Bohua Wen

2011 – 2015 Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA  Supervisor : M. Stanley Whittingham (2019 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, NAE)

2010 – 2011 Master, Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China        

2006 – 2010 Bachelor, Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China

6/2023-Now      Associate Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Gradute School

9/2020-6/2023  Assistant Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Gradute School

6/2015– 6/2020 Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology                                                                          Supervisor: Yet-Ming Chiang (NAE), Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Young Editor of Rare Metals

Microscopic electrochemical characterizations, interfacial engineering for fast ion transport, electrochemical reaction in multi fields, etc.

My research explores the relationship between structure and reactivity of energy storage/conversion materials, specifically on the ion transport properties of both ionic liquids and solids.  We use a variety of multiscale approaches to capture the dynamic features of the physico-chemo-mechanical processes at heterogeneous interfaces or microstructures of various electrochemical system.  My aim is to establish a comprehensive materials design rule to address both scientific and engineering challenges of the next-generation energy storage technologies.

B. Wen, Z. Deng, P.-C. Tsai, Z. W. Lebens-Higgins, L. Piper, S.-P. Ong, Y.-M. Chiang*, Ultrafast ion transport at a cathode-electrolyte interface and its strong dependence on salt solvation, Nature Energy, 2020, 5, 578–586.

B. Wen, Q. Wang, Y. Lin, K. Karki, N. A. Chernova, F. Omenya, S. P. Ong, M. S. Whittingham*, Molybdenum Substituted Vanadyl Phosphate ε-VOPO₄ with Enhanced Two-electron Transfer Reversibility and Kinetics for Lithium-ion Batteries, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (8), 3159–3170.

B. Wen, J. Liu, N. A. Chernova, Y. Janssen, F. Omenya, P. G. Khalifah, M. S. Whittingham*.Li₃Mo₄P₅O₂₄: a Two-Electron Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries with Three-Dimensional Diffusion Pathways, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (7), 2229–2235.

Y. Lin, B. Wen (equally first author), K. Wiaderek, S. Sallis, H. Liu, S. Lapidus, O. Borkiewicz, N. Quackenbush, N. Chernova, K. Karki, F. Omenya, P. Chupas, L. Piper, M. S. Whittingham*, K. Chapman*, S. P. Ong*, Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Structural Evolution of ε-LiVOPO₄ over Multiple Lithium Intercalation, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (6), 1794–1805.

B. Wen, N. A. Chernova, R. Zhang, Q. Wang, F. Omenya, J. Fang, M. S. Whittingham*, Layered Molybdenum (Oxy)Pyrophosphate as Cathode for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Chem. Mater. 2013, 25 (17), 3513–3521.

US 2021/0119489 A1 Y.- M. Chiang, B. Wen, TECHNIQUES FOR CHARGING AND/OR DISCHARGING A BATTERY USING FREQUENCY MODULATION