Biography
Dr Binjian Nie obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2019. He worked as a Research Fellow since 2017 and then as a T-ERA Senior Research Fellow from Energy Research Accelerator before joining Oxford in 2022. He holds a BSc and MEng degree in Chemical Engineering, followed by three years of Chemical Process Engineering industry experience before starting his PhD in 2015.
Dr Nie has been working on energy conversion and management using thermal, chemical, and thermochemical energy storage methodologies which can match energy supply and demand, exploit variable renewable (solar and wind) energy sources, produce carbon-neutral and sustainable chemicals and fuels, increase the overall efficiency of the energy system, and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions. His work on energy storage materials, devices, and systems has been granted several Patents. Dr Nie works closely with industry, his work on clean energy conversion and management has been commercially applied in industrial decarbonization, district heating, clean cooling et al.
Most Recent Publications
Cooling technologies for data centres and telecommunication base stations – A comprehensive review
Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Dai S, Nie B, Ma H et al. (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production, 334
Discharging behavior of a shell-and-tube based thermochemical reactor for thermal energy storage: Modeling and experimental validation
Wang C, Yang H, Nie B, Zou B, Li Z et al. (2022), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 183, 122160-122160
Influence of Vacancy Defects of the Calcium Oxide Surface on the Nonequilibrium Phase Transition of Alkali Metal Salts.
Chen Q, Yang X, Zhang Y, Nie B & Ding Y (2022), Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 38(2), 818-827
Revealing the atomic-scale structure and the fracture mechanism of the alpha-Al2O3/gamma-Fe ceramic-metal interface
Li R, Chen Q, Zhang Z, Ouyang L, Zhang Y et al. (2021), JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 885
Performance enhancement of cold energy storage using phase change materials with fumed silica for air-conditioning applications
Nie B, Du Z, Chen J, Zou B & Ding Y (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, 45(11), 16565-16575
Research Interests
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Large-scale Energy Storage using Carbon-neutral and Sustainable Chemicals.
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Chemical Process Engineering and Synergistic Reactors for Net-zero.
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Renewable Energy Conversion and Management.
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Industry, Heating, and Cooling Decarbonization.
Current Projects
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EPSRC Supergen Cross-hub Off-shore Wind Energy Storage.
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EPSRC IAA Chemical Energy Storage of Renewables using Methanol, Hydrogen, and Ammonia.
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Innovate UK Affordable Solar Photovoltaic-Powered Cold Storage in Vietnam.
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Innovate UK KTN Affordable Solar Photovoltaic-Powered Cold Storage in Nigeria.
Research Groups
Most Recent Publications
Cooling technologies for data centres and telecommunication base stations – A comprehensive review
Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Dai S, Nie B, Ma H et al. (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production, 334
Discharging behavior of a shell-and-tube based thermochemical reactor for thermal energy storage: Modeling and experimental validation
Wang C, Yang H, Nie B, Zou B, Li Z et al. (2022), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 183, 122160-122160
Influence of Vacancy Defects of the Calcium Oxide Surface on the Nonequilibrium Phase Transition of Alkali Metal Salts.
Chen Q, Yang X, Zhang Y, Nie B & Ding Y (2022), Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 38(2), 818-827
Revealing the atomic-scale structure and the fracture mechanism of the alpha-Al2O3/gamma-Fe ceramic-metal interface
Li R, Chen Q, Zhang Z, Ouyang L, Zhang Y et al. (2021), JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 885
Performance enhancement of cold energy storage using phase change materials with fumed silica for air-conditioning applications
Nie B, Du Z, Chen J, Zou B & Ding Y (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, 45(11), 16565-16575
Awards
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2022 Highly commended award for Nicklin Medal from IChemE.
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2021 PERCAT Career Development Competition Award.
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2020 EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage ECR Award.
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2019 Outstanding Achievement/Energy/Research Project Awards, IChemE Global Awards.
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2019 Lead researcher of Outstanding Product Award, CHINA HI-TECH Fair.
Most Recent Publications
Cooling technologies for data centres and telecommunication base stations – A comprehensive review
Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Dai S, Nie B, Ma H et al. (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production, 334
Discharging behavior of a shell-and-tube based thermochemical reactor for thermal energy storage: Modeling and experimental validation
Wang C, Yang H, Nie B, Zou B, Li Z et al. (2022), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 183, 122160-122160
Influence of Vacancy Defects of the Calcium Oxide Surface on the Nonequilibrium Phase Transition of Alkali Metal Salts.
Chen Q, Yang X, Zhang Y, Nie B & Ding Y (2022), Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 38(2), 818-827
Revealing the atomic-scale structure and the fracture mechanism of the alpha-Al2O3/gamma-Fe ceramic-metal interface
Li R, Chen Q, Zhang Z, Ouyang L, Zhang Y et al. (2021), JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 885
Performance enhancement of cold energy storage using phase change materials with fumed silica for air-conditioning applications
Nie B, Du Z, Chen J, Zou B & Ding Y (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, 45(11), 16565-16575
DPhil Opportunities
We are open to supervising research students with a multidisciplinary background including chemical engineering, catalysts, thermal engineering, and materials science who are interested in renewable energy conversion and management, chemical energy storage of renewables, solid hydrogen storage, sustainable fuels production, industry and heating/cooling decarbonization.
Most Recent Publications
Cooling technologies for data centres and telecommunication base stations – A comprehensive review
Zhang Y, Zhao Y, Dai S, Nie B, Ma H et al. (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production, 334
Discharging behavior of a shell-and-tube based thermochemical reactor for thermal energy storage: Modeling and experimental validation
Wang C, Yang H, Nie B, Zou B, Li Z et al. (2022), International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 183, 122160-122160
Influence of Vacancy Defects of the Calcium Oxide Surface on the Nonequilibrium Phase Transition of Alkali Metal Salts.
Chen Q, Yang X, Zhang Y, Nie B & Ding Y (2022), Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 38(2), 818-827
Revealing the atomic-scale structure and the fracture mechanism of the alpha-Al2O3/gamma-Fe ceramic-metal interface
Li R, Chen Q, Zhang Z, Ouyang L, Zhang Y et al. (2021), JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS, 885
Performance enhancement of cold energy storage using phase change materials with fumed silica for air-conditioning applications
Nie B, Du Z, Chen J, Zou B & Ding Y (2021), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENERGY RESEARCH, 45(11), 16565-16575
