Fast and Cooperative Ion Transport in Polymer-Based Electrolytes (FaCT)

Director

Valentino Cooper

Lead Institution

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Class

2022-2026

Mission

To understand and control fast, correlated ion and proton transport at multiple length and time scales in polymer-based electrolytes.

Partner Institutions

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Georgia State University
Michigan State University
Pennsylvania State University
Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
University of California Santa Barbara
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Tennessee

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BES Staff Contact

Christopher Chervin

Grand Challenges Addressed

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Transformative Opportunities Addressed

Mastering Hierarchical Architectures and Beyond-Equilibrium Matter

Trans. Opp. #1

Understanding the Critical Roles of Heterogeneity, Interfaces, and Disorder

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Exploiting Transformative Advances in Imaging Capabilities across Multiple Scales

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BES Reports Addressed

Highlights

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Illustration showing a crystal structure, with balls connected by lines and a blue ball increasing in size moving above the structure

Thin Materials and Fat Electrons: A Recipe for New Quantum Phenomena

The 2D material cerium silicon iodide contains the same heavy electrons responsible for heavy fermion physics, something so far seen only in 3D materials.

Applying a voltage to lanthanum strontium manganite (LSMO) can cause it to separate into distinct regions with dramatically different magnetic properties, as illustrated by the red and blue colors in the above figure.

Tuning Magnetism With Voltage Opens a New Path to Neuromorphic Circuits

Experiments show that applied voltage can dramatically alter the magnetic properties of quantum materials.