Research Interests
Nanostructured materials for electrochemical energy systems
The electrochemical energy laboratory is set up to design and develop high-performance materials for sustainable energy applications (mainly electrochemical systems such as batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, electrochromic windows, and photoelectrochemical devices). In this respect, our research covers a broad range of activities: new materials design and development, chemical synthesis, materials characterization, property measurements, fabrication of prototype devices and their evaluation, and a fundamental understanding of structure-property-performance relationships of materials. Nanostructured materials including metal oxides and metal chalcogenides are being investigated.
Selected Publications
- 鈥淚n Situ Engineering of the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface for Stabilized Overlithiated Cathodes,鈥� T. Evans, et al. Advanced Materials, 29, 1604549 (2017).
- 鈥淥ptimized Silicon Electrode Architecture, Interface, and Microgeometry for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries,鈥� D. Molina Piper, et al. Advanced Materials, 28, 188 (2016).
- 鈥淯ltra-thin Solid-State Li-Ion Electrolyte Membrane Facilitated by a Self-Healing Polymer Matrix,鈥� J. M. Whiteley, et al. Advanced Materials, 27, 6922 (2015).
- 鈥淪table silicon-ionic liquid interface for next-generation lithium-ion batteries,鈥� D. Molina Piper, et al.听Nature communications,听6,听6230 (2015).听
Selected Accomplishments
- 2010 COTLABS Governor鈥檚 Award for High-Impact Research (Research team for the development of electrochromic windows).
- 2009 R&D 100 Award, PowerPlane UX Microbattery 鈥� a solid-state thin-film battery.
- Invited speaker in the National Academy of Engineering 2008 Japan-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Kobe, Japan Nov 17-19, 2008.
- 鈥淭hin film buried anode battery,鈥� US patent (7,632,602).
- 鈥淣ano-composite Materials,鈥� US patent (7,722,966).
- 鈥淗2O doped WO3, ultraTfast, high-sensitivity hydrogen sensors,鈥� US patent (7,910,373).
- 鈥淢ethod and Pd/V2O5 Device for H2 Detection,鈥� US patent (8,084,265).
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