新能源汽车工程专题：新能源汽车电池“快充-安全”双突破，纳米材料包覆电池负极设计破解动力电池的“低温焦虑”

• 适合年级 (Grade): 高中生/大学生

• 适合专业 (Major): 新能源汽车工程、车辆工程、工程学、机械工程、或对相关内容感兴趣的学生。

• 需要具备化学、物理基础

• 建议选修: 化学基础理论与跨学科应用

Colm导师是剑桥大学终身正教授兼工程系主任，同时也是英国物理学会（Institute of Physics）和英国工程技术协会（Institute of Engineering and Technology）的会士（是为协会的最高学术荣誉称号）。他是剑桥大学纳米科学中心的纳米工程研究组兼负责人、和超微显微镜的编辑委员会成员。

Colm is a tenured professor and head of the Department of Engineering at Cambridge University. Besides, He was honored as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Engineering and Technology (the highest academic honor of the society). He is Head of the Nanoengineering Research Group and a member of the Editorial Board of Ultramicroscopes at the Nanoscience Centre at the University of Cambridge.

Colm导师在都柏林三一学院获得了物理学学位和博士学位，在博士期间，他设计并建造了英国国内第一个扫描近场光学显微镜(SNOM)，并随后在德国康斯坦茨与蔡司合作建造了商用显微镜系统，职业生涯中共获得超过300万英镑的研发资金。

Colm earned a degree and a PhD in physics at Trinity College Dublin, where he designed and built the UK's first scanning near Field optical microscope (SNOM) and subsequently built commercial microscope systems in collaboration with Zeiss in Konstanz, Germany, earning over £3 million in research and development funding during his career.

Colm导师在教学方面颇有建树。1997年他作为纳米科学组研究员身份加入剑桥大学，至今在校讲授纳米技术、电子学、电磁学、量子力学等课程。在2009-2010年期间担任了纳米科学中心主任期间，就发表了100多篇论文并发表100多次演讲，并编写并出版了剑桥大学纳米技术教科书。Colm has made great achievements in teaching. He joined the University of Cambridge in 1997 as a researcher in the Nanoscience Group and has since taught courses in nanotechnology, electronics, electromagnetism, and quantum mechanics. During his tenure as Director of the Nanoscience Center from 2009 to 2010, he published more than 100 papers and lectures, and wrote and published the Cambridge University textbook on Nanotechnology.

任职学校

剑桥大学是世界最古老且最具学术声望的学府之一，与牛津大学并称“牛剑”。剑桥的学院制和导师制使得学生可以在小范围内接受个性化指导，同时参与全球领先的科研项目。这里诞生了无数科学与人文领域的巨匠，包括牛顿、达尔文、霍金，以及多位诺贝尔奖得主。学校在自然科学、数学、工程、人文学科和社会科学等领域都保持着世界领先水平，并与全球产业和政策制定者保持紧密合作。丰富的图书馆、博物馆与研究中心为学术探索提供了坚实支撑。

电动交通对电池的主要需求是增加能量和降低成本的同时提高安全性和寿命和耐用性。在短期内，工作的重点是用其他材料代替锂离子电池电极材料，这些材料可以在锂离子电池架构内更多地以单位体积和/或重量储存锂。这些新材料包括合金阳极，锂金属阳极，转换阴极和高镍或富锂氧化物阴极。在过去的几年里，大部分纳米级表征集中在了与这些新材料相关的转化机制和降解行为上。基于这种深入的研究和开发，其中一些材料已经成功地在商业化锂离子中实施。此外，正在开发中的钠离子基材料和系统也可能具有成本优势。

本项目将深入探讨化学与材料科学的基础与应用，特别关注纳米材料的性质及其在现代技术中的关键角色。学生将学习纳米材料的特性以及它们在电动汽车电源系统中的应用，理解如何利用这些材料提高能量密度和充放电效率。课程内容还将涵盖锂离子电池的基本原理与使用，探讨其在可再生能源和电动交通工具中的重要性。此外，特斯拉电池技术的创新与发展将作为重点案例进行分析，展示如何通过先进的材料科学推动电池性能的提升。通过理论学习与实践实验，学生将获得对新材料开发及其在能源存储解决方案中应用的深入理解，为未来在化学与材料科学领域的研究和工作奠定坚实基础。学生将在项目结束后，提交项目报告，进行成果展示。

个性化研究课题参考：电动汽车锂离子电池电极纳米材料的设计、不同类型的电解质–固体电解质及液体电解质、合理提高电池能量密度的监管问题、电动汽车车架和车厢使用的复合材料及其质量效应

This project provides an in-depth exploration of the fundamentals and applications of chemistry and materials science, with a particular focus on the properties of nanomaterials and their critical role in modern technology. Participants will learn about the characteristics of nanomaterials and their applications in electric vehicle power systems, understanding how to utilize these materials to enhance energy density and charge/discharge efficiency. The course will also cover the basic principles and usage of lithium-ion batteries, discussing their importance in renewable energy and electric transportation. Additionally, innovations and developments in Tesla battery technology will be analyzed as a key case study, showcasing how advanced materials science drives improvements in battery performance. Through theoretical study and practical experiments, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of new materials development and their applications in energy storage solutions, laying a solid foundation for future research and work in the field of chemistry and materials science. Students will submit a research report at the end of this project to show their results.

Suggested Future Research Fields: Design of electrode nano-materials for lithium-ion battery of electric vehicle, Different types of electrolytes---solid electrolytes and liquid electrolytes, Regulatory issues for rationally increasing battery energy density, Composite materials used in electric vehicle frames and compartments and their mass effects

• 电动汽车概述&纳米技术的应用 Overview of nanotechnology & Modern science of electric vehicles, reasons for their development

• 案例学习：电动汽车发展历程、汽车结构

• 纳米技术概论: 纳米技术概念及应用、纳米薄膜/纳米纤维/碳纳米管等材料性质 Introduction to nanotechnology: Concepts and applications of nanotechnology, properties of nano-films/nano-fibers/carbon nanotubes and other materials

• 纳米技术与电池科技：电池概论及化学反应原理、电池容量与能量密度，锂离子电池、纳米材料在电池中的优化作用 Nanotech & Battery technologies： Battery introduction and chemical reaction principle, battery capacity, and energy density, comparison and analysis of ordinary batteries and new generation batteries, lithium-ion batteries, nanomaterials in the optimization of batteries

• 特斯拉电池技术分析 Introduction to Electric Vehicles: A case study of Tesla battery technology

• 项目回顾与成果展示 Program review and presentation

• 论文辅导 Project deliverable tutoring

• 4周在线小组科研学习+2周不限时论文指导学习 共125课时

• 项目报告

• 优秀学员获主导师Reference Letter

• EI/CPCI/Scopus/ProQuest/Crossref/EBSCO或同等级别索引国际会议全文投递与发表指导（可用于申请）

• 结业证书

• 成绩单

• LASER Award in Research Skills for Academic Study官方证书并转换8 UCAS Tariff Points（可选）