Donghai Wang

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research Summary

Research interests include design and synthesis of nanostructured functional materials and clean energy technologies including Li batteries and solar cells. Studies the properties of a variety of nanostructured materials such as nanocrystalline and/or nanoporous inorganic materials, carbon nanostructures, hybrid nanostructures and nanocomposites with the aim to use the knowledge of nanostructured materials to improve device performances in energy conversion and storage and in bio/environmental technology.

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Recent Publications

Interfacial solvation-structure regulation for stable Li metal anode by a desolvation coating technique

Li, G. X., Lennartz, P., Koverga, V., Kou, R., Nguyen, A., Jiang, H., Liao, M., Wang, D., Dandu, N., Zepeda, M., Wang, H., Wang, K., Ngo, A. T., Brunklaus, G. & Wang, D., 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 4, e2311732121.

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Stable all-solid-state sodium-sulfur batteries for low-temperature operation enabled by sodium alloy anode and confined sulfur cathode

Jhang, L. J., Wang, D., Silver, A., Li, X., Reed, D. & Wang, D., Jan 2023, In: Nano Energy. 105, 107995.

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Chloride electrolyte enabled practical zinc metal battery with a near-unity Coulombic efficiency

Jiang, H., Tang, L., Fu, Y., Wang, S., Sandstrom, S. K., Scida, A. M., Li, G., Hoang, D., Hong, J. J., Chiu, N. C., Stylianou, K. C., Stickle, W. F., Wang, D., Li, J., Greaney, P. A., Fang, C. & Ji, X., Jul 2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 7, p. 806-815 10 p.

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Promoting a Stable Interface Using Localized High-Concentration Carbonate-Based Electrolyte for Li Metal Batteries

Le, L., Liao, M., Nguyen, A. & Wang, D., Aug 9 2023, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 15, 31, p. 37497-37503 7 p.

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Aqueous Zinc Sulfate Flow Through a Copper Mesh Anode Improves Zinc Metal Electrodeposition Morphology and Impedance

Shan, S., Parekh, M. N., Kou, R., Wang, D. & Rahn, C. D., Sep 1 2023, In: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 170, 9, 092501.

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Realizing high-capacity all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using a low-density inorganic solid-state electrolyte

Wang, D., Jhang, L. J., Kou, R., Liao, M., Zheng, S., Jiang, H., Shi, P., Li, G. X., Meng, K. & Wang, D., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 1895.

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An Experimentally Parameterized Equivalent Circuit Model of a Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Battery

Cleary, T., Nozarijouybari, Z., Wang, D., Wang, D., Rahn, C. & Fathy, H. K., Dec 2022, In: Batteries. 8, 12, 269.

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A Superior Carbonate Electrolyte for Stable Cycling Li Metal Batteries Using High Ni Cathode

Li, G. X., Jiang, H., Kou, R., Wang, D., Nguyen, A., Liao, M., Shi, P., Silver, A. & Wang, D., Jul 8 2022, In: ACS Energy Letters. 7, 7, p. 2282-2288 7 p.

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Dual Protective Mechanism of AlPO4Coating on High-Nickel Cathode Material for High Energy Density and Long Cycle Life Lithium-Ion Batteries

Nguyen, A., Zuo, P., Jiang, H., Wang, C. & Wang, D., May 1 2022, In: Journal of the Electrochemical Society. 169, 5, 050523.

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Confining Sulfur in Porous Carbon by Vapor Deposition to Achieve High-Performance Cathode for All-Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Alzahrani, A. S., Otaki, M., Wang, D., Gao, Y., Arthur, T. S., Liu, S. & Wang, D., Feb 12 2021, In: ACS Energy Letters. 6, 2, p. 413-418 6 p.

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A self-healing Li-S redox flow battery with alternative reaction pathways

Chen, Q., Guo, W., Wang, D. & Fu, Y., Jun 7 2021, In: Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9, 21, p. 12652-12658 7 p.

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Artificial dual solid-electrolyte interfaces based on in situ organothiol transformation in lithium sulfur battery

Guo, W., Zhang, W., Si, Y., Wang, D., Fu, Y. & Manthiram, A., Dec 1 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 3031.

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Organosulfide-Based Deep Eutectic Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries

Song, J., Si, Y., Guo, W., Wang, D. & Fu, Y., Apr 26 2021, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 60, 18, p. 9881-9885 5 p.

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Online state estimation for a physics-based Lithium-Sulfur battery model

Xu, C., Cleary, T., Wang, D., Li, G., Rahn, C., Wang, D., Rajamani, R. & Fathy, H. K., Mar 31 2021, In: Journal of Power Sources. 489, 229495.

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A robust solid electrolyte interphase layer coated on polyethylene separator surface induced by Ge interlayer for stable Li-metal batteries

Yue, C., Sun, S., Jang, M., Park, E., Son, B., Son, H., Liu, Z., Wang, D., Paik, U. & Song, T., Feb 20 2021, In: Electrochimica Acta. 370, 137703.

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