Faculty Profile

Tao Gao

Assistant Professor

Research Interests

Batteries
Electrochemistry
Energy Storage
Energy Storage Systems
Renewable Energy
Transport Phenomena

Awards & Honors

2016     Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship

2015     Future Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland

2015     Poster Award at CREB Annual Meeting

2015     Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award

2009     National Fellowship

2008     Tsinghua Outstanding Scholarship

2007     FAST Gear Scholarship

Publications

  • Tao Gao, Yu Han, Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Supratim Das, Tingtao Zhou, Shengming Xu, William C Chueh, Ju Li, Martin Z Bazant. (2021). Interplay of lithium intercalation and plating on a single graphite particle. Joule.

  • Mohammad A. Alkhadra, Tao Gao, Kameron M. Conforti, Huanhuan Tian, Martin Z. Bazant. (2020). Small-scale desalination of seawater by shock electrodialysis. Desalination.

  • Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Neel Nadkarni, Tao Gao, Tingtao Zhou, Yirui Zhang, Ryan M Stephens, Yang Shao-horn, Martin Z Bazant. (2020). A scaling law to determine phase morphologies during ion intercalation. Energy & Environmental Science.

  • Neel Nadkarni, Tingtao Zhou, Dimitrios Fraggedakis, Tao Gao, Martin Z. Bazant. (2019). Modeling the Metal–Insulator Phase Transition in LixCoO2 for Energy and Information Storage. Advanced Functional Materials.

  • Minglei Mao, Tao Gao, Singyuk Hou, Fei Wang, Ji Chen, Zengxi Wei, Xiulin Fan, Xiao Ji, Jianmin Ma, Chunsheng Wang. (2019). High-Energy-Density Rechargeable Mg Battery Enabled by a Displacement Reaction. Nano Letters.

  • Tao Gao, Mohammad Mirzadeh, Peng Bai, Kameron M. Conforti, Martin Z. Bazant. (2019). Active control of viscous fingering using electric fields. Nature Communications.

  • Tao Gao, Singyuk Hou, Khue Huynh, Fei Wang, Nico Eidson, Xiulin Fan, Fudong Han, Chao Luo, Minglei Mao, Xiaogang Li, Chunsheng Wang. (2018). Existence of Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Mg Batteries: Mg/S Chemistry as an Example. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

  • Tao Gao, Xiao Ji, Singyuk Hou, Xiulin Fan, Xiaogang Li, Chongying Yang, Fudong Han, Fei Wang, Jianjun Jiang, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang. (2018). Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Sulfur Cathode during Discharge in MgTFSI 2 -DME Electrolyte. Advanced Materials.

  • Fei Wang, Oleg Borodin, Tao Gao, Xiulin Fan, Wei Sun, Fudong Han, Antonio Faraone, Joseph A Dura, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang. (2018). Highly reversible zinc metal anode for aqueous batteries. Nature Materials.

  • Seoung-Bum Son, Tao Gao, Steve P. Harvey, K. Xerxes Steirer, Adam Stokes, Andrew Norman, Chunsheng Wang, Arthur Cresce, Kang Xu, Chunmei Ban. (2018). An artificial interphase enables reversible magnesium chemistry in carbonate electrolytes. Nature Chemistry.

  • Minglei Mao, Tao Gao, Singyuk Hou, Chunsheng Wang. (2018). A critical review of cathodes for rechargeable Mg batteries. Chemical Society reviews.

  • Xiulin Fan, Tao Gao, Chao Luo, Fei Wang, Junkai Hu, Chunsheng Wang. (2017). Superior reversible tin phosphide-carbon spheres for sodium ion battery anode. Nano Energy.

  • Xiaogang Li, Tao Gao, Fudong Han, Zhaohui Ma, Xiulin Fan, Singyuk Hou, Nico Eidson, Weishan Li, Chunsheng Wang. (2017). Reducing Mg Anode Overpotential via Ion Conductive Surface Layer Formation by Iodine Additive. Advanced Energy Materials.

  • Tao Gao, Singyuk Hou, Fei Wang, Zhaohui Ma, Xiaogang Li, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang. (2017). Reversible S0/MgSx Redox Chemistry in MgTFSI2-MgCl2 Electrolyte for Rechargeable Mg/S Battery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

  • Yujie Zhu, Tao Gao, Xiulin Fan, Fudong Han, Chunsheng Wang. (2017). Electrochemical Techniques for Intercalation Electrode Materials in Rechargeable Batteries. Accounts of Chemical Research.

  • Huajun Tian, Tao Gao, Xiaogang Li, Xiwen Wang, Chao Luo, Xiulin Fan, Chongyin Yang, Liumin Suo, Zhaohui Ma, Weiqiang Han, Chunsheng Wang. (2017). High power rechargeable magnesium/iodine battery chemistry. Nature Communications.

  • Xiwen Wang, Tao Gao, Xiulin Fan, Fudong Han, Yiqing Wu, Zhian Zhang, Jie Li, Chunsheng Wang. (2016). Tailoring Surface Acidity of Metal Oxide for Better Polysulfide Entrapment in Li-S Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials.

  • Tao Gao, Xiaogang Li, Xiwen Wang, Junkai Hu, Fudong Han, Xiulin Fan, Liumin Suo, Alex J Pearse, Sang Bok Lee, Gary W. Rubloff, Karen J Gaskell, Malachi Noked, Chunsheng Wang. (2016). A Rechargeable Al/S Battery with an Ionic-Liquid Electrolyte. Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

  • Fudong Han, Tao Gao, Yujie Zhu, Karen J. Gaskell, Chunsheng Wang. (2015). A battery made from a single material. Advanced Materials.

  • Liumin Suo, Oleg Borodin, Tao Gao, Marco Olguin, Janet Ho, Xiulin Fan, Chao Luo, Chunsheng Wang, Kang Xu. (2015). " Water-in-salt " electrolyte enables high-voltage aqueous lithium-ion chemistries. Science.

  • Tao Gao, Malachi Noked, Alex J Pearse, Eleanor Gillette, Xiulin Fan, Yujie Zhu, Chao Luo, Liumin Suo, Marshall a Schroeder, Kang Xu, Sang Bok Lee, Gary W. Rubloff, Chunsheng Wang. (2015). Enhancing the Reversibility of Mg/S Battery Chemistry through Li+ Mediation. Journal of the American Chemical Society.

  • Tao Gao, Fudong Han, Yujie Zhu, Liumin Suo, Chao Luo, Kang Xu, Chunsheng Wang. (2014). Hybrid Mg2+/Li+ Battery with Long Cycle Life and High Rate Capability. Advanced Energy Materials.