RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development and Application of New Electrochemical Energy Storage for Green Grid
Large-scale energy storage have attracted more and more attentions due to the increasing deployment of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power. However, current well-developed battery technology can’t meet the durability, high power and energy efficiency, and cost requirements for widespread application in the grid. Liquid metal battery (LMB), invented by Prof. Sadoway at MIT, can be severed as a grid scale electrochemical energy storage device with long cycle life and low cost. We are interesting in the fundamental research on the development of new electrodes and electrolyte for LMB to obtain the higher energy power, longer cycle life and lower cost. Moreover, we are also focus on designing the new structure for LMB, optimizing the operation parameters and lowering the cost of cell fabrication.
Advanced Electrode materials for Lithium-ion Batteries and Sodium-ion Batteries
The lithium-ion batteries have significantly changes in people’s modern life. We can communicate with others by using cell phones and work by using laptop anywhere. However, the recent developments of smart phones and tablet computers request more operating cycles with thinner and lighter LIBs of higher energy. We are aiming at designing and synthesizing novel negative and positive electrode materials with higher capacity, longer cycle life and larger rate capability for lithium-ion battery and sodium-ion batteries. Moreover, we are also very interesting in the in-situ TEM observation of the electrochemical reaction of nano-materials in battery.
EDUCATION
Sep. 2006- Jan. 2011 University of Science and Technology Beijing, Ph. D in Non-ferrous Metallurgy, Thesis Topic: Investigation on the electrolysis of USTB titanium extraction method
Sep. 2003- Jul. 2006 Hunan University, M. S. in Applied Chemistry, Thesis Topic: Synthesis of polyaniline-silver nanocomposite film and their electrocatalytic properties for methanol oxidation
Sep. 1999- Jul. 2003 Hunan University, B. S. in Applied Chemistry
EXPERIENCE
Dec. 2015- Present Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, Professor,Academic research on material science and engineering, Teaching for undergraduate students and graduate students
Jun. 2013 – Dec. 2015 Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, Assistant Professor, Academic research on material science and engineering, Teaching for undergraduate students and graduate students
Jan. 2012 – Mar. 2013 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US, Postdoctoral Associate, Academic research on electrochemical energy storage technology
Jan. 2011 – Dec. 2011 Northwest Institute for Non-ferrous Metal Research, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, Engineer Academic research on metal corrosion and protection
Nov. 2008 – Nov. 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, US, Visiting Scholar, Academic research on electrochemical energy storage technology
PUBLICATIONS
1.Jing Li, Chaowei Guo, Yuanbin Qin, Xiaohui Ning*. Ascorbic acid-assisted solvothermal synthesis of LiMn1-xFexPO4/C nanoparticles for high-performance Li-ion cathode materials,
Materials Technology, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/10667857.2020.1712533
2. Tao Dai, Lie Yang, Xiaohui Ning*, Danli Zhang, R. Lakshmi Narayan, Ju Li, Zhiwei Shan. A low-cost intermediate temperature Fe/Graphite battery for grid-csale energy storage, Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 25, 801-810
3.Xiaohui Ning, Jiusan Xiao, Shuqiang Jiao, Hongmin Zhu, Anodic dissolution of titanium oxycarbide TiCxO1-x with different O/C ratio, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2019, 166(2), E22-E28
4. Liu-Yang Sun, Lie Yang, Jing Li, R. Lakshmi Narayan, Xiao-Hui Ning*, Superior full-cell cycling and rate performance achieved by carbon coated hollow Fe3O4 nanoellipsoids for lithium ion battery, Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 288, 71-81
5. L. Yang, L. Sun, R. Zhang, Y. Xu, X. Ning*, Y. Qin, L. N. Ramasubramanian, J. Li and Z. Shan, Reduced expansion and improved full-cell cycling of a SnOx#C embedded structure for lithium-ion battery, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2018, 6,15738-15746
6. Tao Dai, Yue Zhao, Xiaohui Ning*, R. Lakshmi Narayan, Ju Li, Zhiwei Shan. Capacity extended bismuth-antimony cathode for high-performance liquid metal battery, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 381, 38－45
7. Lie Yang, Tao Dai, Yuecun Wang, Degang Xie, R. Lakshmi Narayan, Ju Li, Xiaohui Ning*. Chestnut-like SnO2/C nanocomposites with enhanced lithium ion storage properties, Nano Energy, 2016, 30, 885-891
8. Jiang Cui, Zheng-Long Xu, Shanshan Yao,Jiaqiang Huang, Jian-Qiu Huang,Sara Abouali, Mohammad AkbariGarakani, Xiaohui Ning*, Jang-Kyo Kim, Enhanced conversion reaction kinetics in low crystallinity SnO2/CNT anodes for Na-ion batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 10964-10973
9. Liqiang Zhang, Yushu Tang, Yuecun Wang, Yongli Duan, Degang Xie, Chunyang Wu, Lishan Cui, Yongfeng Lia, Xiaohui Ning* and Zhiwei Shan , In situ TEM observing structural transitions of MoS2 upon sodium insertion and extraction, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 96035-96038
10. Liqiang Zhang, Yuecun Wang, Degang Xie, Yushu Tang, Chunyang Wu, Lishan Cui, Yongfeng Li, Xiaohui Ning* and Zhiwei Shan, In situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of the Electrochemical Sodiation Process for a Single CuO Nanowire Electrode, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 11441-11445
11. Xiaohui Ning, Satyajit Phadke, Brice Chung, Huayi Yin, Paul Burke, Donald Sadoway, A self-healing liquid metal battery with high rate and long life for grid-scale energy storage, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 275, 370－377
PATENTS
1. Paul Burke, Brice Chung, Satyajit Phadke, Xiaohui Ning, Donald Sadoway, Self-Healing Liquid/Solid State Battery, Nov. 2013, US patent，61/896,777
2. 宁晓辉，杨烈，代涛，单智伟，一类用于液固金属电池的正极材料，申请号：201410347518.2
3. 宁晓辉，代涛，杨烈，单智伟，一种液态金属电池装置及其装配方法，申请号：201410350077.1
4. 宁晓辉，代涛，杨烈，单智伟，一种方形液态金属电池装置及其装配方法，申请号：201410349894.5
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