About

I am a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from HKUST in 2024, and my M.Eng. and B.Eng. degrees from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

My research develops multiscale and AI-assisted models for energy storage and conversion systems, with a focus on heat and mass transport in fuel cells, batteries, and water electrolyzers. I am particularly interested in connecting pore-scale structure, transport physics, and data-driven optimization to guide high-performance electrochemical devices.

My work has appeared in journals including Nature Communications, Science Bulletin, ACS Energy Letters, Applied Energy, and International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer.

Latest News

  • 2025 Our paper Electrode Net: tailoring deep learning with signed distance field for fast and accurate multiscale design of porous electrodes was accepted by Science Bulletin.
  • 2025 Our paper Artificial-intelligence-guided design of ordered gas diffusion layers for high-performing fuel cells via Bayesian machine learning was accepted by Nature Communications.
  • 2024 I received my Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from HKUST.

Publications

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2026

  1. Interfacial catalysis in lithium salt decomposition: Impacts on lithium metal battery performance. Future Batteries, 9, Article 100155.
  2. Electrode Net: tailoring deep learning with signed distance field for fast and accurate multiscale design of porous electrodes. Science Bulletin, 71(1), 137-147.
  3. Interfacial resistance and electric field modulation at the Nafion membrane-electrolyte interface in vanadium redox flow batteries. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 264, Article 128766.
  4. Single-atom catalyzed formation of inorganic-rich SEI/CEI for durable anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries. Energy and Environmental Science, 19(1), 284-298.

2025

  1. Artificial-intelligence-guided design of ordered gas diffusion layers for high-performing fuel cells via Bayesian machine learning. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 6528.
  2. Developing Quasi-Solid-State Ether-Based Electrolytes with Trifluorotoluylation Ionic Liquids for High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials, 37(28), Article 2501006.
  3. Electrolyte/electrode interphase regulation with methylthiolation ionic liquids for high-voltage quasi-solid-state Li metal batteries. Science Advances, 11(46), Article eadz5203.
  4. Engineering d-p Orbital Hybridization in a Single-Atom-Based Solid-State Electrolyte for Lithium-Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64(7), Article e202419367.
  5. Engineering Molecule-Designed In Situ Polymerization on Al-Doped Molecular-Sieve Framework Enables Robust Quasi-Solid-State Lithium Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 35(7), Article 2415298.
  6. Machine-Learning-Guided Screening of Advantageous Solvents for Solid Polymer Electrolytes in Lithium Metal Batteries. Nano Letters, 25(19), 7801-7809.
  7. SOC gradient-based passive safety design: a chessboard-inspired structural configuration for mitigating thermal runaway propagation in lithium-ion battery packs. eTransportation, 26, Article 100487.
  8. Upgrading Ion Migration and Interface Chemistry via a Cyano-Containing COF in a Single-Ion Conductive Polymer toward High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147(29), 25896-25909.

2024

  1. A reduced-order thermal runaway network model for predicting thermal propagation of lithium-ion batteries in large-scale power systems. Applied Energy, 373, Article 123955.
  2. Effect of High Local Diffusive Mass Transfer on Acidic Oxygen Reduction of Pt Catalysis. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 171(6), Article 064509.
  3. In Situ Growth of 2D Metal-Organic Framework Ion Sieve Interphase for Reversible Zinc Anodes. Energy and Environmental Materials, 7(6), Article e12769.
  4. Modeling proton exchange membrane fuel cells with platinum-group-metal-free catalysts. Applied Energy, 360, Article 122765.
  5. Quadrilateral-Patterned Perforated Gas Diffusion Layers Boost the Performance of Fuel Cells. ACS Energy Letters, 9(4), 1710-1716.

Earlier

  1. 2022A multiscale model for proton exchange membrane fuel cells with order-structured catalyst layers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 195, Article 123092.
  2. 2022Modeling proton exchange membrane fuel cells with fiber-based microporous layers. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 198, Article 123398.
  3. 2021Effect of spectral selective transmittance on the performance of concentrated solar thermochemical cycles. Journal of Tsinghua University, 61(12), 1389-1396.
  4. 2020Rapid oxide sintering by concentrated solar power: A case study of lanthanum calcium ferrite. Ceramics International, 46(4), 5465-5468.
  5. 2020Performance study of a solar methane reforming thermochemical complementary power generation system. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 41(2), 261-265.
  6. 2019Ultrahigh temperature processing by concentrated solar energy with accurate temperature measurement. Applied Thermal Engineering, 150, 1337-1344.

Education

  • 2020 - 2024
    Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • 2017 - 2020
    M.Eng. in Thermal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • 2013 - 2017
    B.Eng. in Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology