Yang Shao-Horn

Associate Professor
Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, 31-056

Room 3-334
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-2259
Fax: 617-258-7018
Email: shaohorn@mit.edu
Web: http://web.mit.edu/eel

Administrative Contact:
Marjorie A. Joss
Room 3-144
Phone: 617-452-2781
Email: maj@mit.edu

Research Interests
Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage (Batteries and Fuel Cells)
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Electrochemical Reactions
Application of Transmission Electron Microscopy

Teaching Interests
Electrochemical Systems: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications 2.625 (New fall 2006)
Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion 2.60/2.62j, 10.392j, 22.40j
Mechanics and Materials II 2.002
Thermal-Fluids Engineering I 2.005
Measurement and Instrumentation 2.671

Education
1992, B.S., Beijing University of Technology
1998, Ph.D., Michigan Technological University

Positions Held
Staff Materials Engineer, Eveready Battery Company, Westlake, Ohio (1998-2000)
NSF International Research Fellow, ICMCB-CNRS, Bordeaux, France (2000-2002)

Select Peer Reviewed Publications

1. la O', G.J., B. Yildiz, S. McEuen, and Y. Shao-Horn, Probing Oxygen Reduction Reaction Kinetics of Sr-doped LaMnO3 supported on Yttria Stabilized Zirconia: An Electrochemical Impedance Study of Dense, Thin-Film Microelectrodes, J. Electrochem. Soc. 154, B427-B428 (2007).

2. In, H.J., S. Kumar, Y. Shao-Horn, G. Barbastathis, OrigamiTM fabrication of nanostructured 3D devices: Electrochemical capacitor with carbon electrodes, Applied Physics Letters, 88, 083104 (2006).

3. Ferreira, P.J., G.J. la O’, Y. Shao-Horn, D. Morgan, R. Makharia, S. Kocha and H. Gasteiger, Instability of Pt/C Electrocatalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells: A mechanistic investigation, J. Electrochem. Soc., 152, A2256-2271 (2005).

4. Meng, Y.S., G. Ceder, C.P. Grey, W.-S. Yoon, and Y. Shao-Horn, Understanding the Crystal Structure of Layered LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 by Electron Diffraction and Powder Diffraction Simulation, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 7, A155-A158 (2004).

5. Shao-Horn, Y., L. Croguennec, C. Delmas, C. Nelson and M.A. O’Keefe, Atomic Imaging of Lithium Ions in LiCoO2, Nature Materials, 2, 464-467 (2003).

A complete list of peer reviewed publications can be found at http://web.mit.edu/eel/htms/publication.htm.

Honors and Awards
2008, Tajima Prize of the International Society of Electrochemistry

2008, Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award of The Electrochemical Society

2007, 3M Innovation Fund Award

2007, Invited Professorship at the Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Université de Nantes
2006, Air Products Faculty Excellence Award
2006, DuPont Young Faculty Award
2004, Invited Professorship at the University of Bordeaux I, France
2003, Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
2002, Atlantic Richfield Career Development Professorship (2002-2005)
2000, NSF International Research Fellow (2000-2002)
1999, Norman Hackerman Young Author Award of The Electrochemical Society
1997, Battery Division Student Research Award of The Electrochemical Society

Select Professional Activities and Service
Review Committee of the 21st Century Truck Partnership (2006-2008)
National Research Council, The National Academies
Battery Division Officer of the Electrochemical Society (2006-Present)
MIT Energy Research Council (2005-2006)

Professional Memberships
The Electrochemical Society, Materials Research Society, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science