Faculty

Tian, Hong-Kang 田弘康 (Assistant Professor)

Contact:

Office:93A11
Phone:(06)-2757575轉62662
E-mail:hktian@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Group website: http://www.tian-group-ncku.com/
Research expertise:
Computational Materials Science, All-Solid-State Batteries, Catalysts, Interface Science, First-Principles Calculations, Numerical Simulations
NCKU Research: https://researchoutput.ncku.edu.tw/en/persons/hong-kang-tian

Education

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2015 - 2019

MS in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2011 - 2013

BS in Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2007 - 2011

Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 2021 - present

Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, 2019 - 2021

Research Intern, BASF, Michigan, USA, 2018

Teaching staff, National Taiwan University, 2014 - 2015

Second Lieutenant, R.O.C. army, 2013 - 2014

Teaching

Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering

Mass and Energy Balances

Electrochemistry – Principles and Green Energy Applications (with Prof. Chung-Wei Kung)

Special Issues in Computational Chemistry (with Prof. Chi-Cheng Chiu)

Publications

13. Lu, F.-F., Tian, H.-K.* (2023). Dopant-induced modulation of lithium-ion conductivity in cubic garnet solid electrolytes: a first-principles study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(28), 18973–18982.

12. Trangwachirachai, K., Huang, A. L., Chen, H. K., Chen, C. L., Lee, J. F., Tian, H. K.*, & Lin, Y. C.* (2023). Reduction of supported GaN and its application in methane conversion. Materials Today Chemistry, 30, 101500.

11. Gu, Y. J., Lo, Y. A., Li, A. C., Chen, Y. C., Li, J. H., Wang, Y. Sen, Tian, H. K.*, Kaveevivitchai, W.*, & Kung, C. W.* (2022). A Single Potassium-Ion Conducting Metal-Organic Framework. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(7), 8573–8580.

10. Gao, B., Jalem, R., Tian, H. K., & Tateyama, Y. (2022). Revealing Atomic-Scale Ionic Stability and Transport around Grain Boundaries of Garnet Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolyte. Advanced Energy Materials, 12(3).

9. Jalem, R., Gao, B., Tian, H. K., & Tateyama, Y. (2022). Theoretical study on stability and ion transport property with halide doping of Na3SbS4 electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10(5), 2235–2248.

8. Muto, S., Yamamoto, Y., Sakakura, M., Tian, H. K., Tateyama, Y., & Iriyama, Y. (2022). STEM-EELS Spectrum Imaging of an Aerosol-Deposited NASICON-Type LATP Solid Electrolyte and LCO Cathode Interface. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5(1), 98–107.

7. Tian, H. K., Jalem, R., Matsui, M., Mandai, T., Somekawa, H., & Tateyama, Y. (2021). Tuning the performance of a Mg negative electrode through grain boundaries and alloying toward the realization of Mg batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 9(27), 15207–15216.

6. Tian, H. K., Jalem, R., Gao, B., Yamamoto, Y., Muto, S., Sakakura, M., Iriyama, Y., & Tateyama, Y. (2020). Electron and Ion Transfer across Interfaces of the NASICON-Type LATP Solid Electrolyte with Electrodes in All-Solid-State Batteries: A Density Functional Theory Study via an Explicit Interface Model. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(49), 54752–54762.

5. Tian, H.-K., Chakraborty, A., Talin, A. A., Eisenlohr, P., & Qi, Y. (2020). Evaluation of The Electrochemo-Mechanically Induced Stress in All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167(9), 090541.

4. Tian, H. K., Liu, Z., Ji, Y., Chen, L. Q., & Qi, Y. (2019). Interfacial Electronic Properties Dictate Li Dendrite Growth in Solid Electrolytes. Chemistry of Materials, 31(18), 7351–7359.

3. Tian, H. K., Xu, B., & Qi, Y. (2018). Computational study of lithium nucleation tendency in Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and rational design of interlayer materials to prevent lithium dendrites. Journal of Power Sources, 392, 79–86

2. Tian, H.-K., & Qi, Y. (2017). Simulation of the Effect of Contact Area Loss in All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(11), E3512–E3521. 

1. Xu, J., Tian, H.-K., Qi, J., Qi, Y., Zhang, Q., & Xiao, X. (2019). Mechanical and Electronic Stabilization of Solid Electrolyte Interphase with Sulfite Additive for Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166(14), A3201–A3206

Service

Invited Reviewer for SCI Journals

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Nature Communications