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Investigating Electrochemical Processes in Next Generation Multivalent Battery Technologies


EMSL Project ID
49114

Abstract

The specific aim of this project is to probe the structure-property relationships of energy storage materials based on multivalent ions (Mg2+, Ca2+ and Al3+) under dynamic electrochemical cycling conditions with a range of spatial (down to atomic) and temporal (as fast as nanoseconds) resolution. This goal will be accomplished by using concerted multi-modal in-situ spectroscopic and imaging methodologies based on NMR and TEM (including the new EMSL Dynamic TEM expected to come online in FY16 for the nanosecond observations), along with other X-ray spectroscopic methods. The interpretation of all observations will be complemented by first principles simulations.

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2015-10-15
End Date
2016-09-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Nigel Browning
Institution
University of Liverpool

Co-Investigator(s)

Vijayakumar Murugesan
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Team Members

Jeffrey Ditto
Institution
University of Oregon

Beata Mehdi
Institution
University of Liverpool

Jiguang Zhang
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jun Liu
Institution
Yale University

Petr Sushko
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Karl Mueller
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory