My research is focused on the fundamental research of the working/decaying mechanisms of various types of rechargeable batteries via the cutting-edge synchrotron and neutron imaging techniques. 

The studied battery technologies include but not limited to 1, the common lithium ion batteries (based on silicon, tin and carbon anodes); 2, the lithium metal batteries (focus on lithium anode side, especially the electrochemically generated lithium dendrites); 3, lithium sulfur and lithium oxygen batteries (focus on lithium side, especially the link between cell performance and Li anode decay) and 4 all-solid-state-batteries (Li-S cells assembled with solid sulfide electrolyte and all solid state sodium cells. 

The investigation employs the neutron (BER II) and synchrotron facilities (BESSY II, Berlin; DESY, Hamburg; Diamond, London; Spring-8, Japan and SSRF, Shanghai)

Oct. 2013 – Mar. 2017, Technical University Berlin, Germany, PhD

​Sep. 2010 – Jun. 2013, Xiangtan University, Hunan, China, Master

Sep. 2006 – Jun. 2010, Zaozhuang University, Shandong, China

   

2019 - ,  Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences, principle investigator

2017-2018, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Post-doc

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Fengcheng Tang, Zhibin Wu,Chao Yang, Markus Osenberg, André Hilger, Kang Dong, Henning Markötter, Ingo Manke, Fu Sun, Libao Chen, Guanglei Cui, Synchrotron X-Ray Tomography for Rechargeable Battery Research: Fundamentals, Setups and Applications, Small Methods, 2021, 5, 2100557

Haijun Liu, Markus Osenberg, Ling Ni, André Hilger, Libao Chen, Dong Zhou, Kang Dong, Tobias Arlt, Xiayin Yao, Xiaogang Wang, Ingo Manke, Fu Sun, Sodiophilic and conductive carbon cloth guides sodium dendrite-free Na metal electrodeposition, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 61, 61

 

Kang Dong, Yaolin Xu, Jinwang Tan, Markus Osenberg, Fu Sun, Zdravko Kochovski, Duong Tung Pham, Shilin Mei, André Hilger, Emily Ryan, Yan Lu, John Banhart, and Ingo Manke, Unravelling the Mechanism of Lithium Nucleation and Growth and the Interaction with the Solid Electrolyte Interface, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 1719

 

Ling Ni, Markus Osenberg, Haijun Liu, André Hilger, Libao Chen, Dong Zhou, Kang Dong, Tobias Arlt, Xiayin Yao, Xiaogang Wang, Yanan Chen, Yutao Li, Kangning Zhao, Chao Yang, Ingo Manke, Fu Sun, Renjie Chen, In situ visualizing the interplay between the separator and potassium dendrite growth by synchrotron X-ray tomography, Nano Energy, 2021, 83, 105841

 

Fu Sun, Dong Zhou, Xiaogang Wang, Ingo Manke, Libao Chen, Cautious interpretation of coulombic efficiency (CE) in lithium metal batteries, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 56, 34

 

Fu Sun, Léo Duchêne, Markus Osenberg, Sebastian Risse, Chao Yang, Libao Chen, Nan Chen, Yongxin Huang, André Hilger, Kang Dong, Tobias Arlt, Corsin Battaglia, Arndt Remhof, Ingo Manke, Renjie Chen, Na electrodeposits: a new decaying mechanism for all-solid-state Na batteries revealed by synchrotron X-ray tomography, Nano Energy, 2021, 82, 105762

 

Chao Yang, Fan Lv, Kang Dong, Feili Lai, Kangning Zhaog, Fu Sun, Shuming Dou, Qian Wang, Jie Xu, Panpan Zhang, Tobias Arlt, Xiaodong Chen, Yanan Chen, Ingo Manke, Shaojun Guo, Carbon-coated ultrathin metallic V5Se8 nanosheet for high-energy-density and robust potassium storage, Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 35, 1

 

Dong Zhou, Mengyi Zhang, Fu Sun, Tobias Arlt, Joop E.Frerichs, Kang Dong, Jun Wang, André Hilger, Fabian Wilde, Martin Kolek, Michael Ryan Hansen, Peter Bieker, Ingo Manke, Marian C.Stan, Martin Winter, Performance and behavior of LLZO-based composite polymer electrolyte for lithium metal electrode with high capacity utilization, Nano Energy, 2020, 77, 105196

 

Fu Sun, Chao Yang, Ingo Manke, Libao Chen, Shanmu Dong, Li-based anode: Is dendrite-free sufficient? Materials Today, 2020, 38, 7

Fu Sun, Dong Zhou, Xin He, Markus Osenberg, Kang Dong, Libao Chen, Shilin Mei, André Hilger, Henning Markötter, Yan Lu, Shanmu Dong, Shashidhara Marathe, Christoph RauChristoph Rau, Xu Hou, Jie Li, Marian Cristian Stan, Martin Winter, Robert Dominko, and Ingo Manke, Morphological Reversibility of Modified Li-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Batteries, ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 152

Fu Sun, Xin He, Xiaoyu Jiang, Markus Osenberg, Dong Zhou, Kang Dong, André Hilger, Xiaoming Zhu, Rui Gao, Xiangfeng Liu, Kai Huang, De Ning, Henning Markötter, Li Zhang, Jie Li, Yuliang Cao, Martin Winter, and Ingo Manke. Advancing the Knowledge of Electrochemically Generated Lithium Microstructures and Their Induced Performance Decay of Lithium Ion Batteries by Synchrotron X-ray Tomography. Materials Today, 2019, 27, 21

Fu Sun, Dong Zhou, Xin He, Markus Osenberg, Kang Dong, Libao Chen, Shilin Mei, André Hilger, Henning Markotter, Yan Lu, Shanmu Dong, Shashidhara Marathe, Christoph Rau, Xu Hou, Jie Li, Marian Cristian Stan, Martin Winter, Robert Dominko and Ingo Manke, Morphological Reversibility of Modified Li-Based Anodes for Next-Generation Batteries, ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 152

Fu Sun, Rui Gao, Dong Zhou, Markus Osenberg, Kang Dong, Nikolay Kardjilov, André Hilger, Henning Markötter, Xiangfeng Liu and Ingo Manke. Revealing Hidden Facts of Li Anode in Cycled Lithium Oxygen Batteries through X-ray and Neutron Tomography. ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 306

Fu Sun, Ingo Manke. Differentiating and Quantifying Dead Lithium, ChemElectroChem, 2019, 2, 5787

Fu Sun, Markus Osenberg, Kang Dong, Dong Zhou, André Hilger, Charl J. Jafta, Sebastian Risse, Yan Lu, Henning Markötter, and Ingo Manke. Correlating morphological evolution of Li electrodes with degrading electrochemical performance of Li/LiCoO₂ and Li/S battery systems: investigated by synchrotron X-ray phase contrast tomography, ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3, 356.

Fu Sun, Riko Moroni, Kang Dong, Henning Markötter, Dong Zhou, André Hilger, Lukas Zielke, Roland Zengerle, Simon Thiele, John Banhart, and Ingo Manke. Study of the Mechanisms of Internal Short Circuit in a Li/Li Cell by Synchrotron X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography. ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 94

Fu Sun, Lukas Zielke, Henning Markötter, André Hilger, Dong Zhou, Riko Moroni, Roland Zengerle, Simon Thiele, John Banhart, and Ingo Manke. Morphological evolution of electrochemically plated/stripped lithium microstructures investigated by synchrotron X-ray phase contrast tomography, ACSNano, 2016, 10, 7990

Fu Sun, Kang Dong, André Hilger, Sebastian Risse, Yan Lu, Henning Markötter, and Ingo Manke. Visualizing Morphological and Compositional Evolution of Interface of InLi-anode|thio-LISION Electrolyte in All-Solid- State Li-S Cell by in operando Synchrotron X-ray Tomography and Energy Dispersive Diffraction, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 22489

Fu Sun, Henning Markötter, Ingo Manke, Andre Hilger, Nikolay Kardjilov, and John Banhart. Three dimensional visualization of gas evolution and channel formation inside a lithium-ion battery, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 7156

Fu Sun Henning Markötter,Dong Zhou,Saad Sabe Sulaiman Alrwashdeh, Andre Hilger, Nikolay Kardjilov, Ingo Manke,John Banhart. In Situ Radiographic Investigation of (De)Lithiation Mechanisms in a Tin-Electrode Lithium-Ion Battery, ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 946

Fu Sun, Henning Markötter, Kang Dong, Ingo Manke, Andre Hilger, Nikolay Kardjilov, John Banhart. Investigation of failure mechanisms in silicon based half cells during the first cycle by micro X-ray tomography and radiography, Journal of Power Sources, 2016, 321, 174

Fu Sun, Henning Markötter, Ingo Manke, André Hilger, Saad S. Alrwashdeh, Nikolay Kardjilov, John Banhart. Complementary X-ray and neutron radiography study of the initial lithiation process in lithium-ion batteries containing silicon electrodes, Applied Surface Science, 2017, 399, 359