蔡子明，男，1992年5月生，江苏徐州人，中共党员，清华大学工学博士，导师为中国工程院院士李龙土教授。2020年6月入职中国矿业大学材料与物理学院，直聘副教授，硕士生导师。现任无机非金属材料系党支部书记、副主任，环境材料研究中心副主任，固废利用与高性能陶瓷研究所副所长。
研究方向为能量存储与转换材料，具体包括储能电介质陶瓷材料与器件，电介质材料多尺度仿真、复合电介质材料等。主持国家自然科学基金、中央高校基本科研业务费科技项目、清华大学新型陶瓷与精细工艺国家重点实验室开放课题等项目，入选2021年江苏省双创博士、2023年江苏省科技副总。以第一作者或通讯作者在Energy Environ Sci、Adv Compos Hybrid Ma、J Mater Chem A等国内外知名期刊发表学术论文40余篇，国内、国际学术会议邀请报告5次，撰写英文专著章节《Ceramic Dielectrics for MLCC》，受邀为《Journal of Advanced Ceramics》期刊撰写综述文章。现任《物理化学学报》青年编委。
教育/工作经历：
2020.06至今 中国矿业大学材料与物理学院，副教授
2022.07~2023.08 中国科学院力学研究所，高级访问学者，合作导师：刘小明教授
2021.07~2022.07 科技部中国科学技术交流中心，借调
2018.01~2018.07 爱荷华州立大学航天航空学院，访问学者，合作导师：洪伟教授
2015.09~2020.06 清华大学材料学院，博士
2011.09~2015.06 华中科技大学材料学院，本科
科研兴趣：
1. 新型功能陶瓷材料：
（1）叠层陶瓷：储能陶瓷、陶瓷基板等；
（2）晶粒尺度多相共存陶瓷材料；
（3）高熵陶瓷；
2. 能量存储与转换材料：储能器件、电极材料
3. 陶瓷烧结新工艺及机理研究：两段式烧结、冷烧结、超快速烧结
4. 材料模拟仿真设计：有限元、相场模拟
5. 复合电介质材料
科研项目：
1. 国家自然科学基金青年项目，钛酸铋钠基储能陶瓷晶粒尺度多相共存构筑与协同增强机理研究，52202153，2023，在研，主持
2. 江苏省科技副总项目，2023，在研，主持
3. 江苏省双创博士，2021，在研，主持
4. 清华大学新型陶瓷与精细工艺国家重点实验室，开放课题，KFZD202002，多层陶瓷电容器（MLCC）电极形貌研究与结构设计，2021，结题，主持
5. 中央高校基本科研业务费-青年科技项目，2021，结题，主持
6. 横向课题，MLCC内电极形貌表征，2020，结题，主持
7. 中国矿业大学科研启动经费，2020，在研，主持
代表性论文：
[1] 朱超琼, 蔡子明*, 冯培忠, 张伟晨, 惠可臻, 曹秀华, 付振晓, 王晓慧. BaTiO3基超薄层BME MLCC的可靠性机理. 物理化学学报, 2023, 2304015.
[2] Ziming Cai; Chaoqiong Zhu; Shiheng Li; Hang Yang; Aoyu Li; Zhaobo Tian; Peizhong Feng; Transformation Toughening in Solid Dielectrics, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2023, 5 (2): 1206-1211.
[3] Weichen Zhang; Chaoqiong Zhu; Kezhen Hui; Peiyao Zhao; Limin Guo; Ziming Cai*; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; A strategy to detect the effect of electrode defects on the electrical reliability in multilayer ceramic capacitors, Materials Today Energy, 2022: 101022.
[4] Hang Yang; Ziming Cai*; Chaoqiong Zhu; Peizhong Feng; Xiaohui Wang; Ultra-High Energy Storage Performance in BNT-based Ferroelectric Ceramics with Simultaneously Enhanced Polarization and Breakdown Strength, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10 (28): 9176-9183.
[5] Qingxiang Wu; Zunpeng Feng; Ziming Cai*; Chuwen Lan; Jianchun Xu; Ke Bi; Yanan Hao; Poly (methyl methacrylate)-based ferroelectric/dielectric laminated films with enhanced energy storage performances, Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials, 2022, 5 (2): 1137-1144.
[6] Longwen Wu; Guitian Lan; Ziming Cai*; Lihua Zhao; Jian Lu; Xiaohui Wang; Concurrent achievement of giant energy density and ultrahigh efficiency in antiferroelectric ceramics via core–shell structure design, Applied Physics Letters, 2022, 120 (17): 172902.
[7] Peiyao Zhao; Ziming Cai; Longwen Wu; Chaoqiong Zhu; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; Perspectives and challenges for lead-free energy-storage multilayer ceramic capacitors, Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2021, 10 (6): 1153-1193. [Review]
[8] Longwen Wu; Ziming Cai*; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; Breakdown strength and energy density enhancement in polymer-ceramic nanocomposites: Role of particle size distribution, Composites Science and Technology, 2021, 212: 108868.
[9] Ziming Cai; Chaoqiong Zhu; Longwen Wu; Bingcheng Luo; Peizhong Feng; Xiaohui Wang; Vortex domain configuration for energy-storage ferroelectric ceramics design: A phase-field simulation, Applied Physics Letters, 2021, 119 (3): 032901.
[10] Ziming Cai; Peizhong Feng; Chaoqiong Zhu; Xiaohui Wang; Dielectric breakdown behavior of ferroelectric ceramics: The role of pores, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2021, 41 (4): 2533-2538.
[11] Chaoqiong Zhu; Ziming Cai; Bingcheng Luo; Limin Guo; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; High temperature lead-free BNT-based ceramics with stable energy storage and dielectric properties, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8 (2): 683-692.
[12] Peiyao Zhao#; Ziming Cai#; Lingling Chen; Longwen Wu; Yu Huan; Limin Guo; Longtu Li; Hong Wang; Xiaohui Wang; Ultra-high energy storage performance in lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors via a multiscale optimization strategy, Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, 13 (12): 4882-4890.
[13] Longwen Wu; Ziming Cai; Chaoqiong Zhu; Peizhong Feng; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; Significantly enhanced dielectric breakdown strength of ferroelectric energy-storage ceramics via grain size uniformity control: Phase-field simulation and experimental realization, Applied Physics Letters, 2020, 117 (21): 212902.
[14] Ziming Cai; Chaoqiong Zhu; Hongxian Wang; Peiyao Zhao; Yan Yu; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; Giant dielectric breakdown strength together with ultrahigh energy density in ferroelectric bulk ceramics via layer-by-layer engineering, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7 (29): 17283-17291.
[15] Ziming Cai; Chaoqiong Zhu; Hongxian Wang; Peiyao Zhao; Lingling Chen; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; High-temperature lead-free multilayer ceramic capacitors with ultrahigh energy density and efficiency fabricated via two-step sintering, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7 (24): 14575-14582.
[16] Ziming Cai; Xiaohui Wang; Bingcheng Luo; Peiyao Zhao; Chaoqiong Zhu; Longtu Li; Laminated structure-induced high dielectric strength and energy storage density in dielectric composites, Composites Science and Technology, 2019, 173: 61-65.
[17] Ziming Cai; Xiaohui Wang; Longtu Li; Wei Hong; Electrical treeing: A phase-field model, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2019, 28: 87-95.
[18] Ziming Cai; Xiaohui Wang; Longtu Li; Phase‐Field Modeling of Electromechanical Breakdown in Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors, Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2019, 2 (4): 1800179.
[19] Ziming Cai; Xiaohui Wang; Zhenyong Cen; Bingcheng Luo; Longtu Li; Core-shell structure-induced high displacement response in piezoelectric ceramics: A theoretical design, Ceramics International, 2019, 45 (7): 8940-8944.
[20] Ziming Cai; Hongxian Wang; Peiyao Zhao; Lingling Chen; Chaoqiong Zhu; Kezhen Hui; Longtu Li; Xiaohui Wang; Significantly enhanced dielectric breakdown strength and energy density of multilayer ceramic capacitors with high efficiency by electrodes structure design, Applied Physics Letters, 2019, 115 (2): 023901.
2022.01~至今 《物理化学学报》青年编委
2023.03~至今 《Materials》期刊特刊编辑
2022全国电子材料于器件大会 电介质材料分会组织委员
联系方式：
邮箱：zmcai@cumt.edu.cn
地址：江苏省徐州市大学路1号中国矿业大学材料与物理学院
