Research
Research Projects

Safer Energy Storage Devices
Project Goal: Development of Ionogel Electrolytes for Batteries and Supercapacitors
- Design composite gel electrolytes (ionogels) based on nonvolatile, nonflammable room-temperature molten salts (ionic liquids)
- Synthesize novel (co)polymers for use as ionogel scaffolds and investigating their self-assembly within ionic liquid environments (e.g. fully-zwitterionic copolymers)
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Understand how scaffold chemistry affects both rheological behavior and ion
transport within ionogels

Biofriendly Gel Electrolytes (Greener Ionogels)
Project Goal: Realization of Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) Gel Electrolytes for Flexible Electronics
- Create chemically cross-linked scaffolds for DES gel-based, eco-friendly supercapacitors
- Design fully biocompatible and stretchable DES gels for ionic skins
- Demonstrate DES gel electrolytes for next-generation sodium ion
batteries

Flexible Sensors and Electronics on Unconventional Substrates
Project Goal: Fabrication of Electronic Devices on Non-planar, Highly Irregular or Rough Surfaces
- Investigate materials that can retain electrical properties upon mechanical deformation
- Evaluate material properties for facile and scalable fabrication schemes
- Advance the deployment of devices on unconventional substrates (e.g. threads) through novel applications