1998年和2001年在江西理工大学分别获得学士和硕士学位，2004年在东北大学获得博士学位

2004至2006年在中国科学院金属研究所做博士后研究。2006年到东北大学化学系工作。2010-2011期间在英国剑桥大学做访问研究，2014-2015年在挪威科技大学做访问研究

作为项目负责人主持国家自然科学基金项目2项，省部级基金项目2项，参与了一项国家发改委项目和三项企业合作项目研究工作。1.国家自然科学基金面上项目，“氟化咪唑基离子液体中电沉积制备太阳能级硅薄膜”，2016/01-2019/12, 78万元 2.国家自然科学基金青年基金项目，“室温熔盐电沉积Mg-Al储氢合金薄膜研究”，2012/01-2014/12, 25万元

已在Electrochimica Acta、Journal of Power Sources、Journal of Alloys and Compounds等期刊杂志发表文章80多篇，近五年代表性论文： 1.Yawen Li, Yuzhen Bu, Qian Liu, Xia Zhang,Junli Xu*, High photocatalytic activities of ZnO nanotube arrays modified with WO3 nanoparticles, ChineseJournalof Catalysis 39 (2018) 54-62 2.Junli Xu*, Ana Maria Martinez, Karen SendeOsen, Ole Sigmund Kjos, Ole Edvard Kongstein, Geir Martin Haarberg,Electrode behaviors of Na-Zn liquid metal battery, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164 (12) A2335-A2340 (2017). 3.Yuzhen Bu, Junli Xu*, Yawen Li, Qian Liu and Xia Zhang,Enhanced photocatalytic activity of BiOI undervisible light irradiation by the modification of MoS2, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 42398-42406 4.Jun-Li Xu*, Wei-Ying Gong, Wei Wang, Hao Meng, Xia Zhang,Zhong-Ning Shi, Geir-Martin Haarberg, Electrodeposition mechanism of ZnSe thin film inaqueous solution, Rare Met. (2017) 36(10):816-820. 5.Junli Xu*, Ole Sigmund Kjos, Karen SendeOsen, Ana Maria Martinez, Ole Edvard Kongstein, Geir Martin Haarberg, Na-Zn liquid metal battery, Journal of Power Sources, 332 (2016) 274-280. 6.Junli Xu*, Ya Cui, Yide Han, Hao Men and Xia Zhang, ZnO–graphene composites with high photocatalytic activities under visible light, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 96778-96784. 7.Junli Xu*, Wei Wang, Xia Zhang, Xinjuan Chang, Zhongning Shi, Geir Martin Haarberg, Electrodeposition of ZnSe thin film and its photocatalytic properties, Journal of alloys and Compounds, 632(2015) 778-782. 8.Jun-li XU, Jing ZHANG, Zhong-ning SHI, Bing-liang GAO, Zhao-wen WANG, Xian-wei HU,Current efficiency of recycling aluminum from aluminum scraps by electrolysis, Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 24(2014) 250-256. 9.Junli Xu, Zhongning Shi, Xia Zhang, Geir Martin Haarberg, Mechanism of graphene formation by graphite electro-exfoliation in ionic liquids-water mixtures, Materials Research Express, 1(2014)045606. 10.J.L. Xu, X.Zhang, Z.N. Shi, G.M. Haarberg, Electrodeposition of Mg-Ni-Al Alloy in Low Temperature Molten Salts, ECS transaction, 64 (4) 311-318 (2014). 11.Yu Song, Junli Xu, Xiaoxia Liu, Electrochemical anchoring of dual doping polypyrrole on graphene sheets partially exfoliated from graphite foil for high-performance supercapacitor electrode , Journal of Power Sources 249 (2014) 48-58. 12.AiminLiu,Liangxing Li, Junli Xu,Zhongning Shi, Xianwei Hu , Bingliang Gao, Zhaowen Wang, JiangyuYu, and Gong Chen, Preparation of Al-Si Master Alloy by Electrochemical Reduction of Fly Ash in Molten Salt , JOM, 66(2014) No.5,694-699. 13.Xia Zhang,Yang Wang,Yufeng Liu,Junli Xu,Yide Han,Xinxin Xu, Preparation, performances of PVDF/ZnO hybrid membranes and their applications in the removal of copper ions , Applied Surface science, 316(2014) 333-340.

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