Background Information: 

Dr. Xueliang Sun is a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a former Distinguished University Professor at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, a former Senior Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) for the development of advanced materials for clean energy, the founding Editor-in-Chief of “Electrochemical Energy Reviews” (IF=32) under Spring-Nature, and a Vice Chairman of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES).

Dr. Xueliang Sun is currently a Chair Professor at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo. His research interest includes all-solid-state batteries, lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells. Dr. Xueliang Sun is an author of over 630 refereed journals (e.g. Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem., Energy & Environmental Science) with citations of over 60,000 times and H-index of 128. Dr. Sun received various awards such as the Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry Winner from the Canada Chemistry Society and the IBA Battery Technology Award.  He has been selected as a "Global Highly Cited Scientist" and "World Top 2% Top Scientists" by Clarivate Analytics since 2018.

Research Field:

Dr. Xueliang Sun’s research focuses on the development of new materials and their applications in electrochemical energy conversion and storage systems, covering fundamental science to nanotechnology applications to Engineering. His research areas include all solid-state batteries, secondary lithium-ion batteries, and fuel cells, with a particular emphasis on their fundamental  and practical applications.

Educational Background:

1995-1999: Ph.D University of Manchester (UK) Centre of Corrosion and Protection

Work Experience:

2023.09-present: Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, Chair Professor

2023.01-2023.09: Distinguished University Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada

2012.07-2023.08: Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada

2007.07-2012.07: Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada

2007.10-2023.09: Canada Research Chair, University of Western Ontario, Canada

2004.07-2007.07: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):

2018-present: Editor-in-Chief of Electrochemical Energy Reviews (IF=32)

2013-present: Vice Chairman of the International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Sciences (IAOEES)

2015-present: Associate Editor-in-Chief of Frontier of Energy Storage

2018-present: Member of the Editorial Board of Energy Storage Materials

2020-present: Member of the Editorial Board of Carbon Energy Journal 

2022-present: Member of the editorial board of Advanced Energy Materials

2022-present: Member of the editorial board of e-Science journals

Awards and Honors:

Distinguished University Professor, University of Western Ontario, Canada，2023

Lifetime Achievement Award of Nano Ontario, Canada , 2022

Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 2021

IBA Battery Technology Award from International Battery Association , 2021

Tianjin Haihe Friendship Award ,2020

University Hellmuth Prize (The highest research achievement award in the University), 2019

Award for Research Excellence in Materials Chemistry Winner from Canada Chemistry Society, 2018

Award of Merit of the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals, 2018

Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, 2016

Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2016

Professional Achievement Awards from Cross-cultural Professionals Association of Canada (CPAC), 2016

Distinguished Award for Novel Materials and their Synthesis, IUPAC International Conference on Novel Materials and their Synthesis (NMS), 2015

Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) Award, 2013

Canada Funding for Innovation - Leaders Opportunity Fund Award, Canada, 2012

The Young Scientist Research Award of Western Ontario, Canada, 2010

Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) Award, 2007

General Information

Dr. Sun has published more than 630 papers in prestigious journals such as Nat. Energy, Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Joule, JACS, Adv. Mater., Angew, EES, with over 60,000 citations and an H-index of 128 (measured by Google Scholar)

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=hhCv-a0AAAAJ&hl=en

10 Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author)

1. J Liang, Y Zhu, X Li, J Luo, S Deng, Y Zhao, Y Sun, D Wu, Y Hu, W Li, T-K Sham, R. Li, M. Gu, X. Sun*, A gradient oxy-thiophosphate-coated Ni-rich layered oxide cathode for stable all-solid-state Li-ion batteries. Nature Communications, 2023, 14 (1), 146

2. C. Wang, T. Deng, X. Fan, M. Zheng, R. Yu, Q. Lu, H. Duan, H. Huang, C. Wang, X. Sun*. Identifying Soft Breakdown in All-Solid-State Lithium Battery. Joule, 2022, 6, 8, 1770-1781.

3. R. Yu‡, C. Wang‡, H. Duan‡, M. Jiang‡, Y. Sun, Y. Zhao, J. Liang, J. Fu, S. Deng, Z. Ren, G. Li, J. Wang*, C.V. Singh*, H. Huang, R. Li, N, Chen, X. Sun*, Boosting charge-transfer kinetics of Li-rich layered oxide cathodes in halide all-solid-state batteries, Advanced Materials. 2022, 2207234. 

4. J Liang, X Li, S Wang, KR Adair, W Li, Y Zhao, C Wang, Y Hu, L Zhang, S. Zhao, S. Lu, H. Huang, R. Li, Y. Mo, X. Sun*, Site-occupation-tuned superionic LixScCl3+x halide solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 7012-7022.

5. L. Zhang, R. Si, H. Liu, N. Chen, K. Adair, Z. Wang, J. Chen, Z. Song, J. Li, M. N. Banis, M. R. Li, T. K. Sham, L.M. Liu, G. A. Botton, X. Sun*, Atomic layer deposited Pt-Ru dual-metal dimers and identifying the active sites of dimer for high hydrogen evolution reaction. Nature Communications, 2019, 10，4936.

6. X. Li, J. Liang, N. Chen, J. Luo, K. R. Adair, C. Wang, M. N. Banis, T. S. Sham, L. Zhang, S. Zhao, S. Lu, H. Huang, R. Li, X. Sun*, Water‐mediated synthesis of a superionic halide solid electrolyte. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 1-7.

7. X. Li, J. Liang, J. Luo, C. Wang, X. Li, Q. Sun, R. Li, L. Zhang, R. Yang, S. Lu, H. Huang, X. Sun*, High-performance Li-SeSx all-solid-state lithium batteries. Advanced Materials, 2019, 1808100.

8. P. Yan, J. Zheng, J. Liu, B. Wang, X. Cheng, Y. Zhang, X. Sun*, C. Wang*, J. Zhang*, Tailoring grain boundary structures and chemistry of Ni-rich layered cathodes for enhanced cycle stability of lithium-ion batteries. Nature Energy, 2018, 3, 600-605. 

9. X. Li, M. Banis, A. Lushington, X. Yang, Q. Sun, Y. Zhao, C. Liu, Q. Li, B. Wang, W. Xiao, C. Wang, M. Li, J. Liang, R. Li, Y. Hu, L. Goncharova, H. Zhang, T-K.  Sham, X. Sun*, A high-energy sulfur cathode in carbonate electrolyte by eliminating polysulfides via solid-phase lithium-sulfur transformation. Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 4509.

10. Y. Zhao, K. Zheng, X. Sun*, Addressing interfacial issues in liquid-based and solid-state batteries by atomic and molecular layer deposition. Joule, 2018, 2, 2583-2604.