讲座主题：From Structure to Discovery: Scattering Techniques as Engines of Materials Innovation
专家姓名：Wei Kong Pang
工作单位：University of Wollongong
讲座时间：2026年05月25日 09:00-10:30
讲座地点：环材学院337
主办单位：烟台凯旋官网环境与材料工程学院
内容摘要：
Advances in electrochemical energy storage increasingly depend on our ability to resolve, predict, and control the structural phenomena that govern electrode performance. Neutron and X ray diffraction techniques provide unparalleled access to the atomic scale architectures, defect chemistries, and dynamic phase transitions that underpin the behaviour of modern battery materials. By combining high resolution crystallography with operando and in situ measurement capabilities, these scattering methods reveal how electrodes evolve during cycling, how metastable intermediates form, and how structural distortions, ion migration pathways, and redox mechanisms collectively determine stability and capacity. This presentation will highlight how diffraction driven insights accelerate the discovery of next generation electrode materials—from layered oxides and polyanionic frameworks to emerging high entropy and disordered systems—and how coupling scattering data with modelling and complementary spectroscopy enables a holistic understanding of structure–function relationships. By positioning neutron and X ray diffraction as foundational engines of innovation, the talk will demonstrate why transformative battery technologies begin with seeing, quantifying, and engineering the structures that govern their operation.
主讲人介绍：
Dr Pang is currently a Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong (UOW), where he leads research in advanced materials characterization. Over the course of his career, Dr. Pang has published more than 250 peer reviewed papers and has been recognized with several notable distinctions, including an ARC Future Fellowship (2017–2020), Neutron and Deuteration Impact Award: Energy (ANSTO) in 2021, and Australian Synchrotron Research Award (ANSTO) in 2020. In 2025, he was named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate. Dr. Pang’s research expertise centers on probing atomic scale structures and dynamic processes using state of the art neutron and synchrotron techniques. His work focuses on elucidating structure–function relationships in functional materials through operando characterization, with the goal of advancing their performance and enabling next generation applications. Dr Pang is now serving an Associate Editor of Energix (OAE), executive guest editor of Sustainable Chemistry for the Climate Action (Elsevier), Associate guest editor (Special issue: Frontiers in Materials Science, Carbon Neutralisation), assocaite editor of Frontiers in Materials Process Engineering (Frontiers), and Editorial board member of EES Batteries (RSC).
