Research | LESC-Chicago

Anionic Redox

Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Probing Anionic Redox in High Energy Batteries

Co-free Cathode

Co Free Cathode Materials and Their Novel Architectures

Li Metal Battery

Fundamental science in the lithium metal anode aiming to enable next-generation high-energy batteries

Liquefied Gas Electrolyte

Focuses on gases that liquefy and can dissolve lithium salts at low temperatures or moderate pressures

Metal-air Battery

Multi-faceted approaches to study the nucleation site, size and composition of the discharge products to design practically metal-air battery

Na-Ion Batteries

Focus on the mechanisms of irreversible reactions in electrodes in Na-ion battery

Thin-film Battery

Studying interfacial phenomena in thin-film battery by developing advanced characterization

Perokskite Solar Cells

Elucidating the working mechanisms of hole transport materials and degradation process of PSCs

Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Use sputtering deposition to fabricate thin-film solid oxide fuel cells for mitigating issues encountered at bulk scale

Solid-State Batteries

Enabling novel solid electrolyte chemistries for high performance all-solid-state batteries and production

Silicon Anode

Diagnosing silicon battery materials through advanced characterizations to provide more effective solutions to current challenges

Zinc Batteries

Zinc-based batteries employing all-printed and stacked configuration shows superior areal capacities and flexibility

Computational Material Science

Using atomistic scale modeling to provide predictive understanding of battery material properties