电化学储能材料与技术教育部工程研究中心（以下简称“教育部工程中心”）于2009年12月由教育部批准立项建设（教技函﹝2009﹞91号），2013年5月通过教育部验收，2018年12月通过教育部第一轮评估。
教育部工程中心技术委员会由南开大学陈军院士为主任及电化学领域12位顶尖专家为技术委员会委员组成。
教育部工程中心从电池材料构筑及电极/电解液界面组成和结构解析等基础科学问题入手，开发电化学储能新材料与新技术，解决电化学储能器件发展面临的瓶颈问题，为电化学储能产业提供新技术和培养高层次人才。
教育部工程中心设有模拟计算、无机合成、有机合成、聚合物制备、金属电极、电池回收再生6个实验室；以及电池材料制备与性能评估2条中试线。涉及锂离子及钠离子电池、金属阳极电池、空气阴极电池、超级电容器、水系高能电池等新型电化学储能器件。
代表性成果：
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.Y. Q. Liao, C. Wu, Y. T. Zhong, M. Chen, L. Y. Cai, H. R. Wang, X. Liu*, G. Z. Cao*, W. S. Li*, Highly Dispersed Co-Mo Sulfide Nanoparticles on Reduced Graphene Oxide for Lithium and Sodium Ion Storage, Nano Research, 2020, 13:188–195
3.Q. S. Xu, J. J. Lin, C. C. Ye, X. J. Jin, D. Q. Ye, Y. Y. Lu, G. M. Zhou*, Y. C. Qiu*, W. S. Li*, Air-stable and dendrite-free lithium metal anodes enabled by a hybrid interphase of C60 and Mg, Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 1903292
4.J. W. Chen, J. Vatamanu, L. D. Xing, O. Boroding, H. Y. Chen, X. C. Guan, X. Liu, K. Xu, W. S. Li, Improving Electrochemical Stability and Low-Temperature Performance with Water/Acetonitrile Hybrid Electrolytes, Adv. Energy Mater. :2019, 1902654
5.J. Zhuang, X. Wang, M. Xu*, Z. Chen, M. Liu, X. Cheng and W. Li, A self-healing interface on lithium metal with lithium difluoro (bisoxalato) phosphate for enhanced lithium electrochemistry, J. Mater. Chem. A, 7: 26002 - 26010
6.X. S. Wang, J. C. Zhuang, M. Z. Liu, C. Wang, Y. T. Zhong, H. R. Wang, X. Q. Cheng, S. Liu, G. Z. Cao*, W. S. Li*, Facile and scalable engineering of a heterogeneous microstructure for uniform, stable and fast lithium plating/stripping, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7:19104 – 19111
7.B. Saravanakumar, X. S. Wang, W. G. Zhang, L. D. Xing, W. S. Li*, Holey Two Dimensional Manganese Cobalt Oxide Nanosheets as a High-performance Electrode for Supercapattery, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 373: 547-555
8.Y. T. Zhong, Z. H. Pan*, X. S. Wang, J. Yang, Y. C. Qiu, S. Y. Xu, Y. T. Lu, Q. M. Huang*, W. S. Li*, Hierarchical Co3O4 Nano-Micro Arrays Featuring Superior Activity as Cathode in Flexible and Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery, Advanced Science, 2019,6: 1802243
9.X. S. Wang, Z. H. Pan, Y. Wu, G. G. Xu, X. W. Zheng, Y. C. Qiu, M. N. Liu, Y. G. Zhang*, W. S. Li*, Reducing Lithium Deposition Overpotential with Silver Nanocrystals Anchored on Graphene Aerogel, Nanoscale, 2018, 10: 16562 - 16567
10.X. G. Li, T. Gao, F. D. Han, Z. H. Ma, X. L. Fan, S. Hou, N. Eidson, W. S. Li*, C. S. Wang*, Reducing Mg Anode Overpotential via Ion Conductive Surface Layer Formation by Iodine Additive, Adv. Energy Mater., 2017, 8: 1701728