Ning Li is an associate professor at Beijing Institute of Technology and sub-platform leader and head of new energy technology at BIT Chongqing Innovation Center. He conducted postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory focusing on energy materials including silicon-based anodes, layered cathodes, and synchrotron radiation characterization. Liang Zhang is a full professor at FUNSOM at Soochow University. His research focuses on energy storage materials and synchrotron radiation, including in situ/operando X-ray spectroscopy (XAS/XES/RIXS/XPS) and the development of new synchrotron radiation-based spectroscopy and microscopy methods for energy storage and conversion materials.