1、锂离子电池颗粒尺度失效的微观、细观机理

2、新型有限元（等几何法与有限胞元法）的开发与应用

3、相场法在裂纹扩展、枝晶生长、空穴演化中的应用

4、多物理场、多相超结构优化设计及3D制备

2022.1.-2024.12.，国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（12102305）“考虑微观结构的锂电池电极颗粒的力化耦合断裂模型及机理研究”，主持

2020.7.-2023.6.，上海市科学技术委员会“扬帆计划”（20YF1452300）“全固态锂电池失效的力学与电化学耦合建模及数值分析”，主持

[34]. 杨佳悦，赵莹*，“基于相场法的固态电解质内锂枝晶生长的形貌调控及抑制策略”，应用数学和力学，已录用。
[33]. 黄洪涛，赵莹*，陈宗立，“基于力平衡颗粒堆积法的多晶颗粒微结构建模”，计算力学学报，已录用。
[32]. Z. Chen, and Y. Zhao*, “ Tortuosity estimation and microstructure optimization of non-uniform porous heterogeneous electrodes ,” Journal of Power Sources, 2024, vol. 596, p. 234095, March 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234095
[31]. Yang Xiong, Bo Lu*, Ying Zhao*, Yicheng Song, Junqian Zhang*, "A coupled mechanical-electrochemical phase-field formulation for understanding the evolution of lithiated-silicon sponge", Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 179, p. 105399, Oct. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105399

[30]. Jiayu Tian, Jiayue Yang, Ying Zhao*, "Metamaterial with Synergistically Controllable Poisson’s Ratio and Thermal Expansion Coefficient," International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, vol. 256, p. 108488, Oct. 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108488
[29]. 胡必胜，赵莹*，“锂离子电池多尺度断裂的研究进展”，应用力学学报，April 2023，40(2): 320-333。
[28]. J. A. Lewis, S. E. Sandoval, Y. Liu, D. L. Nelson, S. G. Yoon, R. Wang, Y. Zhao, M. Tian, P. Shevchenko, E. Martínez-Pañeda, and M. T. McDowell*, “Accelerated Short Circuiting in Anode-Free Solid-State Batteries Driven by Local Lithium Depletion,” Advanced Energy Materials, p. 2204186, Feb. 2023. doi: 10.1002/aenm.202204186
[27]. Z. Chen, and Y. Zhao*, “ A quasi-physical method for random packing of spherical particle,” Powder Technology, vol. 412, p. 118002, Nov. 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2022.118002
[26]. 赵莹*，杨佳悦，田嘉宇，“全固态锂电池界面的机械失效模型综述”，力学季刊，Sept. 2022, 43(3): 471-481。doi: 10.15959/j.cnki.0254-0053.2022.03.001
[25]. Y. Zhao*, Runzi Wang, Emilio Martinez-Paneda*, "A phase field electro-chemo-mechanical formulation for predicting void evolution at the Li-electrolyte interface in all-solid-state batteries," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 167, p. 104999, Oct. 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.jmps.2022.104999 [preprint]
[24]. W. Tang, Z. Chen, and Y. Zhao*, “Assessment of optimization strategies for battery electrode active particles based on chemo-mechanical analysis,” Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 041001, Nov 2022. doi: 10.1115/1.4054460 [IN: 2022 Emerging Investigators in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. LINK]

[23]. J. Tian, Z. Chen, and Y. Zhao*, “Review on Modeling for Chemo-mechanical Behavior at Interfaces of All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond,” ACS Omega, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 6455–6462, Feb. 2022. doi:10.1021/acsomega.1c06793

[22]. Y. Zhao, V. S. Deshpande, N. Fleck*, "A compliant and low-expansion 2-phase micro-architectured material, with potential application to solid-state Li-ion batteries," Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, vol. 158, p. 104683, Jan. 2022. doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2021.104683 [下载]

[21]. B. H. Kim, K. Li, J.-T. Kim, Y. Park, H. Jang, X. Wang, Z. Xie, S. M. Won, H.-J. Yoon, G. Lee, W. J. Jang, K. H. Lee, T. S. Chung, Y. H. Jung, S. Y. Heo, Y. Lee, J. Kim, T. Cai, Y. Kim, P. Prasopsukh, Y. Yu, X. Yu, R. Avila, H. Luan, H. Song, F. Zhu, Y. Zhao, L. Chen, S. H. Han, J. Kim, S. J. Oh, H. Lee, C. H. Lee, Y. Huang*, L. P. Chamorro*, Y. Zhang*, and J. A. Rogers*, “Three-dimensional electronic microfliers inspired by wind- dispersed seeds,” Nature, vol. 597, no. 7877, pp. 503–510, Sep. 2021. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03847-y

[20]. C. Shi, Y. Zhao, P. Zhu, J. Xiao*, and G. Nie*, “Highly Stretchable and Rehealable Wearable Strain Sensor Based on Dynamic Covalent Thermoset and Liquid Metal,” Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 30, no. 10, p. 105001, Aug. 2021. doi:10.1088/1361-665X/ac1b3a （共同一作）

[19]. Hyeon Jeong Lee, Zachary Brown, Ying Zhao, Jack Fawdon, Weixin Song, Ji Hoon Lee, Johannes Ihli, and Mauro Pasta*, “Ordered LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode in Bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide-Based Ionic Liquid Electrolyte: Importance of the Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase,” Chemistry of Materials, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1238-1248, Feb. 2021. doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04014
[18]. I. Capone, J. Aspinall, E. Darnbrough, Y. Zhao, T.-U. Wi, H.-W. Lee, and M. Pasta*, “Electrochemo-mechanical properties of red phosphorus anodes in lithium, sodium, and potassium ion batteries,” Matter, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 2012–2028, Dec. 2020. doi:10.1016/j.matt.2020.09.017
[17]. J. Xiang, Z. Cheng, Y. Zhao, B. Zhang, L. Yuan*, Y. Shen, Z. Guo, Y. Zhang, J. Jiang, and Y. Huang*, “A Lithium-Ion Pump Based on Piezo- electric Effect for Improved Rechargeability of Lithium Metal Anode,” Advanced Science, vol. 6, no. 22, p. 1901120, 2019. doi:10.1002/advs.201901120

[16]. Y. Zhao*, P. Stein, Y. Bai, M. Al-Siraj, Y. Yang, and B.-X. Xu*, “A review on modeling of electro- chemo-mechanics in lithium-ion batteries,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 413, pp. 259–283, Feb. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.12.011

[15].  Y. Zhao*, P. Stein, and B.-X. Xu, “Isogeometric analysis of mechanically coupled Cahn–Hilliard phase segregation in hyperelastic electrodes of Li-ion batteries,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 297, pp. 325–347, 2015.  doi:10.1016/j.cma.2015.09.008

[14].  Y. Zhao*, B.-X. Xu, P. Stein, and D. Gross, “Phase-field study of electrochemical reactions at exterior and interior interfaces in Li-ion battery electrode particles,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 312, pp. 428–446, Dec. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2016.04.033

[13].  Y. Zhao*, D. Schillinger, and B.-X. Xu, “Variational boundary conditions based on the Nitsche method for fitted and unfitted isogeometric discretizations of the mechanically coupled Cahn–Hilliard equation,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 340, pp. 177–199, July 2017. doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2017.03.040

[12].  Y. Zhao, L. R. De Jesus, P. Stein, G. A. Horrocks, S. Banerjee*, B.-X. Xu*, “Modeling of phase separation across interconnected electrode particles in lithium-ion batteries,” RSC Advances, vol. 7, pp. 41254–41264, Aug. 2017. doi: 10.1039/C7RA07352F

[11].  L. R. De Jesus, Y. Zhao, G. A. Horrocks, J. L. Andrews, P. Stein, B.-X. Xu*, S. Banerjee*, “Lithiation across Interconnected Particle Networks”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, vol. 5, pp. 20141-20152, Aug. 2017. doi: 10.1039/C7TA04892K（共同一作）

[10]. Y. Bai, Y. Zhao, W. Liu, and B.-X. Xu*, “Two-level modeling of lithium-ion batteries,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 422, pp. 92–103, May 2019. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.03.026

[9].  P. Stein*, Y. Zhao, and B.-X. Xu, “Effects of surface tension and electrochemical reactions in Li-ion battery electrode nanoparticles,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 332, pp. 154–169, Nov. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.09.085

[8].  B.-X. Xu*, Y. Zhao, and P. Stein, “Phase field modeling of electrochemically induced fracture in Li-ion battery with large deformation and phase segregation,” GAMM-Mitteilungen, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 92– 109, 2016. doi:10.1002/gamm.201610006

[7]. D. Eder-Goy*, Y. Zhao, and B.-X. Xu, “Dynamic pull-in instability of a prestretched viscous dielectric elastomer under electric loading,” Acta Mechanica, pp. 1–15, Aug. 2017. doi: 10.1007/s00707-017-1930-4

[6]. Jingwei Xiang, Ying Zhao, Lixia Yuan*, Chaoji Chen, Yue Shen, Fei Hu, Zhangxiang Hao, Jing Liu, Baixiang Xu, Yunhui Huang*, “A Strategy of Selective and Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition for Lithium Batteries”, Nano Energy, 2017. doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.10.065

[5]. Z. Gao, Y. Zhao, H. Wang, Y. Wang, L. Jiang, Y. Xu, B. Xu, L. Zheng, C. Jin, P. Liu*, H. Yang, H. Zhao, X. Yang, and Y. Huang*, “Rapid-Heating-Triggered in Situ Solid-State Transformation of Amorphous TiO2 Nanotubes into Well-Defined Anatase Nanocrystals,” Crystal Growth & Design, vol. 19, pp. 1086– 1094, Feb. 2019. doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.8b01604

[4].  Z. Gao, Z. Hao, M. Yi, Y. Huang, Y. Xu, Y. Zhao, Z. Li, S. Zhu, B. Xu, P. Liu, F. R. Wang, Y. Huang, H. Zhao, and X. Yang, “Correlation between Mechanical Strength of Amorphous TiO2 Nanotubes and Their Solid State Crystallization Pathways,” ChemistrySelect, vol. 3, no. 38, pp. 10711–10716, 2018. doi:10.1002/slct.201802588

[3]. D. Schillinger*, I. Harari, M.-C. Hsu, D. Kamensky, S.K.F. Stoter, Y. Yu, and Y. Zhao, “The non- symmetric Nitsche method for the parameter-free imposition of weak boundary and coupling conditions in immersed finite elements,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 309, pp. 625–652, Sept. 2016. doi:10.1016/j.cma.2016.06.026

[2]. Y. Zhao*, P. Stein and B. Xu, “Phase field simulation of the intercalation-induced stresses in the hyperelastic solids via isogeometric analysis,” Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, vol. 15, no. 1, pp.443–444, 2015. doi:10.1002/pamm.201510212

[1]. P. Stein*, Y. Zhao, and B. Xu, “An analytical solution for the mechanically coupled diffusion problem in thin-film electrodes,” Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 237–238, 2013. doi:10.1002/pamm.201310114