Dr Xin Fu Tan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering

Journal Articles
Tan, Xin F., Hao, Qichao, Gu, Qinfen, McDonald, Stuart D., Sweatman, Keith, Bermingham, Michael and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2023). The effects of Sb on the lattice and microstructure characteristics of hypo-eutectic Sn-Bi alloys. Materials Characterization, 201 112934, 112934. doi: 10.1016/j.matchar.2023.112934
Tan, Xin F., Kim, Manjin, Yasuda, Kazuhiro and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2023). Strategies to enhance hydrogen storage performances in bulk Mg-based hydrides. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 153, 139-158. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.12.054
Yao, Hu, Zeng, Guang, Tan, Xin F., Gu, Qinfen, Nogita, Kazuhiro, Guo, Jing and Li, Qian (2023). Hydrogen storage performance and phase transformations in as-cast and extruded Mg-Ni-Gd-Y-Zn-Cu alloys. Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 151, 162-177. doi: 10.1016/j.jmst.2022.12.015
Zhou, Jiye, Tan, Xin Fu, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). Mechanical properties and microstructure of binary In-Sn alloys for flexible low temperature electronic joints. Materials, 15 (23) 8321, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/ma15238321
Tan, Xin F., Kim, Manjin, Gu, Qinfen, Pinzon Piraquive, Julio, Zeng, Guang, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). Na-modified cast hypo-eutectic Mg–Mg2Si alloys for solid-state hydrogen storage. Journal of Power Sources, 538 231538, 231538. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231538
Abdul Razak, N. R., Tan, X. F., Mohd Salleh, M. A. A., McDonald, S. D., Bermingham, M. J., Yasuda, H. and Nogita, K. (2022). Controlling the distribution of porosity during transient liquid phase bonding of Sn-based solder joint. Materials Today Communications, 31 103248, 103248. doi: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103248
Tan, C. Y., Salleh, M.A.A. Mohd, Tan, X. F., Yasuda, H., Saud, N., Ramli, M. I.I. and Nogita, K. (2022). Properties of Sn-3 wt%Ag-5 wt%Cu alloys with Cu6Sn5 intermetallics grain refined by Mg. Materials Today Communications, 31 103221, 103221. doi: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103221
Tan, Xin F., Tao, Shiwei, Ran, Lingbing, Knibbe, Ruth and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). Cobalt‐doped Cu6Sn5 lithium‐ion battery anodes with enhanced electrochemical properties. Nano Select, 3 (8), 1264-1276. doi: 10.1002/nano.202200056
Kim, Manjin, Tan, Xin Fu, Gu, Qinfen, McDonald, Stuart D., Ali, Yahia, Matsumura, Syo and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). Hydrogen sorption behaviour of Mg-5wt.%La alloys after the initial hydrogen absorption process. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47 (36), 16132-16143. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.03.102
Jokari-Sheshdeh, Maziar, Ali, Yahia, Nué, Charline Le, Gallo, Santiago Corujeira, Tan, Xin Fu, Lin, Weikang and Gates, J.D. (2022). Evaluation of silicon effects on abrasion performance, microstructure and crystalline structure of NiHard-4 white cast iron using synchrotron X-ray diffraction. Materialia, 21 101332, 101332. doi: 10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101332
Tan, Xin F., Gu, Qinfen, Bermingham, Michael, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). Systematic investigation of the effect of Ni concentration in Cu-xNi/Sn couples for high temperature soldering. Acta Materialia, 226 117661. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117661
Hao, Qichao, Tan, Xin F., Gu, Qinfen, Sweatman, Keith, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). The effects of temperature and solute diffusion on volume change in Sn-Bi solder alloys. JOM, 74 (4), 1739-1750. doi: 10.1007/s11837-021-05145-4
Yang, Wenhui, Tran, Xuan Quy, Yamamoto, Tomokazu, Aso, Kohei, Somidin, Flora, Tan, Xin Fu, Kawami, Youichirou, Nogita, Kazuhiro and Matsumura, Syo (2022). Atomic insights into the ordered solid solutions of Ni and Au in η-Cu6Sn5. Acta Materialia, 224 117513, 117513. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2021.117513
Tan, Xin F., Somidin, Flora, McDonald, Stuart D., Bermingham, Michael J., Maeno, Hiroshi, Matsumura, Syo and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). In situ observation of liquid solder alloys and solid substrate reactions using high-voltage transmission electron microscopy. Materials, 15 (2) 510, 510. doi: 10.3390/ma15020510
Tan, Xin Fu, Belyakov, Sergey A., Su, Te-Cheng, Gu, Qinfen, Liu, Shiqian, McDonald, Stuart D., Gourlay, Christopher M., Yasuda, Hideyuki, Matsumura, Syo and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2021). Rapid fabrication of tin-copper anodes for lithium-ion battery applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 867 159031, 159031. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.159031
Liu, Shiqian, Tan, Xin Fu, McDonald, Stuart D., Gu, Qinfen, Matsumura, Syo and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2021). Interfacial reactions between Ga and Cu-xNi (x=0, 2, 6, 10, 14) substrates and the strength of Cu-xNi/Ga/Cu-xNi joints. Intermetallics, 133 107168, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.intermet.2021.107168
Abdul Razak, N.R., Tan, X.F., Somidin, F., Yasuda, H., McDonald, S.D. and Nogita, K. (2021). In-situ observation of high-temperature Pb-free electric interconnections by synchrotron microradiography. Materials Letters, 291 129520, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.129520
Tan, Xin F., Gu, Qinfen, Qu, Dongdong, Yong, Adrian X.B., Yang, Wenhui, McDonald, Stuart D., Matsumura, Syo and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2020). Electrochemically enhanced Cu6Sn5 anodes with tailored crystal orientation and ordered atomic arrangements for lithium-ion battery applications. Acta Materialia, 201, 341-349. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.10.011
Tan, Xin Fu, Yong, Adrian Xiao Bin, Gu, Qinfen, Yang, Wenhui, Aso, Kohei, Matsumura, Syo, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2020). The effects of trace Sb and Zn additions on Cu6Sn5 lithium-ion battery anodes. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 20 (8), 5182-5191. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2020.18538
Tan, Xin F., Yang, Wenhui, Aso, Kohei, Matsumura, Syo, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2019). Evidence of copper separation in lithiated Cu6Sn5 lithium-ion battery anodes. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3 (1) acsaem.9b02014, 141-145. doi: 10.1021/acsaem.9b02014
Tan, Xin F., McDonald, Stuart D., Gu, Qinfen, Wang, Lianzhou, Matsumura, Syo and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2019). The effects of Ni on inhibiting the separation of Cu during the lithiation of Cu6Sn5 lithium-ion battery anodes. Journal of Power Sources, 440 227085, 227085. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.227085
Dargusch, Matthew, Shi, Xiao-Lei, Tran, Xuan Quy, Feng, Tianli, Somidin, Flora, Tan, Xin, Liu, Weidi, Jack, Kevin, Venezuela, Jeffrey, Maeno, Hiroshi, Toriyama, Takaaki, Matsumura, Syo, Pantelides, Sokrates T. and Chen, Zhi-Gang (2019). In- situ observation of the continuous phase transition in determining the high thermoelectric performance of polycrystalline Sn0.98Se. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10 (21), 6512-6517. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02818
Tan, Xin Fu, McDonald, Stuart D., Gu, Qinfen, Hu, Yuxiang, Wang, Lianzhou, Matsumura, Syo, Nishimura, Tetsuro and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2019). Characterisation of lithium-ion battery anodes fabricated via in-situ Cu6Sn5 growth on a copper current collector. Journal of Power Sources, 415, 50-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.01.034
Li, Ming, Amirzadeh, Zhila, De Marco, Roland, Tan, Xin Fu, Whittaker, Andrew, Huang, Xia, Wepf, Roger and Knibbe, Ruth (2018). In situ techniques for developing robust Li-S batteries. Small Methods, 2 (11) 1800133, 1800133. doi: 10.1002/smtd.201800133
Tran, Xuan Quy, McDonald, Stuart D. , Gu, Qinfen, Tan, Xin Fu and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2016). Effect of trace Na additions on the hydriding kinetics of hypo-eutectic Mg-Ni alloys. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (10), 6851-6861. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.12.007
Tran, Xuan Quy, McDonald, Stuart D., Gu, Qinfen, Tan, Xin Fu and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2016). Effect of impurity N2 concentration on the hydriding kinetics of Na-doped Mg-Ni alloys. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (1), 366-375. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.08.110
Moroz, Stephanie, Tan, Xin Fu, Pierce, Jordan, Greaves, Matthew, Duguid, Andrew, Dumur, Krista and Ng, Jeffrey (2013). Systems based on hypo-eutectic Mg-Mg2Ni alloys for medium to large scale hydrogen storage and delivery. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 580, S329-S332. doi: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2013.03.127
Conference Papers
Tan, Xin F., Zhou, Jiye, McDonald, Stuart D., Ikeda, Masahiko and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2023). Evolution of the Sn-Bi Solder Microstructure vs. Temperature – an In- situ Scanning Electron Microscopy Study. IEEE. doi: 10.23919/icep58572.2023.10129743
Abdul Razak, Nurul R., Tan, Xin F., McDonald, Stuart D., Bermingham, Michael J., Venezuela, Jeffery, Nishimura, Tetsuro and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2023). Controlling porosity during transient liquid phase bonding for high-temperature soldering processes. IEEE. doi: 10.23919/icep58572.2023.10129722
Hao, Qichao, Tan, Xin Fu, McDonald, Stuart D., Sweatman, Keith, Nishimura, Takatoshi, Nishimura, Tetsuro and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2022). Comparison of the mechanical properties of conventional Pb-free solders and eutectic Sn-Bi solder. International Conference on Electronics Packaging (ICEP), Sapporo, Japan, 11-14 May 2022. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.23919/ICEP55381.2022.9795406
Abdul Razak, Nurul Razliana, Tan, Xin Fu, McDonald, Stuart D. and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2019). Interfacial reactions between different Sn-based lead- free solder alloys and CuNi substrates. The Electronic Packaging Interconnect Technology Symposium 2019 , Penang, Malaysia, 24–25 November 2019. Institute of Physics Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/701/1/012008
Tan, Xin Fu, Abdul Razak, Nurul Razliana, Husain, Muhammad Hafiz, McDonald, Stuart and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2019). Temperature dependency of the growth rate of (Cu,Ni)6Sn5 on Cu-xNi substrates. The Electronic Packaging Interconnect Technology Symposium 2019, Penang, Malaysia, 24–25 November 2019. Institute of Physics Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/701/1/012007
Tan, Xin Fu, Mohd Salleh, Mohd Arif Anuar, McDonald, Stuart and Nogita, Kazuhiro (2018). Grain refinements of Cu6Sn5 in Sn-3wt%Ag-5wt%Cu high temperature solder alloys. Electronic Packaging Interconnect Technology Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, 1-2 November 2017. Trans Tech Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.273.20
Thesis
Tan, Xin Fu (2020). New manufacturing methods for advanced lithium ion battery anode materials. PhD Thesis, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/57e34a9