Dr. Qing Wang is a Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore. He obtained PhD in Physics at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002. Before he moved to Singapore in 2008, he had worked as a postdoc research fellow at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), USA, in the area of mesoscopic photoelectrochemical cells. Dr. Wang is a recipient of NUS Engineering Young Researcher Award (2014), NRF Investigatorship (2018), and NUS Dean’s Chair Associate Professor (2021).
 

Research Interests

My research focuses on charge transport in mesoscopic electrochemical systems, exploring their applications in advanced energy conversion and storage. Currently, my team is leading a novel approach cantered on redox targeting of energy materials for large-scale storage and other innovative uses, including on-demand hydrogen production, metal-air electrical power generation, high-throughput recycling of spent battery materials, and the synthesis of value-added chemicals, etc. We are conducting extensive translational studies in the lab to advance these technologies toward practical deployment. 

Representative Publications

[1] Single-Molecule Redox-Targeting Reactions for a pH-Neutral Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery. M. Zhou, Y. Chen, M. Salla, H. Zhang, X. Wang, S. R. Mothe, Q. Wang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59 (34), 14286-14291.
[2] Redox Targeting-based TREC Flow Cell for Enhanced Low-grade Heat Harnessing. H. Zhang, F. Zhang, J. Yu, M. Zhou, W. Luo, Y. M. Lee, M. Si, and Q. Wang, Adv. Mater., (2020) accepted.
[3] A Stable and High Capacity Redox Targeting-based Electrolyte for Aqueous Flow Batteries. Chen, Y.; Zhou, M.; Xia, Y.; Wang, X.; Liu, Y.; Yao, Y.; Zhang, H.; Li, Y.; Lu, S.; Qin, W.; Wu, X.; Wang, Q., Joule, 2019, 3, 2255-2267.
[4] A Redox Targeting-based Materials Recycling Strategy for Spent Lithium Ion Batteries. Yu, J.; Wang, X.; Zhou, M; Wang, Q., Energy & Environ. Sci., 2019, 12, 2672-2677.
[5] Redox-Targeting-Based Flow Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage. Yan, R.; Wang, Q., Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1802406.
[6] Redox-targeted catalysis for vanadium redox-flow batteries. Zhang, F., Huang, S., Wang, X., Jia, C., Du, Y., & Wang, Q., Nano Energy, 2018, 52, 292-299.
[7] Redox Targeting of Prussian Blue: Towards Low-cost and High-energy Density Redox Flow Battery and Solar Rechargeable Battery. Fan, L.; Jia, C.; Zhu, Y.G.; Wang, Q., ACS Energy Lett., 2017, 2, 615-621.
[8] Unleashing the Power and Energy of LiFePO4-based Redox Flow Lithium Battery with a Bi-functional Redox Mediator. Zhu, Y. G.; Du, Y.; Jia, C.; Zhou, M.; Fan, L.; Wang, X.; Wang, Q., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139, 6286–6289.
[9] Nernstian Potential-driven Redox Targeting Reactions of Battery Materials. Zhou, M.; Huang. Q.; Truong, T. N. P.; Ghilane, J.; Zhu, Y. G.; Jia, C.; Yan, R.; Fan, L.; Randriamahazaka, H.; Wang, Q., Chem, 2017, 3 (6), 1036-1049.
 
Patents
1. Q. Wang and J. Yu, A Lithium Ion Battery Materials Recycling Method, PCT Application No.: PCT/SG2019/050523
2. Q. Wang and C. Jia, A Condensed Phase Aqueous Redox Flow Battery, PCT Application No.: PCT/SG2018/050471.
3. Q. Wang and Y. G. Zhu, A Gas Diffusion Tank Design for Redox Flow Metal-Air Batteries, US Provisional Patent Application No. 62/095,525.
4. Q. Wang and Y. G. Zhu, A REDOX FLOW METAL-AIR BATTERY SYSTEM, US Provisional Application No. 62/037,698.
5. Q. Wang and Q. Huang, A Redox Flow Battery system. Pub. No.: WO 2013/012391.