Draft:Huolin L Xin

Huolin Xin is a tenured Professor in the School of Physics at U.C. Irvine and scientific leader in the fields of transmission electron microscopy and electrochemistry. His research has resulted in more than 250 peer-reviewed publications and several patents. He was awarded the prestigious Burton Medal (2021) and the DOE Early Career Award (2020). Before moving to UCI as a professor, Dr. Xin worked at Brookhaven National Laboratory as a principle investigator. His scientific expertise focuses primarily on exploiting novel physics in electron microscopy to discover new properties in the behavior and chemistry of materials. His techniques span innovative data science and physics of electron-matter interaction to achieve 3-D, atomic-resolution, and in situ spectroscopic and imaging tools.

The Xin lab's research in electrochemistry and batteries include energy material sythesis combined with tomographic and atomic-resolution chemical imaging of battery and fuel cell materials . His lab currently produces high-tech cathode materials used by leading battery manufactures for small batch testing standards and development. In alignment with ARPA-E objectives aimed at fostering a circular economic model, Princeton NuEnergy (PNE), Huolin Xin's lab is pioneering the development of sodium-ion batteries by utilizing plasma-assisted spray granulation (PSG) for rapid and cost-effective Na3V2(PO4)3 (NVP) cathode production.

Awards and honours
Awards and honours include;


 * 2021 Microscopy Society of America Burton Medal
 * 2020 DOE Early Career Award

Selected publications
His publications include;


 * Long-life lithium-ion batteries realized by low-Ni, Co-free cathode chemistry, R. Zhang, C. Wang, P. Zou, R. Lin, L. Ma, L. Yin, T. Li, W. Xu, H. Jia, Q. Li, S. Sainio, K. Kisslinger, S. E. Trask, S. N. Ehrlich, Y. Yang, A. M. Kiss, M. Ge, B. J. Polzin, S. J. Lee, W. Xu, Y. Ren and H. L. Xin, Nature, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05115-z
 * Characterization of the structure and chemistry of the solid–electrolyte interface by cryo-EM leads to high-performance solid-state Li-metal batteries, R. Lin, Y. He, C. Wang, P. Zou, E. Hu, X.-Q. Yang, K. Xu & H. L. Xin, Nature Nanotechnology, 17, 768–776 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01148-7
 * A single-atom library for guided monometallic and concentration-complex multimetallic designs, L. Han, H. Cheng, W. Liu, H. Li, P. Ou, R. Lin, H.-T. Wang, C.-W. Pao, A. R. Head, C.-H. Wang, X. Tong, C.-J. Sun, W.-F. Pong, J. Luo, J.-C. Zheng & H. L. Xin, Nature Materials, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-022-01252-y
 * Long-life lithium-ion batteries realized by low-Ni, Co-free cathode chemistry, Rui Zhang, Chunyang Wang, Peichao Zou, Ruoqian Lin, Lu Ma, Tianyi Li, In-hui Hwang, Wenqian Xu, Chengjun Sun, Steve Trask, Huolin L Xin, Nature Energy, (2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01267-y