team

Leadership

Keith Stevenson

June 2014; Professor SkolTech
Professor, Department of Chemistry, UT-Austin
UT-Austin, Director, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology
Consultant: Eveready Battery Company, Inc., Dow Corning, Xidex, Inc., International Sematech, Freescale Semiconductor, Ironbridge Technologies, Inc., Air Products, Inc., Soladigm, Adesto.
Chair Elect Gordon Research Conference on Electrochemistry, 2014

Atomic and molecular structure; interactions of atoms and molecules at surfaces; interfacial electrochemistry and development of electrochemical theory and methods; molecular transport phenomena; scanning probe microscopies (STM, AFM, and SECM); optical microscopy; development of optical imaging methodologies and surface-sensitive analytical techniques; materials chemistry; development of electrochemical synthetic techniques; chemical sensors; analytical device miniaturization; energy storage and conversion.

Carl V. Thompson

Stavros Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, Materials Processing Center
Co-Chair, Program in Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems, Singapore Alliance, 2000-2014

Templated self-assembly of arrays of nanomaterials and synthesis of nanomaterials and nanostructured materials, with a focus on applications in energy devices, including Li-ion and Li-air batteries

Alexei Khokhlov

Academician Russian Academy of Science
Professor of Physics
Vice-Rector of the Moscow State University. University, 2008 -
Lomonosov Moscow State University

Polymer physics, physical chemistry of polyelectrolytes and ionomers, computer simulations of polymer systems, fuel cells with proton-conducting polymer membrane

Published in People

Research Thrusts

I. Advanced lithium ion and multivalent ion batteries

New Li electrode materials with higher capacities or lower cost
New electrode materials for polyvalent ions (e.g. Mg2+)
Low cost organic electrode materials
Na intercalation electrode materials suspension based aqueous flow batteries
Electrolyte and membrane development

II. Rechargeable metal-air batteries

Fundamental studies oxygen reduction and evolution
Design and synthesis of nanostructured electrodes
Electrolyte and membrane development

III. Fuel and Electrolysis Cells

SOFC/SOEC electrolyte and electrode materials with improved conductivity and catalytic activity
PEMFC/PEMEC electrolyte membranes with improved conductivity/mechanical stability

Cross-cutting themes:

Computational: simulation, materials and device design
Advances in materials synthesis: crystalline, molecular, nano, micro
Advances in characterization: in-situ atomic and molecular processes
Prototyping

Materials design principles

For materials and architectures with enhanced ORR/OER kinetics
For computational design and control of the redox potentials of electrode materials
For design of high-rate aqueous suspension-based flow cells

New materials

New Li-ion electrodes with higher gravimetric energy (>20%) and cycle life
Materials for reversible Mg intercalation for Mg-ion batteries
High efficiency SOFC and SOEC electrodes
Polymer membranes with lithium and proton transport
Organic cathodes with specific energy comparable to Li-ion
Suspension-based aqueous flow cathodes and anodes with 10-fold increased capacity (compared to flow cathodes)

Benchtop scale demonstrators

Aqueous and nonaqueous metal-air batteries
Aqueous suspension-based flow cell

Published in CEE

Org chart

1. Advanced lithium ion and multivalent ion batteries	2. Rechargeable metal-air batteries	3. Fuel & electrolysis cells
Leaders: E. Antipov Y. Chiang	Leaders: Y. Shao-Horn E. Goodilin	Leaders: H. Tuller E. Antipov
C. Cummins M. Gallyamov E. Goodilin P. Hammond Y. Shao-Horn K. Stevenson C. Thompson	E. Antipov P. Hammond D. Itkis A. Khokhlov A. Kolpak A. Obraztsov K. Stevenson C. Thompson	M. Gallyamov A. Khokhlov A. Kolpak Y. Shao-Horn K. Stevenson C. Thompson
Seed: Systems Level Analysis W. C. Carter A. Shiryaev
inorganic synthesis/materials design polymer/organic synthesis	materials characterization theory/computation	materials integratiom/electrochemical evaluation