1998-08-2003-12 Ph.D., Florida International University, USA

1992-09-1995-04 Master, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1988-09-1992-07 Bachelor, Shanghai Jiaotong University

In the past 20 years, Dr. Guo has been working in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) research and development frontier field, has accumulated a wealth of theoretical knowledge and enterprise product development experience. From 1998 to 2003, while studying at Florida International University in the United States, he began research and development of fuel cells and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Materials Engineering with honors. From 2004 to 2007, he worked at what was then the World's Most Advanced Fuel Cell Research Center, participated in several U.S. national fuel cell projects, and received two NSFC grants. The passive supply system of liquid fuel was first proposed and successfully applied in small direct methanol fuel cell system. Obtained three U.S. patents, and published more than 10 international journal papers, has been widely concerned and cited by international peers.

In 2007, Dr. Guo joined Fujikura Ltd. At Japan, where he formed a fuel cell development division and developed a roadmap for research and development. Research began with the production and optimization of membrane electrodes (MEA), and the development and manufacture of large areas of carbon-black polymer composite bipolar plates and thin metal bipolar plates, optimizing the reactor design and stack assembly process. Successfully developed a stable and reliable, long-life fuel cells. Many new system design concepts are put forward, fuel cell system integration is completed, and system life test is completed. In total, more than 30 Japanese patents were obtained. For the first time in Japan, a kilowatt-class direct methanol fuel cell system has been successfully developed, with world-class  performance. After more than ten years of continuous efforts, the fuel cell system has achieved a large-scale mass production capacity. The kilowatt-class fuel cell system was approved for production license in 2018 through field validation tests at NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest telecommunications company.

In 2021, Dr. Guo returned to China to continue his research and development work on fuel cells at the Qingdao Energy Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2021-06 -Now, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor

2007-04-2021-04, Fujikura, Japan, Fuel Cell Development Department, Department Technical Head

2006-01-2007-03, Research Scientist, Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center, USA

2004-01-2005-12, Postdoctoral, University of Connecticut, USA

1995-05-1998-07, Engineer, Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences

   

1.      Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2007) “Vapor Feed Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with a Passive Thermal-Fluids Management System,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 167, pp 378-390. 

2.      Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2006) “Miniature DMFCs with Passive Thermal-Fluids Management System,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 160, pp 1142-1155. 

3.      Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2006) “Development of Planar Air Breathing Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Stacks,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 160, pp 1183-1194.

4.      Zhen Guo and Yiding Cao (2003) “A Passive Fuel Delivery System for Portable Direct Methanol Fuel Cells,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 132, pp 86-91. 

5.      Gregory Jewett, Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2007) “Water and Air Management Systems for a Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 168 (2), pp 434-446. 

6.      Yiding Cao and Zhen Guo (2002) “Performance Evaluation of an Energy Recovery System for Fuel Reforming of PEM Fuel Cell Power Plants,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol.109, pp 287-293. 4。

7.      Gregory Jewett, Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2007) “Vapor Feed Delivery System for a Passive Miniature Direct Methanol Fuel Cell,”  International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.  

8.      Amir Faghri and Zhen Guo (2005) “Challenges and Opportunities of Thermal Management Issues Related to Fuel Cell Technology and Modeling,” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, pp 3891-3920. 

9.      Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2007) “Development of a 1W Passive DMFC Prototype,”  International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 

10.    Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2007) “Thermal Behavior of a Novel Micro-Fuel Cell-Based Methanol Concentration Sensor,” Applied Thermal Engineering. 

11.    Zhen Guo and Amir Faghri (2007) “An Innovative Passive DMFC Technology,” Applied Thermal Engineering.  

12.    Zhen Guo and Yiding Cao (2005) “Experimental Studies of Biliquid Capillary Siphons,” Chemical Engineering Science, Vol.60, pp 2621-2626. 

13.    Zhen Guo and Yiding Cao (2006) “Spontaneous Liquid Uplift in Biliquid Capillary Siphons,” Transport in Porous Medium, Vol. 67, pp 317-322. 

14.    Amir Faghri and Zhen Guo (2007) “Integration of Heat Pipe and Fuel Cell Technologies,” Heat Transfer Engineering Journal. 

15.    Nianfang Wan, Kenta Oku, Zhen Guo, H. Takaguchi, Masakazu Ohashi, High performance MEA development and application for high power output DMFC, ECS Transactions,71 (1) (2016) 39-45

16.    Zhen Guo, Nianfang Wan,et al., Development of Large Scale DMFC System for Aviation Applications, 8th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2010, Nashville, TN, USA

 

Fuel cell, Hydrogen energy, thermal engineering