Energy and Optical Materials Laboratory
Research Field
Wei-Ren Liu is a full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan. His team gathers activities on Li ion batteries, Na ion batteries, Zn ion batteries, Li all-solid-state batteries and Na all-solid-state batteries. In 2016, he won gold prize and a silver prize in the Pittsburgh Exhibition of Inventions and the Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, respectively. Recently, he won outstanding professor in Chung Yuan Christian University in 2016 and outstanding professor prize of LCY’s Group in 2017. He is co-inventor of >30 patents and co-author of more than 250 SCI paper (h-index: 56).
Here is the google scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nMcpM38AAAAJ&hl=en
Welcome to join our group!!!
Energy and Optical Materials Laboratory involves energy materials, graphene and luminescence materials. For energy storage materials, we are interested in anode materials (Graphite, Hard carbon, Si, SiOx, TiNb2O7), cathode (NCM811, LiFePO4, Na0.7MnO2, Na0.7Mn1-xFexO2), solid electrolytes (Li7P3S11, Li10GeP2S12, Li6PS5Cl, Li3InCl6, Na3SbS4, Na3PS4) and so on. For graphene, we developed a green process to synthesize graphene with high quality. We also investigate graphene-based materials for battery, anticorrosion, heat dissipation, EMI shielding. For luminescence materials, we are interested in perovskite quantum dots, carbon dots, LED phosphors and so on.
- Li ion battery
- Na ion battery
- Solid state battery
- Luminescence materials
- Graphene-based technology
Selective Publications:
Chem. Eng. J. 464 (2023) 142686; Chem. Eng. J. 505 (2025) 159541; Chem. Eng. J. 473 (2023) 145469; Chem. Eng. J., 428 (2022) 131168; ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 15 (2023) 36076; ACS Appl. Mater. & Interfaces, 16 (2024) 41421; J. Energy Storage, 110 (2025) 115332.
Associate editor, Frontiers in Energy Research (2017/10/20~now)
Editorial Board, Progress in Energy & Fuels (2018/5/22~now)
Editorial Board, Insight - Energy Science (2018/6/11~now)
Guest Editor, Polymers – Special issue: Polymer/Graphene for High-Performance Lithium Ion or Sodium Ion Batteries (2019/5~2020/5)
Editorial Board, Current Chinese Science - Electronic and Crystal Structures (2020/5~now)
Visiting professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan (2016/7/2~2016/9/4)
Visiting professor in Institute of Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (2018/7/9~2018/8/31)
Visiting professor in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA (2023/7/1~2023/8/31)
Scholar GPS Top 0.5% Scholar, 2024
World's Top 2% Scientists, 2023, 2025
Outstanding Research Awards-CYCU, 2021/2016
Young Research Awards – Carbon Society of Taiwan, 2020
Young Research Awards – Vacuum Society of Taiwan, 2017
2006 Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2001 M.D. Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
1999 B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Job Description
- Study temperature effects on hard carbon as anode materials for Na ion batteries.
- Study doping effects on hard carbon as anode materials for Na ion batteries.
- Characterization of a series of hard carbon by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS as well as BET and Small angle XRD.
- Electrochemical measurements: C/D tests, EIS, AC, CV, GITT, in-situ XRD, Raman as well as coin cells and pouch cells.
Preferred Intern Educational Level
PhD student.
Skill sets or Qualities
Electrochemistry
Nanotechnology
Inorganic chemistry
Job Description
- Synthesize Li6PS5Cl-based (LPSC) solid electrolytes by ball milling and sintering processes.
- Study doping effects in LPSC solid electrolytes.
- Assemble Li all-solid-state batteries.
- Electrochemical measurements for pristine and doped LPSC solid electrolytes.
Preferred Intern Educational Level
Master or PhD students.
Skill sets or Qualities
Basic electrochemistry.
Inorganic materials synthesis.
Materials characterizations.