2013年入选教育部“新世纪优秀人才”支持计划。国家自然科学基金评审专家，浙江省自然科学基金评审专家。Angewandte Chemie，Advanced Materials，Advanced Energy Materials，Advanced Functional Materials，Nano Energy等三十余种国际期刊评审人。
先后主讲本科生专业课《环境监测》、《现代仪器分析技术》、《专业综合技能培训》；主硕士研究生专业课《能源材料及技术工程实验》；参与本科生专业课《学科进展报告》讲授。指导学生课外科技活动获得全国“互联网+”大学生创新创业大赛北京赛区二等奖、广东省第七届大学生材料创新大赛无机非金属材料赛区二等奖等多个奖项。 先后主持国家863计划课题、国家自然科学基金、国家基础研发、国家重大专项等项目，参与国家973项目、北京市自然基金重点项目等多项。作为主要完成人获得中国有色金属工业协会科学技术一等奖、中国发明协会发明创新二等奖等省部级奖励。在包括Adv. Mater., Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Func. Mater., Adv. Sci., Nano Energy, Small, Energy Storage Mater., J. Mater. Chem. A等在内的学术期刊发表SCI论文150余篇；申请国家发明专利60余项，已获授权30余项。

主要从事先进二次电池关键材料、轻质储氢材料等新型储能材料研究，研究方向包括锂/钠离子电池氧化物、聚阴离子型、硅基、碳基等电极材料、凝胶态与固态电解质，以及电极与电解液界面稳定性、电池热分析与热安全等基本科学问题。

2002-2003年，北京理工大学应用化学专业，获工学博士学位。
1997-2000年，东北大学化学系，获理学硕士学位。
1993-1997年，哈尔滨工业大学应用化学系，获学士学位。

2003年至今，北京理工大学任教。
2014-2015年，美国劳伦斯-伯克利国家实验室访问学者。
2015年，美国阿贡国家实验室，访问科学家。

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6.Minghao Zhang, Yu Li, Feng Wu, Zhaohua Wang, Ying Bai*, Chuan Wu*, Boosting the ultrahigh initial coulombic efficiency of porous carbon anodes for sodium-ion batteries via in situ fabrication of a passivation interface, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2021, 9, 10780-10788.
7.Qiao Ni, Heng Jiang, Sean Sandstrom, Ying Bai*, Haixia Ren, Xianyong Wu, Qiubo Guo, Dongxu Yu, Chuan Wu*, Xiulei Ji*, A Na3V2(PO4)2O1.6F1.4 cathode of Zn-ion battery enabled by a water-in-bisalt electrolyte, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2020, 30, 2003511.
8.Zhaohua Wang, Haoyi Yang, Yiran Liu, Ying Bai*, Guanghai Chen, Ying Li, Xinran Wang, Huajie Xu, Chuan Wu*, Jun Lu*, Analysis of the stable interphase responsible for the excellent electrochemical performance of graphite electrodes in sodium-ion batteries, Small, 2020, 16, 2003268.
9.Qiao Ni, Ruiqi Dong, Ying Bai*, Zhaohua Wang, Haixia Ren, Sandstrom Sean, Feng Wu, Huajie Xu, Chuan Wu*, Superior sodium-storage behavior of flexible anatase TiO2 promoted by oxygen vacancies, Energy Storage Mater., 2020, 25, 903-911.
10.Minghao Zhang, Yu Li, Feng Wu, Ying Bai*, Chuan Wu*, Boost sodium-ion batteries to commercialization: Strategies to enhance initial Coulombic efficiency of hard carbon anode, Nano Energy, 2020, 105738.
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12.Guanghai Chen, Kun Zhang, Yiran Liu, Lin Ye*, Yongsheng Gao, Weiran Lin, Huajie Xu, Xinran Wang, Ying Bai*, Chuan Wu*, Flame-retardant gel polymer electrolyte and interface for quasi-solid-state sodium ion batteries, Chem. Eng. J., 2020, 401, 126065.
13.Yu Li, Yifei Yuan, Ying Bai*, Yuanchang Liu, Zhaohua Wang, Limin Li, Feng Wu, Khalil Amine, Chuan Wu*, and Jun Lu*, Insights into the Na+ Storage Mechanism of Phosphorus‐Functionalized Hard Carbon as Ultrahigh Capacity Anodes. Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 1702781.
14.Feng Wu, Na Zhu, Ying Bai*, Yu Li, Zhaohua Wang, Qiao Ni, Huali Wang, Chuan Wu*, Unveil The Mechanism of Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Na3V2(PO4)3 Formed by A Novel NaPF6/BMITFSI Ionic Liquid Electrolyte. Nano Energy, 2018, 51, 524-532.
15.Qiao Ni, Ying Bai*, Yu Li, Liming Ling, Limin Li, Guanghai Chen, Zhaohua Wang, Haixia Ren, Feng Wu, and Chuan Wu*, 3D Electronic Channels Wrapped Large‐Sized Na3V2(PO4)3 as Flexible Electrode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Small, 2018, 1702864.
16.Hui Li, Hanmei Tang, Chuze Ma, Ying Bai*, Judith Alvarado, Balachandran Radhakrishnan, Shyue Ping Ong*, Feng Wu, Ying Shirley Meng* and Chuan Wu*, Understanding the Electrochemical Mechanisms Induced by Gradient Mg2+ Distribution of Na-Rich Na3+xV2−xMgx(PO4)3/C for Sodium Ion Batteries, Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 2498−2505. 17.Q. Ni, Y. Bai, F. Wu, C. Wu, Polyanion-Type Electrode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Adv. Sci. 2017, 1600275.
18.H.L. Wang, X.X. Bi, Y. Bai, C. Wu, S.C. Gu, S. Chen, F. Wu, K. Amine, J. Lu, Open-structured V2O5·nH2O nanoflakes as highly reversible cathode material for monovalent and multivalent intercalation batteries, Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 1602720.
19.Y. Bai, X.Z. Zhou, C. Zhan, L. Ma, Y.F. Yuan, C. Wu, M.Z. Chen, G.H. Chen, Q. Ni, F. Wu, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, T.P. Wu, J. Lu, K. Amine, 3D Hierarchical nano-flake/micro-flower iron fluoride with hydration water induced tunnels for secondary lithium battery cathodes, Nano Energy 2017, 32, 10-18.
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21.Y. Bai, X.Z. Zhou, Z. Jia, C. Wu, L.W. Yang, M.Z. Chen, H. Zhao, F. Wu, G. Liu, Understanding the combined effects of microcrystal growth and band gap reduction for Fe(1-x)TixF3 nanocomposites as cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries, Nano Energy 2015, 17, 140-151.