Research Highlights
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Investigating the factors that influence resistance rise of PIM-1 membranes in nonaqueous electrolytes
PIM-1 membranes undergo time-dependent resistance rise upon contact with flowing nonaqueous electrolytes; however, the increase in resistance is reversible and performance can be recovered by solvent washing. Read More
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Adsorption and Thermal Decomposition of Electrolytes on Nanometer Magnesium Oxide: An in Situ 13C MAS NMR Study
The structural and chemical evolution of electrolyte constituents at the nanometric MgO surface were identified, providing a fundamental understanding of heterogeneous interphase evolution. Read More
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Mechanism-Based Design of a High-Potential Catholyte Enables a 3.2 V All-Organic Nonaqueous Redox Flow Battery
Development of an extremely high-potential catholyte leads to the first 3.2 V all-organic flow battery. Read More
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Comparing predictions and experiments for continuum ion transport fluorinated electrolyte
Experimentally measured ion transport rate in a fluorinated electrolyte is in quantitative agreement with theory from the dilute limit up to the salt solubility limit. Read More
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Shedding X‑ray Light on the Interfacial Electrochemistry of Silicon Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries
Our results shed light on the interfacial electrochemistry of silicon anodes for Lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), providing important mechanistic insight into nanometer scale phenomena and how these influence battery performance. Read More
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Accelerating Electrolyte Discovery for Energy Storage through Machine Learning
Utilized high performance computing to generate a database of highly accurate quantum chemical energies of 133 K organic molecules and used machine learning to enable prediction of energies from low fidelity, low cost quantum chemical calculations. Read More
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Reversible Calcium Plating and Stripping at Room Temperature Using a Borate Salt
Novel low-ion pairing calcium salt developed that enables reversible calcium plating and stripping in 1,2-dimethoxy ethane at room temperature. Read More
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Reversible Calcium Plating and Stripping at Room Temperature Using a Borate Salt
Novel low-ion pairing calcium salt developed that enables reversible calcium plating and stripping in 1,2-dimethoxy ethane at room temperature. Read More
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Tuning the Selectivity and Activity of Electrochemical Interfaces with Defective Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide
A modified Langmuir-Blodgett approach is developed for the deposition of GO and rGO films that enables ex situ engineering of the activity and selectivity of electrochemical interfaces in both aqueous and non-aqueous electrolytes. Read More
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An Organic Super-Electron-Donor as a High Energy Density Negative Electrolyte for Nonaqueous Flow Batteries
A previously reported organic “super-electron-donor” was shown to have several favorable properties for application as an anolyte in nonaqueous flow batteries. Read More
Latest Updates
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You’re Invited - JCESR and Beyond: Translating the Basic Science of Batteries
Please join us at Argonne National Laboratory on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 for JCESR and Beyond: Translating the Basic Science of Batteries. Registration is now open. This in-person event will celebrate 10 years of research from the Joint Center… Read More
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A Message from JCESR: In Memory of George Crabtree
It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to George Crabtree, a Senior Scientist and Distinguished Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, and Director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), who passed away unexpectedly on January 23. Dr. Read More
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Cyanopyridines As Extremely Low-Reduction-Potential Anolytes for Nonaqueous Redox Flow Batteries
Discovery of a cyanophenylpyridine derivative with a very low reduction potential and good stability during cycling. Read More
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Characterizing Redoxmer – Electrode Kinetics Using a SECM-Based Spot Analysis Method
Identified asymmetries in electron transfer (ET) kinetics between the reduction and oxidation of ferrocene-based redoxmers by measuring the ET rate constants (kf/kb) as a function of electrode potential. Read More
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Benzotriazoles as Low Potential Anolytes for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries
We developed an easy-to-synthesize benzotriazole-based anolyte with a high energy redox potential (-2.3 V vs Fc/Fc+) and high solubility that demonstrates stable electrochemical cycling performance. Read More