Yang Li, Ph.D., SMIEEE

Researcher, Automatic Control research group, Division of Systems and Control, Department of Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.
EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Email: yangli [at] ieee.org, yang.li [at] chalmers.se
Telephone: +46 (0) 31 772 1557
Address: Horsalsvagen 11, 412 58 Gothenburg, Sweden

Research Interests

My main research focus is on advanced modeling, control, and optimization of energy systems, particularly in battery technologies, renewable integration, and intelligent energy management, specifically:

Battery Modeling and Management Physics-based and data-driven modeling, health diagnostics, state estimation, and fast charging control for lithium-ion, solid-state, and second-life batteries.
Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies System-level modeling, performance optimization, and degradation assessment of PEM fuel cells and hydrogen production/storage in integrated energy systems.
Energy Storage Systems and Grid Integration Design and optimization of battery energy storage systems for grid support, frequency control, renewable dispatchability, microgrid applications, and model predictive control for integrated power systems.
AI and Machine Learning for Energy Systems Application of machine learning, reinforcement learning, and hybrid physics-AI methods in battery/fuel cell state estimation, control, and health/degradation predictive analytics.
Smart Grid and Electrification Intelligent energy management, smart EV charging, demand response, and infrastructure planning for next-generation electrified and resilient grids.

News and Updates

2025-05-20: I was appointed as an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
2025-05-07: Our paper titled Knee-point-conscious battery aging trajectory prediction of lithium-ion based on physics-guided machine learning has been award a 2024 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification Prize Paper Award. Congrats!
2025-04-16: Our paper titled Degradation capacity spatial-temporal embedding RUL prediction framework for lithium-ion batteries has been published at IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Chongqing University.
2025-04-15: Our paper titled Compatible matching and synergy operation optimization of hydrogen-electric hybrid energy storage system in DC microgrid has been published at Energy Conversion and Management: X [Link].
2025-04-09: Our paper titled Smart electric vehicle charging algorithm to reduce the impact on power grids: A reinforcement learning based methodology has been published at IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Politecnico di Milano.
2025-03-28: The Guest Editorial of Special Issue Advanced and Innovative Control Technologies for Grid-Resilience-Enhancing Energy Storage Systems has been published online at IEEE Transaction on Industry Applications.
2025-03-27: Our paper titled Uncertainty quantification-based framework for predicting degradation trends of proton exchange membrane fuel cell has been published at Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation [Link].
2025-03-26: Our paper titled A stable lithium-ion battery SOH estimation framework for suppressing measurement noise with unknown distribution has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Xi’an University of Technology.
2024-11-20: Our paper titled A unified model for active battery equalization systems has been published at IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology [Link].
2024-10-11: Our paper titled Modeling of PEMEL hydrogen production systems: Comprehensive multivariate sensitivity analysis considering mass-energy dynamic equilibrium has been published at Applied Energy [Link].
2024-09-16: Our paper titled A health index-based approach for fuel cell lifetime estimation has been published at iScience [Link].
2024-09-09: Our paper titled MINN: Learning the dynamics of differential-algebraic equations and application to battery modeling has been published at IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence [Link]. This is the first ever paper in TPAMI regarding battery modeling!.
2024-08-20: Our paper titled A novel fuel cell cathode hybrid intake structure design and control for integrated hydrogen energy utilization system has been published at Energy [Link].
2024-07-23: Our paper titled Simulation and experimental study of thermoelectric generators with an axial gradient metal foam heat exchanger has been published at Renewable Energy [Link].
2024-06-28: Our paper titled Design and optimization of a cascade hydrogen storage system for integrated energy utilization has been published at Journal of Energy Storage [Link].
2024-06-19: Our paper titled Comparison of the frequency response analysis methods in the estimation of state of health to lithium-ion batteries has been published at Energy [Link].
2024-05-30: Our paper titled Multi-level data-driven battery management: From internal sensing to big data utilization has been award a 2023 IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification Prize Paper Award. Congrats!
2024-05-30: Our paper titled Data-driven state of health estimation method of lithium-ion batteries for partial charging curves has been published at IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion [Link].
2024-05-10: Our paper titled Real-time reconfiguration-based all-cell flexibility and capacity maximum utilization of second-life batteries has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link].
2024-04-24: Our paper titled Multi-time scale scheduling optimization of integrated energy systems considering seasonal hydrogen utilization and multiple demand responses has been published at International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Link].
2024-03-23: Our paper titled Innovative design for thermoelectric power generation: Two-stage thermoelectric generator with variable twist ratio twisted tapes optimizing maximum output has been published at Applied Energy [Link].
2023-11-23: Our paper titled Remaining-useful-lifetime prediction of proton exchange membrane fuel cell considering model uncertainty quantification on the full-time scale has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link].
2023-11-16: Our paper titled Taguchi optimization and thermoelectrical analysis of a pin fin annular thermoelectric generator for automotive waste heat recovery has been published at Renewable Energy [Link].
2023-11-16: Our paper titled Energy management and performance analysis of an off-grid integrated hydrogen energy utilization system has been published at Energy Conversion and Management [Link].
2023-11-07: Our paper titled A flow-rate-aware data-driven model of vanadium redox flow battery based on gated recurrent unit neural network has been published at Journal of Energy Storage [Link].
2023-10-18: Our paper titled Performance improvement and thermomechanical analysis of a novel asymmetrical annular thermoelectric generator has been published at Applied Thermal Engineering [Link].
2023-10-01: We are organizing a special issue on Advanced and Innovative Control Technologies for Grid-Resilience-Enhancing Energy Storage Systems in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. The call for paper is available at IEEE IAS website (Call for Paper flyer).
2023-09-04: I attended EPE’23 ECCE Europe in Aalborg, Denmark. We organized a tutorial “Intelligent BMS (PDF flyer)”. This tutorial is collaborated with Aalborg University and RWTH Aachen University.
2023-09-04: Our paper titled Hybrid physics-based and data-driven prognostic for PEM fuel cells considering voltage recovery has been published at IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion [Link].
2023-08-31: Our paper titled Model optimization of a high-power commercial PEMFC system via an improved grey wolf optimization method has been published at Fuel [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Xihua University.
2023-08-30: Our paper titled Nonlinear model inversion-based output tracking control for battery fast charging has been published at IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology [Link].
2023-08-07: Our paper titled Multi-level data-driven battery management: From internal sensing to big data utilization has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link].
2023-07-18: Our paper titled Ensemble nonlinear model predictive control for residential solar battery energy management has been published at IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Queensland University of Technology.
2023-07-09: I attended IFAC World Congress 2023 in Yokohama, Japan. We successfully organized an invited open track WeC01: Advances in control, communication, and optimization for smart charging and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and presented two papers.
2023-06-24: Our paper titled Operating conditions combination analysis method of optimal water management state for PEM fuel cell has been published at Green Energy and Intelligent Transportation [Link].
2023-06-12: Our paper titled Performance degradation decomposition-ensemble prediction of PEMFC using CEEMDAN and dual data-driven model has been published at Renewable Energy [Link].
2023-05-09: Our paper titled Online adaptive model identification and state of charge estimation for vehicle-level battery packs has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Xihua University.
2023-04-20: Our paper titled An improved metaheuristic-based MPPT for centralized thermoelectric generation systems under dynamic temperature conditions has been published at Energy [Link].
2023-04-11: Our paper titled Knee-point-conscious battery aging trajectory prediction of lithium-ion based on physics-guided machine learning has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link]. The paper is collaborated with Beijing Jiaotong University.
2023-03-01: Our paper titled Numerical analysis of vanadium redox flow batteries considering electrode deformation under various flow fields has been published at Journal of Power Sources [Link].
2023-02-02: Our paper titled Physics-based model predictive control for power capability estimation of lithium-ion batteries has been published at IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics [Link].
2023-01-31: Our paper titled Uncertainty quantification of proton-exchange-membrane fuel cells degradation prediction based on Bayesian-gated recurrent unit has been published at eTransportation [Link].
2023-01-07: Our paper titled Machine learning-based fast charging of lithium-ion battery by perceiving and regulating internal microscopic states has been published at Energy Storage Materials [Link].
2022-12-07: Our paper titled Optimization of power allocation for wind-hydrogen system multi-stack PEM water electrolyzer considering degradation conditions has been published at International Journal of Hydrogen Energy [Link].
2022-12-05: Our paper titled Global structural optimization of annular thermoelectric generators based on a dual-finite-element multiphysical model has been published at Applied Thermal Engineering [Link].
2022-09-26: Our paper titled Optimal design of annular thermoelectric generator with twisted tape for performance enhancement has been published at Energy Conversion and Management [Link].
2022-08-07: Our paper titled Economic configuration optimization of onboard annual thermoelectric generators under multiple operating conditions has been published at Renewable Energy [Link].
2022-06-10: Our paper titled Design of a two-stage control strategy of vanadium redox flow battery energy storage systems for grid application has been published at IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy [Link].
2022-03-04: Our paper titled Modeling of PEMFC and analysis of multiple influencing factors on output characteristics has been published at Journal of the Electrochemical Society [Link].
2022-02-17: Our paper titled Peak power estimation of vanadium redox flow batteries based on receding horizon control has been published at IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics [Link].
2022-01-21: Our paper titled Multi-stage state of health estimation of lithium-ion battery with high tolerance to heavily-partial charging has been published at IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics [Link].
2021-12-01: Our paper titled Hierarchical soft measurement of load current and state of charge for future smart lithium-ion batteries has been published at Applied Energy [Link].
2021-11-25: Our paper titled Control-oriented modeling of all-solid-state batteries using physics-based equivalent circuits has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link].
2021-11-19: Our paper titled Offline and online blended machine learning for lithium-ion battery health state estimation has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link].
2021-10-11: Our paper titled Theoretical analysis of shape factor on performance of annular thermoelectric generators under different thermal boundary conditions has been published at Energy [Link].
2021-10-11: Our paper titled Performance improvement of variable-angle annular thermoelectric generators considering different boundary conditions has been published at Applied Energy [Link].
2021-09-24: Our paper titled Annular thermoelectric generator performance optimization analysis based on concentric annular heat exchanger has been published at Energy [Link].
2021-09-20: Our paper titled Thermal characteristics investigation of lithium-ion battery under high-frequency ac excitation in low-temperature environment has been published at IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification [Link].
2021-08-17: Our paper titled Model order reduction techniques for physics-based lithium-ion battery management: A survey has been published at IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine [Link].
2021-07-14: Our paper titled Adaptive ensemble-based electrochemical-thermal degradation state estimation of lithium-ion batteries has been published at IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics [Link].
2021-04-07: Our paper titled Deep deterministic policy gradient-DRL enabled multiphysics-constrained fast charging of lithium-ion battery has been published at IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics [Link].
2021-03-25: Our paper titled Load current and state of charge co-estimation for current sensor-free lithium-ion battery has been published at IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics [Link].
2021-03-17: Our paper titled Electrochemical model-based fast charging: Physical constraint-triggered PI control has been published at IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion [Link].
2021-03-10: Our paper titled Disturbance-immune and aging-robust internal short circuit diagnostic for lithium-ion battery has been published at IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics [Link].
2021-01-12: Our paper titled Faulted feeder identification based on active adjustment of arc suppression coil and similarity measure of zero-sequence currents has been published at IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery [Link].
2020-12-03: Our paper titled Dispatch planning of wide-area wind power-energy storage scheme based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition technique has been published at IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy [Link].
2020-02-18: Our paper titled Constrained ensemble Kalman filter for distributed electrochemical state estimation of lithium-ion batteries has been published at IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics [Link].