Members of the research group were invited to attend the 2018 International Battery Association (IBA) Annual Conference

 International Battery Association was held on March 11-16, 2018 in Jeju Island, South Korea. The annual meeting was organized by Korea Electrochemical Society. Under the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Professor Yong Yang and doctoral student Qi Li of the research group were invited to attend the annual meeting, and they were invited to give a keynote report and a wall poster presentation. Prof. Yang gave a keynote report entitled "Interfacial Physics Group and Bulk/Local Structural Evolution of Nickel Rich Alloying Materials" at the conference on March 12. Qi Li, a doctoral student, presented a wall paper showing Na2FePO4f and its electrochemical properties. At the meeting, the Conference Board decided that the International Conference on Battery Materials 2021 would be held in Xiamen, with Prof. Yang as the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference.