Hongning Chen (陈宏宁)

Assistant Professor

Email: hnchen@szu.edu.cn

Address: Energy Science and Engineering, Rm 401, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, 518055, Guangdong, PR China.

Education:

2013-2017  Ph.D. in Mechanical & Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

2010-2013  Mphil. in Energy & Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University.

2006-2010  B.S in Chemical Process Equipment Engineering, Tianjin University. 

Working Experience:

2018. 10~Present   Assistant Professor, Shenzhen University.

2017-2018 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Biography:

Dr. Hongning Chen received his double B.S. degree in Chemical Process Equipment Engineering & Business Administration from the Tianjin University, China, in 2010. He received his Mphil. degree in Energy & Power Engineering from the Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, in 2013 supervised by Prof. Jinjia Wei. He received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical & Automation Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2017 supervised by Prof. Yi-Chun Lu. After his graduate study, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Electrochemical Energy & Interfaces Laboratory in The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Chen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering of Shenzhen University.

Research Area:

Dr. Hongning Chen's research interest focuses on developing novel electrochemical energy storage systems and designing high-energy-density electrode materials. His work includes redox flow batteries (RFBs), lithium-sulfur battery (Li-S) and semi-solid flow batteries (SSFBs) systems.    

Publications:

[1] Hongning Chen, Yucun Zhou and Yi-Chun Lu. Lithium−Organic Nanocomposite Suspension for High-Energy-Density Redox Flow Batteries. ACS Energy Letters, 2018.  DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01257.

[2] Hongning Chen, Guangtao Cong and Yi-Chun Lu. Recent Progress in Organic Redox Flow Batteries: Active Materials, Electrolytes and Membranes. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2018.02.009.

[3] Hongning Chen, Nien-Chu Lai and Yi-Chun Lu. Silicon-Carbon Nanocomposite Semi-Solid Negolyte and its Application in Redox Flow Batteries. Chemistry of Materials, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02561.

[4] Hongning Chen and Yi-Chun Lu. A High-Energy-Density Multiple Redox Semi-Solid-Liquid Flow Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 2016. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201502183.

[5] Hongning Chen, Qingli Zou, Zhuojian Liang, Hao Liu, Quan Li and Yi-Chun Lu. Sulphur-impregnated flow cathode to enable high-energy-density lithium flow batteries. Nature Communications, 2015, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6877.