Liangfei Xu

About

Training:
2015.7-2015.10: Intensive courses for German language (A1-B2), Goethe-Institut Bonn, Germany.
Education:
2009: Ph.D. degree from Department of Automotive Engineering (Power Engineering and Thermophysics), Tsinghua University.
2005: M.Sc. degree from Department of Automotive Engineering (Vehicle Engineering), Tsinghua+RWTH Aachen in Germany (exchange program).
2003: B.Sc. degree from Department of Automotive Engineering (Vehicle Engineering) , Tsinghua University.
Research Experience:
2025-: AI-Assisted Design, Diagnostics, and Fabrication Technologies of Fuel Cells/Electrolyzers.
2014-: modeling, control, diagnosis, testing and evaluation of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell systems.
2011-2013: control of hybrid electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles and hybrid excvavtors
2010-present: network communication system and distributed control of fuel cell powertrains for high performance city buses and tramways
2008, 2009, 2010: fuel cell city buses demonstration in Beijing Olympic Games, Shanghai Expo and Singapore YOG
2006~2009: Modeling, control, testing and evaluation of fuel cell city buses for Beijing Olympic Games
2005~2006: Teaching assistant for the courses: automotive electronics and automotive mechatronics systems
2004-2005: Modeling and control of a DMFC system, IVW-3, Juelich research center, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Detlef Stolten.
Honor:
2015.11-2017.8: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow as an experienced researcher
2013: Winner of ProSPER.NET-Scopus Young Scientist Award
2009: Outstanding doctoral dissertation Prize, Tsinghua University, Dynamic modeling and optimal control of fuel cell hybrid powertrain
2008: Outstanding paper of NSK-Tsinghua scholarship

Employment

• Tsinghua University Director
  2024 - Present
• Tsinghua University Tenured Associate Professor
  2023 - Present
• Tsinghua University Director
  2023 - Present
• Tsinghua University Associate Professor
  2017 - 2023
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Visiting Professor
  2017 - 2017
• Forschungszentrum Jülich Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung Alexander von Homboldt Research Fellow
  2015 - 2017
• Tsinghua University Research Associate Fellow
  2013 - 2017
• Tsinghua University Research Assistant
  2011 - 2013
• Nanyang Technological University Visiting Scientist
  2010 - 2010
• Tsinghua University Postdoc
  2009 - 2011

Education

• Tsinghua University PhD
  2005 - 2009
• Tsinghua University + RWTH Aachen University Master
  2003 - 2005
• Tsinghua University Bachlor
  1999 - 2003

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (81)

• Parameter Matching Principle for Dual-Rotor In-Wheel Motors via Coupling Effect Exploitation
  IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2026 DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2026.3651365
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• Comprehensive Analysis of Misalignment Effects on Radial-Flux Dual Rotor Direct-Drive Motors
  IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2026 DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2026.3683261
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• Expanded-polytetrafluoroethylene reinforced proton exchange membranes characterization and thickness effects on the performance of membrane electrode assemblies
  Journal of Power Sources 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238219
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• Analysis and Optimization of Commercial Scale PEMFCs With Different Flow Channels Prepared by Ultrafast Laser Fabrication Technique
  Automotive Innovation 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s42154-023-00265-w
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• A comparative study of equivalent circuit model and distribution of relaxation times for fuel cell impedance diagnosis
  International Journal of Energy Research 2021 DOI: 10.1002/er.6825
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• Mechanistic insight into the accelerated decay of fuel cells from catalyst-layer structural failure
  Energy Conversion and Management 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113568
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• Comparison of self-humidification effect on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with anodic and cathodic exhaust gas recirculation
  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.11.150
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• A novel diagnostic methodology for fuel cell stack health: Performance, consistency and uniformity
  Energy Conversion and Management 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.02.031
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• Hysteresis of output voltage and liquid water transport in gas diffusion layer of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
  Energy Conversion and Management 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2019.01.084
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• A multipoint voltage-monitoring method for fuel cell inconsistency analysis
  Energy Conversion and Management 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2018.09.077
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