Introduction

National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of MPTES in High Energy and Safety LIBs (hereinafter referred to as the "Engineering Research Center") is the first national local joint engineering research center approved by South China Normal University. This project is approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (High-tech Development and Reform Commission [2019] NO. 180), in January 2019.

The Technical Committee of the Engineering Research Center is composed of 12 top experts in the field of lithium ion battery and academician Wu Feng from Beijing Institute of Technology as the director. The mission of the center is facing for the national "new energy" and "new energy vehicles" strategic emerging industries and committing to solve at the bottleneck problems of energy storage battery. The Engineering Research Center is mainly developing new materials and preparation technologies for functional electrolyte and diaphragm of lithium-ion batteries, which provide technical support for power battery to improve energy density, extend application temperature range and solve safety problems.

The Engineering Research Center is guided by the construction of SCNU and the strategic deployment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, taking maximum advantages of chemistry, materials, engineering and other disciplines to promote the construction of the school’s first-class disciplines and the construction of high-level universities. Furthermore, the Engineering Research Center also pays significant attention in technological innovation system by commercializing research achievements and industry-university-research. All the research are closely connected with the power battery functional materials industry chain, as well as raining and gathering high-level technological innovation talents to server "new energy", "new energy vehicles" and other related industry chains in Guangdong province and even the whole country

Representative research

1. 李伟善，廖友好，许梦清，梁英，刘建生，李斌，张若昕，饶睦敏，李小平，邢丽丹，周代营，谭春林，傅昭，张利萍，冯岸柏，“锂离子电池凝胶聚合物隔膜及功能电解质的设计与制备技术”，2012， 广东省科学技术奖(发明奖)一等奖，粤府证：[2013]1617号，项目编号：B09-0-1-01-R01

2.  G. J. Li, X. Y. Luo, Y. H. Liao*, H. B. Zhou, Y. M. Zhu, W. S. Li, Effect of pore structure in polymer membrane from various preparation techniques on cyclic stability of 4.9 V LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 at elevated temperature, Journal of Membrane Science, 2020, 597:117628

3.  C. Wang, L. Xing*, J. Vatamanu, Z. Chen, G. Y. Lan, Weishan Li, Kang Xu* Overlooked Electrolyte Destabilization by Mn2+ in Li-ion Batteries, Nature Communications, 2019, 10:3423

4.  Y. C. Wen, X. S. Wang, Y. Yang, M. Z. Liu, W. Q. Tu, M. Q. Xu, G. Z. Sun, S. Kawaguchi, G. Z. Cao*, W. S. Li*, Covalent Organic Framework-Regulated Ionic Transportation for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019,7:26540 – 26548

5.  B. Liao, H. Y. Li, M. Q. Xu, L. D. Xing, Y. H. Liao, X. B. Ren, W. Z. Fan, L. Yu, K. Xu*, W. S. Li*, Designing Low Impedance Interface Films Simultaneously on Anode and Cathode for High Energy Batteries, Adv. Energy Mater., 2018, 8(22):1800802

6.  Y. M. Zhu, X. Y. Luo, H. Z. Zhi, Y. H. Liao, L. D. Xing, M. Q. Xu, X. Liu, K. Xu*, W. S. Li*, Diethyl (thiophen-2-ylmethyl) phosphonate: A Novel Multifunctional Electrolyte Additive for High Voltage Batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6:10990-11004

7.  L. D. Xing*, X. W. Zheng, M. Schroeder, J. Alvarado, A. von W. Cresce, K. Xu*, Q. S. Li, W. S. Li*, Deciphering the Ethylene Carbonate−Propylene Carbonate Mystery in Li-Ion Batteries, Acc. Chem. Res. 2018, 51, 282−289

8.  H. Z. Zhi, L. D. Xing*, X. W. Zheng, K. Xu*, W. S. Li*, Understanding How Nitriles Stabilize Electrolyte/Electrode Interface at High Voltage, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 6048-6052

9.  Y. H. Liao*, T. T. Chen, X. Y. Luo, Z. Fu, X. P. Li, W. S. Li*, Cycling performance improvement of polypropylene supported poly(vinylidene fluoride-co- hexafluoropropylene)/maleic anhydride-grated- polyvinylidene fluoride based gel electrolyte by incorporating nano-Al2O3 for full batteries, J. Membrane Science, 2016, 507:26–134

10.  X. W. Zheng, X. S. Wang, X. Cai, L. D. Xing, M. Q. Xu, Y. H. Liao, X. P. Li, W. S. Li*, Constructing a Protective Interface Film on Layered Lithium-Rich Cathode Using an Electrolyte Additive with Special Molecule Structure, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016,8:30116−30125