Zheng SUN was born in Guangshui, Hubei Province, China. He graduated with a BSc from Wuhan University of Technology in June 2007, majoring in material physics; he studied material science in the Materials Science and Technology Institute of Wuhan University of Technology (2007-2010, MSc in 2010). He then worked at the group of Prof. Dr. Jiaoqun ZHU for sensible heat materials and PCMs (2011-2015), in the State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures. Subsequently, SUN researched the Magnesium-based alloys for thermal energy storage in the group of Prof. Dr. Xiaomin CHENG as a PhD candidate.