
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