Wan Si Tang

Dr. Wan Si Tang is the Director of Research for Novel Materials & New Energy Forms at the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI), under UL Research Institutes. Prior to joining ESRI, she was the Advanced Battery Manufacturing Team Leader at the Battery Innovation Center. Wan Si holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Material Science from the University of Picardy Jules Verne (Amiens, France) and a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from the National University of Singapore (Singapore). She also had postdoctoral experiences at the Carnegie Institution for Science and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Wan Si has 15+ years of research, discovery, design, and development experience with proficiency in industry-standard advanced battery manufacturing processes and expertise in synthesis and characterization techniques of novel functional materials for applications in hydrogen storage, electrochemical cells, and solar energy.

ABSTRACT

Investigating composites and ceramic materials for energy storage and conversion through multi-pronged R&D approaches

Although battery cells and electrification technologies have become ubiquitous, the complete understanding of their hazards is still lacking. Hence, it is necessary to investigate the potential risks of future pre-commercialized battery chemistries during the whole design process. The materials-level research and development (R&D) at the Electrochemical Safety Research Institute (ESRI) is studying new chemistries and novel systematic engineering methods related to energy storage and conversion with early-technology readiness level (TRL) through a safety lens. This presentation will describe several on-going projects, which are investigating composites and ceramic materials for current and future lithium chemistries, sodium and magnesium battery technologies, and green hydrogen generation, as well as our database to document best practices of in-house processes associated with cell fabrication and destructive physical analysis.

The Director of Research (Novel Materials & New Energy Forms), Dr. Wan Si TANG, will be presenting this talk for ESRI, under UL Research Institutes. At ESRI, we are advancing safer energy storage through science. Our interest lies in the energy storage safety from materials to cells and scaling up into commercially viable applications to advance the area of current lithium-ion batteries, future battery chemistries, and other green energy storage and conversion technologies.