Professor Wanci Shen and his research activity in carbon materials

Abstract

Professor Wanci Shen was born in 1940 in Hubei Province.He studied metallic materials in Tsinghua University from 1957 to 1963.After that,he became a faculty member in Tsinghua University. He was one of the earliest Chinese scientists to investigate natural graphite and its processing,graphite intercalation compounds,flexible graphite,isotropic graphite and graphite materials as electrodes for batteries.He was awarded the National Invention Award in 1993 and the China Building Materials Award in 2006.He has published more than 100 academic papers.Prof.Shen was awarded the Carbon Outstanding Achievement award of China in 2011 by the Selection Committee for the Carbon Outstanding Achievement award.