Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Interests:
Heat and mass transfer theory; Battery energy storage technology
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Bio:
Tianshou Zhao is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an expert in energy science and engineering thermophysics. He graduated from the Department of Engineering Thermophysics at Tianjin University in 1983, obtained a master's degree from the same institution in 1986, and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii in 1995. Currently, he serves as a Chair Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). His accolades include the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress, the State Natural Science Award (Second Class), and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Engineering School's Distinguished Research Excellence Award. He has been named a Clarivate/Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher and listed among the most influential scientific minds globally. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and an Advisory Board Member for Energy & Environmental Science.
Professor Zhao has long been dedicated to the study of heat and mass transfer theory and battery energy storage technologies. Addressing the critical national demand for renewable energy utilization, he has focused on the fundamental scientific issues of energy transfer and conversion in fluid-based energy storage devices, including fuel cells, flow batteries, and metal-air batteries. He established a coupled theory of heat and mass transfer and electrochemical energy conversion in battery storage systems and proposed methods for the synergistic transport of heat, mass, electrons, and ions. These innovations have overcome key technical challenges in high-power fluid battery design.
Professor Zhao also proposed a novel approach using rechargeable liquid energy carriers for energy storage and invented a new type of energy storage system in which charging and discharging devices are independent. This system achieves simultaneous improvements in system efficiency and power output, offering promising solutions to challenges in renewable energy grid integration, large-scale renewable energy utilization, air pollution mitigation, and climate change.
Professor Zhao has long been dedicated to the study of heat and mass transfer theory and battery energy storage technologies. Addressing the critical national demand for renewable energy utilization, he has focused on the fundamental scientific issues of energy transfer and conversion in fluid-based energy storage devices, including fuel cells, flow batteries, and metal-air batteries. He established a coupled theory of heat and mass transfer and electrochemical energy conversion in battery storage systems and proposed methods for the synergistic transport of heat, mass, electrons, and ions. These innovations have overcome key technical challenges in high-power fluid battery design.
Professor Zhao also proposed a novel approach using rechargeable liquid energy carriers for energy storage and invented a new type of energy storage system in which charging and discharging devices are independent. This system achieves simultaneous improvements in system efficiency and power output, offering promising solutions to challenges in renewable energy grid integration, large-scale renewable energy utilization, air pollution mitigation, and climate change.