Mina Xu

Industrial and research interests

• Corrosion Prediction and Prevention
• Anti-corrosion Coatings and Hydrogen Permeation Barrier Coatings
• Materials Innovation for Energy Storage Devices

Teaching interests

• Sustainable Energy Engineering
• Applied Electrochemistry
• Battery Storage
• Hydrogen Energy

Recently taught courses

• SEE 300 The Business of Engineering
• SEE 402 Professional Engineering Ethics and Practice
• SEE 896/897 Research Seminar
• IGEN 450 Pipeline Engineering (UBC)
• IGEN 451 Pipeline Systems and Infrastructure (UBC)

Selected recent publications

• H. Liang, M. Xu, E. Asselin, Corrosion of monometallic iron- and nickel-based electrocatalysts for the alkaline oxygen evolution reaction: A review, Journal of Power Sources, 2021, 510 (2021) 230387.
• S. Tesfamariam, H. Woldesellasse, M. Xu, E. Asselin, General corrosion vulnerability assessment using a Bayesian belief network model incorporating experimental corrosion data for X60 pipe steel, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 1 (2021), 329-338.
• M. Xu, H. Liang, Y. Liu, E. Asselin, Predicting the External Corrosion Rate of X60 Pipeline Steel: A Mathematical Model. Metals, 11 (2021), 583.
• M. Xu, C.N. Lam, D. Wong, E. Asselin, Evaluation of cathodic disbondment resistance of pipeline coatings – a review, Progress in Organic Coatings, 146 (2020) 105728.
• S. N. Hasan, M. Xu, E. Asselin, Electrosynthesis of metallic molybdenum from water deficient solution containing molybdate ions and high concentrations of acetate, Surface and Coatings Technology, 357 (2019) 567-574.
• S. N. Hasan, M. Xu, E. Asselin, Electrodeposition of metallic molybdenum and its alloys – a review, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, 58 (2019) 1-18.
• M. Xu, G.K. Yue, D. Bizzotto, E. Asselin, Electrodeposition of aluminum onto copper-coated printed circuit boards, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164 (2017) D729-D736.
• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, W. Qu, Z. Xie, Study of the mechanism for electrodeposition of dendrite-free zinc in an alkaline electrolyte modified with 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide, Journal of Power Sources, 274 (2015) 1249-1253.
• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, Z. Xie, W. Qu, Rechargeable Zn-air batteries: Progress in electrolyte development and cell configuration advancement, Journal of Power Sources, 283 (2015) 358-371.
• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, W. Qu, Z. Xie, Improved Zn/Zn(II) redox kinetics, reversibility and cyclability in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide with water and dimethyl sulfoxide added, Journal of Power Sources, 252 (2014) 327-332.
• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, W. Qu, Z. Xie, E. Dy, X. Z. Yuan, Zn/Zn(II) redox kinetics and Zn deposit morphology in water added ionic liquids with bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide anions, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161 (2014) A128-A136.
• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, Z. Xie, W. Qu, E. Dy, The state of water in 1-butyl-1-methyl-pyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and its effect on Zn/Zn(II) redox behavior, Electrochimica Acta, 97 (2013) 289–295.
• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, Z. Xie, W. Qu, Electrochemical behavior of Zn/Zn(II) couples in aprotic ionic liquids based on pyrrolidinium and imidazolium cations and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide and dicyanamide anions, Electrochimica Acta, 89 (2013) 756-762.

Book Chapters

• M. Xu, D.G. Ivey, W. Qu, Z. Xie, E. Dy, Exploration of electrolytes for Zn-anode rechargeable batteries: room temperature ionic liquids as major or supporting components, in: Ionic liquids: synthesis, characterization and applications, A. Brooks (Eds.), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., (2014) pp 99-123.