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Yiyang Sun
Research Assistant Professor
Contact: suny4@rpi.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Physics, National University of Singapore, 2004
M.S., Physics, Xiamen University, China, 1999
B.E., Materials Science, Jilin University, China, 1996
Career Highlights:
2010-present Research Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2008-2010 Postdoc Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2006-2008 Postdoc Research Scientist, National Renewable National Lab
2004-2006 Postdoc Research Fellow, National University of Singapore
Research Interests:
- Computational materials science
- Energy storage materials
- Photovoltaic and solid-state lighting materials
- Theory of defects in materials
- Van der Waals interactions in polymers and bio-molecular systems
Selected Publications:
1. W. Xie, D. West, Y. Y. Sun, and S. B. Zhang, “Role of nano in catalysis: Palladium catalyzed hydrogen desorption from nanosized magnesium hydride”, Nano Energy, in press (DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.12.010).
2. S.-Y. Xie, X.-B. Li, Y. Y. Sun, Y.-L. Zhang, D. Han, W. Q. Tian, W.-Q. Wang, Y.-S. Zheng, S. B. Zhang, and H.-B. Sun, “Theoretical characterization of reduction dynamics for graphene oxide by alkaline-earth metals”, Carbon 52, 122 (2013).
3. J. Bang, S. Meng, Y. Y. Sun, D. West, Z. G. Wang, F. Gao, and S. B. Zhang, “Regulating Energy Transfer of Excited Carriers: The Case for Excitation Induced Hydrogen Dissociation on Hydrogenated Graphene”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 908 (2013).
4. D. West, Y. Y. Sun, and S. B. Zhang, “Importance of the correct Fermi energy on the calculation of defect formation energies in semiconductors”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 082105 (2012).
5. Y. Y. Sun, W. Y. Ruan, X. Gao, J. Bang, Y.-H. Kim, K. Lee, D. West, X. Liu, T.-L. Chan, M. Y. Chou, and S. B. Zhang, “Phase diagram of graphene nanoribbons and band-gap bifurcation of Dirac fermions under quantum confinement”, Phys. Rev. B 85, 195464 (2012).
6. Y. Zhang, Y. Y. Sun, S. Du, H. Gao, and S. B. Zhang, “Organic salts as super-high rate capability materials for lithium-ion batteries”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 091905 (2012).
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