Dr Qingbing Xia
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering
Affiliate of Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
Centre for Multiscale Energy Systems
Researcher biography
I received my B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Central South University (China) in July 2012 and July 2015, respectively. In December 2019, I completed my Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, specialising in Energy Materials, at the University of Wollongong (Australia). Since July 2020, I have been conducting postdoctoral research at The University of Queensland.
I have extensive research experience in the development of battery electrode materials, electrolyte materials, and reaction characterisation for lithium-ion, sodium-ion, and solid-state lithium/sodium metal batteries. My expertise encompasses materials design, synthesis, characterisation, and electrochemical analysis.
My current research focuses on: (1) developing low-cost and functional electrode materials for high-energy-density rechargeable batteries; (2) employing in situ and operando techniques to investigate electrode and electrode/electrolyte interface reactions in batteries; (3) designing and optimising solid polymer electrolytes; and (4) advancing solid-state metal battery technologies.
Book Chapter
Xia, Qingbing and Zhao, X. S. (George) (2023). Organic Liquid Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Handbook of Sodium-Ion Batteries. (pp. 345-388) New York, NY United States: Jenny Stanford Publishing. doi: 10.1201/9781003308744-8
Journal Articles
Xia, Qingbing, Ko, Cheng-Lin, Fan, Yameng, Liu, Hanwen, Lei, Yaojie, Xu, Zhonghao, Shao, Zongping, Gentle, Ian R. and Knibbe, Ruth (2025). Interfacial orbital hybridisation derived robust cathode-electrolyte interphase enables exceptional sodium-ion storage performance. ACS Nano. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.5c12225
Zhang, Jinfang, Liu, Rong, Zhu, Kexin, Guo, Wanyang, Li, Panpan, Guo, Huaxin, Li, Xiaofeng and Xia, Qingbing (2025). Silica-centered crosslinking solid polymer electrolyte for sodium metal batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal, 521 166186, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.166186
Xia, Qingbing, Ko, Cheng‐Lin, Cooper, Emily R., Gu, Qinfen, Knibbe, Ruth and Harmer, Jeffrey R. (2025). Elucidating sodium ion storage mechanisms in hard carbon anodes at the electronic level. Advanced Functional Materials, 35 (28) 2421976, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/adfm.202421976
Xia, Qingbing, Liang, Yaru, Cooper, Emily R., Ko, Cheng‐Lin, Hu, Zhe, Li, Weijie, Chou, Shulei and Knibbe, Ruth (2024). Monolayer sodium titanate nanobelts as a highly efficient anode material for sodium‐ion batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 14 (45) 2400929. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202400929
Cooper, Emily, Otte, Joseph, Zheng, Zhong, Xia, Qingbing, Gentle, Ian R. and Knibbe, Ruth (2024). Revealing epitaxial deposition in alkali metal batteries. Nano Letters, 24 (47), 15085-15091. doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04331
Zhang, Jinfang, Wang, Yuanyuan, Xia, Qingbing, Li, Xiaofeng, Liu, Bin, Hu, Tuoping, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Hu, Shengliang, Knibbe, Ruth and Chou, Shulei (2024). Confining polymer electrolyte in MOF for safe and high‐performance all‐solid‐state sodium metal batteries. Angewandte Chemie, 136 (16) e202318822. doi: 10.1002/ange.202318822
Zhang, Jin-Fang, Wang, Yuan-Yuan, Li, Xiao-Feng, Zhang, Gen-Yan, Li, Ying, Liu, Rong, Hu, Sheng-Liang, Hu, Tuo-Ping, Knibbe, Ruth and Xia, Qing-Bing (2024). ZIF-8-functionalized polymer electrolyte with enhanced performance for high-temperature solid-state lithium metal batteries. Rare Metals, 43 (3), 984-994. doi: 10.1007/s12598-023-02521-8
Zhang, Jinfang, Wang, Yuanyuan, Xia, Qingbing, Li, Xiaofeng, Liu, Bin, Hu, Tuoping, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Hu, Shengliang, Knibbe, Ruth and Chou, Shulei (2024). Confining polymer electrolyte in MOF for safe and high-performance all-solid-state sodium metal batteries. Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), 63 (16) e202318822, e202318822. doi: 10.1002/anie.202318822
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Xia, Qingbing, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2024). Correction to “Facilitating Sodium Nucleation in Anode-Free Sodium Batteries”. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (2), 820-820. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.3c03025
Zhang, Jiayun, Su, Bing-Jian, Wu, Kuang-Hsu, Xia, Qingbing, Knibbe, Ruth and Gentle, Ian (2024). Low-coordinated surface nickel oxide as electrocatalyst for efficient water oxidation. Journal of Catalysis, 429 115278, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115278
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Gentle, Ian, Xia, Qingbing and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). A deeper understanding of metal nucleation and growth in rechargeable metal batteries through theory and experiment. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (51) e202309247, 1-24. doi: 10.1002/anie.202309247
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Xia, Qingbing, Gentle, Ian and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). Facilitating sodium nucleation in anode-free sodium batteries. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 6 (22), 11550-11559. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01938
Cooper, Emily R., Li, Ming, Gentle, Ian, Xia, Qingbing and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). A Deeper Understanding of Metal Nucleation and Growth in Rechargeable Metal Batteries Through Theory and Experiment. Angewandte Chemie, 135 (51), 1-23. doi: 10.1002/ange.202309247
Tao, Shiwei, Demir, Baris, Baktash, Ardeshir, Zhu, Yutong, Xia, Qingbing, Jiao, Yalong, Zhao, Yuying, Lin, Tongen, Li, Ming, Lyu, Miaoqiang, Gentle, Ian, Wang, Lianzhou and Knibbe, Ruth (2023). Solvent‐derived fluorinated secondary interphase for reversible Zn‐graphite dual‐ion batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (39) e202307208, 1-10. doi: 10.1002/anie.202307208
Liu, Hanwen, Zhou, Qianqin, Xia, Qingbing, Lei, Yaojie, Long Huang, Xiang, Tebyetekerwa, Mike and Song Zhao, Xiu (2023). Interface challenges and optimization strategies for aqueous zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 77, 642-659. doi: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.11.028
Ma, Cheng, Ni, Xuyan, Zhang, Youquan, Xia, Qingbing, Zhou, Liangjun, Chen, Libao, Lai, Yanqing, Ji, Xiaobo, Yan, Chenglin and Wei, Weifeng (2022). Implanting an ion-selective “skin” in electrolyte towards high-energy and safe lithium-sulfur battery. Matter, 5 (7), 2225-2237. doi: 10.1016/j.matt.2022.04.017
Hu, Zhe, Tebyetekerwa, Mike, Elkholy, Ayman E., Xia, Qingbing, Hussain, Tanveer, Liu, Hanwen and Zhao, Xiu Song (2022). Synthesis of Carbon-Modified Cobalt Disphosphide as Anode for Sodium-Ion Storage. Electrochimica Acta, 423 140611, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2022.140611
Xia, Qingbing, Liu, Hanwen and Zhao, Xiu Song (2022). Surface engineering of anode materials for improving sodium-ion storage performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (8), 3889-3904. doi: 10.1039/d1ta09567f
Thompson, Mathew, Xia, Qingbing, Hu, Zhe and Zhao, Xiu Song (2021). A review on biomass-derived hard carbon materials for sodium-ion batteries. Materials Advances, 2 (18), 5881-5905. doi: 10.1039/d1ma00315a
Han, Chao, Wang, Xinyi, Peng, Jian, Xia, Qingbing, Chou, Shulei, Cheng, Gang, Huang, Zhenguo and Li, Weijie (2021). Recent progress on two-dimensional carbon materials for emerging post-lithium (Na+, K+, Zn2+) hybrid supercapacitors. Polymers, 13 (13) 2137, 2137. doi: 10.3390/polym13132137
Liu, Liying, Liang, Jinji, Wang, Wanlin, Han, Chao, Xia, Qingbing, Ke, Xi, Liu, Jun, Gu, Qinfen, Shi, Zhicong, Chou, Shulei, Dou, Shixue and Li, Weijie (2021). A P3-type K1/2Mn5/6Mg1/12Ni1/12O2 cathode material for potassium-ion batteries with high structural reversibility secured by the Mg–Ni pinning effect. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13 (24), 28369-28377. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c07220
Zhang, Jiansheng, Lin, Chunfu, Xia, Qingbing, Wang, Chao and Zhao, Xiu Song (2021). Improved performance of Na3TiMn(PO4)3 using a non-stoichiometric synthesis strategy. ACS Energy Letters, 6 (6), 2081-2089. doi: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00426
Yuan, Ding, Dou, Yuhai, He, Chun-Ting, Yu, Linping, Xu, Li, Adekoya, David, Xia, Qingbing, Ma, Jianmin, Dou, Shi Xue and Zhang, Shanqing (2021). Sulfur doping optimized intermediate energetics of FeCoOOH for enhanced oxygen evolution catalytic activity. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2 (2) 100331, 100331. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100331
Yang, Qiuran, Tai, Zhixin, Xia, Qingbing, Lai, Weihong, Wang, Wanlin, Zhang, Binwei, Yan, Zichao, Peng, Jian, Yang, Huiling, Liu, Hanwen, Gu, Qinfen, Chou, Shulei and Liu, Huakun (2021). Copper phosphide as a promising anode material for potassium-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9 (13), 8378-8385. doi: 10.1039/d0ta11496k
Yang, Ying, Feng, Yuzhang, Chen, Zhuo, Feng, Yiming, Huang, Qun, Ma, Cheng, Xia, Qingbing, Liang, Chaoping, Zhou, Liangjun, Islam, M. Saiful, Wang, Peng, Zhou, Liang, Mai, Liqiang and Wei, Weifeng (2020). Strain engineering by atomic lattice locking in P2-type layered oxide cathode for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries. Nano Energy, 76 105061, 105061. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105061
Xia, Qingbing, Liang, Yaru, Lin, Zeheng, Wang, Shiwen, Lai, Weihong, Yuan, Ding, Dou, Yuhai, Gu, Qinfen, Wang, Jia-Zhao, Liu, Hua Kun, Dou, Shi Xue, Fang, Shaoming and Chou, Shu-Lei (2020). Confining ultrathin 2D superlattices in mesoporous hollow spheres renders ultrafast and high-capacity Na-ion storage. Advanced Energy Materials, 10 (36) 2001033, 2001033. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202001033
Liang, Yaru, Xiong, Xiang, Xu, Zhuijun, Xia, Qingbing, Wan, Liyang, Liu, Rutie, Chen, Guoxin and Chou, Shu-Lei (2020). Ultrathin 2D Mesoporous TiO2/rGO Heterostructure for High-Performance Lithium Storage. Small, 16 (26) 2000030, 2000030. doi: 10.1002/smll.202000030
Dou, Yuhai, He, Chun-Ting, Zhang, Lei, Al-Mamun, Mohammad, Guo, Haipeng, Zhang, Wenchao, Xia, Qingbing, Xu, Jiantie, Jiang, Lixue, Wang, Yun, Liu, Porun, Chen, Xiao-Ming, Yin, Huajie and Zhao, Huijun (2020). How cobalt and iron doping determine the oxygen evolution electrocatalytic activity of NiOOH. Cell Reports Physical Science, 1 (6) 100077, 100077. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100077
Yan, Zichao, Liang, Yaru, Xiao, Jin, Lai, Weihong, Wang, Wanlin, Xia, Qingbing, Wang, Yunxiao, Gu, Qinfen, Lu, Huanming, Chou, Shu-Lei, Liu, Yong, Liu, Huakun and Dou, Shi-Xue (2020). A high-kinetics sulfur cathode with a highly efficient mechanism for superior room-temperature Na-S batteries. Advanced Materials, 32 (8) 1906700, 1906700. doi: 10.1002/adma.201906700
Yuan, Ding, Dou, Yuhai, Xu, Li, Yu, Linping, Cheng, Ningyan, Xia, Qingbing, Hencz, Luke, Ma, Jianmin, Dou, Shi Xue and Zhang, Shanqing (2020). Atomically thin mesoporous NiCo2O4 grown on holey graphene for enhanced pseudocapacitive energy storage. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (27), 13443-13451. doi: 10.1039/d0ta03007d
Li, Weijie, Han, Chao, Wang, Wanlin, Xia, Qingbing, Chou, Shulei, Gu, Qinfen, Johannessen, Bernt, Liu, HuaKun and Dou, Shixue (2019). Stress Distortion Restraint to Boost the Sodium Ion Storage Performance of a Novel Binary Hexacyanoferrate. Advanced Energy Materials, 10 (4) 1903006, 1903006. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201903006
Ma, Cheng, Feng, Yiming, Xing, Fangzhou, Zhou, Lin, Yanq, Ying, Xia, Qingbing, Zhou, Liangjun, Zhang, Lijun, Chen, Libao, Ivey, Douglas G., Sadoway, Donald R. and Wei, Weifeng (2019). A borate decorated anion-immobilized solid polymer electrolyte for dendrite-free, long-life Li metal batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (34), 19970-19976. doi: 10.1039/c9ta07551h
Lin, Zeheng, Xia, Qingbing, Wang, Wanlin, Li, Weishan and Chou, Shulei (2019). Recent research progresses in ether- and ester-based electrolytes for sodium-ion batteries. InfoMat, 1 (3), 376-389. doi: 10.1002/inf2.12023
Xia, Qingbing, Lin, Zeheng, Lai, Weihong, Wang, Yongfei, Ma, Cheng, Yan, Zichao, Gu, Qinfen, Wei, Weifeng, Wang, Jia‐Zhao, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Liu, Hua Kun, Dou, Shi Xue and Chou, Shu‐Lei (2019). 2D Titania–Carbon Superlattices Vertically Encapsulated in 3D Hollow Carbon Nanospheres Embedded with 0D TiO
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Quantum Dots for Exceptional Sodium‐Ion Storage. Angewandte Chemie, 131 (40), 14263-14266. doi: 10.1002/ange.201907189
Xia, Qingbing, Lin, Zeheng, Lai, Weihong, Wang, Yongfei, Ma, Cheng, Yan, Zichao, Gu, Qinfen, Wei, Weifeng, Wang, Jia‐Zhao, Zhang, Zhiqiang, Liu, Hua Kun, Dou, Shi Xue and Chou, Shu‐Lei (2019). 2D titania–carbon superlattices vertically encapsulated in 3D hollow carbon nanospheres embedded with 0D TiO2 quantum dots for exceptional sodium‐ion storage. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (40), 14125-14128. doi: 10.1002/anie.201907189
Lin, Zeheng, Li, Jianhui, Huang, Qiming, Xu, Kang, Fan, Weizhen, Yu, Le, Xia, Qingbing and Li, Weishan (2019). Insights into the Interfacial Instability between Carbon-Coated SiO Anode and Electrolyte in Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 (20) acs.jpcc.9b02509, 12902-12909. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b02509
Xia, Qingbing, Huang, Yang, Xiao, Jin, Wang, Lei, Lin, Zeheng, Li, Weijie, Liu, Hui, Gu, Qinfen, Liu, Hua Kun and Chou, Shu-Lei (2019). Phosphorus-modulation-triggered surface disorder in titanium dioxide nanocrystals enables exceptional sodium-storage performance. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 58 (12), 4022-4026. doi: 10.1002/anie.201813721
Li, Weijie, Han, Chao, Xia, Qingbing, Zhang, Kai, Chou, Shulei, Kang, Yong-Mook, Wang, Jiazhao, Liu, Hua Kun and Dou, Shi Xue (2018). Remarkable enhancement in sodium-ion kinetics of NaFe2(CN)6 by chemical bonding with graphene. Small Methods, 2 (4) 1700346, 1700346. doi: 10.1002/smtd.201700346
Xia, Qingbing, Li, Weijie, Miao, Zongcheng, Chou, Shulei and Liu, Huakun (2017). Phosphorus and phosphide nanomaterials for sodium-ion batteries. Nano Research, 10 (12), 4055-4081. doi: 10.1007/s12274-017-1671-7
Liu, Jiatu, Wang, Shuangbao, Ding, Zhengping, Zhou, Ruiqi, Xia, Qingbing, Zhang, Jinfang, Chen, Libao, Wei, Weifeng and Wang, Peng (2016). The effect of boron doping on structure and electrochemical performance of lithium-rich layered oxide materials. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8 (28), 18008-18017. doi: 10.1021/acsami.6b03056
Zhao, Ying, Liu, Jiatu, Wang, Shuangbao, Ji, Ran, Xia, Qingbing, Ding, Zhengping, Wei, Weifeng, Liu, Yong, Wang, Peng and Ivey, Douglas G. (2016). Surface Structural Transition Induced by Gradient Polyanion-Doping in Li-Rich Layered Oxides: Implications for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance. Advanced Functional Materials, 26 (26), 4760-4767. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201600576
Ma, Cheng, Zhang, Jinfang, Xu, Mingquan, Xia, Qingbing, Liu, Jiatu, Zhao, Shuai, Chen, Libao, Pan, Anqiang, Ivey, Douglas G. and Wei, Weifeng (2016). Cross-linked branching nanohybrid polymer electrolyte with monodispersed TiO2 nanoparticles for high performance lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 317, 103-111. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.03.097
Xu, Mingquan, Lian, Qingwang, Wu, Yuxin, Ma, Cheng, Tan, Pengfei, Xia, Qingbing, Zhang, Jinfang, Ivey, Douglas G. and Wei, Weifeng (2016). Li+-conductive Li2SiO3 stabilized Li-rich layered oxide with an in situ formed spinel nano-coating layer: toward enhanced electrochemical performance for lithium-ion batteries. RSC Advances, 6 (41), 34245-34253. doi: 10.1039/c6ra00769d
Zhang, Jinfang, Ma, Cheng, Xia, Qingbing, Liu, Jiatu, Ding, Zhengping, Xu, Mingquan, Chen, Libao and Wei, Weifeng (2016). Composite electrolyte membranes incorporating viscous copolymers with cellulose for high performance lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Membrane Science, 497, 259-269. doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.09.056
Xia, Qingbing, Zhao, Xinfu, Xu, Mingquan, Ding, Zhengping, Liu, Jiatu, Chen, Libao, Ivey, Douglas G. and Wei, Weifeng (2015). A Li-rich Layered@Spinel@Carbon heterostructured cathode material for high capacity and high rate lithium-ion batteries fabricated via an in situ synchronous carbonization-reduction method. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (7), 3995-4003. doi: 10.1039/c4ta05848h
Dou, Yuhai, Liu, Yong, Liu, Yanbin, Xiong, Zhiping and Xia, Qingbing (2014). Friction and wear behaviors of B4C/6061Al composite. Materials and Design, 60, 669-677. doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2014.04.016
Dou, Yu-Hai, Liu, Yong, Liu, Yan-Bin and Xia, Qing-Bing (2013). Effect of Si content on friction-wear properties of high-silicon aluminum alloys fabricated by mechanical alloying and hot pressing. Fenmo Yejin Cailiao Kexue yu Gongcheng/Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy, 18 (5), 669-674.
Dou, Yu-Hai, Liu, Yong, Liu, Yan-Bin, Xia, Qing-Bing and Xu, Fei (2013). Microstructures and properties of high-silicon aluminum alloys fabricated by mechanical alloying and hot pressing. Fenmo Yejin Cailiao Kexue yu Gongcheng/Materials Science and Engineering of Powder Metallurgy, 18 (4), 566-571.