徐茂文 博士、教授、博士生導師。西南大學材料與能源學部副部長、西南大學潔淨能源與先進材料研究院副院長。蘭州大學博士, 美國Texas大學奧斯汀分校博士後（合作導師為鋰電池之父、美國兩院院士J.B Goodenough教授）。近年來科學研究主要集中在鈉離子電池正極材料的製備與合成、鋰/鈉硫電池等電極材料的設計等方面,並取得了一系列研究成果，多篇研究論文發表在如 Angew.Chem., Advanced Energy Mater. Adv Funct Mater., Chem. Mater., Energy Storage Materials, Chemical Science, Chem. Commun.等國際著名刊物上。目前已發表SCI專業論文120餘篇，總引用率3000餘次。H因子30。申請發明專利20餘項，主持國家自然基金2項，教育部重點項目1項，主持和參與其他課題10餘項。
研究興趣,部分主持項目,
研究興趣
1. 新型鋰/鈉離子電池電極材料的合成與性能研究；
2. 鋰硫電池性能研究；
3. 固態電解質的製備與表征
部分主持項目
1.國家自然基金面上項目 (No.21772188), 2018/01-2021/12.
2.國家自然基金項目(No.21063014), 2011/01-2013/12.
3.教育部科學技術重點項目(No.210247), 2010/01-2012/12.
4.重慶市基礎與前沿研究項目(cstc2015jcyjA50031), 2015/07-2018/07.
5.重慶市重點產業共性關鍵技術創新專項(重點研發項目)(No cstc2017zdcy-zdyfX0056) 2018/01-2020/12
6. 鈉離子全電池性能研究（橫向項目）(No 2016001163) 2016/06-2019/06
部分代表性論文：
(1) Chunlong Dai, Jin-Myoung Lim, Minqiang Wang, Linyu Hu, Yuming Chen, Zhaoyang Chen, Hao Chen, Shu-Juan Bao, Bolei Shen, Yi Li, Graeme Henkelman and Maowen Xu*, Honeycomb-Like Spherical Cathode Host Constructed from Hollow Metallic and Polar Co9S8 Tubules for Advanced Lithium–Sulfur Batteries，Adv. Funct. Mater. 2018, 1704443.
(2) Min-Qiang Wang, Cui Ye, Heng Liu, Maowen Xu and Shu-Juan Bao，Nanosized Metal Phosphides Embedded in Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanofibers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution at All pH Values, Angew.Chem. Int.Ed. 2018 , 57,1963 –1967.
(3) Linyu Hu, Chunlong Dai, Heng Liu, Yi Li, Bolei Shen, Yuming Chen, Shu-Juan Bao, and Maowen Xu*，Double-Shelled NiO-NiCo2O4 Heterostructure@Carbon Hollow Nanocages as An Efficient Sulfur Host for Advanced Lithium-Sulfur Batteries，Advanced Energy Materials 2018
(4) Linyu Hu, Chunlong Dai, Jin-Myoung Lim, Yuming Chen, Xin Lian, Minqiang Wang, Yi Li, Penghao Xiao, Graeme Henkelman and Maowen Xu*，A highly efficient double-hierarchical sulfur host for advanced lithium–sulfur batteries，Chemical. Science., 2018,9, 666-675
(5)Yi Li, Min-Qiang Wang, Yuming Chen, Kevin Chang, Linyu Hu, Ting Liu, Shujuan Bao, Maowen Xu*, Muscle-like electrode design for Li-Te batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2018, 10, 10-15.
(6) Chunlong Dai, Linyu Hu, Min-Qiang Wang,Yuming Chen*, Maowen Xu* Uniform α-Ni(OH)2 hollow spheres constructed from ultrathin nanosheets as efficient polysulfide mediator for long-term lithium-sulfur batteries,Energy Storage Materials, 2017, 8, 202-208.
(7) Ting Liu,Min Jia,Yan Zhang,Jin Han,Maowen Xu*, Confined selenium within metal-organic frameworks derived porous carbon microcubes as cathode for rechargeable lithium–selenium batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 2017,173,53-59.
(8) Jin Han, Guan-Nan Li, Feng Liu, Minqiang Wang, Yan Zhang, Linyu Hu, Chunlong Dai and Maowen Xu* Investigation of K3V2(PO4)3/C nanocomposites as high-potential cathode materials for potassium-ion batteries,Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 1805-1808.
(9) Yubin Niu, Maowen Xu*, Bolei Shen, Chunlong Dai and Chang Ming Li Exploration of Na7Fe4.5(P2O7)4 as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 16531-16535.
(10)Maowen Xu, Penghao Xiao, Shannon Stauffer, Jie Song, Graeme Henkelman, and John B. Goodenough，Theoretical and experimental study of vanadium-based fluorophosphates cathodes for rechargeable batteries, Chemistry of Materials, 2014, 26 (10), 3089-3097.
