Graphene and Its Relatives as Coating Materials in Electrochemical Energy Technology
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Host
Prof. Keliang Wang
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Biography:
Dr. Keliang Wang is a full Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) and recipient of a National-Level Talent Program. He earned his Ph.D. from South Dakota State University in 2017, followed by postdoctoral research at Michigan State University. Prior to joining SWJTU full-time in 2025, he served as Scientist at Fraunhofer USA. His research primarily focuses on discharge plasma technology and its interdisciplinary applications, such as carbon-based materials modification, interfacial regulation of energy storage materials, functional thin films deposition, and pollutant degradation. As a PI, he has successfully led 8 research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), Department of the Interior (DoI), the State of Michigan, Fraunhofer USA, and various industrial partners. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious international journals such as InfoMat, Energy Storage Materials, Small, Nano Energy, EcoMat, and Chemical Engineering Journal, with over 3,000 citations and H-index of 34. Additionally, he holds 6 international patents and serves as a reviewer for the C2V program. He also serves as Youth Editorial Boards for SusMat, Energy Materials, and the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts.
Dr. Keliang Wang is a full Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU) and recipient of a National-Level Talent Program. He earned his Ph.D. from South Dakota State University in 2017, followed by postdoctoral research at Michigan State University. Prior to joining SWJTU full-time in 2025, he served as Scientist at Fraunhofer USA. His research primarily focuses on discharge plasma technology and its interdisciplinary applications, such as carbon-based materials modification, interfacial regulation of energy storage materials, functional thin films deposition, and pollutant degradation. As a PI, he has successfully led 8 research projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), Department of the Interior (DoI), the State of Michigan, Fraunhofer USA, and various industrial partners. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious international journals such as InfoMat, Energy Storage Materials, Small, Nano Energy, EcoMat, and Chemical Engineering Journal, with over 3,000 citations and H-index of 34. Additionally, he holds 6 international patents and serves as a reviewer for the C2V program. He also serves as Youth Editorial Boards for SusMat, Energy Materials, and the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts.
Speaker
Prof. Rudolf Holze
Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany
Topic：Graphene and its relatives as coating materials in electrochemical energy technology
Topic：Graphene and its relatives as coating materials in electrochemical energy technology
Biography:
Prof. Rudolf Holze received his Ph.D. in 1983 from University of Bonn, Germany. Afterwards, he joined Prof. E.B. Yeager at the Case Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA, as a post-doctoral fellow and then Oldenburg University in 1987 as associate professor in Physical Chemistry. From 1993 until 2020 he was full professor of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of Technical University Chemnitz, Germany. His research was focused on spectroelectrochemistry, self-assembled monolayers, lithium ion batteries, electrochemical energy conversion and storage, electrochemical materials science and corrosion. In May 2018 he was appointed head of a new lab on electrochemical energy storage materials and processes at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Since spring of 2019 he is a Distinguished Professor at Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China. He is an ordinary member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and of several editorial boards. He is the author of more than 500 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, eleven books and the founding editor of Electrochemical Energy Technology. Currently he serves as editor-in-chief of Universal Journal of Electrochemistry and associate editor of Advanced Materials Science and Technology and Energy Storage and Conversion.
Prof. Rudolf Holze received his Ph.D. in 1983 from University of Bonn, Germany. Afterwards, he joined Prof. E.B. Yeager at the Case Center for Electrochemical Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA, as a post-doctoral fellow and then Oldenburg University in 1987 as associate professor in Physical Chemistry. From 1993 until 2020 he was full professor of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of Technical University Chemnitz, Germany. His research was focused on spectroelectrochemistry, self-assembled monolayers, lithium ion batteries, electrochemical energy conversion and storage, electrochemical materials science and corrosion. In May 2018 he was appointed head of a new lab on electrochemical energy storage materials and processes at St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia. Since spring of 2019 he is a Distinguished Professor at Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China. He is an ordinary member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and of several editorial boards. He is the author of more than 500 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, eleven books and the founding editor of Electrochemical Energy Technology. Currently he serves as editor-in-chief of Universal Journal of Electrochemistry and associate editor of Advanced Materials Science and Technology and Energy Storage and Conversion.
Abstract
This webinar explores the applications of graphene and its derivatives in functional coatings and polymer-based composites, highlighting representative examples from electrochemical energy technologies and materials research. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Holze believes that although graphene has been around for quite some time (at least since 1986), before the Nobel Prize for Geim and Novoselov, it has enjoyed huge interest - together with its chemical relatives graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, few-layer graphene, etc. - only since their reports. Because of their astonishing properties, they have been studied as functional coatings in many devices for electrochemical energy technology. Even more popular and numerous are the suggested applications as ingredients in composites based on established polymer coating materials. The webinar will present an overview, highlighting representative application examples.
