Professor Hai Chunxi's research team

1. RESEARCH GROUP

Applied Materials Chemistry Group

2. BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Applied Materials Chemistry Group focuses on collection and high-value application of various mineral resources in Salt Lakes in China. Briefly, according to the study concepts, there are three research topics as followings.

1) Key materials developing for lithium-ion and Lithium metal batteries:

A. Research and development of key materials for lithium ion batteries (structure design and modification research of novel cathode material, anode material, electrolyte solution, separator )

B. Research and development of key materials for new lithium metal batteries (modification research of sulfur cathode and metallic lithium anode material )

2) Salt hydrates Phase change materials:

A. Solar Thermal Energy storage and utilization in construction materials.

B. Battery Thermal Energy Storage and transfer.

3) Functional Materials：

A. Adsorbents with high efficiency and capacity for Lithium from Salt lakes.

B. Functional materials with high value and performance by employing solid wastes as resources.

C. Green environmental catalytic materials for desulfurization and denitrification were developed with solid waste as carrier.

D. New inorganic nonmetallic materials with photoelectric properties.

E. Recycling and reuse of waste lithium ion batteries.

3. RESEARCH PROGRAMS IN RECENT THREE YEARS

1) National Natural Science Foundation of China [Nos.: U1407105, 21401210, 11904374]

2) Qinghai Science &Technology Projects [No.: 2016-GX-102]

3) Natural Science Foundation of Qinghai Province [Nos.: 2015-ZJ-930Q, 2019-ZJ-934Q]

4) Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS [grant nos. 2017469 and 2016376]

4. PUBLICATIONS

4.1Academic Research Papers

A. Guotai Zhang, Jinze Zhang, Yuan Zhou, Guicai Qi, Yongmin Wu, Chunxi Hai*, Weiping Tang*, Synthesis of aluminum-doped ion-sieve manganese oxides powers with enhanced adsorption performance, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2019, in press.

B. Shengde Dong, Yuan Zhou*, Chunxi Hai, Jinbo Zeng, Yanxia Sun, Yue Shen,Xiang Li, Xiufeng Ren, Guicai Qi, Xinxing Zhang, Luxiang Ma. Ultrathin CeO2 coating for improved cycling and rate performance of Ni-rich layered LiNi0.7Co0.2Mn0.1O2 cathode materials. Ceramics International. 2019, 45(1): 144-152.

C. Luxiang Ma, Binglu Zhao, Xusheng Wang, Junfeng Yang, Xinxiang Zhang, Yuan Zhou*, Jitao Chen*. MoS2 nanosheets vertically grown on carbonized corn stalks as lithium-ion battery anode. ACS applied materials & interfaces. 2018, 10: 22067-22073.

D. Yanxia Sun, Lijuan Zhang, Yuan Zhou*, Yue Shen, Chunxi Hai, Xiang li, Jinbo Zeng, Xiufeng Ren, Luxiang Ma, Zhang Xinxing, Shengde Dong, Guicai Qi. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165 (2): A333-A338.

E. Jinbo Zeng, Chunxi Hai*, Xiufeng Ren, Xiang Li, Yue Shen, Ouyang Dong, Lijuan Zhang, Yanxia Sun, Luxiang Ma, Xinxing Zhang, Shengde Dong, Yuan Zhou*,Facile triethanolamine-assisted combustion synthesized layered LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode materials with enhanced electrochemical performance for lithium-ion batteriesJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 735: 1977-1985.

F. Lijuan Zhang, Yanxia Sun Yuan Zhou, Chunxi Hai, Shuqing Hu, Jinbo Zeng, Yue Shen, Shengde Dong, Guicai Qi, Faqiang Li. Investigation of the synergetic effects of LiBF4 and LiODFB as wide-temperature electrolyte salts in lithium-ion batteries. Ionics. 2018, 24(10): 2995-3005.

G. Xinxing Zhang, Xiang Li, Yuan Zhou, Chunxi Hai, Yue Shen, Xiufeng Ren, Jinbo Zeng. Enhanced thermal conductivity in a hydrated salt PCM system with reduced graphene oxide aqueous dispersion, Rsc Advances, 2018, 8(2): 1022-1029.

H. Xinxing Zhang, Xiang Li, Yuan Zhou, Chunxi Hai, Yue Shen, Xiufeng Ren, Jinbo Zeng. Calcium Chloride Hexahydrate/Diatomite/Paraffin as Composite Shape-Stabilized Phase-Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage, Energy & Fuels, 2018, 32(1): 916-921.

I. Xiang Li*, Yuan Zhou*, Xinxing Zhang, Weixin Zheng, Chenggong Chang, Xiufeng Ren, Jinbo Zeng, Chunxi Hai, Yue Shen. Experimental investigation of thermal and mechanical properties of magnesium oxychloride cement with form-stable phase change material, Construction and Building Materials, 2018, 186: 670-677.

J. Chunxi Hai*, Yuan Zhou*, Feng Wang, Masayoshi Fuji, Direct growth of Lithium magnesium silicate nanotubes on a glass slide, Cryst. Eng. Comm, 2018, 20: 4694-4701.

4.2 Patents

A. A Phase Change Energy Storage Medium, 2018.12.25, Patent number: 201510711995.7

B. An Inorganic Phase Change Energy Storage Material and Its Preparation Method，2016.06.02, Patent number: ZL201610387127.2

C. Preparation of Inorganic Phase Change Microcapsules and the Inorganic Phase Change Microcapsules, 2014.02.19, Patent number: ZL201410056629.8

D. A Method of Preparing Al₂O₃ from Al(OH)₃ and the Al₂O₃ Powder, Patent number: ZL201711299093.2

E. A Method of Preparing Magnesium Oxide Nanocrystals with Controllable Morphology 2015.11.23, Patent number: ZL201510814562.4

F. Preparation of Magnesium Oxide Nanocrystals, 2015.11.23, Patent number: ZL201510814782.7

G. A Basic Magnesium Carbonate and Its Preparation Method, 2017.10.31, Patent number: ZL201610387026.5.

H. A Method for Preparing Oxide-Chitosan Composites and the Oxide-Chitosan Composites, 2018.05.08, Patent number: ZL201610387028.4.

I. A Method for Preparing Fibrous Magnesium Lithium Silicate Fibers, 2018.07.24, Patent number: ZL201610583972.7.

J. A Method of Improving thermally driven phase transformation Efficiency of Graphene Oxide, 2015.12.09, Patent number: ZL201410271403.X

5. AWARDS

A. 2017 E-MRS Fall Meeting Best Oral Communication Award，European Materials Research Society 2017 Fall Meeting-B. Scanning Probe Microscopy for Energy Applications, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 18^th~21^st Sep. 2017.

B. Best Poster Award, International Conference on Functional Materials Technology Key Enable for Industrial Revolution, University of Califonia, Los Angeles, USA, 19^th~22^nd Aug. 2019.

6. INTRODUCTION OF GROUP LEADER

Name: Chunxi Hai

Education: Ph.D

Graduate Institutes: Nagoya Institute of Technology

Title: Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor

Major: Functional Materials

Tel.: +86-971-633-0483

E-mail: haicx@isl.ac.cn

6. GROUP MEMBERS

Chunxi HAI	Yuan ZHOU	Yue SHEN	Jinbo ZENG
Xiufeng REN	Xiang LI	Yanxia SUN