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


EMSL Project ID
47414

Abstract

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 graphene itself along with the functional groups on graphene substrate will be systematically probed and correlated with the final electrochemical performances in different cells. Leveraged with the strong materials synthesis capabilities in PNNL, the proposed work will focus on 1) characterization of manipulated graphene morphology; 2) probe the defects/functional groups on graphene substrate; 3) understand the interactions between functionalized graphene with the reaction products aided by atomic simulations.

Project Details

Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Start Date
2012-10-01
End Date
2014-09-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Jie Xiao
Institution
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Co-Investigator(s)

Chongmin Wang
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Team Members

Junzheng Chen
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dangxin Wu
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dominic Leblanc
Institution
Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec

Xiaotang Lu
Institution
University of Texas at Austin

Qiang Wang
Institution
University of Massachusetts Boston

Heng Yang
Institution
State University of New York at Binghamton

Kai Xiang
Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jianming Zheng
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jianguo Wang
Institution
Zhejiang University of Technology

Xiaolin Li
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Wu Xu
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jiguang Zhang
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Donghai Mei
Institution
Tiangong University

Jun Liu
Institution
Yale University

Mark Engelhard
Institution
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Fei Gao
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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