MSc Programme Director in Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Prof. Yi-Chun Lu received her B.S. degree in Materials Science & Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in 2007 and Ph.D. degree in Materials Science & Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012. She joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2013 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018, and Professor in 2022.
Prof. Lu is the Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, Founding Member of Young Academy of Science of Hong Kong, and was the recipient of the RGC Research Fellow (2022), Xplorer Prize (2021), International Battery Materials Association (IBA) Early Career Award (2021), Top 10 Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year Award (2020), Excellent Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China (2019), Hong Kong SAR Research Grants Council Early Career Award (2014) and CUHK awards including University Education Award (2016) Young Researcher Award (2016), United College Early Career Research Excellence Award (2018) and Research Excellence Award (2021) etc.
Her research interest centers on developing fundamental understandings and material design principles for clean energy storage and conversion. In particular, her research group focuses on electrode and electrolyte design for high-energy aqueous batteries, metal-air, and metal-sulfur batteries; redox-active components and solution chemistry for redox-flow batteries; mechanistic understanding of interfacial phenomena governing electrochemical energy conversion and storage processes.
Prof. Lu currently serves as an Associate Editor and Board Member for Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Royal Society of Chemistry), and Editorial Board/Advisory Member for Energy & Environmental Science (Royal Society of Chemistry), Materials Today (Elsevier), and Chemistry of Materials (American Chemical Society).
- Redox-active components and solution chemistry for redox-flow batteries
- Electrode and electrolyte design for metal-air and metal sulfur batteries
- Electrocatalysts and electrode design for low-temperature fuel cells and electrolyzers
- Mechanistic understanding of interfacial phenomena governing electrochemical energy conversion and storage processes.
- Electrode and electrolyte design for high-energy metal-air and metal sulfur batteries.
- Redox-active components and solution chemistry for redox-flow batteries.
- Electrocatalysts and electrode design for low-temperature fuel cells and electrolyzers
- Mechanistic understanding of interfacial phenomena governing electrochemical energy conversion and storage processes.
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Honors and Awards
- Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021
- Founding Member of Young Academic of Science of Hong Kong, 2018
- Tajima Prize, 2024
- Hong Kong Engineering Science and Technology Award, 2023
- RGC Research Fellow, 2022
- Xplorer Prize, 2021
- International Battery Materials Association (IBA) Early Career Award, 2021
- Research Excellence Award, CUHK, 2021
- Top 10 Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year Award – Eng./Tech., 2020
- Excellent Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019
- United College Early Career Research Excellence Award, 2016
- Young Researcher Award, CUHK, 2016
- University Education Award, CUHK, 2016
- Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award, CUHK, 2014
- Dean’s Exemplary Teaching Award, CUHK, 2014
- Early Career Award, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong SAR, 2014
- EuropeMaterials Research Society Graduate Student Award, 2011
- Electrochemical Society Battery Division Student Research Award, 2010
- MIT Martin Family Society of Fellowship for Sustainability, 2009
Granted Patents
- Lu Y.C., Wang Z., Tam S.L., Zou Q., Cong G., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “High-Energy Density And Low-Cost Flow Electrochemical Devices with Moving Rechargeable anode and Cathode Belts” EP 3387695 B1, JP6927973B2, CN107210480B, US20170162900A1
- Weng G.M., Lu Y.C., Wang Z., Tam S.L., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Complexed Iodine-Based Electrolyte and Redox Flow Battery Comprising the Same” US Patent US 11177476B2
- Lu Y.C., Xie J., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Molecular crowding type electrolyte and battery comprising the same” US Patent US11515572B2
- Lu Y.C., Wang Z., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “High efficiency zinc-iodine adsorption-aided flow battery with a low cost membrane” US Patent US11552324B2
- Lu Y.C., Liang Z., The Chinese University of Hong Kong “Electrical cells and batteries, method for manufacturing the same and method for improving the performances of electrical cells and batteries” US Patent US11552351B2
- Lu Y.C., Ai F., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Low-temperature aqueous redox flow battery” US Patent US11881605B2
- Lu Y.C., Lei J., The Chinese University of Hong Kong, “Polysulfide-Based Aqueous Redox Flow Battery with Soluble Organic Catalyst” US Patent US12206144B2
Book Chapters
- Liang Z., Cong G., Wang Y., Lu Y.C. “Lithium–Air Battery Mediator” Zhang X. (eds.), Metal-Air Batteries: Fundamentals and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, 2018
- Gallant B.M. , Lu Y.C., Mitchell R.R., Kwabi D.G., Carney T.J., Thompson C.V., Shao-Horn Y. “The Kinetics and Product Characteristics of Oxygen Reduction and Evolution in Li-O2 Batteries,” Imanishi N., Luntz A.C. and Bruce P. (eds.), The Lithium Air Battery – Fundamentals, Springer, pp. 121-158, 2014.