RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Lithium-ion batteries (solid-state electrolytes, Si-based anodes, functional separators, wide-temperature electrolytes, interface engineering)

• Battery thermal safety

  
  

Xianluo Hu is a Full Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), where he has been a faculty member since June 2009. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2007 from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), followed by postdoctoral research at CUHK and as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan between 2007 and 2009. Professor Hu has published more than 230 SCI papers, accumulating over 29,000 citations and an H-index of 83. His current research focuses on high-energy lithium-ion batteries and battery thermal safety.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

(1) Tao Meng, Shanshan Yang, Yitong Peng, Pingan Li, Sicen Ren, Xu Yun, and Xianluo Hu*, Solvent descriptors guided wide-temperature electrolyte design for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, online (doi: 10.1002/aenm.202404009).

(2) Pingan Li#, Zetong Liu#, Shanshan Yang, Tao Meng, Yitong Peng, Yuxin Hu, and Xianluo Hu*, A moisture/acid-purified and thermoregulatory separator promises hygroscopic electrolytes in lithium-ion batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, online (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.157564).

(3) Tao Meng, Shanshan Yang, Yitong Peng, Xiwei Lan, Pingan Li, Kangjia Hu, and Xianluo Hu*, Deciphering interphase instability of lithium metal batteries with localized high-concentration electrolytes at elevated temperatures, Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 71, 103598 (doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103598).

(4) Xinrun Yu, Zhangci Wang, Xin Deng, Kangjia Hu, Qing Liu, Yue Shen, Weilai Yu and Xianluo Hu*, Amide-modulated gel electrolytes enable nickel-rich cathodes with enhanced interphase stability at 90 °C, ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 9, 1826−1834 (doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00379). 

(5) Shanshan Yang, Tao Meng, Zhangci Wang, Xianluo Hu*, Unveiling decaying mechanism of non-flammable all-fluorinated carbonate electrolytes in lithium metal batteries with 4.6-V LiCoO₂ cathodes at elevated temperatures, Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 65, 103177 (doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103177).

(6) Rongxing Li, Yitong Peng, Pingan Li, and Xianluo Hu*, Designing Janus separators reinforced by hydrogen/ionic bonds for stable lithium metal anodes, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 479, 147559 (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.147559).

(7) Xiwei Lan#, Shanshan Yang#, Tao Meng, Chaosheng Zhang, and Xianluo Hu*, A Multifunctional Electrolyte Additive with Solvation Structure Regulation and Electrode/Electrolyte Interface Manipulation Enabling High-Performance Li-Ion Batteries in Wide Temperature Range, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2203449 (doi: 10.1002/aenm.202203449).

(8) Seng Wang, Yingjun Jiang, Xianluo Hu*, Ionogel-Based Membranes for Safe Lithium/Sodium Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2200945. (doi: 10.1002/adma.202200945).

(9) Zhifang Liu#, Yitong Peng#, Tao Meng, Le Yu, Sen Wang, Xianluo Hu*, Thermal-triggered fire-extinguishing separators by phase change materials for high-safety lithium-ion batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 47, 445-452. (doi: 10.1016/j.ensm.2022.02.020).

(10) Le Yu, Lu Yu, Qing Liu, Tao Meng, Sen Wang, Xianluo Hu*, Monolithic Task-Specific Ionogel Electrolyte Membrane Enables High-Performance Solid-State Lithium-Metal Batteries in Wide Temperature Range, Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2110653. (doi: 10.1002/adfm.202110653).

(11) Zhifang Liu, Qiaomei Hu, Songtao Guo, Le Yu, Xianluo Hu*, Thermoregulating Separators Based on Phase-Change Materials for Safe Lithium-Ion Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2021, 33, 2008088 (10.1002/adma.202008088).