Hanyu Huo is a tenure-track professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and a recipient of the National High-level Overseas Young Talent Program. He obtained his bachelor's degree from Shandong University in 2015 and completed his Ph.D. at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (advisor: Xiangxin Guo) in June 2020. During his doctoral studies, he conducted research at the University of Western Ontario in Canada under Professor Xueliang Sun. Following his Ph.D., he pursued postdoctoral research at Tongji University (advisor: Yunhui Huang), Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany (advisor: Jürgen Janek), and the University of Oxford in the UK (advisor: P. G. Bruce).

His research focuses on solid-state batteries, aiming to enhance the chemo-mechanical stability of solid-solid interfaces to achieve high-throughput ion transport across the entire system. He has made a series of innovative contributions:
(1) Anode/electrolyte interface: He revealed the chemo-mechanical failure mechanisms at the lithium metal interface and introduced a flexible, electronically insulating interfacial modification layer to enable rapid lithium-ion transport with enhanced stability. This approach reduced the interfacial resistance of lithium metal by a factor of 20 and increased the long-cycle current density at room temperature from 0.1 mA cm⁻² to 1 mA cm⁻².
(2) Internal interface of composite electrolytes: He proposed a Lewis acid-base complexation strategy at organic/inorganic interfaces to facilitate multi-path, high-flux lithium-ion transport across the "organic phase-interface-inorganic phase" system, improving the room-temperature ionic conductivity of composite electrolytes by two orders of magnitude. Additionally, he designed a hierarchical "soft-outside, rigid-inside" composite electrolyte structure to suppress lithium dendrite growth, ensuring the chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical stability of the composite electrolyte.
(3) Cathode/electrolyte interface: He was the first to apply ultrasonic imaging to investigate high-voltage cathode failure mechanisms. Through polymer segment design, he extended the oxidation stability window of composite electrolytes from 4.0 V to 4.6 V, achieving stable electrochemical cycling of high-voltage cathodes.

As the first/corresponding author, he has published over 20 research papers in prestigious journals such as Nat. Mater., Nat. Sci. Rev., Nat. Commun., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Mater., and Adv. Energy Mater., with five of them recognized as ESI highly cited papers. He also serves as a reviewer for Nat. Sustain., Joule, Nat. Commun., and other journals. His work has been recognized with the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s Excellence Award (2019) and Special Award (2020) and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Chinese Silicate Society.