Responsible for the development for Solid Oxide Fuel/Electrolysis Cells (SOFCs/SOECs)• Mentored graduated students/new postdoctoral fellows with new materials design and synthesis using dry/wet chemistry methods• Developed a novel bi-layer interconnector for SOFCs• Developed thin electrolyte (10 micron) SOFCs/SOECs with advanced anode structure

Responsible for new products’ design and testing• First employed as a chemist to manufacture a borate flux (10 kg level) for XRF sample preparation• Promoted to be the Product Director Advisor after worked there for one month o Designed an upgraded automatic electric fusion furnace for XRF sample preparation o Designed and assembled customized equipment, e.g., flash graphene synthesizer, high pressure chemical reactors, microwave high pressure reactor o Technical support to external customers

Responsible for Li+/Zn2+ battery, Na+ conductors, SOFCs, CO2 capture• Participated in failure analysis of a commercial lithium-ion batteries to identify cell/material failure/degradation mode• Developed a semi-solid electrolyte for flexible Zn-Ion batteries• Determined the Na+ transport number in Na2Si2O5 glass with Na+ concentration cell • Developed a solid oxide iron-air redox flow battery• Developed a silver-carbonate membrane prepared by electrochemically dealloying for CO2 capture and conversion

Responsible for developing materials for Li+ batteries/capacitors• Developed a flexible solid-state polyaniline hydrogel electrode for supercapacitor with enhanced electrochemical performance• Synthesis of graphite oxide and graphene, carbon nanotube, and hollow carbon nanoboxes• Developed a Li4Ti5O12–graphene anode material for Li+ batteries/capacitors• Studied the role of pre-Lithiation in Li+ hybrid capacitors