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Soorathep Kheawhom has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), with effect from 2 September 2026.
Soorathep Kheawhom will deliver Plenary Lecture 2 at ACSSI 2026 on September 14, 11:00–11:40 AM in Rajamontien 4, Bangkok. View the slides online.
New article in Green Chemistry: an order-retention framework for lithium-ion battery recycling — value lies not only in recovered metals but in the multiscale structural order that survives a recycling route, formalized through a reset-level taxonomy and a repair window.
New research paper in Journal of Energy Storage: FEC reshapes Na⁺ solvation and, with trace NaF as a secondary co-additive, supports stable cycling of tunnel-type Na₀.₄₄MnO₂ cathodes.
New article in Nanoscale Horizons: a solvation-first framework for sodium-ion SEI/CEI interphases — the Na+ solvation sheath selects first-layer chemistry, the two interphases co-evolve through cross-talk, and mechanistic claims need an explicit evidence-tier hierarchy.
New article in Journal of Power Sources: a durability-first framework connecting carbon-felt failure modes, meaningful stress tests, and stronger evidence standards for aqueous redox flow batteries.
Prof. Jeng-Yu Lin from Tunghai University, Taiwan, visited the SKH Research Group from 17 to 19 August 2026.
New article in Journal of Alloys and Compounds: operando Fe and Ta XAS bounds the division of labour between redox capacity and interfacial polarization in an aqueous oxide-heterostructure supercapacitor.
High-pressure homogenization enables rapid, scalable MXene delamination without chemical intercalants, with enhanced surface functionalization for tunable solvent dispersion.
New review in The Chemical Record: a device-centered decision framework for MOF, COF, and framework-derived electrodes — linking building-block chemistry to charge-storage mode, transport, and failure pathways under two-electrode operation.
Distinguished Seminar at Chulalongkorn University: Dr. Partha Pratim Pal (Wiley) on navigating manuscript submission, peer review, publication ethics, open science, and AI in scholarly publishing. Monday 27 July 2026, 10:00–11:30 AM.
New review in Journal of Energy Storage: the Accessibility–Reversibility–Containment (ARC) descriptor triad and evidence tiers that turn oxygen redox from a source of instability into a tractable design variable for high-energy sodium-layered oxide cathodes.
New single-authored review in Journal of Alloys and Compounds: treating alloy-based zinc anodes as a distinct materials-design field, with a cross-system descriptor framework linking composition, phase, and interface — and evidence standards for validating alloy effects.
Front Cover of issue 6/2026, Chemistry Europe.
Soorathep Kheawhom delivered a plenary lecture at IUMRS-ICEM 2026 in Chiang Mai, framing electrochemical energy systems through the Coordination–Transport–Interface lens and operando science.
The Opinion appears in issue 13(12) and was chosen for the cover.