Background Information: 

Han Bing is an assistant professor and doctoral supervisor at Ningbo Oriental Polytechnic University (tentative name). He received his Ph.D. from the School of Engineering of Peking University in 2021 and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego and Argonne National Laboratory in the United States from 2021 to 2024. He serves as a guest editor of the journals Materials and Molecules and a young editorial board member of the journal Nano Research Energy. He has long been committed to using multi-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy technology to study new physical mechanisms at the interface of energy devices and to achieve device regulation and optimization. Through precise control of the electron beam dose, he pioneered the atomic-level imaging, electron energy loss spectrum distribution and three-dimensional structural evolution of the interface layer of lithium batteries. At the same time, he revealed a series of new failure mechanisms of lithium/sodium battery systems. He has published 26 papers as the first author or corresponding author (including co-authors), including 1 Science, 8 Advanced Materials, 3 Nature Communication, Energy & Environmental Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and other journals. With an H-index of 28, he has been cited more than 2,800 times. He won the "Second Prize of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education of China" in 2023, the "National Challenge Cup Special Prize" in 2015, the "Wang Daheng Optics Award of the Chinese Optical Society" in 2015, and the "First Prize of the National Physics Teaching Conference" in 2014. He has long served as an independent reviewer for journals such as Nature Communication, Sci. Adv., Joule, Adv. Mater., and presided over a project of the Natural Science and Engineering Research Committee of the US DOE.

Research Field:

Dr. Han has been dedicated to utilizing multidimensional cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) technology to study new physical mechanisms at the interfaces of energy devices and to achieve device regulation and optimization. Addressing the issue of electron beam irradiation damage to organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials and interfaces, ultra-low-dose cryo-EM technology was employed to achieve precise imaging of perovskite grain boundary defects. This revealed a new microscopic mechanism of the interaction between fullerene derivatives and perovskite grain boundaries, forming the basis for proposing interface process control strategies to enhance device performance. Additionally, in response to the challenge of spatial phase analysis of solid electrolyte layers in lithium batteries being highly susceptible to electron beam radiation damage, the applicant innovatively achieved atomic-level imaging, electron energy loss spectroscopy distribution, and three-dimensional structural evolution of the lithium battery interface layer through precise control of electron beam dosage. Moreover, leveraging extensive experience in lithium battery device fabrication and electrochemical analysis, the applicant uncovered a series of new failure mechanisms in lithium/sodium battery systems.

Educational Background:

2018/9/1 – 2021/7/1: PhD (Major in Material Mechanics), Peking University College of Engineering

2014/9/1 – 2017/7/1: Master (Major in Material Physics and Chemistry), South China Normal University

2010/9/1 – 2014/7/1: Bachelor (Major in Material Physics), South China Normal University

Work Experience:

2025- Present, Assistant Professor, Engineering College, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

2021-2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego

Academic Experience:

2022-2023, Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):

2022-Present, Young Editorial Board Member of Nano Research Energy

2022-Present, Guest Chief Editor of Materials

2023-Present, Guest Chief Editor of Molecules

Awards and Honors:

Second Prize of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education of China, June 2023 (Han Bing is the third-ranked author of the award)

2015 "National College Student Challenge Cup Special Award"

2015 Wang Daheng Optical Award, (Outstanding winner)

2016 Guangdong Province Outstanding Communist Youth League Member (Provincial "May Fourth Youth Award" Individual Award)

2014 "National Symposium on Physics", first prize 

Representative Works:

General Information

To date, the applicant has published a total of 70 SCI papers, including 29 papers published as the first/corresponding author (including co-authors) in journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Communication, Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, and Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper has been cited a total of 3500 times, with an H-factor of 32; 5 highly cited ESI papers.

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=jPkd4U4AAAAJ

Journal Publications (Han B. is Bing Han)

2024, 2023

1. Li, S., Xiao, Y., Su, R., Xu, W., Luo, D. *, …Han, B. * (corresponding author), ... & Zhu, R. * (2024). Coherent growth of high-Miller-index facets enhances perovskite solar cells. Nature, 1-3.

2. Hong, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Han, B. * (corresponding author), Li, Q., Guo, X., ... & Zhi, C. * (2024). Hydrogen‐Bonded Ionic Co‐Crystals for Fast Solid‐State Zinc Ion Storage. Advanced Materials, 36(47), 2407150.

3. You S.#,…Han B.# (co-first author), … & Li, X. (2023). Radical polymeric p-doping and grain modulation for stable, efficient perovskite solar modules. Science, 379(6629), 288-294.

4. Xiu, J. #, Han, B. #(co-first author),... & He, Z. (2023). A Sustainable Approach Using Nanocrystals Functionalized Green Alkanes as Efficient Antisolvents to Fabricate High‐Quality Perovskite Films. Advanced Energy Materials, 2300566.

5. Shu, L. #, Han, B. #(co-first author), ... & Fan, Z. (2023). Highly Efficient Blue Light‐Emitting Diodes Based on Perovskite Film with Vertically Graded Bandgap and Organic Grain Boundary Passivation Shells. Advanced Functional Materials, 33(46), 2306570.

6. Cheng, D., …., Han, B., & Meng, Y. S. (2023). A free-standing lithium phosphorus oxynitride thin film electrolyte promotes uniformly dense lithium metal deposition with no external pressure. Nature Nanotechnology, 1-8.

7. Liang, G., Tang, Z., Han, B. * (corresponding author), Zhu, J., Chen, A., Li, Q., ... & Zhi, C. (2023). Regulating Inorganic and Organic Components to Build Amorphous‐ZnFx Enriched Solid‐electrolyte Interphase for Highly Reversible Zn Metal Chemistry. Advanced Materials, 2210051.

8. Biao, J., Han, B. (co-first author), Cao, Y., Li, Q., Zhong, G., Ma, J., ... & He, Y. B. (2023). Inhibiting Formation and Reduction of Li2CO3 to LiCx at Grain Boundaries in Garnet Electrolytes to Prevent Li Penetration. Advanced Materials, 2208951.

2022

9. Han B, X Li, Y Deng. Cryo-Electron Tomography of Highly Deformable and Adherent Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Exoskeleton in Li-Metal Batteries with Ether-based Electrolyte, Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), (2022) e2108252.

10. Ke, R., Du, L., Han, B. * (co-first author and corresponding author), Xu, H., Meng, H., Zeng, H., ... & Deng, Y. (2022). Biobased Self-Growing Approach toward Tailored, Integrated High-Performance Flexible Lithium-Ion Battery. Nano Letters, 22(23), 9327-9334.

11. Zhang P.#, Han B.#* (co-first author and corresponding author), Francisco J.*, Gu, M.* (2022). Revealing the Intrinsic Atomic Structure and Chemistry of Amorphous LiO2-Containing Products in Li–O2 Batteries Using Cryogenic Electron Microscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144, 5, 2129–2136.

12. Li S., Wang X., Han B. (co-first author), et al. Ultrathin and High‐Modulus LiBO2 Layer Highly Elevates the Interfacial Dynamics and Stability of Lithium Anode under Wide Temperature Range[J]. Small, 2021: 2106427.

2021

13. Han B, Li X, Bai S, et al. Conformal Three-Dimensional Interphase of Li Metal Anode Revealed by Low Dose Cryo-Electron Microscopy[J]. Matter, 2021, Accepted.

14. Han B, Zou Y, Xu G, et al. Additive stabilization of SEI on graphite observed using cryo-electron microscopy[J]. Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14(9): 4882-4889.

15. Han, B., Zou, Y., Zhang, Z. et al. (2021). Probing the Na metal solid electrolyte interphase via cryo-transmission electron microscopy. Nature Communication, 12, 3066.

16. Han, B., Zhang, Z., Zou, Y., Xu, K., Xu, G., Wang, H., ... & Gu, M. (2021). Poor Stability of Li2CO3 in the Solid Electrolyte Interphase of a Lithium-Metal Anode Revealed by Cryo-Electron Microscopy. Advanced Materials, 2100404.

17. Han, B., Zou, Y., Ke, R., Li, T., ... & Meng, H. (2021). Stable Lithium Metal Anodes with a GaOx Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Damp Air. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13, 18, 21467–21473

18. Zhang Q, Han B* (co-first author and corresponding author), Zou Y, et al. Enabling Atomic‐Scale Imaging of Sensitive Potassium Metal and Related Solid Electrolyte Interphases Using Ultralow‐Dose Cryo‐TEM[J]. Advanced Materials, 2021, 33(43): 2102666.

19. Li X, Han B* (co-first author and corresponding author), Yang X, et al. Three-Dimensional Visualization of Lithium Metal Anode via Low-Dose Cryogenic Electron Microscopy Tomography[J]. iScience, 2021: 103418.

20. Chen, W., Han, B. (co-first author), Hu, Q., Gu, M., Zhu, Y., ... & Russell, T. (2021). Interfacial stabilization for inverted perovskite solar cells with long-term stability, Science Bulletin, 66, 991–10.

21. Liu F, Qin X, Han B*(corresponding author), et al. Enhanced Light Emission Performance of Mixed Cation Perovskite Films—The Effect of Solution Stoichiometry on Crystallization[J]. Advanced Optical Materials, 2021, 9(21): 2100393.

2020

22. Han, B., Xu, D., Chi, S. S., He, D., Zhang, Z., Du, L. & Deng, Y. (2020). 500 Wh kg− 1 Class Li Metal Battery Enabled by a Self‐Organized Core–Shell Composite Anode. Advanced Materials, 32(42), 2004793.

23. Han, B., Feng, D., Li, S., Zhang, Z., Zou, Y., Gu, M., ... & Deng, Y. (2020). Self-regulated phenomenon of inorganic artificial solid electrolyte interphase for lithium metal batteries. Nano letters, 20(5), 4029-4037.

24. Xiao, Y., Han, B.(co-first author), Zeng, Y., Chi, S. S., Zeng, X., Zheng, Z., ... & Deng, Y. (2020). New lithium salt forms interphases suppressing both Li dendrite and polysulfide shuttling. Advanced Energy Materials, 10(14), 1903937.

2013-2019 

25. Han, B., Yang, Y., Shi, X., Zhang, G., Gong, L., Xu, D., Deng, Y. (2018). Spontaneous repairing liquid metal/Si nanocomposite as a smart conductive-additive-free anode for lithium-ion battery. Nano energy, 50, 359-366.

26. Xian Z.; Han B. (co-first author); Kempa K.*, Gao J.* A Practical ITO Replacement Strategy: Sputtering-Free Processing of a Metallic Nanonetwork. Advanced Materials Technologies, DOI: 10.1002/admt. 201700061.

27. Han, B., Peng Q., Li R., Rong Q., Kempa K.* Gao J.*, Optimization of hierarchical structure andnanoscale-enabled plasmonic refraction for windowelectrodes in photovoltaics. Nature Communications 2016 03:01:14,10.1038/ncomms12825.

28. Gao J.*, Kempa K.*, Giersig M.*, Akinoglu E., Han B., Li R., Physics of Transparent Conductors. Advanced in Physics 2016,6, 553–617. 

29. Han, B., Huang Y.; Li R.; Peng Q.; Luo J.; Pei K.; Herczynski A.; Kempa K.; Ren Z., Gao J., Bio-inspired Networks for Optoelectronic Applications. Nature Communications 2014, 5: 5674, 10.1038/ncomm6674. (News: Science daily, Phys.org, Eurek.org, Asiaeu.com, Newsgb.com, Topix.com, Lockerdome.com etc.)

30.Han, B., Pei, K., Huang, Y., Zhang, X., Rong, Q., Lin, Q., Guo, Y., Sun, T., Guo, C., Carnahan, D., Kempa, K.*, Uniform Self‐Forming Metallic Network as a High‐Performance Transparent Conductive Electrode. Advanced Materials 2013, 26, 873-877.