Sodium Metal Batteries
This video introduces recent work involved in Sodium-Metal batteries at Deakin University.
Credit: Dr Andrew Basile Deakin University/ARC Discovery/BatTRI-Hub
Anions and Cations in OIPC
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Picture Credit: Researcher Symposium Slide
Organic Ionic Plastic Crystals (OIPC) electrolytes have a better performance and are safer, since they are more thermodynamically and electrochemically stable as compared to ionic liquid electrolyte. Below are some of the anions and cations that have been used in OIPC.
In this video two of our researchers introduce Sodium batteries and new organic material electrolyte to us. Presented by Dr. Jenny Sun and Dr. Faezeh Makhlooghia Azad on 4th, May, 2020
Our Researchers
Dr. Faezeh Makhlooghia Azad
Associate Research Fellow
Faezeh gained her PhD at the Burwood node of the Institute for Frontier Materials at Deakin University under supervision of Professor Maria Forsyth in 2018 on development of novel solid-state electrolytes for sodium batteries in 2018. She was awarded an Australia Endeavour Fellowship in 2018 to work with Prof. Linda Nazar, a world-leading electrochemist at the University of Waterloo in Canada, where she constructed sodium batteries using OIPCs that she well characterized during her PhD. Currently she is working in Professor Jenny Pringle’s group within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) on developing solid-state lithium battery technology based on novel solid-state electrolytes. her strength is in material analysis using techniques such as Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (NMR) and also a range of electrochemical techniques such as Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) Galvanostatic Cycling, Chronoamperometry and device fabrication.
Dr. Jenny Sun
Associate Research Fellow, Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University
Jenny obtained her PhD degree from University of New South Wales in 2019. Her PhD project was to rationally design functional materials, as well as advanced electrochemical energy devices for the rechargeable batteries, including metal-sulfur (Li/Na/Mg-S) batteries and metal-ion batteries. Her current research focuses on solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) between electrodes and electrolytes for Na ion batteries.
Jenny is a big fan of great adventures (bungee jumping, skydiving, diving and paragliding). In her leisure time, she also likes to play badminton and board games.