​Viable solutions for energy storage are essential for the development of sustainable (yet intermittent) energy sources such as solar and wind energies. I want to contribute to the field of energy storage (specifically rechargeable batteries) by exploring the properties of promising known materials, new complex materials and new structures. Particularly, I’m interested in developing advanced cathode materials for next-generation batteries including Na-ion, Li-S, Mg-ion batteries. 

• Improvement of the sodiation/de-sodiation stability of Sn (C) by electrochemically inactive Na2Se
  Hoang X. Dang, Melissa L. Meyerson, Adam Heller, and C. Buddie Mullins
  RSC Advances, 5, 82012-82017, (2015)
• Tin microparticles for a lithium ion battery anode with enhanced cycling stability and efficiency derived from Se-d...
  Hoang X. Dang, Kyle C. Klavetter, Adam Heller, and C. Buddie Mullins
  Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3, 13500-13506, (2015)
• Lithium insertion/de-insertion characteristics of nanostructured amorphous tantalum oxide thin films
  Hoang X. Dang, Yong-Mao Lin, Kyle C. Klavetter, Trevor Cell, Adam Heller, and C. Buddie Mu...
  ChemElectroChem, 1(1), 158-164, , (2015)
• Visible-light active NiV2O6 films for photoelectrochemical water oxidation
  Hoang X. Dang, Alexander J. E. Rettie, and C. Buddie Mullins
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119 (26), 1452414531, , (2014)
• Nanostructured Ta3N5 films as visible-light active photoanodes for water oxidation
  Hoang X. Dang, Nathan T. Hahn, Hyun S. Park, Allen J. Bard, and C. Buddie Mullins
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(36), 19225-19232, , (2012)
• Synthesis of Ta3N5 nanotube arrays modified with electrocatalysts for photoelectrochemical water oxidation
  Yanqing Cong, Hoang X. Dang, C. Buddie Mullins, and Allen J. Bard
  Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116(27), 14541-14550, (2012)
• Tantalum Cobalt Nitride Photocatalysts for Water Oxidation under Visible Light
  Yanqing Cong, Hyun S. Park, Hoang X. Dang, Allen J. Bard, and C. Buddie Mullins
  Chemistry Materials, 24(3), 579-586, (2012) 

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA, 2015
• M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2007
• B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005

• 2015 – present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2007 – 2009: Lecturer, Hanoi University of Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, Hanoi, Vietnam

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Materials Research Society (MRS)

• ​V​​​EF Graduate Fellowship, 2009-2011
• Best Poster Award, VEF conference, Albany, New York, 2010
• Graduation honors (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), Hanoi University of Technology, 2005 and 2007
• Odon Vallet scholarship for outstanding students, Vallet Foundation, 2003-2004 

• KAUST Solar Center (KSC)
• Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)