Sailin Liu

Sailin Liu

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr. Sailin Liu is committed to developing high-energy-density batteries with high safety and long cycling lives. During her Ph.D. study, she was specializing in frontier technologies of developing non-flammable electrolytes and stable electrode/electrolyte interface. Her current research interest is non-flammable organic electrolytes, electrolyte/electrode interface, aqueous rechargeable battery technology.

Dr. Sailin Liu is an ARC-funded Industry Early Career Research Fellow (IE24) at the University of Adelaide. She is also an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide. She is an emerging leader in materials science and electrochemistry, demonstrating productivity and influence throughout her career since completing her PhD in 2021. Her research focuses on developing non-flammable electrolytes and stable electrode/electrolyte interfaces for lithium metal, Li-CO2, potassium ion, and aqueous batteries (eg. aqueous zinc ion batteries and aqueous lithium ion batteries). Dr. Liu has expertise in electrolyte research, fostering industrial skills and research collaborations. She has extensive experience utilizing Synchrotron FT-IR, PD and XAS beamlines and has been awarded the AINSE-PGRA and AINSE-ECRG for her work with in-situ Synchrotron FTIR in Australia.

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=zdKJpkEAAAAJ&hl=en

2024-2027 ARC Early Career Industrial Fellowship 2024 for "All-temperature aqueous zinc ion batteries for stationary energy storage", Principal Investigator

2023-2030 ARC Centre of Excellence for "Green Electrochemical Transformation of Carbon Dioxide", Associate Investigator

2020-2024 ARC Discovery Project (DP200101862) for “Low-cost aqueous rechargeable zinc batteries for grid-scale energy storage”, Associate Investigator

2022-2023 AINSE-ECRG (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science - Engineering-Early Career Research Grant), Principal Investigator

2024 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program. AS242/XAS/21847, Principal Investigator

2024 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program. AS241/IRM/21433, Principal Investigator

2024 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program, AS241/MCT/21576, Principal Investigator

2023 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program, AS233/IRM/20503, Principal Investigator

2023 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program, AS233/MCT/20527, Principal Investigator

2023 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program, AS231/IRM/19576, Principal Investigator

2022 ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron Access Program, AS223/IRM/18890, Principal Investigator

Guest lecturer for UoA master course of MAT ENG7110-Fundamental of Materials

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2025 Co-Supervisor Optimizing Zn Anode Behavior in Aqueous Zn-Based Batteries through Electrolyte Composition Adjustment for Improved Battery Performance Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Weifan Wu
  • Other Supervision Activities

    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Combined theoretical calculation and experiment: Electrolyte design and interphases The University of Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Yilin Zhang
    2024 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Electrolytes design for enhancing the ionic conductivity at wide temperatures The University of Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Wangwu Li
    2024 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Extending the Electrochemical Stability Windows of Electrolytes for Aqueous Lithium Ion Batteries The University of Adelaide Master Course Master Full Time Zeru Wang
    2022 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Electrolyte Design for Wide Temperature Applications The University of Adelaide - Doctorate Full Time Ruizhi Zhang
  • Mentoring

    Date Topic Location Name
    2024 - ongoing Membrane Electrode Assembly for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction The University of Adelaide Pengliang Sun

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