Yuqing Chen | Electrochemical | Best Researcher Award
Associated Professor at Zhejiang Shuren University | China
Dr. Yuqing Chen is currently serves as a Distinguished Associate Researcher at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Zhejiang Shuren University. She earned her Ph.D. in Advanced Energy Materials from Hunan University under the supervision of Professor Jilei Liu, a National Young Talent awardee and Vice Dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Prior to this, she completed a joint Master’s program in Electrochemical Technology at Tsinghua University under Professor Xiangming He and obtained a Master’s degree in New Energy Materials and Devices from Wuhan University of Technology under Professor Quanyao Zhu. Her undergraduate studies were in Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials at Wuhan University of Engineering. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on new energy materials and devices, particularly on lithium-ion battery electrolyte design, solvation chemistry, and electrochemical safety. She previously worked as an electrolyte development engineer at Zhejiang Provincial Chemical Research Institute (Sinochem Blue Sky Group), where she designed novel solvent and additive molecules and evaluated battery safety under international standards. She currently leads teaching in university-level chemistry courses, energy chemistry curriculum development, and energy materials research. Dr. Chen has authored 10 SCI-indexed articles with a total impact factor of 150, holds three patents, co-authored one translated book, and has accumulated over 2,500 citations, with an h-index of 19. She has led national projects on high-performance and wide-temperature lithium-ion battery electrolytes and has received multiple honors including the Zhejiang Provincial Intellectual Property Award, the JEC 2021 Best Paper Award, National Scholarship, and other academic and research distinctions.
Featured Publications
Chen, Y., Kang, Y., Zhao, Y., Wang, L., Liu, J., Li, Y., Liang, Z., He, X., Li, X., et al. (2021). A review of lithium-ion battery safety concerns: The issues, strategies, and testing standards. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 59, 83–99.
Chen, Y., He, Q., Zhao, Y., Zhou, W., Xiao, P., Gao, P., Tavajohi, N., Tu, J., Li, B., et al. (2023). Breaking solvation dominance of ethylene carbonate via molecular charge engineering enables lower temperature battery. Nature Communications, 14(1), 8326.
Chen, Y., He, Q., Mo, Y., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Piao, N., Liu, C., Xiao, P., Liu, H., Li, B., et al. (2022). Engineering an insoluble cathode electrolyte interphase enabling high performance NCM811//graphite pouch cell at 60° C. Advanced Energy Materials, 12(33), 2201631.
Kang, Y., Deng, C., Chen, Y., Liu, X., Liang, Z., Li, T., Hu, Q., Zhao, Y. (2020). Binder-free electrodes and their application for Li-ion batteries. Nanoscale Research Letters, 15(1), 112.
Mo, Y., Zhou, W., Wang, K., Xiao, K., Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Tang, P., Xiao, P., Gong, Y., et al. (2023). Engineering electrode/electrolyte interphase chemistry toward high-rate and long-life potassium ion full-cell. ACS Energy Letters, 8(2), 995–1002.
Zhou, W., He, B., Quan, L., Li, R., Chen, Y., Fan, C., Chen, S., Xu, C., Fan, X., Xing, L., et al. (2023). Binder chemistry dependent electrolyte reduction in potassium‐ion batteries: A successive, two‐step reduction way. Advanced Energy Materials, 13(2), 2202874.