Associate Professors
KOU Yan
Title: Associate Professor
Subject: Chemical Engineering
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Email: kouyan@dicp.ac.cn
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Research Interests
Polymer solid-solid phase change materials, thermodynamics of materials, controllable crystallization, multi-functional phase change matrials
1. Design and synthesis of advanced polymer solid-solid phase change materials, including polyethylene glycol, fatty acid and alcohol, regulate the phase change temperature and enthalpy according to the molecular structure.
1. Design and synthesis of advanced polymer solid-solid phase change materials, including polyethylene glycol, fatty acid and alcohol, regulate the phase change temperature and enthalpy according to the molecular structure.
2. Thermodynamics for phase change materials, including controllable crystallization, thermal initiation, mechanical trigger, photo initiation.
3. Multi-functional phase change materials, including flexible film, thermal regulation fiber, thermal energy storage device.
Biography
1. Associate Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2021/07 - present
2. Assistant Research, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2021/04 - 2021/06
3. Postdoc, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, 2016/08 - 2021/03
4. Postdoc, Institute of Molecular Science, Japan, 2009/04 - 2011/03
5. Ph.D. in Polymer Materials, Dalian University of Technology, 2003/09 - 2008/10
6. B.S. in Fine Chemicals, Wuhan Institute of Technology, 1999/09 - 2003/06
Honors and Awards
Publications
1. Yangeng Li, Keyan Sun, Yan Kou, Hanqing Liu, Lu Wang, Nan Yin, Hongsheng Dong, Quan Shi*, One-step synthesis of graphene-based composite phase change materials with high solar-thermal conversion efficiency, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022,429,132439
2. Hanqing Liu, Keyan Sun, Xiaoyu Shi, Huning Yang, Hongsheng Dong , Yan Kou, Pratteek Das , Zhong-Shuai Wu , Quan Shi , Two-dimensional materials and their derivatives for high performance phase change materials: emerging trends and challenges, Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 42, 845
3. Yan Kou, Keyan Sun, Jipeng Luo, Feng Zhou, Haibo Huang, Zhong-Shuai Wu*, Quan Shi*, An intrinsically flexible phase change film for wearable thermal managements, Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 34, 508
4. Keyan Sun, Yan Kou, Hongsheng Dong, Sheng Ye, Donghui Zhao, Jian Liu, Quan Shi *, The design of phase change materials with carbon aerogel composites for multi-responsive thermal energy capture and storage, Jouranl Materrals Chemistry A, 2021,9, 1213
5. Keyan Sun, Hongsheng Dong, Yan Kou, Huning Yang, Hanqing Liu, Yangeng Li, Quan Shi, Flexible graphene aerogel-based phase change film for solar-thermal energy conversion and storage in personal thermal management applications, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021,419, 129637
6. Keyan Sun, Yan Kou, Yanwei Zhang, Tingting Liu, and Quan Shi*，Photo-triggered Hierarchical Porous Carbon-Based Composite Phase-Change Materials with Superior Thermal Energy Conversion Capacity, ACS Sustainable Chemistry Engineering, 2020, 8, 3445
7. Yanwei Zhang, Keyan Suna, Yan Kou, Shaoxu Wang, Quan Shi,A facile strategy of constructing composite form-stable phase change materials with superior high thermal conductivity using silicagel industrial wastes, Solar Energy, 2020,207,51
8. Siyu Chai, Keyan Sun, Donghui Zhao, Yan Kou, Quan Shi. Form-stable Erythritol/HDPE composite phase change material with flexibility, tailorability, and high transition enthalpy. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2020, 2(11): 4464
9. Yan Kou, Siyu Wang, Jipeng Luo , Keyan Sun, Jian Zhang , Zhicheng Tan*, Quan Shi*, Thermal analysis and heat capacity study of polyethylene glycol (PEG) phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications, The Jouranl Chemical Thermodynamics, 2019,128, 259
10. Keyan Sun, Yan Kou, Hui Zheng, Xin Liu, Zhicheng Tan, Quan Shi*, Using silicagel industrial wastes to synthesize polyethylene glycol/silicahydroxyl form-stable phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2018, 178,139