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Ethan Xin Hu(胡昕)

Email: ethan.xin.hu@gmail.com | Homepage: www.ethanxinhu.com

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Education

2022-2026  Ph.D.   Materials Engineering   Beijing Institute of Technology

2019-2022  M. S.   Materials Engineering   Beijing Institute of Technology

2015-2019  B. S.   Chemistry          Northeast Forestry University

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From 2015 to 2019, I studied in the Department of Chemistry, Northeast Forestry University. During my sophomore year, I participated in a scientific research training program related to forest protection in the College of Forestry. At that time, as a sophomore who had just entered the second year of college, I was faced with the task of classifying and extracting a roomful of messy soil and leaves. Among all the participants, I was the only one who was not quit from the tedious experimental operations. Instead, I was curious about why the soil and leaves that looked almost the same to the naked eye were so different at the microscopic level, and how they reflect the climate change of the forests on that we depend for survival. This curiosity further stimulated my interest in scientific research. Subsequently, I went to the Mao'er mountain Ecological Forest with the research team for on-site sampling and conducted laboratory analysis and research. This experience opened a window for me into scientific research. After completing this research training program, I decided to continue with scientific research training in my spare time. Therefore, I returned to the Department of Chemistry and, upon the suggestion of my supervisor Professor Fuqin Han, joined the laboratory of Professor Xiaoliang Wu for research practice, mainly engaging in the study of porous carbon materials for supercapacitors. In my junior year, I served as the project leader and the first completer to apply for and complete a national-level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students. During this period, I published two SCI papers as the first author (J. Electroanal. Chem., 2018, 823, 54; J. Alloy Comp., 2019, 785, 110). This experience provided me with valuable insights and solid experience skills for my postgraduate studies.

I’m currently a Ph.D. candidate in Materials Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), where I am a member of ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS AND INTELLIGENT BATTERIES INNOVATION TEAM. I have previously completed my Master's degree at this lab. My research now focusing on anion chemistry in electrolytes of electrochemical energy storage devices and materials used in electrodes in batteries. Meanwhile, We design a high-intercalation-distance graphite for anion storage based simple structure-performance relationship. Previously, my research was focused on solid state electrolyte (SSE) (AM, 2023, 35, 2212096) and artificial solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) (AM, 2024, 36, 2303710) in Li metal batteries during my Master. We designed and fabricated the artificial SEI onto Li anode/SSE by Physical Vapor Deposition (Magnetron Sputtering). More broadly, my learning interests beyond the energy storage devices encompass cross-link technologies as tools for batteries (AI, advanced physical characterization techniques). Hope I can get more chances to learn more knowledge to help the energy balance between nature and human activities in the future.

Publications

  • Yang Mei*, Xin Hu*, Huirong Wang*, Yongxin Huang, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. "Structural designs towards performance-balanced multifunctional batteries", Matter, 2025.10.1016/j.matt.2025.102469

  • Xin Hu, Wen Sun, Anbin Zhou, Ziyue Wen, Huirong Wang, Zhengqiang Hu, Tianyang Xue, Yongxin Huang, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen, "Anion Redistribution in Solvation Structure Enables a Stable Graphite Cathode in Dual-Ion Batteries", ACS Nano, 2025.10.1021/acsnano.5c03112

  • Jian-En Zhou*, Yilin Li*, Mingyan Zou*, Xin Hu*, Xinshuang Miao, Xinxian Xie, Xiaoming Lin, Ji Qian, Chao Yang, Renjie Chen, "Self-Sacrificial Templated Lithium Manganese Oxide as a Longevous Cathode: The Intermarriage of Oxygen Defects and Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework Glass", Advanced Functional Materials, 2025.10.1002/adfm.202501603

  • Xin Hu*, Yitian Ma*, Ji Qian, Wenjie Qu, Yu Li, Rui Luo, Huirong Wang, Anbin Zhou, Yi Chen, Keqing Shi, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen, "Self-Induced Dual-Layered Solid Electrolyte Interphase with High Toughness and High Ionic Conductivity for Ultra-Stable Lithium Metal Batteries", Advanced Materials, 2024.10.1002/adma.202303710

  • Xin Hu, Yitian Ma, Wenjie Qu, Ji Qian, Yuetong Li, Yi Chen, Anbin Zhou, Huirong Wang, Fengling Zhang, Zhengqiang Hu, Yongxin Huang, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen, "Large Interlayer Distance and Heteroatom-Doping of Graphite Provide New Insights into the Dual-Ion Storage Mechanism in Dual-Carbon Batteries", Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2023.10.1002/anie.202307083

  • Xin Hu*, Yahui Wang*, Bing Ding, Xiaoliang Wu, "A novel way to synthesize nitrogen doped porous carbon materials with high rate performance and energy density for supercapacitors", Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2019.10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.01.160

  • Xin Hu, Xinhao Xu, Renqi Zhong, Lijun Shang, Haotian Ma, Xiaoliang Wu, Peiyun Jia, "Facile synthesis of microporous carbons with three-dimensional honeycomb-like porous structure for high performance supercapacitors", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry , 2018.10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.05.034

    (*denotes equal contribution)

    Selective Cooperative publications

    Wen Sun, Fengling Zhang, Jingning Lai, Bohua Li, Xin Hu, Boshun Gui, Nuo Chen, Xingming Guo, Prof. Zhujie Li, Nan Chen, Prof. Li Li, Prof. Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. A Supramolecular Deep Eutectic Electrolyte Enhancing Interfacial Stability and Solution Phase Discharge in Li-O2 Batteries. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 63, e202409965 (2024)

    Huirong Wang, Anbin Zhou, Xin Hu, Zhihang Song, Botao Zhang, Shengyu Gao,Yongxin Huang, Yanhua Cui, Yixiu Cui, Li Li, Feng Wu, and Renjie Chen. Facilitating Oriented Dense Deposition: Utilizing Crystal Plane End-Capping Reagent to Construct Dendrite-Free and Highly Corrosion-Resistant (100) Crystal Plane Zinc Anode. Advanced Materials 36, 2407145 (2024)

    Huirong Wang, Anbin Zhou, Zhengqiang Hu, Xin Hu, Fengling Zhang, Zhihang Song,Yongxin Huang,* Yanhua Cui, Yixiu Cui, Li Li, Feng Wu, and Renjie Chen. Toward Simultaneous Dense Zinc Deposition and Broken Side-Reaction Loops in the Zn//V2O5 System. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 63, e202318928 (2024)

    Anbin Zhou, Huirong Wang, Fengling Zhang, Xin Hu, Zhihang Song, Yi Chen, Yongxin Huang, Yanhua Cui, Yixiu Cui, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Amphipathic Phenylalanine-Induced Nucleophilic-Hydrophobic Interface Toward Highly Reversible Zn Anode. Nano-micro Letters. 16,164 (2024)

    Fengling Zhang, Zhengqiang Hu, Jingning Lai, Arshad Faiza, Xin Hu, Wen Sun, Anbin Zhou, Huirong Wang, Yi Chen, Tianyang Xue, Yusheng Ye, Prof. Nan Chen, Li Li, Prof. Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Li2MoO4 Tailored Anion-enhanced Solvation Sheath Layer Promotes Solution-phase Mediated Li-O2 Batteries. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 63, e202412035 (2024)

    Yi Chen, Ji Qian, Xin Hu, Yitian Ma, Yu Li, Tianyang Xue, Tianyang Yu, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Constructing a Uniform and Stable Mixed Conductive Layer to Stabilize the Solid-State Electrolyte/Li Interface by Cold Bonding at Mild Conditions. Advanced Materials 35, 2212096 (2023)

    Huirong Wang, Anbin Zhou, Xin Hu, Zhengqiang Hu, Fengling Zhang, Yongxin Huang, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Bifunctional Dynamic Adaptive Interphase Reconfiguration for Zinc Deposition Modulation and Side Reaction Suppression in Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries. ACS Nano 17 11946–11956 (2023)

    Fengling Zhang, Jingning Lai, Zhengqiang Hu, Anbin Zhou, Huirong Wang, Xin Hu, Lijuan Hou, Bohua Li, Wen Sun, Nan Chen, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Lithium Salt Dissociation Promoted by 18-Crown-6 Ether Additive toward Dilute Electrolytes for High Performance Lithium Oxygen Batteries. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 62, e202301772 (2023)

    Zhengqiang Hu, Fengling Zhang, Anbin Zhou, Xin Hu, Qiaoyi Yan, Yuhao Liu, Faiza Arshad, Zhujie Li, Renjie Chen, Feng Wu, Li Li. Highly Reversible Zn Metal Anodes Enabled by Increased Nucleation Overpotential. Nano-micro Letters 15, 171 (2023)

    Rui Luo, Xin Hu, Nanxiang Zhang, Li Li, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Toward Highly Stable Anode for Secondary Batteries: Employing TiO2 Shell as Elastic Buffering Marix for FeOx Nanoparticles. Small 18, 2105713 (2022)

    Yitian Ma, Wenjie Qu, Xin Hu, Ji Qian, Yu Li, Li Li, Hai Lu, Huiling Du, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. Induction/Inhibition Effect on Lithium Dendrite Growth by a Binary Modification Layer on a Separator. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces 14, 44338-44344 (2022)

    Yitian Ma, Li Li, Lili Wang, Ji Qian, Xin Hu, Wenjie Qu, Ziheng Wang, Rui Luo, Shiyang Fu, Feng Wu, Renjie Chen. A Mixed Modified Layer Formed In Situ to Protect and Guide Lithium Plating/Stripping Behavior. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces 12, 31411-31418 (2020)

    Yadong Tian, Xin Hu, Yahui Wang, Chen Li, Xiaoliang Wu, Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Decorated on Graphene-Carbon Nanotubes Conductive Networks for Boosting the Energy Density of All-Solid State Asymmetric Supercapacitor ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7, 9211–9219 (2019)

    Dong Guo, Bing Ding, Xin Hu, Yahui Wang, Fuqin Han, Xiaoliang Wu. Synthesis of Boron and Nitrogen Codoped Porous Carbon Foam for High Performance Supercapacitors. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 6, 11441-11449 (2018)

    Patent

    Renjie Chen, Rui Luo, Xin Hu, Feng Wu, A organic/inorganic solid state composite electrolyte, CN Patent, CN 112909324 B

    Awards

    2025 * National Scholarship of Graduate(National Level)

    2024 * China Century Group Scholarship (University Level, Top 1%)

    2024 * PhD's Frist-Class Academic Scholarship (University Level, Three times, Top 5%)

Hobbies and Life

Basketball

My basketball teams

Basketball game in Beijing, 2021–2024

Cooking

Homemade meals

Cooking moments at home

Outdoors

Travelling, Camping, Hiking, Snowboarding
Experience and Feel nature

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