Intercalation batteries

• Lithium-Ion batteries
  • Next-generation silicon-based anodes
  • Faster charging cathodes
  • Heat generation during fast-charge
• Sodium-Ion batteries

Conversion batteries

• Lithium-sulfur
  • Electrolyte systems to suppress the polysulfide shuttle
  • Sulfur cathode design
  • Novel cell architectures
• Broader class of chalcogen-based conversion cathodes

Operando diagnostics

• High-energy synchrotron-based X-ray techniques
• Operando raman, FTIR, UV-VIS techniques

Computational modeling and data science

• Newman modeling of batteries
• Experiment-backed model fitting
• Data science
• Agent-based modeling applied to the electrification of transportation