News
Dec 23, 2020
Better Disposable Coffee Cups
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Julie Zhu was featured in the Economist article “Better Disposable Coffee Cups” for her research in replacing plastics with biodegradable products
Dec 16, 2020
A Better Alternative to One-Time Use Plastics
To reduce the need for one-time use plastics, MIE Assistant Professor Hongli “Julie” Zhu is using sugarcane and bamboo fibers to create biodegradable food containers.
Nov 10, 2020
Creating Energy Storage at Large Scales
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu was awarded a patent for “Lignin-based electrolytes and flow battery cells and systems”.
Feb 19, 2020
Improving the Efficiency of Vanadium Flow Batteries Using Cellulose
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu is using cellulose from wood to store renewable energy in batteries.
Feb 13, 2020
Zhu Awarded $1M DOE Grant to Work on Printing Batteries
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli (Julie) Zhu was awarded a $1M grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office to work on Enabling Advanced Electrode Architecture through Printing Technique.
Nov 15, 2019
Zhu Featured on Cover of Advanced Materials
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu lab’s research on “Solid‐State Batteries: Sulfide‐Based Solid‐State Electrolytes: Synthesis, Stability, and Potential for All‐Solid‐State Batteries” is featured on the inside front cover of Advanced Materials.
Nov 15, 2019
Zhu Featured on Cover of Advanced Functional Materials
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu lab’s research on “Aqueous Flow Batteries: Mass Transfer and Reaction Kinetic Enhanced Electrode for High‐Performance Aqueous Flow Batteries” featured on the inside front cover of Advanced Functional Materials.
Nov 15, 2019
Zhu Awarded NSF EAGER Grant in Collaboration with Penn State University
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu awarded an NSF Eager grant to work on “fully water-soluble bioelectronics with skin-conforming galactomannan” in collaboration with Penn State University.