2012年获厦门大学和加拿大滑铁卢大学双学士学位（滑铁卢大学理学院院长荣誉毕业生），2017年5月获加拿大滑铁卢大学博士学位（导师：加拿大皇家学会会士、加拿大固体研究主席Linda F. Nazar教授）

2017年5-12月在加拿大滑铁卢大学从事博士后研究工作（合作教授：Linda F. Nazar教授），2017年12月引进东北大学

国家自然科学基金面上项目，聚阴离子型二次水系锌电池正极材料制备、稳定性保证及储能机理研究，2020.01-2023.12。 中央高校基本科研业务费专项，导电聚合物在锌电池中的储能应用及机理研究，2019.01-2020.12。 辽宁省自然科学基金博士启动项目，高能量密度多价离子电池正极材料设计合成及储能应用，2018.09-2020.08。

X. Sun, P. Bonnick, V. Duffort, M. Liu, Z. Rong, K. A. Persson, G. Ceder, L. F. Nazar*, A High Capacity Thiospinel Cathode for Mg Batteries. Energy Environ. Sci., 2016, 9, 2273-2277. ESI前1%高被引论文 X. Sun, V. Duffort, B. L. Mehdi, N. D. Browning, L. F. Nazar*, Investigation of the Mechanism of Mg Insertion in Birnessite in Nonaqueous and Aqueous Rechargeable Mg-Ion Batteries. Chem. Mater., 2016, 28, 534-542. ESI前1%高被引论文 Z.-H. Huang, Y. Song, D.-Y. Feng, Z. Sun, X. Sun*, X.-X. Liu*, High Mass Loading MnO2 with Hierarchical Nanostructures for Supercapacitors. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 3557-3567. ESI前1%高被引论文 H.-Y. Shin, Y. Song, Z. Qin, C. Li, D. Guo, X.-X. Liu, X. Sun*, Inhibiting VOPO4·xH2O Decomposition and Dissolution in Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries to Promote Voltage and Capacity Stabilities, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, DOI: 10.1002/anie.201908853. H.-Y. Shin, Y.-J. Ye, K. Liu, Y. Song, X. Sun*, A Long Cycle-Life Self-Doped Polyaniline Cathode for Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 16359-16363. S.-Q. Wang, X. Cai, Y. Song,X. Sun*, X.-X. Liu*, VOx@MoO3 Nanorod Composite for High-Performance Supercapacitors, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 28, 1803901. Y. Song, P. Deng, Z. Qin, D. Feng, D. Guo, X. Sun*, X.-X. Liu*, A Polyanionic Molybdenophosphate Anode for a 2.7 V Aqueous Pseudocapacitor, Nano Energy, 2019, 65, 104010. X. Sun, P. Bonnick, L. F. Nazar*, Layered TiS2 Positive Electrode for Mg Batteries. ACS Energy Lett., 2016, 1, 297-301. X. Sun, V. Duffort, L. F. Nazar*, Prussian Blue Mg-Li Hybrid Batteries. Adv. Sci., 2016, 3, 1600044. X. Sun, L. Blanc, G. M. Nolis, P. Bonnick, J. Cabana, L. F. Nazar*, NaV1.25Ti0.75O4: A Potential Post-Spinel Cathode Material for Mg Batteries. Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 121-128. Y. Song, X. Lu, P. Deng, W. Hu, Z. Sun, X.-X. Liu*,X. Sun*, Morphology Engineering of Electro-Deposited Iron Oxides for Aqueous Rechargeable Ni/Fe Battery Applications, Chem. Eng. J., 2018, 354, 672-679. X. Cai, Y. Song, S.-Q. Wang, X. Sun*, X.-X. Liu, Extending the Cycle Life of High Mass Loading MoOx Electrode for Supercapacitor Applications, Electrochim. Acta, 2019, accepted. X. Sun, R. Tripathi, G. Popov, M. Balasubramanian and L. F. Nazar, Stabilization of Lithium Transition Metal Silicates in the Olivine Structure, Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56, 9931-9937.