Dr. Zhou received the B.Eng. degree in communication engineering from Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, in 2014, and the Ph.D. Degree in communication and information systems from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-supervision from ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China, in 2020. From 2020 to 2023, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is currently an Assistant Research Professor with the State Key Laboratory of Power System Opeartion and Control, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. His research interests include Large-scale Battery Energy Storage System, P2P energy sharing in energy internet, and green computing in 5G/B5G. He is a recipient of the Best Paper Award from IEEE IEECSC 2025, IET ACDC 2024, et al.

Education

[1] 09/2024-present Master of Sci-Tech and Finance(Scholarship Program), Tsinghua University

[2] 09/2014-01/2020 Ph.D. Degree, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (co-supervision from ShanghaiTech University)

[3] 09/2010-07/2014 B.Eng. Degree, Shandong Normal University

Work experience

[1] 12/2023-present, Assistant Research Professor, State Key Laboratory of Power System Operation and Control, Tsinghua University

[2] 07/2020-2023/12, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University

[1] 07/2024-06/2027, National Key R&D Program "Strategic Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation" Special Project, “Low-carbon Green 6G Network and Technology R&D Driven by Renewable Energy (no. 2024YFE0200500),” Co-PI

[2] 12/2023-11/2026, National Key R&D Program "Energy Storage and Smart Grid Technology" Special Project, “100-Megawatt Dynamic Reconfigurable Battery Energy Storage Technology (no. 2023YFB2407900),” PI of THU Part

[3] 01/2022-12/2025, NSFC Joint Fund Program, “Fundamental Research on ICT-Energy Fusion for Sustainable ICT (no. U21B2002),” Participants

[4] 01/2023-12/2026, NSFC Joint Fund Program, “Sensor-structure Integrated Smart Battery Design Method and its Management for Enhanced Safety and Longevity(no.U22A20227),” Participants

[5] 01/2022-12/2024, NSFC Young Program, “Research on Distributed Energy Trading System Based on Blockchain Technology Considering Equity and Efficiency(no. 62107026),” PI

[6] 2020.09-2023.02, Key R&D Program of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, “Large-Scale Engineering Application of Second-life Utilization of EV Power Batteries (no. 2020ZD0018),” Project Contact

[7] 07/2022-12/2024, State Grid Headquarters Science and Technology Program, “Flexible Connection and Self-Grouping Technology of Battery Systems Based on High-Frequency Power Electronics Reconstruction”, Co-PI

[8] 10/2022-01/2025, State Grid Headquarters Science and Technology Program, “Research and Application of Distributed Digital Energy Storage Technology to Support New Energy Consumption and Supply Guarantee in Distribution Network”, Participants

[9] 06/2021-12/2030, China Three Gorges Corporation Scientific Research Service Program, “Research and Demonstration of Key Technologies for Large-Scale Advanced Power Energy Storage”, Participants

[10] 01/2019-12/2022, Ministry of Education-China Mobile Scientific Research Fund Program, "Information Energy" Construction Project (CMHQ-JS-201900004), Participants

Award and honors

[1] IEEE IEECSC 2025 Best Paper Award

[2] IET ACDC 2024 Best Paper Award

[3] 2023 International Geneva Invention Gold Award

[4] 2021 State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company Science and Technology Progress First Prize

Journal papers(in English)：

[1] C. Zhang, Y. Zhou, C. Kang and S. Ci, "A Digital Battery Energy Storage System Based on Dynamic Reconfigurable Network: A Real Case Study," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2025.3561057.

[2] C. Zhang, Y. Zhou X. Wang, et al. A novel SOC consistency evaluation method based on dynamic reconfigurable battery energy storage system[J]. Applied Energy, 2025, 396: 126198.

[3] L. Luo, J. Wang, Y. Zhou and S. Ci, "Topology, Modeling, and Optimization of Switched-Capacitor Equalizer Based on Multiplexing Technology for Multiple Battery Strings," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 11452-11466, Aug. 2025.

[4] L. Cheng, Y. Wan, Y. Zhou, et al. "Operational Reliability Modeling and Assessment of Battery Energy Storage Based on Lithium-ion Battery Lifetime Degradation," in Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1738-1749, November 2022.

[5] S. Ci, Y. Zhou, Y. Xu, et al. "Building a cloud-based energy storage system through digital transformation of distributed backup battery in mobile base stations," in China Communications, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 42-50, April 2020.

Journal papers(in Chinese)：

[6] 陈爱琢,林恩德,周杨林,等.面向动态可重构电池网络的锂离子电池电路模型参数估计方法[J].中国电机工程学报,2025,45(09):3484-3493.

[7] 陈爱琢,张从佳,周杨林,等.基于动态可重构电池网络状态空间模型的电池荷电状态估计[J].中国电机工程学报,2025,45(01):396-408.

[8] 李香龙,刘秀兰,郭晨,周杨林,等.基于数字能量交换系统的动力电池无损梯次利用储能技术研究[J].中国电机工程学报,2022,42(16):5848-5857+6161.

[9] 王子毅,朱承治,周杨林,等.基于动态可重构电池网络的OCV-SOC在线估计[J].中国电机工程学报,2022,42(08):2919-2929.

[10] 程林,万宇翔,周杨林,等.MMC型电力电子变压器运行可靠性分析及其应用[J].电网技术,2022,46(03):1073-1083.

Conference papers:

[11] E. Hou, Y. Zhou, C. Liu, Q. Qi, et al. “A Novel Method for SOC Estimation of Dynamic Reconfigurable Battery Networks,” 2025 lEEE International conference on Electrical Energy Conversion Systems and Control (IEECSC), Chongqing, 2025, pp. 1-6. Best Paper Award,  Best Oral Presentation

[12] F. Qi, Y. Zhou, Y. Zhang, et al. “Topology Construction based on Graph Theory for SOC Balancing in Dynamic Reconfigurable Battery System,” 2025 lEEE International conference on Electrical Energy Conversion Systems and Control (IEECSC), Chongqing, 2025, pp. 1-8. Best Paper Award, Best Oral Presentation

[13] C. Zhang, Q. Yu, Y. Zhou, et al., "Building a Large-Scale Intrinsically-Safe Energy Storage System by Using Retired EV Batteries," 2024 10th International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), Hong Kong, 2024, pp. 1-5. Best Paper Award

[14] H. Zhu, J. Wang, L. Luo, S. Ci and Y. Zhou, "Research on droop control of power conversion system based on dynamic reconfigurable battery system," 20th International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission 2024 (ACDC 2024), Shanghai, China, 2024, pp. 1287-1293. Best Paper Award