News - Wolverton Research Group

New Paper on Giant Onsite Entropy

posted Oct 11, 2017, 8:57 AM by Shane Patel

S S Naghavi, A A Emery, H A Hansen, F Zhou, V Ozolins, C Wolverton. Giant onsite electronic entropy enhances the performance of ceria for water splitting. Nature Communications. 2017.

New Paper on Designing Li-rich electrodes.

posted Oct 11, 2017, 8:54 AM by Shane Patel

S. Kim, M. Aykol, V.I. Hegde, Z. Lu, S. Kirklin, J.R. Croy, M.M. Thackeray, C. Wolverton. Material design of high-capacity Li-rich layered-oxide electrodes: Li2MnO3 and beyond. Energy & Environmental Science. 2017.

Soo successfully defends his thesis.

posted Oct 11, 2017, 8:50 AM by Shane Patel

Congratulations to Dr. Kim!

New Paper on High Pressure superconducting Copper-Bismuth binaries

posted Aug 29, 2017, 11:28 AM by Shane Patel

M. Amsler, C. Wolverton. Dense superconducting phases of copper-bismuth at high pressure. Phys. Rev Materials, 2017.

In addition, congratulations to Max for having this article chosen as an Editor's Suggestion!

New Paper on Inexpensive Thermoelectrics using Phase Boundary Mapping

posted Aug 15, 2017, 1:19 PM by Shane Patel

S. Ohno, U Aydemir, M Amsler, J-H Pöhls, S Chanakian A Zevalkink, M A White, S K Bux, C Wolverton, G J Synder. Achieving zT > 1 in Inexpensive Zintl Phase Ca9Zn4+xSb9 by Phase Boundary Mapping. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017.

New Paper on Phase Transformations in Copper Sulfide during Lithiation

posted Aug 15, 2017, 1:10 PM by Shane Patel

K He, Z Yao, S Hwang, N Li, K Sun, H Gan, Y Du, H Zhang, C Wolverton, D Su. Kinetically-Driven Phase Transformation during Lithiation in Copper Sulfide Nanoflakes. Nano Lett, 2017.

New Paper on Novel Cu-Bi Binaries synthesized at High Pressure

posted Aug 15, 2017, 1:05 PM by Shane Patel [ updated Aug 15, 2017, 1:08 PM ]

M, Amsler.; S.M. Clarke, J. P. S Walsh , T. Yu; Y. Wang; Y. Meng ; S. D. Jacobsen ; C. Wolverton.; D. E. Freedman. Creating Binary Cu–Bi Compounds via High-Pressure Synthesis: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. Chem. Mater. 2017.

Tony successfully defends his thesis!

posted Jul 18, 2017, 6:40 AM by Shane Patel

Congratulations to Dr. Emery!

New Paper on Sodium Intercalation in MoS2 Nanosheets

posted Jun 9, 2017, 9:20 AM by Shane Patel [ updated Jun 10, 2017, 5:54 PM by Zhenpeng Yao ]

Q. Li, Z. Yao, J. Wu, S. Mitra, S. Hao, T.S. Sahu, Y. Li, C. Wolverton, V.P. Dravid. Intermediate Phases in Sodium Intercalation into MoS₂ Nanosheets and Their Implications for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Nano Energy. 2017.

Kyle Bushick named MSE Outstanding Junior!

posted May 18, 2017, 10:32 AM by Shane Patel [ updated Oct 2, 2017, 8:49 PM ]

Congratulations to Kyle Bushick for being named THE Outstanding Junior in Northwestern's Materials Science Department