叶小球，博士，正高级工程师。2012年毕业于中国工程物理研究院核燃料循环与材料专业并获工学博士学位，2013年美国康奈尔大学访问学者。长期从事核能、氢能源等相关领域中的氢同位素、氦与材料的相互作用研究。近年来，承担多项国家级及省部级课题；在储氢材料制备及性能测试、氢同位素分离与纯化、第一性原理计算等方面具有较为丰富的经验；已在《The Journal of Physical Chemistry C》、《Applied Surface Science》、《Journal of Nuclear Materials》等知名期刊上发表相关论文20余篇。

课题组主要围绕氢能源、聚变能源、裂变能源等相关领域的结构材料和功能材料中的氢/氦问题开展实验和理论研究；内容涉及材料的氢化腐蚀、氢脆、氦脆、辐照损伤，新型氢同位素分离与储存材料的研制，测试标准化、物性数据库建立及新技术探索等方面；力争在解决实际问题的同时，不断深化对氢与物质相互作用规律的科学认识，发表高水平的研究成果。

(1) Xiaoqiu Ye*, Huan Li, and Shichang Li.New Insights into Phase Separation of Cerium Hydrides under Pressure.ACS Omega 2022, 7, 18, 15681–15687. (2) Tianzhu Zhang, Liiang Wu, Ran Tao, Qifa Pan, Xinai Liu, Yi Hu, Chunli Jiang, Xiaoqiu Ye*, Jun Chen*. Construction of CuO/Cu/WO3-x/WO3/W Self-supported Electrodes by a Dry Chemical Route for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Applied Surface Science, 2022,585:152757. (3) Xiaoqiu Ye*, Gan Li , Chuanhui Liang , Bangjun Ma , Xin Xiang , Zhenhua Zheng , Muyi Ni , Changan Chen.Determination of the detrapping energy of tritium in tungsten.Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2021, 544:152662. (4) Xiaoqiu Ye*, Wei Wang, Qifa Pan, Chunli Jiang, Yifang Wang, Xiaohong Chen, Jiliang Wu, Changan Chen*. Comparison of deuterium retention in tungsten exposed to deuterium plasma and gas, Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2020, 24, 100775. (5) Huan Li, Tao Gao*, Shiyin Ma, Xiaoqiu Ye*. Predicted structures and superconductivity of LiYHn (n=5–10) under high pressure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022, 24:8432-8438. (6) Xiaoqiu Ye, Niloofar Zarifi , Eva Zurek, Roald Hoffmann, Neil W Ashcroft. High Hydrides of Scandium under Pressure: Potential Superconductors. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018,122:6298.

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