General

Ge Zhiwei

Energy Storage R&D Center
Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: gezhiwei@iet.cn


Research Areas

Energy storage & Energy conversion: 

  • Conducted fundamental research and application engineering of thermal storage materials, phase change thermal storage, and medium-to-high temperature waste heat recovery.

  • Advanced calcium looping and thermochemical thermal storage technologies, as well as multi-energy complementary coupling technologies within the framework of "Decarbonization and Hydrogen Enrichment" initiatives.

  • Developed long-term energy storage solutions utilizing hydrogen-thermal co-storage techniques and regulatory strategies.

Intersection of Chemical Engineering, Metallurgy, and Thermophysical Engineering

  • Conducted multiscale fundamental research and applied engineering techniques for complex solid systems.
    • Developed particle formulations through granulation, coating, agglomeration (including fluidized bed processes), and spray drying techniques.
    • Engaged in particle-based chemical reaction processes, conducted online gas/particle concentration measurements, performed multiscale simulations of complex heat-mass modeling, and optimized reactor designs.
    • Solid materials for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS).

Education

2011~2014, He graduated from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Experience

  • 2014~2019, He was associate professor of Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPE, CAS)

  • 2018~2019. He was an Academic visitor of Birmingham Centre of Energy Storage, University of Birmingham

  • 2019~Now, He is an associate professor of Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IET, CAS)


Publications

Ge, Z., Jiang, Z., Cong, L., Zou, B., & Ding, Y Latent Heat Storage Materials. In Thermal Energy Storage       The Royal Society of Chemistry    2021, 55-90
Navarro Rivero M E, Ge Z, Jiang Z, Zhao Y, Weng L, Ding Y.   Thermal energy storage options. In Power Generation Technologies for Low-Temperature and Distributed Heat    Woodhead Publishing       2023, 419-471


Papers

(1) The role of oxygen vacancy in CaO-Ca12Al14O33 materials derived from hydrocalumite for enhanced CO2 capture cyclic performance, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2024, top1%

(2)Enhancing Long-term Performance of Solar-Driven Calcium-Based Thermochemical Energy Storage under Energy Quality Assessment, ENERGY, 2024

(3)Coupling System of Calcium Looping Thermal Energy Storage and Adsorption-Enhanced Hydrogen Production,  ENERGY CONVERSION and MANAGEMENT,2024

(4) Enhancing Long-term Performance of Solar-Driven Calcium-Based Thermochemical Energy Storage under Energy Quality Assessment, Energy, 2024
(5) Thermal properties and thermal cycling stability of hydrated salt/expanded graphite composite phase change materials, ENERGY STORAGE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, 2023
(6) Experimental study on the storage performance of the innovative spray-type packed bed thermal energy storage, APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 2023
(7) Progress and prospect of medium and high temperature thermochemical energy storage of calcium-based materials,CIESC Journal, 2023
(8) The role of MgO supported sodium sulfate molten salt for calcium looping thermochemical energy storage, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 2022
(9) Calcium-looping based energy conversion and storage for carbon neutrality -the way forward, CARBON NEUTRALITY, 2022
(10) Latent heat of molten salt transport across graphite induced anisotropic interface, SOLARENERGYMATERIALSANDSOLARCELLS, 2022
(11) Improved thermophysical properties of shape-stabilized NaNO3 using a modified diatomite-based porous ceramic for solar thermal energy storage, RENEWABLE ENERGY, 2021
(12)The thermal storage and release kinetics of Co_(3)O_(4)/CoO redox reaction, ENERGY STORAGE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, 2021
(13) Eutectic composition-dependence of latent heat of binary carbonates (Na2CO3/Li2CO3), SOLARENERGYMATERIALSANDSOLARCELLS, 2018
(14) Form-stable LiNO3-NaNO3-KNO3-Ca(NO3)2/calcium silicate composite phase change material (PCM) for mid-low temperature thermal energy storage, ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, 2015
(15) Heat transfer behaviour of thermal energy storage components using composite phase change materials, Energy Storage Science and Technology, 2015
(16) Recent progress in thermal energy storage materials, ENERGY STORAGE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, 2015
(17) Carbonate-salt-based composite materials for medium- and high-temperature thermal energy storage, PARTICUOLOGY, 2014
(18) Composite Materials for Thermal Energy Storage: Enhancing Performance through Microstructures, CHEMSUSCHEM, 2014
(19) Multi-walled carbon nanotubes added to Na2CO3/MgO composites for thermal energy storage, PARTICUOLOGY, 2014
(20) Thermal energy storage: Challenges and the role of particle technology, PARTICUOLOGY, 2014
(21) Research on Preparation and Properties of Al-Mn Alloy Coating in NaCl-KCl-AlCl3-NdCl3 molten salts, FRONTIERS OF MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN SCIENCE II, PTS 1-6, 2012
(22) Recent progress and prospective of medium and high temperatures thermaenergy storage materials, ENERGY STORAGE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, 2012
(23) Microwave synthesis of bromo-chloroaluminate ionic liquid and its application in aluminium electrodeposition, The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals, 2012
(24) Co-Deposition of Al-Ni Alloy in NiCl2-AlCl3-1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Bromide ([EMIM]Br) Ionic Liquid, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2011
(25) Research on Properties of SiC Coating Inert Anode for Aluminum Electrolysis, Materials Science Forum, 2011
(26) Research on Properties of Ca3-xLaxCo4O9 Thermoelectric Material with Adding La, APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING MATERIALS, PTS 1-4, 2011
(27) Impact of environmental conditions on the sorption behavior of radionuclide 60Co(II) on MnO2, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2010

(28) Recent progress and outlook of thermal energy storage technologies, ENERGY STORAGE SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, 2022

Students

Supervised and graduated students

Yuyuan Zheng

Zhuozhuo Liu

Zhuohang Li

Haocheng Sun

Zhihan Yao

Xiaoming Jia