South Universit<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Liquid electrolyte design for high voltage sodium metal battery<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e700057 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e700057\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ec6bf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"52ec6bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70de9e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"70de9e5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a330f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06a330f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Ph.D Students<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e940dd3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e940dd3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2f1ec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b2f1ec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3093be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3093be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xiuyun-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-118\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xiuyun-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xiuyun-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xiuyun.png 477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08844a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"08844a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Xiuyun Ren <\/b><\/strong>(PPPFS)<\/p><p>Background:<\/p><p>M.E.: Sichuan University<\/p><p>B.E.: Qingdao University<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Formulating thermally-stable electrolytes for sodium batteries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-968325e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"968325e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6780f83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6780f83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Genyuan-225x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-98\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Genyuan-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Genyuan.png 357w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a17ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a17ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Genyuan Wang <\/b><\/strong>(PPPFS)\u00a0<\/p><p>Background:<\/p><p>M.S.: Xiamen University<\/p><p>B.S.\uff1aNanjing Tech University<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Development of advanced solid electrolytes\u00a0for sodium batteries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-338f765 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"338f765\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fca231 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fca231\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fei-225x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-96\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fei-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fei.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c0f7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04c0f7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Fei Zheng <\/b><\/strong>(Top 3+1)<\/p><p>Background:<\/p><p>M.E.:\u00a0Beijing University of Chemical Technology<\/p><p>B.E.:\u00a0Beijing University of Chemical Technology<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Advanced polymer electrolyte design and interface engineering for sodium-metal batteries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a174a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2a174a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec32b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec32b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yu-214x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-120\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yu-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/yu-sbatlab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yu.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ff7b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7ff7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Yu Zhao (<\/b><\/strong>PPPFS)<\/p><p>Background:<\/p><p>M.S.: Soochow University<\/p><p>B.S.: Sichuan University<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Advanced gel polymer electrolytes for high-performance quasi-solid-state anode-free sodium metal batteries<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e352f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8e352f9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1eb3c2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e1eb3c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1ead5f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d1ead5f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67c89f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67c89f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Alumni<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b33e55b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b33e55b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4df9155 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4df9155\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><b>Ban Fei<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Postdoc fellow: 2024.02-2026.02<\/p><p>Ph.D.:\u00a0Fuzhou University\u00a0(3 years), Trinity College Dublin\u00a0(2 years, joint training)<\/p><p>M.S.: Dalian Polytechnic University<\/p><p>B.S.: Hubei Institute of Technology<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Electrode materials for metal-sulfur Batteries, metal-ion batteries, and aqueous zinc-based batteries<\/p><p><strong><b>Yue Guo<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Postdoc fellow: 2023.11-2025.11<\/p><p>Ph.D.:\u00a0Nanjing University<\/p><p>B.S.:\u00a0Dalian University of Technology<\/p><p>Research Area: Metal-sulfur batteries, separator engineering, sodium\/magnesium metal batteries<\/p><p><strong><b>Tao Zhang<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Postdoc fellow: 2024.03-2025.06<\/p><p>Ph.D.: Shanghai Jiaotong University<\/p><p>M.S.: Xiamen University<\/p><p>B.S.: Shandong University<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Solid state electrolyte,\u00a0lithium metal anode for lithium sulfur batteries,\u00a0lithium rich alloys anodes for Li ion battery<\/p><p><strong><b>Cuicui Li<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Postdoc fellow:\u00a02022.10-2024.10<\/p><p>Ph.D.: Northeastern University<\/p><p>M.S.: China University of Geoscience<\/p><p>B.S.: Huainan Normal University\u00a0<\/p><p>Research Area: Battery electrode design, electrolyte formulation, mechanistic study of new battery chemistry<\/p><p>Current position:\u00a0Associate Professor at Liaoning Petrochemical University<\/p><p><strong><b>Bingcheng Ge<\/b><\/strong><\/p><p>Postdoc fellow: 2022.02-2023.08<\/p><p>Ph.D.: Yanshan University<\/p><p>B.S.:\u00a0University of Science and Technology Liaoning<\/p><p>Research Area:\u00a0Low\u00a0temperature electrolyte for sodium\u00a0metal battery<\/p><p>Current position: Assistant Professor at Henan Normal University<\/p><p><strong><b>Junxiong Wu<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p>Postdoc fellow: 2020.10-2021.10<\/p><p>Ph.D.: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/p><p>M.S.: Tsinghua University<\/p><p>B.S.: Fuzhou University<\/p><p>Research Area: Electrode modification for anode-free sodium metal battery<\/p><p>Current position: Professor at Fujian Normal University<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigat &hellip; 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