Tao Deng

Tao Deng
Ph.D student
tdeng1@umd.edu

Education

  • M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2016
  • B.S. with honor, Biochemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2014

Research Interest

  • Electrochemistry, Batteries, Liquid/solid Electrolytes, Surface Chemistry, Cathodes

Research Experience

  • Design of organic electrolytes and interface study for Li metal batteries, UMD.
  • Interface engineering for solid-state Li/Na metal batteries, PNNL
  • Study of wettability alteration for oil reservoir systems in support of oil recovery, Rice U.

Honors and Awards

  • Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
  • Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
  • Future Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
  • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2019
  • Battery500 Young Investigators Awards, DOE & Battery500 Consortium, 2019
  • Sengers PhD Candidacy Graduate Scholarship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019
  • Sengers PhD Fall Travel Award, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019
  • Jocob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019
  • Engie Chuck Edwards Memorial Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018
  • Dean’s Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016
  • Graduate Fellowship, Rice University, Houston, 2014
  • Excellent Graduate with Honors, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 2014
  • National Scholarship, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 2013

Publications

  1. T. Deng, X. Ji, Y. Zhao, L. Cao, S. Li, S. Hwang, C. Luo, P. Wang, H. Jia, X. Fan, X. Lu, D. Su, X. Sun, C. Wang, J.-G. Zhang, Tuning the anode-electrolyte interface chemistry for garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries, Advanced Materials, 2020, accepted.
  2. T. Deng, X. Fan, L. Cao, J. Chen, S. Hou, X. Ji, L. Chen, S. Li, X. Zhou, E. Hu, D. Su, X.-Q. Yang, C. Wang, Designing in-situ formed interphases enables highly reversible cobalt-free LiNiO2 cathode for lithium metal/ion batteries, Joule, 2019, 3, 2550.
  3. T. Deng†, X. Fan†, C. Luo, J. Chen, L. Chen, S. Hou, N. Eidson, X. Zhou, C. Wang, Self-templated formation of P2-type K0.6CoO2 microspheres for high Reversible potassium-ion batteries, Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 1522−1529.
  4. T. Deng†, X. Fan†, J. Chen, L Chen, C. Luo, X. Zhou, J. Yang, S. Zheng, C. Wang, Layered P2-type K0.65Fe0.5Mn0.5O2 microspheres as superior cathode for high-energy potassium-ion batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 1800219.

Poster & Conference Proceedings

  1. Oral Presentation, Designing in-Situ Formed Interphases Enables Highly Reversible Co-Free LiNiO2 Cathode for Lithium Metal/Ion Batteries, 236th ECS Fall meeting, Atlanta, GA, Oct. 13-17, 2019.
  2. Poster Presentation, Interphase Engineering Enables High-energy Cathode Materials, CFN Review Poster Session at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, Jun. 19-20, 2019.

Professional Affiliations

The Electrochemical Society, American Chemical Society.

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