Promoting the energy revolution and building a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system have been incorporated into China’s 14th Five-Year Plan and the Outline of the 2035 Visionary Goals. Novel secondary batteries, as clean energy storage and conversion devices, play an irreplaceable role in the construction of a modern energy system. The Key Laboratory of Physics and Technology for Advanced Batteries (Ministry of Education) was approved for establishment in November 2011 and passed its acceptance review for open operation in October 2015. The overall positioning of the laboratory is to adhere to the “Four Orientations” (oriented toward the frontiers of science and technology, the main economic battlefield, the major needs of the country, and the health and safety of the people), fully leverage the interdisciplinary advantages of physics, chemistry, and materials science, and focus on the major fundamental and technical issues in secondary battery research. It conducts fundamental research on the regulation mechanisms of basic physicochemical processes such as charge carrier transport and storage, as well as application-oriented fundamental research based on new materials, new structures, and new devices, thereby providing theoretical and technical support for the proactive and steady promotion of the “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” strategic goals.

Our laboratory currently has three research directions: (1) Physical fundamentals of novel electrode materials; (2) Key materials and systems for novel secondary batteries; (3) Materials and applications of novel aqueous rechargeable batteries.

Our laboratory is affiliated with the Department of Physics at Jilin University, one of the first seven physics disciplines designated as “Double First-Class” disciplines in China, with profound academic heritage. After years of development, the laboratory has established an internationally oriented research team with strong innovation capabilities and high research standards. We possess a centralized research area of 4,000 square meters and advanced instruments and equipment valued at over 46 million RMB, enabling capabilities ranging from fundamental research to technology translation. Our laboratory has undertaken a number of major national tasks, published high-level academic papers recognized by peer experts, and achieved a series of research outcomes with significant social impact.

Addressing the major national demand for building a low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system, our laboratory has developed distinctive research characteristics over years of development and has become a research, talent cultivation, and academic exchange base with considerable influence in the field of new energy in China.