Chao Ye

Chao Ye

School of Chemical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD, but is currently at capacity - email supervisor to discuss availability.


My research focuses on developing safe and low-cost energy storage system by combining experiments and theoretical computations. I am also designing and synthesizing advanced materials for novel novel batteries such as metal-sulfur batteries and aqueous batteries.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2019 - ongoing Research Fellow University of Adelaide
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2015 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
  1. Sole CI, ARC DECRA Fellowship, Developing advanced potassium-sulfur batteries for scalable energy storage, DE230101011, 2023-2025, $420,818.
  2. Second CI, ARC Discovery Project, Safe and Reliable Solid-State Zinc Batteries, DP220102596, 2022-2025, $700,000.
  3. CI, ARC Training Centre for Battery Recycling, IC230100042, 2024-2028, $5,000,000.
  4. CI, ARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies, IH200100035, 2022-2026, $5,000,000.
  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Principal Supervisor Eco-friendly Biocarbon-based Composites for High Performance Energy Storage Devices Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Shijie Xu
    2024 Principal Supervisor Developing high-performance metal anode for clean electrochemical energy storage Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Geng Luo
    2023 Co-Supervisor Transition metal oxides materials for high-performance energy-storage devices Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Nianji Zhang
    2023 Principal Supervisor Fabrication and modification of metallic compound for solid-state energy storage Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Long Qian
    2023 Principal Supervisor Green and efficient recycling methods for spent cathode materials Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jinu Song
    2023 Principal Supervisor Low-cost metal sulfide-based composites for high performance energy-related application Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Yue Wang
    2022 Co-Supervisor Water-Based Zinc Ion Battery: From Battery Chemistry to Practical Application Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yujie Chen
    2021 Co-Supervisor Nanostructured Materials for Battery Application Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Chun-Chuan Kao
    2021 Co-Supervisor Establishment of Integrated Aqueous Batteries with Electrochemistry and Application-level Energy Density Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jiahao Liu
  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Designing advanced electrode materials for rechargeable magnesium & sodium batteries and spectroscopic investigation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Xin Xu

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