Background Information: 

Wei Xia is Assistant Professor of the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Peking University and worked as Postdoctoral Associate and Associate Research Fellow in Western University and Southern University of Science and Technology, respectively. His research interests include electrochemical energy storage and conversion, crystal structure, and neutron scattering. He has published over 50 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, including Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Energy & Environmental Science, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, Advanced Materials and Nano Letters, with over 8000 citations and H-index of 32.

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Research Field:

Solid-State Batteries, Neutron Scattering, Automated Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Crystalline Materials

Educational Background:

2011-2016: Peking University, Ph.D. (Advanced Materials and Mechanics)

2014:  Argonne National Laboratory, Visiting Student

2007-2011: University of Science and Technology Beijing, Bachelor (Material Physics)

Work Experience:

2022.07-Present: Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Assistant Professor

2022.02-2022.06: Southern University of Science and Technology, Associate Research Fellow

2019.09-2022.02: Western University, Postdoctoral Associate & Visiting Professor

2019.03-2019.09: Southern University of Science and Technology, Associate Research Fellow

2016.07-2019.02: Battery R&D Center of World Top 500 Company, Engineer

Awards and Honors:

2023: World Top 2% Scientists

2021: Shenzhen Overseas High-Caliber Personnel (Level C)

2016: Outstanding PhD thesis of Peking University

Representative Works:

General Information

More than 50 SCI papers; Over 8000 Citations; H-index 32

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0jTpNa4AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

Web of Knowledge:

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1887572

10 Representative Papers (‡co-first author; *corresponding author)

[1] Pengcheng Yu, Haochang Zhang, Fiaz Hussain, Jing Luo, Wen Tang, Jiuwei Lei, Lei Gao, Denys Butenko, Changhong Wang, Jinlong Zhu, Wen Yin, Hao Zhang, Songbai Han*, Ruqiang Zou*, Wei Chen, Yusheng Zhao, Wei Xia*, Xueliang Sun*, Lithium metal compatible antifluorite electrolytes for solid-state batteries, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 10.1021/jacs.4c02170.

[2] Jin-Xiu Chen, Jin-Hao Zhang, Xiao-Zhong Fan, Fang-Fang Wang, Wen Tang, Wei Xia*, Yusheng Zhao*, Long Kong*, Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 10.1039/D3EE03809B.

[3] Fiaz Hussain, Pengcheng Yu, Jinlong Zhu, Hui Xia*, Yusheng Zhao*, Wei Xia*. Theoretical prediction of spinel Na2InxSc0. 666-xCl4 and rock-salt Na3In1-xScxCl6 superionic conductors for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries. Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2023, 6(1): 2200569.

[4] Wei Xia‡, Yang Zhao‡, Feipeng Zhao‡, Keegan Adair, Ruo Zhao, Shuai Li, Ruqiang Zou*, Yusheng Zhao*, Xueliang Sun*, Antiperovskite electrolytes for solid-state batteries, Chemical Reviews, 2022, 122(3): 3763-3819.

[5] Hao Zhang‡, Wei Xia‡, Haoming Shen, Wenhan Guo, Zibin Liang, Kexin Zhang, Yingxiao Wu, Bingjun Zhu, Ruqiang Zou*, Antiperovskite intermetallic nanoparticles for enhanced oxygen reduction, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59(5): 1871-1877.

[6] Wei Xia‡, Chong Qu‡, Zibin Liang, Bote Zhao, Shuge Dai, Bin Qiu, Yang Jiao, Qiaobao Zhang, Xinyu Huang, Wenhan Guo, Dai Dang, Ruqiang Zou*, Dingguo Xia*, Qiang Xu*, Meilin Liu*, High-performance energy storage and conversion materials derived from a single metal-organic framework/graphene aerogel composite, Nano Letters, 2017, 17(5): 2788-2795.

[7] Qi‐Long Zhu‡, Wei Xia‡, Tomoki Akita, Ruqiang Zou*, Qiang Xu*, Metal‐organic framework‐derived honeycomb‐like open porous nanostructures as precious‐metal‐free catalysts for highly efficient oxygen electroreduction, Advanced Materials, 2016, 28(30), 6391-6398.

[8] Wei Xia, Asif Mahmood, Zibin Liang, Ruqiang Zou*, Shaojun Guo*, Earth-abundant nanomaterials for oxygen reduction, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55(8): 2650-2676.

[9] Wei Xia‡, Asif Mahmood‡, Ruqiang Zou*, Qiang Xu*, Metal-organic frameworks and their derived nanostructures for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8(7): 1837-1866.

[10] Wei Xia, Ruqiang Zou*, Li An, Dingguo Xia, Shaojun Guo*, A metal-organic framework route to in situ encapsulation of Co@Co3O4@C core@bishell nanoparticles into a highly ordered porous carbon matrix for oxygen reduction, Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8(2): 568-576.