HKUST Red Bird Visiting Scholars Lecture Series - Material Development for Next-Generation Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies towards Electrification and Decarbonization

Abstract

An electrified and a decarbonized world will not be realizable without a resilient grid and the development and utilization of advanced power systems with exceptional efficiency, reliability, functionality, and form factor. With current efforts in electrification and decarbonization in transportation and industry, there is a clear need to develop high-performance, safer, and more sustainable energy storage technologies to advance current grid and power systems. Material development plays important roles in realizing sustainable, high-performance energy storage technologies such as next-generation Li-ion, Li metal, Na-ion, and solid-state batteries. In this talk, the speaker will give an overview of energy storage technologies currently used in transportation and stationary applications, cover the development of electrode materials for next-generation Li-ion batteries, and present approaches to developing high-performance solid-state batteries. The speaker would like to demonstrate the research effort aiming to build knowledge and understanding of critical electrochemical processes and to employ the desired features into electrochemical energy storage technologies to meet the requirement in electrification and decarbonization across the world.


About the Speaker

Prof. WANG Donghai received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University in 2006. Prior to joining the Pennsylvania State University in 2009, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher and then a Scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute of Energy and the Environment at the Pennsylvania State University.

Prof. Wang is a well-known researcher in developing new materials and techniques for energy storage technologies. He has been an ardent researcher responsible for leading multiple-organization interdisciplinary teams, executing over $21M grants as principal investigators and co-investigators, and overseeing over 50 doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. He has co-authored around 120 peer-reviewed journal articles with an H-index of 75 (Google Scholar) and given over 100 talks at professional conferences and universities. He was identified as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2018-2022 according to Web of Science. As a prolific inventor, he is with over 20 applications filed in the fields of nanomaterials and related applications to energy storage techniques.


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