Christian Zhang is selected to participate in the 1st. National Neutron Scattering School at Oak Ridge National Laboratory this September!
May 9, 2025
‘Hard-Core Batteries’ – Liam McMullin’s research project focusing on designing composite cathodes for solid-state batteries was selected by the department’s faculty to receive the 2025 MSE Senior Design Award!
May 8, 2025
Incoming Ph.D. student Nathaniel Glover is awarded with a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and a Vivian Thomas Scholars Initiative fellowship for his Ph.D. studies/training in our group!
April 20, 2025
Design Day 2025 – Robbin Bai and Liam McMullin gave an oral and poster presentation on their Senior Design Project.
April 19, 2025
Engineering Stable Interphases with Multi-Salt Electrolytes (Joule)
Learn how multi‑salt formulations that form inorganic‑rich interphases dramatically improve ionic transport, stability, and cycle life in Li‑metal, Si/graphite, and Ni‑rich electrodes. Prof. García-Méndez outlines next steps — from predictive interphase models to techno‑economic assessments — to accelerate scalable, high‑performance energy storage.
Mar 19, 2025
Liam McMullin presented a poster at MRS fall conference; his first MRS conference!
Dec 3, 2024
‘Behind the Battery’ – Brianna Gauto-Kennedy’s research with solid-state electrolytes was featured in the Johns Hopkins Newsletter.
November 21, 2024
(Photo Credit: ADAFRUIT INDUSTRIES / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
The results demonstrate that coating zinc-ion batteries’ electrodes with a special polymer extends their life by preventing damage during rapid charging—a crucial advance for these promising energy-storage devices used in everyday electronics and power grids. News article
October 30, 2024
MRS Bulletin featured a paper co-authored by Prof. García-Méndez and Prof. Eric Kazyak from the University of Wisconsin-Madison focusing on the future of solid-state batteries (SSB) in the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
The paper discusses the recent progress and challenges for manufacturing and operating SSB that need to be addressed before they can become widely adopted in the EV industry. News article
August 20, 2024
