Guest Speaker: Prof. YUAN Wei
School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering
South China University of Technology
Prof. Wei Yuan is currently a full professor at South China University of Technology. He received his B.S. and Ph.D degrees in mechanical manufacturing from South China University of Technology in 2006 and 2012, respectively. He worked as a Senior Visiting Scholar at Georgia Tech Advanced Battery Center, Georgia Institute of Technology in 2017–2018. Prof. Yuan is the director of Functional Structures and Devices High-Performance Manufacturing Research Center in South China University of Technology. He was appointed as Standing Director and Committee Member in many academic organizations and institutions. He also serves as the Member of Editorial Board for many international journals. He was awarded many national and provincial-level awards. He received 40+ scientific funds, published 160+ high-impact papers, held 40+ authorized patents. His current research interests are focused on structural design and manufacturing of devices like fuel cells, power batteries, electrochemical energy storage devices, supercapacitors, microreactors, and flexible electronics. The device integration and application in new energy vehicles, testing systems, wearables, and biomedical fields are also included.
Abstract
The implementation of the dual-carbon strategy presents new challenges for the development of high-performance energy conversion and storage device technologies. In energy conversion and storage devices, the creation of functional structures for different components and assemblies plays a critical role in determining device performance. The manufacturing of functional structures in devices serves as an important complement to research on device materials and chemistry, offering a new avenue from the manufacturing perspective to enhance device performance–a new field at the intersection of mechanical engineering and energy. This report will focus on the latest research achievements of our team in the manufacturing of functional structures for energy conversion and storage devices. We will elaborate on the design, fabrication, and application of functional structures in devices including lithium-ion batteries, zinc-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, lithium-metal batteries, and supercapacitors. The report aims to reveal the mechanisms of functional enhancement and performance gain enabled by structure creation, providing new insights for the manufacturing of high-performance energy conversion and storage devices.
