Methodological Review of Methods and Technology for Utilization of Spent Carbon Cathode in Aluminum Electrolysis

Zhongliang Tian is a Professor at the Central South University. He is a member of the Chinese Society of Nonferrous Metals Molten Salt Chemistry and Technology Branch, a member of the American Society of Minerals, Metals, and Materials (TMS), and a member of the Chinese Society of Nonferrous Metals. His research fields include metal–air batteries and surface materials, the comprehensive recycling and utilization of metallurgical solid (hazardous) waste, new technology, and the theory of aluminum electrolysis. He presided over one joint (key) project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Regional, three general projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, one new teacher fund of the Ministry of Education, one basic science business topic of central universities; undertook the 863 plan key project (topic)/national science and technology support as the deputy team leader with one project (courseware) each; as the head of the project participating unit, he undertook a national key research project; and participated in the national 863 plan, 973 plan, science and technology support plan, and natural science fund project with key members of the discipline. He won first prize and second prize for provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological progress.

Jie Li is a Professor at the School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, China. He is a Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education’s “Yangtze River Scholars Award Program”, selected for the National “Ten Million Talents Project”, and a recipient of the State Council's special governmental allowances. He is also the vice president of the Metallurgical Education Society of China (MESC), and the National Engineering Research Center for Low Carbon Nonferrous Metallurgy (NERC) director. He has long been engaged in the training of talents, scientific research, and application of achievements in the fields of intelligent and digital metallurgy (aluminum metallurgy), new energy and energy storage engineering (new energy materials and devices), etc. He has presided over more than 30 national research projects. He has presided over more than 30 national scientific research projects. He has published over 600 academic papers and authorized more than 360 national invention patents. He has been awarded three national scientific and technological progress awards and seven first-class provincial and ministerial scientific and technological progress awards.

Qifan Zhong is an Associate Professor at the Central South University and belongs to the light metal metallurgy academic team of the Central South University. The academic leaders of the team are Academician Liu Yexiang, Professor Li Jie, and Professor Lai Yanqing. In November 2018, he graduated from the Central South University, majoring in non-ferrous metallurgy with a doctorate. The supervisors are Professor Xiao Jin (CSU) and Professor Jonathan Mathews (PSU). During his Ph.D. period, under Professor Jonathan Mathews (ACS Fellow), an authority on coal char structure, and Professor Adri van Duin, the main inventor of ReaxFF molecular dynamics simulation, he conducted a 22 month research work as a joint Ph.D.at Pennsylvania State University. He has established long-term relationships with related research teams such as the Pennsylvania State University, the Queensland University, the Monash University, etc. He obtained more than 20 nationally authorized invention patents. He now runs a general project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a youth project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, a general project of the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, and an enterprise technology R&D project.