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Education

• Ph.D in Engineering Thermophysics, Zhejiang University, 2023
  • Supervisor: Liwu Fan
• B.E. in Energy and Environmental Systems Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2018

Work experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University, since Jan 2024
  • Mentor: Howard. A. Stone

Publications

Pulse heating and slipenhance charging of phase-change thermal batteries

Zirui Li, Nan Hu*,...,Yumin Ye*, Zitao Yu, Xiang Gao, Howard A. Stone, Liwu Fan*,Pulse heating and slip enhance charging of phase-change thermal batteries, Nature 649, 360–365 (2026)

Revealing Actual Viscoelastic Relaxation Times in Capillary Breakup

Nan Hu*, Jonghyun Hwang, Tachin Ruangkriengsin, Howard A. Stone*, Revealing Actual Viscoelastic Relaxation Times in Capillary Breakup, Phys. Rev. Lett. 135, 048201 (2025).

Close-contact melting on hydrophobic textured surfaces: Confinement and meniscus effects

Nan Hu*, Liwu Fan*, Xiang Gao, Howard A. Stone*. Close-contact melting on hydrophobic textured surfaces: Confinement and meniscus effects, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Volume 1010 , 10 May 2025 , A46

High-Performance Boiling Surfaces Enabled by an Electrode-Transpose All-Electrochemical Strategy

Yu-Ming Chen†, Nan Hu†, Jia-Yi Zhang†, Yi-Fei Sun, Yue-Fei Wu, Zi-Rui Li, Li-Wu Fan*, High-Performance Boiling Surfaces Enabled by an Electrode-Transpose All-Electrochemical Strategy, Advanced Science, 2413142 (2024).

Insights into the Relationship between Temperature Variation and NAPL Removal during In Situ Thermal Remediation of Soil in the Presence of NAPL–Water Co-boiling: A Two-Dimensional Visualized Sandbox Study

Xin-Yu Xu, Nan Hu*, Qing Wang, Xiao-Dong Li, Zi-Tao Yu, Xin Song, and Li-Wu Fan*, Insights into the Relationship between Temperature Variation and NAPL Removal during In Situ Thermal Remediation of Soil in the Presence of NAPL-Water Co-boiling: A Two-Dimensional Visualized Sandbox Study, Environmental Science and Technology, 58(51), 22594-22602 (2024).

KOH Activated Carbon Coated 3D Wood Solar Evaporator with Highest Water Transport Height and Evaporation Rate for Clean Water Production

Mengxue Zhang, Nan Hu, Yang Guo, Wenhao Wu, Liwu Fan, Daohui Lin, Juan Wang*, Kun Yang*, KOH Activated Carbon Coated 3D Wood Solar Evaporator with Highest Water Transport Height and Evaporation Rate for Clean Water Production, Advanced Science, 2402583 (2024).

Understanding of Co-boiling between Organic Contaminants and Water during Thermal Remediation: Effects of Nonequilibrium Heat and Mass Transport

Xin-Yu Xu, Nan Hu, Zhu-Kang Qian, Qing Wang, Li-Wu Fan*, Xin Song, Understanding of co-boiling between organic contamimants and water during thermal remediation: effects of nanoequilibrium heat and mass transport, Environmental Science and Technology, 57(42), 16043-16052 (2023).

Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage A critical review

Zi-Rui Li, Nan Hu, Li-Wu Fan*, Nanocomposite phase change materials for high-performance thermal energy storage, Energy Storage Materials, 55, 727-753 (2023).

Close-contact melting of shear-thinning fluids

Nan Hu, Li-Wu Fan*, Close-contact melting of shear-thinning fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 968, A9 (2023).

Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries

Shuoqing Zhang†, Ruhong Li†, Nan Hu†, Tao Deng, Suting Weng, Zunchun Wu, Di Lu, Haikuo Zhang, Junbo Zhang, Xuefeng Wang, Lixin Chen, Liwu Fan*, Xiulin Fan*, Tackling realistic Li+ flux for high-energy lithium metal batteries, Nature Communications, 13, 5431 (2022).

A numerical study of optimizing the well spacing and heating power for in situ thermal remediation of organic-contaminated soil

Xin-Yu Xu, Nan Hu*, Qing Wang, Li-Wu Fan*, Xin Song, A numerical study of optimizing the well spacing and heating power for in situ thermal remediation of organic-contaminated soil, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 33, 101941 (2022).