Professor, Humboldt Fellow. His research focuses on Corrosion and Corrosion Protection of Materials which are used in energy equipment such as the piplines or tubing/casing in petroleum engineering, the facilities in hydrogen-related industry and the optic-thermal conversion (molten salt) system. Specifically, the research includes: 

(1) Corrosion assessment and corrosion prediction of materials used in extreme environment such as high temperature-high pressure and H₂S-CO₂-O₂ or molten salt system, the AI technology and big data are primarily employed; 

(2) Corrosion monitoring of internal corrosion of pipelines or vessels using the permeating hydrogen based techniques, alrosonic techniques and electrochemical techniques.

(3) Corrosion control technologies such as the corrosion inhibitors and coating techniques.

Selected publications:

Yuantai He, Xiankang Zhong*, Junying Hu, Duo Hou, Zhi Zhang, Dezhi Zeng, Taihe Shi, Monitoring corrosion fatigue crack formation on drill steel using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy: Experiment and modeling, Corrosion Science, 2020, 175: 108880. 2026-6-20

Xiankang Zhong*, Haonan Li, Bokai Liao, Junying Hu, Xiufeng Li, Haijun Hu, Shengwen Tu, Guangxu Cheng, Recongnizing and monitoring the localized corrosion via permeating hydrogen signal with high local resolution, Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2025, 225: 133-140. 2026-6-20

Xiankang Zhong, Tianguang Wang*, Shaoqiang Guo*, Zhi Yang, Yichao Liu, Guangxu Cheng, Permeating hydrogen effect on the protective performance of a composite film consisting of corrosion inhibitors and iron oxides used in CO2 utilization related environment, Energy, 2025, 320: 135299. 2026-6-20