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Educational Background
2015.09 - 2020.12 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Power Engineering and Thermophysics Ph.D.
2011.09 - 2015.07 Dalian University of Technology Energy and Power Engineering B.S.
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Professional Experience
2024.04 - now Shanghai Jiao Tong University Associate Professor
2021.01 - 2024.04 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Postdoctoral Researcher Advisor: Prof. Zhen Huang (CAE Academian).
2021.06 - 2023.06 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Postdoctoral Researcher Advisor: Prof. Hong G. Im (NAEK Academian)
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Visit and Post Experience
Invited Talk：
1. Jiabo Zhang. 19th International Conference on Numerical Combustion. May 2024, Kyoto, Japan.
2. Jiabo Zhang. 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting. March 2023, College Station, America.
3. Jiabo Zhang. 11th European Combustion Meeting. April 2023, Rouen, France.
4. Jiabo Zhang. 1st Symposium on Ammonia Energy. September 2022, Cardiff, UK.
5. Jiabo Zhang. 18th International Conference on Numerical Simulation. May 2022, California, America.
6. Jiabo Zhang. 39th International Symposium on Combustion. July 2022, Vancouver, Canada.
7. Jiabo Zhang. 8th European Combustion Meeting. March 2017, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Long-term Visiting：
2019.03 - 2019.09 Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Advisor: Prof. Hong G. Im (NAEK Academian).
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Research Interests
1. Electrochemical Energy Storage Safety
2. Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Runaway Mechanisms
3. Thermo-acoustic Coupling, Super Knock, and Detonation
4. High-fidelity Turbulent Combustion Numerical Simulation (DNS)
Our research group has openings for doctoral and master students. Students majoring in engineering thermophysics, mechanical engineering, energy and power engineering, electrochemistry, and related fields are welcome to contact via email!
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Research Projects
Pricipal Investigator (PI)
1. 2022 – 2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on Chemical Kinetic Characteristics and Electrochemical-Thermal-Kinetic Interaction Mechanism of NCM Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Runaway Process, Young Researcher Project
2. 2022 - 2024China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Mechanisms of Gas Generation during Thermal Runaway of Lithium-ion Batteries under Complex Abusive Conditions and Construction of Electrochemical-Thermal-Kinetic Model, Special Funding
3. 2022 - 2024 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Research on the Thermal Runaway Evolution and Gas Generation Mechanism of Lithium-ion Batteries based on Chemical Kinetics, General Project
4. 2021 - 2022 Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Fundamental Research on Ammonia Flameless Combustion for Gas Turbines, Shanghai "Super Postdoctoral" Program
5. 2022 - 2022 Key Laboratory of Safety and Control Technology for Hazardous Chemicals in Hebei Province, Safety Performance Assessment and Explosion Threshold Simulation of Lithium-ion Batteries under Electro-Thermal Coupled Abusive Conditions, Open Topic
Participating Projects
1. 2024 - 2028 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Design of Electrochemically Synthesized Fuels and Combustion Control in Compression Ignition Engines, Major Project
2. 2023 - 2025 Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Key Technology Joint Research and Application Development of Zero-Carbon Fuel Ship Power Systems, National Key Research and Development Program
3. 2022 - 2026 Saudi Aramco, Fuel Combustion for Next Generation Engines' Program, FUELCOM III
4. 2021 - 2023 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Direct Numerical Simulations of Super-knock in Internal Combustion Engines, Competitive Research Grants
5. 2019 - 2021 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Fundamental Study on Dual-fuel Engine Combustion based on Fuel Design Concept, International Collaboration Research Key Project
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Selected Publications
# Equal contribution; * Corresponding author
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Thermal Management and Energy Storage for Lithium-Ion Batteries
[1] Jiabo Zhang, Qianzhen Guo, Shaoyan Liu, Chao Zhou, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Investigation on Gas Generation and Corresponding Explosion Characteristics of Lithium-ion Batteries during Thermal Runaway at Different Charge States. Journal of Energy Storage, 2024: 80, 110201.
[2] Qianzhen Guo, Shaoyan Liu, Jiabo Zhang*, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Effects of charging rates on heat and gas generation in lithium-ion battery thermal runaway triggered by high temperature coupled with overcharge. Journal of Power Sources, 2024: 80, 110201.
[3] Qianzhen Guo#, Jiabo Zhang#, Chao Zhou, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Thermal Runaway Behaviors and Kinetics of NCM Lithium-ion Batteries at Different Heat Dissipation Conditions. Journal of Electrochemical Society, 2023, 170 (8): 080507.
[4] Jiabo Zhang, Anhao Zhong, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Experimental and Kinetic Study on the Stabilities and Gas Generation of Typical Electrolyte Solvent Components under Oxygen-lean Oxidation and Pyrolysis Conditions. Science China Technological Sciences, 2022, 65, 2883–2894.
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Thermo-acoustic Coupling, Super Knock, and Detonation
[1] Jiabo Zhang*, Minh Bau Luong, Hong G. Im. Detonation Peninsula of Different Stoichiometric Ammonia/hydrogen/air Mixtures under Engine-relevant Conditions. Combustion and Flame, 2023, 253, 112793.
[2] Jiabo Zhang#, Hao Shi#, Minh Bau Luong*, Qinglong Tang, Kalim Uddeen, Gaetano Magnotti, James Turner, Hong G. Im. Prediction of Knock Intensity and Validation in an Optical SI Engine. Combustion and Flame, 2023, 254, 112854.
[3] Jiabo Zhang, Minh Bau Luong*, Francisco E. Hernández Pérez, Dong Han*, Hong G. Im, Zhen Huang. Exergy Loss of DME/air Mixtures and Ethanol/air Mixtures with Temperature and Concentration Fluctuations under HCCI/SCCI Conditions: A DNS study. Combustion and Flame, 2021, 226, 334-346.
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Ultra High Efficiency IC Engines
[1] Shaoyan Liu, Jiabo Zhang*, Zuoyu Sun, Dong Han*. Effects of Temperature and Pressure Fluctuations on Exergy Loss Characteristics of Hydrogen Auto-ignition Processes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, 48: 38484-38495.
[2] Yusen Liu, Jiabo Zhang*, Dong Han*. A Combustion Mechanism Reduction Method Based on Entropy Production Analysis in Fuel Auto-ignition and Laminar Flames. Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/13647830.2023.2276696.
[3] Jiabo Zhang, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Effects of Mechanism Reduction on the Exergy Losses Analysis in n-heptane Auto-ignition Processes. International Journal of Engine Research, 2020, 21 (9): 1764-1777.
[4] Jiabo Zhang, Dong Han*, Zhen Huang. Second-Law Thermodynamic Analysis for Premixed Hydrogen Flames with Diluents of Argon/Nitrogen/Carbon Dioxide. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019, 44 (10): 5020-5029.
[5] Jiabo Zhang, Anhao Zhong, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Second-Law Thermodynamic Analysis in Premixed Flames of Ammonia and Hydrogen Binary Fuels. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2019, 141 (7): 071007.
[6] Jiabo Zhang, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Exergy Losses in Auto-ignition Processes of DME and Alcohol Blends. Fuel, 2018, 229, 116-125.
[7] Jiabo Zhang, Jiaqi Zhai, Dehao Ju, Zhen Huang, Dong Han*. Effects of Exhaust Gas Recirculation Constituents on Methyl Decanoate Auto-Ignition: A Kinetic Study. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 2018, 140 (12): 121001.
[8] Jiabo Zhang, Zhen Huang, Kyoungdoug Min, Dong Han*. Dilution, Thermal, and Chemical Effects of Carbon Dioxide on the Exergy Destruction in n-Heptane and iso-Octane Autoignition Processes: A Numerical Study. Energy & Fuels, 2018, 32: 5559-5570.
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Other Professional Activities
1. 13th U.S. National Combustion Meeting American Combustion Institute, Detonation Session, Session Chair.
2. The Combustion Institute, Saudi Arabian Section of the Combustion Institute, Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Society for Internal Combustion Engines, etc., Member.
3. Combustion & Flame, Fuel, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, International Journal of Engine Research, Frontiers in Energy, etc., Reviewer.
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Honors and Awards
1. 1st China Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, ‘Development of Pressure Testing System and Predictive Software for Lithium-ion Battery Thermal Runaway’, National Finals Excellence Award, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2021.
2. Shanghai "Super Postdoctoral" Program, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, 2021.
3. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Nomination, Society of Engineering Thermophysics of Shanghai, 2021.
4. Excellent Graduates, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2020.
5. National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Ministry of Education, 2019.
6. Best Poster Award, China National Symposium on Combustion, 2018.
7. Excellent graduates, Dalian Education Bureau, 2015.
