Jun Li
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Dedicated to lithium-ion battery technology since 2006
- Spearhead advanced cell designs, electrolyte formulation, and cell formation and testing protocols
- Spearhead cell production from design drawings, electrode coating, and assembling, to international shipment UN38.3/UN3131, manufacturing equipment, tooling, and processing engineering
- Supervise production quality management, APQP and PPAP to meet eVTOL AS9100 and EV IATF16949
- Build supply chains, outsource strategy and equipment vendor networks
- Have first-hand experiences on manufacturing of NMC cathode materials, prelithiated SiO anode
- Have first-hand experiences on analytical characterizations of battery materials, first-principles modeling, cell simulation, and DFMEA and PFMEA with cell teardown and EIS
- Granted IPs: 4 patents in the US, 4 patents and 2 software copyrights in China
- Academic excellence in cathode materials, electrolyte formulation, new electrode and cell structure with peer-reviewed publications on JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, J. Mater. Chem., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, Electrochimica Acta
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Manager Cell Manufacturing
Ionblox
08.2023 - Current
- Own Ionblox "all-in-one" cell scaleup from 20 cells/day to 200 cells/day; Spearhead equipment and process engineering; Manage manufacturing from electrode coating to cell formation to meet eVTOL quality AS9100 criteria; Lead 46 cylindric EV cell APQP
Lead Battery Cell Engineer
Nxu, Inc.
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Owned the first generation Nxu cells for 30/60 KWh EV packs; Oversaw the cell development and manufacturing; Optimized the cell performance and high rate testing algorithm
Senior Battery Cell Design Engineer
Atlis Motor Vehicles
06.2022 - 07.2023
- Led the cell assembly and formation of the first generation high energy, long life, and high safety AMV cells for 30/60 KWh EV packs; Drove electrode engineering, equipment FAT, cell FMEA with teardown and EIS, cells and packs testing, and data interpretation; Optimized cell design and electrolyte formulation; Trained junior engineers and technicians; Developed and applied for a patent "Systems and methods for battery formation"
Scientist
DSTEM
02.2021 - 05.2022
- Developed materials database and CAD for lithium-ion battery, automate regression of EIS as an online tool to detect battery health, dynamic data visualization for mathematics, scientific and engineering applications, real time ETL from web data with Qt GUI design
Senior Research Scientist, PI
NIMTE, CAS
11.2010 - 12.2020
- Built and directed a team of 10+ assistants and graduates for battery materials and cells RD; Led and drove the technology transfer of a pilot line (a NMC production line with high safety power cell prototypes of 180 Wh/kg and 225 W in continuous discharge); Granted 4 Chinese patents and 1 US patent on lithium-ion battery technology and 2 data software copyrights in China; 20+ peer-reviewed publications in lithium-ion battery and materials on JACS, Angew
- Chem
- Int
- Ed, J
- Mater
- Chem., ACS Appl
- Mater
- Interfaces, Electrochimica Acta
Chief Scientist
Caly Nanomoly
08.2010 - 11.2010
- Directed Li-ion supercapacitor assembly processes with performance testing and built AC supply chains
RD Manager/Scientist
Nanoexa Corp
08.2006 - 07.2010
- Conceptualized Li-rich NCM cathode materials scale-up with first-principles materials modification; Led electrolyte additives analysis, cell design, high power testing, batch quality control and analysis of failure mechanism (materials, electrode engineering, and cell assembly); Installed, operated, and managed lab facilities (wet chemistry and battery testing), and maintained materials purchase/inventory, customer services and projects with industrial partners; Granted 3 US patents on lithium-ion battery innovation
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Institute of Physics, CAS
01.1997
Skills
- Master Plan of Production
- Cell Manufacturing Engineering
- Battery Cell Design and Simulation
- Analytical Characterization of Battery Materials
- Equipment and Tooling
Certification
- Probability - The Science of Uncertainty and Data
- Machine Learning with Python-From Linear Models to Deep Learning
Timeline
Sr. Manager Cell Manufacturing
Ionblox
08.2023 - Current
Lead Battery Cell Engineer
Nxu, Inc.
01.2023 - 07.2023
Senior Battery Cell Design Engineer
Atlis Motor Vehicles
06.2022 - 07.2023
Scientist
DSTEM
02.2021 - 05.2022
Senior Research Scientist, PI
NIMTE, CAS
11.2010 - 12.2020
Chief Scientist
Caly Nanomoly
08.2010 - 11.2010
RD Manager/Scientist
Nanoexa Corp
08.2006 - 07.2010
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Institute of Physics, CAS