Bin Li is a senior research scientist and energy storage R&D lead at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He holds a joint faculty appointment with the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute’s Energy Storage and Transportation Convergent Research Initiative. 

Li was strategically hired by ORNL to develop long-duration energy storage (e.g, zinc battery and flow battery) and all solid-state batteries. Li is internationally recognized in the field of energy storage, including stationary and transportation energy storage, spanning from discovering new materials and developing novel technologies for Li metal batteries (Li-S and Li-NMC), redox flow batteries (including electrolytes, membrane and electrodes) and zinc ion battery, to understanding failure modes for batteries impact life and performance and thus rationally designing pouch cells or kw-class stacks with improved battery performances. 

He has published more than 80 journal articles in high-impact journals, such as Nature Materials, Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Nature Nanotechnology, Advanced Energy Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Energy Letters. Li holds over 15 patents in the field of energy storage and conversion (4 Pending; 10 Grant; 1 License) and is an active symposium/workshop organizer and member of professional scientific societies. 

Li held postdoctoral fellowships at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2010-2011) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) (2011-2013). 

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