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Battery Research at UNLV
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Why UNLV?
• For more than a decade, UNLV researchers
have conducted a world-class effort in various
aspects of battery research. This program has
been funded by federal and state agencies, as
well as many industrial partners.
• UNLV’s outstanding achievements in
renewable energy research, its success in
forging public/private partnerships, and its
excellent academic programs, place the
university at the forefront of the field.
• Our researchers have addressed questions,
including battery materials, energy storage,
fuel cells, and integration of batteries in the
grid.
• We would like to introduce you to some of our
researchers. Please feel free to contact us if we
can help with future collaboration.
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Why Nevada?
• Nevada is located centrally in the southwest
and is close to many renewable energy
resources including solar, wind, and
geothermal energies.
• We have been the host site of the National
Clean Energy Summit for the past six years, as
well as other important international
meetings.
• The institutions of higher learning in Nevada
are dedicated to advancing various aspects of
renewable energy in the region and beyond.
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Faculty Involved in Battery Research
Dr. Yahia Baghzouz
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy Research
Dr. Yi-Tung Chen
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy Research
Dr. Hui Zhao
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Dr. Yusheng Zhao
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Executive Director, High Pressure Science & Engineering
Center (HiPSEC)
Dr. Eunja Kim
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physics
and Astronomy
Dr. Kwang J. Kim
Southwest Gas Professor of Energy and Matter,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jaeyun Moon
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Dr. Wayne C. Stolte
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Chemistry
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Collaboration
• UNLV researchers have been addressing
various critical needs in battery research
in conjunction with national laboratories,
other universities and the battery
industry.
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• Recent partners include:
• Lawrence Berkeley National
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• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratory
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• University of Texas, Austin
• Rechargeable Power Energy North
America, LLC
• K2 Energy Solution
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Battery Research Areas of Expertise
• Cell electrical characteristics
• Static and dynamic equivalent circuits
• Cell impedance
• Sensitivity analysis of various parameters
• Life cycle analysis
• Pulse charging methodologies
• Power electronic chargers
• Coupled mass, electron, and charge
transport in lithium-ion flow batteries
• Development of efficient and durable
rechargeable batteries
•
Multi-physics model of batteries
•
Ionomers
• Modeling electrochemistry and Lithium
ion batteries
• Ionic-liquid-based energy storage
technology
• Third-generation dye-sensitized solar cell
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• Characterization of Li/S, K/S cathode and
electrolyte materials
Simulation of gas transport in Solid
Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) electrode
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• In situ reaction x-ray absorption and x-ray
emission studies of catalysis
Development of solid-state electrolytes
and all solid-state batteries
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Next-generation battery materials
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Energy-storage materials research;
• Study of Li-decorated nanoframeworks
and carbon forms
• Modeling electrochemistry occurring at
electrodes
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Battery Research
Highlights
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Battery Research
Dr. Yahia Baghzouz
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy Research
Phone: (702) 895-0887
Email: [email protected]
• Research Areas
• Cell electrical characteristics
• Static and dynamic equivalent circuits
• Cell impedance
• Sensitivity analysis of various parameters
• Life cycle analysis
• Pulse charging methodologies
• Power electronic chargers
• Test Equipment
• Fully-automated 16-channel Maccor Model 4200 multifunction test system
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Battery Research
Dr. Yahia Baghzouz
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy Research
Related Publications
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Arabali, A., Ghofrani, M., Etezadi-Amoli, M., Fadali, M.S., Baghzouz, Y., "GeneticAlgorithm-Based Optimization Approach for Energy Management," in Power
Delivery, IEEE Transactions on, vol.28, no.1, pp.162-170, doi:
10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2219598, Jan. 2013
Peng, W. and Baghzouz, Y., “Accurate Circuit Model for Steady-State and Dynamic
Performance of Lead-Acid AGM Batteries”, Utility Exhibition on Power and
Energy Systems: Issues & Prospects for Asia (ICUE), doi:
10.1109/ICUEPES.2011.6497726, Pattaya City, Thailand, Sept. 28-30, 2011.
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Battery Research
Dr. Yi-Tung Chen
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy Research
Phone: (702) 895-1202
Email: [email protected]
• Research Areas
• Coupled mass, electron, and charge transport in
lithium-ion flow batteries
• Development of efficient and durable rechargeable
batteries with bilayer oxygen ion conducting
electrolyte and nano-structured electrodes
• Multi-physics model coupled transport and reaction
processes in battery
• Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) simulation of gas
transport in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) electrode
• SODC interconnect design
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Battery Research
Dr. Yi-Tung Chen
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Co-Director, Center for Energy Research
Related Publications
• Karn Soontrapa and Yitung Chen, “Mono-sized Sphere Packing Algorithm Development Using
Optimized Monte Carlo Technique,” Advanced Powder Technology, 24, (2013), pp. 955-961
• Jianhu Nie and Yitung Chen, “Numerical modeling of three-dimensional two-phase gas-liquid flow in
the flow field plate of a PEM electrolysis cell,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 35 (2010),
pp. 3183-3197
• Chaiyod Soontrapa and Yitung Chen, “Optimization approach in variable-charge potential for
metal/metal oxide systems,” Computational Materials Science, 46 (2009), pp. 887-892
• Jianhu Nie, Yitung Chen, Steve Cohen, Blake Carter and Robert F. Boehm, “Numerical and
experimental study of three-dimensional fluid flow in the bipolar plate of a PEM electrolysis cell,”
International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 48 (10), pp. 1914-1922, 2009
• Jianhu Nie, Yitung Chen, Robert F. Boehm, and Shanthi P. Katukota, “A Photo-electrochemical
Model of Proton Exchange Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen production,” Journal of Heat Transfer,
Vol. 130, Number 4, April 2008, 042409/pp.1-6
• Jichun Li and Yitung Chen, “Finite Element Study of Time-dependent Maxwell's Equations in
Dispersive Media,” Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 24, pp. 1203-1221, 2008
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Battery Research
Dr. Eunja Kim
Assistant Research Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Phone: (702) 895-0804
Email: [email protected]
• Research Areas
• Energy-storage materials research
• First-principles computational study of Li-decorated
nanoframeworks and carbon forms
• Modeling electrochemistry occurring at electrodes
• Materials design for the next generation batteries
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First-principles computational study of Li-decorated
Battery Research
Dr. Eunja Kim
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Related Publications
Nanoframeworks made of cross-linked
ultrathin (5,0) SWCNTs decorated with
Li have been studied (Weck et al.,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 439, 354, 2007.)
Nanoframeworks m
nanobuds (i.e., SW
being studied from
(UNLV) and Weck
Labs)].
• Weck P. F., Kim E., "Solar Energy Storage in Phase Change Materials: First-Principles Thermodynamic
Modeling of Magnesium Chloride Hydrates", J. Phys. Chem. C 118 (9) (2014).
The current research effort consists in decorating these framew
studying their stability with molecular dynamics simulations usi
• Weck P. F., Kim E., Jove-Colon C. F., Sassani D. C., "First-Principles Study of Anhydrite,
Polyhalite and
theory.
Carnallite", Chem. Phys. Lett. 594, 1-5 (2014) [Cover page].
• Kim E., Weck P. F., Taylor C. D., Olatunji-Ojo O., Liu X.-Y., Mausolf E., Jarvinen G., Czerwinski K. R.,
"First-principles and kinetic Monte Carlo simulation studies of the reactivity of Tc(0001), MoTc(111)
and MoTc(110) surfaces", J. Electrochem. Soc. 161, C83-C88 (2014).
• Weck P. F., Kim E., Czerwinski K. R., "Semiconducting Layered Technetium Dichalcogenides: Insights
from First-Principles", Dalton Trans. 42, 15288 (2013) [Cover Page][selected as Dalton Transactions
"Hot Article"].
• Kim E., Weck P., Berber S. and Tomanek D., "Mechanism of fullerene hydrogenation by polyamines:
Ab initio density functional calculations", Phys. Rev. B 78, 113404 (2008).
• Kim E., Weck P., Naduvalath B., and Bae C., "Nanoscale Building Blocks for the Development of Novel
Proton-exchange Membrane Fuel Cells", J. Phys. Chem. B (Letter) 112, 3283 (2008).
• Miller G., Kintigh J., Kim E., Weck P. F., Berber S., and Tomanek D., "Hydrogenation of Single-Wall
Carbon Nanotubes Using Polyamine Reagents: Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study", J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 2296 (2008).
• Weck P. F., Kim E., Balakrishnan N., Cheng H., Yakobson B., "Designing carbon nanoframeworks
tailored for hydrogen storage", Chem. Phys. Lett. 439, 354 (2007).
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Battery Research
Dr. Kwang J. Kim
Southwest Gas Professor of Energy and Matter,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (702) 774-1419
Email: [email protected]
www.kwangjinkim.org
http://www.youtube.com/user/kwangkimlab
• Research Areas
Hitachi TM-3030,
Scanning Electron
• Lonomers
• Electrochemical processes
Number of Channels: 20
Voltage Range: -10 V to 10 V
Current Range:
- 500 mA to 500 mA (high)
- 10 mA to 10 mA (mid)
- 100 µA to 100 µA (low)
Microscope
• Electrochemical lithography
• Nanostructuring
• Fuel cell catalysts/batteries
• Surface modification
• Flow battery systems
Magnification: 15 ~ 30,000 x
EDX system: analyze chemical
composition
Cooling stage: mechanical test
Active Materials & Smart Living Laboratory
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Battery Research
Voltalab 80 (PGZ402) Potentiostat
Dr. Kwang J. Kim
Southwest Gas Professor of Energy and Matter,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Related Publications
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J. Park, V. Palmre, T. Hwang, K. J. Kim, W. Yim, and C. Bae, “Electromechanical Performance and
Other Characteristics of IPMCs Fabricated with Various Commercially Available ion exchange
membranes,” Smart Materials and Structures (2014).
R. Tiwari and K. J. Kim, “Mechanoelectric Transduction in Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite,“ Applied
Physics Letters (APL), Vol. 102, 123903 (2013; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4798496).
D. Pugal, P. Solin, K. J. Kim, and A. Aabloo, “Modeling Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites with
Space-Time Adaptive Multimesh hp-FEM,” Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 11, No.
1, pp. 249-270 (2012).
For more publications: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VX3wtWEAAAAJ&hl=en
Uniscan SECM370, Scanning Electrochemical Microscope System
Electrochemical processes; Electrochemical lithography;
Monitoring biological processes;
Nanostructuring;
Fuel cell catalysts/batteries;
Surface modification
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Battery Research
Dr. Jaeyun Moon
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (702) 895-5611
Email: [email protected]
• Research Areas
• Development of rechargeable battery
materials
• Nanostructured Si-based anode materials
for Li-ion batteries
• Hybrid battery materials for printable
batteries
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Battery Research
Dr. Jaeyun Moon
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Related Publications
• J. Moon, T.K. Kim, B. VanSaders, C. Choi, Z. Liu, S. Jin, R. Chen, Black oxide nanoparticles as durable
solar absorbing material for high-temperature concentrating solar power system, Solar Energy
Materials & Solar Cells, 134 (2015) 417-424.
• T.K. Kim, B. VanSaders, J. Moon, T. Kim, C.-H. Liu, J. Khamwannah, D. Chun, D. Choi, A. Kargar, R.
Chen, Tandem structured spectrally selective coating layer of copper oxide nanowires combined with
cobalt oxide nanoparticles, Nano Energy, 11 (2015) 247-259.
• T.K. Kim, J. Moon, B. VanSaders, D. Chun, C.J. Gardner, J.Y. Jung, G. Wang, R.K. Chen, Z.W. Liu, Y. Qiao,
S.H. Jin, Si boride-coated Si nanoparticles with improved thermal oxidation resistance, Nano Energy, 9
(2014) 32-40.
• J. Moon, J.H. Kim, Z.C.Y. Chen, J. Xiang, R.K. Chen, Gate-Modulated Thermoelectric Power Factor of
Hole Gas in Ge-Si Core-Shell Nanowires, Nano Lett, 13 (2013) 1196-1202.
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Battery Research
Dr. Wayne C. Stolte
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Chemistry
Email: [email protected]
• Research Areas
• Characterization of Li/S, K/S cathode and electrolyte materials using
synchrotron radiation
• In situ reaction studies x-ray absorption and x-ray emission studies of
catalysis
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Battery Research
Dr. Wayne C. Stolte
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Chemistry
Related Publications
• Xuefei Feng , Min-Kyu Song, Wayne C. Stolte, David Gardenghi, Duo Zhang, Xuhui Sun,f Junfa Zhu,
Elton J. Cairns, and Jinghua Guo, Understanding for longer cycle life of rechargeable lithium/sulfur cells: a
comprehensive study of the sulfur-graphene oxide cathode after discharge/charge cycling, submitted to
Energy & Environmental Science, Feb. 2014.
• I.N. Demchenko, M. Chernyshova, X. He, R. Minihayev, Y. Syryanyy, A. Derkachova, G. Derkachov,
W.C. Stolte, and H. Liang, Experimental observation of quantum confinement in the conduction band
of PbS quantum dots, X-ray Spectrom. 42 (2013) 197.
• X. He, I.N. Demchenko, W.C. Stolte, A. van Buuren, and H. Liang, Synthesis and transformation of Zndoped PbS quantum dots, J. Phys. Chem. C 116 (2012).
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Battery Research
Dr. Hui Zhao
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (702) 895-1463
Email: [email protected]
• Research Areas
• Modeling electrochemistry and Lithium
ion batteries
• Ionic-liquid-based energy storage
technology
• Third-generation dye-sensitized solar
cell
Third-generation nanocrystal-enhanced dyesensitized solar cell
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Battery Research
Dr. Hui Zhao
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Related Publications
• Jiang, X., Huang, J., Zhao, H., Sumpter, B. G., and Qiao, R., 2014, Dynamics of electrical double layer formation in roomtemperature ionic liquids under constant-current charging conditions, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 26 284109
(9pp)
• Zhao, H., 2012, The influence of nonelectrostatic ion-ion interactions on double layer capacitance, Physical Review E, 86,
051502.
• Uppapalli, S. and Zhao, H., 2012, The polarization of a diffuse soft particle subjected to an alternating current field,
Langmuir,28, 11164-11172.
• Zhao, H., 2011, Diffuse-charge dynamics of ionic liquids in electrochemical systems, Physical Review E, 84, 051504.
• Zhao, H., 2011, The role of hydrodynamic behavior of DNA molecules in dielectrophoretic polarization under the action
of an electric field, Physical Review E, 84, 021910.
• Zhao, H., 2011, Double layer polarization of a non-conducting particle in an alternating current field with applications to
dielectrophoresis, Electrophoresis 32, 2232-2244.
• Zhao, H., 2011, Streaming potential generated by a pressure-driven flow over super-hydrophobic stripes, Physics of
Fluids, 23, 022003. (selected for the Feb. 14, 2011 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology) (Top 20
most downloaded articles in Feb. 2011).
• Zhao, H., 2010, Electro-osmotic flow over a charged superhydrophobic surface, Physical Review E, 81, 066314.
• Zhao, H., 2010, On the Influence of Ion Excluded Volume (Steric) Effects on the Double Layer Polarization of a NonConducting Nano Particle in an AC Field, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 18, 8389-8397.
• Zhao, H., 2010, on the Effect of Hydrodynamic Slip on the Polarization of a Non-conducting Spherical Particle in an AC
Field, Physics of Fluids,22, 072004.
• Zhao, H. and Bau, H. H., 2010, the Polarization of Nanorods Submerged in an Electrolyte Solution and Subjected to an AC
Electric field, Langmuir, 26, 5412-5420.
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Battery Research
Dr. Yusheng Zhao
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Executive Director, High Pressure Science & Engineering Center (HiPSEC)
Phone: (702) 895-1718
Email: [email protected]
Further Information: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=arpa-e-projects/fire-resistant-solid-electrolytes
• Research Areas
• Development of solid-state electrolytes and all
solid-state batteries
• DOE/ARPA-E-funded project for the nextgeneration battery design
• Fire-resistant lithium-rich anti-perovskite
electrolyte
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Battery Research
Dr. Yusheng Zhao
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Executive Director, High Pressure Science & Engineering Center
(HiPSEC)
Related Publications
• Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y.S., Chen, C.F., Ab initio study of the stabilities of and mechanism of superionic
transport in lithium-rich antiperovskites, Phys. Rev. B, 87, 134303 (2013).
• Zhao, Y. S. and L. L. Daemen, Superionic Conductivity in Lithium-Rich Anti-Perovskites, J. Am.
Chem. Soc., 134, 15042-15047 (2012).
For more publications: http://hipsec.unlv.edu/people/yusheng-zhao/publications/
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