Dr. Feifei Shi currently serves as Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering. Dr Shi’s research interests lie broadly at the intersection of surface chemistry, material science and mechanical engineering, with emphasis on integrated energy systems, i.e. innovation in conversion, storage, transport and consumption systems. She holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Fudan University, China in 2010, and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015. Before joining Penn State on August 2019, Dr. Shi was a postdoctoral researcher in Material Science and Engineering department, Stanford University from 2016-2019.
This faculty member is associated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) where a multitude of perspectives and cross-disciplinary collaboration within research is highly valued. Graduate students in the IGDP in MatSE may work with faculty members from across Penn State.
- Wang, J.; Sun, Y.; Lai, J.; Pan, R.; Fan, Y.; Wu, X.; Ou, M.; Zhu, Y.; Fu, L.; Shi, F. *; Wu, Y., Two-dimensional graphitic carbon nitride/N-doped carbon with a direct Z-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic generation of hydrogen. Nanoscale Advances 2021, 3 (23), 6580-6586.
- Chen A.; Qu, C; Shi, Y; Shi, F.*, Manufacturing strategies for solid electrolyte in batteries. Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020, 8, 571440.
- Wu, D. S., Zhou, G., Mao, E., Sun, Y., Liu, B., Wang, L., Wang, J., Shi, F., & Cui, Y. (2020). A novel battery scheme: Coupling nanostructured phosphorus anodes with lithium sulfide cathodes. Nano Research, 1-6.
- Li, G., Chen, W., Zhang, H., Gong, Y., Shi, F., Wang, J., Zhang, R., Chen, G., Jin, Y., Wu, T., & others (2020). Membrane-Free Zn/MnO2 Flow Battery for Large-Scale Energy Storage. Advanced Energy Materials, 10(9), 1902085.
- Boyle, D. T., Kong, X., Pei, A., Rudnicki, P. E., Shi, F., Huang, W., Bao, Z., Qin, J., & Cui, Y. (2020). Transient Voltammetry with Ultramicroelectrodes Reveals the Electron Transfer Kinetics of Lithium Metal Anodes. ACS Energy Lett., 5(3), 701--709.
- Wang, J.; Huang, W.; Pei, A.; Li, Y.; Shi, F.; Yu, X.; Cui, Y., Improving cyclability of Li metal batteries at elevated temperatures and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy. Nat. Energy 2019, 4 (8), 664-670.
- Shi, F.; Ross, P. N., Solid electrolyte interphase in lithium-based batteries. Inorganic Battery Materials, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2018. (Invited Book chapter)
- Shi, F.; Pei, A.; Boyle, D. T.; Xie, J.; Yu, X.; Zhang, X.; Cui, Y., Lithium metal stripping beneath the solid electrolyte interphase. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci 2018, 115 (34) 8529-8534
- Wu, D. S.; Shi, F.; Zhou, G.; Zu, C.; Liu, C.; Liu, K.; Liu, Y.; Wang, J.; Peng, Y.; Cui, Y., Quantitative investigation of polysulfide adsorption capability of candidate materials for Li-S batteries. Energy Storage Materials 2018, 13, 241-246.
- Zhang, X.; Xie, J.; Shi, F.; Lin, D.; Liu, Y.; Liu, W.; Pei, A.; Gong, Y.; Wang, H.; Liu, K.; Xiang, Y.; Cui, Y., Vertically aligned and continuous nanoscale ceramic–polymer interfaces in composite solid polymer electrolytes for enhanced ionic conductivity. Nano Lett. 2018, 18 (6), 3829-3838.
- J&J WiSTEM2D Scholars, Johnson & Johnson 2022