On Nov. 11th, 2014, Prof. Yougen Tang (Central South University) was invited to visit our school and gave a lecture about research on non-ferrous metal of energy storage materials and devices. More than 90 teachers and students attended this lecture, held at the lecture room of the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering.
　　In Prof. Tang’s report, he introduced non-ferrous metal mineral resources, advanced energy storage materials, energy storage devices and applications, involving the basic research and development of various batteries. After the report, Prof. Tang went into profound discussions with the audience and answered their questions enthusiastically.
　　Prof. Tang is a PhD supervisor of Central South University, whose main research filed is advanced batteries and novel energy materials. Now he is the director of Institute of Chemical Power Source and Material of Central South University, the evaluation experts of The National Science and Technology Award, the executive deputy director and secretary general of Chinese Energy Storage and Power Battery and Materials Committee, the executive director of China Instrument and Control Society and Chinese Hydrogen Committee, the director of China Battery Industry Association. Prof. Tang has undertaken more than 10 national key scientific and technological projects and the national "863" high tech projects etc.  He won 12-times the provincial science and technology progress prize. He had 8 national invention patents. Prof. Tang has published 5 monographs and textbooks, and published more than 300 papers in which more than 200 articles were published on SCI and EI in important journals.