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2026

Our paper, “Interfacial Polysulfide Confinement via Spatially Controlled Sulfonated Metal–Organic Polyhedra Coatings in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries,” by S. Ko, W. Y. Moon, Y. Zhu, Y. An, Y. Lu, S. Bal, L. Mu, K. M. Choi, and Y. Hwa, has been published in Advanced Science. Link
Congratulations to Yuhui An and Sourayan Bal from our group on successfully completing their Ph.D. degrees.
Our paper, “Binding Properties of Sulfur to Enable Solvent-Free Fabrication of High-Performance Polymer-Free Sulfur-Carbon Positive Electrodes,” by Y. An, K. Kim, Y. J. Lee, S. Ko, F. Ejaz, Y. Liu, B. Kwon, S. H. Yu, and Y. Hwa, has been published in Nature Communications. Link
We are pleased to welcome a new visiting scholar, Insun Woo from Korea University of Technology and Education to our group.

2025

Research paper entitled Infrared Drying-Induced PVDF Crystallinity Control for Enhanced Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathodes is publisehd in ACS Applied Energy Materials. Congratulation Dustin, Kyungbae, Soyeon, Roberto, Michael and Yuhui.
Research paper entitled Stability Enhancement in Na0.67Fe0.2Mn0.8O2 Positive Electrodes via Spherical Coprecipitated Hydroxide Precursor Synthesis for Na-Ion Batteries is publisehd in ACS Applied Energy Materials. Congratulation Yuhui.
Emily Lopez prensented her poster titled Electrochemical Evaluation of Recycled Graphite in Half & Full cell Configuration with LFP Cathodes at Fulton Forge 2025 Fall.
Prof. Hwa is appointed as a visiting professor at University of Oulu [2025].
George Zeyad prensented his poster titled Code-Based Interpretation and Descriptor Extraction from Battery Performance Data at Fulton Forge 2025 Spring. The project was highlighted in Fulton Forge.
Emily Lopez presented her poster titled Effect of Heat-Treatment Process Parameters on the Performance of Recycled Graphite from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries at Fulton Forge 2025 Spring.

2024

Byung Gik Park presented his poster titled Investigation of a Descriptor from Battery Testing Data for Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Batteries at Fulton Forge 2024 Spring. The project was highlighted in Fulton Forge. Byung Gik Park also received Outstanding Student Poster Award.
Dr. SangOk Kim from KIST joined Hwa research group as a visiting scholar [2024].
Research paper titled Failure Modes of Flexible LiCoO2 Cathodes Incorporating Polyvinylidene Fluoride Binders with Different Molecular Weights is published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Congratulation Kyungbae, Michael and Roberto.
Prof. Rafal Sliz at University of Oulu joined Hwa resaerch group as a visiting professor [2024-2025].

2023

Byung Gik Park presented his poster titled An Investigation of the Effect of Storage Temperature on Secondary Battery Shelf Life at Fulton Forge 2023 Fall. The project was highlighted in Fulton Forge. Byung Gik Park also received Outstanding Student Poster Award.

Maxon Rubin-Toles presented his poster titled Investigation of a Descriptor from Battery Testing Data for Remaining Useful Life Prediction of Batteries at Fulton Forge 2023 Spring.
Dr. SangOk Kim from KIST joined Hwa research group as a visiting scholar.

2022

Sourayan Basu Bal (Ph.D. candidate in MSE), Dustin Nguyen (Ph.D. candidate in MSE), Roberto Martinez and Soyoen Ko (Ph.D. candidate in CheE) joined Hwa research group.
Yuhui An received the University Laboratory Safety Award 2022.
Michael presented his work titled The Effect of Binder in Critical Properties of Flexible Lithium-ion Battery Electrodes at SEMTE Master's Project Symposium
Michael earned MS. degree in Materials Science and Engineering.

2021

Review article titled A perspective on li/s battery design: Modeling and development approaches is published in Batteries. Congratulation Yuhui!
Yuhui An (Ph.D. candidate in MSE) and Rober Michael Loh (MS. candidate in MSE) joined Hwa research group.

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