Arc Training Centre for Future Energy Storage Technologies

Unraveling the Impact of Electrosorbed Ions on the Scaling Behavior of Fast-Charging Dynamics of Nanoporous Electrodes Toward Digital Design of Iontronic Devices

J Liao, P Wang, WJ Jiang, X Du, JZ Liu, D Li

2025-09-11

Electrolyte-filled nanoporous electrodes with fast-charging capability are critical for advanced energy storage and iontronic devi..

Mesoscale dynamics of electrosorbed ions in fast-charging carbon-based nanoporous electrodes

P Wang, K Zhang, J Liao, X Wang, GP Simon, JZ Liu, D Li

2025-09-01

Electrosorption, the accumulation of electrolyte ions at charged interfaces, is a common phenomenon across various electrochemical..

Extreme Fast Charging and Stable Cycling of Lithium Manganese Oxide Batteries by Suppression of Cathode Phase Changes

B Roy, U Pal, D Simondson, C Nguyen, BV Kerr, RK Hocking, D Al-Masri, PC Howlett, M Forsyth, M Kar, DR MacFarlane

2025-03-11

Extreme fast charging (XFC, i.e., 80% state of charge within 15 min, 4C rate) remains a high-desirability criterion for next-gener..

Revisiting self-discharge of supercapacitors with multilayered graphene membrane as a model nanoporous electrode

X Du, WJ Jiang, L Zu, D Feng, X Wang, M Li, P Wang, Y Cao, Y Wang, Q Liang, D Li

2025-01-01

Self-discharge in electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly in electric double-layer capacitors, poses significant chal..

A novel flame-retardant lithium fluoroborate salt for LNMO-graphite-based Li-ion batteries

B Roy, U Pal, K Banerjee, PC Howlett, DR MacFarlane

2024-11-01

A novel lithium salt (lithium di-fluoro di-nonafluoro-tert-butoxy borate) shows high solubility (>1 M) and flame-retardant propert..

Unexpected Energy Applications of Ionic Liquids

K Matuszek, SL Piper, A Brzęczek-Szafran, B Roy, S Saher, JM Pringle, DR MacFarlane

2024-06-06

Ionic liquids and their various analogues are without doubt the scientific sensation of the last few decades, paving the way to a ..

Solvent Effect on the Nanotextural Formation of Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes

Yang Cao, Lianhai Zu, Xiaoyang Du, George V Franks, Qinghua Liang, Dan Li

2023-10-18

Solvent is involved in many wet-chemical synthesis and bottom-up assembly processes. Understanding its influence on the nanotextur..

Subnanometric Stacking of Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials: Insights from the Nanotexture Evolution of Dense Reduced Graphene Oxide Membranes

Y Cao, Z Xiong, Q Liang, WJ Jiang, F Xia, X Du, L Zu, S Mudie, GV Franks, D Li

2023-03-14

Assembling two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials into laminar membranes with a subnanometer (subnm) interlayer spacing provides a mat..

A comprehensive review of cathode materials for Na-air batteries

P Mao, H Arandiyan, SS Mofarah, P Koshy, C Pozo-Gonzalo, R Zheng, Z Wang, Y Wang, SK Bhargava, H Sun, Z Shao, Y Liu

2023-02-22

In recent years, rechargeable sodium-air batteries have attracted extensive attention and shown rapid development for use in the f..

High-Ionicity Electrolytes Based on Bulky Fluoroborate Anions for Stable Na-Metal Cycling

DT Duncan, B Roy, SL Piper, C Nguyen, P Howlett, M Forsyth, DR Macfarlane, J Sun, M Kar

2022-11-10

Currently available electrolyte materials for sodium battery technology remain unoptimized, despite the success of their lithium c..

Recent strategies for improving the performance of ionic liquids as battery electrolytes

B Roy, U Pal, M Kar, DR MacFarlane

2022-10-01

Ionic liquids (ILs) are widely known for their intriguing properties, such as low flammability, high electrochemical stability, et..

Lithium Borate Ester Salts for Electrolyte Application in Next-Generation High Voltage Lithium Batteries

B Roy, P Cherepanov, C Nguyen, C Forsyth, U Pal, TC Mendes, P Howlett, M Forsyth, D MacFarlane, M Kar

2021-09-01

The atmospheric instability and the corrosive tendency of hexafluorophosphate [PF<inf>6</inf>]⁻ and fluorosulfonylimide..