Current Post: Lecturer

Room Number: 01.30

Telephone: 01603 593123 (+44 1603 593123)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: c.shang@uea.ac.uk

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository



Research Interests

Hydrogen storage materials; synthesis of nano-structural materials for clean energy application; low carbon energy technologies.


Biography 

With a BEng and PhD in Materials Science, I have been actively involved in materials and nanostructures for hydrogen storage. I received a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Materials at QMUL for about three years. I joined UEA as a lecturer in Energy Materials Science and Technology in 2006.  During my research career, I have made various achievements in synthesis of doped-metal, complex chemical hydrides and multi-component materials for hydrogen storage for stationary and mobile applications, and developed hydrogen storage materials that effectively halve the desorption temperature, along with an innovative coating technique to create catalytic coating for enhanced sorption properties. I was awarded a first grant from the EPSRC, and am involved in various joint projects with UCL and School of Chemistry and Pharmacy at UEA, to the EPSRC, the Royal Society (Wolfson Laboratory Refurbishment Award), Capital Investment Framework Award and industrial organizations. My current research interests are focusing on:

1)  Multi-component nano-structural hydrogen storage systems for industrial applications

2)  Catalysis and selectivity of gas (H₂/CO₂) storage and separation on solid sorbents

3)  Novel metal organic frameworks for hydrogen storage and CO₂ capture


Significant Publications

• J. H. Yao, C.X. Shang, K. F. Aguey-Zinsou and Z.X. Guo, "Desorption Characteristics of Mechanically and Chemically Modified LiNH2 and LiNH2+LiH", J. Alloys Comp. 421(1-2), 277-282, 2007, doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.05.113 
• Shang, C.X., Guo, Z.X. (2007) Structural and desorption characterisations of milled (MgH2+Y, Ce) powder mixtures for hydrogen storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32(14), 2920-2925. DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2006.11.035 
• C.X Shang and Z.X. Guo, "Effect of Carbon on Hydrogen Desorption and Absorption of Mechanically milled MgH2", J. Power Sources, 129 (2004) 73-80. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2003.11.013   

• C.X. Shang, M. Bououdina, Y. Song and Z.X.Guo, "Mechanical Alloying and Electronic Simulation of (MgH2 + M) Systems (M= Al, Ti, Fe, Ni, Cu, Nb) for Hydrogen Storage", Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 29 (2004) 73-80. doi:10.1016/S0360-3199(03)00045-4

• C.X. Shang, M. Bououdina and Z.X. Guo, "Structural Stability and Dehydrogenation of (MgH2 + Al, Nb) Powder Mixtures during Mechanical Alloying", Materials Transaction, Vol. 44, No. 11 (2003) 2356-2362.

• C.X. Shang, M. Bououdina and Z.X. Guo, "Structural Stability of Mechanically alloyed (Mg+10Nb) and (MgH2+10Nb) powder mixtures", J. Alloys Comp. 349 (2003) 217-333. doi:10.1016/S0925-8388(02)00920-9 

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