Faculty
Yet-Ming Chiang
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Kyocera Professor of Ceramics SB Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, 1980 ScD Ceramics, MIT, 1985 Room 13-4086, 77 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 617-253-6471 (phone) 617-253-6201 (fax) |
Disciplines
Research
Prof. Chiang's research focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of advanced inorganic materials and related devices. Current topics include new cathode and anode materials for lithium ion batteries, phase transformations in electroactive materials, electrochemical device design, electrochemical-to-mechanical energy conversion, self-assembling colloids, and the stability and defect chemical properties of interfaces in inorganic materials.
Selected Publications
M. Duduta, B.Y. Ho, V.C. Wood, P. Limthongkul, V.E. Brunini, W.C. Carter, Y.-M. Chiang, “Semi-Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery,” Adv. Energy Mater., 1[4] 511-516 (2011) (DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201100152).
Y.-M. Chiang, “Building a Better Battery,” Science, 330, 1485 (2010). (DOI:10.1126/science.1198591).
Y.-H. Kao, M. Tang, N. Meethong, J. Bai, W.C. Carter, Y.-M. Chiang, “Overpotential-Dependent Phase Transformation Pathways in Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Electrodes,” Chem. Mater., 22[21], 5845–5855 (2010). (DOI: 10.1021/cm101698b).
W. Woodford, Y.-M. Chiang, and W.C Carter, “Electrochemical Shock of Intercalation Electrodes: A Fracture Mechanics Analysis,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 157[10] A1052–A1059 (2010), http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3464773.
