On September 4, 2026, Prof. Jijian Xu was selected as a 2026 Asian Young Scientist Fellow in Physical Sciences. He is the only scholar from Hong Kong among the 12 fellows selected across Asia this year.
2026年9月4日，徐吉健教授入选2026亚洲青年科学家基金项目物质科学领域研究员，成为本年度亚洲12位入选青年科学家中唯一来自香港的学者。
The AYSF Committee recognized Prof. Xu’s research focusing on advanced battery materials and electrolytes for sustainable energy technologies. AYSF will support his research on reversible multi-electron conversion chemistry for high-energy batteries.
AYSF评选委员会肯定了徐教授在先进电池材料与电解液领域的研究工作，以及其对可持续能源技术发展的贡献。此次基金项目将支持其开展面向高比能电池的可逆多电子反应研究。
The team has recently made progress toward this goal through studies published in Nature Energy and Nature Communications, demonstrating reversible three-electron redox chemistry in sulfur- and selenium-based systems and showing how electrolyte chemistry can be used to activate and stabilize high-valent chalcogen reactions.
围绕这一研究目标，团队近期在《自然·能源》和《自然·通讯》发表系列研究成果，实现了硫和硒体系中的可逆三电子氧化还原反应，并展示了如何通过电解液化学激活和稳定高价硫族元素反应。
With support from the AYSF, the LETS Group will continue to investigate fundamental chemical questions in high-energy batteries, with particular interest in stabilizing high-valent states, enabling reversible multi-electron reactions, and developing new pathways toward next-generation high-specific-energy batteries.
在AYSF的支持下，LETS课题组将继续围绕高能量密度电池中的基础化学问题开展研究，重点探索高价态稳定、可逆多电子反应以及面向下一代高比能电池的新型化学路径。
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The Asian Young Scientist Fellowship supports outstanding early-career scientists in pursuing creative and potentially transformative fundamental research. Fellows are selected annually across Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Mathematics and Computer Science. Each fellow receives US$100,000 in research funding over two years, together with opportunities for scientific exchange within the AYSF community.
亚洲青年科学家基金项目旨在支持优秀青年科学家开展具有原创性和潜在变革性的基础研究。项目每年从生命科学、物质科学以及数学与计算机科学三个领域遴选研究员。每位入选者将在两年内获得10万美元研究资助，并参与基金项目组织的系列学术交流活动。
