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Yuepeng Zhang

Group Leader, Nanocomposite Materials and Membrane Manufacturing

Has been focusing on the development of functional nanomaterials and membranes for energy storage, energy conversion, water valorization, and critical materials recovery applications.

Biography

Yuepeng Zhang is a PhD materials scientist with expertise in nanocomposite materials and membrane development, process scale-up, and manufacturing technology advancement. She leads the effort on roll-to-roll manufacturing and printed electronic devices. 

  • Education
    • PhD, MS, Materials Science & Engineering, McMaster University, Canada
    • BE, Metallurgy, University of Science & Technology Beijing, China
  • Experience
    • Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
      • 2023-present: Group Leader, Nanocomposite Materials and Membrane Manufacturing, Applied Materials Division
      • 2019-2023: Principal Materials Scientist, Applied Materials Division
      • 2017-2019: Materials Scientist, Applied Materials Division
    • Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA
      • 2016-2017: Principal Engineer
      • 2014-2016: Senior Staff Engineer
    • Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
      • 2012-2014: Post-doc scholar, Materials Science Division & Energy System Division
    • Institute Neel - CNRS, Grenoble, France
      • 2010-2012: Post-doc scholar, Micro- and NanoMagnetism Group
  • Honors & Awards
    • Impact Argonne award - for notable achievement in Program Development, 2024
    • R&D100, 2024 
    • Argonne SPOT Award for Safety, 2024
    • Impact Argonne award – for notable achievement through Extraordinary Effort, 2022
    • Argonne Commercialization Excellence ​“Rising Star” Award, 2020
    • Impact Argonne award - for notable achievement in Enhancing Argonne’s Reputation, 2020
    • Impact Argonne award – for notable achievement through Extraordinary Effort, 2020
    • R&D 100, 2018
    • Best Poster award, Government Microcircuit Applications & Critical Technology (GOMACTech) conference, 2018
    • DOE Energy I-Corps Cohort 8, 2018
    • Innovation Award, Western Digital, 2016
    • Excellence in Reviewing, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2013
    • Excellent Graduate Award, University of Science & Technology Beijing, 1998
    • Honor of Excellent Student & First-rank Merit-based Scholarships, University of Science & Technology Beijing, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • Patent & Patent Applications
    • Y. Zhang, S. Tepavcevic, D. J. Powers, P. Zapol, J. N. Hryn, G.K. Krumdick, O Kahvecioglu, K.Z. Pupek, M.J. Counihan, ​“Solid-state nanofiber polymer multilayer composite electrolytes and cells”, U.S. patent 11,923,501 (2024).
    • Y, Zhang, J.N. Hryn, ​“RF Cured nanocomposite adhesives for multi-material joining applications”, U.S. patent 11,879,073 B2 (2024).
    • Y, Zhang, J.N. Hryn, Y. Xie, ​“Fabrication methods for electronic devices integrating magnetic nanostructures”, U.S. patent 12,002,605 B1 (2024).
    • A.U. Mane, Y. Zhang, D. Choudhury, J.W. Elam, K. Gao, J.N. Hryn, ​“Creating and protecting magnetic nanomaterials”, patent US 20,210,238,769 A1 (2021).
    • K. Gao, Y. Zhang, ​“Novel Permanent Magnet Design to Enable Higher Magnetic Flux Density”, US patent, Pub. No.: US2019/0068008 A1, (2017)
    • Y. Zhang, J. Lee, W. Chen, S. Hu, A. Erwin, F. Gao, ​“Integrated thin film composite membranes for CO2 separation and methods of making the same”, patent application filed (2024)
    • F. Gao, Y. Zhang, L. Cheng, S. Li, S. B. Darling, L. Robertson, L. Zhang, ​“Crown ether modified cation exchange membranes for selective recovery of ionic species and methods of making and using the same”, patent application filed (2024)
    • J. Zhang, J. Lee, Y. Zhang, ​“Laser imaging and Raman scattering apparatus and method”, U.S. patent application filed (2024).
    • A. Erwin, W. Chen, Y. Zhang, S. Hu, ​“Aerosol spray jet printable ink compositions for redox gating materials and semiconducting channel materials”, patent application filed (2024).
    • Y. Zhang, J. Lee, F. Gao, ​“Dual-fiber ion-exchange membranes”, U.S. patent application filed (2024).
    • Y, Zhang, J.N. Hryn, J. Lee, G. Krumdick, ​“Method for preparing particulate metal oxide materials”, U.S. patent filed (2023).
    • Y. Zhang, D. Powers, K. Pupek, J.N. Hryn, G. Gregory, and S. Chaudhuri, ​“Nanofiber filter medium for reusable facemask and facepiece respirator”, filed U.S. patent application (2020).
  • Selected Publications
    • Zhang, Yuepeng, ​“Extracting Critical Materials from Gas and Oilfield Wastewaters”, Journal Column, Chemical Processing, July 1, 2024.
    • M.J. Counihan, K.S. Chavan, P. Barai, D.J. Powers, Y. Zhang, V. Srinivasan, S. Tepavcevic, ​“The phantom menace of dynamic soft-shorts in solid-state battery research”, Joule 8 (2024) 64-90.
    • J-M. Kim, H. Jia, K.P. Koirala, D. Liu, A. Simmons, M. Engelhard, R. Ahmed, Y. Zhang, C. Wang, J-G. Zhang, W. Xu, ​“Three-Dimensional Polymeric Scaffold Based Current Collector for Lithium Metal Anode toward High Energy Density Batteries”, ACS Energy Letters, 9, 919-926, (2024).
    • H. Jia, C. Zeng, H-S. Lim, A. Simmons, Y. Zhang, M. H. Weber, M. H. Engelhard, P. Gao, C. Niu, Z. Xu, J-G. Zhang, W. Xu, ​“Important Role of Ion Flux Regulated by Separators in Lithium Metal Batteries”, Advanced Materials (2024).
    • M.J. Counihan, D.J. Powers, P. Barai, S. Hu, T. Zagorac, Y. Zhou, J. Lee, J.G. Connell, K.S. Chavan, I.S. Gilmore, L. Hanley, V. Srinivasan, Y. Zhang, S. Tepavcevic, ​“Understanding the influence of Li7La3Zr2O12 nanofibers on critical current density and coulombic efficiency in composite polymer electrolytes”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15, 21, 26047-26059 (2023).
    • V. Brajuskovic, A. McCray, Y. Zhang, and C. Phatak, ​“In situ observation of the magnetization configuration and reversal in cylindrical nanowires”, APL Mater. 10, 081109 (2022).
    • P.L. Wang, A. Roschli, M.P. Paranthaman, M. Theodore, C.L. Cramer, C. Zangmeister, Y. Zhang, J.J. Urban, L. Love, ​“Recent developments in filtration media and respirator technology in response to COVID-19”, MRS Bulletin, 46(9), 822-831 (2021).
    • V. Nikitin, V. De Andrade, A. Slyamov, B.J. Gould, Y. Zhang, et al., ​“Distributed optimization for nanorigid nano-tomography”, IEEE Trans. Computational Imaging 7, 272 (2021).
    • Y. Cui, Y. Zhang, L. Witkowski, et al., ​“Monolithic Integration of Self-Biased C-Band Circulator on SiC Substrate for GaN MMIC Applications”, August 2019 highlight,IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 40, (2019) 1249-1252.
    • Y. Zhang, A. Kalitsov, J. Ciston, et al., ​“Microstructure and magnetic properties of ultrathin FePt granular films”, featured article & cover page, AIP Advances 8, (2018) 125018.
    • Y. Zhang, J. Lovseth, L. Witkowski, Y. Xie, M. Ahmed, S. Oster, J. Khoja, K. Gao, ​“A 1 GHz Self-Biased Magnetic Nanorods Based Circulator for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive Radios”, GOMACTech 2018, 41-27, USA (2018).