Dr. Jijian Xu has been honored with the highly competitive 2024 Battery Division Postdoctoral Associate Research Award from the Electrochemical Society.
This award includes a $2,000 prize and the opportunity to deliver an invited talk on his significant contributions to the battery field. Each year, only two individuals are selected from a global pool of applicants for this distinguished award, which is sponsored by MTI Corporation and the Jiang Family Foundation.
During his postdoctoral period, Dr. Xu has been investigating fundamental scientific questions related to electrolytes, such as the electrochemical stability window, interfacial chemistry, desolvation process, and shuttle effect. His research aims to inform the rational design of electrolytes for safe, high-energy-density, long-cycle-life batteries that operate across a wide temperature range. In his current lab, Dr. Xu continues to explore new electrolytes for powering batteries under extreme conditions.
In October, Dr. Xu will present his work at the Electrochemical Society’s 246th meeting (PRiME 2024) in Honolulu, HI. His talk, titled “Advancements and Challenges of Wide Temperature Electrolytes for Next-Generation Lithium Batteries,” will discuss the interplay between solvation chemistry and interfacial reactions, examine the failure mechanisms of lithium batteries in extreme temperatures, and propose innovative strategies in electrolyte design and interphase engineering to enhance electrochemical performance across a wide temperature range.
