Representative Publications：
[1] X.G. Yang, T. Liu, C.Y. Wang, Thermally modulated lithium iron phosphate batteries for mass-market electric vehicles.
Nature Energy 6, 176-185, (2021) (IF=60.8, Highlighted by CNBC, Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail, The Independent, etc.)
[2] X.G. Yang, T. Liu, S. Ge, E. Rountree, C.Y. Wang, Challenges and key requirements of batteries for electric vertical takeoff
and landing aircraft, Joule 5, 1644-1659, (2021). (IF=41.2, 封面论文)
[3] X.G. Yang, T. Liu, Y. Gao, S. Ge, Y. Leng, D. Wang, C.Y. Wang, Asymmetric Temperature Modulation for Extreme Fast Charging
of Lithium-Ion Batteries. Joule 3, 3002-3019, (2019) (IF=41.2, ESI highly cited paper, highlighted by Science, Nature,
USA Today, Forbes, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Independent, AFP, Bild, etc.)
[4] X.G. Yang, G. Zhang, S. Ge, C.Y. Wang, Fast charging of lithium-ion batteries at all temperatures.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 115, 7266-7271 (2018)
[5] X.G. Yang, Y. Leng, G. Zhang, S. Ge, C.Y. Wang, Modeling of lithium plating induced aging of lithium-ion batteries: Transition
from linear to nonlinear aging. J. Power Sources 360, 28-40 (2017). (ESI highly cited paper)
At Penn State University (Li-ion batteries):
[6] T. Liu, X.G. Yang, S. Ge, Y. Leng, C.Y. Wang, Ultrafast charging of energy-dense lithium-ion batteries for urban air
mobility. eTransportation 7, 100103 (2021).
[7] Z. Song, X.G. Yang*, N. Yang, F.P. Delgado, H. Hofmann, J. Sun, A study of cell-to-cell variation of capacity in parallel-
connected lithium-ion battery cells. eTransportation 7, 100091 (2021).
[8] X.G. Yang, S. Ge, N. Wu, Y. Mao, F. Sun, C.Y. Wang, All-Climate Battery Technology for Electric Vehicles: Inching Closer to
the Mainstream Adoption of Automated Driving. IEEE Electrification Magazine, 7, 12-21 (2019).
[9] X.G. Yang, C.Y. Wang, Understanding the trilemma of fast charging, energy density and cycle life of lithium-ion batteries.
J. Power Sources 402, 489-498 (2018).
[10] X.G. Yang, S. Ge, T. Liu, Y. Leng, C.Y. Wang, A look into the voltage plateau signal for detection and quantification of lithium
plating in lithium-ion cells. J. Power Sources 395, 251-261 (2018).
[11] X.G. Yang, T. Liu, C.Y. Wang, Innovative heating of large-size automotive Li-ion cells. J. Power Sources 342, 598-604 (2017).
[12] G. Zhang, S. Ge, X.G. Yang, Y. Leng, D. Marple, C.Y. Wang, Rapid restoration of electric vehicle battery performance while
driving at cold temperatures. J. Power Sources 371, 35-40 (2017).
[13] Y. Leng, S. Ge, D. Marple, X.G. Yang, C. Bauer, P. Lamp, C.Y. Wang, Electrochemical Cycle-Life Characterization of High
Energy Lithium-Ion Cells with Thick Li(Ni0.6Mn0.2Co0.2)O2 and Graphite Electrodes.
J. Electrochem. Soc. 164, A1037-A1049 (2017).
[14] X.G. Yang, C. Bauer, C.Y. Wang, Sinusoidal current and stress evolutions in lithium-ion batteries.
J. Power Sources 327, 414-422 (2016).
[15] G. Zhang, S. Ge, T. Xu, X.G. Yang, H. Tian, C.Y. Wang, Rapid self-heating and internal temperature sensing of lithium-ion
batteries at low temperatures. Electrochim. Acta 218, 149-155 (2016).
[16] X.G. Yang, G. Zhang, C.Y. Wang, Computational design and refinement of self-heating lithium ion batteries.
J. Power Sources 328, 203-211 (2016).
[17] C.Y. Wang, T. Xu, S. Ge, G. Zhang, X.G. Yang, J. Yan, A Fast Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery at Subfreezing
Temperatures. J. Electrochem. Soc. 163, A1944-A1950 (2016).
[18] C.Y. Wang, G. Zhang, S. Ge, T. Xu, X.G. Yang, Y. Leng, Lithium-ion battery structure that self-heats at low
temperatures. Nature 529, 515-518 (2016).
At Shanghai Jiao Tong University (fuel cells and flow batteries):
[19] X.G. Yang, Q. Ye, P. Cheng, T. S. Zhao, Effects of the electric field on ion crossover in vanadium redox flow batteries.
Applied Energy 145, 306-319 (2015).
[20] X.G. Yang, Q. Ye, P. Cheng, Oxygen starvation induced cell potential decline and corresponding operating state transitions of
a direct methanol fuel cell in galvanostatic regime. Electrochim. Acta 117, 179-191 (2014).
[21] Q. Ye, X.G. Yang, P. Cheng, Modeling of spontaneous hydrogen evolution in a direct methanol fuel cell.
Electrochim. Acta 69, 230-238 (2012).
[22] X.G. Yang, Q. Ye, P. Cheng, Hydrogen pumping effect induced by fuel starvation in a single cell of a PEM fuel cell stack
at galvanostatic operation. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 37, 14439-14453 (2012).
[23] X.G. Yang, Q. Ye, P. Cheng, In-plane transport effects on hydrogen depletion and carbon corrosion induced by anode
flooding in proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Int. J. Heat Mass Trans., 4754-4765 (2012).
non-uniform distributions. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 36, 12524-12537 (2011).