Jun Lu

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• Editor-in-Chief, Battery Energy (August 2023 - now)

• ACS Energy and Fuel (ENFL) Division, Chair-elected, 2022.

• ACS Energy and Fuel (ENFL) Division, Program Chair, 2021

• Associated Editor, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, (March 2016 - now)

• Associated Editor, Research, a Science partner Journal, (April 2020- now)

• Editorial Board Member, ACS Energy Letters (ACS); Communications Chemistry (Springer-Nature Publisher), Electrochemical Energy Reviews, (Springer-Nature Publisher), Carbon Energy (Wiley), Cell Reports Physics Science (Elsevier), eScience (KeAi).

• Associate President and Board Committee Member, The International Academy of Electrochemical Energy Science (IAOEES), (March 2016- )

• General Secretary, International Automotive Lithium Battery (IALB) Association, (2015 - now)

• Member-at-large of Electrochemical Society (ECS) Battery Division, (2018 - now).

• Chair of International Conference on Electrochemical Energy Science and Technology (EEST2018), August 13-17, 2018, Niagara Fall, Canada.

• Co-Chair of 2018 International Symposium on Functional Materials for Energy Storage-Carbon Energy Summit I, Wenzhou China, November 11-14, 2018.

• Symposium organizer of Lithium Ion Batteries (A02), 2021 ECS Spring Meeting (239th ECS Meeting), May 30 - June 3, 2021, Chicago, IL.

• Symposium organizer of Beyond Lithium Ion Batteries (A05), 2019 ECS Spring Meeting (236th ECS Meeting), October 13-17, 2019, Atlanta, GA

• Symposium organizer of Battery Characterization (A05), 2019 ECS Spring Meeting (235th ECS Meeting), May 26-31, 2019, Dallas, TX

• Symposium organizer of Materials for Chalcogen Electrochemistry in Energy Conversion and Storage (ET09), 2018 MRS Fall Meeting Symposia, November 24-30, 2018, Boston, MA.

• Organizer and General Secretary of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automotive Application (ABAA11), October12-15, 2018, Huzhou, China.

• Organizer of Nature Conference, Materials Electrochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications, January 13-15, 2018, Shenzhen, China.

• Guest Editor, Forum on “New Materials and Approaches for Beyond Li-ion Batteries”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017.

• Guest Editor, themed issue on "Flexible Energy-Storage Systems", Small, 2018.

• Guest Editor, special issue on "Characterization Techniques for Li-ion Batteries and Beyond’", Small Methods, 2018.

• Co-chair of International Conference on Electrochemical Energy Science and Technology (EEST2016), August 16-22, 2016, Kunming, China

• Organizer and General Secretary of the 9th International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automotive Application (ABAA9), October17-20, 2016, Huzhou, China.

• Symposium organizer of Beyond Lithium Ion Symposium for PRIME 2016 ECS fall meeting, October 2-7, Honolulu, HI.

• Symposium organizer of Innovative Electrochemical Energy Storage & Conversion, 250th ACS National Meeting & Exposition, August 16-20, 2015, Boston, MA

• Organizer of the 6th International Conference on Advanced Lithium Batteries for Automotive Application (ABAA), 2013, Argonne National Laboratory.

• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Materials Research Society (MRS), the Electrochemical Society (ECS), and Golden Key International Honor Society (invited)

• Have given numerous invited talks at international conferences dealing with battery materials and battery system.

Career Activities and Highlights

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My research interests focus on the electrochemical energy storage and conversion technology, with main focus on beyond Li-ion battery technology, including Li-O2 battery with both open and close configurations, high energy cathode materials for Li-ion battery, high energy silicon anode, solid state electrolyte, cathode design for Li-S battery, new materials for Na-ion and Na-air batteries. I have published over 570 papers including Nature, Science, Nature Energy, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Catalysis, Nature Sustainability, Nature Review Materials, Nature Communications, Chemical Reviews, etc. My work has been widely cited (Google Scholar Search, Total citations: >64, 000 times, H-index 141). I also filed over 30 US patents and patent applications, with some of these breakthroughs having great potential to be translated into commercialization towards consumer electronics market and electrical transportation.

Research Interests

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(* indicates corresponding author; Total publication >570, Total Citations >64,000, H-index: 141; including 1 Science; 5 Nature; >10 Nature Energy; 5 Nature Nanotechnology; 1 Nature Review Materials; >20 Nature Communications; 2 Chemical Reviews; 4 Chemical Society Reviews; >10 JACS; >10 Angew Chem.; 2 PNAS; >20 Advanced Materials.)

 

1. Zhimeng Liu, Yuqiang Zeng, Junyang Tan, Hailong Wang, Yudong Zhu, Xin Geng, Peter Guttmann, Xu Hou, Yang Yang, Yunkai Xu, Peter Cloetens, Dong Zhou, Yinping Wei, Jun Lu*, Jie Li*, Bilu Liu, Martin Winter, Robert Kostecki, Yuanjing Lin*, and Xin He*, “Revealing the degradation pathways of layered Li-rich oxide cathodes”, Nature Nanotechnology, (2024),1-10

 

2. Yuhang Dai, Ruihu Lu, Chengyi Zhang, Jiantao Li, Yifei Yuan, Yu Mao, Chumei Ye, Zhijun Cai, Jiexin Zhu, Jinghao Li, Ruohan Yu, Lianmeng Cui, Siyu Zhao, Qinyou An, Guanjie He, Geoffrey IN Waterhouse, Paul R Shearing, Yang Ren, Jun Lu*, Khalil Amine*, Ziyun Wang*, and Liqiang Mai*, “Zn2+-mediated catalysis for fast-charging aqueous Zn-ion batteries”, Nature Catalysis, (2024), 1-9

 

3.Hailong Wang, Xin Geng, Linyu Hu, Jun Wang, Yunkai Xu, Yudong Zhu, Zhimeng Liu, Jun Lu*, Yuanjing Lin*, and Xin He*, “Efficient direct repairing of lithium- and manganese-rich cathodes by concentrated solar radiation”, Nature Communications, (2024), 1634

 

4.Qidi Wang, Dong Zhou, Chenglong Zhao, Jianlin Wang, Hao Guo, Liguang Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Deniz Wong, Götz Schuck, Xuedong Bai, Jun Lu*, and Marnix Wagemaker (2024). "Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries." Nature Sustainability (2024) 338-347.

 

5.Lei Ye, Meng Liao, Kun Zhang, Mengting Zheng, Yi Jiang, Xiangran Cheng, Chuang Wang, Qiuchen Xu, Chengqiang Tang, Pengzhou Li, Yunzhou Wen, Yifei Xu, Xuemei Sun, Peining Chen, Hao Sun, Yue Gao, Ye Zhang, Bingjie Wang*, Jun Lu*, Haoshen Zhou*, Yonggang Wang*, Yongyao Xia, Xin Xu, and Huisheng Peng*, “A rechargeable calcium–oxygen battery that operates at room temperature”, Nature, (2024), 313–318

 

6. Qidi Wang, Dong Zhou, Chenglong Zhao*, Jianlin Wang, Hao Guo, Liguang Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Deniz Wong, Götz Schuck, Xuedong Bai, Jun Lu*, and Marnix Wagemaker*, “Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries”, Nature Sustainability, (2024), 338-347

 

 

7. Jun Lu, Yun Jung Lee, Xiangyi Luo, Kah Chun Lau, Mohammad Asadi, Hsien-Hau Wang, Scott Brombosz, Jianguo Wen, Dengyun Zhai, Zonghai Chen, Dean J. Miller, Yo Sub Jeong, Jin-Bum Park, Zhigang Zak Fang, Bijandra Kumar, Amin Salehi-Khojin, Yang-Kook Sun, Larry A. Curtiss & Khalil Amine, “A lithium–oxygen battery based on lithium superoxide” Nature 529, 377–382, 2016.

 

8. Matthew Li, Jun Lu*, “Cobalt in lithium-ion batteries”, Science, 367, 979-980, 2020.

 

9. Haodong Liu, Zhuoying Zhu, Qizhang Yan, Sicen Yu, Xin He, Yan Chen, Rui Zhang, Lu Ma, Tongchao Liu, Matthew Li, Ruoqian Lin, Yiming Chen, Yejing Li, Xing Xing, Yoonjung Choi, Ke An, Jun Feng, Robert Kostecki, Khalil Amine, Tianpin Wu, Jun Lu*, Huolin Xin, Shyue Ping Ong, Ping Liu, “Ultra-Lithium-Rich Disordered Rocksalt Anode for Fast-charging Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Nature 585, 63-67, 2020.

 

10. Tongchao Liu, Jiajie Liu, Luxi Li, Lei Yu, Jiecheng Diao, Tao Zhou, Shunning Li, Alvin Dai, Wenguang Zhao, Shenyang Xu, Yang Ren, Liguang Wang, Tianpin Wu, Rui Qi, Yinguo Xiao, Jiaxin Zheng, Wonsuk Cha, Ross Harder, Ian Robinson, Jianguo Wen, Jun Lu*, Feng Pan, Khalil Amine, “Origin of Structural Degradation in Li-rich Layered Oxide Cathode”, Nature 606, 305-312, 2022.

 

11. Tongchao Liu and Jun Lu*, “Lattice strain blights lithium-ion batteries”, Nature 305, 312, 2022.

 

12. Zihan Shen, Xin Jin, Jiaming Tian, Matthew Li, Yifei Yuan, Shuo Zhang, Susu Fang, Xing Fan, Weigao Xu, Hong Lu, Jun Lu*, and Huigang Zhang, “Cations-Doped ZnS Catalysts for Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries”, Nature Catalysis 5, 555-563, 2022.

 

13. Yifei Yuan, Ryan Sharpe, Kun He, Chenghang Li, Mahmoud Tamadoni Saray, Tongchao Liu, Wentao Yao, Meng Cheng, Huile Jin, Shun Wang, Khalil Amine, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, M. Saiful Islam, Jun Lu*, “Understanding intercalation chemistry for sustainable aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries,” Nature Sustainability 5, 890-898, 2022.

 

14. Tongchao Liu, Lei Yu, Jiajie Liu, Jun Lu*, Xuanxuan Bi, Alvin Dai, Matthew Li, Maofan Li, Zongxiang Hu, Lu Ma, Duan Luo, Jiaxin Zheng, Tianpin Wu, Yang Ren, Jianguo Wen, Feng Pan, and Khalil Amine, “Understanding Co roles towards developing Co-free Ni-rich cathodes for rechargeable batteries,” Nature Energy, 6, 277-286, 2021.

 

15. Chengbin Jin, Tiefeng Liu, Ouwei Sheng, Matthew Li, Tongchao Liu, Yifei Yuan, Jianwei Nai, Zhijin Ju, Wenkui Zhang, Yujing Liu, Yao Wang, Zhan Lin, Jun Lu* and Xinyong Tao, “Rejuvenating Dead Lithium Supply in Lithium Metal Anodes by Iodine Redox”, Nature Energy, 6, 378-387, 2021.

 

16. Matthew Li, Xuanxuan Bi, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu*, “Oxygen-Based Anion Redox for Lithium Batteries”, Accounts of Chemical Research, 53 (8), 1436-1444, 2020.

 

17. Matthew Li, Jun Lu*, Xiulei Ji, Yanguang Li, Yuyan Shao, Zhongwei Chen, Cheng Zhong, Khalil Amine, “Design strategies for nonaqueous multivalent-ion and monovalent-ion battery anodes”, Nature Reviews Materials, 5, 276-294, 2020.

 

18. Gao-Feng Chen, Yifei Yuan, Haifeng Jiang, Shi-Yu Ren, Liang-Xin Ding, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, Jun Lu,* and Haihui Wang, “Electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia via direct eight-electron transfer using a Cu/molecular solid catalyst”, Nature Energy, 5 (8), 605-613, 2020.

 

19. Matthew Li, Chunsheng Wang, Zhongwei Chen, Kang Xu, Jun Lu*, “New Concepts in Electrolytes”, Chemical Reviews, 120(14), 6783–6819, 2020.

 

20. Xianyong Wu, Jessica J. Hong, Woochul Shin, Lu Ma, Tongchao Liu, Xuanxuan Bi, Yifei Yuan, Yitong Qi, T. Wesley Surta, Wenxi Huang, Joerg Neuefeind, Tianpin Wu, P. Alex Greaney, Jun Lu*, and Xiulei Ji, “Diffusion-free Grotthuss topochemistry for high-rate and long-life proton batteries”, Nature Energy, 4 (2), 123, 2019.

 

21. Yuliang Cao, Matthew Li, Jun Lu*, Jun Liu and Khalil Amine, “Bridging the Academic and Industrial Metrics for Next-Generation Practical Batteries”, Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 200-207, 2019.

 

22. Tongchao Liu, Lingpiao Lin, Xuanxuan Bi, Leilei Tian, Kai Yang, Jiajie Liu, Maofan Li, Zonghai Chen, Jun Lu*, Khalil Amine, Kang Xu, Feng Pan, “In situ quantification of interphasial chemistry in Li-ion battery”, Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 50-56, 2019.

 

23. Enyuan Hu, Xiqian Yu, Ruoqian Lin, Xuanxuan Bi, Jun Lu*, Seongmin Bak, Kyung-Wan Nam, Huolin L Xin, Cherno Jaye, Daniel A Fischer, Kahlil Amine, Xiao-Qing Yang, “Evolution of redox couples in Li-and Mn-rich cathode materials and mitigation of voltage fade by reducing oxygen release”, Nature Energy, 3(8), 690, 2018.

 

24. Zachary P Cano, Dustin Banham, Siyu Ye, Andreas Hintennach, Jun Lu, Michael Fowler, Zhongwei Chen, “Batteries and fuel cells for emerging electric vehicle markets”, Nature Energy, 3, 279, 2018.

 

25. Guoqiang Tan, Rui Xu, Zhenyu Xing, Yifei Yuan, Jun Lu*, Jianguo Wen, Cong Liu, Lu Ma, Chun Zhan, Qi Liu, Tianpin Wu, Zelang Jian, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Yang Ren, Dean J. Miller, Larry A. Curtiss, Xiulei Ji and Khalil Amine “Burning lithium in CS2 for high-performing compact Li2S-graphene nanocapsules for Li-S batteries”, Nature Energy, 2, 17090, 2017.

 

26. Jun Lu*, Tianpin Wu, Khalil Amine, “State-of-the-art Characterization Techniques for Understanding and Developing Advanced Lithium-ion Batteries”, Nature Energy, 2, 17011, 2017.

 

27. Chun Zhan, Zhenpeng Yao, Jun Lu*, Lu Ma, Victor A. Maroni, Liang Li, Eungje Lee, Esen E. Alp, Tianpin Wu, Jianguo Wen, Yang Ren, Christopher Johnson, Michael M. Thackeray, Maria K. Y. Chan, Chris Wolverton, Khalil Amine “Enabling the High Capacity of Lithium-Rich Anti-Fluorite Lithium Iron Oxide by Simultaneous Anionic and Cationic Redox”, Nature Energy, 2, 963, 2017.

 

28. Jun Lu, Zonghai Chen, Zifeng Ma, Feng Pan, Larry A. Curtiss and Khalil Amine, “Advances in High Power and High Energy Battery Materials for Electrical Vehicle Application Enabled by Nanotechnology”, Nature Nanotechnology, 11, 1031-1038, 2016.

 

29. Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin, Lu Qi, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu* and Ju Li, “Anion-redox nanolithia cathodes for Li-ion batteries”, Nature Energy, 16111, 2016.

 

30. Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang, Min Ho Seo, Matthew Li, Lu Ma, Yifei Yuan, Tianpin Wu, Aiping Yu, Shun Wang, Jun Lu*, Zhongwei Chen, Nature Communications, 9(1), 705, 2018.

 

31. Shitong Wang, Wei Quan, Zhi Zhu, Yong Yang, Qi Liu, Yang Ren, Xiaoyi Zhang, Rui Xu, Ye Hong, Zhongtai Zhang, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu*, Zilong Tang, Ju Li, “Lithium Titanate Hydrates with Superfast and Stable Cycling in Lithium Ion Batteries”, Nature Communications, 8, 627, 2017.

 

32. Yifei Yuan, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu,* Reza Shahbazian-Yassar “Understanding Materials Challenges for Rechargeable ion Batteries and new Chemistries using in situ TEM”, Nature Communications, 8, 18506, 2017.

 

33. Lele Peng, Pan Xiong, Lu Ma, Yifei Yuan, Yue Zhu, Dahong Chen, Xiangyi Luo, Jun Lu*, Khalil Amine, Guihua Yu, “Holey two-dimensional transition metal oxide nanosheets for efficient energy storage”, Nature Communications, 8, 15139, 2017.

 

34. Qiu Yang, Wenxian Liu, Bingqing Wang, Weina Zhang, Xiaoqiao Zeng, Cong Zhang, Yongji Qin, Xiaoming Sun, Tianpin Wu, Junfeng Liu, Fengwei Huo, Jun Lu*, “Regulating the spatial distribution of metal nanoparticles within metal-organic frameworks to enhance catalytic efficiency”, Nature Communications, 8, 14429, 2017.

 

35. Guoqiang Tan, Feng Wu, Yifei Yuan, Renjie Chen, Teng Zhao, Ying Yao, Ji Qian, Jianrui Liu, Yusheng Ye, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Jun Lu,* Khalil Amine, “Freestanding three-dimensional core-shell nanoarrays for lithium-ion battery anodes”, Nature Communications, 7, 11774, 2016.

 

36. Yifei Yuan, Chun Zhan, Kun He, Hungru Chen, Wentao Yao, Soroosh Sharifi-Asl, Boao Song, Zhenzhen Yang, Anmin Nie, Xiangyi Luo, Hao Wang, Stephen M Wood, Khalil Amine, M Saiful Islam, Jun Lu*, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, “The influence of large cations on the electrochemical properties of tunnel-structured metal oxides,” Nature Communications, 7, 13374, 2016.

 

37. Jun Lu, Li Li, Jin-Bum Park, Yang-Kook Sun, Feng Wu and Khalil Amine, “Aqueous and non-aqueous Li-air Battery”, Chemical Reviews, 114, 5611–5640, 2014.

 

38. Jun Lu*, Chun Zhan, Tianpin Wu, Jianguo Wen, Yu Lei, Dean Miller, Jeffrey Elam, Xinping Qiu, and Khalil Amine “Effectively Suppressing Dissolution of Manganese from LiMn2O4 Spinel by a Novel Surface-doping Approach”, Nature Communications, 5, 5693, 2014.

 

39. Jun Lu, Lei Cheng, Kah Chun Lau, Eric Tyo, Xiangyi Luo, Jianguo Wen, Dean Miller, Rajeev Assary, Hau Wang, Paul Redfern, Huiming Wu, Jin-Bum Park, Yang-Kook Sun, Stefan Vajda, Khalil Amine, Larry A. Curtiss, “Controlling Oxide Morphology by Subnanometer Surface Species in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries”, Nature Communications, 5, 5895, 2014.

 

40. Jun Lu, Yu Lei, Kah Chun Lau, Xiangyi Luo, Peng Du, Jianguo Wen, Rajeev S. Assary, Ujjal Das, Dean Miller, Jeffrey W. Elam, Hassan M. Albishri, D. Abd El-Hady, Yang-Kook Sun, Larry A. Curtiss, Khalil Amine, “A Novel Nanoscale Cathode Architecture for Low Charge Overpotentials in Li-O2 Batteries”, Nature Communications 4, 2383, 2013.

 

41. Jun Lu, Chun Zhan, A. Jeremy Kropf, Tianpin Wu, Andrew N. Jansen, Yang-Kook Sun, Xinping Qiu, and Khalil Amine, “Mn2+ Deposition on Anodes and its Effect on Capacity Fade in Spinel LiMn2O4/carbon System”, Nature Communications 4, 2437, 2013.

Selected Publications

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1. Xuanxuan Bi, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, Rechargeable lithium-hydroxide based non-aqueous lithium oxygen batteries, US Patent 11,264,659.

2. Huiming Wu, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, Cathode materials for Li-ion batteries. US Patent 10,833,321. (R&D 100 award)

3. Jun Lu, Rui Xu, Xiangyi Luo, Khalil Amine, High capacity lithium ion batteries having oxides, peroxides, or superoxides as cathode active materials. US Patent 10,193,144.

4. Jun Lu, Rui Xu, Khalil Amine, Xiulei Ji, Li2S batteries having high capacity, high loading, and high coulombic efficiency. US10,170,756, 2019.

5. Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, Xiaoping Wang, Xiangyi Luo, Deborah J. Myers, Bi-metallic nanoparticles as cathode electrocatalysts. US 9,929,453, 2018.

6. Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, Peng DU, Jianguo Wen, Larry A. Curtiss, Porous graphene nanocages for battery applications, US 9,590,248, 2017.

7. Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, Larry Curtiss, Kah Chun Lau, Yang-Kook Sun, Yun Jung Lee, Xiangyi Luo, Lithium-oxygen batteries incorporating lithium superoxide, US 9,553,316, 2017.

8. Stefan Vajda, Larry A. Curtiss, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, Eric C. Tyo, Lithium-air batteries, method for making lithium-air batteries, US 9,496,590, 2016.

9. Khalil Amine, Larry Curtiss, Jun Lu, Kah Chun Lau, Zhengcheng Zhang, Yang-Kook Sun, Li-air Batteries having Ether-based Electrolytes.  US 9,478,837, 2016.

10. Khalil Amine, Jun Lu, Peng Du, Yu Lei, Jeffrey W. Elam, Coating of porous carbon for use in lithium air batteries, US 9,005,816, 2015.

11. Khalil Amine, Larry Curtiss, Jun Lu, Kah Chun Lau, Zhengcheng Zhang, Yang-Kook Sun, Li-air Batteries having Ether-based Electrolytes.  US 8,968,941, 2015.

12. Jun Lu, Zhigang Zak Fang, and H. Y. Sohn, Hydrogen Storage in a Combined MxAlH6/M′y(NH2)z System and Methods of Making and Using the Same. US 8,147,796, 2012.

13. Jun Lu, H. Y. Sohn, and Zhigang Zak Fang, Light Metal Based Material System for Hydrogen Storage. WO2008057340 A2.

14. Jun Lu, Zhigang Zak Fang, and H. Y. Sohn, Systems and Methods for Hydrogen Storage and Generation from Water Using Lithium Based Materials, WO2007102994 A3

15. Yi Xie, Shanmin Gao, Jun Lu, Synthesis of Nanometer Phosphide Semiconductor Materials via Hydrothermal Method. Patent number: CN02138423.1, China

16. Yi Xie, Shanmin Gao, Jun Lu, A Novel Synthesis Method for 6-phenylfulvene. Patent number: CN02138424.X, China

17. Yi Xie, Fen Xu, Jun Lu, Solvothermal Synthesis of Metastable Zinc Blende GaN. Patent number: CN02138461.4, China

Selected Patents and Patent Applications

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