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2024.11 We attended the 3rd Chinese Symposium on Proton Conducting Ceramics and Hydrogen Technology in Suzhou. Qianli Chen delivered an invited talk. Zihan Zhao received the Best Poster Award. Congratulations, Zihan!

2024.08 Our work “Molecular and Dissociative Adsorbed Water Concentration and Surface Protonic Conduction in Nanocrystalline TiO2” is accepted by Small. Zihan Zhao is the first author. Congratulations!

2024.08 Our work “Lattice Distortion and Strain Induced Crack Formation in Y-doped BaZrO3” is accepted by Solid State Ionics. Jiachen Lu is the first author. Congratulations!

2024.04 Our work “Symmetry-induced Modulation of Proton Conductivity in Y-doped Ba(Zr,Ce)O3: Insights from Raman Spectroscopy” is accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Yiming Yang and Jiachen Lu are co-first authors of this work. Congratulations!

2023.11 Qianli Chen and Zihan Zhao attended the 15th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies / the 13th International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics in Shenzhen. Qianli Chen delivered an invited talk. Zihan Zhao gave an oral presentation in English about her research work.

2023.10 Our work “Entropy and Isokinetic Temperature in Fast Ion Transport” is accepted by Advanced Science. Peng Du is the first author of this work. Congratulations, Peng!

2023.09 Qianli Chen, Haobo Li and Jiachen Lu attended the 2nd Chinese Symposium on Proton Conducting Ceramics and Hydrogen Technology. Qianli Chen delivered an invited talk. Haobo Li was awarded an Excellent Poster Award. Great job, Haobo!

2023.09 Jiachen Lu joined our group as a direct PhD student. Welcome, Jiachen!

2023.04  Qianli Chen, Zihan Zhao, Qingqing Zhao and Haobo Li attended “The 21th National Conference on Solid State Ionics” in Nanjing, China. Prof. Qianli Chen delivered an invited talk. Zihan Zhao and Qingqing Zhao gave oral presentations about their research work.

2023.03 Peng Du successfully defended his PhD thesis. Peng was awarded as Outstanding Graduate Student of Shanghai. Congratulations!

2023.03 Yiming Yang successfully defended his master thesis. Yiming was awarded as Outstanding Graduate Student of SJTU. Congratulations!

2022.09 We are happy to welcome Haobo Li and Xi Chen to join our group as graduate students!

2022.08 Qianli Chen delivered an invited talk at The 12th International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics in Suzhou, China.

2022.07 Zihan Zhao has been awarded the KLA Scholarship.

2022.03 Our paper “Observation of Potential-Induced Hydration on the Surface of Ceramic Proton Conductors Using In Situ Near-Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy” is published at The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. Zihan Zhao is the first author of this work. Congratulations! Link

2022.02 Yuzhuo Wang has successfully defended his master thesis. Congratulations, Yuzhuo!

2021.12  Our work applying the Meyer-Neldel rule to improve the proton conductivity in ceramics is published at Advanced Energy Materials. Peng Du is the first author of this work. Excellent job! Link

2021.12  Prof. Qianli Chen has been awarded as outstanding class mentor in JI.

2021.11  Prof. Qianli Chen, Peng Du, Zihan Zhao and Yiming Yang attended “The First Chinese Academic Symposium on Proton Conducting Ceramics for Clean Energy Applications” in Foshan, China. Prof. Qianli Chen gave an invited talk. Peng Du, Zihan Zhao and Yiming Yang showed the posters about their research work.

2021.10  Yiming Yang has been awarded the Kwang-Hua Scholarship.

2021.09  Prof. Qianli Chen has been awarded an excellent oral prize at the 6th National Solid State Ionics Youth Meeting in Xiangtan.

2021.09  Congrats to Mohammadreza Ahmadianyazdi on his PhD degree (with honor)!

2021.06  Talha Khan has successfully defended his PhD thesis.  Congratulations, Dr. Khan!

2021.06  Dr. Xiao Ling has been awarded a research fund from China Postdoctral Science Foundation General Program. Congratulations!

2021.05  Our publication “Classical and Emerging Characterization Techniques for Investigation of Ion Transport Mechanisms in Crystalline Fast Ionic Conductors” is awarded as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

2021.03  Congratulate Zhijun Fan and Wenqin Qiu on their master’s degree.

2020.12  Zihan Zhao has been awarded as “Chun-Tsung scholar”.

2020.11  Dr. Xiao Ling has been awarded the China Postdoctoral Foundation “International Postdoc Exchange Plan – Import Program”. details (in Chinese)

2020.11  Peng Du has been awarded the National Scholarship.

2020.09  Prof. Qianli Chen and Peng Du attended “the 20th National Conference on Solid State Ionics” in Guiyang, China. Peng Du presented his research work about pairing of protons in BZY.

2020.09  Zihan Zhao has been awarded 2020 PhD Student Scholarship of UM-SJTU Joint Institute.

2020.09  Peng Du has been awarded the “Three Good student” of Shanghai Jiao Tong university.

2019.11  Peng Du has been awarded the Yadong scholarship.

2019.09  Peng Du has been awarded the “Three Good student” of Shanghai Jiao Tong university.

2019.03  Chao Yang has been awarded as Excellent Graduate at SJTU. Congratulations, Chao!

2019.03  Congratulate Chao Yang on his master’s degree!

2017.12  Chao Yang has been awarded the Yu Liming scholarship.