Ongoing Research Projects
1. Digitalization of Energy Storage System
With the scale up of battery system and unforeseeable degradations of batteries, it becomes increasingly difficult to describe the battery’s behavior during operation with a physical model.
The physics-informed data-driven model leverages simplified physical model, historical and real-time battery data to predict performance metrics of energy storage system, and degradation trends.
2. Understanding the Full Life Time of Energy Storage System
With the rapid growth of battery industry, batteries have been involved in almost every aspects of human life. While developing a new battery technology, primary focus is given to building competitive battery products with a focus on the performance and cost. It is as important to build “battery system cycle” and “battery chemical cycle” in the renewable energy ecosystem.
We are actively look for collaboration in the energy sectors! Please contact Yuxun (yuxun.ren@ucf.edu) if you are interested in collaboration.
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
Completed Research Projects
1. Understanding the coupled mass transport and reaction in high-energy sulfur cathode
2. Tailoring the liquid electrolyte for high-performance sulfur cathode
3. Designing sulfur cathode for sodium batteries
4. Designing electrolyte and interphase for high-strain anode
5. Chemo-mechanics of solid-sate batteries