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Welcome to Dr. Leiting Zhang (张雷霆) and his research team’s website! We are a young and dynamic team, located at the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre, Uppsala Univeristy. Our research vision is to bridge fundamental understandings of battery components, particularly electrodes, electrolytes, and interphases, with technological and methodological breakthroughs in the operando/online assessment of sustainable and smart batteries. For more details, please refer to Research.
News
2024.12.21
Leiting gave an invited talk (online) at the 2024 International Conference on the Cooperation and Integration of Industry, Education, Research and Application - Energy Materials, titled “Towards Self-Driving Labs for Better Aqueous Batteries: Accelerating Electrolyte Discovery with Automation and Bayesian Optimization.”
2024.12.10
Leiting was invited by Berlin Technology Center to give a “L(a)unch seminar” (online), titled “Online battery health monitoring: principles, technologies, and applications.” Photo
2024.11.22
We conducted simultaneous operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction experiments at the Balder beamline of the MAX IV Laboratory to study the reaction mechanism of advanced aqueous batteries. Photo1 Photo2
2024.11.15
Leiting participated in the two-year international academic leadership training program (WP2. Science Diplomacy Academy) of the SKERIC project (Sweden Korea Education, Research, and Innovation Collaboration). Photo
2024.11.15
Leiting visited Prof. In-suk Choi, Prof. Kisuk Kang, and Prof. Stephen Dongmin Kang from the Seoul National University and gave a seminar on chemistries and technologies for next-generation aqueous batteries. Photo1 Photo2
2024.11.13
Leiting was invited by Prof. Yoon-Mook Kang from the Korea University for lab visit and scientific discussion about potential collaboration projects between Sweden and Korea. Photo
2024.11.07
Leiting commented on the fast-charging capabilities of electric vehicle batteries on omEV. EN SV Also available in Blog 3.
2024.11.04
Prof. Yang Xu from the University College London visited us and gave an invited seminar titled “Competition for ion intercalation in Prussian blue analogs as cathode materials for post-lithium-ion batteries.” Photo1 Photo2 Photo3
2024.10.10
Leiting participated in this year’s SciFest and showed school classes and the general public how to assemble fruit batteries and prepare Prussian blue analog samples. SciFest is a science festival with a wide range of workshops and shows, where curious people of all ages get a taste of the research being conducted, with laboratory work, current research questions, and hands-on activities. If a 5-year-old kid can understand how a fruit battery works, you prove to be a good teacher. Photo1 Photo2 Photo3
2024.09.13
We conducted synchrotron operando X-ray diffraction experiments at the DanMAX beamline of the MAX IV Laboratory in Lund, Sweden! Photo1 Photo2 Photo3
2024.09.03
Leiting received the prestigious Bergstedt Prize from the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala) for “his significant efforts and basic research for sustainable aqueous batteries.” The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala is Sweden’s oldest learned society, founded in 1710. The Bergstedt Prize is the second oldest prize awarded by the academy, first offered in 1827. Photo1 Photo2
2024.09.03
Our invited Perspective paper, “Mastering Proton Activities in Aqueous Batteries”, was published in Advanced Materials. It will be included in a special issue of the journal to celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Leiting is a proud graduate of HKUST). Link
2024.08.18
Leiting gave an invited talk at the Energy Lectureship Award Symposium of the ACS Fall 2024 meeting in Denver, CO. Photo
2024.08.15
We have a 4-year fully funded PhD position (MSCA COFUND PRISMAS project) available. The project aims to develop combined synchrotron XRD–XAS analysis protocols to study next-generation batteries. Deadline for application: September 2nd, 2024. Look forward to talented students joining us! Link
2024.08.09
A paper that Leiting contributed to, “Achieving High-Voltage Stability in Li-Rich Ni-Rich Oxides with Local W/Ni(Li) Superstructure”, was accepted by Advanced Energy Materials. Link
2024.08.05
Our invited review paper, “Online Acoustic Emission Sensing of Rechargeable Batteries: Technology, Status, and Prospects”, was accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations to Inti (first author) and all collaborators (Linköping University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Volvo Cars)! Link
2024.07.26
Leiting was invited by Prof. Jiaqiang Huang and Prof. Tongyi Zhang to give a seminar at the Guangzhou Municipal Key Laboratory of Materials Informatics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). Photo1 Photo2 Photo3 Photo4
2024.07.25
Leiting was invited by Prof. Fangxi Xie to give a seminar at the School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai). Photo1 Photo2 Photo3
2024.07.09
Leiting was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Energy Lectureship (Early Career) Award, jointly sponsored by the ACS Energy Letters, the ACS Energy & Fuels (ENFL) Division, and ACS Publications. He will give an invited talk on sustainable aqueous batteries at the award symposium during #ACSFall2024 in Denver. Announcement
2024.06.28
A review paper that Leiting contributed to, “Gas Evolution in Li-Ion Rechargeable Batteries: A Review on Operando Sensing Technologies, Gassing Mechanisms, and Emerging Trends”, was accepted by ChemElectroChem. Link
2024.06.25
Leiting was selected to serve on the 2024 Early Career Advisory Board (ECAB) of JACS Au. Link
2024.06.18
Leiting and Jackie attended the International Meeting on Lithium Batteries (IMLB) in Hong Kong and presented posters titled Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries and Bayesian Optimization-Based Robotic Screening of Electrolytes for Sustainable Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries.
2024.06.06
Prof. Veronica Augustyn from the North Carolina State University visited us and discussed the science of sustainable aqueous batteries. Link
2024.06.05
Leiting represented Battery Sweden (BASE) to participate in the ALISTORE bi-annual meeting in Göteborg, Sweden. Link
2024.06.03
Inti was awarded this year’s educational award from the K-section (Chemical Engineering section)! Congratulations, Inti! The nomination reads: He received this award for the work he has done as a lab teacher in the Inorganic Chemistry course. He has contributed enormously to the learning of the students with his detailed and nuanced explanations. He has also made the lab a fun and safe place. This has made him worthy of K’s educational award in 2024!
2024.05.24
Leiting led a study visit with a group of students to the Northvolt Labs in Västeras. Link
2024.05.08
Leiting hosted a study visit for students from the MSc program in Smart Electrical Networks and Systems (SENSE) of KTH Royal Institute of Technology on battery technologies at the Department of Chemistry - Ångström, Uppsala University. Link
2024.04.15
Leiting represented Battery 2030+ to participate in the Transport Research Arena conference (TRA2024) in Dublin, Ireland. Link
2024.04.11
Jackie received travel scholarships from the C.F. Liljewalchs stipendiestiftelse and the ÅForsk Foundation to attend the IMLB meeting in Hong Kong in June 2024. Congratulations, Jackie!
2024.04.10
Our recent paper, titled Reversible Hydration Enabling High-Rate Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries, is highlighted on the social media platform “AqueousEnergyStorage” (in Chinese). Link
2024.04.03
Leiting gave a presentation on acoustic emission monitoring of battery degradation at the Battery Sweden (BASE) annual meeting in Uppsala. Tweet
2024.03.07
The first group photo was taken on a sunny Thursday in Uppsala! Photo
2024.02.19
Leiting gave a Monday Seminar at the Structural Chemistry Program, Uppsala University, discussing proton activities in aqueous batteries. Tweet Post
2024.02.17
The site is on, welcome!