Name:    Hengxing Ji

Email:    jihengx@ustc.edu.cn         Tel: +86-18656015882

Address:        96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, China

Professor Hengxing Ji received his B.S. degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2003 and obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. He subsequently joined the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden as a Humboldt Research Fellow before moving to the University of Texas at Austin as a postdoctoral researcher in 2010.

In 2013, Professor Ji established an independent research group as a full professor at the School of Chemistry and Materials Science, USTC. His team has made great efforts in developing the principle and related energy materials for extreme fast-charging of energy-dense lithium-ion batteries. The long charging time required for current batteries and safety issues represent a critical roadblock for more widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Dr. Ji has significantly contributed to this field by proposing key concepts of interface reconstruction, catalytic ion-desolvation, and solid-state electrocatalysis in lithium-ion batteries for electric-driven transportation and communication. He is leading a strong team in the fundamental research and scale-up engineering of phosphorus/carbon anodes, graphite anodes, and emerging electrolytes. Since 2013, Professor Ji has co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications in leading scientific journals, including Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Acc. Mater. Res., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., and Adv. Mater., among others.

His contributions to the field have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including the Chinese Chemical Society Chemical Innovation Award (2023), First Prize in the Natural Science Award of Anhui Province (2022), the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2021), the Youth Award in Electrochemistry (2019), and part of his research was honored as one of the "Top 10 Scientific and Technological Achievements in Chinese Universities" (2020) by the Ministry of Education of China.

Selected 10 papers published in the last five years

(1)     Jin, H.; Xin, S.; Chuang, C.; Li, W.; Wang, H.; Zhu, J.; Xie, H.; Zhang, T.; Wan, Y.; Qi, Z.; Yan, W.; Lu, Y.-R.; Chan, T.-S.; Wu, X.; Goodenough, J. B.; Ji, H.*; Duan, X.* Black Phosphorus Composites with Engineered Interfaces for High-Rate High-Capacity Lithium Storage. Science 2020, 370 (6513), 192–197.

(2)     Jin, S.; Ye, Y.; Niu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Jin, H.; Wang, J.; Sun, Z.; Cao, A.; Wu, X.; Luo, Y.; Ji, H.*; Wan, L.-J.* Solid–Solution-Based Metal Alloy Phase for Highly Reversible Lithium Metal Anode. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (19), 8818–8826.

(3)     Jin, H.; Wang, H.; Qi, Z.; Bin, D.-S.; Zhang, T.; Wan, Y.; Chen, J.; Chuang, C.; Lu, Y.-R.; Chan, T.-S.; Ju, H.; Cao, A.-M.; Yan, W.; Wu, X.; Ji, H.*; Wan, L.-J. A Black Phosphorus–Graphite Composite Anode for Li-/Na-/K-Ion Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59 (6), 2318–2322.

(4)     Ye, Y.; Xie, H.; Yang, Y.; Xie, Y.; Lu, Y.; Wang, J.; Kong, X.; Jin, S.*; Ji, H.* Solid-Solution or Intermetallic Compounds: Phase Dependence of the Li-Alloying Reactions for Li-Metal Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145 (45), 24775–24784.

(5)     Zhu, J.; Cao, J.; Cai, G.; Zhang, J.; Zhang, W.; Xie, S.; Wang, J.; Jin, H.; Xu, J.; Kong, X.; Jin, S.*; Li, Z.*; Ji, H.* Non-Trivial Contribution of Carbon Hybridization in Carbon-Based Substrates to Electrocatalytic Activities in Li-S Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62 (3), e202214351.

(6)     Zhu, J.; Jin, S.*; Kong, X.*; Ji, H.* Finding the Ideal Electrocatalyst Match for Sulfur Redox Reactions in Li-S Batteries. Acc. Mater. Res. 2024, 5 (1), 35–47.

(7)     Cai, G.; Lv, H.; Zhang, G.; Liu, D.; Zhang, J.; Zhu, J.; Xu, J.; Kong, X.; Jin, S.*; Wu, X.*; Ji, H.* A Volcano Correlation between Catalytic Activity for Sulfur Reduction Reaction and Fe Atom Count in Metal Center. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (19), 13055–13065.

(8)     Zhou, E.; Jin, H.; Lv, H.; Xie, Y.; Lu, Y.; Lu, Y.-R.; Chan, T.-S.; Wang, C.; Yan, W.; Zhang, J.; Ji, H.*; Wu, X.*; Duan, X.* Solid-State Electrocatalysis in Heteroatom-Doped Alloy Anode Enables Ultrafast Charge Lithium-Ion Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (30), 20700–20708.

(9)     Zhou, E.; Luo, X.; Jin, H.*; Wang, C.; Lu, Z.; Xie, Y.; Zhou, S.; Chen, Y.; He, Z.; Ma, R.; Zhang, W.; Xie, H.; Jiao, S.; Lin, Y.; Bin, D.-S.; Huang, R.; Wu, X.; Kong, X.; Ji, H.* Breaking Low-Strain and Deep-Potassiation Trade-Off in Alloy Anodes via Bonding Modulation for High-Performance K-Ion Batteries. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146 (7), 4752–4761.

(10)   Wang, C.; Xie, Y.; Huang, Y.; Zhou, S.; Xie, H.; Jin, H.*; Ji, H.* Li₃PO₄-Enriched SEI on Graphite Anode Boosts Li+ De-Solvation Enabling Fast-Charging and Low-Temperature Lithium-Ion Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63 (21), e202402301.