Johanna Xu

Assistant Professor at Material and Computational Mechanics

Research activities on multifunctional composites. Focusing on experimental work on structural battery composites, a material that can simultaneously store electrical energy and carry mechanical loads. The work comprises material development and characterization, ranging from mechanical and electrochemical characterization of constituents to cells and multi-cell structures.

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Publications (31)
Projects (5)

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2025

Ionic and Electronic Conductivity in Structural Negative Electrodes

Achilleas Pipertzis, Johanna Xu, Nicole Abdou et al

Electrochimica Acta. Vol. 512

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2025

Comparative analysis of cathode morphologies in structural batteries using X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) and electrochemical methods

Thomas Barthelay, Rob Gray, Howard Richards et al

Journal of Power Sources. Vol. 630

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2025

Comparative analysis of cathode morphologies in structural batteries using X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES) and electrochemical methods

Thomas Barthelay, Robert Gray, Howard Richards et al

Journal of Power Sources. Vol. 630

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2025

Structural Battery Electrolytes Based on a Cross-Linked Methacrylate Polymer and a Protic Ionic Liquid: Is There an Optimal Composition?

Nicole Abdou, Achilleas Pipertzis, Richa Chaudhary et al

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research

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2024

Unveiling the Multifunctional Carbon Fiber Structural Battery

Richa Chaudhary, Johanna Xu, Zhenyuan Xia et al

Advanced Materials. Vol. 36 (48)

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2024

Structural Positive Electrodes Engineered for Multifunctionality

Richa Chaudhary, Amit Chetry, Johanna Xu et al

Advanced Science. Vol. 11 (33)

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2024

IMPACT OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON THE MULTIFUNCTIONALITY OF CARBON FIBRES FOR STRUCTURAL BATTERY ELECTRODES

Ruben Tavano, Johanna Xu, Fang Liu et al

Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Composite Materials. Vol. 6, p. 224-231

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2024

Influence of carbonisation temperatures on multifunctional properties of carbon fibres for structural battery applications

Ruben Tavano, Johanna Xu, Claudia Creighton et al

Batteries and Supercaps. Vol. 7

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2024

Green synthesis of positive electrodes for high performance structural batteries - A study on graphene additives

Zhenyuan Xia, Zhaoyang Li, Johanna Xu et al

Composites Science and Technology. Vol. 251

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2024

Mechanical characterisation of a structural battery electrolyte

Ruben Tavano, Michele Spagnol, Nawres Al-Ramanhi et al

Polymer. Vol. 312

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2024

Carbon fibre based electrodes for structural batteries

Robert Gray, Thomas Barthelay, Chris R. Bowen et al

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Vol. 12 (38), p. 25580-25599

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2023

Ion transport, mechanical properties and relaxation dynamics in structural battery electrolytes consisting of an imidazolium protic ionic liquid confined into a methacrylate polymer

Achilleas Pipertzis, Nicole Abdou, Johanna Xu et al

Energy Materials: Materials Science and Engineering for Energy Systems. Vol. 3

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2023

Advancing Structural Battery Composites: Robust Manufacturing for Enhanced and Consistent Multifunctional Performance

Mohammad Siam Siraj, Samia Tasneem, David Carlstedt et al

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research. Vol. 4 (11)

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2023

Multiphysics Modelling of Structural Battery Composites, Half-cell Representation of a Coated Carbon Fibre Positive Electrode

Carl Larsson, Fredrik Larsson, Kenneth Runesson et al

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials

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2023

Lithiated carbon fibres for structural batteries characterised with Auger electron spectroscopy

Marcus Johansen, Johanna Xu, Eric Tam et al

Applied Surface Science. Vol. 627

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2023

Effects of lithium insertion induced swelling of a structural battery negative electrode

Carl Larsson, Fredrik Larsson, Johanna Xu et al

Composites Science and Technology. Vol. 244

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2023

MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF TAILOR-MADE CARBON FIBRES An improved structural battery negative electrode

Ruben Tavano, Johanna Xu, Fang Liu et al

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials. Vol. 2023

Other conference contribution

2023

Climate impact and energy use of structural battery composites in electrical vehicles—a comparative prospective life cycle assessment

Frida Hermansson, Fredrik Edgren, Johanna Xu et al

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Vol. 28 (10), p. 1366-1381

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2023

Effect of tension during stabilization on carbon fiber multifunctionality for structural battery composites

Johanna Xu, Claudia Creighton, Marcus Johansen et al

Carbon. Vol. 209

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2022

Experimental and computational characterization of carbon fibre based structural battery electrode laminae

David Carlstedt, Florian Rittweger, Kenneth Runesson et al

Composites Science and Technology. Vol. 220

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2022

COATING OF LFP/GRAPHENE OXIDE ON CARBON FIBRES AS POSITIVE ELECTRODES FOR STRUCTURAL BATTERIES

Johanna Xu, Zhenyuan Xia, Jaime Sanchez Sanchez et al

ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability. Vol. 5, p. 240-245

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2022

EFFECT OF LITHIUM INSERTION ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL PAN CARBON FIBRES FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES

Marcus Johansen, Johanna Xu, Eric Tam et al

ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability. Vol. 5, p. 320-327

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2022

Structural batteries in electric road vehicles -When is it a good idea?

Frida Hermansson, Johanna Xu, Leif Asp et al

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2022

BUILDING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SYMMETRIC STRUCTURAL BATTERY

Shanghong Duan, Fredrik Lindelöw, Zhaoyang Li et al

ECCM 2022 - Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials: Composites Meet Sustainability. Vol. 3, p. 1169-1174

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2022

A multicell structural battery composite laminate

Johanna Xu, Zeyang Geng, Marcus Johansen et al

EcoMat. Vol. 4 (3)

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2021

A structural battery and its multifunctional performance

Leif Asp, Karl Bouton, David Carlstedt et al

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research. Vol. 2 (3)

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2021

Electrophoretic coating of LiFePO4/Graphene oxide on carbon fibers as cathode electrodes for structural lithium ion batteries

Jaime Sanchez Sanchez, Johanna Xu, Zhenyuan Xia et al

Composites Science and Technology. Vol. 208

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2020

Characterization of the adhesive properties between structural battery electrolytes and carbon fibers

Johanna Xu, Wilhelm Johannisson, Marcus Johansen et al

Composites Science and Technology. Vol. 188

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2020

Electro-chemo-mechanically coupled computational modelling of structural batteries

David Carlstedt, Kenneth Runesson, Fredrik Larsson et al

Multifunctional Materials. Vol. 3 (4)

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2019

Unit cells for multiphysics modelling of structural battery composites

David Carlstedt, Johanna Xu, Kenneth Runesson et al

ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials. Vol. 2019-August

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2019

Structural Battery Composites: A Review, Functional Composites and Structures

Leif Asp, Mats Johansson, Göran Lindbergh et al

Functional Composites and Structures. Vol. 1

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Showing 5 research projects

2023–2025

Graphene-enhanced structural battery composites for future energy storage

Leif Asp Material and Computational Mechanics

Zhenyuan Xia Materials and manufacture

Fang Liu Materials and manufacture

Johanna Xu Material and Computational Mechanics

Richa Chaudhary Material and Computational Mechanics

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation

3 publications exist

2022–2025

Multifunctional carbon fibres for battery electrodes

Leif Asp Material and Computational Mechanics

Fang Liu Materials and manufacture

Johanna Xu Material and Computational Mechanics

Ruben Tavano Material and Computational Mechanics

Office of Naval Research

15 publications exist

2021–2023

Structural battery composites for mass-less energy storage

Leif Asp Material and Computational Mechanics

Shanghong Duan Material and Computational Mechanics

Johanna Xu Material and Computational Mechanics

David Carlstedt Material and Computational Mechanics

Swedish National Space Board

17 publications exist

2020–2021

Multifunctional performance of structural batteries under combined mechanical and electrical loads

Leif Asp Material and Computational Mechanics

Torbjorn Thiringer Unknown organization

Fang Liu Materials and manufacture

Johanna Xu Material and Computational Mechanics

Chalmers

1 publication exists

2019–

Building and verifying the dynamic and static behavior of Li-Ion battery cells

Torbjörn Thiringer Electrical Machines and Power Electronics

Niladri Roy Chowdhury Electrical Machines and Power Electronics

Zeyang Geng Electrical Machines and Power Electronics

Leif Asp Material and Computational Mechanics

Johanna Xu Material and Computational Mechanics

David Carlstedt Material and Computational Mechanics

Chalmers

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