Advanced energy storage technology promotes the rapid development of smart terminals, smart cities, smart cars, renewable energy, smart grid, and energy Internet, and is gradually penetrating into all aspects of human society. China has been at the forefront of the world in the research and development, manufacturing and commercial application of energy storage technologies such as lithium-ion batteries, lead-acid batteries, flow batteries, supercritical compressed air, and supercapacitors. Various application fields have put forward the requirements for the progressive development of energy storage technology with high energy, high power, long life, high safety and low cost, and there is an urgent need for a large number of innovative energy storage technologies. In addition, it is important to accurately understand the performance and safety failure mechanism of energy storage products in the production and service process, and understand the root causes of quality differences to promote the progress of energy storage technology and improve the quality and reliability of products.
Tianmuhu Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research Institute (TIES), jointly established by the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Liyang High-tech Zone in 2017, Committed to original energy storage technology development, verification and incubation, high-level testing and failure analysis, battery materials and device engineering amplification, numerical simulation and intelligent manufacturing, innovative energy storage applications and system integration high-value information consulting and intellectual property services, energy storage scientific knowledge popularization and exchange, is an output of high-level professional services and technology. Help researchers and enterprises to improve the level of research and development, and produce new third-party research and development institutions with significant applied value scientific research results. TIES has built a complete instrument platform for battery R&D and testing, an engineering platform from materials to cells and systems, set up a scientist studio and joint laboratory simultaneously, supported the incubation of start-up companies, promoted the landing of industrial funds, set up a "station" professional service system and other measures. Attract domestic and foreign excellent research and development teams in advanced energy storage technology innovation and industry, jointly develop in the institute, accelerate the development of China's advanced energy storage technology, create new energy storage technology, continue to incubate competitive battery enterprises, and strengthen close cooperation with domestic and foreign strong enterprises and teams. We believe that for the current market and the future, continuing to have original innovation with core competitiveness of technology is the future energy storage enterprises can stand out in the fierce competition, the fundamental development.
Xunzi said, "Blue is from blue, but it is better than blue; Ice, water for it, and cold in water. We hope that our team and ourselves can excel, constantly break through, constantly innovate, and aspire to develop into an internationally advanced R & D and service platform for energy storage technology that is open and inclusive, strives for excellence, and is honest and trustworthy. Through TIES, we will break down technical barriers, respect each other's intellectual property rights and core interest demands, and work closely with domestic and foreign enterprises, universities, research institutions, R&D teams, industry alliances, and government organizations to complement each other's advantages and pool wisdom to promote the continuous development of new-generation energy storage technology. All TIES employees will continue to strive to achieve the above goals with firm belief, continuous endeavour and innovation.
About TIES
Tianmu Lake Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as TIES) was jointly founded by the People's Government of Liyang City and the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. It is located in Liyang, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Academician Chen Liquan serves as the honorary president, and researcher Li Hong is the founder and chief engineer. It was introduced into China Green Development Investment Group Co., Ltd. in 2025 to accelerate the development of the company.
The total investment for the first phase of the TIES project is 500 million yuan, with a total site area of approximately 51000 square meters, including 46000 square meters of laboratory space and 5000 square meters of office space. Since its official unveiling and operation on April 11, 2019, TIES has been guided by the strategic needs of national and local governments, as well as large domestic and foreign enterprises, to develop advanced energy storage technologies with practical prospects that lead the future. Based on the successful experience of high-end research institutes of enterprise types worldwide, TIES has positioned itself as innovative and market driven development, and has completed comprehensive planning and layout of its business.
TIES has four technical service centers and one subsidiary, namely:
Test Analysis Center (TAC):
Build a specialized analytical and testing instrument platform with international advanced level for physical, chemical, and electrochemical performance testing of batteries and materials, providing high-level universal, customized, systematic, and goal oriented analytical and testing services for research teams and enterprise development; A specialized failure analysis platform that combines multi-scale, high-resolution, non-destructive and lossy analysis, inert atmosphere protection, and sample transfer for the analysis of failure mechanisms in battery and material manufacturing and service processes. It conducts failure analysis, benchmarking analysis, and accident diagnosis of batteries and related materials.
Process Engineering Center (TEC):
We will conduct small-scale development and standardization verification of innovative battery materials and cell technologies with significant application prospects at our center, research the processes and engineering scaling equipment required for technological breakthroughs before industrialization, evaluate supply chain materials and battery performance in industrial grade batteries, and develop an open incubation platform to promote the transfer and transformation of scientific research achievements and innovation and entrepreneurship of research institutes and domestic and foreign R&D teams;
Intelligent Manufacturing Center (IMC):
Build an intelligent manufacturing equipment research and development platform for the next generation of energy storage technology, develop new manufacturing processes, high-precision digital equipment, research and develop numerical simulation technology in the manufacturing process, and meet the needs of future large-scale, intelligent, flexible, and low-cost production; Jointly establish the "Industry 4.0 Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Center (Liyang)" with Siemens.
Frontier Technology Center (FRC):
Based on the advanced testing characterization, process development, and customized design platform built by the research institute, TIES can provide professional technical services to customers according to their different needs, including commissioned research and development, customized products, customized solution design, and other cutting-edge technology service cooperation methods, cultivating original technologies.
DeepWater Technology:
A technology information service company that integrates technical consulting, industry consulting, policy consulting, institutional construction, academic conferences, commercial exhibitions, professional training, information release, product promotion, and online publicity in the field of energy storage. Deepwater Technology is committed to providing high-value information services, promoting technology exchange, talent training, product development, industry development, improving the core competitiveness of enterprises, assisting in early identification of disruptive and disruptive technologies, assisting in evaluation of technology progressiveness, assisting in precise investment, and assisting in macro layout.
The five types of businesses, including testing and analysis, process engineering, intelligent manufacturing, cutting-edge technology, and information consulting, have all been serving related industries. Our clients cover the entire industry chain of consumer electronics, power, and energy storage batteries, including raw materials, equipment, battery cells, PACK systems, and new energy vehicle enterprises, as well as research institutions and government departments at different levels.
The research institute is an independent third-party new R&D institution that gathers high-level R&D personnel from home and abroad to meet the high-level analysis and testing needs of related battery upstream and downstream enterprises and research institutions in the surrounding and Yangtze River Delta regions; Constructing an open incubation base for energy storage technology, attracting research and development teams with innovative solutions to conduct small-scale and pilot trials in various forms such as scientist studios at the research institute, utilizing the comprehensive conditions of the research institute, improving the research level and quality of domestic and foreign researchers in the field of energy storage, overcoming common problems and bottleneck technologies, and significantly accelerating the speed of the transfer of new energy storage technologies from basic research to industrialization.
The development of the research institute prioritizes the strategic needs of national and local governments, as well as large domestic and foreign enterprises. It is guided by the development of advanced energy storage technologies with practical prospects that lead the future, and refers to the successful experience of high-end research institutes of various types of enterprises worldwide. It takes into account social benefits, technological benefits, and economic benefits, gradually becoming a dynamic, competitive, high-speed, and influential national level advanced energy storage technology research and development center, innovation center, talent cultivation center, information release and consulting center in the region, China, and the world.
TIES has not only comprehensively developed core businesses such as technical services and information consulting, but also completed strategic planning, team building, equipment configuration, capacity building, management organization improvement, and target responsibility determination. It has also obtained multiple qualifications and received support for the "Jiangsu Province New R&D Institution Construction Project".
TIES aims to develop into a comprehensive and market-oriented research and development enterprise that integrates testing and analysis, failure analysis, qualification certification, technology development, engineering amplification, intelligent manufacturing, high-value information services, and high-end training, catering to various energy storage business needs.
In the future, TIES will work together with China Green Energy Development to promote its transformation from a third-party technology service institution to a central enterprise's role as a new industry incubator, striving to build itself into a world-renowned high-level testing center for energy storage products and the birthplace of key technologies.
Founded
Patent applications
Masters&Doctors
R&D area
Thinkers, visionaries, changers
Become a world-renowned high-level testing center for energy storage products and the birthplace of key technologies
To meet the country's major needs; Facing the main battlefield of national economy; Huiju original innovation, the development of intelligent manufacturing, leading the energy storage industry
Respect for originality, respect for talent, modesty and prudence
Good attitude, quick response, high efficiency, accurate data, deep understanding, great value
Honorary President
China functional materials expert, won the National Natural Science First Prize, He Liang Heli Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Science and Technology Progress Grand Prize, the International Battery Materials Association Lifetime Achievement Award and other important awards
Founder Chief Engineer
National Major Talent Engineering Class B expert, National Outstanding youth, International Battery Materials Association (IBA) Technical achievement Award, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, energy storage and smart grid key special project group leader
Executive Deputy General Manager
Engaged in the research, development and industrialization of lithium-ion batteries and their key materials; Selected China Association for Science and Technology "Young Talent Lifting Project"
Deputy General Manager
Deputy Director of Science and Technology Bureau, High-tech Zone
Chief Scientist
Undertake 863 new energy electric vehicle key special projects for many times; National key research and development plan; Chinese Academy of Sciences Pilot project; Natural science foundation projects, etc
