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Wenjie Li, Ph.D.

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Wenjie Li, Ph.D.

Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics

Home Campus: Statesboro
wli@georgiasouthern.edu
912-487-4637

Research Areas

Energy conversion and storage, thermoelectric, high-entropy refractory alloys, metal alloy/ceramic synthesis and processing

Education

  • Ph.D. in Materials Sciences and Engineering (Highest honor) (Advisor: Ralf Riedel)
    • Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
  • M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Shengming Zhou)
    • Chinese Academy of Science, China
  • B.S. in Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials Engineering
    • Central South University, China

Publications

  1. W. Li,* S. Ghosh, N. Liu, B. Poudel,* “Half-Heusler Thermoelectrics: Advances from Materials Fundamental to Device Engineering”, Joule, 8,1274-1311 (2024)
  2. S. Ghosh,* Y. Xia, A. Nozariasbmarz, L. Raman, H. Lee, S. Sharma, Y. Zhang, N. Liu, J. Gray, S.Priya, W. Li,* B. Poudel,* “High Entropy Engineered p-type Half-Heusler Thermoelectric”, Joule, accepted, 10.1016/j.joule.2024.08.008 (2024) 
  3. R. Amaral, N. Liu, B. Poudel, W. Li, Z. Liu, “Ab-initio CALPHAD modeling of NaNH2BH3 for solid-state H2 storage applications”, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy, 166, 150807 (2025)
  4. L. Raman,* A. Debnath, E. Furton, S. Lin, A. Krajewski, S. Ghosh, N. Liu, M. Ahn, B. Poudel, S. Shang, S. Priya, Z-K. Liu, A. M. Beese, W. Reinhart, W. Li,* “Data-driven inverse design of MoNbTiVWZr refractory multicomponent alloys: Microstructure and mechanical properties”, J. Mater. Sci. Eng. A, 918, 147475 (2024)
  5. H. Zhu,†* W. Li,†* A. Nozariasbmarz, H. Kang, N. Liu, Y. Zhang, H. Zhao, S. Priya, B. Poudel,* “Half-Heusler alloys as Emerging High Power Density Thermoelectric Cooling Materials”, Nat. Comm., 14:3300 (2023) 
  6. W. Li,* B. Poudel, R. Kishore, N. Liu, A. Nozariasbmarz, Y. Zhang, S. Priya,* “Towards High Conversion Efficiency of Thermoelectric Modules Through Synergistical Optimization of Layered Materials”, Adv. Mater., 35, 2210407 (2023) 

Funding

Current Grants

  1. DOE APRA-E Phase 2, “Design, Manufacturing, and Characterization of Ultrahigh Temperature Refractory Alloys for Turbine Applications”, Co-PI

Previous Grants

  1. MRI Seed Grant, “Non-equilibrium Manufacturing of Nanostructured Multiphase High Entropy Alloys for Solid State Hydrogen Storage”, PI
  2. IEE Seed Grant, “Additive Manufacturing of Elastocaloric Cooling Shape Memory Alloy: From Materials and Device Fabrication to System-level Analysis for High-Performance Buildings”, PI
  3. Murata Sponsored Research, “Reinforcement of barium titanate with carbon fiber core by FAST”, Co-PI
  4. NSF IUCRC (Laird Thermal Systems), “High Performance Thermoelectric Bismuth Telluride materials by Spin Melting Technique”, Co-PI
  5. DOE APRA-E, ““Design and Manufacturing of Ultrahigh Temperature Refractory Alloys”, Co-PI

Research Projects

Thermoelectric

Integration of materials innovation to decouple electron-phonon coupling and device engineering to improve materials’ figure-of-merit (zT) and conversion efficiency to convert waste heat into useful electricity for sustainable energy.

Refractory Materials

Design and Manufacture structural refractory metallic alloys through compositional and microstructural approach to enhance their mechanical performance towards high Temperature Applications in space, gas turbine and related areas.

Energy Storage

Design and synthesis solid-state materials for hydrogen storage, such as complex perovskite metal hydrides, to improve their hydrogen capacity, thermodynamic and kinetic behaviors, and reversibility for sustainable energy applications.   

News

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Research Group

Undergraduate Students

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Graduate Students

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Postdocs

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