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Lei Cheng

Oak Ridge National Laboratory · US
Area of research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Automotive Engineering
Research interest
es on using multiscale computational methods to study material structures, properties, and interfacial reactivities for energy storage applications. Professional Experience 2023-present, Group Leader, Energy Storage and Conversion Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2013-2023, Staff Scientist, Molecular Materials Group, Argonne National Laboratory 2009-2013, Postdoc, Molecular Materials Group, Argonne National Laboratory Awards Argonne Physical Science and Engineering directorate NextGen Leaders Program, 2020 Midwest Energy News ​“40 Under 40” Award, 2018 Strategic Lab Leadership Program, University of Chicago, 2017
h-index
38
citations
6,260
works
161
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Conjugation effect of amine molecules in non-aqueous Mg redox flow batteries
Chemical Science 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Solvation structure-property relationships in high-concentration sodium electrolytes: Insights from molecular simulations
Journal of Power Sources 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Solvation structures and ion dynamics of CaCl2 aqueous electrolytes using metadynamics and machine learning molecular dynamics simulations
Chemical Physics Letters 2025cited by 2position: lastdoi
A Coordinated-Anion-Enriched Electrolyte for Lean-Electrolyte Li–S Batteries
ACS Energy Letters 2024cited by 33position: middledoi
Designer Fluorescent Redoxmer Self‐Reports Side Reactions in Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries
Batteries & Supercaps 2024cited by 1position: middledoi
Electrolyte Reactivity on the MgV<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> Cathode Surface
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023cited by 9position: lastdoi
Unveiling decaying mechanism through quantitative structure-activity relationship in electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries
Nano Energy 2021cited by 42position: middledoi
Energy storage emerging: A perspective from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020cited by 338position: middledoi
Revisiting the Role of Conductivity and Polarity of Host Materials for Long‐Life Lithium–Sulfur Battery
Advanced Energy Materials 2020cited by 91position: middledoi
Transcriptional Basis for Rhythmic Control of Hunger and Metabolism within the AgRP Neuron
Cell Metabolism 2019cited by 129position: middledoi
New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid
Advanced Materials 2018cited by 55position: middledoi
The lightest organic radical cation for charge storage in redox flow batteries
Scientific Reports 2016cited by 81position: middledoi
The Electrolyte Genome project: A big data approach in battery materials discovery
Computational Materials Science 2015cited by 204position: middledoi
Accelerating Electrolyte Discovery for Energy Storage with High-Throughput Screening
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2014cited by 361position: firstdoi
Atomic-Scale Study of Ambient-Pressure Redox-Induced Changes for an Oxide-Supported Submonolayer Catalyst: VO<sub><i>x</i></sub>/α-TiO<sub>2</sub>(110)
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2012cited by 21position: middledoi

Grants

No grants ingested yet.

Frequent collaborators

Yu Zhou · Shandong University5 papers (2020–2025)Larry A. Curtiss · Argonne National Laboratory5 papers (2012–2018)Kristin A. Persson · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory3 papers (2014–2020)Rajeev S. Assary · Argonne National Laboratory3 papers (2014–2024)Shyue Ping Ong · National University of Singapore2 papers (2014–2015)Anubhav Jain · National Renewable Energy Laboratory2 papers (2014–2015)Chao Luo · University of Miami2 papers (2024–2025)Peter Zapol · Argonne National Laboratory2 papers (2012–2018)Khalil Amine · Earth University2 papers (2020–2021)Fikile R. Brushett · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2016–2020)Robert F. Klie · University of Illinois System2 papers (2018–2023)Nav Nidhi Rajput · Tufts University2 papers (2014–2015)Karl T. Mueller · Pennsylvania State University2 papers (2020–2023)Jeffrey S. Moore · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2 papers (2016–2020)Ilya A. Shkrob · University of Kentucky2 papers (2016–2024)Zhengcheng Zhang · Argonne National Laboratory2 papers (2016–2024) · 1 papers (2020–2020)Lu Zhang · Shandong University of Technology1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2020–2020)Zhenzhen Yang · Oak Ridge National Laboratory1 papers (2024–2024)