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January 19, 2021

Scientists increased battery capacity over many charge and discharge cycles with a promising high-rate electrode material—lithium titanate—featuring a unique flower-shaped nanostructure, as seen in the scanning electron microscope image above. This structure provides multiple pathways for lithium ions to access the material. Read more in the corresponding news story.

News Stories

• Brookhaven Lab’s Top-10 Stories of 2020
• Nikhil Tiwale: Practicing the Art of Nanofabrication
• Driving Water Splitting to Create Chemical Fuels 
• Brookhaven’s Kevin Yager Named Oppenheimer Leadership Fellow
• Exploring Blended Materials Along Compositional Gradients
• Making 3-D Nanosuperconductors with DNA
• Lithium-Ion Battery Research “Flowers”
• Steady Progress in the Battle Against COVID-19 

Research Highlights

• Lithium as a Photocatalytic Performance Enhancer
• Patching Cracks in Perovskite Solar Cells for Better Performance
• Biofouling Prevention with Nanoscale Polymer Films
• Framing up Design of Nanomaterials with DNA
• Catching Light with 3D Hybrid Nanostructures  
   

Awards and Honors

Service Awards

• 5-Year Service Award: Gregory Doerk

Comings and Goings

New Hires

• Yichen Jia, Research Associate, Interface Science and Catalysis
• Mingxing Li, Scientific Associate, Soft and Bio Nanomaterials
• Sabine Neal, Research Associate, Interface Science and Catalysis
• Feiyue Teng, Research Associate, Soft and Bio Nanomaterials

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