Dr. Xuewei Fu received her M.S. degree in Polymer Engineering from The University of Akron in 2015 and Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Washington State University in 2019. She joined Sichuan University in 2021. She is serving as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports and a young editorial board member of Battery Energy.

Her research interests are structure design and interface control of polymeric energy materials, and processing of advanced energy storage devices. Specific focuses include polymer electrolytes, high-performance electrode binders, and electrode microenvironment management.

1. X. He, Z. Zhu, G. Wen, S. Lv, S. Yang, T. Hu, Z. Cao, Y. Ji, X. Fu*, W. Yang*, Y. Wang*, Design of High-Entropy Tape Electrolytes for Compression-Free Solid-State Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2307599.

2. S. Lv, X. He, Z. Ji, S. Yang, L. Feng, X. Fu*, W. Yang*, Y. Wang*, A Supertough and Highly-Conductive Nano-Dipole Doped Composite Polymer Electrolyte with Hybrid Li⁺-Solvation Microenvironment for Lithium Metal Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2302711.

3. L. Feng, R. Yan, X. Sun, Z. Zhu, W. Jia, X. Yan, Y. Yang, S. Li*, X. Fu*, W. Yang, Y. Wang*, Cell-Membrane Inspired Multifunctional Nanocoating for Rescuing the Active-Material Microenvironment in High-Capacity Sulfur Cathode, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 14, 2303848.

4. Y. He, L. Jing, L. Feng, S. Yang, J. Yang, X. Fu*, W. Yang*, Y. Wang*, A Smart Polymeric Sol-Binder for Building Healthy Active-Material Microenvironment in High-Energy-Density Electrodes, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2203272.

5. X. Fu, Y. Zhou, L. Feng, P. Yu, J. Huang, Q. Zhang*, W. Yang*, Y. Wang*, Rethinking the Electrode Multiscale Microstructures: A Review on Structuring Strategies towards Battery Manufacturing Genome, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 2301385.

6. M. Chen, C. Li, X. Fu*, W. Wei, X. Fan, A. Hattori, Z. Chen, J. Liu*, W.H. Zhong*, Let It Catch: A Short-Branched Protein for Efficiently Capturing Polysulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10, 1903642.

7. A. Ye, Z. Zhu, Z. Ji, X. He, Y. He, X. Fu*, W. Yang, Y. Wang*, Electrochemical Active Micro-Protein Coating by Self-Assembling 2D-Microfluidics for Stabilizing Lithium Metal Anode, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2310593.

8. S. Yang, X. He, T. Hu, Y. He, S. Lv, Z. Ji, Z. Zhu, X. Fu*, W. Yang*, Y. Wang*, A Supertough, Nonflammable, Biomimetic Gel with Neuron-Like Nanoskeleton for Puncture-Tolerant Safe Lithium Metal Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2304727.

9. M. Chen, X. Fu*, Z. Chen, W.H. Zhong*, Protein-Engineered Functional Materials for Bioelectronics, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31, 2006744.

10. Z. Ji, T. Hu, Z. Zhu, D. Wu, S. Lv, S. Yuan, T. Zou, X. Fu*, W. Yang, Y. Wang*, Manipulating the Nanophase Separation of a Polymer-Salt Microfluid Generates an Advanced in-situ Separator for Component-Integrated Energy Storage Devices, ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 1098.