Professor Dewei Chu | UNSW Research

My Expertise

My expertise is in the area of design, fabrication and printing of metal oxides, suflides and carbon based nanoionic materials for nanoelectronics (including sensors, memories and self-powered devices), as well as energy storage and conversion materials (including supercapacitor electrodes, solid-state electrolytes, and electro-catalysts)

Keywords

ion transport

nanomaterials

energy storage materials

electronics

Fields of Research (FoR)

Functional Materials, Ceramics, Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnology

SEO tags

Energy storage

Expanding Knowledge in Engineering

Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences

Biography

Professional Experience:

Professor, The University of New South Wales, 01/2021~
Associate Professor, The University of New South Wales, 01/2018~12/2020
ARC Future Fellow, The University of New South Wales, 10/2014~
Senior Lecturer, The University of Technology, Sydney, 03/2014-09/2014
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (APD), The University of New South Wales, 04/2011-03/2014
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral...view more

Professional Experience:

Professor, The University of New South Wales, 01/2021~
Associate Professor, The University of New South Wales, 01/2018~12/2020
ARC Future Fellow, The University of New South Wales, 10/2014~
Senior Lecturer, The University of Technology, Sydney, 03/2014-09/2014
Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (APD), The University of New South Wales, 04/2011-03/2014
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, 11/2010-03/2011
Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, 07/2008-10/2010

Education:

Ph.D (Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 2008).

Research Contributions:

Oxide nanomaterials
Nanoelectronics, including random access memories, transparent thin film transistors, and electric double layer transistors, etc.
Functional ceramics
Energy storage/conversion materials and devices
Printed electronics

Teaching Contributions:

MATS2001; MATS4005; MATS6002; MATS6108

Honours, Awards and Memberships:

ARC Mid-career Industry Fellowship (2023-2027)
ARC Future Fellowship from Australian Research Council, 2014-2018
ARC Postdoctoral (APD) Fellowship from Australian Research Council, 2011-2014
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2011
Dongsheng Yan Scholarship for outstanding students of SICCAS, 2007

My Research Activities

I have been working on nanoionic materials for the applications of information and energy storage devices. I am leading the Nanoionic Materials Group at UNSW with 34 researchers. My laboratory is focusing on design, fabrication and printing of nanoionic materials for devices (including sensors, memories and transistors), as well as energy storage and conversion materials (including moisture electric generators, solid-state electrolytes, and electro-catalysts). My group targets to develop solution processed, printable and flexible nanoionic materials for cost-effective and energy-efficient wearable electronics, such as wearable sensors for healthcare monitoring, energy harvesting devices ( moisture electric generator) and energy storage devices ( Zn ion batteries and seawater batteries) as well as artificial synaptic devices.