Tao Liang

ORCID: 0000-0003-2620-7811
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Research Areas
  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
  • Rocket and propulsion systems research
  • Advanced Sensor Technologies Research
  • Heat Transfer and Optimization
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Heat transfer and supercritical fluids
  • Wireless Communication Security Techniques
  • Advanced Sensor and Control Systems
  • Engineering Applied Research
  • UAV Applications and Optimization
  • Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
  • Fire dynamics and safety research
  • Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
  • Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation
  • Satellite Communication Systems
  • Energy and Environmental Systems
  • Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

National University of Defense Technology
2021-2024

Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research
2021-2022

Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology
2020

Dalian Maritime University
2019

Wuhan University of Technology
2005-2017

Shanghai Architectural Design & Research Institute
2010-2011

Nanhua University
2007

The existing methods of synthesis thermoelectric (TE) materials remain constrained to multi-step processes that are time and energy intensive. Here we demonstrate essentially all compound thermoelectrics can be synthesized in a single-phase form at minimal cost on the timescale seconds using combustion process called self-propagating high-temperature synthesis. We illustrate this method Cu2Se summarize key reaction parameters for other materials. propose new empirically based criterion...

10.1038/ncomms5908 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Nature Communications 2014-09-16

High performance Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>-based thermoelectric material and modules with a conversion efficiency of 5.2% under temperature gradient 250 K were synthesized by TIFS.

10.1039/c7ee02677c article EN Energy & Environmental Science 2017-01-01

Mechanically robust Bi<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>-based materials with excellent thermoelectric performance are synthesized by ultra-fast self-propagating high-temperature synthesis in less than 20 min.

10.1039/c5ta00470e article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015-01-01

The self-propagating-high-temperature-synthesis (SHS) technique is applied here for the first time to synthesize CoSb3 thermoelectric materials. Mixtures of Co and Sb powders were compacted into pellets which ignited from one end. A single-phase skutterudite material was obtained in a very short period using SHS process maintained by heat released chemical reaction with Sb. Thermodynamic parameters kinetics are investigated. ignition temperature, adiabatic propagation speed combustion wave...

10.1039/c4ta02780a article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014-09-04

High thermoelectric performance of mechanically robust p‐type Bi 2 Te 3 ‐based materials prepared by melt spinning (MS) combined with plasma‐activated sintering (PAS) method can be obtained small, laboratory grown samples. However, large‐size samples are required for commercial applications. Here, ingots 30, 40, and 60 mm in diameter produced MS‐PAS, the influence temperature distribution during process on composition properties is systematically studied first time. Room‐temperature scanning...

10.1002/aenm.201600595 article EN Advanced Energy Materials 2016-04-27

High performance Ge doped HMS compounds are synthesized by thermal explosion—a new method which paves the way for mass production of and their large-scale industrial applications.

10.1039/c5tc02837j article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2015-01-01

A series of Sb-doped Mg2Si1–xSbx compounds with the Sb content x within 0 ≤ 0.025 were prepared by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) combined plasma activated sintering (PAS) method in less than 20 min. Thermodynamic parameters SHS process, such as adiabatic temperature, ignition combustion and propagation speed wave, determined for first time. Nanoprecipitates observed samples doped Sb. Thermoelectric properties characterized temperature range 300–875 K. With increasing Sb,...

10.1021/acsami.5b11063 article EN ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016-01-19

One-step plasma-activated sintering (OS-PAS) fabrication of single-phase high-performance CoSb3-based skutterudite thermoelectric material with a hierarchical structure on time scale few minutes is first reported here. The formation mechanism the CoSb3 phase and effects current pressure fields transformation microstructure evolution are studied in one-step PAS process. application panoscopic approach to this system its effect transport properties investigated. results show that forms during...

10.1038/am.2017.1 article EN cc-by NPG Asia Materials 2017-02-01

A supersaturated solid solution of In<sub>x</sub>Sn<sub>1−x</sub>Te is synthesized by ultra-fast non-equilibrium SHS and phase segregation observed, which offers a new approach to optimize the thermoelectric properties.

10.1039/c5tc01573a article EN Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2015-01-01

The structural and mechanical properties of low-dimensional nanostructured metals have been attracting tremendous interest in the fast-growing fields nanosciences nanotechnologies. However, it still remains a challenge today to develop strong yet ductile that can support further development nanodevices. Here, through polymer-assisted assembly gold nanocrystals, we successfully fabricated freestanding, ultrathin nanomaterial. Unlike conventional bulk or other nanostructures (i.e., nanowires...

10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04553 article EN Nano Letters 2022-01-14

It is a challenging task to investigate the regenerative cooling of variable thrust LOX/LCH4 expander cycle rocket engine. The decreasing methane mass flow rate leads two-phase instability in channels (RCC) for low engine thrust. In this study, geometric dimension RCC with phase-change developed. Heat transfer cases are studied based on experimental correlation, which investigated heat characteristics subcritical RCC. Furthermore, effect RCC's analyzed particularly results demonstrate that...

10.1016/j.csite.2021.101664 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 2021-11-26

A quasi-two-dimensional calculation method has been proposed to design a plate-fin-typed precooler with high efficiency and low resistance. This considers the variation of fluid properties during heat transfer process, particularly for cryogenics phase change. The characteristics are comprehensively investigated based on models. results demonstrate that effectively explores distribution, such as temperature distribution steam quality inside precooler. Besides, hot drop exceeds 1200 K, while...

10.1016/j.csite.2023.103073 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 2023-05-15

Abstract In this paper, the problem of mission planning and spectrum resource allocation for cooperative reconnaissance ground targets with multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is studied. A joint optimization algorithm multi‐UAVs proposed to improve information transmission rate by reusing existing users. The formulated as mixed‐integer non‐linear programming. block coordinate descent (BCD) method further applied achieve optimal strategies planning, channel allocation, power control....

10.1049/cmu2.12541 article EN cc-by IET Communications 2022-11-18

Three-dimensional FEM simulations of fluid-thermal analysis the fluid fields including front-box and 3C-style nozzle aluminum roll-casting was performed by using FLOTRAN module ANSYS. The advanced result based on post-processing ANSYS conducted MATLAB. According to allowable inhomogeneity its application velocity temperature at outlet, most possible broken regions sheets outlet could be predicted in case speed increasing drawing-sheet thickness reducing aluminium sheet during roll casting.

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.546-549.741 article EN Materials science forum 2007-05-15

This paper investigates security aspect in cell-free massive MIMO communication network, where numerous access points (APs) equipped with multi-antenna are employed to serve multi unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Considering the pilot contamination, active attack and user-centric (UC) association rule, minimum mean square error (MMSE) approach distributed conjugate beamforming performed for uplink channel estimation downlink data transmission. Significantly, closed-form lower bound on...

10.1109/icus55513.2022.9986786 article EN 2021 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS) 2022-10-28

This article presented simulation and control of a liquid oxygen/liquid methane variable thrust rocket engine pressurized by the electric pump in throttling process. To get proper injection pressure drop, variation area was investigated determined. In scheme, combustion mixture ratio were targets. simplify correlated to oxygen mass flow rate rate, respectively. By controlling propellant target reached. addition, influence measurement points on effect analyzed. The results showed that...

10.1177/09596518231207565 article EN Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I Journal of Systems and Control Engineering 2024-01-05
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