RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY LABORATORY WITH

PROFESSOR YI CUI

Graduate Student Researcher

January 2020 - Present

• Developing electrolytes for lithium metal batteries

KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CENTER FOR ENERGY STORAGE RESEARCH

Research Scientist

​(In Lieu of Military Service)

July 2016 - July 2019

• Designed artificial solid-electrolyte interphases for lithium-sulfur batteries [PDF]

• Developed Langmuir-Blodgett artificial solid-electrolyte interphase for metallic lithium anodes [PDF]

•Optimized electrolyte formulations to derive robust solid-electrolyte interphases for battery electrodes [PDF]

• Developed Molybdenum disulfide protected LiAl intermetallic anode for lithium-metal ion batteries [PDF]

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE LABORATORY WITH

PROFESSOR LYNDEN A. ARCHER

Graduate Student Researcher

August 2014 - June 2016

• Developed Langmuir-Blodgett Scooping (layer-by-layer, large-scale, nanoparticulate, binder-free, and multicomponent) techniques for applications in batteries [PDF]

• Developed separator modification strategies with diverse coating configurational and material designs for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries [PDF]

• Developed an interfacial engineering for battery electrodes [PDF]

• Developed chemical functionalization routes to modify battery materials [PDF]

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 

APPLIED MATERIALS & SURFACE SCIENCE LABORATORY WITH

PROFESSOR ROYA MABOUDIAN

Undergraduate Student Researcher

May 2011 - May 2014

• Developed a thin film transfer technique for flexible micro-supercapacitor electrodes [PDF]

• Fabricated bicontinuous 3D graphene networks with controllable geometry for the micro-supercapacitor electrodes [PDF]

• Developed a pyrolysis technique for photoresist-derived porous carbon electrode material for on-chip micro-supercapacitors [PDF]

• Fabricated silicon carbide nanowires for high-voltage materials for the micro-supercapacitor electrode [PDF]

• Fabricated electrochemically activated porous carbon film for high energy density pseudocapacitive micro-supercapacitor electrodes [PDF]

KOREA ELECTROTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

ADVANCED MEDICAL DEVICE RESEARCH DIVISION

Internship

December 2012 - January 2013

• Fabricated electrocardiography (ECG) device with a patented piezoresistive pressure sensor

• Optimized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) thicknesses for the pressure sensor via simulation using Abaqus
• Calibrated the pressure sensor based on the surrounding and contact temperatures via Lab View