Yang Bai

Dr. Yang Bai is a Project Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, leading the Computational Energy Storage Materials and Computational Sustainable Metallurgy groups within the Department of Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design. His research focuses on computational modeling of energy materials, solid-state batteries, and sustainable metallurgical processes, emphasizing chemo-mechanical interactions and phase-field simulations. Key projects include analyzing silicon anode degradation in solid-state batteries and hydrogen-based reduction of iron oxides. He contributes to interdisciplinary approaches combining materials science, electrochemistry, and multi-physics modeling to advance sustainable technologies.

Publications highlight trends in solid-state battery interfaces, phase-field modeling of material transformations, and porous structure analysis. His work bridges computational methods with experimental validation, addressing challenges in energy storage and metallurgical efficiency. Active collaborations and contributions to ontology-based workflows for steel industries underscore his commitment to industrial application of advanced materials science.