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
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
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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NSF CAREER Award, 2023
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Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Field by Clarivate, 2022
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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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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.