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Anqi Wang

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Physical Science and Engineering Division

anqi.wang@kaust.edu.sa


Affiliations

Education Profile

  • Research Associate, Imperial College London, 2021-2024
  • PhD in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2021
  • BEng, Zhejiang University, 2016

Research Interests

Professor Wang’s research focuses on the function-led design and synthesis of organic materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, supporting the global transition to net-zero carbon emissions. Recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe, he has also received the Energy Sector Award and the Horizon Prize from the Royal Society of Chemistry, as well as the Future Faculty Award from the American Chemical Society. His work explores the fundamental correlations between nanoconfined ionic and molecular transport and material structures across scales, from atomic to macroscopic. Research areas include: 1. Synthesis of ion-conducting polymers with complex architectures (block, star, dendritic and sequence-defined) through precise monomer design and controlled, living polymerization; 2. Synthesis of redox-active organic molecules for redox flow batteries; 3. Engineering of material structures at all length scales, from covalent to higher-order structures (microporosity, self-assembled microstructures, and interfaces in multicomponent composites); and 4. Electrochemical technologies, particularly aqueous redox flow batteries for grid-scale energy storage, proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, and anion-exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers for green hydrogen production.

Selected Publications

  • Wang*, Breakwell, Foglia, Tan, Lovell, Wei, Wong, Meng, Li Seel, Sarter, Smith, Alvarez-Fernandez, Furedi, Guldin, Britton, McKeown, Jelfs and Song*, 2024, Selective ion transport through hydrated micropores in polymer membranes: Nature, 10.1038/s41586-024-08140-2

  • Tan†, Wang†, Malpass-Evans, Williams, Zhao, Liu, Ye, Zhou, Darwich, Fan, Turcani, Jackson, Chen, Chong, Li, Jelfs, Cooper, Brandon, Grey, McKeown and Song, 2020, Hydrophilic microporous membranes for selective ion separation and flow-battery energy storage: Nature Materials, 19.2, 195-202. †Equal contribution.

  • Wang, Tan, Liu, Lu, Wei, Alvarez-Fernandez, Ye, Breakwell, Guldin, Kucernak, Jelfs, Brandon, McKeown and Song, 2023, Ion-selective microporous polymer membranes with hydrogen-bond and salt-bridge networks for aqueous organic redox flow batteries: Advanced Materials, 35.12, 2210098.

  • Wang†, Tan†, Breakwell, Wei, Fan, Ye, Malpass-Evans, Liu, Zwijnenburg, Jelfs, McKeown, Chen and Song, 2022, Solution-processable redox-active polymers of intrinsic microporosity for electrochemical energy storage: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 144.37, 17198-17208.

  • Ye†, Wang†, Breakwell, Tan, Bezzu, Hunter-Sellars, Williams, Brandon, Klusener, Kucernak, Jelfs, McKeown and Song, 2022, Development of efficient aqueous organic redox flow batteries using ion-sieving sulfonated polymer membranes: Nature Communications, 13, 3184.