Breakthrough Electrolytes for Energy Storage (BEES)

Director
Robert Savinell
Lead Institution
Case Western Reserve University
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To develop fundamental understanding of: (i) solvation and transport properties; (ii) electrode-electrolyte interfaces; and (iii) electron transfer reactions in deep eutectic solvents and soft nanoparticle electrolytes.
Research Topics
electrocatalysis, electrical energy storage, charge transport, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials)
Materials Studied
Materials: electrolytes, ionic liquid
Interfaces: organic/inorganic, inorganic/inorganic, liquid/solid
Nanostructured Materials: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, neutron diffraction and scattering, neutron spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, ultrafast science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), continuum modeling, multiscale modeling

Partner Institutions
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Case Western Reserve University
- Columbia University
- CUNY Hunter College
- New York University
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas at Austin