Litao Yan

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Biography

Dr. Litao Yan is currently a Postdoctorate Research Associate in the Electrochemical Materials & Systems group at PNNL. Dr. Yan received his Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from New Mexico State University. Dr.Yan has extensive research experience in batteries, supercapacitor, fuel cells, electrolyzer, epitaxial thin film and ceramic membrane reactors. Dr. Yan has more than 30 papers published in peer-reviewed professional journals.

Research Interests

Flow batteries
Ceramic membrane reactors
Solid oxide fuel cell/electrolyzer
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell/electrolyzer
Lithium/sodium ion batteries
Supercapacitors
Epitaxial thin film

Education and Credentials

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2017
MS, Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, 2010
BS, Materials Physics, Lanzhou University, Changsha, China, 2007

PNNL Patents

U.S. Patent No. 11,415,552, August 16, 2022, "IN OPERANDO, NON-INVASIVE STATE-OF-CHARGE MONITORING FOR REDOX FLOW BATTERIES".
U.S. Patent No. 11,043,686, June 22, 2021, "SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LONG-DURATION ENERGY STORAGE AND REGENERATION OF ENERGY-BEARING REDOX PAIRS ".

PNNL Publications

2024

Kim S., J. Shon, and L. Yan. 2024. Screening aqueous organic redox couples for spontaneous hydrogen generation on catalysts. PNNL-36957. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Screening aqueous organic redox couples for spontaneous hydrogen generation on catalysts

2023

Chen Y., J. Bao, Z. Xu, P. Gao, L. Yan, S. Kim, and W. Wang. 2023. "A hybrid analytical and numerical model for cross-over and performance decay in a unit cell vanadium redox flow battery." Journal of Power Sources 578. PNNL-SA-181017. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233210
Kim S., L. Yan, and W. Wang. 2023. "Asymmetric vanadium-based aqueous flow batteries." In Flow Batteries: From Fundamentals to Applications, edited by C. Roth, J. Noack, and M. Skyllas-Kazacos. 689-708. PNNL-SA-181361. doi:10.1002/9783527832767
Qiu Y., D. Ray, L. Yan, X.S. Li, M. Song, M.H. Engelhard, and J. Sun, et al. 2023. "Proton Relay for the Rate Enhancement of Electrochemical Hydrogen Reactions at Heterogeneous Interfaces." Journal of the American Chemical Society 145, no. 48:26016-26027. PNNL-SA-177575. doi:10.1021/jacs.3c06398
Yan L., X. Zang, Z. Nie, L. Zhong, Z. Deng, and W. Wang. 2023. "Online and Noninvasive Monitoring of Battery Health at Negative-half Cell in All-Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries Using Ultrasound." Journal of Power Sources 580. PNNL-SA-174447. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233417
Yan L., Y. Shao, and W. Wang. 2023. "A hydrogen iron flow battery with high current density and long cyclability enabled through circular water management." Energy and Environmental Materials 6, no. 6:e12478. PNNL-SA-175158. doi:10.1002/eem2.12478

2022

Yan L., X. Xie, Y. Shao, and D.M. Reed. 2022. High-performing Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution for Energy Storage. PNNL-32934. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. High-performing Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution for Energy Storage

2021

Chen Y., J. Bao, Z. Xu, P. Gao, L. Yan, S. Kim, and W. Wang. 2021. "A two-dimensional analytical unit cell model for redox flow battery evaluation and optimization." Journal of Power Sources 506. PNNL-SA-159241. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230192
Chen Y., Z. Xu, C. Wang, J. Bao, B.J. Koeppel, L. Yan, and P. Gao, et al. 2021. "Analytical modeling for redox flow battery design." Journal of Power Sources 482. PNNL-SA-150736. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228817
Feng R., X. Zhang, V. Murugesan, A.M. Hollas, Y. Chen, Y. Shao, and E.D. Walter, et al. 2021. "Reversible Ketone Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries." Science 372, no. 6544:836-840. PNNL-SA-154606. doi:10.1126/science.abd9795
Murugesan V., Z. Nie, X. Zhang, P. Gao, Z. Zhu, Q. Huang, and L. Yan, et al. 2021. "Accelerated design of vanadium redox flow battery electrolytes through tunable solvation chemistry." Cell Reports Physical Science 2, no. 2:Article No. 100323. PNNL-SA-161062. doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100323
Shao Y., S. Kim, L. Yan, R.F. Zheng, W. Du, Y. Liu, and R. Huang, et al. 2021. Long-duration Energy Storage Technology Analysis and Development. PNNL-32513. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Long-duration Energy Storage Technology Analysis and Development

2020

Bao J., V. Murugesan, C.J. Kamp, Y. Shao, L. Yan, and W. Wang. 2020. "Machine learning coupled multi-scale modeling for redox flow batteries." Advanced Theory and Simulations 3, no. 2:Article No. 1900167. PNNL-SA-148857. doi:10.1002/adts.201900167

2019

Heldebrant D.J., Y. Shao, P.K. Koech, and L. Yan. 2019. Integrated Capture and Electrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Alcohols. PNNL-29384. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Integrated Capture and Electrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Alcohols
Zang X., L. Yan, Y. Yang, H. Pan, Z. Nie, K. Jung, and Z. Deng, et al. 2019. "Monitoring the state-of-charge of a vanadium redox flow battery with the acoustic attenuation coefficient: an in operando noninvasive method." Small Methods 3, no. 12:1900494. PNNL-SA-141602. doi:10.1002/smtd.201900494