Researcher

Weilin Zhang

Research Areas:

Biography:

Dr. Weilin Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher at Idaho National Laboratory studying degradation mechanisms for reversible proton conducting electrochemical cells. He earned his doctorate in materials science and engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he studied development of novel electrode and catalyst materials for solid oxide electrochemical cells. He holds a bachelor's in materials science and engineering from Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China. Since 2018, he has authored or co-authored 18 papers and published one patent, “Air Electrodes of Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells," which discloses cells that can operate in dual function modes, i.e., as a fuel cell and as an electrolysis cell. In both cases, chemical energy and electrical energy can be directly convert from one mode to the other, thereby providing a highly efficient energy conversion process that can be used as a sustainable energy source.

Education:

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering - Georgia Institute of Technology

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering - Dalian University of Technology

Publications:

Z. Luo, Y. Zhou, X. Hu, N. Kane, W. Zhang, T. Li, Y. Ding, Y. Liu, and M. Liu, 'Highly Conductive and Durable Nb(Ta)-Doped Proton Conductors for Reversible Solid Oxide Cells', ACS Energy Lett., 2022, 7, 2970−2978

T. Li, K. Liu, G. Nam, M. Kim, Y. Ding, B. Zhao, Z. Luo, Z. Wang, W. Zhang, C. Zhao, J. Wang, Y. Song, and M. Liu, 'A Nonstoichiometric Niobium Oxide/Graphite Composite for Fast-Charge Lithium-Ion Batteries', Small, 2022, 2200972

Y. Niu, Y. Zhou, W. Zhang, Y. Zhang, C. Evans, Z. Luo, N. Kane, Y. Ding, Y. Chen, X. Guo, W. Lv, and M. Liu, 'Highly Active and Durable Air Electrodes for Reversible Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells Enabled by An Efficient Bifunctional Catalyst', Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 2103783

Z. Luo, Y. Zhou, X. Hu, N. Kane, T. Li, W. Zhang, Z. Liu, Y. Ding, Y. Liu, and Meilin Liu, 'Critical role of acceptor dopants in designing highly stable and compatible proton-conducting electrolytes for reversible solid oxide cells', Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15, 2992

N. Kane, Y. Zhou, W. Zhang, Y. Ding, Z. Luo, X. Hu and M. Liu, 'Precision surface modification of solid oxide fuel cells via layer-by-layer surface sol–gel deposition', J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 8798

T. Li, G. Nam, K. Liu, J. Wang, B. Zhao, Y. Ding, L. Soule, M. Avdeev, Z. Luo, W. Zhang, T. Yuan, P. Jing, M. Kim, Y. Song, and M. Liu, 'A niobium oxide with a shear structure and planar defects for high-power lithium ion batteries', Energy Environ. Sci., 2022, 15, 154

Y. Zhou, W. Zhang, N. Kane, Z. Luo, K. Pei, K. Sasaki, Y. Choi, Y. Chen, D. Ding, and M. Liu, 'An Efficient Bifunctional Air Electrode for Reversible Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells', Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 2105386

W. Zhang, Y. Zhou, E. Liu, Y. Ding, Z. Luo, T. Li, N. Kane, B. Zhao, Y. Niu, Y. Liu, and M. Liu, 'A Highly Efficient and Durable Air Electrode for Intermediate-temperature Reversible Solid Oxide Cells', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021, 299, 120631

Y. Zhou, E. Liu, Y. Chen, Y. Liu, L. Zhang, W. Zhang, Z. Luo, N. Kane, B. Zhao, L. Soule, Y. Niu, Y. Ding, H. Ding, D. Ding, and M. Liu, 'An Active and Robust Air Electrode for Reversible Protonic Ceramic Electrochemical Cells', ACS Energy Lett., 2021, 6, 1511−1520

Y. Niu, Y. Zhou, W. Lv, Y. Chen, Y. Zhang, W. Zhang, Z. Luo, N. Kane, Y. Ding, L. Soule, Y. Liu, W. He, and M. Liu, 'Enhancing Oxygen Reduction Activity and Cr Tolerance of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathodes by a Multiphase Catalyst Coating', Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 2100034

W. Zhang, Y. Zhou, M. Hussain, D. Song, Y. Miura, Y. Chen, Z. Luo, N. Kane, Y. Niu, N. Dale, Y. Fukuyama, and M. Liu, 'High-Performance, Thermal Cycling Stable, Coking-Tolerant Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Nanostructured Electrodes', ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, (4), 4993-4999

K. Pei, Y. Zhou, K. Xu, Z. He, Y. Chen, W. Zhang, S. Yoo, B. Zhao, W. Yuan, M. Liu, Y. Chen, 'Enhanced Cr-tolerance of an SOFC cathode by an efficient electro-catalyst coating', Nano Energy, 2020, 72, 104704

R. Murphy, Y. Zhou, L. Zhang, L. Soule, W. Zhang, Y. Chen, and M. Liu, 'A New Family of Proton-Conducting Electrolytes for Reversible Solid Oxide Cells: BaHfxCe0.8−xY0.1Yb0.1O3−δ', Adv. Funct. Mater., 2020, 2002265

Y. Chen, S. Yoo, W. Zhang, J. Kim, Y. Zhou, K. Pei, N. Kane, B. Zhao, R. Murphy, Y. Choi, and M. Liu, 'Effective Promotion of Oxygen Reduction Reaction by in Situ Formation of Nanostructured Catalyst', ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 7137−7142

Y. Chen, S. Yoo, Y. Choi, J. Kim, Y. Ding, K. Pei, R. Murphy, Y. Zhang, B. Zhao, W. Zhang, H. Chen, Y. Chen, W. Yuan, C. Yang, M. Liu, 'A Highly Active, CO2-tolerant Electrode for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction', Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11 (9), 2458-2466

Y. Ding, Y. Chen, K. C. Pradel, W. Zhang, M. Liu, Z. L. Wang, 'Domain structures and PrCo antisite point defects in double-perovskite PrBaCo2O5+δ and PrBa0.8Ca0.2Co2O5+δ', Ultramicroscopy, 2018, 193, 64–70

Presentations:

A Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Runs on Hydrocarbon Fuels with Exceptional Durability and Power Output; The 242th ECS Meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA; 2019.10 (oral presentation)

Recent developments in catalysts for reversible solid oxide cells; 23rd International Conference on Solid State Ionics; Boston, MA, USA; 2022.7 (keynote presentation, oral presentation)

A highly active, Cr-tolerant catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in solid oxide fuel cells; The 236th ECS Meeting; Atlanta, GA, USA; 2019.10 (oral presentation)

Researcher // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]>