About

Dan Luo is a Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering. He works with DNA and RNA as both generic and genetic materials. His recent research involves using DNA as a true polymer and developing generic DNA materials, including tree-shaped DNA, DNA gels, and DNA-nanoparticle hybrid assemblies. His group explores real-world applications of these novel DNA materials across various fields such as biology, diagnostics, pharmaceutics, protein production, drug delivery, cell culture, and optoelectronics. Professor Luo emphasizes active learning in his teaching, integrating biotechnology and nanotechnology, and offers courses like BEE 3801 Introduction to Nanobiotechnology and BEE 7600 Nucleic Acid Engineering. His educational background includes a doctorate from The Ohio State University in 1997 and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1989. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Cornell Outstanding Educator award, the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering Outstanding Accomplishments in Basic Research, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenge Diagnostics Award.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Nanotechnology
• Chemistry
• Materials science
• Engineering
• Engineering physics
• Physics

Selected publications

• A review of composite solid-state electrolytes for lithium batteries: fundamentals, key materials and advanced structures

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2020 · 964 citations

  • Computer Science
  • Computer Science
  • Nanotechnology

  All-solid-state lithium ion batteries (ASSLBs) are considered next-generation devices for energy storage due to their advantages in safety and potentially high energy density. As the key component in ASSLBs, solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) with non-flammability and good adaptability to lithium metal anodes have attracted extensive attention in recent years. Among the current SSEs, composite solid-state electrolytes (CSSEs) with multiple phases have greater flexibility to customize and combine the advantages of single-phase electrolytes, which have been widely investigated recently and regarded as promising candidates for commercial ASSLBs. Based on existing investigations, herein, we present a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in CSSEs. Initially, we introduce the historical development from solid-state ionic conductors to CSSEs, and then summarize the fundamentals including mechanisms of lithium ion transport, key evaluation parameters, design principles, and key materials. Four main types of advanced structures for CSSEs are classified and highlighted according to the recent progress. Moreover, advanced characterization and computational simulation techniques including machine learning are reviewed for the first time, and the main challenges and perspectives of CSSEs are also provided for their future development.

  DOI

Frequent coauthors

• Zhongwei Chen

  University of Waterloo

  312 shared

• Aiping Yu

  University of Waterloo

  158 shared

• Yongguang Zhang

  Hebei University of Technology

  109 shared

• Haozhen Dou

  Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

  98 shared

• Xin Wang

  Jiangsu University of Technology

  92 shared

• Matthew Li

  Argonne National Laboratory

  67 shared

• Zhen Zhang

  Nanjing Tech University

  64 shared

• Gaoran Li

  Nanjing University of Science and Technology

  60 shared

Education

• Ph.D, chemical engineering

  University of Waterloo

• M.S, Material Science Engineering

  McMaster University

  2016

Awards & honors

• Cornell Outstanding Educator for having most influenced a Me…
• Cornell University College Fellow (2013)
• American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering Out…
• Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Plenary speaker, 2nd Nano…

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