Principal Investigator

Dr. Junjie Niu, PhD
Assistant Professor
EMS 1125, 3200 N Cramer St.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Materials Science & Engineering Dept., CEAS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(414)-229-2424
niu@uwm.edu

Associate Editor
RSC Advances

Research Affiliate
Departs of Nuclear and Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Cambridge, MA 02139

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Employment and Education

• Assistant Professor, Depart. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI    2014.8
• Postdoc Associate, Depart. of Nuclear Science and Engineering & Depart. of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA  Prof. Ju Li    2011.9- 2014.8
• Postdoc Research Associate, Depart. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA    2011.2-2011.8
• Postdoc Researcher, Depart. of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA  Prof. Yury Gogotsi   2009.4-2011.1
• University Lectuer, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai JiaoTong University, China.  2005.06—2009.4
• Ph.D. Zhejiang University    2005

Honors and Awards

• MRS Best Presentation Award, 2019
• Outstanding Research Award, 2019
• UWMF Technology Licensing Award, 2018
• Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Nominee, 2016
• Shaw Scientist Award Nominee, 2016
• Member of “Shanghai Excellent Youth Teacher” training item, 2007
• Shanghai “Chen Guang” Scholar Award, 2007

Welcome to the Niu Group

The Niu Group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is dedicated to further understanding of nanoscale science, engineering, nanotechnology and its applications in renewable energy, water-energy nexus, and biomaterials.

NEWS

1. Congratulations! Mingwei’ work ‘A Fast Charge/Discharge and Wide-Temperature Battery with Germanium Oxide Layer on TiCA3 MXene Matrix As Anode’ is published in ACS Nano, February, 2020.
2. Xi co-authored work on “An Artificial Sea Urchin with Hollow Spines: Improved Mechanical and Electrochemical Stability in High-Capacity Li-Ge Batteries” is accepted by Nanoscale, January,2020. Congratulations!
3. Yingying and Mingwei’s work on “Largely Improved Battery Performance Using Micro-Sized Silicon Skeleton Caged By Polypyrrole As Anode” is accepted by ACS Nano, September, 2019. A US patent filing is also in the process. Congratulations!
4. Congratulation! Xi’s work on ‘Iron controllable lithium into lithiotropic carbon fiber fabric: a novel Li metal anode with improved cyclability and dendrite suppression’ has been accepted by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May, 2019
5. Congratulation! Our paper ‘Acoustic bubble suppression by constructing a hydrophilic coating on HDPE surface’ has been accepted by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, April, 2019.
6. Congratulation! Our collaborated paper ‘A bee pupa-infilled honeycomb structure-inspired Li2MnSiO4 cathode for high volumetric energy density secondary batteries’ has been accepted by ChemComm, February, 2019.
7. Congratulations. Xi co-authored paper “All-In-One Sn-Co Alloy As Binder-Free Anode In High-Capacity Batteries And Its Dynamic Lithiation In Situ” was accepted in ChemComm, December, 2018.
8. Congratulations to Shuai! Her work of ‘Dynamic charge acceptance and hydrogen evolution of new MXene additive in advanced lead-acid batteries via a rapid screening three-electrode method’ was accepted by Chemical Communications, 3/12/2018.
9. Congratulations to Yongsuk! His work on hydrophobic coating was accepted on The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
10. Welcome Yuemei as a Postdoc to join our group in January, 2018.
11. Congratulations to Shuai! The work on Sn hybrid composite as anode in long-cycling lithium-ion batteries is accepted by Nano Letters on 12/13/2017. This is the continuing work of alloys in LIBs after we published another Al alloy work in Nature Communications in 2015.
12. We successfully moved our Water-Energy Nexus lab to School of Freshwater Science on December, 2017. The Energy Storage lab is still located at the main campus.
13. Welcome Jeongbin to join our group.
14. Nov. 2017, congratulations to Xi authored paper is accepted in Chemical Communications!
15. Congratulations to Stas, who won the 2017 Summer SURF Award!
16. Apr. 2017, congratulations to John whose poster “A Novel Two-Dimensional MXene/Sn Composite As Anode In Lithium Ion Batteries With Super-High Energy Density” won the 3rd Place during the CEAS Poster Competition.
17. Feb. 2017: Welcome Lanka and Lesley to join our group!
18. Congratulations to Xi authored paper is accepted in Nano Letters!
19. Congratulations to John, Anne and Jacob, who won the 2016-2017 SURF Award!
20. June 2016: Welcome Mingwei Shang as a PhD student to join our group!
21. Congratulations to Anne and Jacob, who won the 2016 SURF Award!
22. Prof. Liang Qi from University of Michigan visited  our group  on May, 2016.
23. The Energy Storage Group had a successful Workshop on 4/16/2016.
24. Feb. 2016: Welcome Dr. Lv and Mrs Yurim Lee to join our group!
25. Jan. 2016: Welcome Dr. Kim and Mrs Rhayza Regia Brandao Oliveira to join our group!

Research Sponsors and Collaborations