- Synthesis, structural regulation, and ion transport mechanisms of materials such as polymer and composite solid-state electrolytes, gel electrolytes, and ionic liquids

- Interface/interface design and failure mechanisms in solid-state batteries and lithium/sodium metal batteries

- Design of high-energy-density battery systems and in-situ characterization techniques

We welcome applicants with backgrounds in polymer materials or physical chemistry, and also encourage students majoring in materials science, physics, chemistry, electronics, and chemical engineering to apply.

Sep. 2001 – Jun. 2005

  Wuhan University of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Materials Science and Engineering

Sep. 2005 – Jun. 2007

  Wuhan University of Technology

  Master of Engineering (M.E.) in New Energy Materials

Sep. 2009 – Sep. 2010

  Princeton University

  Visiting Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering (Joint PhD Program)

Sep. 2007 – Dec. 2011

  Wuhan University of Technology

  Ph.D. in Engineering (Ph.D.) in New Energy Materials

   

Sep. 2011 – Mar. 2014 

  School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

  Postdoctoral Researcher

Apr. 2014 – Feb. 2022

  Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University, Australia

  Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow

Feb. 2022 – May 2024

  VinFast Battery Research Institute, Vietnam
  Team Leader

Aug. 2024 – Present

  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences

  Professor / Group Leader

   

1. X. Wang*, C. Zhang, M. Sawczyk, T. C. Mendes, P. C. Howlett, C. Fu, P. Král, C. J. Hawker, A. K. Whittaker, M. Forsyth, Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium-metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes, Nature Materials 21(2022) 1057-1065.
2. F. Chen, X. Wang*, M. Armand, M. Forsyth, Cationic polymer-in-salt electrolytes for fast metal ion conduction and solid-state battery applications, Nature Materials, 21 (2022)1175-1182
3. #X. Wang, F. Chen, G.M.A. Girard, H. Zhu, D.R. MacFarlane, D. Mecerreyes, M. Armand, P.C. Howlett, M. Forsyth, Poly(ionic liquid)s-in-Salt Solid Electrolytes with Co-coordination Assisted Lithium Ion Transport for Safe Batteries, Joule, 3 (2019) 2687–2702. 
4. X. Wang*, R. Kerr, F. Chen, N. Goujon, J. Pringle, D. Mecerreyes, M. Forsyth, P. Howlett, Towards high energy solid-state lithium batteries: opportunities and challenges, Advanced Materials, 2020,1905219
5. X. Wang, H. Zhu, G.W. Greene, Y. Zhou, M. Yoshizawa-Fujita, Y. Miyachi, M. Armand, M. Forsyth, J.M. Pringle, P.C. Howlett, Organic Ionic Plastic Crystal-Based Composite Electrolyte with Surface Enhanced Ion Transport and Its Use in All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2 (2017) 1700046
6. X. Wang, H. Zhu, G.M.A. Girard, R. Yunis, D.R. Macfarlane, D. Mecerreyes, A.J. Bhattacharyya, P.C. Howlett, M. Forsyth, Preparation and characterization of gel polymer electrolytes using poly(ionic liquids) and high lithium salt concentration ionic liquids, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5 (2017) 23844-23852.
7. X. Wang, G.M.A. Girard, H. Zhu, R. Yunis, D.R. MacFarlane, D. Mecerreyes, A.J. Bhattacharyya, P.C. Howlett, M. Forsyth, Poly(ionic liquid)/electrospun nanofibre composite polymer electrolytes for high energy density and safe Li metal batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2 (2019) 6237-6245.
8. X. Wang, H. Zhu, G.W. Greene, J. Li, N. Iranipour, C. Garnier, J. Fang, M. Armand, M. Forsyth, J.M. Pringle, P.C. Howlett, Enhancement of ion dynamics in organic ionic plastic crystal/PVDF composite electrolytes prepared by co-electrospinning, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4 (2016) 9873-9880. 
9. X. Wang, C. Gong, D. He, Z. Xue, C. Chen, Y. Liao, X. Xie, Gelled microporous polymer electrolyte with low liquid leakage for lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Membrane Science, 454 (2014) 298-304. 
10. X. Wang, H. Tang, M. Pan, Durable perfluorosulfonic polymer electrolyte membranes prepared from alkaline-ion-assisted heat treatment, Journal of Membrane Science, 379 (2011) 106-111.
11. F. Nti, L. Porcarelli, W. Greene, W. A. Henderson, P. C. Howlwtt, M. Forsyth, X. Wang* Understanding the surfaces effects of polymeric nanoparticles on behaviours of organic ionic plastic crystals, Journal of Material Chemistry A, 8 (2020) 5350-5362 
12. F. Nti, H. Ueda, C. SM Kang, G. W. Greene, J. M. Pringle, H. Zhu, P. Howlett, M. Forsyth, X Wang*, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 126 (2022) 3839–3852
13. F. Nti, G. W. Greene, H. Zhu, P. Howlett, M. Forsyth, X. Wang*, Insights into the anion-polymer interactions in OIPC/PVDF composites, Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 1683-1694 
14. S. Malunavar, X. Wang*, F. Makhlooghiazad, M. Armand, M. Galceran Mestres, P. Howlett, M. Forsyth*, Highly conductive ionogel electrolytes based on N-ethyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide FSI and NaFSI mixtures and their applications in sodium batteries, Journal of Physics: Materials, 4(2021) 044005
15. G. Girard, X. Wang*, R. Yunis, P. C. Howlett, M. Forsyth, Stable performance of an all-solid-state Li metal cell coupled with a high voltage NCA cathode and ultra-high lithium content poly(ionic liquid)-based polymer electrolyte, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 24 (2020) 2479–2485 
16. Y. Wang, Curt J. Zanelotti, X. Wang, R. Kerr, L. Jin, M. Forsyth, T. J. Dingemans, L. A. Madsen, Solid-state rigid-rod polymer composite electrolytes with nanocrystalline lithium ion pathways, Nature Materials, 20 (2021) 1255-1263
17. M. Forsyth, L. Porcarelli, X. Wang, N. Goujon, D. Mecerreyes, Innovative Electrolytes Based on Ionic Liquids and Polymers for Next-Generation Solid-State Batteries, Accounts of Chemical Research, 52 (2019) 686-694. 

- Advanced electrolyte materials (liquid, solid, composite, gel)

- Li/Na-metal batteries

- Solid-state batteries