基本信息
孙天啸      中国科学院上海高等研究院
电子邮件: suntianxiao@sari.ac.cn
通信地址: 上海市浦东新区张衡路239号
邮政编码: 201210

个人简介

孙天啸,中国科学院上海高等研究院拔尖人才、中国科学院高层次人才,软X射线自由电子激光科学研究与产业应用组组长、博士生导师、研究员。主要致力于同步辐射谱学成像技术研发及其工程应用,核心研究方向涵盖高时空分辨原位成像平台搭建、多模态图谱智能分析方法,以及先进电池电极材料原位诊断技术。

长期以来,孙天啸研究员依托中国、加拿大、德国、波兰、美国等多国顶尖同步辐射大科学装置,牵头推进原位成像仪器研制、控制算法迭代与智能化升级工作,构建了一套具备国际通用性与工程可复制性的同步辐射谱学成像技术体系。相关技术与方法已成功应用于材料科学、能源存储、生命科学等多学科交叉研究,为前沿基础研究与工程应用攻关提供了重要技术支撑。

近五年,累计发表学术论文38篇,其中以第一作者及通讯作者身份发表高水平论文17篇,成果刊发于 ScienceNature EnergyNature CommunicationsJournal of the American Chemical SocietyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesACS Nano 等国际顶级期刊。以第一发明人获批国家发明专利1项,研究成果被ScienceNature ProtocolsNature NanotechnologyNature Energy 等权威期刊广泛引用,学术影响力位居领域前沿。

其系列原创成果获得国内外学界广泛关注与权威媒体重点报道:2025年研究工作获《麻省理工科技评论》专题报道、《国家科学评论(英文版)》重磅栏目专题评述,入选美国布鲁克海文国家实验室官网封面亮点成果;同时被UT News、SciTechDaily、ScienceDaily、Azooptics、ZAP、Futurity、ZME Science、TiiSYS、Mirage News等多家国际主流科学媒体持续正面报道。受邀担任《Nano-Micro Letters》和《Sustainable Engineering Novit》青年编委和《Exploration》编委。学术服务方面,申请人受邀担任Nature Communications、Advanced Materials(荣获“2024年度审稿人”)、Energy Storage Materials等国际期刊的审稿人,并担任美国SLAC同步辐射光源机时评审专家。2026年,获评「材料人2025年度优秀青年科学家」,同年正式入职中国科学院上海高等研究院任研究员。


招生信息

本课题组依托国家级科研平台,长期聚焦储能材料、同步辐射表征、固态电池等前沿领域,现面向全国招收全日制硕士、博士研究生和博士后研究员,热忱欢迎有志青年加入团队共同开展科研攻关。

招生专业
082703-核技术及应用
招生方向
同步辐射谱学成像,数据分析方法,先进电池材料

教育背景

2019-10--2020-11   加拿大国家同步辐射光源   访问学者
2016-09--2017-07   中国科学技术大学   联合培养
2016-09--2021-07   中国科学院上海应用物理研究所   工学博士

工作经历

2026-01~现在, 中国科学院上海高等研究院, 研究员

2024-01~2026-01,美国德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校, 博士后

2021-10~2024-01,德国亥姆霍兹联合会-柏林材料与能源中心, 博士后

特色成果

图1. 层状正极电极中颗粒动态重构与晶粒尺度化学-力学耦合/解耦。前期Science工作综合采用原位TXM/Ni K-edge SOC映射、原位CT成像、原位光学显微、原位CMCD等多模态表征,并结合二维/三维光流分析、事件触发式图像识别和电化学-力学建模,揭示了层状正极中颗粒运动、颗粒间电荷转移、晶粒尺度化学脱嵌锂与物理旋转耦合/解耦,以及电极尺度应变级联传播过程。[Sun et al., Science, 390(6779), 1272-1277]


图2. 层状正极材料同步辐射表征与降解机理解析。首次发现循环中F离子进入正极晶格,直接观测到氟化物微粒(100-500 nm),并揭示了循环过程中锂/钠电池正极材料的降解机制。[Sun et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147(25), 21375–21384;Sun et al., ACS nano, 2021, 15(1), 1475-1485]


图3. 通过均质化合成策略缓解循环中化学-力学耦合失效。正极材料制备阶段的升温速率调控可有效调控产物微观组分与结构均一性,进而改变电极循环过程电化学演化特性;依托同步辐射多尺度原位表征技术,对该构效关系与失效抑制机理开展直观验证。[1. Eum†, Ramachandran†, Sun† et al., Nat. Energy, 2026, 11, 593–602]


图4. 单晶NMC颗粒团聚体烧结过程的形貌演化研究。利用同步辐射原位CT表征不同烧结温度与保温时长下单晶三元颗粒的结构演变,结合三维重构、孔隙可视化与定量统计,揭示了烧结过程晶界致密化、孔隙演化及掺杂偏析行为。[Xue†, Sun†,* et al., Nat. Commun., 2026, 17(3987)]

出版信息

2026

1. Donggun Eum†, Hari Ramachandran†, Tianxiao Sun† (Co-first author), Zhelong Jiang, Yan-Kai Tzeng, Samuel S. Lee, Hyeokjun Park, Keeyoung Jung, Joon-Hyung Lee, Nicolas Liang, Yijin Liu*, William C. Chueh*, Uniform pore structure enables negligible degradation in undoped and uncoated Ni-rich cathodes, Nature Energy, 2026, 11, 593–602. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-026-01988-w.

2. Zhichen Xue†, Tianxiao Sun†,* (Co-first author, Corresponding author), Sreevishnu Orugantic, Xiaojing Huang, Dilworth Y. Parkinson, Mingyuan Ge*, Yong S. Chu, Piero Pianetta, Yijin Liu*. Revealing multiscale competing processes in the solid-state synthesis of single-crystalline layered oxide positive electrodes. Nat. Commun., 2026, 17(3987). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70607-9.

3. Wenlong Li†, Tianxiao Sun† (Co-first author), Sameep Rajubhai Shah, Zhenyu Ju, Jigang Zhou, Kejie Zhao*, Guihua Yu*, Yijin Liu*. Direct optical observation of solid electrolyte interphase formation dynamics in lithium-ion batteries, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2026, 123(10), e2531794123.


2025

4. Tianxiao Sun (First author), Guannan Qian, Guibin Zan, Zhichen Xue, Stephen E. Trask, Arturo Gutierrez, Wenlong Li, Shimao Deng, Luxi Li, Piero Pianetta, Guihua Yu, Jason R. Croy, Juner Zhu*, William C. Chueh*, Yijin Liu*, Electrode strain evolution in lithium-ion battery cathodes, Science, 2025, 390(6779), 1272-1277. DOI: 10.1126/science.aea2763

5. Tianxiao Sun† (First author), Bin Wu†,*, Shimao Deng†, Yu-Jie Guo, Ji-Lei Shi, Ya-Xia Yin, Xiaofeng Shi, Guannan Qian, Jian Wang, Piero Pianetta, Jigang Zhou*, Yu-Guo Guo*, Yijin Liu*. Pinpointing chemo-mechanical origins of Na cathode degradation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147(25), 21375–21384.

6. Lixia Wang, Jiasui Huang, Xiaoyang Cheng, Zhiyang Huang, Alin Zhou, Shuhui Sun, Xiulin Yang*, Tianxiao Sun* (Corresponding author), Bin Wu*. Hollow Porous Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon‐Confined FeP/Fe2P Nanoparticle‐Armored Catalyst for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Aqueous/Flexible Zinc‐Air Batteries, Rare Metals, 2025, 45(1), e70023. https://doi.org/10.1002/rar2.70023

7. Tianxiao Sun (First author), Robert Peng, Wenlong Li, Yijin Liu*. Image Registration for Accurate Electrode Deformation Analysis in Operando Microscopy of Battery Materials. J. Synchrotron Radiat., 2025, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577524012293

8. Qimin Peng, Jianqiu Zhu, Fengli Wei, Tayirjan Taylor Isimjan, Tianxiao Sun* (Corresponding author), Xiulin Yang*, Yongfa Zhu*, Bin Wu*, Lattice strain induced Ni0.85Se/WO2.90 heterostructures accelerate dynamic reconstruction for efficient water oxidation, Appl. Catal. B Environ, 2026, 384, 126158.

9. Jianhua Yuan†, Tianxiao Sun (Second author), Jinfeng Chen, Runhong Zhou, Jianglin Cao*, Fei Yu*, Liqing Li*, Xiumin Zhong, Jie Ma*. Microbial Surface Confined Growth Strategy for the Synthesis of Highly Loaded NiCoP Nanoparticles with Hollow Derived Carbon Shells for Sodium Ion Capture. Adv. Sci., 2025, 12, 2407616.

10. Fengli Wei†, Qimin Peng†, Tianxiao Sun† (Co-first author), Jianqiu Zhu, Zuyang Luo, Dingsheng Wang, Xiulin Yang*, Shuhui Sun*, Bin Wu*. Reversible Oxygen Vacancies in Tungsten Oxide-Activated Heterocatalysts Enable Stable Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. Nano Energy, 2025, 139, 110961.

11. Shimao Deng†, Yixian Wang†, Tianxiao Sun (Second author), Wenlong Li, Mingyuan Ge, Jian Wang, Peter Cloetens, Piero Pianetta, David Mitlin*, Yijin Liu*. Impacts of the Conductive Networks on Solid‐State Battery Operation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 137(39), e202511534.

12. Guannan Qian†, Guibin Zan†, Jizhou Li†, Dechao Meng†, Tianxiao Sun (Second author), Vivek Thampy, Ayrton M. Yanyachi, Xiaojing Huang, Hanfei Yan, Yong S. Chu, Sheraz Gul, Sang-Jun Lee, Jun-Sik Lee, Wenbing Yun, Peter Cloetens, Piero Pianetta, Kejie Zhao, Ofodike A. Ezekoye*, Yijin Liu*. In-Device Battery Failure Analysis. Adv. Mater., 2025, 2416915. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202416915

13. Wenlong Li†, Ayrton Yanyachi†, Tianxiao Sun (Second author), Dengguo Wu, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Zhao Liu, Jigang Zhou, Saravana Kuppan, Ofodike Ezekoye*, Yijin Liu*. Multimodal Characterization of Coating Defects in Graphite Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc., 2025, 172(8), 080523.

14. Yuchen Jiao, Xiangzhi Zhang*, Zijian Xu*, Zhen Yao, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Yufei Zhang, Bo Zhao, Zhi Guo, Yong Wang, Xiangjun Zhen, Haigang Liu, Shasha Liang, Haitao Li, Xuanyu Zhao, Jian He* and Renzhong Tai. New online beam intensity synchronous monitoring system in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. J. Synchrotron Radiat. 2025, 32(2). https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577524012141


2024

15. Hongliu Dai†, Tianxiao Sun† (Co-first author), Jigang Zhou*, Jian Wang*, Zhangsen Chen, Gaixia Zhang*, Shuhui Sun*. Unraveling chemical origins of dendrite formation in zinc-ion batteries via in situ/operando X-ray spectroscopy and imaging. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 8577.

16. Jianhua Yuan†, Tianxiao Sun† (Co-first author), Guixiang Li*, Markus Weigand, Fei Yu, Zhe Li, Jianglin Cao, Jiayuan Yu, Meng Li, Weijia Zhou*, Antonio Abate, Jie Ma*. Microbial Immobilization for Enhancing Environmental Sustainability of Perovskite Photovoltaics. ACS Mater. Lett., 2024, 6(10), 4667-4672.

17. Difei Zhang, Tianxiao Sun (Second author), Keren Jiang, Jigang Zhou*, Jian Wang*, Huaidong Jiang*. Deep understanding of LiCoO2 electrode degradation for optimized recycling strategies. Mater. Today Chem., 2024, 38, 102080.

18. Yuqian Yang, Qiu Xiong, Jihuai Wu*, Yongguang Tu, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Guixiang Li, Xuping Liu, Xiaobing Wang, Yitian Du, Chunyan Deng, Lina Tan, Yuelin Wei, Yu Lin, Yunfang Huang, Miaoliang Huang, Weihai Sun, Leqing Fan, Yiming Xie, Jianming Lin, Zhang Lan, Valerio Stacchinii, Artem Musiienko, Qin Hu, Peng Gao, Antonio Abate, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin*. Poly (3‐hexylthiophene)/perovskite Heterointerface by Spinodal Decomposition Enabling Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells. Adv. Mater., 2024, 36(7), 2310800.

19. Adam P Hitchcock†, Chunyang Zhang, Haytham Eraky, Drew Higgins, Rachid Belkhou, Nicolas Millle, Sufal Swaraj, Stefan Stanescu, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Jian Wang. Comparison of soft X-ray spectro-ptychography and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 2024, 276, 147487.

20. Zhen Yao, Yuchen Jiao, Bo Zhao, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Yufei Zhang, Zhi Guo, Yong Wang, Zijian Xu, Haitao Li, Haigang Liu, Xiangzhi Zhang, Renzhong Tai*. Research on synchronous radiation scanning transmission X-ray microscopy system closed-loop control method. Nuclear Techniques, 2024, 47(9), 090101.


2023

21. Bin Wu†, Tianxiao Sun†,* (Co-first author, Corresponding author), Ya You†, Haibing Meng*, Dulce M Morales, Mailis Lounasvuori, Abbas Beheshti Askari, Li Jiang, Feng Zeng, Baoshan Hu, Xiangzhi Zhang, Renzhong Tai*, Zhichuan J Xu, Tristan Petit*, Liqiang Mai*. In Situ X‐ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Metal Nitrogen‐doped Carbons in Oxygen, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(22), e202219188.

22. Tianxiao Sun†,* (First author, Corresponding author), Shengnan Zuo†, Bo He, Xinye Yuan, Guixiang Li, Jigang Zhou, Markus Weigand, Antonio Abate*, Jian Wang*. Ionic liquid functionalized tin halide perovskite investigated by STXM and spectro-ptychography, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 2023, 147330.

23. Luyan Wu, Guixiang Li*, Karunanantharajah Prashanthan, Artem Musiienko, Jinzhao Li, Thomas W Gries, Hao Zhang, Hans Köbler, Patryk Janasik, Augustine NS Appiah, Gopinath Paramasivam, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Meng Li, Daniela Marongiu, Michele Saba*, Antonio Abate*. Stabilization of Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells with a 2D Dion–Jacobson Passivating Layer. Adv. Mater., 2023, 35(42), 230415.

24. Chunyang Zhang, Jiatang Chen, Hao Yuan, Jian Wang, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Drew Higgins, Adam P Hitchcock*. Atomically dispersed Ni-N-C electrocatalysts, studied by Ni L-edge spectro-ptychography. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 2023, 266, 147364.

25. Xinye Yuan, Tatiana Morin Caamano, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Elena A Baranova, Yaser Abu-Lebdeh*, Jigang Zhou*, Jian Wang*, Huaidong Jiang*. Imaging the complex interactions in CuAg-PEO nanoparticles ensemble for enhanced CO2 reduction. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 2023, 265, 147331.

26. Haibing Meng†,*, Bin Wu†,*, Tianxiao Sun† (Co-first author), Long Wei, Yunlong Zhang, Bo Liu, Kai Chen, Zhen-Bo Wang*, Shuhui Sun, Chunru Wang, Xian-Ming Zhang*. Oxidization-induced structural optimization of Ni3Fe-N-C derived from 3D covalent organic framework for high-efficiency and durable oxygen evolution reaction. Nano Research, 2023, 16(5), 6710–6720.


2022

27. Amin Guo, Jianhua Zhang, Bo He, Angdi Li, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Weimin Li, Jian Wang, Renzhong Tai, Yan Liu, Zhen Qian, Jiadong Fan*, Andrej Sali, Raymond C Stevens, Huaidong Jiang*. Quantitative, in situ visualization of intracellular insulin vesicles in pancreatic beta cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2022, 119(32), e2202695119.

28. Xue Bai, Wanyu Chen, Bao Wang, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Bin Wu, Yuheng Wang*. Photocatalytic degradation of some typical antibiotics: Recent advances and future outlooks. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2022, 23(15), 8130.

29. Qing Cao, Zhaoyang Cheng, Jiajun Dai, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Guixiang Li, Lili Zhao, Jiayuan Yu, Weijia* Zhou, Jianjian Lin*. Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction over Co Nanoparticles Embedded N‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes Electrocatalyst with Zn as an Accelerant. Small, 2022, 18(44), 2204827.


2021

30. Tianxiao Sun† (First author), Gang Sun†, Fuda Yu, Yongzhi Mao, Renzhong Tai, Xiangzhi Zhang, Guangjie Shao, Zhenbo Wang*, Jian Wang*, Jigang Zhou*. Soft X-ray ptychography chemical imaging of degradation in a composite surface-reconstructed Li-rich cathode, ACS nano, 2021, 15(1), 1475-1485.

31. Tianxiao Sun (First author), Xiangzhi Zhang*, Zijian Xu*, Yong Wang, Zhi Guo, Jian Wang, Renzhong Tai*. A bidirectional scanning method of scanning transmission X-ray microscopy. J. Synchrotron Radiat., 2021, 28(2), 512-517.

32. Mingjie Wu, Gaixia Zhang*, Yongfeng Hu, Jian Wang, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Tom Regier, Jinli Qiao*, Shuhui Sun*. Graphitic‐shell encapsulated FeNi alloy/nitride nanocrystals on biomass‐derived N‐doped carbon as an efficient electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn‐air battery. Carbon Energy, 2021, 3(1), 176-187.

33. Mingjie Wu, Gaixia Zhang*, Hui Tong*, Xianhu Liu, Lei Du, Ning Chen, Jian Wang, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Tom Regier, Shuhui Sun*. Cobalt (II) oxide nanosheets with rich oxygen vacancies as highly efficient bifunctional catalysts for ultra-stable rechargeable Zn-air flow battery. Nano Energy, 2021, 79, 105409.


2020

34. Tianxiao Sun (First author), Xiangyu Meng*, Jiefeng Cao*, Yong Wang, Zhi guo, Zhijun Wang, Haigang Liu, Xiangzhi Zhang*, Renzhong Tai*. A portable data-collection system for soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 2020, 91(1), 014709.

35. Zhenjiang Xing, Zijian Xu, Xiangzhi Zhang, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Haigang Liu, Zhi Guo, Yong Wang, Renzhong Tai*. Position correction algorithm combined with Fresnel CDI for ptychography. Optics Frontier, 2020, 11571, 167-171.


2019

36. Limei Ma, Xiangzhi Zhang, Zijian Xu, Andreas Späth, Zhenjiang Xing, Tianxiao Sun (Co-author), Renzhong Tai*. Three-dimensional focal stack imaging in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy with an improved reconstruction algorithm. Opt. Express, 2020, 27(5), 7787-7802.


National Patent

Tianxiao Sun (First Inventor), Xiangzhi Zhang, Jiefeng Cao, Xiaoyan Li, Renzhong Tai, Yong Wang, Zhi Guo, Zhenjiang Xing, Jian He, Xiangyu Meng. "A Measurement System for Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" (一种软X射线吸收谱的测量系统). Patent No. ZL201921384998.4, Authorized Date: 10/19/2020.

科研活动

   
科研项目
( 1 ) 上海高等研究院“拔尖人才”项目, 负责人, 研究所自主部署, 2026-01--2030-12
( 2 ) 中国科学院引进人才计划, 负责人, 中国科学院计划, 2026-01--2028-12