Dr. Fantai Kong, Ph.D.

PhD Materials Science

Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Research Expertise

Energy Storage
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Materials Chemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanics of Materials
Electrochemistry
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Biochemistry
Catalysis
Fuel Technology
Computational Mathematics
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Biomaterials
Biotechnology
Pharmacology (medical)

About

With over 10 years of research and development experience in the field of energy storage and conversion technologies, I have gained extensive expertise in diverse areas such as Li-ion batteries, Zn-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries, Li extraction, fuel cells, and topological insulators. Throughout my career, I have actively collaborated with partners from industrial, national labs, and universities to overcome technology challenges and develop innovative solutions that have resulted in a prolific publication record, including more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, and 10 awarded/pending patents.

Publications

Kinetic Stability of Bulk LiNiO2 and Surface Degradation by Oxygen Evolution in LiNiO2‐Based Cathode Materials
Advanced Energy Materials
2018
Unraveling the Origin of Instability in Ni-Rich LiNi1–2xCoxMnxO2 (NCM) Cathode Materials
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2016
Charge Mediated Reversible Metal–Insulator Transition in Monolayer MoTe2 and WxMo1–xTe2 Alloy
ACS Nano
2016
Conflicting Roles of Anion Doping on the Electrochemical Performance of Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials
Chemistry of Materials
2016
Site-dependent multicomponent doping strategy for Ni-rich LiNi1−2yCoyMnyO2 (y = 1/12) cathode materials for Li-ion batteries
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2017
Ab initio study of doping effects on LiMnO2 and Li2MnO3 cathode materials for Li-ion batteries
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2015
Rational design of common transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells
Nano Energy
2016
Phase stability of Li–Mn–O oxides as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries: insights from ab initio calculations
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
2014
Stable and Active Oxidation Catalysis by Cooperative Lattice Oxygen Redox on SmMn2O5 Mullite Surface
Journal of the American Chemical Society
2019
Obstacles toward unity efficiency of LiNi 1-2x Co x Mn x O 2 (x = 0 ∼ 1/3) (NCM) cathode materials: Insights from ab initio calculations
Journal of Power Sources
2017
Ab Initio Study on Surface Segregation and Anisotropy of Ni-Rich LiNi1–2yCoyMnyO2 (NCM) (y ≤ 0.1) Cathodes
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2018
Multivalent Li-Site Doping of Mn Oxides for Li-Ion Batteries
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2015
Core–Shell Nanocomposites for Improving the Structural Stability of Li-Rich Layered Oxide Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2018
Transition Metal Ordering Optimization for High-Reversible Capacity Positive Electrode Materials in the Li–Ni–Co–Mn Pseudoquaternary System
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2016
Phase stability and elastic property of PdH and PdCuH phases
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2013
Planar Vacancies in Sn1–xBixTe Nanoribbons
ACS Nano
2016
Atomic-scale understanding of non-stoichiometry effects on the electrochemical performance of Ni-rich cathode materials
Journal of Power Sources
2018
Surface-energy engineered Bi-doped SnTe nanoribbons with weak antilocalization effect and linear magnetoresistance
Nanoscale
2016
CT-MEAM interatomic potential of the Li-Ni-O ternary system for Li-ion battery cathode materials
Computational Materials Science
2017
Atomic disorders in layer structured topological insulator SnBi2Te4 nanoplates
Nano Research
2017
Atomic Insights into Phase Evolution in Ternary Transition‐Metal Dichalcogenides Nanostructures
Small
2018
Interstitial hydrogen in ZnO and BeZnO
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2013
Charge-transfer modified embedded-atom method for manganese oxides: Nanostructuring effects on MnO2 nanorods
Computational Materials Science
2016
A large-scale simulation method on complex ternary Li–Mn–O compounds for Li-ion battery cathode materials
Computational Materials Science
2016
Energetics of metal ion adsorption on and diffusion through crown ethers: First principles study on two-dimensional electrolyte
Solid State Ionics
2017
Influence of interstitial beryllium on properties of ZnO: A first-principle research
Computational Materials Science
2012
Charge-transfer modified embedded atom method dynamic charge potential for Li–Co–O system
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
2017
First principles study of the Mn-doping effect on the physical and chemical properties of mullite-family Al2SiO5
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2017
First Principles Study of Li-Site Doping Effect on the Properties of LiMnO2 and Li2MnO3 Cathode Materials
ECS Transactions
2015
"Neutral-Ph" Aqueous Zinc Ion Battery for Utility Energy Storage
ECS Meeting Abstracts
2023
Computational Study for Insight into LixNiO2 Interlayer Collapse and Pillar Dopant to Counter Oxygen Charge-Transfer at High Depth of Charge (x < 0.25)
ECS Meeting Abstracts
2023

Education

The University of Texas at Dallas

Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering / May, 2017

Richardson, Texas, United States of America

Central South University

B.E., Materials Science and Engineering / May, 2012

Changsha

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