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Congratulations to Dr. Wu and Damian! They are named 40 Under 40 by Midwest Energy News!

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Midwest Energy News 40 Under 40

Yiying Wu, Professor, The Ohio State University

Prof. Yiying Wu received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003. He then did his postdoctoral research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and joined The Ohio State University in the summer of 2005. He was promoted to associate professor in 2011 and full professor in 2014. He received a Cottrell Scholar Award from Research Corporation in 2008, a CAREER award from National Science Foundation in 2010, and a CAPA Biomatik Distinguished Faculty Award in 2014. Commissioner Brooks of the Franklin County of Ohio also award Prof. Wu a Commissioner’s awarded for his contribution in renewable energy technologies.

 

 

Damian Beauchamp, CEO/co-founder, KAir Battery

Damien Beauchamp

In 2013 Beauchamp received honorable mention from the National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship committee and co-founded KAir Battery. Beauchamp led KAir to taking first place at both the Ohio State and Ivey Business Plan Competitions, winning the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Clean Energy Prize. In 2012 Beauchamp joined The Ohio State University as a materials chemistry Ph.D. candidate. His focus and passion are based on the discovery, development, and commercialization of sustainable/renewable energy production and storage solutions. Recently, Beauchamp was awarded the Ohio Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award from Rev1 Ventures and was featured in Forbes Magazine’s 2015 30 Under 30 list.

 

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Recent Media Coverage on Li-Solar Flow Battery

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Ohio State is turning to Reddit to get geeks excited about Buckeye science

Columbus Business First

Aug 12, 2015

Ohio State University is among several schools turning to the social media platform Redditto get the public geeked about its scientific research.

An “Ask Me Anything” session is set for Monday with developers of a solar battery that has reached a performance milestone, but is still far from commercialization. It follows the success of an AMA this spring that drew 54,000 commenters.

 

World’s first “aqueous solar flow battery” outperforms traditional lithium-iodine batteries

Gizmag

August 3, 2015

ALSO: Science Blog: New design brings world’s first solar battery to performance milestone

ALSO: R&D Magazine: New design brings world’s first solar battery to performance milestone

ALSO: Gizmodo IN: ‘Solar Flow’ Device To Outperform Traditional Batteries

ALSO: World Industrial Reporter: New Design Combines Solar Cell and Battery to Increase Efficiency

ALSO: Futurism.com: What is a ‘Water Battery’?

ALSO: Green Car Congress: OSU team develops new aqueous lithium-iodine solar flow battery; 20% energy savings over Li-I batteries

ALSO: Solar Daily: New design brings world’s first solar battery to performance milestone

 

New design brings world’s first solar battery to performance milestone

Nanowerk

August 2, 2015

Featured experts: Yiying Wu, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and doctoral student Mingzhe Yu

ALSO: The Engineer: ‘Solar flow’ battery gains 20 per cent efficiency

ALSO: Business Standard: First aqueous solar flow battery designed

 

Energy Storage: Better together

Nature Chemistry

July 23, 2015

As society’s demand for energy gets ever larger, the development of technologies for both its efficient conversion and storage have become two of the most important goals for researchers today. … Now Yiying Wu and colleagues from Ohio State University have developed a device that integrates photoelectric conversion and energy storage.

 

Solar battery receives 20% of its energy from the sun

Phys.org

July 14, 2015

Ohio State Professor Yiying Wu and his research group have improved upon their solar battery design by developing a version that replaces the organic solvents with a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective iodine redox-based aqueous solution.