Background Information: 

Weihan Li, Assistant Professor (Independent PI) at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Sichuan University in 2011 and completed his Ph.D. degrees at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2016 and Western University (Canada) in 2023. He has conducted postdoctoral research at Western University and visiting research at the Canadian Light Source. His research focuses on fundamental and application studies of solid-state batteries, lithium (sodium) ion batteries, and synchrotron-based characterization. In recent years, he has made a series of original contributions in nitride solid electrolytes, all-solid-state battery development, and in situ synchrotron characterization. To date, he has published over 100 SCI papers, with a total of more than 10,000 citations and an H-index of 60. Among these, as the first or co-first author, he has published 21 papers in journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Science Advances, Advanced Materials (3), and Nano Letters. He was recognized in World's Top 2% Scientists (2023, 2024) and has received honors including the Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Scholarship (2016).

Research Field:

His primary research areas focus on the fundamental studies of key materials and interfaces in all-solid-state lithium batteries:

1. Research on novel solid-state electrolytes and interfaces

2. Design and fabrication of advanced cathode and anode materials

3. All-solid-state lithium (sodium) batteries

4. In situ characterization using synchrotron X-rays and neutrons

Educational Background:

2020.09 – 2023.08, Ph.D., Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University, Canada

2011.09 – 2016.06, Ph.D., Materials Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, China   

2007.09 – 2011.07, B.S., Materials Physics, Sichuan University, China 

Work Experience:

2025.01 – Present: Assistant Professor, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

2023.09 – 2025. 01, Postdoctoral Fellow, Western University, Canada

2017.09 – 2020.08 Postdoctoral Associate, Western University, Canada

2017.05 – 2017.08 Visiting Scientist, Canadian Light Source, Canada

2016.09 – 2017.08 Postdoctoral Fellow, Western University, Canada

Awards and Honors:

2023, 2024 Top 2% Scientists Worldwide, Stanford University

2023 Mitacs Accelerate Fellowships, Mitacs, Canada

2016 Chinese Academy of Sciences Presidential Scholarship

Representative Works:

General Information

To date, he has published 100 SCI papers, including 20 as the first or co-first author in journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Science Advances, Advanced Materials (3), and Nano Letters. His publications have garnered over 10,000 citations, with an H-index of 60.

Works Information and Citation Data

Google Scholar：

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sNX8IrcAAAAJ&hl=en

Web of Knowledge：

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/D-7815-2016

Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author)

1. Li. W.; Mo. Y.; Sham, T.K.; Sun, X.; et al.; Superionic conducting vacancy-rich β-Li3N electrolyte for stable cycling of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries, Nat. Nanotech., 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41565-024-01813-z.

2. Li, W.; Sham, T.K.; Sun, X.; et al.; Lithium-compatible and air-stable vacancy-rich Li9N2Cl3 for high–areal capacity, long-cycling all–solid-state lithium metal batteries, Sci. Adv., 2023, 9 (42), eadh4626. (Highlighted by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.)

3. Li, W.; Sham, T.K.; Sun, X.; et al.; Precise tailoring of lithium-ion transport for ultra-long-cycling dendrite-free all-solid-state lithium metal batteries. Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2302647

4. Li, M.#; Li, W.#; Sham, T.K.; Sun, X. et al.; New insights into the high performance black phosphorus anode for lithium-ion batteries, Adv. Mater., 2021, 2101259. (Li, M. and Li, W. are co-first authors)

5. Li, W.; Yu, Y.; et al.; Confined amorphous red phosphorus in MOF-derived N-doped microporous carbon as a superior anode for sodium-ion battery. Adv. Mater., 2017, 1605820. (ESI, Highly cited paper) 

6. Li, W.; Yu, Y.; et al. Amorphous red phosphorus embedded in highly ordered mesoporous carbon with superior lithium and sodium storage capacity. Nano Lett., 2016, 16, 1546-1553. (ESI, Highly cited paper)

7. Li, W.; Sham, T.K.; Sun, X. et al.; Unraveling the Origin of Moisture Stability of Halide Solid-State Electrolytes by In Situ and Operando Synchrotron X-ray Analytical Techniques, Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 16, 7019–7027.

8. Li, W.; Li, M.; Sham, T.K.; Sun, X. et al.; Phosphorene Degradation: Visualization and Quantification of Nanoscale Phase Evolution by Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy, Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 3, 1272–1280 (Highlighted by CLS, UWO, CTV news)