Advanced Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage
Principal Investigator
Dr. Fudong Han
Assistant Professor, Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
Office: 2022 J. Erik Jonsson Engineering Center
Phone: (518) 276-2573
E-mail: hanf2@rpi.edu
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018
Advisor: Dr. Chunsheng Wang; Thesis: Revisiting the Electrochemical Stability Window of Solid Electrolytes for the
Development of Bulk-Type All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China, 2012
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, China, 2009
Professional Experiences
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08/2019 - present Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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08/2019 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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03/2019 - 08/2019 Guest Scientist, Materials for Energy and Sustainable Development Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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05/2018 - 08/2019 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland College Park. Advisor: Dr. Chunsheng Wang
Research Interests
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Solid State Batteries
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Advanced Materials
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In-Situ Neutron Techniques
Awards
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Materials Research Society Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy (Selected), 2024
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ARPA-E IGNIITE Award, 2024
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NSF CAREER Award, 2023
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Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field by Clarivate, 2022, 2023
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Electrochemical Society Electrodeposition Division Early Career Investigator Award, 2022
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International Society for Solid State Ionics Young Scientist Award Finalist, 2022
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Electrochemical Society Battery Division Student Research Award, 2018
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Dean's Doctoral Research Award, A. James Clark School of Engineering, 2018
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Materials Research Society Graduate Student Gold Award, 2017
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NASA Tech Brief Certificate, 2016
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All-S.T.A.R. Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016
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Harry K. Wells Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016
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Future Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016
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TA of the Year, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014
Editorial Board
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Batteries (ISSN 2313-0105)
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Electrochem (ISSN 0008-0008)
Selected Publications
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Y. Huang, Y. Zhang, R. Wu, B. Shao, R. Deng, R. Das, F. Han, Hydride-Based Interlayer for Solid-State Anode-Free Battery, ACS Energy Letters, 9, (2024), 3409.
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B. Shao, R. Das, Y. Huang, R. Deng, S. Seelman, F. Han, Structural Evolution During Solution-Based Synthesis of Li7P3S11 Solid Electrolyte by Synchrotron X-ray Total Scattering, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3TA02326E. Featured in "Journal of Materials Chemistry A Emerging Investigators" Themed Collection.
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B. Shao, Y. Huang, F. Han, Electronic Conductivity of Lithium Solid Electrolytes, Advanced Energy Materials, 13, (2023), 2204098.
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Y. Huang, B. Shao, Y. Wang, F. Han, Solid-State Silicon Anode with Extremely High Initial Coulombic Efficiency, Energy & Environmental Science, 16, (2023), 1569.
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B. Shao, S. Tan, Y. Huang, L. Zhang, J. Shi, X.-Q. Yang, E. Hu, F. Han, Enabling Conversion-Type Iron Fluoride Cathode by Halide-Based Solid Electrolyte, Advanced Functional Materials, 32, (2022), 2206845.
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Y. Huang, B. Shao, F. Han, Li Alloy Anodes for High-Rate and High-Areal-Capacity Solid-State Batteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, (2022), 12350.
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Y. Huang, B. Shao, F. Han, Interfacial Challenges in All-Solid-State Batteries, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, (2022), 33, 100933.
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F. Han, A. S. Westover, J. Yue, X. Fan, F. Wang, M. Chi, D. N. Leonard, N. J. Dudney, H. Wang, C. Wang, High Electronic Conductivity as the Origin of Lithium Dendrite Formation within Solid Electrolytes. Nature Energy, 4 (2019) 187.
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F. Han, J. Yue, C. Chen, N. Zhao, X. Fan, Z. Ma, T. Gao, F. Wang, X. Guo, C. Wang, Interphase Engineering Enabled-All-Ceramic Lithium Battery. Joule, 2 (2018) 497.
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F. Han, Y. Zhu, X. He, Y. Mo, C. Wang, Electrochemical Stability of Li10GeP2S12 and Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolytes, Advanced Energy Materials, 6 (2016) 1501590.
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F. Han, T. Gao, Y. Zhu, K. J. Gaskell, C. Wang, A Battery Made from a Single Material, Advanced Materials, 27 (2015) 3473.