Chen Lixin

Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

 

Phone: +86 571 8795 1152
Fax: +86 571 8795 1152
Email: lxchen@zju.edu.cn
Office: Room 302, Hydrogen Storage Materials Building

Zhejiang University, Yuquan Campus
38 Zheda Road
Hangzhou 310027, China

 

Other Appointments

Deputy Director, Institute of Metallic Materials

 

Professional Activities

Executive member of the council, Chinese Renewable Energy Society
Executive member of the council, China Association for Hydrogen Energy

 

Education

Ph.D. – Zhejiang University, Materials Science and Engineering, 2000.8
M.S. – Zhejiang University, Materials Science and Engineering, 1992.1
B.S. – Zhejiang University, Materials Science and Engineering, 1989.7

Working Experience

2005.12-now, Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, ZJU
2000.12-2005.11, Associate professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, ZJU
1994.06-2000.11, Lecturer, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, ZJU

 

Awards and Honors

New Century Excellent Talents in University of The Ministry of Education, 2007

 

Research Interests

Novel metal hydrides and complex hydrides for hydrogen storage
Advanced technologies for hydrogen storage devices
Electrode materials for Ni/MH batteries

 

Current Projects

  1. Project 2007CB209701 supported by the National Basic Research Program of China
  2. Project 50871099 supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
  3. Project NCET-07-0741 supported by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of The Ministry of Education


Publication List

  1. Enhanced Hydriding-Dehydriding Performance of CeAl2-Doped NaAlH4 and the Evolvement of Ce-Containing Species in the Cycling, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011, 115: 2537-2543.
  2. Active species of CeAl4 in the CeCl3-doped sodium aluminum hydride and its enhancement on reversible hydrogen storage performance. Chem. Commun. 2009, 44: 6857-6859.
  3. Direct synthesis of nanocrystalline NaAlH4 complex hydride for hydrogen storage. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 94: 041907.
  4. Microstructures and electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of novel Mg-Al-Ni amorphous composites, Electrochemistry Communications, 2009, 11(3): 515-518.
  5. Reversible hydrogen storage properties and favorable co-doping mechanism of the metallic Ti and Zr co-doped sodium aluminum hydride. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 2008, 33(1): 64-73.


 

Conference List

  1. Investigation on the nature of active species in the CeCl3-doped sodium alanate system, Presented at The 12th Int. Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, July 19-22, 2010. Moscow, Russia.
  2. Microstructures and electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of novel Mg-Al-Ni amorphous composites, Presented at The 11th Int. Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, June 24-27, 2008. Reykjavik, Iceland.
  3. The metal hydride hydrogen storage technology is playing a very important role in building up a hydrogen economy energy system in China, Invited presenting at The Int. Conference on Hydrogen Storage, June 19-22, 2005. Lucca, Italy.
  4. Phase structures and electrochemical performance of V2.1TiNi0.5Hf0.05Cox (x = 0–0.192) hydrogen storage alloys, Presented at The 9th Int. Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems, Sep. 5-10, 2004. Krakow, Poland.


 

Patent List

Chinese Invention Patents:
ZL 200910096184.5; ZL200810122081.7; ZL200810162217.7; ZL 200810162216.2; ZL200810060376.6; ZL 200810163647.0; ZL 200410067249.0; ZL 200310122827.1; ZL200310122828.6; ZL02111222.3; ZL02111381.5; ZL02111382.3.