(1)  Advanced functional carbon materials (carbon nanotubes, graphene and activated carbon)
(2)  Energy storage materials and devices (Lithium-sulfur battery, Li-ion and Na-ion batteries, and supercapacitors)
(3)  Electrochemical catalysis (oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER))

01/2017-now, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China, Associate Professor;
12/2015-12/2016, University of Wollongong Australia, Australia, Visiting Scholar;
07/2012-12/2016, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China, Lecture

09/2007-6/2012 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. Master & Ph.D.

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