Current Research Themes

Multifunctional Nanostructures and Mesoscale Architectures for Energy Storage

Methods of improving energy storage metrics for thin-film solid state batteries.
  • Nanostructured electrodes for simultaneous high power and energy densities
  • Design and fabrication of dense mesoscale architectures
  • Examples of 3-D architectures in solid-state batteries and capacitors
  • Role of conformal thin film processing

Integrated Thin Film Synthesis and Characterization

Cartoon of the Proposed ALD LiPON Process Chemistry
  • Atomic (ALD) and molecular (MLD) layer deposition
  • Integrated processing and characterization

Thin Film Routes to 3-D Solid State Batteries and Applications

Nanoscale Solid State Batteries Enabled by Thermal Atomic Layer Deposition of a Lithium Polyphosphazene Solid State Electrolyte
  • 3-D solid state battery architectures
  • Fabrication through conformal vapor phase deposition
  • Electronics applications
  • Neuromorphic computing

Interphase Creation and Control at Reactive Electrochemical Interfaces

Stabilization of Lithium Metal Anodes by Hybrid Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase
  • Interface reactions and interphase formation
  • Synthesis of artificial interphases as protection layers
  • Stabilization of electrode/electrolyte interface

Applications

  • Energy storage
  • Electronic systems
  • Biomedical devices