Di Chen joined the Future Laboratory at Tsinghua University in Nov. 2019 as an Associate Professor (副研究员，research track) and then served as a Professor (研究员，research track) since Dec. 2025. He received his B.S. degree from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), under the supervision of Prof. Harry L. Tuller. After two years of experience in industry, he completed his postdoctoral training in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University, working with Prof. William C. Chueh. His research focuses on high temperature electrocatalysis and their applications in energy and environmental fields, including solid oxide fuel cells, automotive exhaust catalysis, and antibacterial architectural ceramics. He has published multiple papers in leading journals such as Nature Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Advanced Functional Materials, with his work receiving coverage from several media outlets. He has led several nationally funded research projects, including the National Key R&D Program (Young Scientist Project), the National Key R&D Program for Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation, and grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as multiple industry–academia collaborative projects. Members of his research group have received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation Undergraduate Program, and several former postdoctoral researchers from his group have joined universities as faculty members.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
The Future Lab, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
Professor (研究员, research track) 2025/12- present
Associate Professor (副研究员, research track) 2019/11- 2025/11
Joint appointment at the School of Materials Science and Engineering 2021/12- 2024/12
- Rated “Excellent”# in Tsinghua University’s Annual Faculty Performance Review （年终绩效考核）, 2021–2024. (#Excellent rate is 10%)
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, USA
Postdoc (Advisor: Prof. William C. Chueh) 2016/10- 2019/09
Banzan International Group Corporation Cambridge, MA, USA
Chief Science Officer 2015/06- 2016/10
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT Cambridge, MA, USA
Postdoc (Advisor: Prof. Harry L. Tuller) 2014/06- 2015/05
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, USA
Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering 2014/06
MIT Energy Initiative Fellowship
Advisor: Prof. Harry L. Tuller
Tsinghua University Beijing, China
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering 2008/07
RESEARCH GRANTS
Grants from Central Government:
1. National Key R&D Program of China of Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation (with South Korea), PI, 2022-2025.
2. National Key R&D Program of China for the Youth Scientists, PI, 2021-2024.
3. National Key R&D Program of China, co-PI, 2021-2026.
4. National Natural Science Foundation（国家自然科学基金） of China Youth Fund, PI, 2022-2024
Grants from industry and local government:
1. Sinopec (China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation), Key Technologies for Hydrogen Storage in Organic Liquids, co-PI, Technical Lead, 2024-2026.
2. Kunshan City ‘Future Frontier Exploration’ Collaborative Innovation Project, “Online Monitoring System for Grounding Quality of Communication Devices”, PI, 2024–2025.
3. Guo Qiang Institute by Country Garden (碧桂园), “Artificial intelligence based key technologies and applications for life enhancement of solid-oxide fuel cells” (2020GQG1003), PI, 2021- 2023.
4. Foshan City- Industry-University-Research Cooperation Collaborative, “Study on Antibacterial Function of Architectural Ceramic Surface” (2020THFS0122), PI, 2021- 2022.
5. Microsoft Research Asia, “How to cut carbon emission by applying data science on clean energy technology”(PO99386669), PI, 2020.
6-10. Collaboration with a leading tech company, 5 projects, 2022-2025.
Other Grants as PI:
1. Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program for Youth Scientists on Interdisciplinary Research, “The exsolution mechanism of nanoparticles and their application in olfactory sensing chips” PI, 2022-2024.
2. Tsinghua University Internationalization Capability Promoting Program, PI, 2021-2024.
3. Open Funds of the State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic and Fine Processing, “Development of electrochemical-assisted pulsed laser deposition for in-situ growth of SmNiO3 thin films” (KF202101), PI, 2021- 2023.
Grants led by supervised Postdocs:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund, “Study on the Dissolution Mechanism of Perovskite Anode–Supported High-Entropy Alloys and Their Ammonia Electrooxidation Performance”, ¥300k, PI: Min Xu, 2026-2028.
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund, “Investigation of the Mechanism of Acid-Base Effects on Oxygen Reduction Activity on Electrode Surfaces Based on Proton-Conducting Thin Film Electrodes”(2023M741874), ¥300k, PI: Chaoliang Geng, 2024-2026.
3. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund, “Exploring the internal mechanism of electrochemically driven cation segregation in atomically flat (La,Sr)(Co,Fe)O3-x thin films” (22102082), ¥300k, PI: Hongyang Su, 2022-2024.
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund, “Research on the ordered structure design and regulation mechanisms of atomically flat oxide surface and interface”(52102107), ¥300k, PI: Jianbing Xu, 2022-2024.
5. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation （中国博士后基金会面上资助）, “In-situ electrochemically assisted pulsed laser deposition for tuning the surface structure and oxygen reduction mechanism of La₀.₆Sr₀.₄Co₀.₂Fe₀.₈O₃₋δ thin films”(2024M751648), ¥80k, PI: Hongdong Cai, 2024-2025.
6. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, “Probing the Oxygen Reduction Mechanism of Triple-Conducting Thin-Film Electrodes Using a Proton-Conducting Model Electrochemical Cell”(2023M741874), ¥80k, PI: Chaoliang Geng, 2023-2025.
7. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, “Investigation of Defect-Regulated Mechanisms in Metal Exsolution Using Atomically Flat Thin Films”(2023M741881), ¥80k, PI: Min Xu, 2023-2024.
8. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, “Study the strain effect on the anion segregation in perovskites using atomically flat thin film”(2021M691708), ¥80k, PI: Hongyang Su, 2021-2022.
9. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, “Exploring the reaction mechanism of H2 oxidation using patterned electrodes”(2020M680537), ¥80k, PI: Jianbing Xu, 2020-2022.
Grants led by supervised undergraduates:
1. Beijing Natural Science Foundation (北京市自然科學基金启研项目), “Investigating the Regulation Mechanism of Metal Particle Exsolution from Oxides Using Explainable Artificial Intelligence” (QY24235), ¥50k, PI: Zelin Zhou, 2025-2026.
2. Beijing Natural Science Foundation, “Development of Multicomponent Alloy Synergistic Materials and Their Application in Electrolytic Hydrogen Production” (QY24235), ¥80k, PI: Sixie Chen, 2024-2025.
3. Beijing Natural Science Foundation, “Electrochemical Interface Study of Mixed Lithium-Ion-Electron Conductors Based on Atomically Precise Thin Films” (QY24234), ¥30k, PI: Hanghang Lei, 2024-2025.
4. Beijing Natural Science Foundation, “Preparation of Alloy Nanoparticle-Modified High-Entropy Oxides and Their Application in High-Temperature Fuel Cells” (QY23103), ¥80k, PI: Wenle Yan, 2023-2024.
5-16. Undergraduate Academic Research Advancement Program, 12 grants for 12 undergraduates PIs, ¥320k in total, 2023-2026.
17. Third prize in the "Challenge Cup" College Student Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition of Tsinghua University, Sixie Chen, ¥1k, 2024.
18. First prize in the "Challenge Cup" College Student Curricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition of Tsinghua University, Wenle Yan and Ran Cao, ¥10k, 2022.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS in Last 5 Years (†equal contribution, *corresponding author)
1. Hongyang Su†, Jie Zheng†, Wenxiang Mu†, Zixuan Guan, Pei Wang, Ziyun Zhang, Fanqi Meng, Xiaoying Yan, Peng Liu, Guiping Ji, Tianxiang Nan, Hui Zhang, Yidan Cao, Zhi Liu, Yuan-Hua Lin, Wei-Xue Li, William C. Chueh*, Sulei Hu*, Di Chen*, Atomically precise layer-by-layer titration of perovskite oxides reveals the termination-specific reactivity in electrocatalysis, under review.
Preprint: https://chemrxiv.org/engage/chemrxiv/article-details/683f9ef71a8f9bdab58b5be8
2. Hongyang Su†, Jing Chai†, Zixuan Guan, Hendrik Bluhm, Ziyun Zhang, Yidan Cao, Zhi Liu*, Yuan-Hua Lin*, William C. Chueh*, Liang Zhang*, Di Chen*, Tuning f band for Enhanced Surface Redox in Strained RE Oxides, u147, 40196−40204 (2025).
3. Min Xu†, Shuyue Dong†, Haoran Guo†, Yukwon Jeon, Ziyun Zhang, Zhongjun Chen, Hongyang Su, Zhi Liu, Yuan-hua Lin, John T.S. Irvine*, Tingshuai Li*, Di Chen*, Defective Perovskite Supported Palladium-Nickel Nanocatalyst for Effective Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 375, 125433 (2025). IF=20.2.
4. C. Liu, S. Li, Y. Zheng, M. Xu, H. Su, X. Miao, Y. Liu, Z. Zhou, J. Qi, B. Yang, D. Chen* , C-W. Nan ,Y-H. Lin*, Advances in high entropy oxides: synthesis, structure, properties and beyond, Progress in Materials Science, 148, 101385 (2025). IF=33.6.
5. Di Chen, Min Xu, Liming Liu, Yu-Po Chang, Dongchi Wu. Method for measuring metal surface impedance via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy based on conductive gel medium. CN2024111385872. Invention Patent, Pending.
6. D. Chen, Z. Guan, D. Zhang, S. Nemsak, L. Trotochaud, H. Bluhm, E. Crumlin, H. L. Tuller, and W. C. Chueh*, Constructing pathway of mixed ion & electron transfer reactions for O2 incorporation in Pr0.1Ce0.9O2-x, Nature Catalysis, 3, 94 (2020). IF=42.9.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (†equal contribution, *corresponding author)
1. Yuming Shu, Wengao Zhao, Hongyi Chen, Jing Lin, Di Chen, Jiangnan Huang, Fucheng Ren, Hanghang Lei, Qiuming Yan, Huinan Yu, Ke Du, Guorong Hu, Yanbing Cao, Zhongdong Peng*, Xueyi Guo, Torsten Brezesinski, Xiaobo Ji*, Xinming Fan* and Yong Yang*, Unraveling and Suppression of Multi-Directional Planar Slipping and Microcracking in Single-Crystal Co-Free Ni-Rich Cathodes, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, e202512232 (2025).
2. Michael L. Machala†, Dawei Zhang†, Di Chen*, Hongyang Su, Zixuan Guan, Hanshi Li, Yunzhi Liu, Joonsuk Park, Robert Sinclair, Ethan Crumlin, Hendrik Bluhm, William C. Chueh*, Reducing the degradation rate and surface diffusion of (La0.5Sr0.5)FeO3−δ electrodes in ambient air through multilayering, Solid State Ionics, 428, 116940 (2025).
3. Lin Yan†,u, Min Xu†,*, Xi Chenu, Sixie Chenu, Xiang Li, Wenle Yanu, Ruixue Zhou, Yuanhao Zheng, Weipeng Wang, Di Chen*, Enhancing CO2 Reduction via Cu Particles Decorated Perovskite as Cathode for Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells, Ceramic International, 51, 11889-11898 (2025).
4. Muhammad Umer Fayaz, Qian Wang, Min Xu, Di Chen, Feng Pan, and Cheng Song*, Compressive Strain-Induced Uphill Hydrogen Distribution in Strontium Ferrite Films, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 21371-21379 (2025).
5. Xiang Li†, Min Xu†, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Jinbao Zheng, Jianjun Li, Di Chen*, Binghui Chen*, Layered Silicate for VOCs Degradation in Non-Thermal Plasma：Composition and Structural Effect, Langmuir, 41, 6226-6235 (2025).
6. Xuanyu Wang, Jianfei Yang, Xuanling Liu, Han Zhong, Ziling Zhang, Qiang Luo, Di Chen, Jianbo Liu, Hong Lin, Indium-free silver thiogallate nanoflake-clusters grown on carbon nitride edges for hydrogen peroxide photosynthesis with enhanced activity and stability, Journal of Colloid And Interface Science, 680, 581–594, (2025).
7. Min Zhang, Shun Lan, Bing B Yang, Hao Pan, Yi Q Liu, Qing H Zhang, Jun L Qi, Di Chen, Hang Su, Di Yi, Yue Y Yang, Rui Wei, Hong D Cai, Hao J Han, Lin Gu, Ce-Wen Nan, Yuan-Hua Lin, Ultrahigh energy storage in high-entropy ceramic capacitors with polymorphic relaxor phase, Science, 384: 185-189 (2024).
8. Di Chen*, Zixuan Guan, Hongyang Su, Wenle Yan, Chang Liu, Hanshi Li, Dawei Zhang, and William C. Chueh, Mechanistic Insights into Oxygen Exchange in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors: A Current–Voltage Study, Chemistry of Materials, 36, 11635–11644, (2024).
9. Yuming Shu, Hanghang Lei, Jiangnan Huang, Qing Pan, Huimin Lian, Yujin Li, Ziwei Cao, Haoji Wang, Xinyu Hu, Baichao Zhang, Ke Du, Guorong Hu, Yanbing Cao, Guoqiang Zou, Zhongdong Peng*, Wentao Deng*, Hongshuai Hou, Di Chen*, Xiaobo Ji*,Oxides Induced Preferential Growth of {110} Planes for Superior Performance Single-Crystal LiMn2O4 through Solid-State Process, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 15, 8628-8635 (2024)
10. Yuming Shu, Hanghang Lei, Jiangnan Huang, Qing Pan, Baichao Zhang, Yixin Xu, Ye Zhou, Guorong Hu, Yanbing Cao, Guoqiang Zou, Wentao Deng*, Zhongdong Peng*, Hongshuai Hou*, Di Chen*, Xiaobo Ji, Enabling superior performance in brick-like single-crystal LiMn2O4 via BaO flux, Chinese Chemical Letters, online, (2024)
11. Mingi Choi, Donguk Kim, Cheong Beom Lee, Jongmin Baek, Sehee Bang, Yuhan Jung, Kyungpyo Hong, Jongsup Hong, Di Chen, Kyeounghak Kim, Wonyoung Lee, Engineering the heterogeneous catalyst of protonic ceramic electrochemical cells for CO2/H2O co-electrolysis, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12: 6955-6967 (2024)
12. Y. Zhao, H. Su, J. Xu, S. Chen, P. Liu, E. Guo, Y-H. Lin, H. L. Tuller, D. Chen*, Measurement and Control of Oxygen Non-stoichiometry in Praseodymium-Cerium Oxide Thin Films by Coulometric Titration, Journal of Electroceramics, 51:28–36 (2023).
13. M. Xu, R. Cao, S. Wu, J. Lee, D. Chen*, J. T.S. Irvine*, Nanoparticle Exsolution via Electrochemical Switching in La0.52Ca0.28Ni0.06Ti0.94O3 Fibers for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11(24): 13007-13015 (2023).
14. M. Xu, R. Cao, H. Qin, N. Zhang, W. Yan, L. Liu, J. T.S. Irvine, D. Chen*, Exsolved materials for CO2 reduction in high-temperature electrolysis cells, Materials Reports: Energy, 3(2): 100198 (2023).
15. Y. Zhao, W. He, J. Xu, H. Su, P. Liu, H. Le, D. Chen*, Antibacterial properties of TiO2 film were improved by hydrogen reduction heat treatment, Chinese Surface Engineering, 38(1): 77-84 (2023).
16. J. Xu, J. Tan, H. Li, Y. Ye, D. Chen*, Modeling the heating dynamics of a semiconductor bridge initiator with deep neural network, Micromachines, 13(10): 1611 (2022).
17. J. Xu, H. Li, J. Tan, M. Han, D. Chen*, Research progress on data science of solid oxide fuel cells, lithium batteries and CO2 electroreduction catalysts, Journal of The Chinese Ceramic Society, 50(11): 3021-3039 (2022).
18. D. Zhang†, M. L. Machala†, D. Chen†, Z. Guan, H. Li, S. Nemsak, E. J. Crumlin, H. Bluhm, W. C. Chueh, Hydroxylation and cation segregation in (La0. 5Sr0. 5) FeO3-δ electrodes, Chemistry of Materials, 32, 2926–2934 (2020).
19. A. Yang†, G. Zhou†, X. Kong, R. A. Vila, A. Pei, Y. Wu, X. Yu, X. Zheng, C. Wu , B. Liu, H. Chen, Y Xu, D. Chen, Y. Li, S. Fakra, H. Y. Hwang, J. Qin, S. Chu, Y. Cui*, Electrochemical generation of liquid and solid sulfur on two-dimensional layered materials with distinct areal capacity, Nature Nanotechnology, 18, 1345 (2020).
20. X. Mao, P. Brown, C. Červinka, G. Hazell, H. Li, Y. Ren, D. Chen, R. Atkin, J. Eastoe, I. Grillo, A. A. H. Padua, M. F. C. Gomes, T. A. Hatton*, Self-assembled nanostructures in ionic liquids facilitate charge storage at electrified interfaces, Nature Materials,18, 1-8 (2019)
21. S. Schröder, H. Fritze*, S. Bishop, D. Chen, H. L. Tuller, Thin-Film Thermogravimetry Applied to Praseodymium-Cerium Oxide Films at High Temperatures, Appl. Phys. Lett., 112, 213502 (2018).
22. S. Schmidtchen, H. Fritze*, S. Bishop, D. Chen, H. L. Tuller, Chemical Expansion of Praseodymium-Cerium Oxide Films at High Temperatures, Solid State Ionics, 319, 61 (2018).
23. J.G. Swallow, J.J. Kim, J.M. Maloney, D. Chen, J.F. Smith, S.R. Bishop, H.L. Tuller, K.J. Van Vliet*, Dynamic chemical expansion of thin film non-stoichiometric oxides at extreme temperatures, Nature Materials, 16, 749 (2017).
24. Z. Guan, D. Chen, W. Chueh*, Analyzing the dependence of oxygen incorporation current density on overpotential and oxygen partial pressure in mixed conducting oxide electrodes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 19, 23414, (2017).
25. J. Sheth, D. Chen, J.J. Kim, W. Bowman, P. Crozier, H.L. Tuller, S. Misture, S. R. Bishop, B. Sheldon*, Role of grain size in redox induced compositional stress in Pr doped ceria thin films, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.,19, 12206, (2017).
26. J. J. Kim, S. R. Bishop, D. Chen, H. L. Tuller*, Defect Chemistry of Pr Doped Ceria Thin Films Investigated by in Situ Optical and Impedance Measurements, Chemistry of Materials, 29, 1999, (2017).
27. J. Sheth*, D. Chen, J.J. Kim, W. Bowman, P. Crozier, H.L. Tuller, S. Misture, S. Zdzieszynski, B. Sheldon, S. R. Bishop*, Coupling of strain, stress, and oxygen non-stoichiometry in thin film Pr0.1Ce0.9O2−δ, Nanoscale, 8, 16499, (2016).
28. D. Chen*, S. R. Bishop, H. L. Tuller*, Non-stoichiometry in oxide thin films operating under anodic conditions: A chemical capacitance study of the praseodymium-cerium oxide system. Chemistry of Materials, 26, 6622 (2014).
29. D. Chen†, Y. Cao†, D. Weng, H. L. Tuller*, Defect and transport model of ceria-zirconia solid solutions: Ce0.8Zr0.2O2-δ - an electrical conductivity study. Chemistry of Materials, 26, 5143-5150 (2014).
30. D. Chen*, A. Groß, D. C. Bono, J. Kita, R. Moos, H. L. Tuller, Electrical conductivity relaxation measurements: application of low thermal mass heater stick. Solid State Ionics, 262, 914 (2014).
31. Y. Zhang, J.J. Kim, D. Chen, H L. Tuller, G. Rutledge*, Electrospun polyaniline fibers as chemiresistive sensors for ammonia and nitrogen dioxide gases. Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 4005 (2014).
32. J.L.M. Rupp*, E. Fabbri, D. Marrocchelli, J.-W. Han, D. Chen, E. Traversa, H.L. Tuller, B. Yildiz, Scalable oxygen-ion transport kinetics in metal-oxide films: Impact of thermally induced lattice compaction in acceptor doped ceria films. Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 1562 (2014).
33. J.G. Swallow, W.H. Woodford, Y. Chen, Q. Lu, J.J. Kim, D. Chen, Y.-M. Chiang, W. C. Carter, B. Yildiz, H. L. Tuller, and K.J. Van Vliet*, Chemomechanics of ionically conductive ceramics for electrical energy conversion and Storage. Journal of Electroceramics, 32, 3 (2014).
34. F. Gao, D. Chen, H. L. Tuller, C. V. Thompson, T. Palacios*, On the redox origin of surface trapping in AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors. Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 124506 (2014).
35. M. N. Luckyanova, D. Chen, W. Ma, H. L. Tuller, G. Chen*, B. Yildiz*, Thermal conductivity control by oxygen defect concentration modification in reducible oxides: The case of Pr0.1Ce0.9O2−δ thin films, Applied Physics Letter ,104, 061911 (2014).
36. J. J. Kim, S. R. Bishop, N. Thompson, D. Chen, H. L. Tuller*, Investigation of nonstoichiometry in oxide thin films by simultaneous in situ optical absorption and chemical capacitance measurement: Pr doped ceria – case study. Chemistry of Materilas, 26, 1374-1379 (2014).
37. D. Chen, H. L. Tuller*, Voltage controlled nonstoichiometry in oxide thin films: Pr0.1Ce0.9O2−δ case study. Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 7638 (2014). Reported by Materials Views. IF=18.5.
38. D. Chen, S. R. Bishop, H. L. Tuller*, Non-stoichiometry in oxide thin films: a chemical capacitance study of the Praseodymium-Cerium oxide system. Advanced Functional Materials, 23, 2168 (2013). IF=18.5.
39. D. Chen*, S. Bishop, H. Tuller, Praseodymium-Cerium oxide thin film cathodes: study of oxygen reduction reaction kinetics. Journal of Electroceramics, 28, 62 (2012).
40. F. Gao, D. Chen, B. Lu, H. Tuller, C. V. Thompson, K. Stacia, U. K. Mishra, and T. Palacios*, Impact of moisture and fluorocarbon passivation on the current collapse of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 33, 1378 (2012).
41. H. L. Tuller*, S. R. Bishop, D. Chen, Y. Kuru, J.-J. Kim, and T. S. Stefanik, Praseodymium doped ceria: Model mixed ionic electronic conductor with coupled electrical, optical, mechanical and chemical properties. Solid State Ionics, 225, 194 (2012).
42. Y. Kuru, D. Marrocchelli, S. Bishop*, D. Chen, B. Yildiz, and H. L. Tuller*, Anomalous chemical expansion behavior of Pr0.2Ce0.8O2-δ thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 159, F799 (2012).
MENTORSHIP AND TEACHING
Group Members:
- Postdocs and current affiliation (8): Yongliang Zhang, Yifan Yang, Hongdong Cai, Min Xu, Hongyang Su, Chaoliang Geng (Zhengzhou University), Jianbing Xu (Nanjing University of Science and Technology), Yun Zhao (China Agricultural University)
- Co-advised Ph.D. students (3): Chang Liu, Ziyuan Zhang, Yuming Shu.
- Research Assistant and current affiliation (7): Peng Liu, Yang Liu (St Petersburg University), Xiang Li (BYD auto), Yu Zhao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Ruijia Zhang (The University of Hong Kong), Chufeng Xiao (The Imperial College), Liming Liu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
- Undergraduates (22): Zeling Zhou, Sixie Chen, Ruixing Xu, Zhe Xu, Lingke Meng, Kai Sheng, Letian Zhang, Xi Chen, Yuchuan Hu, Xiaoying Yan, Wenle Yan, Hanghang Lei, Ziyi Li, Xi Chen, Ye Zhou, Siqi Min, Shichang Cheng, Shuhui Ma, Ran Cao, Changfu Chen, Han Qing, Jingwei Tang
Courses Taught:
- Co-instructed "Introduction to Piezoelectricity" and "Fundamentals and Properties of Transition Metal Oxides " at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University.
- Teaching Assistant for "Electronic Materials Design" at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES ORGANIZERS SINCE 2020
1. Invited talk & Session chair, World Fuel Cell Conference 2025, Hong Kong, China, July, 2025.
2. Invited talk & Session chair, Electronic Materials and Applications 2025, Denver, Feb. 2025.
3. Invited talk, E-IMR International Workshop, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Nov. 2024.
4. Invited talk & Session chair, Asian SOFC, Sapporo, Japan, Oct. 2024.
5. Invited talk, Enhancing Surface Redox Kinetics in Ceria Thin Films: The Role of Biaxial Strain (and Basic Oxides), International Conference on Solid State Ionics, London, July 17th, 2024.
6. Invited talk & Organizer of Symposium "Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technologies" at the 15th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies (PACRIM15) and the 13th International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics (CICC-13), Shenzhen, China, Nov. 5-9, 2023.
7. Invited talk & Chairperson of Symposium “Energy and Environment” at the 10th International Conference on Electroceramics (ICE 2023), Changsha, China, Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2023.
8. Session Chair of “Cells, Stacks, and Systems” at the 18th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC-XVIII), Boston, USA, May 28-June 2, 2023.
9. Symposium Invited talk, “Operando precise modulations of oxygen exchange kinetics on perovskite oxides”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, May 26th, 2023.
10. Founder and Organizer of the “Friendly Academic Salon in The Future lab On OxiDe” (FASTFOOD). Invited speakers from academia, industry, and investment sectors, both nationally and internationally, to present seminars to communities in China. Hosted 21 sessions since 2021.
11. Invited talk, “Identify Reaction Pathways on High Temperature Gas/Solid Electrochemical Interfaces”, International Congress on Ceramics, BEXCO, Busan, South Korea, 2021.