CORROSION RESEARCH CENTER AREAS OF RESEARCH


SENSORS AND BATTERY SYSTEMS

Professor David L. Douglas

Professor Boone B. Owens

Professor William H. Smyrl

Professor H.V. Venkatasetty



High energy and power rechargeable batteries are the focus of intensive research and development efforts worldwide due to their promising uses in portable electronic devices and electroic vehicles. Among the possible chemistries, the systems based on the reversible ion intercalation in transition metal oxides occupy a prominent role.

Our research is mostly focused on the synthesis and the chemical-physical and electrochemical characterization of new intercalation materials prepared through sol-gel processes.

The research goals include

  1. synthesis of new cathode materials by sol-gel techniques,
  2. formation of micro- and nano-composites,
  3. time dependent phenomena associated with intercalation processes,
  4. modeling studies of lintercalation in porous electrodes, and
  5. characterization of laboratory scale batteries.


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