(1) Design and development of advanced catholytes and anolytes for AORFBs. 

(2) Energy storage mechanism of novel water-soluble organic electrolyte in AORFBs.

(3) Development of high-performance single AORFBs devices. 

(4) Construction and evaluation of kilowatt-level energy storage demonstration AORFB system.

2022.4 – Present   Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Associate Professor

2018.10 – Present  Xi'an Jiaotong University, China   Postdoc  

2014.9-2018.6  School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, China       Ph.D.

2011.9-2014.6  School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, China  M.D.

2007.9-2011.7  School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, China  B.Sc.

2021  "Xi 'an Talents Plan" Young Talents Project, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

2014  Honor for Excellent Thesis in Henan Province, Henan Normal University, China

2013  National Postgraduate Scholarship, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, China

Full publications list and Citation

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5567-3083

https://publons.com/researcher/2056980/hao-fan/

Selected Publications

(8) Hao Fan, Wenda Wu, Mahalingam Ravivarma, Hongbin Li, Bo Hu, Jiafeng Lei, Yangyang Feng, Xiaohua Sun, Jiangxuan Song*, T. Leo Liu*, Mitigating Ring-Opening to Develop Stable TEMPO Catholytes for pH-neutral All-organic Redox Flow Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials 2022, adfm.202203032.

(7) Hao Fan, Bo Hu, Hongbin Li, Mahalingam Ravivarma, Yangyang Feng and Jiangxuan Song*, Conjugate-Driven Electron Density Delocalization of Piperidine Nitroxyl Radical for Stable Aqueous Zinc Hybrid Flow Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202115908.

(6) Hongbin Li, Hao Fan*, Bo Hu, Linlin Hu,Gang Chang and Jiangxuan Song*, Spatial Structure Regulation: A Rod-Shaped Viologen Enables Long Lifetime in Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 26971-26977. 

(5) Linlin Hu, Xudong Zhang, Peiyu Zhao, Hao Fan, Zhen Zhang, Junkai Deng, Goran Ungar, Jiangxuan Song*, Gradient H-bonding Binder Enables Stable High-Areal-Capacity Si-Based Anodes in Pouch Cells, Advanced Materials 2021, 33(52), 2104416.

(4) Bo Hu^#, Hao Fan^#, Hongbin Li, Mahalingam Ravivarma, Jiangxuan Song*, Five-membered ring nitroxide radical: A new class of high-potential, stable catholyte for neutral aqueous organic redox flow batteries, Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 37(35), 2102734.

(3) Hongbin Li, Hao Fan*, Ravivarma Mahalingam, Bo Hu, Yangyang Feng, Jiangxuan Song*, A stable organic dye catholyte for long-life aqueous flow battery, Chemical Communications 2020, 56, 13824-13827.

(2) Hao Fan, Jiahui Zhang, Ravivarma Mahalingam, Hongbin Li, Bo Hu, Jiafeng Lei, Yangyang Feng, Shizhao Xiong, Cheng He, Jianying Gong, Tieyu Gao, Jiangxuan Song*, Radical charge population and energy: Critical role in redox potential and cycling life of piperidine nitroxyl radical cathode in aqueous zinc hybrid flow batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 39, 43568-43575.

(1) Yangyang Feng, Ting Zhang, Jiahui Zhang, Hao Fan, Cheng He, Jiangxuan Song*，Three-dimensional 1T-MoS₂/CoS₂ hetero-structure via interface engineering for ultrafast hydrogen evolution reaction, Small 2020, 16(33), 2002850.

1. A pyrrolidine nitroxide radical compound active material for aqueous organic flow batteries. ZL202010459654.6 

2. A aqueous organic oxime/zinc hybrid flow battery and its assembly method. ZL202010275231.9

3. A pteridine-based aqueous organic flow battery. ZL201910457584.8