Chongmin Wang

In-situ microscopy and spectroscopy study of structural and chemical evolution of energy materials

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The objective of the proposed research is to use in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to probe the interfacial structure and chemistry of next-generation energy storage materials, such as…

MBE Growth and Properties of N-doped TiO2 for Enhanced Visible Light Absorption and Water Splitting

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Development of new energy sources is a major need for the 21st century. Hydrogen has considerable potential as an alternative fuel. Fujishima and coworkers discovery in 1969 that water could be…

Determination of Cr and O diffusion coefficients in (Co,Mn)3O4 coatings for IT-SOFC Steel Interconnects

Lead Institution

Montana State University

Principal Investigator

Richard Smith

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The long term performance and performance stability of the intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells (IT-SOFC) are closely connected to the corrosion resistance and thermal stability of the…

Designing Nanomaterials for Fuel Cells Electrocatalysts

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Yuehe Lin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Fuel cells are very important in addressing the issues with environment and global climate change. The main challenges for developing fuel cells are the prohibitive production cost and poor…

Characterization of the bio-oil hydrotreating catalysts

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelhard

PNNL is working on an EERE international collaboration project to exchange scientific and technical information on biomass feedstock production and conversion to biofuels with China and additionally…

Combining isotopic measurements using in situ Liquid SIMS and in situ TEM to determine the mechanism and kinetics of Li ion mobility in SEI layers

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Zihua Zhu

Li ion batteries are now indispensably used as energy storage devices for portable electronics, electric vehicles, and are starting to enter the market of the renewable energies. The rechargeable…

Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Magnetically Doped ZnO Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition of Nanoparticle Targets

Lead Institution

University of Washington

Principal Investigator

Daniel Gamelin

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Semiconductor spintronics has the potential to create entirely new paradigms for analog and digital electronics which may have a significant impact on energy consumption and efficiency. However, in…

High resolution mass spectrometry of high molecular weight compounds formed via the heterogeneous reaction of OH with simple organic aerosols

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kevin Wilson

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Our objective is to determine the fundamental reaction rates and mechanisms for the heterogeneous oxidation of organic aerosols by OH radicals. Single component organic aerosols particles are used…

57Fe-Mossbauer studies of sediment cores from Integrated Field-Scale Subsurface Research Challenge Site at Rifle, Colorado

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Ravi Kukkadapu

The U.S. DOE faces the challenge of cleaning up and/or monitoring large, dilute plumes contaminated by metals, such as U, Tc, Pu, Hg, Cr, etc, whose mobility and solubility change with aquifer redox…

In Situ and Ex Situ Studies of Energy Storage Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Karl Mueller

Project type

Exploratory Research

Innovation of energy storage technology depends critically on the fundamental understanding of the operating mechanism and dynamic interaction across different components in the storage unit. With…

Structural and chemical evolutions of advanced energy storage system

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The objective of the proposed research is to probe the structure-property relationship of next-generation energy materials (such as energy storage materials) under dynamic operating conditions with a…

Molecular-level understanding of transport and optic properties of doped oxide nanoclusters

Lead Institution

University of Idaho

Principal Investigator

You Qiang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

In this proposal, a research plan to investigate ferromagnetic zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoclusters is outlined. ZnO is a widely studied material due to its wide-band gap energy of 3.3 eV at room…

Chemistry of Aerosols in the North Slope of Alaska: ISDAC 2008 study.

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mary Gilles

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The ISDAC (Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign) field study carried out in the North Slope of Alaska 2008 was a collaborative effort sponsored by the DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM)…

Optical and structural properties of doped ZnO nanocrystals

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Matthew Mccluskey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a semiconductor that has attracted resurgent interest as an electronic material for energy applications. With a direct gap of 3.4 eV at room temperature, ZnO is a wide band gap…

Structural evolution and phase transformation characteristics of amorphous silicon upon lithiation and delithiation

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Lea

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) has been identified as a candidate high capacity anode material for lithium ion batteries. A fundamental challenge with a-Si is the large volume change upon lithium…

Investigations on Electrode/Electrolyte Interfacial Reactions in Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes for Various Energy Storage Chemistries

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelhard

Localized high-concentration electrolytes (LHCEs) developed at PNNL in 2017 for rechargeable lithium (Li) metal batteries show not only significant enhancement in protection of Li metal anode and…

Chemistry of Aerosols in Mexico City: MILAGRO 2006 study.

Lead Institution

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mary Gilles

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The MILAGRO (Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations) Campaign in Mexico City 2006 was a collaborative effort with the DOE Atmospheric Science Program, the NSF MIRAGE-Mex field…

Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation from Biomass Burning Particles: The Effect of Chemical
Composition and Chemical Aging

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Stony Brook

Principal Investigator

Daniel Knopf

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Organic material is ubiquitous in atmospheric particles. This proposal focuses on potential ice nucleation (IN) activity of biomass burning aerosol (BBA). Biomass burning is a major source of gases…

Exploring the Radiation Damage Resistance of Nanoscale Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Kurtz

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this research is to rigorously test the hypothesis that internal interfaces can be manipulated at the nanoscale to enhance recombination of radiation-produced defects to dramatically…

A multi-modal approach to understanding the structural evolution and phase transformation of amorphous silicon upon lithiation insertion and extraction

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Lea

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) has been identified as a candidate high capacity anode material for lithium ion batteries. A fundamental challenge with a-Si is the large volume change upon lithium…

Microstructural Evolution under Shear Deformation

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Arun Devaraj

Solid phase processing (SPP) of alloys using shear-deformation results in nanoscale metastable phases and enhanced mechanical properties. High-speed mass and energy transfer during such process makes…

Chemical and Physical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosol

Lead Institution

Colorado State University

Principal Investigator

Jenny Hand

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Biomass burning is one of the most important single sources of carbonaceous particles emitted into atmosphere mostly as a result of wilderness fires. Biomass burning aerosols (BBA) have dramatic…

Probing atmospheric chemistry of aerosols to gain insights into cloud condensation
behavior

Lead Institution

University of California, San Diego

Principal Investigator

Kimberly Prather

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

This proposal focuses on performing off-line complementary measurements of single particles in an effort to better understand single particle chemistry, morphology, metal speciation, CCN ability,…

Site specific atomic resolution probing of structure-property relationship under dynamic and/or operando conditions using in-situ and ex-situ chemical imaging based on multi-instrument approach

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The goal of this proposal is to develop chemical imaging capabilities that drive the atomic-level imaging and spectroscopic analysis of materials related to energy and environmental issues under in…

In Situ and Ex Situ Studies of Energy Storage Materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Karl Mueller

Project type

Exploratory Research

Innovation of energy storage technology depends critically on the fundamental understanding of the operating mechanism and dynamic interaction across different components in the storage unit. With…

Advanced microscopy probing of structural and chemical evolution of interfaces in rechargeable batteries

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The objective of the proposed research is to probe the structure-property relationship of next-generation energy materials (such as energy storage materials) under dynamic operating conditions with a…

Open Ocean Ship-Board Study of Atmospheric Aerosols at the Equatorial Pacific: Characterizing Iron in Marine Aerosol

Lead Institution

Central Washington University

Principal Investigator

Anne Johansen

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Iron is a growth-limiting nutrient to phytoplankton in the open ocean, but its sources, chemistry and physical forms are largely unknown. Since phytoplankton control global climate by producing ~50%…

Kinetic study of heterogeneous reaction of palladium nanoparticles with O2 and OH

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Hai Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed research will examine the reaction kinetics and mechanism of palladium nanoparticle oxidation in molecular oxygen and by the hydroxyl radical. We will use the substrate deposited…

Nanolayered, Self-healing Radiation Shielding Foils

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Theva Thevuthasan

Recent discovery and research indicate that materials can be hardened against radiation damage by building nanolayered structures with an optimized layer thickness to increase point defect…

Atomic level probing of structure and property relationship of energy storage materials

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The specific aims of this project is to explore the dynamic structural evolution of electrode materials during the operation of the battery. The key issues are the structure-property relationship and…

Electrolyte Interfacial Reactions in Localized High Concentration Electrolytes for Various Energy Storage Chemistries

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelhard

Localized high-concentration electrolytes (LHCEs) developed at PNNL in 2017 for rechargeable lithium (Li) metal batteries show not only significant enhancement in protection of Li metal anode and…

Electron energy loss in radiation detection materials

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Bret Cannon

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The proposed project will develop the capability at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to measure processes by which high energy electrons lose energy in solids and how that lost energy is…

Develop fundamental surface science characterization data for use in improving mixed alcohol
synthesis catalysts

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Shawn Kathmann

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project will develop basic information about the surface and bulk nature of various mixed alcohol synthesis catalysts in succsive states, oxide, reduced and used. This information will combine…

Exploring the Radiation Damage Resistance of Nanoscale Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Richard Kurtz

Project type

Exploratory Research

The objective of this research is to rigorously test the hypothesis that internal interfaces can be manipulated at the nanoscale to enhance recombination of radiation-produced defects to dramatically…

Investigation on Electrode/Electrolyte Interphase Reactions in Rechargeable Metal-Oxygen Batteries

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Wu Xu

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The objective of this proposal is to understand the reactions occurring at the electrode/electrolyte interphases in two metal-oxygen batteries, more specifically the interphases of lithium…

Deposition of Metal-Doped Oxides for Spintronic Applications

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Tiffany Kaspar

Project type

Exploratory Research

For spintronic devices such as spin-FETs, efficient injection of spin-polarized electrons into a semiconductor material is necessary. For devices compatible with current semiconductor technology,…

Spin Electronic Phenomena in Magnetically Doped Perovskites and Complex Oxide Interfaces

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Chambers

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Semiconductor spintronics has the potential to create entirely new paradigms for analog and digital electronics which may have a significant impact on energy consumption and efficiency. However,…

Mechanistic understanding of zeolite deactivation pathways

Lead Institution

Caterpillar, Inc.

Principal Investigator

Joshua Ratts

Project type

Exploratory Research

Three zeolite powders (Fe-MFI, Cu-MFI, and Fe-BEA) commonly used in SCR NOx reduction will be hydrothermally aged in air using a variety of temperatures, aging times and water concentrations in a…

Site specific atomic resolution chemical imaging to probe structure-property relationship under dynamic and/or operando conditions using in-situ and ex-situ methods based on multi-instrument approach

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The goal of this proposal is to develop chemical imaging capabilities that drive the atomic-level imaging and spectroscopic analysis of materials related to energy and environmental issues under in…

Characterization of the bio-oil hydrotreating catalysts

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Mark Engelhard

PNNL is working on an EERE international collaboration project to exchange scientific and technical information on biomass feedstock production and conversion to biofuels with China and additionally…

Influence of Gd and Sm Doping on Atomic and Ionic Transport Properties of Novel Nanostructured Ceria-Zirconia Multilayers

Lead Institution

Battelle India

Principal Investigator

Satyanarayana Kuchibhatla

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project aims to develop the understanding of ionic transport processes in nanostructured materials that may enable the design of new types of electrolyte materials for electrochemical device…

Zinc oxide: a material for efficient light emission

Lead Institution

Washington State University

Principal Investigator

Matthew Mccluskey

Project type

Exploratory Research

Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a semiconductor that has attracted resurgent interest as an electronic material for a range of applications. A wide-bandgap semiconductor, ZnO emits light in the blue-to-UV region…

Material Interface Optimization in ETA-Photovoltaics

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Timothy Droubay

Project type

Exploratory Research

This project aims to provide a fundamental scientific foundation to understand the charge transport in novel oxide-based solar cells, and to tailor the transport by doping and/or interface…

Nanocomposite magnets for energy applications: exploring hard phase/soft phase interfacial properties

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Jun Cui

Project type

Exploratory Research

Exchange-spring magnets are nanocomposites that are composed of magnetically hard and soft phases that interact by magnetic exchange coupling. By theory, a composite magnet with ideal nanostructure,…

JCESR - In Situ and Ex Situ Studies of Energy Storage Materials

Lead Institution

University of Liverpool

Principal Investigator

Nigel Browning

Innovation of energy storage technology depends critically on the fundamental understanding of the operating mechanism and dynamic interaction across different components in the storage unit. With…

catalyst & support characterization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Robert Disselkamp

Determine BET specific surface area, as well as chemisorption-analyzed specific areas of catalysts. SEM and/or TEM imaging of catalysts will also be performed. Collect infrared/optical/UV/x-ray…

Kinetic Study of Heterogeneous Reaction of Soot with Reactive Oxidants

Lead Institution

Stanford University

Principal Investigator

Hai Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Heterogeneous reactions occurring between aerosol particles and reactive gaseous species in the atmosphere have significant impacts on atmospheric composition and chemistry, global radiative forcing,…

ETA-Photovoltaics materials Interface optimization

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Timothy Droubay

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We will provide a fundamental scientific foundation to understand the charge transport in novel oxide-based solar cells, and to tailor the transport by doping and/or interface modification of the…

Interactions between Functionalized Graphene and Electrochemically Active Materials in Advanced Energy Storage System

Lead Institution

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Principal Investigator

Jie Xiao

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

The overall goal of this project is to understand the roles of functionalized graphene in energy storage systems spanning from Li-ion, Li-S to Li-air batteries. Specifically, the morphology of…

Multiscale and multimodality in-situ probing of structural and chemical evolution of energy storage materials

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The main objective of the proposed research is to develop and use a combination of ex situ, in situ, and dynamic TEM imaging and spectroscopy combined with STXM and x-ray tomography method to probe…

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