News
Ruiyang successfully defends his MS thesis!
Congratulations to Ruiyang Chen for successfully defending his MS thesis on a new Electrodeposition of Polymer Networks paradigm. We wish Ruiyang all the best for his next academic step and future endeavors!
Battery Research at BU – Press Article
Check out this The Brink article on battery research at BU, including our work: https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/the-race-to-a-battery-powered-future/
Joerg receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
We are grateful to receive funding through the 2023 DARPA YFA program. We are looking forward to many exciting discoveries in this research endeavor that combines our micro-architected electrodes with our ultrathin polymer coatings to drive towards tailored multiscale sorbents architected from the molecular chemistry to the mesoscopic structure to the macroscopic shape.
Check out this brief article by BU's College of Engineering: https://www.bu.edu/eng/2023/11/27/clearing-the-air/
Zhaoyi successfully defended his MS thesis!
We congratulate Zhaoyi Zheng for successfully defending his MS thesis titled "TWO-COMPONENT ELECTROCHEMICAL COUPLING REACTION FOR END-GROUP ASSISTED ELECTRODEPOSITION OF ULTRATHIN POLYMER FILMS". Great job Zhaoyi and we are looking forward to your continued research progress as a PhD student!
Wenlu’s paper on conformal electrodeposition of functional thin films published in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
Congrats Wenlu! Great work on the development of dual-functional molecules capable of conformal electrodeposition on 3D materials, with thorough analysis of the (surprising) processing-property relationships! Find the article here: https://doi.org/10.1039/D2ME00246A
Anton’s paper on low-tortuosity electrode architectures published in Advanced Materials
Congrats Anton! Fantastic work demonstrating how straight open pores in electrodes can be easily fabricated and tuned, and their impact on battery performance metrics.
Find the article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202209694
A "Battery Design" blog post by Anton on his work can be found here
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Chase receives UROP Award
Congratulations to Chase for receiving an Undergraduate Student Research Opportunity (UROP) award for the fall semester supporting his work on architected electrodes! This is Chase's second UROP award and demonstrates his commitment and progress to his research. Keep up the good work!
Virtual Workshop Series: Where Is Energy Storage Headed?
The Institute of Sustainable Energy at BU together with the support of the Division of Materials Science and Engineering and the College of Engineering hosts this exciting virtual workshop series on challenges and future directions in electrochemical energy storage research: https://www.bu.edu/ise/2022/01/04/workshop-series-where-is-energy-storage-headed/
This series of 4 virtual workshops in January and February of 2022 is free of charge for attendees and each features 3 talks and panel discussion by a host of exciting speakers that are subject matter experts in the following areas:
- Integrating Experimental and Computational Approaches Across Scales - January 14th, featuring Fikile Brushet (MIT), Partha Mukherjee (Purdue), and David Pendergast (LBNL)
- Interfacial Phenomena in Electrochemical Systems - January 28th, featuring Veronica Augustyn (NC State), Thomas Senftle (Rice), and Iryna Zenyuk (UCI)
- Challenges of Degradation in Long-term Operation - February 11th, featuring Olga Marina (PNNL), Jeff Dahn (Dalhousie), and Elango Elangovan (OxEon Energy)
- The Future of Electrochemical Systems - New Architectures and Functional Materials - February 25th, featuring Amy Prieto (Colorado State), Bruce Dunn (UCLA), and Sara Thoi (JHU)
Individual registration links for each workshop can be found through the above links.
We welcome three new members to the group
We are excited to welcome Yuanzhi Li (ME PhD student), Zhaoyi Zheng (MSE MS student), and Chase Fukuda (ME sophomore) to the group. Enjoy the lab!
New Werner Lab opened
We are excited to have officially opened our new lab space at 730 Comm Ave in April with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Let the science begin!
