Read more about the Seaborg Symposium.
Undergrads, Joanne and Misaki, gave excellent poster presentations at the Seaborg Symposium!
Dr. Maher won the prestigious Energy Storage Materials (EnSM) Young Scientist Award
Dr. Maher El-Kady is one of three young scientists in the field of energy storage materials chosen for the prestigious Energy Storage Materials (EnSM) Young Scientist Award in recognition of his seminal contribution to the development of safer lithium-ion batteries, and for pioneering mass manufacturing methods of graphene batteries, driving transformative innovations in energy storage materials and devices.
Our work entitled “Interactions between liquid ammonia and graphitic materials” is now published in RSC Applied Interfaces
Congratulations to Dr. Cheng-Wei!
Title: Interactions between liquid ammonia and graphitic materials
DOI: 10.1039/D3LF00194F
Prof Kaner has been named on the “Highly Cited Researchers™ 2023 list” from Clarivate
Prof Kaner has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2023 list from Clarivate, placing them among world’s most influential scholars, based on citations.
Our work on metal-free pseudocapacitors is now published in Materials Horizons
Congratulations to Chenxiang!
Title: A simple route to functionalized porous carbon foams from carbon nanodots for metal-free pseudocapacitors
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3mh01032e
Our work on Reversible Zn Batteries is now published in Advanced Materials, and chosen as the front cover art!
Congratulations to Chenxiang!
Title: Labile Coordination Interphase for Regulating Lean Ion Dynamics in Reversible Zn Batteries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202306145
Prof. Kaner gave a talk at MACS Careers Seminar
Learn more about the MACS program here.
Our work entitled “Roots Fuel Cell Produces and Stores Clean Energy” is now published in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Title: Roots Fuel Cell Produces and Stores Clean Energy
DIO: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01174
Our work on Advanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries is now published in Advanced Energy Materials
Title: Partial Sulfidation of the Electrochemically Exfoliated Layered Double Hydroxides toward Advanced Aqueous Zinc Batteries
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202302137
Congratulations to Ric for $1M Climate Action Seed Grant
Professors Richard Kaner and Yuzhang Li from UCLA’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have been awarded a $1M Climate Action Seed grant for their research project, which will create a breakthrough battery technology based on Zn chemistry. This technology aims to assist California in establishing a carbon-free electric grid, utilizing this new, safe, and long-lasting battery technology for grid storage.
From California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) News (by Nicole Wilkins):