International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Feng WU

Profile:

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2014, Professor Feng Wu was a distinguished Chinese materials scientist whose research and professional work focused on electrochemical energy storage, advanced secondary batteries, and energy materials. Born in June 1951 in Beijing, he received his bachelor’s degree in fundamental organic synthesis in 1978 and his master’s degree in catalytic kinetics in 1981 from Taiyuan Institute of Technology, now Taiyuan University of Technology. He joined Beijing Institute of Technology in 1982 and subsequently served as Deputy Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, Vice Dean of the School of Chemical Engineering and Materials, and Chief Professor of Energy and Environmental Materials. He also served as Director of the Beijing Engineering Research Centre for Power Batteries and Chemical Energy Materials and as Chief Scientist and Director of the Clean Energy Domain of the Beijing Co-Innovation Centre for Electric Vehicles. He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Academician of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials in 2017. He served as Chief Scientist of three successive phases of the National Basic Research Programme project on new secondary batteries from 2002 to 2019 and held professional positions including Vice Chairman of the China Battery Industry Association and member of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Expert Committee on New-Energy Vehicle Market Access. His professional career combined materials research, national research programmes, industrial technology development, and higher education.

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Professor Wu’s research centred on new secondary battery systems and key energy materials, with particular emphasis on high-specific-energy batteries, electrode materials, battery manufacturing processes, and intrinsic safety. He investigated light-element, multi-electron and multi-ion reaction chemistries and led the development of advanced electrode materials, composite ceramic–polymer separators, flame-retardant electrolytes, and other battery-safety technologies. He also proposed safety-threshold boundaries for battery systems and developed approaches for their identification and control. His work on lithium-containing hydrogen-storage alloys contributed to the development of domestic storage-alloy technology, while he established a nickel-metal hydride battery pilot-production base and designed an automated demonstration line, with the resulting battery packs applied to hybrid-electric vehicles. He published more than 700 SCI-indexed papers, authored three academic monographs, and held more than 100 authorised invention patents. His research received a National Technological Invention Award (Second Prize), a National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize), and numerous provincial and ministerial awards, as well as international recognitions including the International Battery Materials Association Award for Scientific Achievement, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Association for Lithium Batteries, and the Electrochemical Society Battery Technology Award. Through sustained research, leadership of national programmes, and industrial technology development, Professor Wu contributed to the development of secondary battery technology and energy materials in China and to their application in electric vehicles and energy storage.