一、教育及工作经历（含交大材料学院）

二、教师简介

赵严博士于2024年5月加入西安交通大学材料学院宋江选教授团队，担任副教授。博士毕业于瑞士弗里堡大学化学学院，之后继续在同一课题组开展博士后研究。

赵严博士长期致力于高比能锂金属电池相关的研究工作，在开发新型电解液方面积累了大量经验并取得了丰富成果。目前共发表SCI论文19篇，其中以第一/共一在权威期刊Nat. Energy (News&Views)、Nat. Commun.、Chem、Angew、ACS Energy Lett. 等发表15篇，ESI高被引3篇，授权中国发明专利2项，PCT专利1项，获得2022优秀自费留学生奖学金。

Dr. Yan Zhao, associate professor, joined the Prof. Jiangxuan Song’s group in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong Univeristy in May 2024. He obtained the PhD degree from University of Fribourg, CH and worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the same group.

Yan mainly focuses on the research of high energy density battery and has extensive experiences and achievements on the designation of advanced electrolytes. He has published 19 SCI papers including Nat. Energy (News&Views)、Nat. Commun.、Chem、Angew、ACS Energy Lett.. containing 3 ESI highly cited papers, and got 2 Chinese patents and 1 PCT patent. He also was awarded as the 2022 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.

三、代表成果

西安交通大学青年拔尖人才计划B类项目，2024.05-2030.05，100万元，主持，在研

1. Yan Zhao, Ali Coskun*. "Heating Up the Binder" Nature Energy, 2023, 8: 113-114. [News&Views article]

2. Yan Zhao*, Tianhong Zhou*. "Building better electrolytes" Chem, 2023, 9(3): 547-549. [Potential Energy article]

3. Yan Zhao^#, Tianhong Zhou^#, Lars P. H. Jeurgens, Xian Kong, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Electrolyte Engineering for Highly Inorganic Solid Electrolyte Interphase in High Performance Lithium Metal Batteries" Chem, 2023, 9(3): 682-697. [Selected as Featured articles] [ESI Highly Cited Paper, TOP 1%]

4. Yan Zhao^#, Tianhong Zhou^#, Mounir Mensi, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. " Electrolyte engineering via ether solvent fluorination for developing stable non-aqueous lithium metal batteries" Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 299. [ESI Highly Cited Paper, TOP 1%]

5. Yan Zhao^#, Tianhong Zhou^#, Timur Ashirov, Mario El Kazzi, Claudia Cancellieri, Lars PH Jeurgens, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Fluorinated Ether Electrolyte with Controlled Solvation Structure for High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries" Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 2575. [Highlighted as a News&Views at Nature Reviews Chemistry] [ESI Highly Cited Paper, TOP 1%]

6. Yan Zhao^#, Tianhong Zhou^#, Dominika Baster, Mario El Kazzi, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Targeted Functionalization of Cyclic Ether Solvents for Controlled Reactivity in High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries" ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8(7), 3180-3187.

7. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Mario El Kazzi, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Integrated Ring-Chain Design of a New Fluorinated Ether Solvent for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202115884.

8. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Ionic Liquid Functionalized Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 22791-22796. [Highlighted as a HOT article] [Highlighted in chemistryviews.org] [Top Downloaded Article]

9. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Mario El Kazzi, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Stable Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation Induced by Monoquat-Based Anchoring in Lithium Metal Batteries" ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6(5), 1711-1718. [Highlighted as an Energy Spotlight] [Listed among the most read articles]

10. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Jang Wook Choi*, Ali Coskun*. "Lithium-Salt Mediated Synthesis of a Covalent Triazine Framework for Highly Stable Lithium Metal Batteries" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 16795-16799.

11. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Guangmin Zhou, Wei Lv*, Pujie Sun, Feiyu Kang, Baohua Li*, Quan-Hong Yang*. "An in-plane heterostructure of graphene and titanium carbide for efficient polysulfide confinement" Nano Energy, 2017, 39, 291-296.

12. Yan Zhao^#, Ming Liu^#, Wei Lv, Yan-Bing He*, Chao Wang, Qinbai Yun, Baohua Li, Feiyu Kang, Quan-Hong Yang*. "Dense coating of Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ and graphene mixture on the separator to produce long cycle life of lithium-sulfur battery" Nano Energy, 2016, 30, 1-8.

13. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Kyung Seob Song ^#, Dominika Baster, Mario El Kazzi, Ali Coskun*. "Boosting Polysulfide Conversion in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries via Palladium-Based Environmentally Friendly Porous Catalyst" Chem. Mater., 2023, 35(14) 5362-5367

14. Tianhong Zhou^#, Yan Zhao^#, Patrick W. Fritz^#, Timur Ashirov, Dominika Baster, Mario El Kazzi, Ali Coskun*. "Molecular regulation of electrolytes for enhancing anode interfacial stability in lithium–sulfur batteries" Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 8286-8289.

15. Yan Zhao^#, Tianhong Zhou^#, Mario El Kazzi, Ali Coskun*. "Fluorinated Cyclic Ether Co-solvents for Ultra-high-Voltage Practical Lithium-Metal Batteries" ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2022, 5(6), 7784-7790.