Dr. Chuan Cheng

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsThermodynamics and Kinetics as well as Properties of Phases and Microstructure of Materials,Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
KeywordsLi-sulfur batteries, All-solid-state batteries, Electrochemical mechanics, Na-ion batteries, Li-ion batteries
Honours and awards

2015: Humboldt Research Fellowship

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityNewcastle upon Tyne
InstitutionUniversity of Newcastle
InstituteSchool of Engineering
Homepagehttps://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/staff/profile/chuancheng.html

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jörg WeißmüllerInstitut für Werkstoffphysik und -technologie, Technische Universität Hamburg (TUHH), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2015

Programme(s)

2014Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2021Cheng, Chuan and Lührs, Lukas: Robust Metallic Actuators Based on Nanoporous Gold Rapidly Dealloyed from Gold–Nickel Precursors. In: Advanced Functional Materials, 31, 2021, 2107241
2021Cheng, Chuan and Lührs, Lukas and Krekeler, Tobias: Simultaneous Enhancement of Actuation Strain and Mechanical Strength of Nanoporous Ni–Mn Actuators. In: Advanced Electronic Materials, 7, 2021, 2100381
2020Chuan Cheng and Ross Drummond and Stephen R. Duncan and Patrick S. Grant: Combining composition graded positive and negative electrodes for higher performance Li-ion batteries. In: Journal of Power Sources, 448, 2020, 227376
2020Cheng, Chuan and Grant, Patrick S. and Lührs, Lukas: Electrochemical Mechanics of Metal Thin Films: Charge-Induced Reversible Surface Stress for Actuation. In: Advanced Electronic Materials, 6, 2020, 1900364
2019Chuan Cheng and Ross Drummond and Stephen R. Duncan and Patrick S. Grant: Micro-scale graded electrodes for improved dynamic and cycling performance of Li-ion batteries. In: Journal of Power Sources, 413, 2019, 59-67
2017Cheng, Chuan and Lührs, Lukas and Krekeler, Tobias and Ritter, Martin and Weissmüller, Jörg: Semiordered Hierarchical Metallic Network for Fast and Large Charge-Induced Strain. In: Nano Letters, 17, 2017, 4774-4780
2016Cheng, Chuan and Weissmüller, Jörg and Ngan, Alfonso H. W.: Fast and Reversible Actuation of Metallic Muscles Composed of Nickel Nanowire-Forest. In: Advanced Materials, 28, 2016, 5315-5321
2015Cheng, Chuan and Ngan, Alfonso H. W.: Reversible Electrochemical Actuation of Metallic Nanohoneycombs Induced by Pseudocapacitive Redox Processes. In: ACS Nano, 9, 2015, 3984-3995