Wei Weng Email & Phone Number

Wood Dale, IL

CMP formulation Research, development and characterization of W, dielectrics and barrier polishing, assist the commercialization of new product; polymer/surfactant interaction with interface; Metal corrosion behaviors

• Develop new electrolyte additives to improve the cycling life and safety of current lithium ion batteriesDeveloped Sulfur/Selenium electrode materials for high capacity Li/S and Li/Se batteries; Developed electrolytes.
• Developed organic anode materials for 3.6 V full sodium cells
• Developed new ionic liquid and polymer electrolytes, since they are non-flammable. They can replace the conventional, flammable and volatile carbonate based organic solutions to greatly reduce the risk of thermal.
• Synthesized and screened aromatic redox shuttle additives for lithium ion batteries. Program involved close interactions between theoretical and experimental groups at Argonne National Laboratory.
• Worked in the EFRC-Center for Electrical Energy Storage team. The project goal includes the safe shutdown of lithium-ion batteries and the extension of battery lifetime through electronic self-healing. Trained and.
• Designed and carried out high pressure NMR experiments using Toroid detectors to probe the kinetics in hydroformylation and methanol homologation reactions.

Synthesis and Evaluate safe and stable electrolytes including siloxanes, silanes, sulfones, fluorinated ether/esters, ionic liquids for electrochemical cells such as lithium battery, super-capacitor and lithium air batterySynthesis and evaluation of new molecules with tunable oxidation potentials as redox shuttles for overcharge protection for lithium.

Development of metallocene based early transition metal and phosphine-sulfonate based late transition metal catalysts for olefin polymerization and copolymerization.Study the reaction pathways of polar monomers on metal catalysts in copolymerization reactions.

organometallic chemistry, PNP pincer ligands, stabilized carbenes, homogeneous catalysis,strong bond activation C-H, C-C, C-N

Phd, Inorganic Chemistry/Organometallics

Activities and Societies: designing new chelating ligands, particularly pincer-type ligands and tripodal ligands use transition metals to.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemistry