Presentation title: Nb Based Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage

Abstract: 

Since 2012, the reporter has been focusing on the basic and applied research of TiNb2O7 and Nb based electrode materials. After 12 years of research, a chain technology has been formed from material design and preparation, lithium storage mechanism and performance regulation, new systems and engineering development, focusing on niobium based electrochemical energy storage and refining distinct research characteristics.

This report first introduces the basic and applied research of Harbin Institute of Technology on niobium based oxides in the past decade, and explores its new application scenarios in lithium sulfur batteries; At the same time, the team conducted a series of product development and testing around engineering applications, and looked forward to and analyzed their future application scenarios.

Bio:

Shuaifeng Lou is a professor and a doctoral supervisor in School of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry of Harbin Institute of Technology. He was selected for the National Youth Talent Program, and China Association for Science and Technology Youth Lift Talent Program. He received his bachelor's degree from Harbin Engineering University in 2010 and his master's degree and Doctor's degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2012 and 2017 under the supervision of Professor Geping Yin. During the doctoral study, he was jointly trained by the Academician Xueliang Sun of the University of Western Ontario in Canada (2016), and after his doctoral study, he engaged in postdoctoral research in the Professor Yuan Yang’s group of Columbia University in the United States (2019-2020). They are committed to fundamental and applied research in the fields of niobium based electrochemical energy storage, next-generation battery technology, advanced characterization, and intelligent analysis, in response to major national strategic needs for a long term. 1. Design and development of a variety of niobium oxide anode materials, fast charge lithium sulfur battery niobium based catalyst, breaking through the technical bottleneck of ultra-high power lithium ion batteries, niobium based electrochemical energy storage direction has formed a distinct research characteristics in China; 2. Focus on the next generation battery system, and achieve original achievements in the development of solid state batteries, sodium-ion batteries, flexible battery materials and cells; 3. Based on synchrotron radiation light source and other large scientific devices and advanced characterization technology, develop intelligent analysis methods to serve the basic and applied research of advanced chemical power sources.

In the past 5 years, he has published over 80 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author, including more than 20 top journals in disciplines such as Nat. Commun., JACS, Chem, Adv. Mater., Matter, Energy Environment. Sci., etc. He served as J Six young editorial board members of SCI journals in the first region of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, including Energy Chem, Carbon Energy, and SusMat. He guided students to win first place in the National College Student Electrochemical Measurement Technology Competition team for two consecutive years. And they also won the gold medal in the provincial division of the China International College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition multiple times. He won the 2021 China New Science and Technology Figure Award, Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Award, Harbin Institute of Technology Young Science and Technology Star Award, etc.