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D-Index
134
Citations
69242
World Ranking
289
National Ranking
118

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For pioneering development of in situ TEM tools for studying lithium-ion batteries, leading to understanding of charge transport and structural changes of energy-storage materials.
  • 2016 - Innovation in Materials Characterization Award, Materials Research Society For seminal contributions to the imaging of specimens in liquids using transmission electron microscopy, revolutionizing the direct observation of materials processes, batteries during operation and biological structures.

Overview

Chongmin Wang is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a notable focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work concentrates on several advanced topics, including:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Semiconductor materials and devices
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Chongmin Wang has been a frequent contributor to a range of scientific venues. The most common publication outlets include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Advanced Energy Materials

Among their recent scientific publications are:

  • "Electrolyte design for LiF-rich solid-electrolyte interfaces to enable high-performance microsized alloy anodes for batteries" (2020, Nature Energy)
  • "Reversible planar gliding and microcracking in a single-crystalline Ni-rich cathode" (2020, Science)
  • "Recent Progress in Understanding Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Lithium Metal Anodes" (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • "Hierarchical porous silicon structures with extraordinary mechanical strength as high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Low-solvation electrolytes for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries" (2022, Nature Energy)

Notable frequent coauthors of Chongmin Wang include:

  • Wu Xu
  • Ji-Guang Zhang
  • Yaobin Xu
  • Mark Engelhard
  • Jie Xiao

Wang has received recognition through awards such as the Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2017, for pioneering development of in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) tools to study lithium-ion batteries and understand charge transport and structural changes in energy-storage materials. In 2016, they were honored with the Innovation in Materials Characterization Award from the Materials Research Society for contributions to imaging specimens in liquids using TEM, enabling direct observation of processes in materials, batteries during operation, and biological structures.

Best Publications

  • Reversible aqueous zinc/manganese oxide energy storage from conversion reactions

    Huilin Pan;Yuyan Shao;Pengfei Yan;Yingwen Cheng

  • A yolk-shell design for stabilized and scalable li-ion battery alloy anodes.

    Nian Liu;Hui Wu;Matthew T. McDowell;Yan Yao

  • Self-assembled TiO2-Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures for Enhanced Li-ion Insertion

    Donghai Wang;Daiwon Choi;Juan Li;Zhenguo Yang

  • In Situ Observation of the Electrochemical Lithiation of a Single SnO2 Nanowire Electrode

    Jian Yu Huang;Li Zhong;Chong Min Wang;John P. Sullivan

  • Single Atomic Iron Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Media: Particle Size Control and Thermal Activation.

    Hanguang Zhang;Sooyeon Hwang;Maoyu Wang;Zhenxing Feng

  • Mesoporous silicon sponge as an anti-pulverization structure for high-performance lithium-ion battery anodes

    Xiaolin Li;Meng Gu;Shenyang Y. Hu;Rhiannon Kennard

  • Characterization and properties of metallic iron nanoparticles: Spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and kinetics

    James T. Nurmi;Paul G. Tratnyek;Vaishnavi Sarathy;Donald R. Baer

  • Electrolyte design for LiF-rich solid–electrolyte interfaces to enable high-performance microsized alloy anodes for batteries

    Ji Chen;Xiulin Fan;Qin Li;Hongbin Yang

  • Facile and controllable electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide and its applications

    Yuyan Shao;Jun Wang;Mark H. Engelhard;Chong M. Wang

  • Formation Of The Spinel Phase In The Layered Composite Cathode Used In Li-Ion Batteries

    Meng Gu;Ilias Belharouak;Jianming Zheng;Huiming Wu

  • Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions

    Xiaodi Ren;Lianfeng Zou;Xia Cao;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Intragranular cracking as a critical barrier for high-voltage usage of layer-structured cathode for lithium-ion batteries.

    Pengfei Yan;Jianming Zheng;Meng Gu;Jie Xiao

  • Nanoscaffold Mediates Hydrogen Release and the Reactivity of Ammonia Borane

    Anna Gutowska;Liyu Li;Yongsoon Shin;Chong M. Wang

  • In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres

    Matthew T. McDowell;Seok Woo Lee;Justin T. Harris;Brian A. Korgel

  • Monolithic solid-electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization

    Xia Cao;Xiaodi Ren;Lianfeng Zou;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Tailoring grain boundary structures and chemistry of Ni-rich layered cathodes for enhanced cycle stability of lithium-ion batteries

    Pengfei Yan;Pengfei Yan;Jianming Zheng;Jian Liu;Biqiong Wang

  • Reversible planar gliding and microcracking in a single-crystalline Ni-rich cathode.

    Yujing Bi;Jinhui Tao;Yuqin Wu;Yuqin Wu;Linze Li

  • Enhanced activity and stability of Pt catalysts on functionalized graphene sheets for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

    Rong Kou;Yuyan Shao;Donghai Wang;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Materials Science and Materials Chemistry for Large Scale Electrochemical Energy Storage: From Transportation to Electrical Grid

    Jun Liu;Jiguang Zhang;Zhenguo Yang;John P. Lemmon

  • Lewis acid-base interactions between polysulfides and metal organic framework in lithium sulfur batteries

    Jianming Zheng;Jian Tian;Dangxin Wu;Meng Gu

  • Studying the kinetics of crystalline silicon nanoparticle lithiation with in situ transmission electron microscopy.

    Matthew T. McDowell;Ill Ryu;Seok Woo Lee;Chongmin Wang

  • Self-smoothing anode for achieving high-energy lithium metal batteries under realistic conditions

    Chaojiang Niu;Huilin Pan;Wu Xu;Jie Xiao

  • Low-solvation electrolytes for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries

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Frequent Co-Authors

Ji-Guang Zhang
Ji-Guang Zhang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Pengfei Yan
Pengfei Yan Beijing University of Technology
Meng Gu
Meng Gu Southern University of Science and Technology
Jianming Zheng
Jianming Zheng Xiamen University
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wu Xu
Wu Xu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Langli Luo
Langli Luo Tianjin University
Jie Xiao
Jie Xiao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yuyan Shao
Yuyan Shao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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