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Small victories, big discoveries, and everything in between.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 01\/2026, Prof. Xu won U.S. Department of Energy Early CAREER Research Grant<\/a><\/strong>, $875,000, 2025-2030<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 01\/2026, Prof. Xu published a study in Nature Materials<\/a><\/strong> examining how thin a surface coating needs to be to help improve solid-state batteries. Press coverage is available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 01\/2026, We are pleased to welcome Qiwen Chen<\/strong> to the group as a PhD student starting in Spring 2026. Qiwen received her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/strong><\/a>, and her research will focus on ion transport at interfaces in electroceramics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 01\/2026, Congratulations to Undergraduate Researcher Lia Ryan<\/strong> and Matthew Sample<\/strong> on receiving competitive ASU FURI Fellowships<\/strong><\/a>, which include a $1,500 stipend and $400 in research supplies. Their projects focus on the synthesis of porous solid electrolytes and the development of an ultra-fast sintering system, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 12\/2025, Prof. Xu organized and chaired a symposium with Dr. Yi Lin (NASA), Prof. Kelsey Hatzell (Princeton), and Prof. Julia Yang (Georgia Tech) on “New Chemistries, Multiscale Modeling and Advanced Manufacturing for Solid-State Batteries”, MRS Fall 2025<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, November 30-December 5, Boston, MA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 10\/2025, Prof. Xu chaired and delivered an invited talk at the ACerS Robert B. Sosman Award Symposium during MS&T 2025<\/em><\/strong> in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 08\/2025, Prof. Xu chaired a session of “Low Dimensional Battery Chemistries: Nanostructures, Coatings, and Thin Films” along with Dr. Yukio Cho (Stanford University) and Prof. Hui Wang (University of Louisville) at ACS Fall 2025<\/em><\/strong>, Washington, DC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 02\/2025, Prof. Xu was invited to speak in the sessions of S2-Next generation electrodes and electrolytes and S11-Emergent phenomena in complex oxide thin films, Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA) 2025<\/em><\/strong>, Denver CO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 12\/2024, Congrats Brendan Sourwine and Keegan Erdmann from Barrett, The Honors College for winning the prestigious FURI Scholarship<\/em><\/strong><\/a> for their proposed work on solid-state batteries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 12\/2024, Prof. Xu was invited to speak in the session of CH04: Coupled Mechanism and Mechanical Characterization at MRS Fall 2024<\/em><\/strong> in Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 12\/2024, Prof. Xu contributed a talk in the session of EN08: Solid State Battery at MRS Fall 2024<\/em><\/strong> in Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 08\/2024, We are pleased to welcome Xukun Ma<\/strong> and Cau\u00ea de Souza Coutinho Nogueira<\/strong> as they begin their PhD journey in the Xu Group!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 08\/2024, Xu was invited to deliver a lecture on defects in electroceramics at a seminar hosted by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 06\/2024, Congrats! Xu was selected a Phase I Finalist in the Bezos Earth Fund Greenhouse Gas Removal Ideation Prize<\/em><\/strong> in collobration with Prof. Lin and Prof. Wei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 06\/2024, Xu was invited back to his alma mater, Northwestern University<\/em><\/strong>, by Professor Sossina Haile to provide a talk on navigating a career in clean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 05\/2024, Xu was invited to serve as a panelist for the early-career faculty panel in the 1st RCSA Fellows Conference<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 03\/2024, Xu was invited to give a seminar talk in the Department of Physics & Engineering Physics at Tulane University<\/em><\/strong> on transport mechanism in oxide electroceramics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 03\/2024, Xu was invited to give a talk at the ACS Spring 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/a> at the Symposium: “Energy Storage Systems: In-Situ Characterization Studies,” Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM, New Orleans, LA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 02\/2024, Congrats! Xu won Scialog Collaborative Award<\/em><\/strong><\/a> on Negative Emissions Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 02\/2024, Xu was selected as 2023 Top Reviewer by Materials Today Energy<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 11\/2023, Xu was selected as Scialog Fellow<\/em><\/strong>: Negative Emissions Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 09\/2023, Xu was nominated as an Early Career Distinguished Presenter<\/em><\/strong> in MRS Fall 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 08\/2023, Xu was scheduled to give a talk at the MRS Fall 2023<\/em><\/strong><\/a> Symposium titled “EN02\u2014Solid-State Batteries\u2014Materials, Processes, Characterizations, and Scale-up,” on November 28, 2023 in Boston, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2022 06\/2023, set to launch in January 2024<\/em><\/strong>, Xu Lab will be dedicated to pioneering next-generation clean energy technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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