Yang Xu

@reckless_ions

Associate Professor in Energy Storage @UCLChemistry🇬🇧 | Phd in 🇨🇳 | Postdocs in 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪 | Battery chemistries and materials of Li, Na, K & Ca 🔋🌏

London, England xulab.uk Joined April 2010

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Yang Xu @reckless_ions Oct 30, 2025

*PLEASE REPOST* I'm looking for a motivated student for a 4-year EPSRC PhD studentship, open to UK home, EU & Internatinal students. The project explores merging hybrid ion batteries based on Na- & K-ion, potenially expanding to others e.g., Ca-ion. Application closes 05/01/2026.

Yang Xu @reckless_ions Sep 19, 2025

I was off from X for a while, during which a few things, happy things, have happened. First and foremost, Charlie passed his PhD viva succesfully. Thank you @Emjewls and @ChemistClancy! Second, we got our second @LeverhulmeTrust research grant in May. it's about K-S batteries,

Yang Xu @reckless_ions May 17, 2025

Look, EVs can be a happy choice.

Yang Xu @reckless_ions May 17, 2025

Very happy to have this review paper out in Adv. Mater. @AdvSciNews @Wiley_Chemistry. A great team work between @UCLChemistry @uclmaps and @QiongCai_EnM3 @UniOfSurrey. Metal anodes/ #batteries are challenging but fun to work on. More work to come!
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com Toward Zero‐Excess Alkali Metal Batteries: Bridging Experimental and Computational Insights This review explores zero-excess alkali metal batteries, highlighting anode–electrolyte interfaces, metal nucleation, dendrite growth, and SEI formation while comparing Li, Na, and K metals. It...

Yang Xu @reckless_ions Apr 2, 2025

10 days before the application ddl. Apply if you are interested.

Yang Xu @reckless_ions Mar 20, 2025

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic #postdoc researcher to join our group @UCLChemistry @ucl for an exciting project investigating metal anodes and S #Battery. The project is funded by @LeverhulmeTrust . Application closes on Apr. 14. jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI203/pos…
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