Qidi Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) and a Ph.D. supervisor. She earned her Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in 2023 and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research. In 2025, she joined SUSTech as an Associate Professor and was selected for the National Young Talent Program.
Dr. Wang's research focuses on fundamental scientific issues in the energy chemistry of alkali metal secondary batteries. Her primary research interests include the design, synthesis, and structure-performance relationships of alkali metal-ion battery electrodes and electrolyte materials, interfacial charge transfer mechanisms, solid-state electrolytes, and solid-state batteries.
To date, she has published several research papers as the first or corresponding author in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science, Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Advanced Materials, with a total citation count exceeding 2,800. She serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member for Energy Materials and Devices, a Guest Editor for Batteries, and a reviewer for journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, and ACS Energy Letters, etc.
Research Area：
Focusing on exploring novel methods and materials, as well as developing advanced characterization techniques and technologies to address challenges in renewable energy, sustainable development, and materials science. The research can be categorized into the following areas:
1) Developing new methodologies for designing secondary battery electrodes, electrolytes, and nanomaterials by analyzing material structures and investigating structure-performance relationships.
2) Developing next-generation electrochemical energy storage materials, including innovative electrode materials and solid-state/liquid electrolytes.
3) Investigating ion transport across interfacial phases, interfacial structures, interfacial chemistry, and the physical and chemical properties of electrodes and electrolytes using multi-scale in situ and ex situ characterization techniques. These include solid-state/liquid-state nuclear magnetic resonance, neutron techniques, X-ray diffraction, imaging technologies, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.
Work Experience：
2025-present, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology.
2023-2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, Reactor Institute Delft, Delft University of Technology
Education:
2023 Ph.D. Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
2020 M.S. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2017 B.S. China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China
Representative Publications:
1. Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Jianlin Wang, Hao Guo, Chao Li, Dong Zhou, Xuedong Bai, Hong Li, Baohua Li, Marnix Wagemaker and Chenglong Zhao. "Chemical short-range disorder in lithium oxide cathodes." Nature 629, 341-347 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07362-8
2. Chenglong Zhao†, Qidi Wang†, Zhenpeng Yao†, Jianlin Wang, Benjamín Sánchez-Lengeling, Feixiang Ding, Xingguo Qi, Yaxiang Lu, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li, Hong Li, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Xuejie Huang, Claude Delmas, Marnix Wagemaker, Liquan Chen and Yong-Sheng Hu. "Rational design of layered oxide materials for sodium-ion batteries." Science 370, 708-711 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay9972
3. Qidi Wang, Dong Zhou, Chenglong Zhao, Jianlin Wang, Hao Guo, Liguang Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Deniz Wong, Götz Schuck, Xuedong Bai, Jun Lu and Marnix Wagemaker. "Fast-charge high-voltage layered cathodes for sodium-ion batteries." Nature Sustainability 7, 338-347 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01266-1
4. Qidi Wang, Yunan Zhou, Xuelong Wang, Hao Guo, Shuiping Gong, Zhenpeng Yao, Fangting Wu, Jianlin Wang, Swapna Ganapathy, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li, Chenglong Zhao, Jürgen Janek and Marnix Wagemaker. "Designing lithium halide solid electrolytes." Nature Communications 15, 1050 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45258-3
5. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Shuwei Wang, Jianlin Wang, Fangting Wu, Pierfrancesco Ombrini, Swapna Ganapathy, Stephen Eustace, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li, Michel Armand, Doron Aurbach, Marnix Wagemaker. "Interphase Design for Lithium-Metal Anodes" Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c15759
6. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Xia Hu, Jianlin Wang, Swapna Ganapathy, Stephen Eustace, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li, Hong Li, Doron Aurbach and Marnix Wagemaker. "Grain-Boundary-Rich Interphases for Rechargeable Batteries." Journal of the American Chemical Society 146, 31778-31787 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c10650
7. Qidi Wang, Jianlin Wang, Jouke R. Heringa, Xuedong Bai and Marnix Wagemaker. "High-Entropy Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries." ACS Energy Letters 9, 3796-3806 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01358
8. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Jianlin Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Shuwei Wang, Sai Govind Hari Kumar, Swapna Ganapathy, Stephen Eustace, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li and Marnix Wagemaker. "High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries." Nature Communications 14, 440 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36075-1
9. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Zhenpeng Yao, Jianlin Wang, Fangting Wu, Sai Govind Hari Kumar, Swapna Ganapathy, Stephen Eustace, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li, Jun Lu and Marnix Wagemaker. "Entropy-Driven Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries." Advanced Materials 35, 2210677 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202210677
10. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Shuwei Wang, Jianlin Wang, Ming Liu, Swapna Ganapathy, Xuedong Bai, Baohua Li and Marnix Wagemaker. "Clarifying the Relationship between the Lithium Deposition Coverage and Microstructure in Lithium Metal Batteries." Journal of the American Chemical Society 144, 21961-21971 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c08849
11. Qidi Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Chenglong Zhao, Tomas Verhallen, Daniel P. Tabor, Ming Liu, Frans Ooms, Feiyu Kang, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Yong-Sheng Hu, Marnix Wagemaker and Baohua Li. "Interface chemistry of an amide electrolyte for highly reversible lithium metal batteries." Nature Communications 11, 4188 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17976-x
12. Chenglong Zhao†, Zhenpeng Yao†, Qidi Wang†, Haifeng Li, Jianlin Wang, Ming Liu, Swapna Ganapathy, Yaxiang Lu, Jordi Cabana, Baohua Li, Xuedong Bai, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Marnix Wagemaker, Liquan Chen and Yong-Sheng Hu. "Revealing High Na-Content P2-Type Layered Oxides as Advanced Sodium-Ion Cathodes." Journal of the American Chemical Society 142, 5742-5750 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13572
13. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Xiaohui Lv, Yaxiang Lu, Kui Lin, Shaoqiong Zhang, Feiyu Kang, Yong-Sheng Hu and Baohua Li. "Stabilizing a sodium-metal battery with the synergy effects of a sodiophilic matrix and fluorine-rich interface." Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7, 24857-24867 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA06877E
14. Chenglong Zhao†, Qidi Wang†, Yaxiang Lu, Liwei Jiang, Lilu Liu, Xiqian Yu, Liquan Chen, Baohua Li and Yong-Sheng Hu. "Decreasing transition metal triggered oxygen redox activity in Na-deficient oxides." Energy Storage Materials 20, 395-400 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.10.025
15. Qidi Wang, Wei Yang, Feiyu Kang and Baohua Li. "Na2Mn3+0.3Mn4+2.7O6.85: A cathode with simultaneous cationic and anionic redox in Na-ion battery." Energy Storage Materials 14, 361-366 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.06.003
16. Chenglong Zhao, Qidi Wang, Yaxiang Lu, Baohua Li, Liquan Chen and Yong-Sheng Hu. "High-temperature treatment induced carbon anode with ultrahigh Na storage capacity at low-voltage plateau." Science Bulletin 63, 1125-1129 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.06.003
17. Qidi Wang, Chenglong Zhao, Yaxiang Lu, Yunming Li, Yuheng Zheng, Yuruo Qi, Xiaohui Rong, Liwei Jiang, Xinguo Qi, Yuanjun Shao, Du Pan, Baohua Li, Yong-Sheng Hu and Liquan Chen. "Advanced Nanostructured Anode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries." Small 13, 1701835 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201701835