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Dr. Jia Guo

Research Interests

– Battery Charging Protocols

– Sodium Batteries

– Li-metal Batteries 

Educational background

Ph.D. degree

03/2021 – 01/2024

Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, AAU Energy

Thesis title: „Aging mechanism for NMC battery in electronic vehicle applications“

Supervisor: Daniel-Ioan Stroe & Kjeld Pedersen

Visiting Ph.D.

12/2022 – 04/2023

Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 

Visiting student for in/ex situ synchrotron radiation XAS and XRD for battery study

Supervisor: Yaolin Xu & Philipp Adelhelm

Master’s degree

09/2017 – 07/2020

Central South University, Changsha, China, School of Metallurgy and Environment

Master thesis: Preparation and modification for LNMO cathode

Bachelor’s degree

09/2013 – 07/2017

Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China, Metallurgy engineering

Bachelor thesis: Metallurgy of nickel 


Publications

Guo, J.⟊, Li, P.⟊, Piccolo, F.⟊, Jie, Y., and Xu, Y.: Degradation and Failure Mechanisms ofLithium/LiNixCoyMn1-x-yO2 Batteries. ACS Energy Letters, 10.5 (2025): 2318-2340.

Guo, J.*, Xu, Y.*, Li, Y., Liu, Y., Kristensen, P.K., Wang, D., Pedersen, K., Adelhelm, P., Stroe, D.I.:Degradation Mechanisms of LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2/graphite Battery in Real-Life Driving Scenarios. Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 104441

Guo, J., Xu, Y.*, Exner, M., Huang, X., Li, Y., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Kowal, J., Zhang, Q., Kristensen, P.K., Wang, D., Pedersen, K., Gurevich, L., Stroe, D.I.*, Adelhelm, P.*: Unravelling the Mechanism of Pulse Current Charging for Enhancing the Stability of Commercial LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2/Graphite Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 2024: 14(22), p.2400190.

Guo, J., Jin, S.*, Sui, X., Huang, X., Xu, Y.*, Li, Y., Kristensen, P.K., Wang, D., Pedersen, K., Gurevich, L., Stroe, D.I.: Unravelling and quantifying the aging processes of commercial Li(Ni0.5Co0.2Mn0.3)O2/graphite lithium-ion batteries under constant current cycling. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023: 11(1): 41-52.

Working Experience

DFF Post-doct stage 2

11/2025 – present

Humboldt–Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 

DFF post-doct stage 1

04/2025 – 10/2025

Aarhus University, Denmark

Supervisor: Dorthe Ravnsbæk

Post-doct

05/2024 – 02/2025

Imperial College London, UK

Supervisor: Gregory Offer


Awards & Achievements

Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (DNA) PhD Prize 2025

December 2025

Copenhagen, Denmark

Awarded for the best PhD thesis in Denmark in the Natural, Sciences and Engineering field

Presentation Award

October 12-16, 2025

Chicago, US

A presentation award from Symposium A01 – New Approaches and Advances in Electrochemical Energy Systems at the 248th ECS Meeting

DanScant PhD Prize 2025

May, 2025

Odense, Denmark

Awarded for the best PhD thesis in Denmark within the field of X-ray methods, selected by DanScatt and Xnovo Technology

Independent Research Postdoctoral Fund Denmark 2025

Feburary, 2025

Aarhus, Denmark


Conference Talks & Poster

Speaker at the 248th ECS Meeting

October, 2025

Chicago, US

“Pulse Current Charging for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond”

Speaker at the Swiss battery days

August, 2025

Zurich, Swiss

“Commercial battery degradation mechanisms.”

Speaker at 12th International Symposium on EIS

July, 2023

Beijing, China

Poster at 74th Internal electrochemical society

July, 2023

Lyon, France

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