Multivalent Intercalation
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Designing Solvation in Magnesium Electrolytes
Multivalent salts are prone to ion-pair formation in many solvents, particularly the glymes that provide stability at metal anode Read More
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Screening of Novel Multivalent Cathodes
Developed strategies and software infrastructure for generation and design of multivalent intercalation candidates Read More
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Prototyping and Performance of Mg/Mo6S8 Coin Cells
Achieved maximum theoretical capacity for the Mg2+/Mo6S8 system, demonstrated capability for rapid test and prototype of multiple cathodes and electrolyte. Read More
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Fraction of Theoretical Specific Energy Achieved at Battery Pack Level Is Very Sensitive to the Cell Chemistry
Cell chemistry properties, rather than engineering/packaging approach, are the key factors in determining the fraction of battery material specific energy captured at pack level Read More
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New Insights Into a Functioning Mg-ion Cathode–Chevrel Phase Mo6S8
First-principles analysis of the screening of Mg2+ ions upon intercalation within metallic Mo6S8 Read More
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Mg++ Solvation Shell in Electrolyte for Multivalent Batteries
A new collaborative x-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulation approach reveals the structure and energetics of Mg++ ion solvation in a diglyme electrolyte. Read More
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Coordination Chemistry in Magnesium Battery Electrolytes: How Ligands Affect Their Performance
Identification of the solution coordination structures of Mg(BH4)2 through a simple NMR method. Read More
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Architecture-Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization for Dynamic Covalent Poly(disulfide)s
We reported a strategy to access different topologies of redox-active poly(disulfide)s by ring-opening polymerization. Control over polymerization enables synthesis of high molecular-weight polymers. The polymers undergo catalytic depolymerization to recycle monomer; a promising feature for sustainable flow batteries. 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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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
