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Yimin Chao

Chief Scientist

Prof. Yimin Chao: He is currently a research fellow at University of East Anglia, an expert in nano-silicon-based anode materials, chief professor of nanoscience, doctoral supervisor, member of the degree committee, director of the Nano Energy Materials Innovation Research Laboratory, fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, secretary-general of the Nano Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK Member of Higher Education Research Association, Chairman of UEA China Strategy Committee. He supervises 2 postdoctoral fellows, 3 doctoral students, 10 master students, undergraduate students and other visiting scholars in the nano-silicon-based anode material laboratory led. The fundings mainly come from foundations and the Royal Society of the European Union and the United Kingdom. Moreover, the British and German business circles have greatly supported the research on silicon-based materials. In the last 10 years, the total amount of scientific research funding has exceeded 2 million pounds. He has published more than 90 important papers related to battery anodes in top international journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Small, Advanced Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Communications, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review B, etc. His current research interests are mainly in the preparation, characterization and application of nano-energy materials, especially nano-silicon-based electrode materials. So far, two international patents have been obtained in the research of nano-silicon-based anode materials.