一、研究领域或方向

热电能源材料

二、工作经历

2019.6-2021.5 北京航空航天大学博士后

2021.5-至今  我校特聘研究员

三、科研项目

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目

2. 我校青年教师跟踪支持项目

3. 我校青年拔尖人才支持计划

四、学术成果介绍

长期从事热电能源材料的研究，致力于通过微观结构设计和能带调控策略开发高效热电材料。2019年入选博士后创新人才支持计划，2019年获得国际热电学会“Graduate Student Award”。目前在热电相关领域发表学术论文50余篇，其中以（共同）第一作者或通讯作者发表论文30余篇，包括Science, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mater.等，文章被引用2400余次。

代表性论文：

1. Yu Xiao, Li-Dong Zhao*. Seeking new, highly effective thermoelectrics, Science, 367 (2020) 1196-1197.

2. Yu Xiao,†*, Haijun Wu,† Haonan Shi, Liqing Xu, Yuke Zhu, Yongxin Qin, Yang Zhang, Guyang Peng, Zhen-hua Ge, Xiangdong Ding, Li-Dong Zhao.* High-ranged ZT value promotes thermoelectric cooling and power generation in n-type PbTe, Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 202200204.

3. Yu Xiao*, Liqing Xu, Tao Hong, Haonan Shi, Sining Wang, Xiang Gao, Xiangdong Ding, Jun Sun, Li-Dong Zhao*. Ultrahigh carrier mobility contributes to remarkably enhanced thermoelectric performance in n-type PbSe, Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15(1) 346-355.

4. Yu Xiao, Dongyang Wang, Yang Zhang, Congrun Chen, Shuxuan Zhang, Kedong Wang, Guangtao Wang, Stephen J. Pennycook, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Haijun Wu,* Li-Dong Zhao.* Band sharpening and alignment enable high quality factor to enhance thermoelectric performance in n-type PbS, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (2020) 4051-4060.

5. Yu Xiao^#, Haijun Wu^#, Dongyang Wang, Changlei Niu, Yanling Pei, Yang Zhang, Ioannis Spanopoulos, Ian Thomas Witting, Xin Li, Stephen J. Pennycook, G. Jeffrey Snyder, Mercouri G. Kanatzidis, Li-Dong Zhao.* Amphoteric indium enables carrier engineering to enhance the power factor and thermoelectric performance in n-type Ag_nPb₁₀₀In_nTe_100+2n (LIST), Advanced Energy Materials, 9 (2019) 1900414.

6. Yu Xiao, Dongyang Wang, Bingchao Qin, Jinfeng Wang, Guangtao Wang, Li-Dong Zhao.* Approaching topological insulating states leads to high-performance n-type PbTe, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140 (2018) 13097-13102.

7. Yu Xiao, Li-Dong Zhao.* Charge and phonon transports in PbTe-based thermoelectric materials, npj Quantum Materials, 3 (2018) 55.

8. Yu Xiao^#, Haijun Wu^#, Dongyang Wang, Liangwei Fu, Jiaqing He, Stephen J. Pennycook, Li-Dong Zhao*. Realizing high performance n-type PbTe via synergistically optimizing effective mass, carrier mobility and suppressing bipolar thermal conductivity, Energy & Environmental Science, 11 (2018) 2486 - 2495.

9. Yu Xiao^#, Haijun Wu^#, Meijie Yin, Wei Li, Liangwei Fu, Yuexing Chen, Stephen John Pennycook, Li Huang, Jiaqing He, Li-Dong Zhao.* Remarkable roles of Cu to synergistically optimize phonon and carrier transport in n-type PbTe-Cu₂Te, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139 (2017) 18732–18738.

10. Yu Xiao, Cheng Chang, Yanling Pei, Di Wu, Kunling Peng, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Shengkai Gong, Jiaqing He, Yongsheng Zhang*, Zhi Zeng, Li-Dong Zhao*. Origin of low thermal conductivity in SnSe, Physical Review B, 94 (2016) 125203.