Zhao Shixi

Shixi Zhao is an Associate Professor at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Wuhan University of Technology in 2002 and worked as a postdoc in Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University from 2002-2004. His research mainly focuses on the development of advanced energy-storage materials and functional ceramics. He has published 110+ articles as correspongding-author in peer-reviewed scientific journals, as in Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition,etc. These publications have been cited more than 3800 times with an H-index of 35.

Sep. 1999 – Jun. 2002: Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science, Ph.D.

Sep. 1996 – Jun.1999: Wuhan University of Technology, Materials Science, M.S.

Sep.1985 – Jun.1989: East China University of Science and Technology, Department of Inorganic Materials, B.S.

Aug. 2019 – Present: Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Associate Professor (Ph.D. Supervisor)

Dec. 2009 – Aug. 2019: Tsinghua Shenzhen Graduate School, Associate Professor (Ph.D. Supervisor)

Aug. 2004 – Dec. 2009: Tsinghua Shenzhen Graduate School, Lecturer

Aug.1989 – Aug.1996: Luoyang Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Engineering, Lecturer

Aug. 2002 – Aug. 2004: Tsinghua University, Department of Chemistry, Postdoctoral Fellow

Invited as a reviewer for international journals including: Chemistry of Materials; Nano Energy; Electrochemistry Communications; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; Journal of Power Sources; Materials Chemistry and Physics; Journal of Alloys and Compounds; Solid State Sciences; Ceramics International, and others.

Fundamental of Materialogy (recognized as University-Level Exemplary Courses) and Advanced Preparation Techniques of Functional Ceramics.（SIGS）

• Chemical synthesis and microstructure design of new energy materials (cathode and anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, solid-state electrolytes, electrode materials for supercapacitors) ;

•  Functional ceramic materials (piezoelectric materials, thermistors).

Major projects

1. Shenzhen Collaborative Innovation Technology Program – International Independent Technology Cooperation Project Application, (GJHZ20240218113607014), Ongoing (Principal Investigator)

2. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 52172209, Composition Design, Structura Completed (Principal Investigator)

3. NSFC-Guangdong Joint Fund (Key Project), U1401246, Completed (Principal Investigator)

4. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 51372136,  Completed (Principal Investigator)

5. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 51172124,  Completed (Principal Investigator)

6. Shenzhen Basic Research Project, JCYJ20130402145002372, Completed (Principal Investigator)

7. Shenzhen Basic Research Project, JCYJ20140509172959973, Completed (Principal Investigator)

8. Shenzhen Basic Research Project, JCYJ20120619140209259,Completed (Principal Investigator)

1. Yu, Chenglong，Zhao Shixi*etal，Oxygen-anchoring high-entropy design boosting anionic redox reversibility in Li-rich layered cathodes，Journal of Energy Chemistry，2026，DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2025.10.017。

2. Dai, Pengpeng，Zhao Shixi*etal，Interface-driven phase stability enables co-sintered composite anodes for intrinsically safe all-solid-state-batteries，Energy Storage Materials，2025，DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2025.104653。

3. ;Zhou, Shuyu, Zhao Shixi*etal, High-Entropy Li-Rich Layered Cathodes with Negligible Voltage Decay through Migration Retardation Effect,Advanced Materials, 2025,DOI: 10.1002/adma.202505189,

4. Dai, Pengpeng , Zhao Shi-Xi* etal, Structural Instability of NCM-LATP Composite Cathode During Co-Sintering, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202421775

5. Zhou, Shuyu, Zhao, Shixi* etal, Enhanced Li+ Diffusion and Lattice oxygen Stability by the High Entropy Effect in Disordered-Rocksalt Cathodes,Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202311930

6. Zhou, Shuyu,Zhao, Shixi* etal,Generality Rules and Synergistic Effect of Mitigating the Jahn-Teller Effect by Multisites Compositionally Complex Doping,ACS Nano,2024,DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c12022.

7. Cai, Da-Qian, Zhao, Shixi* etal,Ordered and Expanded Li Ion Channels for Dendrite-Free and Fast Kinetics Lithium–Sulfur Battery,Advanced Functional Materials, 2025,DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202419165Copy to clipboard

8. Yang, Jin-Lin，Zhao, Shixi* etal，Rich Heterointerfaces Enabling Rapid Polysulfides Conversion and Regulated Li2S Deposition for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries，ACS Nano，2021，OI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01250.

9. Jin-Lin Yang,Shi-Xi Zhao* , Yi-Ming Lu&, Xiang-Tian Zeng&, Wei Lv , Guo-Zhong Cao*,In-situ topochemical nitridation derivative MoO2-Mo2N binary nanobelts as multifunctional interlayer for fast-kinetic Li-Sulfur batteries，Nano Energy, 2020, 68 ,104356.

10. Lü-qiang Yu&, Shi-Xi Zhao,* Qi-long Wu&, Jian-Wei Zhao, and Guo-dan Wei，Strengthening the Interface between Flower-Like VS4 and Porous Carbon for Improving Its Lithium Storage Performance，Adv. Funct. Mater.2020, 30, 2000427