About

Jinjin Zhang is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University. His contact information includes an email address (zhang.14647@osu.edu), an office located at MW 428, 231 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210, and a phone number (614 292-4975). The department's general contact email is math@osu.edu. The webpage does not provide specific details about his research focus, background, or key contributions.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Chemistry
• Metallurgy
• Computer science
• Thermodynamics

Selected publications

• Corrosion-resistant coatings in molten salts suggested by computational phase-stability diagrams

  Acta Materialia · 2026-02-26

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• Design and Tests of a High-Temperature Rotating Disk Electrode (RDE) in Molten Chloride Salt

  Journal of The Electrochemical Society · 2025-11-18

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  Electrochemical studies in flowing high-temperature molten salt are scarce. This study aimed to address this gap by developing and evaluating a rotating disk graphite electrode (RDE) specifically designed for high-temperature chloride salts. The RDE is made up of a graphite piece securely fitted into a boron nitride tube. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) tests were carried out in ternary salt (LiCl-KCl-1wt%EuCl 3 ) at temperatures of 450 °C, considering both static and rotating conditions. Various rotation speeds, ranging up to 2000 rpm, were examined. The CV scans showed the oxidation and reduction peaks for static cases, while the rotating cases showed oxidation and reduction limiting currents. Notably, the results obtained were consistent across repetitions. These findings suggest that the developed RDE is stable and suitable for conducting electrochemical measurements in high-temperature molten salts, including the determination of diluted species concentrations, such as Eu 3+ in the ternary salt.

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• Rapid room-temperature repair of spent lithium iron phosphate <i>via</i> redox mediators

  Chemical Communications · 2025-01-01 · 1 citations

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  (LFP) powders and electrodes is presented, achieving restoration within 10 minutes. The process facilitates lithiation kinetics through redox reactions between iodide and triiodide ions and supports reuse. This clean, low-energy method provides promising technology for efficiently recycling LFP cathodes.

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• Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Liquid Metal Corrosion Resistance in Next Generation Nuclear Reactors

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Measurements of CeF3 solubility in molten fuel salt with redox control

  Journal of Nuclear Materials · 2025-06-23

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• Corrosion-Resistant Coatings in Molten Salts Suggested by Computational Phase-Stability Diagrams

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Round Robin Measurements of Molten Salt Properties for LiF-NaF-KF (FLiNaK) and NaCl-KCl Mixtures

  Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data · 2025-10-30 · 1 citations

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  The development, operation, and regulation of nuclear reactors that utilize molten salts as fuel or as heat transfer media require knowledge of the thermal properties of the salt systems and quantification of the corresponding uncertainties. Knowledge of molten salt properties is also necessary for applications in material synthesis, processing, separations, solar thermal power generation, and energy storage. A round robin was conducted with national laboratory and university participants from twenty-one laboratories in five countries to compare property measurements, to better understand uncertainties, and to identify possible best practices. Two salt mixtures, each from a common batch, were distributed to participants for evaluation: equimolar NaCl-KCl and 45.0LiF-13.7NaF-41.3KF mol % (FLiNaK). Measurements were performed to determine the major constituent composition, oxygen content, density, thermal expansivity, melting point, and thermal conductivity. Error analysis was performed on each measurement for uncertainty quantification for each type of property that was explored. The resulting discussion of the methodologies used in this work is meant to lay the groundwork for the development of standard methods and reference materials for future high-temperature property measurements on halide melts.

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• Materials Design for Tellurium Capture in Molten Salt Reactors via Atomic-Scale Thermodynamic Modeling and Experimental Validation

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Materials Design for Tellurium Capture in Molten Salt Reactors Via Atomic-Scale Thermodynamics Modeling and Experimental Validation

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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• Diffusion Barrier Coatings for Liquid Metal Corrosion Resistance in Next Generation Nuclear Reactors

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2025-01-01

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Frequent coauthors

• Shaoqiang Guo

  Xi'an Jiaotong University

  39 shared

• Yafei Wang

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  26 shared

• Wentao Zhou

  Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  26 shared

• Amanda Leong

  Virginia Tech

  26 shared

• Yi Xie

  Purdue University West Lafayette

  25 shared

• Yitung Chen

  19 shared

• Qiufeng Yang

  Idaho National Laboratory

  15 shared

• Robert D. Mariani

  Idaho National Laboratory

  14 shared

Education

• Ph.D, Engineering Mechanics

  Zhejiang University

  2001