91°µÍø

Bio

Dr. C. Y. Kwok currently serves as Associate R&D Scientist at the Emerging and Solid-State Batteries Group at 91°µÍø (ORNL), with expertise in X-ray spectroscopy, electrochemistry, inorganic chemistry, and solid-state chemistry. Current research interest includes advanced X-ray spectroscopy and electrochemical techniques to establish structure-property-function relationships in battery materials, as well as development of solid-state batteries. 

Research Focus:

• Electrode and electrolyte design, synthesis, and characterization
• Synchrotron science
• X-ray spectroscopy
• Data science
• All-solid-state batteries
• Solid-state electrochemistry
• Electrochemical energy storage and conversion

Professional Experience

• 2022-24 Postdoc, Emerging and Solid-State Batteries Group, ORNL
• 2022, Postdoc, Nazar Group, University of Waterloo, Canada

Awards

• 2018 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Fellowship (Canada)
• 2017-19 NSERC - PGS-D (Canada)
• 2015-17 OGS (Canada)
• 2015-19 University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship (Canada)

Education

• 2021, Ph.D., Chemistry (Nanotechnology), University of Waterloo, Canada

• 2014, B.A.Sc., Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada

   

Trademarks and Patents

• S. Xu, C. Y. Kwok, L. F. Nazar. Vanadium Sulfide/Sulfur Composite Battery Materials. US Patent: US20230290946A1.
• C. Y. Kwok, M. Gauthier, L. F. Nazar. Multifunctional Cross-linked Binders for Lithium-Sulfur Battery Cathodes. US Patent: US20220223874A1.

Publications