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Overview

Kai Xi is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The core topics addressed by Kai Xi's work include advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced battery technologies research, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, extraction and separation processes, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

The scientist has published numerous papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Potassium-ion batteries: outlook on present and future technologies, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Review of MXene electrochemical microsupercapacitors, 2020, Energy Storage Materials
  • Suppressing the Shuttle Effect and Dendrite Growth in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, 2020, ACS Nano
  • A Sustainable Multipurpose Separator Directed Against the Shuttle Effect of Polysulfides for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, 2022, Advanced Energy Materials
  • 2021 roadmap on lithium sulfur batteries, 2021, Journal of Physics Energy

Kai Xi has frequently published in various scientific venues, with a concentration of papers in:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Small

Collaboration forms a significant part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include Shujiang Ding, Hongyang Zhao, Yaqiong Su, Amr M. Abdelkader, and Guoxin Gao.

Best Publications

  • Potassium-ion batteries: outlook on present and future technologies

    Xin Min;Xin Min;Jun Xiao;Minghao Fang;Wei (Alex) Wang

  • Challenges and Perspectives for NASICON-Type Electrode Materials for Advanced Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Shuangqiang Chen;Chao Wu;Laifa Shen;Changbao Zhu

  • Water-dispersible PEG-curcumin/amine-functionalized covalent organic framework nanocomposites as smart carriers for in vivo drug delivery.

    Guiyang Zhang;Xinle Li;Qiaobo Liao;Yanfeng Liu

  • Enhancing Catalytic Activity of Titanium Oxide in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Band Engineering

    Yuankun Wang;Ruifang Zhang;Jie Chen;Hu Wu

  • P-type transparent conducting oxides.

    Kelvin H L Zhang;Kai Xi;Mark G Blamire;Russell G Egdell

  • Carbon with hierarchical pores from carbonized metal–organic frameworks for lithium sulphur batteries

    Kai Xi;Shuai Cao;Xiaoyu Peng;Caterina Ducati

  • Review of MXene electrochemical microsupercapacitors

    Qiu Jiang;Qiu Jiang;Yongjiu Lei;Hanfeng Liang;Kai Xi

  • Carbon@titanium nitride dual shell nanospheres as multi-functional hosts for lithium sulfur batteries

    Yuankun Wang;Ruifang Zhang;Yuan-chao Pang;Xu Chen

  • Suppressing the Shuttle Effect and Dendrite Growth in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Jianan Wang;Shanshan Yi;Jianwei Liu;Shiyi Sun

  • Cationic Surfactant-Based Electrolyte Additives for Uniform Lithium Deposition via Lithiophobic Repulsion Mechanisms

    Hongliu Dai;Kai Xi;Xin Liu;Chao Lai

  • Excellent microwave absorption property of Graphene-coated Fe nanocomposites.

    Xingchen Zhao;Zhengming Zhang;Liaoyu Wang;Kai Xi

  • Enhanced Sulfur Transformation by Multifunctional FeS2/FeS/S Composites for High-Volumetric Capacity Cathodes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Kai Xi;Deqing He;Chris Harris;Yuankun Wang

  • Ultrahigh Responsivity Photodetectors of 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks Integrated on Graphene.

    Yifeng Xiong;Qiaobo Liao;Zhengping Huang;Xin Huang

  • A Sustainable Multipurpose Separator Directed Against the Shuttle Effect of Polysulfides for High‐Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

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  • A Strategy for Architecture Design of Crystalline Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes with High Performance.

    Yifei Shi;Wen Wu;Hua Dong;Guangru Li

  • Nitrogen, sulfur-codoped graphene sponge as electroactive carbon interlayer for high-energy and -power lithium–sulfur batteries

    Ling-Bao Xing;Kai Xi;Qiuyan Li;Zhong Su

  • Binder free three-dimensional sulphur/few-layer graphene foam cathode with enhanced high-rate capability for rechargeable lithium sulphur batteries

    Kai Xi;Piran R. Kidambi;Renjie Chen;Chenlong Gao

  • Intrareticular charge transfer regulated electrochemiluminescence of donor-acceptor covalent organic frameworks.

    Rengan Luo;Haifeng Lv;Qiaobo Liao;Ningning Wang

  • Construction of ultrafine ZnSe nanoparticles on/in amorphous carbon hollow nanospheres with high-power-density sodium storage

    Shiyao Lu;Tianxiang Zhu;Hu Wu;Yuankun Wang

  • Hollow Multihole Carbon Bowls: A Stress-Release Structure Design for High-Stability and High-Volumetric-Capacity Potassium-Ion Batteries.

    Zili Zhang;Zili Zhang;Baorui Jia;Baorui Jia;Luan Liu;Yongzhi Zhao

  • A textile-based SnO2 ultra-flexible electrode for lithium-ion batteries

    Xin Min;Xin Min;Bin Sun;Shi Chen;Minghao Fang

  • Bamboo-like amorphous carbon nanotubes clad in ultrathin nickel oxide nanosheets for lithium-ion battery electrodes with long cycle life

    Xin Xu;Hui Tan;Kai Xi;Shujiang Ding

  • Ultrathin NiO nanosheets anchored on a highly ordered nanostructured carbon as an enhanced anode material for lithium ion batteries

    Zhaoyang Fan;Jin Liang;Wei Yu;Shujiang Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Vasant Kumar
R. Vasant Kumar University of Cambridge
Shujiang Ding
Shujiang Ding Xi'an Jiaotong University
Wei Wang
Wei Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chao Lai
Chao Lai Jiangsu Normal University
Zhaoxin Wu
Zhaoxin Wu Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xuanhui Qu
Xuanhui Qu University of Science and Technology Beijing
Caterina Ducati
Caterina Ducati University of Cambridge
Renjie Chen
Renjie Chen Beijing Institute of Technology
Giorgio Divitini
Giorgio Divitini Italian Institute of Technology
Wei Yan
Wei Yan Xi'an Jiaotong University

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