Driven by global demand for carbon neutrality and efficient energy storage, Dr. Wang focused on developing key materials and technologies for next-generation solid-state batteries. His research has led to a series of innovative achievements in understanding the reaction kinetics of solid-state conversion-type cathodes, designing and synthesizing high-performance solid-state electrolytes, and engineering interfaces in solid-state batteries. To date, he has published over 30 research papers in leading journals, including Nature Materials and Nature Communications, with more than 7,000 citations, and holds three granted invention patents. He also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member of Energy Materials Advances and a reviewer for many journals, including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and Journal of the American Chemical Society. He received the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award from Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

2011–2015 B.Eng., Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

2015–2021 Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2021–2024 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2024–2025 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2025–2026 Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southern Methodist University

2026–Present Associate Research Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Energy Materials; Solid-State Batteries; Artificial Intelligence

1. Wang, D.W.; Gwalani, B.; Wierzbicki, D.; Singh, V; Jhang, L.-J.; Rojas, T.; Kou, R.; Liao, M.; Ye, L.; Jiang, H.; Shan, S. H.; Silver, A; Ngo, A. T.; Du, Y. H.; Li, X. L.; Wang, D. H.* Overcoming the conversion reaction limitation at three-phase interfaces towards energy-dense solid-state Li–S batteries using mixed conductors. Nature Materials, 2025, 24(2), 243–251.

2. Wang, D. W.; Otaki, M.; Alzahrani, A. S.; Gao, Y.; Gray, J. L.; Lu, Q.; Liao, M.; Arthur, T. S.; Wang, D. H.* Triphilic organochalcogen compounds for high-capacity and stable solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries. EES Batteries, 2025, 1, 576–584.

3. Ye, L.; Wang, D. W.; Lu, Q.; Jhang, L.-J; Kou, R.; Pandey, A. K.; Lira, J.; Liao, M.; Wang, D. H.* All‐solid‐state lithium–sulfur batteries of high cycling stability and rate capability enabled by a self‐lithiated Sn‐C interlayer. Advanced Materials, 2025, 37(23), 2407724.

4. Liao, M.; Xu, Y. B.; Rahman, M. M.; Tan, S.; Wang, D. W.; Wang, K.; Dandu, N. K.; Lu, Q.; Li, G.-X; Le, L.; Kou, R.; Jiang, H.; Nguyen, A.; Shi, P.; Ye, L.; Ngo, A. T.; Hu, E. Y.; Wang, C. M.; Wang, D. H.* Hybrid polymer network cathode-enabled soluble polysulfide-free lithium–sulfur batteries. Nature Sustainability, 2024, 7(12), 1709–1718.

5. Wang, D. W.; Jhang, L.; Kou, R.; Liao, M.; Zheng, S. Y.; Jiang, H.; Shi, P.; Li, G.-X; Meng, K.; Wang, D. H.* Realizing high-capacity all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using a low-density inorganic solid-state electrolyte. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 1895.

6. Jhang, L. J.; Wang, D. W.; Silver, A.; Li, X. L.; Reed, D.; Wang, D. H.* Stable all-solid-state sodium-sulfur batteries for low-temperature operation enabled by sodium alloy anode and confined sulfur cathode. Nano Energy, 2023, 105, 107995.

7. Li, G.-X.; Jiang, H.; Kou, R.; Wang, D. W.; Nguyen, A.; Liao, M.; Shi, P.; Silver, A.; Wang, D. H.* A superior carbonate electrolyte for stable cycling Li metal batteries using high Ni cathode. ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 2282–2288.

8. AlZahrani, A. S.; Otaki, M.; Wang, D. W.; Gao, Y.; Arthur, T. S.; Liu, S.; Wang, D. H.* Confining sulfur in porous carbon by vapor deposition to achieve high-performance cathode for all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries, ACS Energy Lett., 2021, 6, 2, 413–418.

9. Gao, Y.; Wang, D. W.; Shin, Y. K.; Yan, Z. F.; Han, Z.; Wang, K.; Hossain, M. J.; Shen, S. L.; AlZahrani, A. S.; Duin, A. V.; Mallouk, T. E.; Wang, D. H.* Stable metal anodes enabled by a labile organic molecule bonded to a reduced graphene oxide aerogel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020, 117 (48), 30135–30141.

10. Gao, Y.; Rojas, T.; Wang, K.; Liu, S.; Wang, D. W.; Chen, T. H.; Wang, H. Y.; Ngo, A. T.; Wang, D. H.* Low-temperature and high-rate-charging lithium metal batteries enabled by an electrochemically active monolayer-regulated interface. Nature Energy, 2020, 5, 534–542.

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