by | Feb 27, 2020 | Jun, Young-Shin, Jung, Haesung
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Young-Shin Jun’s laboratory have developed a cost-effective, fast, green chemistry process to produce birnessite (δ-MnO2) nanosheets with naturally abundant resources. This method uses sunlight and nitrate to oxidize Mn2+ (aq) to Mn (IV) and ha…
by | Nov 1, 2019 | Ramani, Vijay, Sankarasubramanian, Shrihari
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Vijay Ramani’s laboratory have developed an electrode decoupled redox flow battery (RFB) with stable electrolyte materials that can generate power densities comparable to all-Vanadium RFBs at less than half the cost.
RFBs are a promising option for …
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Parrondo, Javier, Ramani, Vijay, Wang, Zhongyang
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Vijay Ramani’s laboratory have developed a variety of robust, versatile anion exchange membrane (AEM) materials that achieve high performance through superior ion selectivity. These mechanically and chemically stable membranes have the potential to d…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Agonafer, Damena, Ma, Binjian, Shan, Li
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Damena Agonafer’s laboratory have developed a highly-efficient, compact, modular evaporative cooling platform with materials and nanostructured geometries designed to greatly enhance thermal management of 3D integrated circuits, power converters and …
by | Aug 17, 2018 | Atlas, Gal, Axelbaum, Richard, Elhassid, Dror, Lengyel, Miklos
— Background
Material morphology and composition are critical for production of Li+ ion battery cathodes, and there is a need for improved synthesis methods that yield high quality materials through cost effective, green, scalable processes. Further, there is often a need to dope materials during syn…