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, mesoscale science, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel systems), synthesis (self-assembly)
Systems Studied
Systems: polymer, molecules, electrolytes, ionic liquid
Interfaces: organic/inorganic, liquid/solid
Nanostructured: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, neutron diffraction and scattering, neutron spectroscopy, surface science, ultrafast science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), continuum modeling, machine learning
Partner Institutions
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Case Western Reserve University
- Columbia University
- Hunter College
- New York University
- Texas A&M
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Tennessee
- University of Texas at Austin
