Wentao Yao
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
My name is Wentao Yao. I was born in Xinyang, a small city in the middle of China. My father is a carpenter, who inspired me a lot with his astonishing handcraft skills when I was young. These memories eventually brought me into the world of engineering.
Currently, my research project is to improve the performance of lithium-ion batteries by facet engineering of the electrode materials. Instead of searching for new materials, we fabricated the commercialized electrode materials through different methods to bring them special structures and improve the battery capacity, life cycle, and charge-discharge rate. These techniques will help recycling of used battery materials, reducing the cost of fabrication, as well as improving the performance of rechargeable batteries.
It is a great honor and motivation for me to receive this finishing fellowship support to devote my full time to the final stage of my Ph.D., to write my dissertation and summarize my experimental studies for publishing in high-impact journals.