Areas of Focus
- Electrochemical energy technologies
- Battery development
- Gas capture
- Resource utilization
Work Experience
- 2020 – Present: Assistant Professor, Peking University, School of Materials Science and Engineering
- 2017 – 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DMSE
- 2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waterloo, Chemistry
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014–2017 PhD: University of Waterloo, Department of Chemistry
- 2012–2014 Master's: University of Waterloo, Department of Chemistry
- 2008–2012 Bachelor's: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Material Science and Engineering
Publications
- Fast-charging aluminium–chalcogen batteries resistant to dendritic shorting, Pang, Q.*, Meng, J., Gupta, S., Hong, X., Kwok, C.Y., Zhao, J., Jin, Y., Xu, L., Karahan, O., Wang, Z., Toll, S., Mai, L., Nazar, L. F., Balasubramanian, M., Narayanan, B., Sadoway, D.R. *, 2022
- Integrated energy storage and CO2 conversion using an aqueous battery with tamed asymmetric reactions, Liu, Y., An, Y., Zhu, J., Zhu, L., Li, X., Gao, P., He, G., Pang, Q.*, 2024
- Rapid-charging aluminium-sulfur batteries operated at 85° C with a quaternary molten salt electrolyte, Meng, J., Hong, X., Xiao, Z., Xu, L., Zhu, L., Jia, Y., Liu, F., Mai, L., Pang, Q.*, 2024
- Electrolyte engineering with tamed electrode interphases for high‐voltage sodium‐ion batteries, Liu, Y., Zhu, L., Wang, E., An, Y., Liu, Y., Shen, K., He, M., Jia, Y., Ye, G., Xiao, Z., Li, Y., Pang, Q.*, 2023
- Stabilized Li-S batteries with anti-solvent-tamed quasi-solid-state reaction, Liu, Y., Xu, L., Yu, Y., He, M., Zhang, H., Tang, Y., Xiong, F., Gao, S., Li, A., Wang, J., Xu, S., Aurbach, D., Zou, R., Pang, Q.*, 2023
- A solution-to-solid conversion chemistry enables ultrafast-charging and long-lived molten salt aluminium batteries, Meng, J., Yao, X., Hong, X., Zhu, L., Xiao, Z., Jia, Y., Liu, F., Song, H., Zhao, Y., Pang, Q.*, 2023
- Electrolyte solutions design for lithium-sulfur batteries, Liu, Y., Elias, Y., Meng, J., Aurbach, D., Zou, R., Xia, D., Pang, Q*., 2021
- Tuning the electrolyte network structure to invoke quasi-solid state sulfur conversion and suppress lithium dendrite formation in Li–S batteries, Pang, Q., Shyamsunder, A., Narayanan, B., Kwok, C.Y., Curtiss, L.A., Nazar L.F.*, 2018
- Advances in lithium–sulfur batteries based on multifunctional cathodes and electrolytes, Pang, Q., Liang, X., Kwok, C. Y., Nazar, L. F. *, 2016
- Surface-enhanced redox chemistry of polysulphides on a metallic and polar host for lithium-sulphur batteries, Pang, Q., Kundu, D., Cuisinier, M., Nazar, L. F.*, 2014
Awards
- Alibaba DAMO Academy Young Orange Scientist Award (2023)
- Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2020, 2022, 2023)
- Key R&D Program Young Chief Scientist (New Energy Vehicles, 2021)
