1. Team profile

Metal layered composite functional materials innovation team of Kunming University of Science and Technology was established in 2013, which was built up by the supports of the state, provincial and business for studying basic theory, advanced preparation processing technology, engineering and industrialization of metal and its alloy base layered composite functional materials. In the ongoing research work, our team gradually formed the "Trinity" research characteristics about basic application research → engineering technology development → new material. With the growing achievements of the team research results and the increasingly prominent academic characteristics, our team not only has promoted the discipline development of materials science and engineering but also promoted technological innovation and extension of industrial chain for the province's traditional nonferrous metals industry and expand the categories 、the scope of metal layered composite functional materials. At present, the team is mainly engaged in the field of radiation protection materials, hydrometallurgical and electrochemical industry anode materials, metal air battery oxygen cathode preparation, high performance composite functional materials design, preparation process, electrochemical performance evaluation and safety evaluation and other aspects of the study. In order to make full use of the advantages of interdisciplinary, combining with the abundant new energy and nonferrous metal resource of Yunnan Province, it is necessary that we carry out research cooperation, service enterprises, to accelerate the non-ferrous metal processing, work together to effect the team's play. In the field of metal layered composite functional materials development and application, our team won the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association awarded from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Progress Award ,and the results have been as key projects in Yunnan Province in 2013; the third prize of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition was obtained in 2016; What’s more, the second prize of China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Yunnan Province was acquired in 2017.

Fig.1 China Nonferrous Metals Science and Technology Progress Award

Fig.2 The Trophy about China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition

The team have eight staffs now, three professors, two associate professors, three senior engineers. Our team has more than 10 projects which include national, provincial and ministerial level, school-enterprise cooperation projects. There are 12 million yuan of research funding and 600,000 yuan funds for team construction. We have several sets of equipment, including electrochemical performance analysis equipment, electronic metallographic microscope, ultra-low interface resistivity test equipment, etc. More than 50 papers have published in our team, 2 academic monographs and 14 intellectual property patents in relevant research fields. The prospects for employment of graduate students and doctoral students are good.

Fig. 3 National 863 cooperation project

Fig.4 Experimental device

2. The main members of the team introduced

Zhou Shenggang, professor, master tutor and aslo a good team leader. The research direction is mainly for the preparaton of metal layered composite materials and electrode materials. Now he has 2 National Natural Science Funds, 1 basic research project in Yunnan Province, 1 key new product planning project in Yunnan Province, 1 innovation fund project for small and medium-sized enterprises, 4 participating in school-enterprise cooperation projects, 2 published monographs and more than 20 papers. He won the award named Hongyun gardener excellent teacher Multimedia teaching competition first prize, The second national college (undergraduate) micro-class teaching competition Yunnan Division third prize and Yunnan Province work funding second prize.

Zhu Peixian, professor. He is also a good master tutor. He advocated metal layered composite electrode materials in scientific research.The research direction has a wide application value. He presided a national 863 project, three National Natural Science Fund projects, a number of school-enterprise cooperation projects. He wrote two academic monographs , besides more than 70 papers were published. He received three research awards belong to provincial and ministerial level scientific research awards. He is a review expert for fund project. He trained a large number of high-quality talent for the community.

Cao Yong, associate Professor. He graduated from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Harbin Institute of Technology in July 2008. He graduated from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology in July 2013 with a Ph.D. Now he presides over a National Natural Science Foundation Project, and more than 10 papers, including SCI 10 articles.

3. Undertaking research project in recent years

4. The monographs and patents in recent years

5. Representative papers

[1]Zhaohui H, Peixian Z, Shenggang Z, et al. Study on Preparation and Properties of Novel Ti/Cu Laminated Composite Electrode Materials[J]. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 2016, 19(2).

[2]Li H, Zhou S, Cao Y. Calculation of Liquid–Solid Interfacial Free Energy in Pb–Cu Binary Immiscible System[J]. Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung A, 2016, 71(11):1073-1077.

[3]Li H, Cao Y, Zhou S, et al. Site preferences and effects of X (X = Mn, Fe, Co, Cu) on the properties of NiAl: A first-principles study[J]. Modern Physics Letters B, 2016, 30(09):1650133.

[4]Han Z, Zhu P, Guo Y, et al. Study on the Interface and Performance of Ti-Al Laminated Composite Electrode Materials[J]. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 2015, 18(3):159-164.

[5]Duan Y H, Sun Y, Peng M J, et al. Anisotropic elastic properties of the Ca–Pb compounds[J]. Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 2014, 595(595):14-21.

[6]Duan Y H, Sun Y, Peng M J, et al. Stability, elastic properties and electronic structures of L12- ZrAl3 and D022-ZrAl3 up to 40 GPa[J]. Journal of Physics & Chemistry of Solids, 2014, 75(4):535-542.

[7]Duan Y H, Zhou S G, Sun Y, et al. The electronic structure and phase diagram of chlorine adsorption on Mg (0 0 0 1) surface[J]. Computational Materials Science, 2014, 84(1):108-114.

[8]Duan Y H, Huang B, Sun Y, et al. Stability, elastic properties and electronic structures of the stable Zr–Al intermetallic compounds: A first-principles investigation[J]. Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 2014, 590(5):50-60.

[9]Duan Y H, Sun Y, Peng M J, et al. Ab-initio investigations on elastic properties in L1 2, structure Al 3 Sc and Al 3 Y under high pressure[J]. Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 2014, 585(5):587-593.

[10]Han Z H, Zhu P X, Yang X Q, et al. The Study of Ti-Al Layered Composite Electrode in the Anti-Gravity Casting Method[J]. Applied Mechanics & Materials, 2014, 487:45-49.

[11]Zhang J, Zhu P X, Zhou S G, et al. First-Principles Calculation of Intermetallics on Novel Anode Materials[J]. Advanced Materials Research, 2013, 815(815):73-79.

[12]Duan Y H, Sun Y, Zhou S G. Different coverages of fluorine adsorption on Mg (0001) surface[J]. Computational Materials Science, 2013, 72(9):81-85.

[13]Zhou S G, Sun L D, Zhu P X, et al. Application of BP Neural Network in Prediction of Cu-Pb Composite Plates Properties[J]. ournal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 2013, 20(5):36-40.

[14] Zhou,Shenggang, Zhu,Peixian. Application of ANSYS in Electric Field Distribution of Ti-Al Layered Composite Metrials [J], Advanced composite materials and Manufacturing Engineering,2012,583: 167-170. (SCI)

[15] Zhou Shenggang, Zhu Peixian. Preparation and characterization of Al/Pb Layered Composite Materials[J], Advanced Engineering Materials,2011,194: 1385-1388. (SCI)

[16] Zhou Shenggang, Zhu Peixian. Preparation and Current Distribution Performance of Pb-Al Layered Composite Anode Materials[J]. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society,2011:771-776. (SCI/EI)

[17]Sheng-Gang Zhou, Li-Da Sun,Pei-Xian Zhu,Jin Zhang,Zhe Zhang. Application of BP Neural Network in Prediction of Cu-Pb Composite Plates Properties[J]. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology(New Seriers),2013,20(5):36-40.（EI）

[18] Xian Z P, Gang Z S, Yong S, et al. Study on interface of Al-Pb composite prepared by liquid-solid coating method[J]. Transactions of Materials & Heat Treatment, 2009, 30(4):1-5.

[19] Xian Z P, Gang Z S, YANG, Xiu-Qin, et al. Thermal Theoretical Calculation of the Liquid-Solid Interfacial Free Energy in Pb-Al Binary System[J]. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 2009, 25(11):2177-2180(4).

[20] Yang X Q, Zhu P X, Huang W F, et al. Preparation and properties of Ti-Al-Ti laminated composite electrode materials[J]. Transactions of Materials & Heat Treatment, 2010, 31(8):15-19.

[21]Zhang J, Zhu P X, Dai J Q, Zhou S G, Cao Y.Integrated Diffusion Layer of Ti / Al Composite Electrode Materials [J]. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2013, 27 (6): 597-604。

[22] Han Z, Zhou S, Zhu P, et al. Electronic structure of phase interface diffusion reaction layer of Ti-Al laminar composites[J]. Acta Materiae Compositae Sinica, 2014, 31(5):1350-1356.

[23]Xu Y, Quan G L, Zhou S G, et al.Effects of barium on the microstructure and properties of Pb-Ca-Sn alloy n lead-acid battery panel [J]. Journal of Kunming University of Science and Technology (Natural Science Edition), 2017 (02): 15-20.

[24]Guo X L, Zhou S G Zhang J energy, plasma spraying, etc. Study of preparing Al / TiB2 composite electrode and electrochemical properties [J] Materials Review, 2017, 31 (6): 21-24.

[25] Niu Y, Yunsen S I, Zhu P, et al. Rapid Preparation of Al-Cu Composite Material by Low Pressure Casting-Rolling[J]. Materials Review, 2016.

[26] Zhang Z, Zhou S G, Zhu P X, et al.Effects of Equal Channel Angular Extrusion on Microstructure and Electrochemical Properties of Pb-Ag Alloy Electrode [J]. Hot Working Technology, 2016 (19): 34-37.

[27] Zhou S G, Wang T, Sun L D.Study on the status of metal layered composites [J]. Thermal processing technology, 2016 (10): 15-20.

[28] Zhang N J, Zhou S G, Zhu P X, Research status of ultra-fine grained ultra-high carbon steel [J]. Hot Working Technology, 2015 (24): 9-12.

[29] Jian X U, Zhou S, Zhu P, et al. Surface Modification and Application Status of the New Carbon Fiber Electrode[J]. Materials Review, 2015.

[30] Zhang J, Zhu P X, Dai J Q, et al. Improvement of New Ti / Al Composite Substrate for Properties of Conventional Ti-based PbO_2 Electrode [J]. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2015, 44 (6): 1459-1464.

[31] Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhou S G. Effects of ultrasonic vibration treatment time on microstructure and properties of Pb-Ag alloy [J]. Hot Working Technology, 2015 (7): 17-19.

[32] Zhang J, Zhu P X, Zhou S G, et al. Effects of melt temperature on the organization and electrochemical properties of Pb-Ag alloys [J]. Thermal processing technology, 2015(3):1-4.