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报告题目：Electrolytes, Interfaces, Interphases and AI4Materials
报告时间：2026-05-18 10:30
报告人： 许康
SES AI
报告地点：卢嘉锡楼202报告厅
转播地点：翔安校区能源材料大楼3号楼会议室3，漳州校区生化主楼307教室
报告摘要：
电解质是电化学器件中一个独特的组成部分，因为它必须与器件中的所有其他组件进行界面接触，无论是活性材料（阳极、阴极或其他氧化还原物质）、辅助材料（导电添加剂、粘结剂），还是非活性材料（集流体、隔膜和包装材料）。这些界面往往决定了器件能否按照设计好的电化学路径正常工作。可充电电池是体现电解质、界面和界面相（interphases）重要性的最佳例子。当电极工作超出电解质的稳定性极限时，界面就会演化形成界面相。在过去四十年中，电池材料的开发一直遵循爱迪生式的试错方法（Edisonian approach），而在最近五年，一项颠覆性的范式转变技术已出现在地平线上：人工智能。在本次报告中，我将首先介绍这些概念的基本原理，然后聚焦于近年来最令人兴奋的“AI4Materials”进展，特别是 Molecular Universe——这是全球首个旨在通过绘制整个有机分子宇宙来加速新型电池材料发现的人工智能平台。
报告人简介：
Kang Xu is an MRS Fellow, ECS Fellow, ARL Fellow (emeritus), and currently the Chief Technology Officer of SES AI Corp based in Boston, MA. He has been conducting electrolytes and interphasial chemistry research for the past 38 years, published 350+ papers, wrote/edited 5 books/chapters, and obtained 20+ US Patents, with total citation of 87,000+ and an h-index of 142. He is a Clarivate’s highly-cited author since 2018, and one of the top 2% most influential researchers in the Stanford Database.
Among his numerous publications, he is best known in the field for the two comprehensive reviews published at Chemical Reviews in 2004 and 2014, and a textbook entitled “Electrolytes, Interfaces and Interphases” published by RSC Press in April 2023. His work has received many recognitions and awards, including multiple Depart of the Army R&D Awards, the 2015 UMD Invention of the Year, 2017 International Battery Association Technology Award, and 2018 ECS Battery Research Award. Upon his retirement from federal service 2023, he received an Army Civilian Service Medal. Then he went to industry and started the venture in the frontier of AI-driven materials discovery. He led the development of the Molecular Universe, the world’s first AI-platform for end-to-end materials discoveries, which was initially released to the industry on April 29, 2025 and has been repeatedly updated with powerful features and functions.
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