Institute for Advanced Energy Materials
The materials for energy storage and conversion are particularly important for our daily life and national energy security. To develop materials for energy storage is complicated, workload massive and market orientated. Therefore, to shorten the time of developing a new material, the research mode should be shifted to Materials Genome Initiative (MGI)’s “theoretical screening → experimental validation” from the traditional style of “experience estimation → experimental validation”. Based on the MGI strategy, the energy materials will be implemented in a multi-disciplinary team with the high-throughput tools including calculation, preparation, analysis and data excavation, as well as the seamless cooperation with industry. Our research focuses on the development of advanced materials for rechargeable batteries with MGI strategy. It covers:  

   1) Design of new materials

   2) Advanced materials synthesis

   3) Chemical, physical, and electrochemical property measurements

   4) Interface characterization and modification

   5) Transport mechanism of ions

Publications:
[1] N. Su, Y. Lyu, B. Guo, Electrochemical and in-situ X-ray diffraction studies of Na1.2Ni0.2Mn0.2Ru0.4O2 as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. Electrochem. Commun., 87 (2018), 71-75.
[2]    Yang Liu, Dandan Sun, Jingjing Zhou, Yinping Qin*, Deyu Wang*, and Bingkun Guo, Isophorone Diisocyanate: An Effective Additive to Form Cathode-Protective-Interlayer and Its Influence on LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 at High Potential, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10 (2018), 11305−11310.
[3] N. Su, Y. Lyu, R. Gu, B. Guo, Al2O3 coated Li1.2Ni0.2Mn0.2Ru0.4O2 as cathode material for Li-ion batteries. J. Alloys Compd., 741 (2018), 398-403.
[4] Y. Lyu, E. Hu, D. Xiao, Y. Wang, X. Yu, G. Xu, S.N. Ehrlich, K. Amine, L. Gu, X.-Q. Yang, H. Li, Correlations between Transition-Metal Chemistry, Local Structure, and Global Structure in Li2Ru0.5Mn0.5O3 Investigated in a Wide Voltage Window. Chem. Mater., 29 (2017), 9053-9065.
[5] Y. Lyu, Y. Liu, T. Cheng, B. Guo, High-throughput characterization methods for lithium batteries. Journal of Materiomics, 3 (2017), 221-229.
[6]    Xiaoyue Xu, Yinping Qin, Wenchao Yang, Dandan Sun, Yang Liu*, Bingkun Guo and Deyu Wang*, Influence of HDI as a cathode film-forming additive on the performance of LiFe0.2Mn0.8PO4/C cathode, RSC Advances, 67 (2017), 41970-41972.
[7]    Hao Wan, Ya Mao, Zixuan Liu,* Qingyou Bai, Zhe Peng, Jingjing Bao, Gang Wu, Yang Liu,* Deyu Wang,* and Jingying Xie，Influence of Enhanced O2 Provision Achieved with Fluoroether Incorporation on the Discharge Performance of Li-air Battery，ChemSusChem, 7 (2017), 1385-1389.
[8] E. Hu, Y. Lyu, H.L. Xin, J. Liu, L. Han, S.-M. Bak, J. Bai, X. Yu, H. Li, X.-Q. Yang, Explore the Effects of Microstructural Defects on Voltage Fade of Li- and Mn-Rich Cathodes. Nano Lett., 16 (2016), 5999-6007.
[9] Y. Xu, E. Hu, F. Yang, J. Corbett, Z. Sun, Y. Lyu, X. Yu, Y. Liu, X.-Q. Yang, H. Li, Structural integrity—Searching the key factor to supress the voltage fade of Li-rich layered cathode materials through 3D X-ray imaging and spectroscopy techniques. Nano Energy, 28 (2016), 164-171.
[10] Hong Li, Yingchun Lyu, A Review on Electrochemical Energy Storage. J. Electrochem, 21 (2015), 412-424.
[11] Y. Lyu, N. Zhao, E. Hu, R. Xiao, X. Yu, L. Gu, X.-Q. Yang, H. Li, Probing Reversible Multi-electron Transfer and Structure Evolution of Li1.2Cr0.4Mn0.4O2 Cathode Material for Li-ion Batteries in a Voltage Range of 1.0-4.8 V. Chem. Mater., 27 (2015), 5238-5252.
[12] Y. Yue, A. J. Binder, B. Guo*, Z. Zhang, Z. Qiao, C. Tian, S. Dai*, Mesoporous Prussian Blue Analogues: Template-Free Synthesis and Sodium-Ion Battery Applications, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 53 (2014), 3134.
[13] B. Guo*, X. Yu, X. Sun, M. Chi, Z. Qiao, J. Liu, Y.-S. Hu*, X.-Q. Yang, J. B. Goodenough, S. Dai*, A long-life lithium-ion battery with highly porous TiNb2O7 anode for large-scale electrical energy storage, Energy&Environmental Science, 7 (2014), 2220.
[14] B. Guo, X. Sun, G. Veith, Z. Bi, S. Mahurin, C. Liao, C. Bridges, M. Paranthaman, S. Dai, Nitrogen-Enriched Carbons from Alkali Salts with High Coulombic Efficiency for Energy Storage Applications, Advanced Energy Materials, 3 (2013), 708.
[15] B. Guo, X. Fang, B. Li, Y. Shi, C. Ouyang, Y.-S. Hu, Z. Wang, G. D. Stucky, L. Chen, Synthesis and Lithium Storage Mechanism of Ultrafine MoO2 Nanorods, Chemistry of Materials, 24 (2012), 457.
[16] B. Guo, X. Wang, P. F. Fulvio, M. Chi, S. Mahurin, X. Sun*, S. Dai*, Soft-Templated Mesoporous Carbon-Carbon Nanotube Composites for High Performance Lithium-ion Batteries, Advanced Materials, 23 (2011), 4661.