Dr. Wennie Wang

Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Education

• Ph.D. in Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) (2018); Advisor: Chris G. Van de Walle
• B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)

Professional Affiliations

• APS Career Mentor Fellow (2020, 2021)
• APS Forum for Early Career Scientists, Member-at-large (2020-current)
• Member of American Physical Society (APS)
• Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)

Areas of Interest

• Quantum materials
• Defects in semiconductors
• Correlated electronic systems
• Physics of interfaces/surfaces

Experience

• 2018-present, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Chicago
• 2015-2017, Teaching Assistant and Co-instructor, UCSB
• 2013-2018, Graduate Research Assistant, UCSB

Publications

• W. Wang, A. Radmilovic, K.-S. Choi, and G. Galli
  Integrating Computation and Experiment to Investigate Photoelectrodes for Solar Water Splitting at the Microscopic Scale
  Acc. Chem. Res. 54, 3863-3872 (2021).
• H. Vo, S. Zhang, W. Wang, and G. Galli
  Lessons Learned from First-Principles Calculations of Transition Metal Oxides
  J. Chem. Phys., 154, 174704 (2021).
• D. Lee,* W. Wang*, C. Zhou, X. Tong, M. Liu, G. Galli, K.-S. Choi
  The impact of surface composition on the interfacial energetics and photoelectrochemical properties of BiVO₄
  Nat. Energy, 6, 287–294 (2021).
Featured in:

• UChicago News: New research could boost a solar-powered fuel made by splitting water
• Brookhaven National Laboratory Newsroom: Tuning Electrode Surfaces to Optimize Solar Fuel Production
• A. Lindberg*, W. Wang*, S. Zhang, G. Galli, K.-S. Choi.
  Can a PbCrO₄ photoanode perform as well as isoelectronic BiVO₄
  ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 3, 9, 8658–8666 (2020).
• H. Ma, W. Wang, S. Kim, M.H. Cheng, M. Govoni, G. Galli.
  PyCDFT: a Python package for constrained density functional theory
  J. Comp. Chem., 41, 1859 (2020).
• W. Wang, P. Strohbeen, D. Lee, C. Zhou, J. Kawasaki, K.S. Choi, M. Liu, G. Galli.
  The role of surface oxygen vacancies in BiVO₄
  Chemistry of Materials, 32, 2899-2909 (2020).
• W. Wang, Y. Kang, H. Peelaers, K. Krishnaswamy, C.G. Van de Walle.
  First-principles study of transport in WO₃
  Phys. Rev. B. 101, 045116 (2020)
• W. Wang, H. Peelaers, J.X. Shen, C.G. Van de Walle.
  Carrier-induced absorption as a mechanism for electrochromism in WO₃
  MRS Communications, 1-6 (2018)
• W. Wang, H. Peelaers, J.X. Shen, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle.
  Impact of point defects on electrochromism in WO₃
  Proc. SPIE 10533, 10533C (2018)
• W. Wang, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle.
  Phase transformations upon doping in WO₃
  J. Chem. Phys., 146, 214504 (2017)
• W. Wang, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle.
  Role of oxygen vacancies in crystalline WO₃
  J. Mat Chem. C. 4, 6641-6648 (2016),
• F. Kaule, W. Wang, S. Schoenfelder.
  Modeling and Testing the Mechanical Strength of Solar Cells.
  Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 120A, 441-447 (2014)
• S.S. Wicks, W. Wang,M.R. Williams, B.L. Wardle.
  Multi-scale interlaminar fracture mechanisms in woven composite laminates reinforced with aligned carbon nanotubes.
  Composites Science and Technology. 100, 128-135 (2014).