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Enyuan Hu

Chemist, Electrochemical Energy Storage Group, Chemistry Division

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Chemistry Division
Bldg. 555, Room 327
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7751
enhu@bnl.gov

Dr. Enyuan Hu is a principal investigator (PI) in the Chemistry Division of BNL. His team works on advanced battery systems such as lithium metal, lithium sulfur, and solid-state batteries. He is also a co-PI in the Battery500 Consortium and the Low-cost Earth-abundant Na-ion Storage (LENS) Consortium. He has been recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and received the International Battery Material Association (IBA) Early Career Award in 2023. He pioneered the use of synchrotron x-ray total scattering to characterize interphases in lithium batteries and the use of neutron total scattering to study the oxygen redox reaction in battery cathode materials. Additionally, Dr. Hu serves as an associate editor for Nano Energy and holds an adjunct professorship in the department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering at Stony Brook University.

Education | Appointments | Publications | Highlights | Awards

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, USA, 2009-2015
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China, 2005-2008
B.E. Environmental Engineering, Southeast University, China, 2001-2005

Professional Appointments

2023- Chemist, Chemistry Division
2020-2023 Associate Chemist, Chemistry Division
2018-2020 Assistant Chemist, Chemistry Division
2015-2018 Research Associate, Chemistry Division

Selected Publications

Wang N, Wang S, Zheng Y, Kuai D, Lee S, Tan S, Yen D, Zhong H, Ghose S, Du Y, Balbuena P, Liu P, Hu E (2026) Revealing key structures for reversible sulfur redox in amorphous polymeric sulfur. Nature Materials. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-026-02484-y
Wang N, Zhang X, Tan S, Lee S, Hu E (2025) X-ray Diffraction Studies of Single-Crystal Materials for Broad Battery Applications. Chemical Reviews 125:9834–9874. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.5c00394
Tan S, Borodin O, Wang N, Yen D, Weiland C, Hu E (2024) Synergistic Anion and Solvent-Derived Interphases Enable Lithium-Ion Batteries under Extreme Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c07806
Tan S, Kuai D, Yu Z, Perez-Beltran S, Rahman MM, Xia K, Wang N, Chen Y, Yang X-Q, Xiao J, Liu J, Cui Y, Bao Z, Balbuena P, Hu E (2024) Evolution and Interplay of Lithium Metal Interphase Components Revealed by Experimental and Theoretical Studies. Journal of the American Chemical Society 146:11711–11718. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c14232
Lu D, Li R, Rahman MM, Yu P, Lv L, Yang S, Huang Y, Sun C, Zhang S, Zhang H, Zhang J, Xiao X, Deng T, Fan L, Chen L, Wang J, Hu E, Wang, CS, Fan X (2024) Ligand-channel-enabled ultrafast Li-ion conduction. Nature 627:101–107. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07045-4
Rahman MM, Hu E (2023) Electron Delocalization Enables Sulfone-based Single-solvent Electrolyte for Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202311051
Rahman MM, Tan S, Yang Y, Zhong H, Ghose S, Waluyo I, Hunt A, Ma L, Yang X-Q, Hu E (2023) An inorganic-rich but LiF-free interphase for fast charging and long cycle life lithium metal batteries. Nature Communications 14:. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44282-z
Tan S, Kim J-M, Corrao A, Ghose S, Zhong H, Rui N, Wang X, Senanayake S, Polzin BJ, Khalifah P, Xiao J, Liu J, Xu, K, Yang, X-Q, Cao X, Hu E (2023) Unravelling the convoluted and dynamic interphasial mechanisms on Li metal anodes. Nature Nanotechnology 18:243–249. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01273-3
Tan S, Shadike Z, Li J, Wang X, Yang Y, Lin R, Cresce A, Hu J, Hunt A, Waluyo I, Ma L, Monaco F, Cloetens P, Xiao J, Liu Y, Yang X, Xu K, Hu E (2022) Additive engineering for robust interphases to stabilize high-Ni layered structures at ultra-high voltage of 4.8 V. Nature Energy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01020-x
Shadike Z, Lee H, Borodin O, Cao X, Fan X, Wang X, Lin R, Bak S-M, Ghose S, Xu K, Wang C, Liu J, Xiao J, Yang X-Q, Hu E (2021) Identification of LiH and nanocrystalline LiF in the solid–electrolyte interphase of lithium metal anodes. Nature Nanotechnology 16:549–554. doi: 10.1038/s41565-020-00845-5