Changtai Zhao, an expert in the field of all-solid-state batteries, hasrecently joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering atNingbo Eastern Institute of Technology on a full-time basis,appointed as Associate Professor and doctoral supervisor. With this,EITs positioning in new-energy materials gains a young scholar whocombines academic depth with industry experience.FromDalian to North America, and Then to the Front Line of the BatteryIndustryIn2017, Changtai Zhao received his Ph.D. i

OnJune 5, the Joint Laboratory for Cathode Materials ofAll-Solid-State Batteries of Ningbo Eastern Institute ofTechnology (EIT) and GEM Co., Ltd. officially signed its cooperationagreement on the EIT campus. The two sides will carry out in-depthcooperation in core technology breakthroughs, joint talentcultivation, and the commercialization of research achievements,jointly exploring a new model of industry–universitycollaborative innovation.Shiyi Chen, President of EIT and Member of the Chinese A

OnMarch 4, Sun Xueliang, University Chair Professor at Ningbo EasternInstitute of Technology and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy ofEngineering, visited Dongnan Primary School in Yinzhou District,Ningbo, delivering the 22nd lecture of the series ScientistsTake the Stage, titled Small Battery, Big Dream: LightingUp the Future of a Strong Nation with Chinas Own Chip. Thelecture also served as the first science-education class of the newsemester in Yinzhou District.Photocaption: Sun Xueliang f

Recently,Zhangxing Chen, University Chair Professor at Ningbo EasternInstitute of Technology, Member of the U.S. National Academy ofEngineering, and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy ofEngineering, was awarded the Outstanding Scientist Award,one of the three annual Science and Technology Awardspresented by the Chinese Professionals and Scholars Association inAmerica (CPSA) in 2025.Atthe 2025 Global Sci-Tech Innovation Summit and the grand celebrationof the 33rd anniversary of the CPSA, he sh

Rooted in Ningbo: Witnessing Scientific‑Technological Changes for Nearly Two DecadesIn 2002, after earning his doctorate from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Li Runwei was funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to work as a JSPS Research Fellow at the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University. Later, with funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany, he became a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Kaisersla

Cation-disordered rocksalt (DRX) cathode materials offer high capacity and a vast compositional design space, and can reduce dependence on scarce metals such as nickel and cobalt, making them important candidate materials for next-generation high-specific-energy lithium-ion batteries. However, identifying effective lithium-ion migration pathways within complex disordered structures and screening new compositions accordingly remains a difficulty in materials design. Traditional theory usually tre

Phones that die too soon, EVs that cant go far enough, energy-storage stations afraid of fire — behind these pain points lies the same goal: building safer, higher-capacity next-generation batteries. All-solid-state batteries, with their high safety and high energy density, are regarded as a key direction for next-generation energy-storage devices. Halide solid-state electrolytes combine high ionic conductivity with good cathode compatibility and have become a research hotspot in recent years; h

Recently, the team of Li Runwei — University Chair Professor and Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Ningbo Eastern Institute of Technology — achieved an important advance in the field of orbitronics. The team experimentally revealed for the first time that the orbital Hall effect features an unconventional scaling law that differs fundamentally from the conventional spin Hall effect, resolving a long-standing fundamental contradiction that has constrained power optimizati

Xueliang Sun, Chair Professor at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Changhong Wang, Assistant Professor, and their team, in collaboration with Liwei Chen, Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, proposed a dual-solvent slurry preparation strategy based on supramolecular assembly and fabricated ultra-low binder content bilayer electrolyte films (LLBFs) with a room-temperature ionic conductivity of 1.26 mS/cm. Using this innovative

All-solid-state sodium-ion batteries hold broad promises for applications such as electric vehicles and large-scale grid storage, owing to the abundant sodium resources, the absence of flammable liquid electrolytes, and their pronounced cost advantages. The solid electrolyte is the core material that determines the practical performance and industrial viability of these batteries, yet the prevailing mechanochemical ball-milling synthesis route faces a critical manufacturing pain point: preparing

All-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs), combining high theoretical energy density with intrinsic safety advantages, are regarded as a highly promising next-generation energy storage technology. In practical operation, however, they typically require external stack pressures of tens to even hundreds of megapascals to alleviate interfacial mismatch, contact loss and mechanochemical failure induced by electrode volume changes. This reliance on high pressure not only complicates engineer

Recently, the team led by Chair Professor Xueliang Sun, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Assistant Professor Changhong Wang at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo (EIT), published their findings in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). For the first time, the team systematically explored the electrochemical performance and sustainable recycling strategy of all-solid-state lithium–tellurium (Li–Te) batteries under low external pressure, opening a new

Recently, the team led by Chair Professor Xueliang Sun, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Assistant Professor Changhong Wang at the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo (EIT), published a research article in Nature Communications. Using a PrCl₃-based halide solid electrolyte as a model system, they systematically elucidated the structural role of foreign cations and the underlying ion conduction mechanism, and on this basis designed a high-performance electrolyte suita