Ge Li, PhD, PEng

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Website: https://www.macelabuofa.com

About

Dr. Li has expertise in bridging the fundamental understanding of the electrochemical/electrocatalytic behaviors of novel materials at the molecular level and the fabrication of energy devices for practical applications.

Li lab's research mainly focuses on the rational design and development of advanced nanostructured materials, recycling, upgrading, and reusing retired energy materials for clean energy conversion and storage technologies, including various types of rechargeable batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and electrocatalysis-based systems. 

Research

Research Interest:

1. Design and Development of Nanoarchitecture Materials, including porous materials, carbonaceous materials, polymers, transition metal oxides, and composite materials.
2. Recycle and Reuse Retired Battery Materials, including state-of-the-art cathode and anode materials. Modify cathode and anode surfaces to enhance cycling performance.
3. Cell Design and Manufacturing. Development of Next-Generation Energy Storage and Conversion Systems, including lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur batteries, multivalent ion batteries, metal-air batteries, flow batteries, fuel cells, and GHG reduction and conversion. 
4. Large-scale Fabrication Technology, including fabrication of pouch cells and fuel cells, etc.

Selected Publications:

• Yue Fei, Matthew Li, Zhengfeng Li, Dichang Guan, Wenting Jia, Hao Zhang, Khalil Amine, Ge Li*, Revisiting the Impact of Anion Selection on Sulfur Redox Reaction Kinetics for High Sulfur Loading Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. Advanced Materials, 2025, 2507459.
• Zhengfeng Li, Yue Li, Yue Fei, Pengcheng Li, Shin-Yu Hung, Hao Zhang, Ge Li*, Synergistic Cathode‐Electrolyte Engineering for Enhanced Longevity in Li‐S Batteries.Advanced Materials, 2025, 2505196.
• Pengcheng Li, Ziwei Zhao, Yue Fei, Hao Zhang, Ge Li*, LiNO3‐Based Electrolyte with Fast Kinetics for Lithium Metal Batteries Under Practical Conditions.Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, Accepted.
• Ziwei Zhao, Pengcheng Li, Yuxuan Wu, Ziwei Chai, Hao Zhang, Ge Li*, Fluorinated Interphase Enabled by Lithium Salt-Driven Electrical Double-Layer Modulation for Advanced Zinc Metal Batteries.Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 2506270.
• Zhiqing Zhang, Chenyu Qian, Jingqiao Li, Pengcheng Li, Hao Zhang, Qingxia Liu, Hong Zeng, Ge Li*, Weakened hydrophobic interactions enhance bubble release in electrocatalytic water-splitting.Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025, 366, 125019.
• Yue Fei, Ge Li*, Unveiling the Pivotal Parameters for Advancing High Energy Density in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Comprehensive Review. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2312550.
• Pengcheng Li, Zhiqing Zhang, Ziwei Zhao, Xuzi Zhang, Hao Zhang, Ge Li*, Localized Medium Concentration Electrolyte with Fast Kinetics for Lithium Metal Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, e2023190190.

MEC E 340 - Applied Thermodynamics

Thermodynamic applications of gas, vapour, and combined power cycles. Heat pump and refrigeration cycles. Gas mixtures, real gases, and psychrometry. Chemical reactions. Prerequisite: MEC E 240 or CH E 243.

MEC E 640 - Advanced Mechanical Engineering Thermodynamics

Generalization of the first and second laws of thermodynamics to multi-component, multi-phase systems. Thermodynamic property relations, thermodynamic potentials, phase and chemical equilibria, reacting mixtures, and activation of reactions with applications in combustion, mixing and separation, power generation, and thermodynamic devices.

MEC E 692 - Fundamentals of Engineering Numerical Analysis

Interpolation, numerical differentiation (finite differences), numerical integration, numerical solution of ordinary differential equations, numerical solution of partial differential equations, discrete transform methods.

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