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The Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division (ESDR) works on developing advanced batteries and fuel cells for transportation and stationary energy storage, grid-connected technologies for a cleaner, more reliable, resilient, and cost-effective future, and demand responsive and distributed energy technologies for a dynamic electric grid.
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We work closely with academic, government and industry partners to conduct foundational and applied research that provides the groundwork for the development of transformative new energy technologies in the areas of energy storage and conversion, electrical grid, advanced materials for the energy infrastructure, science of manufacturing and water-energy nexus.

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2018

Zhao, Hui, Yang Wei, Cheng Wang, Ruimin Qiao, Wanli Yang, Phillip B Messersmith, and Gao Liu."Mussel-Inspired Conductive Polymer Binder for Si-Alloy Anode in Lithium-Ion Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10.6 (2018) 5440 - 5446. DOI

2017

Ling, Min, Wenjun Yan, ayako Kawase, Hui Zhao, Yanbao Fu, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Electrostatic Polysulfides Confinement to Inhibit Redox Shuttle Process in the Lithium Sulfur Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9.37 (2017) 31741 - 31745. DOI

Xu, Jing, Min Ling, Lydia Terborg, Hui Zhao, Fen Qiu, Jeffrey J Urban, Robert Kostecki, Gao Liu, and Wei Tong."Facile Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Si-Sn-C Nanocomposites for High-Energy Li-Ion Batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164.7 (2017) A1378 - A1383. DOI

Higa, Kenneth, Hui Zhao, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Harold Barnard, Min Ling, Gao Liu, and Venkat Srinivasan."Electrode Slurry Particle Density Mapping Using X-ray Radiography."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164.2 (2017) A380 - A388. DOI

2016

Ai, Guo, Yiling Dai, Wenfeng Mao, Hui Zhao, Yanbao Fu, Xiangyun Song, Yunfei En, Vincent S Battaglia, Venkat Srinivasan, and Gao Liu."Biomimetic Ant-Nest Electrode Structures for High Sulfur Ratio Lithium–Sulfur Batteries."Nano Letters 16.9 (2016) 5365 - 5372. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Qing Yang, Neslihan Yuca, Min Ling, Kenneth Higa, Vincent S Battaglia, Dilworth Y Parkinson, Venkat Srinivasan, and Gao Liu."A Convenient and Versatile Method To Control the Electrode Microstructure toward High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries."Nano Letters 16.7 (2016) 4686 - 4690. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Allen Du, Min Ling, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Conductive polymer binder for nano-silicon/graphite composite electrode in lithium-ion batteries towards a practical application."Electrochimica Acta 209 (2016) 159 - 162. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Yanbao Fu, Min Ling, Zhe Jia, Xiangyun Song, Zonghai Chen, Jun Lu, Khalil Amine, and Gao Liu."Conductive Polymer Binder-Enabled SiO–Sn_x Co_yC_zAnode for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8.21 (2016) 13373 - 13377. DOI

Ai, Guo, Zhihui Wang, Yiling Dai, Wenfeng Mao, Hui Zhao, Yanbao Fu, Yunfei En, Vincent S Battaglia, and Gao Liu."Improving the over-all performance of Li-S batteries via electrolyte optimization with consideration of loading condition."Electrochimica Acta 218 (2016) 1 - 7. DOI

Ai, Guo, Zhihui Wang, Hui Zhao, Wenfeng Mao, Yanbao Fu, Ran Yi, Yue Gao, Vincent S Battaglia, Donghai Wang, Sergey Lopatin, and Gao Liu."Scalable process for application of stabilized lithium metal powder in Li-ion batteries."Journal of Power Sources 309 (2016) 33 - 41. DOI

2015

Feng, Caihong, Le Zhang, Menghuan Yang, Xiangyun Song, Hui Zhao, Zhe Jia, Kening Sun, and Gao Liu."One-Pot Synthesis of Copper Sulfide Nanowires/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites with Excellent Lithium-Storage Properties as Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7.29 (2015) 15726 - 15734. DOI

Jia, Zhe, Hui Zhao, Ying Bai, Ting Zhang, Amanda S Lupinacci, Andrew M Minor, and Gao Liu."Solvent processed conductive polymer with single-walled carbon nanotube compositesAbstract."Journal of Materials Research 30.22 (2015) 3403 - 3411. DOI

Park, Sang-Jae, Hui Zhao, Guo Ai, Cheng Wang, Xiangyun Song, Neslihan Yuca, Vincent S Battaglia, Wanli Yang, and Gao Liu."Side-Chain Conducting and Phase-Separated Polymeric Binders for High-Performance Silicon Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries."Journal of the American Chemical Society 137.7 (2015) 2565 - 2571. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Neslihan Yuca, Ziyan Zheng, Yanbao Fu, Vincent S Battaglia, Guerfi Abdelbast, Karim Zaghib, and Gao Liu."High Capacity and High Density Functional Conductive Polymer and SiO Anode for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7.1 (2015) 862 - 866. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Yang Wei, Ruimin Qiao, Chenhui Zhu, Ziyan Zheng, Min Ling, Zhe Jia, Ying Bai, Yanbao Fu, Jinglei Lei, Xiangyun Song, Vincent S Battaglia, Wanli Yang, Phillip B Messersmith, and Gao Liu."Conductive Polymer Binder for High-Tap-Density Nanosilicon Material for Lithium-Ion Battery Negative Electrode Application."Nano Letters 15.12 (2015) 7927 - 7932. DOI

Ai, Guo, Yiling Dai, Yifan Ye, Wenfeng Mao, Zhihui Wang, Hui Zhao, Yulin Chen, Junfa Zhu, Yanbao Fu, Vincent S Battaglia, Jinghua Guo, Venkat Srinivasan, and Gao Liu."Investigation of surface effects through the application of the functional binders in lithium sulfur batteries."Nano Energy 16 (2015) 28-37. DOI

Mao, Wenfeng, Yanbao Fu, Hui Zhao, Guo Ai, Yiling Dai, Dechao Meng, Xin-he Zhang, Deyang Qu, Gao Liu, Vincent S Battaglia, and Zhi-yuan Tang."Rational Design and Facial Synthesis of Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃@C Nanocomposites Using Carbon with Different Dimensions for Ultrahigh-Rate Lithium-Ion Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7 (2015) 12057-12066. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Wen Yuan, and Gao Liu."Hierarchical electrode design of high-capacity alloy nanomaterials for lithium-ion batteries."Nano Today 10 (2015) 193-212. DOI

Shi, Feifei, Philip N Ross, Hui Zhao, Gao Liu, Gabor A Somorjai, and Kyriakos Komvopoulos."A Catalytic Path for Electrolyte Reduction in Lithium-Ion Cells Revealed by in Situ Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy."Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (2015) 3181-3184. DOI

Ling, Min, Yanan Xu, Hui Zhao, Xingxing Gu, Jingxia Qiu, Sheng Li, Mingyan Wu, Xiangyun Song, Cheng Yan, Gao Liu, and Shanqing Zhang."Dual-functional gum arabic binder for silicon anodes in lithium ion batteries."Nano Energy 12 (2015) 178-185. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Zhe Jia, Wen Yuan, Heyi Hu, Yanbao Fu, Gregory L Baker, and Gao Liu."Fumed Silica-Based Single-Ion Nanocomposite Electrolyte for Lithium Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7.34 (2015) 19335 - 19341. DOI

Ling, Min, Hui Zhao, Xingcheng Xiao, Feifei Shi, Mingyan Wu, Jingxia Qiu, Sheng Li, Xiangyun Song, Gao Liu, and Shanqing Zhang."Low cost and environmentally benign crack-blocking structures for long life and high power Si electrodes in lithium ion batteries."Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3 (2015) 2036-2042. DOI

Zhao, Hui, Fadi Asfour, Yanbao Fu, Zhe Jia, Wen Yuan, Ying Bai, Min Ling, Heyi Hu, Gregory L Baker, and Gao Liu."Plasticized Polymer Composite Single-Ion Conductors for Lithium Batteries."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7.34 (2015) 19494 - 19499. DOI

Yuan, Wen, Mingyan Wu, Hui Zhao, Xiangyun Song, and Gao Liu."Baseline Si electrode fabrication and performance for the battery for Advanced Transportation Technologies Program."Journal of Power Sources 282 (2015) 223 - 227. DOI

Dai, Kehua, Zhihui Wang, Guo Ai, Hui Zhao, Wen Yuan, Xiangyun Song, Vincent S Battaglia, Chengdong Sun, Kai Wu, and Gao Liu."The transformation of graphite electrode materials in lithium-ion batteries after cycling."Journal of Power Sources 298 (2015) 349 - 354. DOI