Chongyin Yang (杨重寅), PhD
Associate Professor, Tesla Canada Chair
Associate Graduate Coordinator, Co-op Coordinator
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science
Department of Chemistry
Room 224, 1453 Lord Dalhousie Drive, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Email : c.yang@dal.ca
Tel : 902-494-3915
EDUCATION
2011 – 2014 Ph.D. in Materials Physics and Chemistry
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008 – 2011 Master in Materials Physics and Chemistry
Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2004 – 2008 B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering
Nanjing University
APPOINTMENTS
2025 – Present Associate Professor, Tesla Canada Chair
Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie University, Canada
2021 – 2025 Assistant Professor, Tesla Canada Chair
Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science
Dalhousie University, Canada
2015 – 2020 Assistant Research Scientist
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Maryland at College Park, U.S.
2014 – 2015 Research Associate
Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS
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Dalhousie President’s Research Excellence Award – Emerging Investigator
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University of Maryland’s 2021 Invention of the Year Award
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Chinese Academy of Sciences President Award
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“Dongsheng Yan” Academic Special Scholarship in SICCAS
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS CITATION: 20332 H-INDEX: 52 (AS OF 11/01/2025)
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C. Yang, J. Chen, X. Ji, T. P. Pollard, X. Lü, C. Sun, S. Hou, Q. Liu, C. Liu, T. Qing, Y. Wang, O. Borodin, Y. Ren, K. Xu, C. Wang*, Aqueous Li-ion Battery Enabled by Halogen Conversion-Intercalation Chemistry in Graphite, Nature (2019) 69, 245-250
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C Yang, J Xia, C Cui, TP Pollard, J Vatamanu, A Faraone, JA Dura, M Tyagi, A Kattan, E Thimsen, J Xu, W Song, E Hu, X Ji, S Hou, X Zhang, MS Ding, S Hwang, D Su, Y Ren, X-Q Yang, H Wang, O Borodin*, Chunsheng Wang*, All-Temperature Zinc Batteries with High-Entropy Aqueous Electrolyte, Nature Sustainability (2023) 6, 325-335.
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C. Yang, J. Chen, T. Qing, J. Chen, X. Fan, W. Sun, A. v. Cresce, M. S. Ding, M. A. Schroeder, N. Eidson, C. Wang*, K. Xu*, 4.0 V Aqueous Li-ion Batteries, Joule (2017) 1, 122–132.
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C. Yang, X. Ji, X. Fan, T. Gao, L. Suo, F. Wang, W. Sun, J. Chen, L. Chen, F. Han, L. Miao, K. Xu, K. Gerasopoulos, C. Wang*, Flexible Aqueous Li-ion Battery with High Energy and Power Densities, Advanced Materials (2017) 29, 1701972.
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C. Yang, L. Suo, O. Borodin, F. Wang, W. Sun, T. Gao, X. Fan, S. Hou, Z. Ma, K. Amine, K. Xu, C. Wang*, Unique aqueous Li-ion/sulfur chemistry with high energy density and reversibility, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2017) 114, 6197-6202.