• B.S., Biochemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2014
• M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, US, 2016                         
• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, US, 2020

Materials (electro) chemistry, electrolyte design, cathode synthesis, interface engineering, surface science, solid-state battery, energy conversion and storage, transport phenomena, interface characterization, beyond Li-ion technology. 

Methodology: experiment-centered investigation & theory-assisted understanding.

Topics: 1) Renewable Energy: Li-ion battery, next-generation batteries (Li metal, sodium ion/metal and potassium ion/metal batteries, and novel electrolytes design, e.g. nonflammable, nonaqueous, polymer, garnet, sulfides, and composites electrolytes); 2) Surface Science and Technology: interface structure/chemistry and interfacial engineering; 3) Materials Synthesis and Separation: chemicals/fuels production, catalyst, etc.

We are always hiring Master, Ph.D., Postdoc, Visting scholars with the background of chemistry, chemical engineering, materials, etc. Interested people are welcome to contact us by email.

• NSFC Excellent Young Scientist Fund Program (Overseas), 2022

• Overseas Young Scientist Fund Program in Shanghai, 2022                                                      

1. T. Deng†, X. Ji†, L. Zou, O. Chiekezi, X. Fan, L. Cao, T. R. Adebisi, H. Chang, H. Wang, B. Li, X. Li, C. Wang, D. Reed, J.-G. Zhang, V. Sprenkle, C. Wang, X. Lu, Interfacial engineering enabled practical low-temperature sodium metal battery, Nat. Nanotechnol., 2022, 1-9.
2. N. Zhang†, T. Deng†, S. Zhang, C. Wang, L. Chen, C. Wang, X. Fan, Critical review on low-temperature Li-ion/metal batteries, Adv. Mater., 2021, 34, 2107899. (Co-1st author)
3. T. Deng†, L. Cao†, X. He†, A.-M. Li, D. Li, J. Xu, S. Liu, P. Bai, T. Jin, L. Ma, M. A. Schroeder, X. Fan, C. Wang. In situ formation of polymer-inorganic solid-electrolyte interphase for stable polymeric solid-state lithium metal batteries, Chem, 2021, 7, 1-17.
4. T. Deng, X. Ji, Y. Zhao, L. Cao, S. Li, S. Hwang, C. Luo, P. Wang, H. Jia, X. Fan, X. Lu, D. Su, X. Sun, C. Wang, J.-G. Zhang, Tuning the anode-electrolyte interface chemistry for garnet-based solid-state Li metal batteries, Adv. Mater., 2020, 2000030.
5. T. Deng, X. Fan, L. Cao, J. Chen, S. Hou, X. Ji, L. Chen, S. Li, X. Zhou, E. Hu, D. Su, X.-Q. Yang, C. Wang, Designing in-situ formed interphases enables highly reversible cobalt-free LiNiO₂ cathode for lithium metal/ion batteries, Joule, 2019, 3, 2550.

Fundamentals of Energy Storage (2024 Fall)

• The Electrochemical Society, American Chemical Society.

• Battery Energy (Wiley, Junior Editor)

• EcoEnegy (Wiley, Junior Editor)

• ECS Student Travel Grants for PRIME 2020, The Electrochemical Society, 2020
• Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
• Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
• Future Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland, College Park, 2020
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2019
• Battery500 Young Investigators Awards, DOE & Battery500 Consortium, 2019
• Sengers PhD Candidacy Graduate Scholarship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019
• Jocob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019
• Engie Chuck Edwards Memorial Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018
• Dean's Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2016