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Bio
Dr. C. Y. Kwok currently serves as a postdoctoral research associate at the Emerging and Solid-State Batteries Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), with expertise in electrochemistry, inorganic chemistry, and solid-state chemistry. His current research focuses on advanced X-ray spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques to establish structure-property-function relationships in electrochemical energy storage materials.
Research Focus:
- Cathode and electrolyte design and synthesis
- Synchrotron science
- X-ray spectroscopy
- Data science
- All-solid-state batteries
- Solid-state electrochemistry
- Electrochemical energy storage and conversion
Awards
- 2018 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Fellowship (Canada)
- 2017-19 NSERC - PGS-D (Canada)
- 2015-17 OGS (Canada)
- 2015-19 University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship (Canada)
Education
- 2021, Ph.D., Chemistry (Nanotechnology), University of Waterloo, Canada
- 2014, B.A.Sc., Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada
Trademarks and Patents
- S. Xu, C. Y. Kwok, L. F. Nazar. Vanadium Sulfide/Sulfur Composite Battery Materials. US Patent: US20230290946A1. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230290946A1/en
- C. Y. Kwok, M. Gauthier, L. F. Nazar. Multifunctional Cross-linked Binders for Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathodes. US Patent: US20220223874A1. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20220223874A1/en
Publications
Journal: Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Journal: Chemistry of Materials