Introduction

Guangdong Engineering and Technology Research Center for Power and Energy Storage Battery Materials (hereinafter referred to as "Engineering and Technology Center") was approved and constructed by Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology in December 2014, and passed the acceptance test in December 2018.

In line with the national strategic development needs, the Engineering Technology Center carries out innovative research on new materials and new systems for power and energy storage batteries, mainly involving new positive and negative electrode materials, including silicon-based anodes and layered lithium-rich cathode materials, aiming to improve the energy density of power and energy storage batteries.

Representative research

1.D. Jin, X. F. Yang, Y. Q. Ou, R. M. Rao, Y. T. Zhong, D. Q. Ye, Y. C. Qiu*, Y. P. Wu, G. M. Zhou, W. S. Li*, Thermal Pyrolysis of Si@ZIF-67 into Si@N-doped CNTs towards Highly Stable Lithium Storage, Chinese Science Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2019.12.005

2.Z. H. Lin, J. H. Li, Q. M. Huang*, K. Xu*, W. Z. Fan, L. Yu, Q. B. Xia, W. S. Li*,  Insights into the Interfacial Instability between Carbon-Coated SiO Anode and Electrolyte in Lithium-Ion Batteries, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019,123:12902-12909.

3.M. Chen, X. J. Jin, Z. Chen, Y. T. Zhong, Y. H. Liao, Y. C. Qiu, G. Z. Cao*, W. S. Li*, A Cross-like Hierarchical Porous Lithium-rich Layered Oxide with (110)-oriented Crystal Plane as High Energy Density Cathode for Lithium Ion Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019,7:13120 – 13129

4.M. Chen, Z. G. Pan, X. J. Jin, Z. Chen, Y. T. Zhong, X. S. Wang, Y. C. Qiu, M. Q. Xu, W. S. Li*, Y. G. Zhang*, Highly Integrated All-manganese Battery with Supported Oxide Nanoparticles on Cathode and Anode by Super-aligned Carbon Nanotubes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7: 4494-4504

5.Z. Chen, C. Wang, M. Chen, C. C. Ye, Z. H. Lin, L. D. Xing, Y. H. Liao, M. Q. Xu, G. Z. Cao*, W. S. Li*, A highly effective fabrication of two dimensional metal oxides as high performances lithium storage anodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7: 3924–3932

6.Y. T. Zhong, B. Li, S. M. Li, S. Y. Xu, Q. M. Huang, L. D. Xing, C. S. Wang*, W. S. Li*, Bi Nanoparticles Anchored in N-Doped Porous Carbon as Anode of High Energy Density Lithium Ion Battery, Nano Micro Letter, 2018, 10: 56

7.Z. G. Cao, X. Q. Chen, L. D. Xing, Y. H. Liao, M. Q. Xu, X. P. Li, X. Liu*, W. S. Li*, Nano-MnO2@TiO2 microspheres: A novel structure and excellent performance as anode of lithium-ion batteries, J. Power Sources, 2018, 379: 174–181

8.X. Q. Chen, Z. G. Cao, L. D. Xing, Y. H. Liao, X. Liu, Y. C. Qiu*, W. S. Li*, Improved Li-storage performance with PEDOT-decorated MnO2 nanoboxes, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 18467 – 18473

9.M. Chen, Y. G. Zhang, L. D. Xing, Y. H. Liao, Y. C. Qui*, S. H. Yang*, W. S. Li*, Morphology-conserved Transformations of Metal-based Precursors to Hierarchically Porous Micro/Nanostructures for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, Advanced Materials, 2017, 29：1607015

10.X. Cai, H. B. Lin, X. W. Zeng, X. Q. Chen, P. Xia, X. X. Zhong, X. P. Li, W. S. Li*, Facile synthesis of porous iron oxide rods coated with carbon as anode of high energy density lithium ion battery, Electrochim. Acta, 2016, 191: 767-775