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Xueyang Song

I work at the intersection of electrochemical materials, atomic-layer deposition, and applied machine learning. I also build research tools that keep scientific workflows local, inspectable, and reproducible.

zinc interfacesALD coatingselectrolytessmall-data MLlocal-first tools

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Material Atlas / Zn Interface System

Nodes connect research questions, evidence, and local-first tools.

Research domainSoftware toolEvidence layerDataset/project

Zn anode

Interfacial stability, coating behavior, and lifespan signals.

Electrolyte

Water-in-salt formulations, solvents, windows, and conductivity.

ALD coating

Protective surface layers for battery interfaces.

Scholar citations

672

Scholar h-index

Public GitHub repos

Atlas regions

What I work on.

The map connects the same research surface from different angles: materials, evidence, models, and software.

domain 01

Aqueous zinc batteries

I study interfacial stability, dendrite suppression, water-in-salt electrolytes, and practical screening of zinc-ion battery materials.

Zn metal

Zn metalelectrolytesinterfaces

domain 02

ALD and materials coatings

I use atomic and molecular layer deposition to think about protective coatings, anode stabilization, and surface-controlled battery behavior.

ALD

ALDMLDsurface chemistry

domain 03

Scientific ML software

I build around small-data modeling, literature curation, notebook workflows, and local-first desktop tools for research teams.

MLElectronlocal-first

Software layer

Local-first tools connected to the research map.

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Literature signals flow into project-scoped artifacts.

Local Traceable Approved

Paper Pilot

coming soon

I'm building Paper Pilot as a local-first Electron research assistant for crawling papers, organizing artifacts, and generating AI-backed scientific briefs.

Product page

Notebook context stays local before model guidance leaves the workspace.

Local Traceable Approved

AcademiaML

coming soon

I'm building AcademiaML as a notebook-first Electron desktop tool for researchers with tabular data who need help selecting and running ML workflows.

Product page

Evidence layer

Selected cited papers.

Publications appear as evidence layers in the atlas: citation trails, material systems, and interface questions.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2020

Highly stable Zn metal anodes enabled by atomic layer deposited Al2O3 coating for aqueous zinc-ion batteries

H. He, H. Tong, X. Song, X. Song, J. Liu

Zn anodeALDbattery

509 citations

Chemical Communications · 2021

Enhanced reversibility and electrochemical window of Zn-ion batteries with an acetonitrile/water-in-salt electrolyte

X. Song, H. He, M. H. A. Shiraz, H. Zhu, A. Khosrozadeh, J. Liu

Zn-ionwater-in-saltelectrolyte

90 citations

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · 2019

Electronic Metal-Support Interactions between Pt Nanoparticles and Co(OH)2 Flakes for CO Oxidation

X. Song, L. Huang, W. He, C. Liu, F. Hu, Y. Jiang, Z. Sun, S. Wei

catalysisinterfacesnanomaterials

31 citations

Nanoscale · 2020

In situ observations of the structural dynamics of platinum-cobalt-hydroxide nanocatalysts under CO oxidation

L. Huang, X. Song, Y. Lin, C. Liu, W. He, S. Wang, Z. Long, Z. Sun

in situcatalysisstructure

18 citations

Chemical Communications · 2020

Molecular-layer-deposited tincone: a new hybrid organic-inorganic anode material for three-dimensional microbatteries

H. Zhu, M. H. Aboonasr Shiraz, L. Yao, K. Adair, Z. Wang, H. Tong, X. Song, T. K. Sham, M. Arjmand, X. Song, J. Liu

MLDmicrobatteriesanode

14 citations

Dataset and project layer