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Scientists using neutrons set the first benchmark (one nanosecond) for a polymer-electrolyte and lithium-salt mixture. Findings could boost power and safety for lithium batteries! bit.ly/3Jlwwc8
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Solvation dynamics affect charge transport, but conflicting values are reported for organic electrolytes. Here, lifetimes of order 1 ns for organic polymer/lithium salt mixtures with ultraslow solvation shell break-up dynamics are now reported. @BalsaraLab go.nature.com/3T750U3
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So proud of my friend and @Solid_Battery co-founder, Nitash Balsara, @BalsaraLab, at @UCBerkeley. Important read: Why Do Batteries Sometimes Catch Fire and Explode? – Berkeley Lab News Center newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/11/0…
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Don't miss this podcast featuring Berkeley Chemistry PhD alum (@BalsaraLab) and UW–Madison assistant professor Whitney Loo!
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Join us as we sit down with Whitney Loo, assistant professor @uwmadengr! Sustainable polymers. New lab problems. And the power of asking questions. Don't miss this episode! Tune in anywhere you find podcasts: buff.ly/3PnJKcu
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Check out this new article @FrontChemistry spearheaded by @BalsaraLab on the microstructure and electrochemical properties of polymer-ceramic architectures. There's eye candy: look for the TEM pictures of ceramic "beads" embedded in polymer domains!
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my final (I think? I hope?) paper from my time with the
@BalsaraLab was published today in JES from
@IOPPublishing! Learn how Jackie and Pallab were able to model local current density during Li plating/stripping all from 3D X-ray tomography: iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
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We can estimate #ion transference number by just measuring solvent velocity!! 😲iopscience.iop.org/article/1… the strongly coupled multi species #transport in #electrolyte makes this possible! With @davidhalat @BalsaraLab and others @JCESRHub @argonne #battery #physics #Science #enmr
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Elucidating the Molecular Origins of the Transference Number in Battery Electrolytes Using Computer Simulations
Chao Fang, Aashutosh Mistry, Venkat Srinivasan, Nitash P. Balsara, and Rui Wang
Check it out 👉 go.acs.org/3TI
@BalsaraLab @UCBerkeley #clusterchemistry
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the final first-author paper of my PhD @BalsaraLab is now available online in @MacroJrnls_ACS! We used SAXS and impedance to investigate the relationship between grain growth and conductivity in block copolymer electrolytes and found that... pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.102…
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now that everything is out in print, here's a summary of the work I did (1st and 2nd author) on polymer electrolytes in my PhD with @BalsaraLab! (@JCESRHub @ENERGY @BerkeleyLab @UCBerkeley @UCB_Chemistry)
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we also perform full electrochemical characterization up to r = 0.50; any theory people want to extend concentrated solution theory to two phases to model the concentration profiles? find the paper here! doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol…
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@balsaralab reports the synthesis of a new polymer electrolyte, poly(pentyl malonate) (PPM). The length-normalized limiting current of PPM/LiTFSI in LI-polymer-Li symmetric cells is ~2.8 higher than that of PEO/LiTFSI. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…
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Missing understanding to predict electrolyte structure for desired ion transport behavior: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…. @JCESRHub @ACSCentSci @BalsaraLab @argonne with Zhou Yu, Brandon Peters, Chao Fang, Rui Wang, Larry Curtiss, Nitash Balsara, Lei Cheng & Venkat Srinivasan.
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Can we move a neutral species by applying an electric field? Yes, in an electrolyte!! iopscience.iop.org/article/1… @LorenaGrundy @davidhalat John Newman, Nitash Balsara, Venkat Srinivasan @JCESRHub @BalsaraLab
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@Shell and @EnergyBioscien1 have renewed their research partnership. Nitash Balsara said,“As we transition from fossil fuels to cleaner technologies, it is important for universities to partner with industrial partners with the same goals." @BalsaraLab
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Finally, my graduation colloquium from @UCB_Chemistry @UCBerkeley will be on Wednesday, 3/30 at 4:00 pm PDT in Tan Hall room 180, and via Zoom. This talk is intended for a general, non-expert audience - please reach out if you'd like the Zoom link!
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Next week I head to San Diego for the #ACSSpring2022 meeting, where I am honored to be presenting in the @POLY_ACS Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium on Tuesday, 3/22 at 4:10 pm PDT in the Pacific Ballroom, Section 14.
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My next talk is on Wednesday, 3/16, at 4:00 pm CDT as an invited focus session speaker in "Structure and Dynamics of Ion-Containing Polymers I" @APS_DPOLY @APSphysics in room W-185A. The talk is titled "Distortion of Lamellae in a Block Copolymer Electrolyte under Polarization."
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I'll be presenting tomorrow, 3/15, at 4:36 pm CDT in the @APS_DPOLY Dillon Medal Symposium @APSphysics in room W-184BC at the APS March meeting in Chicago. The talk is titled "Inaccessible Phase Transitions in Block Copolymer Electrolytes."
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I am entering several weeks of travel and talks! If you'd like to hear about my @JCESRHub-funded work at @UCB_Chemistry @UCBerkeley and @BerkeleyLab with @BalsaraLab ...