Dr. Yikang Yu is a Postdoc research fellow at College of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University. Previously, Yikang received his Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Hui Li) and Purdue University (Advisors: Prof. Jian Xie and Prof. Steven F. Son), West Lafayette. His research focuses on the design of advanced energy storage systems as well as the discoveries of the new physics & chemistry of materials for energy storage. He is the author of more than 20 international journal publications, reaching a Google Scholar citation >1500 and a h-index of 18. He is also a invited reviewer for a series of scientific journals including ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Composite Communications, Measurement Science and Technology, Nano Futures, Nanotechnology, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Physics: Energy, Frontiers in Chemistry, and RSC Advances (>20 times in total).

Research Interests: Rechargeable Batteries; Physics & Chemistry of Materials for Energy Storage

Professional Activities: 

Invited Editorial board member (Review Editor) of Frontiers in Chemistry for the Electrochemistry section;

Student Member of The Electrochemical Society (ECS), and Materials Research Society (MRS); 

Invited Reviewer for ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Composites Communications, Measurement Science and Technology, Nano Future, Nanotechnology, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Physics: Energy, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Frontiers in Chemistry, and RSC Advances;