Dr. Yanchen Liu
Research Interests
– Solid-state batteries
– High-energy cathode materials
– Materials energy storage mechanisms
Educational background
Doctoral degree
12/2021 – 12/2025
Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Thesis topic: Transition Metal Oxides as Fast-Charging Anode Materials for Alkali-Ion Batteries
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicola Pinna
Master’s degree
09/2018 – 06/2021
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Thesis topic: Preparation and Sodium Storage Performance of Layered Manganese Oxides Cathode Materials
Supervisor: Prof. Fujun Li, Prof. Jun Chen
Bachelor’s degree
09/2014 – 06/2018
China University of Petroleum (East China), Shandong, China
Thesis topic: Investigation of Conductive Polymers as Novel Cathode Materials for Aluminum-ion Batteries
Supervisor: Prof. Xilan Feng, Prof. Wei Xing
Working Experience
Guest Scientist
12/2025 – 2/2026
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Awards & Achievements
Outstanding Graduate
2021, Nankai University
The Gongneng Scholarship
2019, Nankai University
Outstanding Graduate
2018, China University of Petroleum (East China)
Outstanding Student
2017, China University of Petroleum (East China)
Outstanding Student
2016, China University of Petroleum (East China)
Conferences
76th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry
2025, Mainz, Germany
Poster presentation: A partially disordered crystallographic shear block structure as fast-charging anode material for lithium-ion batteries
22nd international Sol-Gel conference
2024, Berlin, Germany
Oral presentation: Metastable niobium tungsten oxides as fast-charging anodes for Li-ion batteries
20th National Electrochemical Conference
2019, Changsha, China
Poster presentation: Enhancing the cycling stability of P’2-type sodium-ion cathode materials through metal element doping
Nature Conference – Emergent Materials and Devices: Electronic Structures and Properties
2019, Chengdu, China
Poster presentation: High Na/K-storage performance of bismuth enabled by ether-based electrolytes
Publications
Liu, A. G. Buzanich, L. A. Montoro, H. Liu, Y. Liu, F. Emmerling, P. A. Russo, N. Pinna, A Partially Disordered Crystallographic Shear Block Structure as Fast-Charging Negative Electrode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Nat. Commun., 2025, 16(1): 6507. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61646-9.
Liu, A. G Buzanich, P. Alippi, K.-S. Lee, T. Jeon, K. Weißer, M. A Karlsen, P. A Russo, N. Pinna, FeNb2O6 as a high-performance anode for sodium-ion batteries enabled by structural amorphization coupled with NbO6 local ordering, Adv. Mater., 2025: e041000. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202504100.
Liu, L. A. Montoro, P. A. Russo, N. Pinna, Recent developments in Nb-based oxides with crystallographic shear structures as anode materials for high-rate lithium-ion energy storage, Battery Energy 2023, 2(1): 20220037. DOI: 10.1002/bte2.20220037.
Liu, C. Wang, S. Zhao, L. Zhang, K. Zhang, F. Li, J. Chen, Mitigation of Jahn-Teller Distortion and Na+/Vacancy Ordering in Distorted Manganese Oxide Cathode Material by Li Substitution, Chem. Sci. 2021, 12(3): 1062-1067. DOI: 10.1039/D0SC05427E.
Liu, C. Wang, M. Ren, H. Fang, Z. Jiang, F. Li, Ultralow-strain Ti substituted Mn-vacancy layered oxides with enhanced stability for sodium-ion batteries, J. Energy Chem. 2021, 63: 351-357. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2021.07.024.
Liu, C. Wang, H. Li, F. Li, Recent progress of inorganic anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Sci. Sin. Chim. 2019, 49: 1351-1360. DOI: 10.1360/SSC-2019-0088.
Triolo*, M. Maisuradze*, Y. Liu*, M. Li, G. Pagot, A. Ponti, V. D. Noto, G. Aquilanti, N. Pinna, M. Giorgetti, S. Santangelo, Role of the microstructure in the Li-storage performance of spinel-structured high-entropy (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn) oxide nanofibers. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2024, 171(6): 060509. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ad51aa.
Zhang, Y. Liu, H. S. Jeppesen, N. Pinna, Stöber method to amorphous metal-organic frameworks and coordination polymers. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15(1): 5463. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49772-2.
Wu, Y. Liu, Z. Zhu, H. Li, F. Li, Recent progress of carbon anode materials for sodium-ion batteries. Sci. Sin. Chim. 2021, 51(7): 862-875. DOI: 10.1360/SSC-2020-0217.
Guo, Y. Xu, Y. Liu, P. Li, Y. Che, Y. Li, K. Pedersen, G. Schuck, P. K. Kristensen, V. Baran, Y. Sun, P. Adelhelm, D. I. Stroe, Degradation mechanisms of LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2/graphite battery in real-life driving scenarios. Energy Storage Mater. 2025: 104441. DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104441.
Zhang, C. Wang, Y. Liu, M. Ren, J. Du, A. Chen, F. Li, Suppressing interlayer-gliding and Jahn-Teller effect in P2-type layered manganese oxide cathode via Mo doping for sodium-ion batteries. Chem. Eng. J. 2021, 426: 130813. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.130813.
Triolo, M. Maisuradze, M. Li, Y. Liu, A. Ponti, G. Pagot, V. Di Noto, G. Aquilanti, N. Pinna, M. Giorgetti, S. Santangelo, Charge storage mechanism in electrospun spinel‐structured high‐entropy (Mn0.2Fe0.2Co0.2Ni0.2Zn0.2)3O4 oxide nanofibers as anode material for Li‐ion batteries. Small, 2023, 19(46), 2304585. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304585.
Wang, L. Liu, S. Zhao, Y. Liu, Y. Yang, H. Yu, S. Lee, G.-H. Lee, Y.-M. Kang, R. Liu, F. Li and J. Chen, Tuning local chemistry of P2 layered-oxide cathode for high energy and long cycles of sodium-ion battery. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12(1): 2256. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22523-3.
Guo, Y. Xu, M. Exner, X. Huang, Y. Li, Y. Liu, H. Wang, J. Kowal, Q. Zhang, P. K. Kristensen, D. Wang, K. Pedersen, L. Gurevich, D.‐I. Stroe, P. Adelhelm, Unravelling the Mechanism of Pulse Current Charging for Enhancing the Stability of Commercial LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2/Graphite Lithium-Ion Batteries, Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14(22): 2400190. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202400190.
Li, B. Balcarova, T. Schultz, C. Bai, M. Exner, H. Wang, Y. Liu, N. Pinna, N. Koch, P. Adelhelm, M. J. Bojdys, Development of a High-Energy-Density Lithiated Silicon-Sulfur Full Cell with Enhanced Stability and Longevity, ChemRxiv 2024. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv- 2024-8fd43.