2018.10－2020.01: Postdoc, University of Maryland, College Park, USA; 2018. 06-present: Associate professor, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China; 2017.09－2017.12: Visiting Researcher, Mälardalen University, Sweden 2013.05－2015.06: Postdoc, Chemistry in Tsinghua University, China 2010.10－2012.10: Visiting Researcher, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA 2006.09－2013.01: Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China; 2002.09－2006.06: B. S. Optoelectronics, Shandong University, China;

1. All solid state battery; 2. Rechargeable lithium metal battery

1-2 Master students per year

1. Freestanding and Sandwich-Structured Electrode Material with High Areal Mass Loading for Long-Life Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Mingpeng Yu*, Junsheng Ma, Ming Xie, Hongquan Song, Fuyang Tian, Shanshan Xu, Yun Zhou, Bei Li, Di Wu, Hong Qiu and Rongming Wang, Advanced Energy Materials, 7 (11) 1602347, 2017. 2. A 2D/2D graphitic carbon nitride/N-doped graphene hybrid as an effective polysulfide mediator in lithium-sulfur batteries, Junsheng Ma, Mingpeng Yu*, Huanyu Ye, Hongquan Song, Dongxue Wang, Yanting Zhao, Wei Gong and Hong Qiu, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 3 (9), 1807-1815, 2019 3. Interfacial modification enabled room temperature solid-state lithium–metal batteries, Bin Zhao, Xurui Feng, Mingpeng Yu*, Wenqi Wang, Shuchang Hao, Hao Chen, Yu Huang, Wei Gong, Lihua Liu and Hong Qiu, Ionics, 27, 1569-1578, 2021. 4. Atomic layer deposited TiO2 on nitrogen-doped graphene/sulfur electrode for high performance lithium-sulfur battery, Mingpeng Yu*, Junsheng Ma, Hongquan Song, Aiji Wang, Fuyang Tian, Yinshu Wang, Hong Qiu and Rongming Wang, Energy & Environmental Science, 9 (4), 1495-1503, 2016 5. Mildly reduced less defective graphene oxide/sulfur/carbon nanotubes composite films for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries, Rui Li, Miao Zhang, Yingru Li, Ji Chen, Bowen Yao, Mingpeng Yu,* Gaoquan Shi*, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 11104-11110, 2016. 6. Functional chemically modified graphene film: microstructure and electrical transport behavior, Junsheng Ma, Xueyan Hou, Mingpeng Yu*, Jingzheng Hua, Xinyu Ren, Hong Qiu and Rongming Wang, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 435101, 2017.

MSc degree: three years