个人简介
Education
2015 - Ph.D., University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, specializing in energy harvesting using piezoelectric materials
2011 - B.Eng., Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China
Granted Research Funding
2016 to 2018 - Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Agreement No. 705437), funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovative program
2015 to 2016 - Contractual R&D (Agreement No. YB2015090126), funded by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
2015 - CEITEC Junior Project (Agreement No. STI-J-15-2900), funded by the European Reginal Development Fund
Current and Previous Positions
06-2016 to date - Researcher, University of Oulu, Finland, specializing in multi-source energy harvesting and multi-functional sensing materials and devices
10-2015 to date - Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
11-2015 to 05-2016 - Senior Researcher, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Czech Republic, specializing in design and development of piezoelectric energy harvesting materials and structures for wearable smart device applications
10-2014 to 10-2015 - Postdoctoral Researcher, Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Czech Republic, specializing in piezoelectric materials research
2013 to 2014 - Lab Demonstrator (part-time), demonstrating the Ceramic Processing for Year-1 undergraduates, University of Birmingham, UK
Memberships
2016 to date - Member, Institute of Physics Finland Chapter
2013 to date - Associate member, Institute of Physics, UK
2012-2014 - PhD student member, Midland Energy Graduate School (MEGS), UK
2013-2015 - Student member, Energy Harvesting Networks, UK
Prizes and Awards
2011 - International Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Birmingham, UK
2012 - TI Group Scholarship, University of Birmingham, UK
2013 - Travel Grant Bursaries, Midlands Energy Graduate School, UK
2013 - Research Student Conference Fund, Institute of Physics, UK
2014 - Certificate of Leading Academics, University of Birmingham, UK
研究领域
My research interests fall in the fields of energy harvesting, ceramics engineering, materials science and engineering, piezoelectricity, ferroelectricity and multi-functional materials.
I have been doing both curiosity-driven and application-oriented research.
近期论文
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Y. Bai, P. Tofel, J. Palosaari and J. Juuti, A Game Changer: A multifunctional perovskite exhibiting giant ferroelectricity and narrow bandgap with potential application in truly monolithic multienergy harvester or sensor, Advanced Materials, 29: 1700767 (2017)
Y. Bai, T. Siponkoski, J. Peräntie, H. Jantunen and J. Juuti, Ferroelectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric properties of a photovoltaic perovskite oxide, Applied Physics Letters, 110(6): 063903 (2017)
Y. Bai, A. Matousek, P. Tofel, V. Bijalwan, B. Nan, H. Hughes and T. W. Button, (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3 lead-free piezoelectric ceramics - the critical role of processing on properties, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 35(13): 3445-3456 (2015)
Y. Bai, Z. Havranek, P. Tofel, C. Meggs, H. Hughes and T. W. Button, Nonlinear piezoelectric devices for broadband air-flow energy harvesting, European Physical Journal - Special Topics, 224(14-15): 2675-2685 (2015)
Y. Bai, C. Meggs and T. W. Button, Fabrication and investigation of free-standing piezoelectric thick-film cantilevers for energy harvesting applications, Journal of Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, 12(4): 181-188 (2015)
K. Castova, K. Maca, J. Cihlar, H. Hughes, A. Matousek, P. Tofel, Y. Bai and T. W. Button, Chemical synthesis, sintering and piezoelectric properties of Ba0.85Ca0.15Zr0.1Ti0.9O3 lead-free ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 98(8):2373-2380 (2015)
Y. Bai, C. Meggs and T. W. Button, Investigation of using free-standing thick-film piezoelectric energy harvesters to develop wideband devices, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 14(8): 1440016 (2014)
A. Zeb, Y. Bai, T. W. Button and S. J. Milne, Temperature-stable relative permittivity from -70 degrees C to 500 degrees C in (Ba0.8Ca0.2)TiO3-Bi(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3-NaNbO3 ceramics, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 97(8): 2479-2483 (2014)
Conference proceedings
Y. Bai, H. Hughes, P. Tofel, C. Meggs and T. W. Button, Fabrication and characterisation of vibrational and wind energy harvesters using multi-layer free-standing piezoelectric thick-films, Proceedings of IMAPS/ACerS 11th international CICMT conference and exhibition, 20-23 July 2015, Dresden, Germany
Y. Bai, C. Ou, A. Matousek, H. Hughes and T. W. Button, Low-temperature sintering of (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3 ceramics and thick-films, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, 24-27 May 2015, Singapore
Y. Bai, C. Meggs, Y. Jiang, C. Ou, H. Hughes and T. W. Button, Piezoelectric free-standing thick-film structures for material characterization and energy harvesting applications, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, 24-27 May 2015, Singapore
Y. Bai, A. Matousek, Hojat Pooladvand, P. Tofel, B. Nan, V. Bijalwan, M. Kral, H. Hughes and T. W. Button, Phase transitions and dielectric, ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of Bi0.5(Na0.82K0.18)0.5TiO3 doped (Ba0.85Ca0.15)(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O3 ceramics, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, 24-27 May 2015, Singapore
Y. Jiang, T. Thongchai, Y. Bai, C. Meggs, A. Matousek, P. Tofel, H. Hughes and T. W. Button, Lead-free piezoelectric materials and composites for high frequency medical ultrasound transducer applications, Proceedings of Ultrasonics Sympsium, 2014 IEEE International, 3-6 September 2014, Chicago, USA
Y. Bai, C. Meggs and T. W. Button, Fabrication and investigation of free-standing piezoelectric thick-film cantilevers for energy harvesting applications, Proceedings of 10th IWPMA & 8thEWH, 14-17 July 2013, Hannover, Germany