Faculty profile
Xueliang Sun
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Research
Latest papers
Regulating zinc nucleation and growth with low-surface-tension electrolytes for practical aqueous zinc metal batteries.
Nature communications · 2026
Strain Engineering via W-O-Ru Interfacial Coupling to Suppress Lattice Oxygen Activation for Stable Acidic Water Electrolysis.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026 · senior author
Chemical Bond Covalency in Superionic Halide Solid-State Electrolytes.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $150,000
Ultrasonic Scanner for Solid-state Battey Interface Stability Study
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $483,333
Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $320,000
Single Atom Catalysts and Atomic Scale Design of Interface for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
From the 150 most recent of 175 publications.
Regulating zinc nucleation and growth with low-surface-tension electrolytes for practical aqueous zinc metal batteries.
Wang H, Li G, Fu J, Yang Y, Zhang C, Zhou J, Cheng X, Jiang J, Huang Q, Tam HY, Sun X, Zheng Z
Strain Engineering via W-O-Ru Interfacial Coupling to Suppress Lattice Oxygen Activation for Stable Acidic Water Electrolysis.
Guan Y, Yao X, Qi R, Ren X, Liu G, Song Z, Zhang L, Sun X
Chemical Bond Covalency in Superionic Halide Solid-State Electrolytes.
Fu J, Su H, Luo J, Li X, Liang J, Wang C, Kim JT, Hu Y, Zhao F, Zhang S, Duan H, Hao X, Li W, Peng J, Liu J, Wang S, Sham TK, Sun X
A cost-effective all-in-one halide material for all-solid-state batteries.
Fu J, Wang C, Wang S, Reid JW, Liang J, Luo J, Kim JT, Zhao Y, Yang X, Zhao F, Li W, Fu B, Lin X, Hu Y, Su H, Hao X, Gao Y, Zhang S, Wang Z, Liu J, Abdolvand H, Sham TK, Mo Y, Sun X
A Perspective on the Origin of High-Entropy Solid Electrolytes.
Zhao F, Zhang S, Sun X
Protocol for constructing asymmetric triple-atoms supported on nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes via atomic layer deposition.
Zhang J, Song Z, Yao X, Guan Y, Huo Z, Chen N, Zhang L, Sun X
Superionic conducting vacancy-rich β-Li3N electrolyte for stable cycling of all-solid-state lithium metal batteries.
Li W, Li M, Wang S, Chien PH, Luo J, Fu J, Lin X, King G, Feng R, Wang J, Zhou J, Li R, Liu J, Mo Y, Sham TK, Sun X
A family of dual-anion-based sodium superionic conductors for all-solid-state sodium-ion batteries.
Lin X, Zhang S, Yang M, Xiao B, Zhao Y, Luo J, Fu J, Wang C, Li X, Li W, Yang F, Duan H, Liang J, Fu B, Abdolvand H, Guo J, King G, Sun X
A Universal Solid Reaction Enabling Nanosized Li2S in an Amorphous Matrix for All-Solid-State Li-S Batteries.
Hao X, Dong ZL, Ma J, Li W, Fu J, Yao X, Lin X, Zhao F, Sun Y, Hu Y, Gao Y, Wang C, Sun X
Anion sublattice design enables superionic conductivity in crystalline oxyhalides.
Zhao F, Zhang S, Wang S, Reid JW, Xia W, Liu J, King G, Kaduk JA, Liang J, Luo J, Gao Y, Yang F, Zhao Y, Li W, Alahakoon SH, Guo J, Huang Y, Sham TK, Mo Y, Sun X
Ultrasonic Scanner for Solid-state Battey Interface Stability Study
Principal investigators: Zhao, Yang
Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
Principal investigators: Sun, Xueliang
Keywords: Batteries Fuel cells Materials Electrochemistry Nanomaterials Synthesis Characterization Synchrotron Microscopy
Single Atom Catalysts and Atomic Scale Design of Interface for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Principal investigators: Sun, Xueliang
Keywords: Batteries; Catalysts; Characterization; Clean energy; Electrochemistry; Fuel cells; Interface; Materials and Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Properties
Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage
Principal investigators: Sun, Xueliang
An Atomic Force Microscope inside FIB-SEM for in-Situ Nanomaterial Characterization
Principal investigators: Liu, Xinyu
Operations and Maintenance Support: Surface Science Western, Western Nanofabrication and Tandetron Accelerator Facilities
Principal investigators: Shoesmith, David
Advanced Membrane-Electrode Assembly (MEA) for PEM Fuel Cells
Principal investigators: Li, Xianguo
Integrated probe station for electrical conductivity measurements from cryogenic temperatures to room temperature
Principal investigators: Fanchini, Giovanni
A 3D lithography System for Metamaterials, Energy Materials and Biomaterials Engineering and Applications
Principal investigators: Yang, Jun
Robust metallic lithium anode protected by advanced atomic/molecular layer deposition techniques for next-generation battery technology
Principal investigators: Sun, Xueliang
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xueliang Sun and Yang Zhao: 37 shared papers
- Gillian Ruth Goward and Gianluigi Botton: 12 shared papers
- Yu Sun and Tobin Filleter: 12 shared papers
- Gianluigi Botton and Xueliang Sun: 6 shared papers
- Tobin Filleter and Yang Zhao: 3 shared papers
- Gillian Ruth Goward and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Yu Sun and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Yu Sun and Yang Zhao: 2 shared papers
- Tobin Filleter and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Hamidreza Abdolvand and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Hamidreza Abdolvand and Yang Zhao: 2 shared papers
- Jun Yang and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Jian Liu and Xueliang Sun: 2 shared papers
- Xueliang Sun and Xia Li: 2 shared papers
- Xia Li and Yang Zhao: 2 shared papers
- Gianluigi Botton and Yang Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Jian Liu and Yang Zhao: 1 shared paper
- Xueliang Sun and Ning Zhu: 1 shared paper
- Xueliang Sun and Jigang Zhou: 1 shared paper
- Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Chemistry & Chemical Biology
- Mechanical & Materials Engineering
- School of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at Western University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Yang Zhao
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
37 shared papers, latest 2025
Gianluigi Botton
Materials Science and Engineering
6 shared papers, latest 2020
Xia Li
Chemical and Materials Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Yu Sun
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Gillian Ruth Goward
Chemistry & Chemical Biology
2 shared papers, latest 2017
Hamidreza Abdolvand
Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Jun Yang
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Jian Liu
School of Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Tobin Filleter
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Jigang Zhou
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2007
Ning Zhu
Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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