News

Both graduate and undergraduate research assistant positions are currently available. We are always looking for creative and motivated students who seeking research projects or experience in battery materials/emission control catalysts/electron microscopy and are willing to help out in the lab. If interested, please send me an e-mail at rwang@msu.edu with your CV. 

Group News:

*** (May 2025) We have openings for postdoctoral and Ph.D. student positions in metal-sulfur batteries and battery materials recycling***

10/2025: Amir and Monir gave oral presentations at IMAT 2025 (International Materials, Applications, and Technologies), the annual meeting of ASM International (the American Society for Metals), held from October 20 to 23 in Detroit, Michigan. Amir presented his work on battery separators, while Monir shared his research on in situ Raman spectroscopy study of CO2 reduction.

10/2025: Monir published an Application Note on In-Situ DRIFTS Analysis of Dry Reforming of Methane for Specac. Link

10/2025: Amir and Monir attended the Materials Science and Technology Conference (MS&T 2025), held from September 28 to October 1 in Columbus, Ohio. Amir presented his work on Li-S batteries, and Monir shared his research on plasma catalysis.

Congratulations to Amir for winning second place in the Ceramographic Poster Presentation from the American Ceramic Society: MXene fish!

9/2025: Congratulations to Amir on receiving a student travel grant from the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) to attend the Materials Science and Technology Conference (MS&T 2025), taking place September 28 – October 1, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. Amir will present his research on the MXene-coated separators in Li-S battery.

8/2025: Congratulations to Saksham on publishing an article on Na-S battery in Chem. Eng. J. Link

6/2025: Congratulations to Jingshan on publishing an article on Al batteries in Energy Storage Materials. Link

5/2025: Congratulations to Monir on publishing an article on plasma-assisted dry reforming of methane in Chem. Eng. J. Link

4/2025: Congratulations to Zhifei on publishing an article on nonaqueous electrolyte engineering for graphite anodes in K-ion battery in Small. Link

3/2025: Congratulations to Monir on receiving 2025 Richard J. Kokes Travel Award from the North American Catalysis Society (NACS). Monir will present his research findings on plasma-assisted dry reforming of methane using CeO2 supported single atom catalysts during the 29th North American Catalysis Society (NAM29) meeting (6/8/25-6/13/25) in Atlanta, GA.

2/2025: Congratulations to Amir on publishing an article on Li7P3S11 solid state electrolyte in Solid State Ionics. Link

1/2025: Congratulations to Robayet and Monir on publishing an article on dielectric barrier discharge reactors for plasma-assisted CO2 and CH4 conversion in Energy Technology. Link

10/2024: Michigan EGLE grant – we are thankful to the Michigan EGLE for supporting our collaborative research on the recycling and reuse of spent LiFePO4 black mass (PIs: Dr. Wang and Dr. Anctil at MSU and industrial partner: Cirba Solutions) Link

9/2024: Congratulations to Robayet and Monir on publishing an article on non-thermal plasma enabled catalytic dry reforming of methane in J. Mater. Chem. A. Link

9/2024: Congratulations to Monir on publishing an article on the effect of catalyst shape on plasma-assisted dry reforming of methane in Chem. Eng. J. Link

7/2024: NSF grant – we are thankful to the NSF CBET-Electrochemical Systems Program for supporting our collaborative research on Na-S battery (PI: Dr. Wang at MSU and PI: Dr. Islam at WSU).

3/2024: Amir gave three presentations at TMS 2024 - 153rd Annual Meeting and Exhibition, held from March 3-7, 2024, in Orlando, FL.

1/2024: Congratulations to our collaborators and Robayet on publishing an article on CO2 electrochemical reduction in J. Mater. Chem. A. Link

1/2024: Congratulations to Monir on publishing an article on the coke formation pathway during syngas production under a DBD plasma environment in Chem. Eng. J. Link