09.2014-06.2018 Bachelor, Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Supervisor: Prof. Pang-Chieh Sui
Bachelor dissertation: Coupled stress-strain and transport process optimization design of metal bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
09.2018-06.2021 Master, Power Machinery and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China
Supervisor: Prof. Pang-Chieh Sui
Master dissertation: Study on microstructure and transport process of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cell
09.2021-now PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Supervisor: Prof. Aimy Bazylak
E-mail: lijun.zhu@mail.utoronto.ca
07.2020-06.2021 Lab Manager, E-mobility Laboratory, supervised by Prof. Pang-Chieh Sui, School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology
11.2019-08.2020 Visiting Researcher, Institute of Energy and Process Systems Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, “Fuel cells for aviation”
03.2019-09.2019 Internship, Research Center for Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices, Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute, Tsinghua University, China, “Recycle of lithium-ion battery materials”
1. Lijun Zhu, Wangfan Yang, Liusheng Xiao, Heng Zhang, Xin Gao, Pang-Chieh Sui, Stochastically Modeled Gas Diffusion Layers: Effects of Binder and Polytetrafluoroethylene on Effective Gas Diffusivity. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 168, 014514 (2021).
2. Lijun Zhu, Heng Zhang, Liusheng Xiao, Aimy Bazylak, Xin Gao, Pang-Chieh Sui, Pore Scale Modeling of Gas Diffusion Layers: Effects of Compression on Transport Properties. Journal of Power Sources, 496, 229822 (2021).
3. Lijun Zhu, Shanfao Wang, Pang-Chieh Sui, Xin Gao, Multiscale Modeling of an Angled Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Performance Enhancing for Aviation Applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 46, 20702-20714 (2021).
4. H. Zhang, L. Zhu, H. Harandi, K. Duan, R. Zeis, P.-C. Sui, P.-Y. Abel Chuang, Microstructure reconstruction of the gas diffusion layer and analyses of the anisotropic transport properties. Energy Conversion and Management, 241, 114293 (2021).
5. K. Duan, L. Zhu, M. Li, L. Xiao, N. Bevilacqua, R. Zhang, L. Eifert, R. Zeis, P.-C. Sui, Multiphase and Pore Scale Modeling on Catalyst Layer of High- Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 168, 054521 (2021).
6. M. Li, N. Bevilacqua, L. Zhu, W. Leng, K. Duan, L. Xiao, R. Zeis, P.-C. Sui, Mesoscopic modeling and characterization of the porous electrodes for vanadium redox flow batteries. Journal of Energy Storage, 32, 101782 (2020).
7. L. Xiao, M. Luo, L. Zhu, K. Duan, N. Bevilacqua, L. Eifert, R. Zeis, P.-C. Sui, Pore-Scale Characterization and Simulation of Porous Electrode Material for Vanadium Redox Flow Battery: Effects of Compression on Transport Properties. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167, 110545 (2020).