November 14-17, 2019 – Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage
Alex has been named a Scialog Fellow and will participate in the 2019 Scialog: Advanced Energy Storage. Scialog is a platform of the Research Corporation for Science and Advancement meant to foster “research, intensive dialog and community building to address scientific challenges of global significance”.
September 16, 2019 – A New Group Member
Jose Torres has joined the group as a postdoc. Welcome to Columbia! Jose was previously a postdoc at Stanford University and graduated from the University of St Andrews.
September 6, 2019 – Qualification Exam
Jianzhou has passed his qualification exam. Congratulations!
July 17, 2019 – Clean Tech Competition
The Spellman HV Clean Tech Competition is an international research and design challenge for high-school students. Alex was a guest speaker at the 2019 Clean Tech Competition that was this year held in the Cooper Union. Great to see students from all around the world being excited about their research projects and thinking about ways towards a clean-energy future.
July 1, 2018 – SEAS Interdisciplinary Research Seed Fund
Together with Prof. Yuan Yang (APAM), we have received a SEAS Interdisciplinary Research Seed (SIRS) award to start a research project on polymer-electrolyte batteries.
October 15, 2018 – Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center
Columbia Engineering Launches New Center for Research into Renewable Energy and Energy Storage
We are founding members and among the core faculty of the newly established Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center (CEEC).
April 12, 2018 – Conversation with Seeker’s Trace Dominguez
This conversation, recorded in San Francisco in March 2018, is aimed at non-experts. See also part 1 of 3 of this Seeker series.
News features
Some of our work has been featured on the news. Below are links to selected news items.
Pre-Columbia
November 22, 2017 – Materials Today
New research brings order to disordered battery materials
October 30, 2017 – PV Magazine (Mark Hutchins)
Berkeley scientists boost battery capacities
October 30, 2017 – Berkeley Lab News Center (Julie Chao)
New Studies on Disordered Cathodes May Provide Much-Needed Jolt to Lithium Batteries
May 31, 2016 — Green Car Congress
May 30, 2016 — Berkeley Lab and NERSC News (Julie Chao)
New Path Forward for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries
Also published in NERSC News
February 21, 2014 — NERSC News (Linda Vu)
Disordered Materials Hold Promise for Better Batteries
January 10, 2014 — Brookhaven Lab News
Unlocking the Potential of Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
January 9, 2014 — Chemistry World (Tim Wogan)
Disorder opens up battery material field