Research
Finding safe, low-cost, and scalable energy storage new battery technologies:
including, Zn/Li/Na/K/...-Ion Aqueous Batteries; Metal-based/S-based Aqueous batteries; Redox Flow Batteries, etc.
⭐ Aqueous Redox Chemistry
⭐ Safe and High-Energy Aqueous Battery: Electrochemistry and Industrialization
⭐ Controllable Synthesis of Novel Porous Materials and Exploration of their Charge Storage Mechanisms
Applications
⭐ safe; low cost; fast charging; low temperature
In 2023, the national ownership of light two-wheeled electric vehicles has exceeded 400 million, with over 700 million daily passes completed by light two-wheeled electric vehicles. The huge market share has led to an increasing demand for high-performance electric vehicles among consumers, and at the same time, consumers are more inclined to pursue high-quality and high-end products when choosing electric vehicles. Special attention is paid to the safety, endurance, fast charging characteristics, and low-temperature characteristics of power batteries used in light electric vehicles. The low-speed electric vehicle driven by our aqueous batteries ensures the high safety, fast charging, and low-temperature characteristics of the battery while having a price advantage. Capable of cruising 40 kilometers, fast charging within 30 minutes, and running at temperatures below -40 ° C, it creates a competitive advantage over other battery categories in terms of misalignment.
⭐ zero-emissions; low-noise; high safety; high power
The shipping industry is the second largest carbon emission source in the transportation sector, second only to the automotive industry, and is one of the important battlefields for achieving dual carbon goals. Since 2010, European and American countries have actively promoted the replacement of diesel ships with zero-emission and low-noise electric ships. Against the backdrop of national support and continuous technological upgrades by shipping companies, electric ships have begun to penetrate from "consumer goods" scenarios to "economic and practical" scenarios, extending from small luxury cruise ships to engineering ships, coastal ships, cargo ships, etc. In response to the safety and endurance requirements of electric ships, aqueous batteries (with energy density >100 Wh/kg) will become an important component of marine energy power systems.
Facilities
The Laboratory of Advanced Materials at Fudan University (science and technology innovation platform) is one of the key construction projects of the Ministry of Education's second phase of Project 985. Professor Zhao Dongyuan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the director of the laboratory.
⭐ the public platform:
XRD, SEM, FTIR, Raman, UV-Vis, TEM, HRTEM, spherical aberration correction TEM, XPS, ICP, SAXS, TOF-SIMS, etc.
In addition, comprehensive platforms for material synthesis and analysis, electrochemical in situ characterization, material simulation and calculation, and battery device-based platforms have been well established, which laid a good foundation for the development of yourself and your idea/project.
⭐ the materials/batteries/computational platform:
▲ Gloveboxes
▲ Thermal Analyzer(s)
▲ Adsorption Apparatus(s)
▲ Electrochemical Workstation (8 channels)
▲ Neware Battery Tester (84 sets of 672 channels)
▲ AI4S platform at FDU and CPU/GPU 528 cores and 10TB storage in lab
▲ Cylindrical and Prismatic Cells Production Line for Aqueous Batteries
▲ Soft Pack Battery Production Line
⭐ the in-situ platform:
▲ in-situ Raman
▲ in-situ UV-Vis
▲ in-situ Infrared ATR/FTIR
▲ in-situ X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
▲ in-situ Optical Microscope (OM)
▲ in-situ Electrochemical Digital Holography (EDH)
▲ in-situ Scanning Electrochemical Microscope (SECM)
▲ in-situ Electrochemical IR Thermography Image (EIRT)
▲ in-situ Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM)
▲ in-situ Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry (DEMS)
▲ in-situ Electrochemical Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope (ELSCM)
▲ in situ Synchrotron Spectroscopy (PD/CT/XAS/SAXS etc., collaboration with workstations)
