Yang Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Engineering Mechanics

Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084, China

Email: yang_xu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

 

Education

Ø Ph.D study (2021-2025)

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University

Supervisor: Prof. Ding-ding Ye

Thesis: Pore-scale two-phase transport characteristics and performance enhancement in anode of proton exchange membrane electrolyzers

Ø Master of Engineering (2019-2021)

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chongqing University

Supervisor: Prof. Ding-ding Ye

Ø Bachelor of Engineering (2015-2019)

School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology

 

Work experience

Ø Assistant Researcher (2025-2026)

Henan Academy of Sciences

 

Research Interests

Ø Bubble dynamic behaviors in porous medium

Ø Two-phase flow, mass transport and heat transport in porous medium

Ø Multiscale transport processes in porous medium

 

Honors and Awards

Ø Outstanding student leader, Chongqing University, 2023

Ø Outstanding postgraduate student, Chongqing University, 2021

 

Publications

In Journal

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye *, Xun Zhu, Yang Wang, Yang Yang, Rong Chen, Jun Li, Qiang Liao, Bubble dynamic behaviors in the anode porous transport layer of proton exchange membrane electrolyzers using a microfluidic reactor. Journal of Power Sources, 2023, 582, 2300308.

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye *, Wenqian Zhang, Yang Wang, Jun Li, Liang Zhang, Jian Huang, Xun Zhu, Qiang Liao, Dual-scale pore network modeling of two-phase transport in anode porous transport layer and catalyst layer of proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. Energy Conversion and Management, 2024,322, 119089.

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye *, Chen Yang, Jun Li, Liang Zhang, Jian Huang, Xun Zhu, Qiang Liao *, Pore network modeling of nonisothermal two-Phase transport in the anode of proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2025, 13(18), 6837-6848.

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye *, Chen Yang, Jun Li, Liang Zhang, Jian Huang, Xun Zhu, Qiang Liao *, Role of patterned wettability of anode porous transport layer in enhancing two-phase transport for proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17(23), 34073-34085.

In Book

Ÿ  Dingding Ye, Yang Xu. PEM Water Electrolysis: Fundamentals and Practice, Chapter 7: Two-phase flow, mass and heat transfer in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers. Renewable Energy. 2024, Paperback ISBN: 9780443240621; eBook ISBN: 9780443240638. Editors: Jun Li, Qiang Liao.

In Conference

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye, Jun Li, Liang Zhang, Jian Huang, Xun Zhu, Qiang Liao, Pore network modeling of non-isothermal two-phase transport in anode of proton exchange membrane electrolyzers, Third Asian Conference on Thermal Sciences, 2024.6, Shanghai.

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye, Jun Li, Liang Zhang, Jian Huang, Xun Zhu, Qiang Liao, Enhanced gas-liquid two-phase transport in the anode porous transport Layer with janus wettability for proton exchange membrane electrolyzers, 16th International Conference on Applied Energy, 2024.9, Niigata city.

Ÿ  Yang Xu, Dingding Ye, Xun Zhu, Yang Wang, Yang Yang, Rong Chen, Jun Li, Qiang Liao, Study on the pore scale of mass transport and gas-liquid two-phase flow characteristics in the anode porous transport layer and catalyst layer of the proton exchange membrane electrolyzers, The first forum for doctoral students in energy storage science and engineering, 2023.11, Wuxi city.