Linqin Mu is currently an assistant professor at ASU. Her research interests are rechargeable batteries for energy storage. During her doctoral studies, Mu designed novel Cu-Fe-Ni-containing cathode materials and demonstrated the low-cost and high-performance Na-ion battery prototype. The work launched worldwide efforts in studying the Cu-redox cathode materials. The prototype Na-ion batteries are in commercialization for multiple applications in China. Before she joined the University of Oregon as a research assistant professor, Mu worked as a postdoctoral fellow and senior research associate at Virginia Tech where she developed a bi-modal hierarchical dopant distribution that enhances surface and bulk structural stability in the Ni-rich Co-free cathode material. Mu also contributes significantly to understanding failure mechanisms (cathode-electrolyte interface, heterogeneous reactions, mechanical breakdown, etc.) in batteries by comprehensive, advanced material characterization techniques (e.g., synchrotron radiation spectroscopy, diffraction, and imaging). She was recognized for her outstanding contributions to understanding battery degradation with the prestigious ECS Battery Division Postdoc Associate Research Award in 2019. She has more than 40 publications (16 of them are the first or corresponding author, including in Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, Advanced Energy Materials, Energy & Environment Science). At the ASU, Mu is developing critical materials and high-energy devices for energy storage and understanding failure mechanisms in next-generation batteries.
Education
Ph.D. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1. Low-cost and high-performance battery materials
2. Interfacial chemistry in the next generation batteries
3. Multi-valent aqueous electrochemical devices
Research Group
The Mu Lab welcomes all levels of students (undergraduate, MS, Ph.D) and the ), and students are highly desired:
1. With backgrounds in materials science, physics, chemistry, engineering or
other related majors.
2. Self-motivated and passionate about battery research.
Publications
L. Mu#, J. Zhang#, Y. Xu, C. Wei, M.M. Rahman, D. Nordlund, Y. Liu*, F. Lin*, Resolving Charging Distribution for Compositionally Heterogeneous Battery Cathode Materials, Nano Letters, 2022, 22 (3), 1278-1286
L. Mu*, W.H. Kann, C. Kuai, Z. Yang, L. Xi, C.-J. Sun, S. Sainio, M. Avdeev, D. Nordlund, F. Lin*, Structural and Electrochemical Impacts of Mg/Mn Dual Dopants on the LiNiO2 Cathode in Li-Metal Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, (11), 12874-12882
L. Mu, R. Zhang, W.H. Kan, Y. Zhang, L. Li, C. Kuai, B. Zydlewski, M.M. Rahman, C.-J. Sun, S. Sainio, M. Avdeev, D. Nordlund, H.L. Xin, F. Lin*, Dopant Distribution in Co-free High Energy Layered Cathode Materials, Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31 (23), 9769-9776
L. Mu, Q. Hou, Z. Yang, Y. Zhang, M.M. Rahman, D. Kautz, E. Sun, X.W. Du, Y. Du, D. Nordlund, F. Lin*, Water-Processable P2-Na0.67Ni0.22Cu0.11Mn0.56Ti0.11O2 Cathode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2019, 166 (2), A251-A257
L. Mu, Q. Yuan, C. Tian, C. Wei, K. Zhang, J. Liu, P. Pianetta, M.M. Doeff, Y. Liu*, F. Lin*, Propagation Topography of Redox Phase Transformations in Heterogeneous Layered Oxide Cathode Materials, Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 2810
L. Mu, M.M. Rahman, Y. Zhang, X. Feng, X-W Du, D. Nordlund, F. Lin*, Surface Transformation by A Cocktail Solvent Enables Stable Cathode Materials for Sodium Ion Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6 (6), 2758-2766
L. Mu, R. Lin, R. Xu, L. Han, S. Xia, D. Sokaras, J.D. Steiner, T.C Wenig, D. Nordlund, M.M. Doeff, Y. Liu, K. Zhao, H.L. Xin, F. Lin*, Oxygen Release Induced Chemomechanical Breakdown of Layered Cathode Materials, Nano Letters, 2018, 5, 3241-3249
L. Mu, X. Feng, R. Kou, Y. Zhang, H. Guo, C. Tian, C.J. Sun, X.W. Du, D. Nordlund, H.L. Xin, F. Lin*, Deciphering the Cathode–Electrolyte Interfacial Chemistry in Sodium Layered Cathode Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8 (34), 1801975
S. Xia#, L. Mu#, Z. Xu, J. Wang, C. Wei, L. Liu, P. Pianetta, K. Zhao, X. Yu, F. Lin#, Y. Liu#, Chemomechanical Interplay of Layered Cathode Materials Undergoing Fast Charging in Lithium Batteries, Nano Energy, 2018, 53, 753-762
L. Mu, Y. Lu*, X. Wu, Y. Ding, Y-S Hu*, H. Li, L. Chen, X. Huang, Anthraquinone Derivative as High-performance Anode Material for Sodium-ion Batteries Using Ether-based Electrolytes, Green Energy & Environment, 2017, 3 (1), 63-70;
L. Mu, L. Ben, Y.-S. Hu*, H. Li, L. Chen, X. Huang, Novel 1.5 V Anode Materials, ATiOPO4 (A=NH4, K, Na) for Room-temperature Sodium-ion Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (19), 7141-7147; (HOT ARTICLE)
Y. R. Qi#, L. Mu#, J. M. Zhao*, Y.-S. Hu, H. Z. Liu*, S. Dai, pH-Regulative Synthesis of Na3(VPO4)2F3 Nanoflowers and Their Improved Na Cycling Stability, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4 (19), 7178-7184
L. Mu, S. Y. Xu, Y. M. Li, Y.-S. Hu*, H. Li, L. Chen, X. Huang, Prototype Sodium‐Ion Batteries Using an Air-Stable and Co/Ni-Free O3 Layered Metal Oxide Cathode, Advanced Materials, 2015, 27 (43), 6928-6933, Highly cited
Y. R. Qi#, L. Mu#,J. M. Zhao*, Y.-S. Hu*, H. Z. Liu, S. Dai, Superior Na‐Storage Performance of Low-Temperature-Synthesized Na3(VO1−xPO4)2F1+2x (0≤x≤1) Nanoparticles for Na-Ion Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54 (34), 9911-9916