Progress on Materials and Devices Research

WCGEC

January 2026 1

Juchen Guo

Energy Systems Research Workshop – Collaboration Talk

Low-Energy Conversion of Natural Gas to Graphite

High-Entropy Polymer Electrolyte for Na-ion Batteries

Plasma Reactor for carbon particle production

Laser-Driven Nanopatterning for Enhanced Fuel Cell Efficiency

biocompatible and biodegradable micro bio-supercapacitor

Next-Generation Battery Prototyping Facility

Opportunities and Needs for Collaboration

WCGEC

January 2026 2

Juchen Guo

Energy Systems Research Workshop – Collaboration Talk

Materials and Devices research will expand and scale-up to system level, creating opportunities to collaborate in thermal management and battery management system (BMS)

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High-throughput analysis will generate tremendous amount of data, creating needs for expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence

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Research on next-generation lithium batteries requires expertise in advanced manufacturing