Dr Yeshui Zhang
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Dr Yeshui Zhang
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Biography
Yeshui joined in School of Engineering at University of Aberdeen, UK as a Lecturer in Dec 2021. She was a Faraday Institution Research Fellow at University College London, UK since January 2018 .She has completed her BSc. from University of Birmingham in 2012 and MSc. (Engineering) from The University of Sheffield in 2013. She finished her PhD in September 2017 at University of Leeds. Her research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.
Qualifications
- BSc. Environmental Management2012 - University of Birmingham
- MSc.(Engineering) Energy and Environmental Engineering2013 - University of Sheffield
- PhD. Chemical and Process Engineering2017 - University of Leeds
External Memberships
- Associate fellow of Higher Education of Academy PR181319;
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership No. 550333;
- Associate member of IChemE. Membership No. 100196549;
- Guest editor for the special issue of Process Safety and Environmental Production and Catalysts about “Plastics Recycling”; special issue of Catalysts about “Catalytic Recycling of Waste”; Special issue of Biomass and Bioenergy about Sustainable Upcycling of Biomass Waste; Special issue of Biomass & Bioenergy about “Biomass Waste Management for a Sustainable Future”.
- Reviewer of Catalysis Today, Renewable energy, Journal of Analytical and Applied catalysis, Energy Conversion and management, Energy Science and Engineering, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Waste and Biomass Vaporization, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
- Editorial board of Carbon Capture Science and Technology.
- Review editor and editorial board of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (specialty section of Frontiers in Energy Research).
Latest Publications
Multi-scale Designed Co Mn3–O4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 122271Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122271
Multi-scale Designed CoxMn3–xO4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics
Applied Catalysis B: EnvironmentalContributions to Journals: ArticlesRoadmap on Li-ion battery manufacturing research
JPhys Energy , vol. 4, no. 4, 042006Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30
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Insights into in-situ catalytic degradation of plastic wastes over zeolite-based catalyst from perspective of three-dimensional pore structure evolution
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 450, no. 4, 138402Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTowards integrated gasification and fuel cell operation with carbon capture: Impact of fuel gas on anode materials
Fuel, vol. 318, 123561Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123561
Prizes and Awards
- Frontier Lab Young Scientist Award at 22nd International Symposium on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis-Pyro 2018;
- Telford Premium Award (Journal Prize for best paper) from Institution of Civil Engineers publishing (05/06/2017).
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests cover broad area of chemical engineering, including energy storage materials, lithium-ion battery manufacturing, pyrolysis-catalysis of waste, high temperature quartz crystal microbalance, carbon nanotubes synthesis and circular economy of plastics.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Engineering.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Engineering
Accepting PhDsResearch Specialisms
- Chemical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Materials Science
- Ultrasound
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
- Publications
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Multi-scale Designed Co Mn3–O4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 122271Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.122271
Multi-scale Designed CoxMn3–xO4 Spinels: Smart Pre-Catalysts towards High-Efficiency Pyrolysis-Catalysis Recycling of Waste Plastics
Applied Catalysis B: EnvironmentalContributions to Journals: ArticlesRoadmap on Li-ion battery manufacturing research
JPhys Energy , vol. 4, no. 4, 042006Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ac8e30
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Insights into in-situ catalytic degradation of plastic wastes over zeolite-based catalyst from perspective of three-dimensional pore structure evolution
Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 450, no. 4, 138402Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTowards integrated gasification and fuel cell operation with carbon capture: Impact of fuel gas on anode materials
Fuel, vol. 318, 123561Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2022.123561
Applications of advanced metrology for understanding the effects of drying temperature in lithium-ion battery electrodes manufacturing process
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, no. 19, pp. 10593-10603Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInsights into In-Situ Catalytic Degradation of Plastic Wastes Over Zeolite-Based Catalyst from Perspective of Three-Dimensional Pore Structure Evolution
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4108555
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Cracking predictions of lithium-ion battery electrodes by X-ray computed tomography and modelling
Journal of Power Sources, vol. 526, 231119Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy of Tire Pyrolysis Oil Model Compound Structure on Carbon Nanomaterial Production
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 10, pp. 800-809Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06033
A Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrode Drying: Mechanisms and Metrology
Advanced Energy Materials, vol. 12, no. 2, 2102233Contributions to Journals: Articles