Yuan Zhizhang, male, Division of Energy Storage, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

E-mail: yuanzhizhang@dicp.ac.cn

Address: Division of Energy Storage, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023


Research Areas

Polymer materials

Advanced materials for flow battery

Materials electrochemistry


Education

2012.9-2017.5       Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Ph. D.


Experience

Dr Zhizhang Yuan received his Ph.D. at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Xianfeng Li in 2017. Then he was appointed as associate professor at DICP in 2017. His research interests include fundamental and engineering aspects of zinc-based flow batteries for energy storage, molecular design, fabrication and applications of functional polymer materials and materials electrochemistry.


Work Experience
2017.7-Present   Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Associate Professor   


Publications

   
Papers

(1) Polybenzimidazole membrane with dual proton transport channels for vanadium flow battery applications, Journal of Membrane Science, 2019, Corresponding author

(2) Mechanism and transfer behavior of ions in Nafion membranes under alkaline media, Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, Corresponding author

(3) Negatively charged nanoporous membrane for a dendrite-free alkaline zinc-based flow battery with long cycle life, Nature Communications, 2018, First author

(4) Toward a Low-Cost Alkaline Zinc-Iron Flow Battery with a Polybenzimidazole Custom Membrane for Stationary Energy Storage, iScience, 2018, First author

(5) Ion conducting membranes for aqueous flow battery systems, Chemical Communications, 2018, First author

(6) AHighly Ion-Selective Zeolite Flake Layer on Porous Membranes for Flow Battery Applications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, First author

(7) Advanced porous membranes with ultra-high selectivity and stability for vanadium flow batteries, Energy & Environmental Science, 2016, First author

(8) Polypyrrole modified porous poly(ether sulfone) membranes with high performance for vanadium flow batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, First author

(9) Mechanism of Polysulfone-Based Anion Exchange Membranes Degradation in Vanadium Flow Battery, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, First author


Patents

( 1 ) Patent for an invention, 2016, third author, Patent Number: PCT/CN2017/111224

( 2 ) Patent for an invention, 2017, second author, Patent Number: 201611133465X

​( 3 ) Patent for an invention, 2016, third author, Patent Number: CN201611056711.6

( 4 ) Patent for an invention, 2018, first author, Patent Number: 201810149635.6

( 5 ) Patent for an invention, 2018, first author, Patent Number: 201810149616.3

( 6 ) Patent for an invention, 2018, first author, Patent Number: 201811362221.8

( 7 ) Patent for an invention, 2018, first author, Patent Number: 201811451359.5

( 8 ) Patent for an invention, 2018, first author, Patent Number: 201811248309.7

( 9 ) Patent for an invention, 2018, first author, Patent Number: 201811372281.8


Research Interests

Key materials for zinc-based flow battery

Molecular design, fabrication and applications of functional polymer materials

Materials Electrochemistry


Conferences

(1)Ion conducting membranes for flow battery systems 2019-05-25

(2)Negatively charged nanoporous membrane for a dendrite-free alkaline zinc-based flow battery with long cycle life   2019-05-10

(3)High performance alkaline zinc-iron flow battery for energy storage application   2018-04-02


Students

已指导学生

刘晓奇  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

现指导学生

胡振豪  硕士研究生  081701-化学工程  

崔豹  硕士研究生  081701-化学工程  

宫仲千禧  硕士研究生  085600-材料与化工  

江逗  硕士研究生  085600-材料与化工  

葛广谞  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

黄宇琴  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

龙昊洋  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

于东磊  博士研究生  081701-化学工程  

Honors & Distinctions

2017: First award of Liaoning province natural science academic achievement

2017: Excellence award of President of Chinese academy of sciences

2016: Special prize of excellent academic thesis of Dalian natural science

2016: Lu jiaxi outstanding graduate award

2016: The first prize of Yanchang Petroleum Scholarship