Responsible Person: Wu Fan (National Overseas High-level Talent Introduction Plan; Chinese Academy of Sciences Overseas Outstanding Talent Introduction Plan)
Positions and Experience:
Since January 2019: Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
October 2016 to December 2018: Research Scientist, Harvard University
August 2014 to October 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University
Research Direction:
High energy density lithium (ion) battery materials and cell development
All-solid-state/solid-state lithium (ion) battery materials and cell development
Interface treatment between anode/cathode materials and solid electrolytes
Lithium battery failure analysis
Characterization and analysis of advanced materials
Industrialization of all-solid-state batteries and solid electrolytes
Academic Achievements:
(As of February 2021) Published 50 SCI papers, applied for 14 Chinese invention patents, 3 US invention patents, and 3 international invention patents. Serving as the Standing Director of the IEEE Expert Committee on Energy Storage Materials, Senior Editorial Planner of the Bentham Science Publishers' "Nanoscience & Nanotechnology-Asia" journal, Guest Editor of the "Solid-State Batteries Special Issue" of the "Acta Physica Sinica", member of the Editorial Board and Guest Editor of the "Solid-State Ionics and Energy Storage Special Issue" of the "Energy Storage Science and Technology" journal, Editorial Board member of the "Composite Materials Research" journal from PiscoMed Scientific Publishers and the "Data in Brief" journal from Elsevier Publishers. Received the National Future Energy Storage Technology Challenge National Excellence Award (top award) in 2020.
Ongoing and Completed Projects:
(As of February 2021) Hosted and led 1 project under the Chinese Academy of Sciences Overseas Outstanding Talent Introduction Plan, 1 key project of the Jiangsu Provincial Key Research and Development Plan, 1 General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 General Program of the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation, 1 research project of the Tianmuhu Advanced Energy Storage Technology Research Institute's Scientist Studio, and 1 strategic forward-looking R&D project of Huawei. Also served as the project leader for 1 key R&D project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 1 project of the Jiangsu Provincial New R&D Institution.
Sulfide All-Solid-State Battery Project: Establishment of a scientist's studio, undertaking national and local science and technology projects, leading the team to breakthrough key technological bottlenecks, successfully developing sulfide-based solid-state batteries, achieving the technological optimization of sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries, and addressing the following major scientific and technological issues: 1) Development of novel sulfide solid-state electrolyte materials; 2) High cost and low stability issues of sulfide solid-state electrolyte materials; 3) Interface issues between sulfide solid-state electrolyte and electrode active materials; 4) Key technological barriers and process challenges from laboratory prototype batteries to large-scale production of sulfide solid-state batteries.
