PhD Student · S²AVE Lab
Yue Luo
PhD Student at Swansea University
October 2025–present · Fully funded PhD studentship
Research Interests
High-energy redox flow batteries, dual-membrane cell designs, porous electrocatalysts, and alkaline water electrolysis.
Research Experience
Yue investigates dual-membrane architectures for high-energy flow batteries. During her master’s research at Guangxi University, with joint training at Beihang University, she designed hierarchical porous catalysts derived from ZIF-67 monoliths and studied approaches to improving noble-metal utilisation in alkaline water electrolysis. She also contributed to catalyst development for manganese–hydrogen flow batteries and scale-up studies for iron–sulfur flow batteries.
As a materials R&D engineering intern at IDTECH (Suzhou), she contributed to catalyst production scale-up and market research for new electrode materials.
Education and Selected Honours
- MEng in Materials Engineering, Guangxi University (2022–2025).
- BEng in Materials Science and Engineering, Guangxi University (2018–2022).
- Outstanding Graduate, Guangxi University (2025), and National Scholarship (2024).
Selected Journal Publications
- Rapid synthesis of PtRu nanoparticles on aniline-modified SWNTs in EMSI engineering for enhanced alkaline water electrolysis. Journal of Power Sources, 631, 236297 (2025).
- Shifting from MOF powder: monoliths for efficient removal of hazardous substances. Rare Metals (2025).
- Integrating Digital Twins and Machine Learning for Advanced Control in Green Hydrogen Production. CHAIN, 2, 1–14 (2025).
- Material Engineering Strategies for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Catalysts. Small Methods, 2400158.