Lecturer, Outstanding Young Scholars of Soochow University
Education Background:
2014.09 - 2020.06，PhD., Wuhan University
2010.09 - 2014.06，Bachelor, Wuhan Institute of Technology
Working Experience:
2025.04 – now，Lecturer, FUNSOM&CNST, Soochow University
2020.08 - 2025.04，Postdoc, Soochow University
Contact Information
Address: 199 Ren’ai Rd., Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou 215123, PR China
Email：yliu1992@suda.edu.cn
Awards and Funding
2025 Soochow University’s Outstanding Young Scholar
2023 National Natural Science Foundation of China project
2023 Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
Research Interests
1. Development of reactive force field (ReaxFF) parameters and machine learning-based force field methods
2. Development and application of multi-scale simulation methods for complex interface reactions of battery
3. Machine learning enhanced multi-scale simulation for rational design of electrolyte systems
Selected Publications
1. Y. Chen#,M. Li#,Y. Jie#, Y. Liu#, Z. Zhang, P. Yu, W. Li, Y. Liu, X. Li, Z. Lei, P. Yan, T. Cheng*, M. Gu*, S. Jiao*, R. Cao*. Dynamic Evolution of Cathode-electrolyte interphase in Lithium Metal Batteries with Ether Electrolytes. Joule, 2025, 9, 101885.
2. Y. L. Jie#, S. Y. Wang#, S. T. Weng#, Y. Liu#, M. Yang, C. Tang, X. P. Li, Z. F. Zhang, Y. C. Zhang, Y. W. Chen, F. Y. Huang, Y. L. Xu, W. X. Li, Y. Z. Guo, Z. X. He, X. D. Ren, Y. H. Lu, K. Yang, S. C. Cao, H. Lin, R. G. Cao, P. F. Yan, T. Cheng*, X. F. Wang*, S. H. Jiao*, D. S. Xu*.Towards Long-life 500 Wh kg−1 Lithium Metal Pouch Cells via Compact Ion-pair Aggregate Electrolyte. Nature Energy, 2024, 9,987–998.
3. M. H. Li#, Y. Liu#, X. M. Yang*, Q. Zhang, Y. F. Cheng*, L. Deng, Q. W. Zhou,T. Cheng*, M. D. Gu*.Acetonitrile-based Local High-Concentration Electrolytes for Advanced Lithium Metal Batteries. Advanced Materials, 2024, 2404271.
4. X. P. Li#, M. H. Li#, Y. Liu#, Y. L. Jie, W. X. Li, Y. W. Chen, F. Y. Huang, Y. C. Zhang,T. M. Sohail, S. Y. Wang, X. B. Zhu, T. Cheng*, M. D. Gu*, S. H. Jiao*, R. G. Cao*.Fast Interfacial Defluorination Kinetics Enables Stable Cycling of Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024,146, 17023-17031.
5. S. W. Xu#, Y. Liu#, Y. J. Li#, M. Y. Cao, Q. L. Wu, B. Y. Ma, J. Y. Zhang, Q. Fang, L. Q. Chen, Z. X. Wang*, T. Cheng*, and X. F. Wang*. Degradation Mechanism and Enhanced Stability of Organolithium for Chemical Lithiation. Advanced Energy Materials, 2024, 2402941.
6. B. Y. Ma, Q. T. Sun, J. Y. Wu, X. W. Gu, H. Yang, M. Xie, Y. Liu*, T. Cheng*. Interfacial Polymerization Mechanisms Assisted Flame Retardancy Process of Low-Flammable Electrolytes on Lithium Anode. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024, 660, 545-554.
7. Y. W. Chen#, M. H. Li#, Y. Liu#, Y. L. Jie, W. X. Li, F. Y. Huang, X. P. Li, Z. X. He, X. D. Ren, Y. H. Chen, X. H. Meng, T. Cheng*, M. Gu*, S. H. Jiao*, R. G. Cao*. Origin of Dendrite-free Lithium Deposition in Concentrated Electrolytes. Nature Communications, 2023,14, 2655.
8. S. Y. Wang#, S. T. Weng#, X. P. Li#, Y. Liu#, X. L. Huang, Y. L. Jie, Y. X. Pan, H. M. Zhou, S. H. Jiao, Q. Li, X. F. Wang*, T. Cheng*, R. G. Cao*, D. S. Xu*. Unraveling the Solvent Effect on Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Formation for Sodium Metal Batteries. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 2023,135, e202313447.
9. B. Y. Ma, Y. Liu*, Q. T. Sun, P. P. Yu, L. Xu, H. Yang, M. Xie, T. Cheng*.Fine-tuned Molecular Design toward a Stable Solid Electrolyte Interphase on a Lithium Metal Anode from in-silico Simulation. Materials Today Chemistry, 2023,33,101735.
10. Y Liu, Q. T. Sun, P. P. Yu, B. Y. Ma, H. Yang, J. Zhang, M. Xie, Tao Cheng*. In Situ Formation of Circular and Branched Oligomers in a Localized High Concentration Electrolyte at the Lithium-Metal Solid Electrolyte Interphase: A Hybrid ab initio and Reactive Molecular Dynamics Study. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022, 10, 632-639.
11. Y. Liu, P. P. Yu, Q. T. Sun, Y. Wu, M. Xie, H. Yang, T. Cheng*, William A Goddard III. Predicted Operando Polymerization at Lithium Anode via Boron Insertion. ACS Energy Letters, 6, 2021,2320−2327.
12. Y. Liu, P. P. Yu, Y. Wu, H. Yang, M. Xie, L.Y. Huai, William A Goddard III*, T. Cheng*. The DFT-ReaxFF Hybrid Reactive Dynamics Method with Application to the Reductive Decomposition Reaction of the TFSI and DOL Electrolyte at a Lithium−Metal Anode Surface. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2021,12, 1300−1306.
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