# Yanping Du Source: https://hello.cv/yanpingdu ## About Dr. Yanping Du is currently an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Energy Storage and Conversion at University of Exeter. He received his PhD in Thermal Energy Storage at University of Leeds and Bachelor's Degree in Thermal Energy Engineering at Xi' an Jiaotong University (China). After the PhD, he was appointed as an Acting Project Leader/ Postdoctoral Fellow in CSIRO in Australia and then an Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Dr. Du has broad research interests in multidisciplinary areas concerning future energy, materials and devices to tackle challenges in energy and environment for securing a sustainable future. Specifically, his research discpiplines include: 1) Energy Conversion and Saving: including Superhigh Heat Flux Transportation, and Waste Heat Recovery 2) Energy Storage: electro-chemical/ thermochemical batteries 3) Hydrogen: in-situ production, storage/ purification, hydrogen driven transport 4) Hydrocarbon Fuels: CO2 based, thermo-photo-electro-catalysis; ## Work ### Lancaster University ### Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) | Lancaster University ### Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) | University of Exeter ### Associate Professor | Shanghai Jiao Tong University ### Associate Professor | Tianjin University ### Acting Project Leader/ Research Fellow | CSIRO Energy Centre Newcastle ### Research Fellow/ Acting Project Leader | CSIRO Manufacturing ## Education ### University of Leeds | PhD ### Xi'an Jiaotong University | Successive master-doctoral program ### Xi'an Jiaotong University | Bachelor's Degree ## Publications ### Numerical study on waste heat recovery characteristics of non-Newtonian thermally hydrolyzed sewage sludge using dimpled tubes Chemical Engineering Science journal-article ### Nanoparticle-enhanced phase change materials for thermal energy storage Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal-article ### Nanoencapsulation and performance of water-insoluble sebacic acid as a phase change material for medium-temperature thermal energy storage Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Nanoencapsulation and performance of water-insoluble sebacic acid as a phase change material for medium-temperature thermal energy storage Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Phase change nanoemulsions developed by a modified phase inversion temperature method for low-temperature thermal energy storage International Journal of Refrigeration journal-article ### Integrating boron nitride and hydroxylated graphene in phase-change films for flexible electronics cooling Carbon journal-article ### Integrating boron nitride and hydroxylated graphene in phase-change films for flexible electronics cooling Carbon journal-article ### Thermal enhancement of graphene/polyethylene glycol (PEG) by interfacial crosslinking modification Journal of Energy Storage journal-article ### Preparation and thermal performance of a novel 1,10-decanediol -paraffin/expanded graphite composite phase change material for solar thermal utilization Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells journal-article ### Preparation and thermal performance of a novel 1,10-decanediol -paraffin/expanded graphite composite phase change material for solar thermal utilization Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells journal-article ### Constructing electron transport channel of SnO2/BaSO4 on g-C3N4 for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic H2 production Materials Today Catalysis journal-article ### Enhancement of thermal characteristics of a novel stearic acid-adipic acid eutectic phase change material integrated with expanded graphite for thermal energy storage applications Journal of Energy Storage journal-article ### Influence of tin doping on the activity and mechanism of CeO2 catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering journal-article ### Influence of tin doping on the activity and mechanism of CeO2catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NOxwith NH3 Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering journal-article ### High-temperature continuous hydrothermal post treatment derived g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production Journal of Colloid and Interface Science journal-article ### A comprehensive review on preparation, dispersion stability and phase change cycling stability of phase change microemulsions Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells journal-article ### Numerical study of methanol steam reactor based on field synergy principle and analysis of different operating conditions Sustainable Energy and Fuels journal-article ### Pool boiling investigation on copper foam with heterogeneous wetting vapor channels International Journal of Thermal Sciences journal-article ### Analytical Solution of Thermal Performance in Metal Foam Partially Filled Channel with Asymmetric Wall Heat Flux Energies journal-article ### Challenges and strategies for imidazolium ionic liquids as novel phase change materials for low and medium temperature thermal energy storage: A critical review Journal of Molecular Liquids journal-article ### Promotional effect of microwave radiation treatment on the desorption of CO2 from mono-ethanolamine (MEA) solution over FeOOH catalyst Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering journal-article ### UNDERSTANDING THE SELF‐RECONFIGURATION PROPERTIES OF A NOVEL SPINEL‐TYPE HIGH‐ENTROPY CATALYST ChemCatChem journal-article ### A Trilayer Structure with Surface Binary Microsphere Array for Radiative Cooling and Heating Regulation ACS Photonics journal-article ### Influence of organic sulfur gas-phase sulfation on the NH3-SCR activity of CeO2 catalyst Fuel journal-article ### Challenges and strategies for imidazolium ionic liquids as novel phase change materials for low and medium temperature thermal energy storage Journal of Molecular Liquids journal-article ### The influence of H2O or/and O2 introduction during the low-temperature gas-phase sulfation of organic COS + CS2 on the conversion and deposition of sulfur-containing species in the sulfated CeO2-OS catalyst for NH3-SCR Nanoscale journal-article ### Flow and heat transfer behaviour of nucleating agent-enhanced nanofluids through manifold mini-channels Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Modeling and performance investigation on the deformed gas diffusion layer of PEM fuel cell International Journal of Hydrogen Energy journal-article ### Promotional Effect of Zirconium Doping on the NH3-SCR Activity of CeO2 and CeO2-TA Modified by Thiourea: A Comparative Study ChemCatChem journal-article ### Nitrate salt-halloysite nanotube (HNT) composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells journal-article ### Nitrate salt-halloysite nanotube (HNT) composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage: The feasibility of material fabrication by using HNT as skeleton substance and its thermal properties Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells journal-article ### Promotional effect of H2O introduction on the NH3-SCR activity of the gas-phase sulfated CeO2 catalyst by organic CS2+COS Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering journal-article ### Preparation and characterization of quinary nitrate salt based composite phase change material with low melting point for low and medium temperature thermal energy storage Journal of Energy Storage journal-article ### Simulation on pool boiling heat transfer considering the integrated effect of engineered microchannels and mixed wettability Chemical Engineering Science journal-article ### Insight into the regulating effect of phosphorylation on the NH3-SCR activity and properties of thiourea modified CeO2-TA catalyst Molecular Catalysis journal-article ### Experimental study on pool boiling enhancement by unique designing of porous media with a wettability gradient Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### In-situ hierarchical micro/nanocrystals on copper substrate for enhanced boiling performance: an experimental study Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science journal-article ### Pool boiling experimental investigation on in-situ hierarchical Cu(OH)2 nanograss Energy Reports journal-article ### Synergistic effect of mixed wettability of micro-nano porous surface on boiling heat transfer enhancement Thermal Science and Engineering Progress journal-article ### Novel Nano Spinel-type High-Entropy Oxides (HEOs) Catalyst towards Hydrogen Production through Ethanol Steam Reforming Nanoscale journal-article ### Adsorption and dissociation of a single water molecule on graphene-like ZnO monolayer with oxygen vacancies: a first-principles study Physica Scripta journal-article ### Configuration of Coupling Methanol Steam Reforming over Cu-Based Catalyst in a Synthetic Palladium Membrane for One-Step High Purity Hydrogen Production Journal of the Energy Institute journal-article ### Experimental study on developing in-situ hierarchical micro/nanocrystals for improved capillary wicking Microfluidics and Nanofluidics journal-article ### Influence of nonmetallic elements doping on the NH3-SCR activity and properties of Ce20W10Ti100O catalyst via melamine modification Journal of Solid State Chemistry journal-article ### Multifield Coupling of Local Surface Plasmon Resonance‐Assisted Au–TiO2 Photocatalysis Considering Bimodal Resonance and Superposition Effect physica status solidi (b) journal-article ### Effects of surface wettability on bubble departure and critical heat flux: A parametric study based on 3-D dynamic force analysis model International Journal of Thermal Sciences journal-article ### Multifield Coupling of Local Surface Plasmon Resonance‐Assisted Au–TiO2 Photocatalysis Considering Bimodal Resonance and Superposition Effect physica status solidi (b) journal-article ### Multifield coupling of LSPR‐assisted Au‐TiO2 photocatalysis considering bimodal resonance and superposition effect physica status solidi (b) journal-article ### Numerical evaluation of convective heat transfer properties of two-dimensional rotating PCM melt in the unilaterally heated rectangular container Renewable Energy journal-article ### Development and investigation of form-stable quaternary nitrate salt based composite phase change material with extremely low melting temperature and large temperature range for low-mid thermal energy storage Energy Reports journal-article ### Heat transfer performance by forced convection of microencapsulated phase change material-latent functional thermal fluid flowing in a mini-channels heat sink Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Dynamic response model and equivalent solution method of large-diameter buried energy transportation pipeline under moving load Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering journal-article ### Inorganic salt based shape-stabilized composite phase change materials for medium and high temperature thermal energy storage: Ingredients selection, fabrication, microstructural characteristics and development, and applications The Journal of Energy Storage journal-article ### Experimental study on synergistic enhancement of thermal performance of a closed two-phase thermosyphon by a TiO2 nanofluid doped with Al2O3 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Preparation and control mechanism of nano-phase change emulsion with high thermal conductivity and low supercooling for thermal energy storage Energy Reports journal-article ### Numerical evaluation of the coupled/uncoupled effectiveness of a fluid-solid-thermal multi-field model for a long-distance energy transmission pipeline Energy journal-article ### DFT Modeling of CO2 Adsorption and HCOO• Group Conversion in Anatase Au-TiO2-Based Photocatalysis ACS Omega journal-article ### Investigation on the Effect of Temperature on Photothermal Glycerol Reforming Hydrogen Production over Ag/TiO2 Nanoflake Catalyst International Journal of Hydrogen Energy journal-article ### Numerical analysis of the effect of swirl angle and fuel equivalence ratio on the methanol combustion characteristics in a swirl burner Process Safety and Environmental Protection journal-article ### Ternary composite phase change materials (PCMs) towards low phase separation and supercooling: eutectic behaviors and application Energy Reports journal-article ### Numerical simulations for incompressible turbulence cavitation flows with tangent of hyperbola interface capturing (THINC) scheme Physics of Fluids journal-article ### Numerical study on cooling enhancement of micro devices by designing turbulence based hollow micro pin-fin arrays with lateral holes journal-article ### Pores integrated fractal (PIF) analysis on transportation in porous media considering spatial distribution of pores and genuine tortuosity International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer journal-article ### Review on LSPR assisted photocatalysis: effects of physical fields and opportunities in multifield decoupling Nanoscale Advances journal-article ### Starch as bio-template synthesis of W-doped CeO2 for selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3: Influence of ignition temperature Environmental Science and Pollution Research journal-article ### Approaches and potentials for pool boiling enhancement with superhigh heat flux on responsive smart surfaces: A critical review Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal-article ### Investigation on Multifunctional Au/TiO2@n-Octadecane Microcapsules towards Catalytic Photoreforming Hydrogen Production and Photothermal Conversion International Journal of Hydrogen Energy journal-article ### Molecular dynamics simulation on thermal enhancement for carbon nano tubes (CNTs) based phase change materials (PCMs) International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer journal-article ### Application of ORC in a Distributed Integrated Energy System Driven by Deep and Shallow Geothermal Energy Energies journal-article ### Comprehensive analysis of rural heating by methanol heating stove: Economy, emissions, and energy consumption Process Safety and Environmental Protection journal-article ### Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Composite Phase Change Materials for Building Energy Saving Frontiers in Energy Research journal-article ### A new type of two-supply, one-return, triple pipe-structured heat loss model based on a low temperature district heating system Energy journal-article ### Influence of jet angle on diffusion combustion characteristics and NOx emissions in a self-reflux burner Case Studies in Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Conduction paths of backbones for thermal enhancement of nanocomposite phase change materials International Journal of Energy Research journal-article ### Promotional effect of tungsten modification on magnetic iron oxide catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 Journal of the Energy Institute journal-article ### Comparative life cycle assessment of geothermal power generation systems in China Resources Conservation and Recycling journal-article ### Morphology effect of tungsten oxide on Ce/W catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3: Influence of structure-directing agents Journal of the Energy Institute journal-article ### The above-ground strategies to approach the goal of geothermal power generation in China: State of art and future researches Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal-article ### Coupled hybrid nanoparticles for improved dispersion stability of nanosuspensions: a review Journal of Nanoparticle Research journal-article ### Coupled hybrid nanoparticles for improved dispersion stability of nanosuspensions: a review ournal of Nanoparticle Research journal-article ### Green synthesis of Tungsten-doped CeO2 catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NO with NH3 using starch bio-template Applied Surface Science journal-article ### Selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3 over Cerium-tungsten-titanium mixed oxide catalyst: Synergistic promotional effect of H2O2 and Ce4+ Journal of Materials Research journal-article ### An Innovative Model for Critical Heat Flux Prediction in Saturated Pool Boiling Based on Bubble Behaviors on Dry Hot Spots journal-article ### Applications of cascaded phase change materials in solar water collector storage tanks: A review Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells journal-article ### A consistent and balanced-force model for incompressible multiphase flows on polyhedral unstructured grids International Journal of Multiphase Flow journal-article ### Performance augmentation of flat plate solar water collector using phase change materials and nanocomposite phase change materials: A review Process Safety and Environmental Protection journal-article ### Factors affecting the thermal performance of the flat plate solar collector using nanofluids: A review Solar Energy journal-article ### How to Rapidly Predict the Performance of ORC: Optimal Empirical Correlation based on Cycle Separation Energy Conversion and Management journal-article ### Conduction paths of backbones for thermal enhancement of nanocomposite phase change materials International Journal of Energy Research journal-article ### Determining the value of cooling in photovoltaics for enhanced energy yield Solar Energy journal-article ### Integrated assessment for solar-assisted carbon capture and storage power plant by adopting resilience thinking on energy system Journal of Cleaner Production journal-article ### Thermal performance of medium-to-high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage systems Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Flow-pattern recognition and dynamic characteristic analysis based on multi-scale marginal spectrum entropy Applied Thermal Engineering journal-article ### Mathematical modeling and numerical investigation of carbon capture by adsorption: Literature review and case study Applied Energy journal-article ### Reproducible bubble-induced acoustic microstreaming for bead disaggregation and immunoassay in microfluidics Microfluidics and Nanofluidics journal-article ### Advanced thermal management of a solar cell by a nano-coated heat pipe plate: A thermal assessment Energy Conversion and Management journal-article ### Cold-to-electricity conversion using a piston based engine in cold energy storage (CES) system, part two: An experimental study Journal of the Energy Institute journal-article ### Thermal management of solar cells using a nano-coated heat pipe plate: An indoor experimental study International Journal of Energy Research journal-article ### Towards improving charge/ discharge rate of latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) by embedding metal foams in phase change materials (PCMs) Chemical Engineering and Processing journal-article ### Cold-to-electricity conversion using a piston based engine in cold energy storage (CES) system, part one: A theoretical study Journal of the Energy Institute journal-article ### Optimization of Cold Storage Efficiency in a Rankine‐Cycle‐Based Cold Energy Storage System Energy Technology journal-article ### Evaluation of photovoltaic panel temperature in realistic scenarios Energy Conversion and Management journal-article ### Efficiently-cooled plasmonic amorphous silicon solar cells integrated with a nano-coated heat-pipe plate Scientific Reports journal-article ### Feasibility of small-scale cold energy storage (CES) through carbon dioxide based Rankine cycle The Journal of Energy Storage journal-article ### The value of thermal radiation in assessing the charge/ discharge rate of high-grade thermal energy storage using encapsulated phase change materials (PCMs) International Journal of Energy Research journal-article ### Numerical simulation of film condensation on vertical plate embedded in metallic foams Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics journal-article ### Analytical considerations of flow boiling heat transfer in metal-foam filled tubes Heat and Mass Transfer journal-article ### Flow condensation in tube filled with annular metal foam Journal of Chemical Industry and Engineering(China) journal-article ### Numerical study of conjugated heat transfer in metal foam filled double-pipe International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer journal-article ### Experimental investigation of boiling heat transfer in horizontal tube partially filled with metal-foam Journal of Engineering Thermophysics journal-article ## Source Read this profile on Hello.cv: https://hello.cv/yanpingdu Create your free profile at https://hello.cv