Dr. Gao Liu
Battery Materials Development
Dr. Gao Liu is a veteran in battery R&D with over 25 years of experience in materials development, as well as electrode and cell engineering for electrical energy storage technologies.
Dr. Liu integrates synthetic chemistry, composite engineering, and electrochemistry to tackle interdisciplinary challenges in the battery field.
His lab employs advanced diagnostics to uncover fundamental and critical issues in batteries while leveraging synthetic techniques to design novel materials that enhance overall battery performance.
He pioneered research on multifunctional conductive polymer adhesives and has significantly advanced the understanding of polymeric binder behaviors in composite electrodes. This work has led to the rational design of functional electrode binders and ion conductors for emerging storage chemistries.
His current research spans a broad spectrum of energy storage topics, including electrode binders, silicon, sulfur, lithium metal electrodes, electrode engineering, electrolytes and additives, and solid-state conductors.
Dr. Liu is a senior scientist and group leader at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and has consulted and collaborated extensively with battery startups and Fortune 500 companies. Dr. Liu is a Fellow of both the Electrochemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and holds 28 granted patents. Dr. Liu has won three R&D 100 Awards for his battery technologies and is the 2025 recipient of the Electrochemical Society Battery Division Technology Award.