Biography:

Dr. Wei Chen is a professor at the department of Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science in the University of Science and Technology of China, the Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and the Institute for Carbon Neutrality. Prof. Chen obtained his B.S. degree in materials physics from University of Science and Technology in Beijing in 2008 and his Ph.D. degree in materials science and engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in 2013. He then worked as a postdoc at Stanford University in 2014 and as a scientist at EEnotech in 2018 before joining in the University of Science and Technology of China in 2019. Prof. Chen has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, including Nature Energy, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, Joule, with a total citation over 20000 times and an H-index of 66. Prof Chen’s research interests involve advanced materials and technologies for energy storage and production.

Research Interest:

New battery chemistries for high-energy and large-scale energy storage
New catalysts and devices for fuel production

What You Can Expect in the Project:

You will get opportunities to learn some novel aqueous battery chemistries for large-scale energy storage, including hydrogen gas batteries, zinc metal batteries, and redox-flow batteries, as well as high-energy battery technologies such as lithium-chlorine batteries.
You can also conduct research on new catalysts and devices for nitrogen reduction for ammonium synthesis.

Desired skill and background:

Interested in energy related areas.