1. Design and exploration of key materials of Zinc-based flow batteries: including the electrodes, the membranes and so on, in order to solve the issues of zinc dendrites, serious self-discharging reactions, and low reaction activity of Br₂/br^-couple.

      2. Design and fabrication of membrane materials for flow batteries: to conduct the structure design and optimization of memrane materials, and research their structure-performance relationship in flow batteries, so that to prepare high-performance and low cost membrane materials.

09/2010- 07/2014	Shangdong University, School of Chemistry and   Chemical Engineering B.S.
08/2014- 08/2015-   08/2015- 03/2019	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS PhD, Chemical Engineering Dissertation: Membrane structure design and performance research of porous ion   conducting membranes for vanadium flow battery applications

   

06/2019- Present

Dalian institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese   Academy of Science (CAS) Associate   professor

   

 (1)    Wenjing Lu, Zhizhang Yuan, Yuyue Zhao, Xianfeng Li*, Huamin Zhang*, I. Vankelecom, High-performance porous uncharged membranes for vanadium flow battery applications created by tuning cohesive and swelling forces, Energy Environ. Sci, 9(2016), 2319-2325.

(2)    Wenjing Lu, Zhizhang Yuan, Yuyue Zhao, Hongzhang Zhang, Huamin Zhang*, Xianfeng Li*, Porous membranes in secondary battery technologies, Chem. Soc. Rev, 46 (2017), 2199-2236.

(3)  Rearrangement of Ion-Transport Channels: A Way to Create Advanced Porous Membranes for Vanadium Flow Batteries, Adv. Funct. Mater, 27 (2017), 1604587.

(4)    Wenjing Lu, Lin Qiao, Qing Dai, Huamin Zhan*, Xianfeng Li*, Solvent Treatment: The Formation Mechanism of Advanced Porous Membranes for Flow Batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A, 6 (2018), 15569-15576.

(5)    Wenjing Lu, Zhizhang Yuan, Yuyue Zhao, Lin Qiao, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, Advanced porous PBI membranes with tunable performance induced by the polymer-solvent interaction for flow battery application. Energy Storage Materials, 10 (2018), 40-47.

(6)    Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li*, Huamin Zhang*, The next generation vanadium flow batteries with high power density-a perspective. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 20 (2018), 23-35.

(7)    Wenjing Lu, Congxin Xie, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, Inhibition of Zinc Dendrite Growth in Zinc-Based Batteries. ChemSusChem, 11 (2018), 3996- 4006.

(8)    Wenjing Lu, Dingqi. Shi, Huami. Zhang, Xianfen. Li*, Highly Selective Core-shell Structural Membrane with Cage-shaped Pores for Flow Battery. Energy Storage Materials, 17 (2019), 325-333.

(9)    Huamin Zhang*, Wenjing Lu (first co-author), Xianfeng Li*, Progress and Perspectives of Flow Battery Technologies. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2 (2019), 492.

(10) Chenhui Wang, Wenjing Lu (first co-author), Qinzhi Lai, Pengcheng Xu, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, A TiN Nanorod Array 3D Hierarchical Composite Electrode for Ultrahigh-Power-Density Bromine-Based Flow Batteries. Adv. Mater, 31 (2019), 1904690.

(11)  Wenjing Lu, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, Membranes Fabricated by Solvent treatment for Flow Battery: Effects of initial structures and intrinsic properties. J. Membr. Sci, 577 (2019), 212-218.

(12) Wenjing Lu, Dingqin Shi, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, Advanced poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) decorated chlorinated polyvinyl chloride membrane with low area resistance for vanadium flow battery. J. Membr. Sci, 620 (2021) 118947.

(13) Lang Hua, Wenjing Lu*, Tianyu Li, Pengcheng Xu, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, A highly selective porous composite membrane with bromine capturing ability for a bromine-based flow battery. Mater. Today Energy, 21 (2021) 100763.

(14) Tianyu Li, Wenjing Lu (first co-author), Zhizhang Yuan, Huamin Zhang, Xianfeng Li*, A data-driven and DFT assisted theoretic guide for membrane design in flow batteries.  J. Mater. Chem. A, DOI: 10.1039/d1ta02421c.

(15) Wenjing Lu, Pengcheng Xu, Siyuan Shao, Tianyu Li, Huamin Zhang*, Xianfeng Li*, Multifunctional Carbon Felt Electrode with N-Rich Defects Enables a Long-Cycle Zinc-Bromine Flow Battery with Ultrahigh Power Density. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2102913.

 

(1)     Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang, Wenjing Lu, Zhizhang Yuan, Yuyue Zhao, Lin Qiao, A solvent selection method for porous membranes used in flow batteries during solvent treatment, China patent, 201710940848.6.

(2)     Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang, Wenjing Lu, Zhizhang Yuan, Yuyue Zhao, A solvent treatment method for porous membranes used in flow batteries, Chian patent, 201610443530.2.

(3)     Xianfeng Li, Wenjing Lu, Huamin Zhang, A screening method of process parameters during solvent treatment for a polymer porous ion conducting membrane used in flow batteries. Chain patent, 201811110104.2

(4)     Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang, Preparation and application of a Daramic composite membrane, Chian patent, 201910962261.4.

(5)     Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang, Application of a chlorinated polyvinyl chloride ion conducting membrane in flow batteries, Chian patent, 201910800328.4.

(6)     Wenjing Lu, Xianfeng Li, Huamin Zhang, A N-doped porous carbon felt electrode and its application in Zinc-based flow batteries. China patent, 202011384269.6

已指导学生

华朗  硕士研究生  085216-化学工程  

现指导学生

龙昊洋  硕士研究生  081701-化学工程  

闫敬坤  硕士研究生  085600-材料与化工