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Nguyen An Giang

Nguyen An Giang, PhD

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Postdoctoral Researcher

Biography

Dr. Giang completed an integrated M.S.–Ph.D. program at the Materials Electrochemistry Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea, in 2023, within a shortened period of 4.5 years. Prior to that, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology in 2017. He worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Chonnam National University in 2023 and at the Center for Environmental Intelligence, VinUniversity, in 2024. He is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability and Materials Science at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUniversity.

His research focuses on the development of advanced materials for next-generation batteries, including lithium-, sodium-, and potassium-ion batteries, lithium–sulfur batteries, and solid-state batteries. He has published 8 (co-)first-author and 9 co-author articles in peer-reviewed journals, including 10 articles in the top 5% and 2 first-author articles in the top 2% of the field. In addition, Dr. Giang has contributed 5 book chapters on rechargeable batteries and materials science, published by ACS, Springer Nature, and CRC Press. He also serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals such as Small, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Power Sources, Carbon, Journal of Energy Chemistry, Journal of Energy Storage, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, etc.

  • Solid electrolytes for Solid-State Lithium/Sodium batteries
  • Alloying anode materials for secondary batteries (Lithium/Sodium/Potassium-ion batteries)
  • Sulfur composite cathodes for Lithium/Sodium-Sulfur Batteries

A. (Co-) First-author articles:

  1. An-Giang Nguyen, Hang T. T. Le, Rakesh Verma, Duc-Luong Vu, Chan-Jin Park*, Boosting Sodium-ion Battery Performance by Encapsulating Antimony Nanoparticles in 3D Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Framework, Chemical Engineering Journal, 429, 2022, 132359 (IF2020 = 273, JCR 2.45% in Engineering, Chemical).
  2. An‐Giang Nguyen, Chan‐Jin Park*, Insights into Tailoring Composite Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Solid-State Lithium Batteries, Journal of Membrane Science, 2023, 675, 121552 (IF2021 = 53, JCR 3.89% in Polymer Science).
  3. An‐Giang Nguyen, Rakesh Verma, Geon-Chang Song, Jaekook Kim, Chan‐Jin Park*, In-situ Polymerization on a 3D Ceramic Framework of Composite Solid Electrolytes for Room-Temperature Solid-State Batteries, Advanced Science, 2022, 2105448 (IF2021 = 521, JCR 5.94% in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary).
  4. An‐Giang Nguyen, Rakesh Verma*, Pravin N. Didwal, Chan‐Jin Park*, Challenges and Design Strategies for Alloy-Based Anode Materials Toward High-Performance Potassium-ion Batteries, Energy Materials, 2023, 3, 300030 (IF2023 = 8, JCR 7.9% in Energy and Fuels).
  5. Chae-Eun Moon†, An‐Giang Nguyen†, Jin Seok Yang, Aqsa Nazir, Rakesh Verma, Chan‐Jin Park*, Confining SnSe Particles in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanofibers: A Free-Standing, Binder-Free Anode for Potassium-Ion Batteries, Carbon, 2024, 218, 118741 (IF2022 = 9, JCR 11.2% in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary).
  6. An‐Giang Nguyen, Min-Ho Lee, Jaekook Kim, Chan‐Jin Park*, Construction of a High-Performance Composite Solid Electrolyte through In-Situ Polymerization within a Self-Supported Porous Garnet Framework, Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16, 83 (IF2023 = 6, JCR 1.7% in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary).
  7. An‐Giang Nguyen†*, Trang Thi Vu†, Hang T. T. Le, Rakesh Verma, Phi Long Nguyen, Viet Bac T. Phung, Chan‐Jin Park*, Nanofiber-based Composite Solid Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries: from Fundamentals to Applications, Advanced Fiber Materials, 2025 (IF2023 = 2, JCR 1.7% in Materials Science, Textiles).
  8. Eun-San Jo†, An‐Giang Nguyen†, Rakesh Verma, Chan‐Jin Park*, Improving the potassium storage capability of GeP5 anode material for sustainable potassium‐ion batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025 (IF2023 = 4, JCR 3.1% in Engineering, Environmental).

B. Co-author articles:

  1. Rakesh Verma, Yashabanta N. Singhbabu, Pravin N. Didwal, An‐Giang Nguyen, Jaekook Kim, Chan‐Jin Park*, Biowaste Orange Peel‐Derived Mesoporous Carbon as a Cost‐Effective Anode Material with Ultra‐Stable Cyclability for Potassium‐Ion Batteries, Batteries & Supercaps, 3 (10), 2020, 1099-1111 (IF2020 = 093, JCR 21.71% in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary).
  2. Rakesh Verma, Pravin N. Didwal, An‐Giang Nguyen, Chan‐Jin Park*, Snse Nanocomposite Chemically-Bonded with Carbon-Coating as an Anode Material for K-Ion Batteries with Outstanding Capacity and Cyclability, Chemical Engineering Journal, 1, 421, 2021, 129988 (IF2020 = 273, JCR 2.45% in Engineering, Chemical).
  3. Aqsa Nazir, Hang T. T. Le, An‐Giang Nguyen, Chan‐Jin Park*, Graphene Analogue Metal Organic Framework with Superior Capacity and Rate Capability as an Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 389, 2021, 138750 (IF2020 = 901, JCR 25.86% in Electrochemistry).
  4. Bong-Jun Sung, Pravin N. Didwal, Rakesh Verma, An-Giang Nguyen, Duck Rye Chang, Chan-Jin Park*, Composite Solid Electrolyte Comprising Poly(Propylene Carbonate) and Li5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3 for Long-Life All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 392, 2021, 139007 (IF2020 = 6.901, JCR 25.86% in Electrochemistry).
  5. Min-Hong Woo, Pravin N. Didwal, Hee-Joong Kim, Jin-Sub Lim, An-Giang Nguyen, Chang-Soo Jin, Duck Rye Chang,* Chan-Jin Park*, Reinforcing Effect of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes on the LiNi6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 Composite Cathode for High-Energy-Density All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries, Applied Surface Science, 568, 2021, 150934 (IF2020 = 6.707, JCR 2.38% in Materials Science, Coatings & Films).
  6. Pravin N. Didwal, Rakesh Verma, An-Giang Nguyen, Hari Vignesh Ramasamy, Gwi-Hak Lee, and Chan-Jin Park*, Improving Cyclability of All-Solid-State Batteries via Stabilised Electrolyte–Electrode Interface with Additive in Poly(Propylene Carbonate) Based Solid Electrolyte, Advanced Science, 2022, 2105448 (IF2020 = 806, JCR 5.24% in Materials Science, Multidisciplinary).
  7. Duc-Luong Vu, Do-young Kim, An-Giang Nguyen, Jaekook Kim, Chan-Jin Park*, Stabilising Interface of Novel 3D-Hierarchical Porous Carbon for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 418, 2022, 140369 (IF2020 = 901, JCR 25.86% in Electrochemistry).
  8. Rakesh Verma, An‐Giang Nguyen, Pravin N. Didwal, Chae-Eun Moon, Jaekook Kim, Chan‐Jin Park*, In-Situ Synthesis of Antimony Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Framework as Anode Material for Potassium-Ion Batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 446, 2022, 137302 (IF2021 = 744, JCR 2.45% in Engineering, Chemical).
  9. Aqsa Nazir, Hang T. T. Le, An-Giang Nguyen, Jaekook Kim, Chan-Jin Park*, Conductive Metal Organic Framework Mediated Sb Nanoparticles as High-Capacity Anodes for Rechargeable Potassium-ion Batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 138408 Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 138408 (IF2021 = 744, JCR 2.45% in Engineering, Chemical).
  10. Jong-Min Kim, Omkar Sangabathula, An‐Giang Nguyen, Chan‐Jin Park*, Electrochemical Characterization of In Situ Polymerized Composite Solid Electrolyte Incorporating Three Dimensional Li5Al0.5Ge1.5(PO4)3 Framework, Journal of Power Sources, 2024, 613, 234847 (IF2023 = 8.1, JCR 12.2% in Electrochemistry).

C. Book chapters

  1. Pravin N. Didwal†, An‐Giang Nguyen†, Satyanarayana Maddukuri, Rakesh Verma*, Chapter 18: Non-aqueous Electrolytes in Metal-Air Batteries” in “Metal-Air Batteries: Principles, Progress, and Perspectives Book, CRC Press.
  2. An‐Giang Nguyen and Rakesh Verma*, Chapter: Single-Atom Catalysts for Metal-Sulfur Batteries” in “Atomically Precise Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Energy Applications Book, Spinger Nature.
  3. An‐Giang Nguyen and Rakesh Verma*, Chapter: Synthetic Routes in Bio-Based Polymers: Farm to Industry Book, ACS.
  4. Rakesh Verma and An‐Giang Nguyen*, Chapter: Preparation and Synthesis of Rice Husk-Based Activated Carbon in Recent Advances in Activated Carbon: Synthesis, Properties and Applications Book, CRC Press.
  5. An‐Giang Nguyen*, Chapter: Carbon Quantum Dots: from Synthesis to Application in Wastewater Treatment in Nanomaterials in Wastewater Research: Progress and Challenges Book, , Spinger Nature, In press.

  • 2023: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Einggering, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea.
  • 2017: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

  • 2023 BrainKorea21 Award for Excellent Graduate Student, Chonnam National University.
  • 2022 BrainKorea21 Award for Excellent Graduate Student, Chonnam National University.
  • 2021 Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Battery Society Meeting, Fall Meeting.
  • 2020 Best Poster Presentation Award, Korean Institute of Metals and Materials, Fall Meeting.
  • 2019–2023 BrainKorea21 Ph.D Scholarships, Chonnam National University.

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