EES Batteries Blog

We are delighted to welcome Professor Xin Li, Harvard University, USA, as Associate Editor for EES Batteries.

Learn more about Xin Li

Dr. Xin Li received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Nanjing University, China, his doctor’s degree in materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University and performed postdoctoral research at California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining Harvard in 2015. Now he is an associate professor of materials science at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.

His research group designs energy-related materials and devices through advanced synthesis, characterization, and simulation, with the current focus on Li and Na ion batteries, solid-state batteries, and unconventional superconductors. The group is particularly interested in obtaining a unified understanding about how microscopic interactions govern emergent performance-relevant phenomena in energy storage and strongly correlated materials.

He is the Winner of Falling Walls Foundation Breakthroughs Engineering and Technology, received LG Global Innovation Contest Awards, and MassCEC Catalyst Award. He founded Adden Energy, Inc., aiming at commercializing all-solid-state batteries for electrical vehicle applications.

Read some of his recent publications:

Fast Kinetics Design for Solid-State Battery Device

Yichao Wang, Xin Li

Adv. Mater., 2024, 36, 2309306

Fast cycling of lithium metal in solid-state batteries by constriction-susceptible anode materials

Luhan Ye, Yang Lu, Yichao Wang, Jianyuan Li, Xin Li

Nat. Mater., 2024, 23, 244-251

Interface Coating Design for Dynamic Voltage Stability of Solid-State Batteries

Yichao Wang, Luhan Ye, William Fitzhugh, Xi Chen, Xin Li

Adv. Energy Mater., 2023, 13, 2302288

EES Batteries is a premier journal, publishing exceptional battery and energy storage focused research. Delivering the same influence and reputation for quality which researchers associate with companion journal Energy & Environmental Science, EES Batteries is strongly interdisciplinary, welcoming influential, high impact and quality research across all scientific disciplines including chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, computational/theoretical studies, and policy.   Find out more about the journal Read our published articles Submit your manuscript today Sign up for email alerts Follow us on social media

The EES family has grown. In July, we announced two new journals – EES Batteries and EES Solar – which will welcome in a new era of exceptional research.

That era begins now. Join in right from the start by submitting your work today.

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Exceptional research on batteries and energy storage Editor in Chief: Qiang Zhang EES Batteries welcomes all scales of influential, high impact and quality studies, from impactful fundamental advances to interdisciplinary research across all scientific disciplines, including chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, and technoeconomic analyses. Submit to EES Batteries

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Exceptional research on solar energy and photovoltaics Editor in Chief: Michael Saliba EES Solar aims to be a leading publication for groundbreaking studies that span a wide range of scientific disciplines, all connected by the thread of solar. The journal considers influential studies across diverse scientific fields, including chemistry, physics, materials science, engineering, computational and physical modelling studies, policy and technoeconomic analyses. Submit to EES Solar

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These journals are poised to make a significant impact. Submitting early will not only increase your chances of being featured in our inaugural issues, but your work will also help to lead the way as these exciting new research platforms grow.

EES Batteries and EES Solar will deliver the same impact and influence that you associate with companion journal Energy & Environmental Science. Exceptional research belongs with the EES family.

Article processing charges (APCs) are waived until mid-2027.

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We are delighted to introduce you to our Editors-in-Chief of the two new, recently announced Royal Society of Chemistry journals: EES Batteries and EES Solar, part of the EES family journals.

Dr Qiang Zhang is a full professor in the Chemical Engineering Department, Tsinghua University, China. His group mainly focuses on advanced energy chemistry and energy materials, including dendrite-free lithium metal anodes, lithium sulfur batteries, electrolytes, solid state batteries, and energy electrocatalysis. Find out more here and on Dr Zhang’s group webpage here. You can also read some of Dr Zhang’s recent research below:

A brief history of zinc–air batteries: 140 years of epic adventures
Jia-Ning Liu, Chang-Xin Zhao, Juan Wang, Ding Ren, Bo-Quan Li and Qiang Zhang
Energy Environ. Sci., 2022,15, 4542-4553.

A data-driven bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst with a record-breaking ΔE = 0.57 V for ampere-hour-scale zinc-air batteries
Jia-Ning Liu, Chang-Xin Zhao, Juan Wang, Xuan-Qi Fang, Chen-Xi Bi, Bo-Quan Li, Qiang Zhang
Joule, 2024, 8, 1804-1819.

Prof. Michael Saliba is a full professor and the director of the Institute for Photovoltaics (ipv) at the University of Stuttgart. He holds a dual appointment at the Helmholtz Research Center Jülich, Germany. His research focuses on a fundamental understanding of optoelectronic materials with an emphasis on emerging perovskites for a sustainable energy future. Find out more here and read some of Professor Saliba’s recent research below:

All-perovskite tandem solar cells: from fundamentals to technological progress
Jaekeun Lim, Nam-Gyu Park, Sang Il Seok and Michael Saliba
Energy Environ. Sci., 2024, 17, 4390-4425.

Overcoming ionic migration in perovskite solar cells through alkali metals
Clara A. Aranda, Agustin O. Alvarez, Vladimir S. Chivrony, Chittaranjan Das, Monika Rai, Michael Saliba
Joule, 2024, 8, 241-254.

EES Batteries and EES Solar open for submissions later this year, sign up for email alerts below to be one of the first to find out news about the journals.

Exceptional research in batteries, energy storage, solar energy and photovoltaics now has a dedicated home with the Royal Society of Chemistry.

EES Batteries and EES Solar are part of the EES journal family, which is known for delivering outstanding publications. This is where progress begins.

“I am delighted to be the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of EES Batteries and intend for this journal to be established as a cornerstone of innovation, and a beacon for sustainable energy solutions that actively shape the future of energy technologies globally.” Qiang Zhang – EES Batteries	“I am driven to advance the global transition to a sustainable energy future, and to shape EES Solar into a premier platform to exchange ideas and drive the progression of solar research.” Michael Saliba – EES Solar