Personal profile
Personal profile
Director of the Institute of Chemical Power and Green Catalysis, member of the 8th Academic Degree Committee of The State Council, national leading talent, innovation team leader of the Ministry of Education, Director of Beijing Key Laboratory of Chemical Power and Green Catalysis, and Director of Beijing International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Fuel Cell Distributed Power Generation Technology. As the first completed person, he won 3 national awards and 8 provincial awards.
Research Interests
He has been engaged in major technical research in energy electrochemical engineering for a long time, and has made systematic and creative achievements in energy storage, transformation and transportation.
1. Electrochemical Energy Conversion and storage Technology
2. Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
3. High specific energy lithium-ion battery
1. Electrochemical Energy Conversion and storage Technology
2. Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
3. High specific energy lithium-ion battery
Education
1992.09-1996.10 Harbin Institute of Technology, Major in Metal Materials, Doctor of Engineering
1985.09-1988.06 Harbin Institute of Technology, Applied Electrochemistry, Master of Engineering
1981.09-1985.07 Harbin Institute of Technology, Electrochemical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering
1985.09-1988.06 Harbin Institute of Technology, Applied Electrochemistry, Master of Engineering
1981.09-1985.07 Harbin Institute of Technology, Electrochemical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering
Professional Experience
2016.07-present Beijing Institute of Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Distinguished Professor
2009.01-2016.07 Dean, Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology 2005.07-2008.12 Harbin Institute of Technology, Institute of Basic and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Professor
2002.07-2005.06 Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Science, Professor
1996.10-1997.11 Curie University, Paris, France, National Government Visiting Scholar
1995.07-2002.06 Associate Researcher, Department of Applied Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology
1988.06-1995.06 Harbin Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Chemistry, Lecturer
2009.01-2016.07 Dean, Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Environment, Beijing Institute of Technology 2005.07-2008.12 Harbin Institute of Technology, Institute of Basic and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Professor
2002.07-2005.06 Harbin Institute of Technology, School of Science, Professor
1996.10-1997.11 Curie University, Paris, France, National Government Visiting Scholar
1995.07-2002.06 Associate Researcher, Department of Applied Chemistry, Harbin Institute of Technology
1988.06-1995.06 Harbin Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Chemistry, Lecturer
Research Achievement
He has presided over a number of international key research and development projects, National 863 major projects, National Natural Science Foundation projects, international cooperation projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and enterprise scientific research cooperation projects, including Nat. Commun., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater. He has published more than 400 SCI papers in other journals, won Elsevier China Highly Cited Scholar (Energy) for seven consecutive years from 2014 to 2020, edited two academic works and one textbook, and obtained 48 national invention patents.
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A B/F/N-contained additive: Synchronous regulation of bilateral electrode-electrolyte interphases and elimination of HF enables high-voltage and high-temperature lithium metal batteries
Ren, T., Bai, Y., Li, X., Jing, J., Wang, Z. & Sun, K., Apr 2026, In: Energy Storage Materials. 87, 105033.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Air electrodes for reversible protonic ceramic electrochemical cells: fundamental principles, optimization strategies, advanced characterization, and future perspectives
Ruan, X., Ren, R., Xie, F., Yu, X., Xu, C., Qiao, J., Sun, W., Wang, Z. & Sun, K., 1 Apr 2026, In: Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 552, 217550.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Expediting reduction kinetics of sulfur species by defect engineering in CoP for high-performance lithium-sulfur battery
Qu, M., Peng, L., Bai, Y., Li, H., Wang, Z. & Sun, K., 1 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Power Sources. 661, 238611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Highly Selective Electrodehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene via a Proton Ceramic Electrolysis Cell
Zhang, S., Sun, W., Xu, C., Ren, R., Qiao, J., Wang, Z. & Sun, K., 13 May 2026, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 65, 18, p. 9474-9480 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modulating Solvation Structure and Electrical Double Layer via Anion-Additive Weak Interactions for High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries
Li, X., Bai, Y., Ren, T., Wang, Z., Ma, J. & Sun, K., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review