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2026
2026
Our paper, “Graphite/Copper Interfacial Conditioning Enabling High-Yield Recovery of Graphite and Copper from Spent Graphite Electrodes,” by Y. An, A. Subramanya Barla, J. Kang, W. Li, J. Lin, E. Lopez Chibiel, X. Guo, S. Bal, S.-Y. Lee, Z. Chen, C. K. Chan, and Y. Hwa, has been published in Energy Storage Materials. Link
Our paper, "Intraparticle Sulfur Distribution Effects in Dry-Processed Polymer-Free Sulfur Electrodes for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries” by Y. An et. al., has been published in Advanced Functional Materials. Link
Yuhui An joined Tesla as a Manufacturing Engineer. Congratulations, Yuhui, and best wishes on this exciting new chapter!
Congratulations to Yuhui An and Sourayan Bal from our group on successfully completing their Ph.D. degrees.
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
Soyeon Ko presented our research, "Spatially Engineered Sulfonated Metal–Organic Polyhedra Coatings Enabling Polysulfide Immobilization in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries," at the 249th ECS Meeting in Seattle.
Congratulations to Soyeon Ko on receiving both the ASU Graduate Student Government (GSG) Travel Grant and the ASU Graduate College Travel Award in recognition of her research presentation at the 249th ECS Meeting.
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.
2020-2025
2020-2025
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.
Congratulations to Soyeon Ko for receiving the ASU EMC 50th Anniversary Poster Award in recognition of her outstanding research poster presentation.
Research paper entitled "Rational design for enhanced mechanical and kinetic properties of SnSb-based yolk–shell heterostructure as long cycle-life, high-rate Na-ion battery anode" has been published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
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.
Congratulations to Yuhui An and Soyeon Ko for receiving the ASU GPSA Grad Slam Speech Competition Award in recognition of their outstanding research communication and presentation.
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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