Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage
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09/20/2024 Dr. Han was selected to receive the 2024 MRS Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy based on “continuous contributions from graduate school to postdoc and independent career as an assistant professor to understanding the fundamentals of solid-state batteries, with a focus on lithium dendrite formation, electrochemical stability, and electronic transport in lithium-based solid electrolytes. The committee values his major focus on fundamental challenges while developing novel energy storage solutions for renewable energy”.
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09/06/2024 Keng passed his DQE exam. Congratulations Keng!
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08/28/2024 Ryan Grant joined our group as an M.S. student. Welcome Ryan!
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08/06/2024 and 08/07/2024 Han research group hosted the "Batteries" workshop through the RPI PREFACE program.
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07/15/2024 Han research group hosted the "Batteries in Life" workshop through the RPI STEAMM program.
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06/27/2024 Dr. Han was selected for an inaugural ARPA-E IGNIITE Award to support his research on advanced solid-state batteries for advanced air mobility.
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05/16/2024 Two PhD students, Bowen Shao and Yonglin Huang, and one MS student, Julian Pena, graduated. Congratulations!
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04/26/2024 Undergraduate researcher, Sara Seelman, and Dr. Han presented at Corning through the CMDIS-Corning Undergraduate Research Program.
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01/18/2024 Ruixin passed his DQE exam. Congratulations Ruixin!
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11/15/2023 Dr. Han was selected as a 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field by Clarivate.
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11/14/2023 Bowen successfully defended his PhD defense. Congratulations Bowen.
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10/06/2023 Sara received the 2023 Founders Award of Excellence which honors about 1% of the student population at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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08/31/2023 Ratnottam passed his DQE exam. Congratulations Ratnottam!
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08/25/2023 Sara Seelman was selected as one of the CMDIS Corning Undergraduate Research Scholars. Look forward to the collaboration with Corning on glass and glass-ceramic solid electrolytes.
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08/20/2023 Ruixin Wu joined our group as a Ph.D. student, Alisha Toporski as an M.S. student, and Julian Pena as an M. Eng. student. Welcome Ruixin, Alisha, and Julian!
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07/10/2023 Our paper on solution synthesis of solid electrolytes is featured in the "Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators" Themed Collection.
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06/02/2023 Keng Xu joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome, Keng!
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01/11/2023 Ruihao passed his DQE exam. Congratulations Ruihao!
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01/10/2023 Our research group received the NSF CAREER award from the Division of Materials Research - Ceramics program.
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01/09/2023 Ratnottam Das joined our group as a PhD student. Welcome Ratnottam!.
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11/15/2022 Dr. Han was selected as a 2022 Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field by Clarivate.
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11/08/2022 Dr. Han delivered a talk "Solidifying Batteries for Safe Energy Storage" at the 3M Tech Forum of Automotive Electrification. Thanks for the invitation!
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08/29/2022 Ruihao Deng joined our group as a Ph.D. student. Welcome, Ruihao!
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07/20/2022 Dr. Han delivered a talk at the International Conference on Solid State Ionics's Young Scientist Award competition session.
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07/14/2022 Our research group received an award from NSF's Solid State and Materials Chemistry program to study the nucleation and growth of dendrites in solid electrolytes.
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06/10/2022 Dr. Han was awarded the Electrochemical Society Electrodeposition Division Early Career Investigator Award.
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09/17/2021 Toby Zhang joined our group as a high school student researcher. Welcome, Toby!
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02/26/2021 Saurav Bavdekar joined our group as a high school student researcher. Welcome, Saurav!
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01/25/2021 Zain Gill joined our group as an undergraduate researcher. Welcome, Zain!
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10/23/2020 Dr. Han gave a presentation "Solid Electrolytes for Safe and Energy-Dense Batteries" at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Syracuse University. Thanks for the invitation.
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09/18/2020 We are excited to be part of a team (led by UCSD) for an ARPA-E IONICS project entitled "Self-Forming Solid-State Batteries".
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08/31/2020 Aisha Imtiaz and Jiaqi Lian joined our group as undergraduate researchers. Welcome, Aisha and Jiaqi!
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02/24/2020 Dr. Yan Xu joined our group as a research assistant. Welcome, Yan!
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02/22/2020 Han group attended the Rensselaer's 20th Black Families Technology Awareness Day. We look forward to showcasing our research at this event.
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01/21/2020 Bowen and Yonglin completed the Departmental Qualifying Exam (DQE). Congratulations!
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10/18/2019 Priti and Mukesh Chatter visited RPI and shared their vision of helping two billion people. Thank you Priti and Mukesh for the generous support!
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10/16/2019 A postdoctoral position on solid-state batteries is available in our group. Please send your CV to Dr. Han if interested.
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10/16/2019 Two Ph.D. students from MANE joined our group. Welcome, Bowen and Yonglin!
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08/16/2019 We are seeking highly motivated undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers to join our group.
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08/16/2019 Dr. Han formally joined MANE as an assistant professor and Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair