LESC is part of the new Battery500 consortium
LESC is part of the new Battery500 consortium led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) aiming to almost triple the energy packed in electric car batteries and make them smaller,…
Improve performance of cathode material by controlling oxygen activity
Our research 'Gas–solid interfacial modification of oxygen activity in layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries' was published on Nature Communication. See news report on this link.
“Ceramics for Energy” Workshop
“Ceramics for Energy” Workshop will be hold on June 3rd (Fri) and 4th (Sat half-day), 2016 in San Diego, California More details see link.
"Ceramics for Energy" Workshop
"Ceramics for Energy" Workshop - June 3rd (Fri) and 4th (Sat half-day), 2016 Hotel Information: GROUP INFORMATION Group…
Moses Kodur Received Best Presentation Award
Moses Kodur, an undergraduate student in Prof. Shirley Meng’s group at Department of NanoEngineering, UC San Diego was awarded a prize for Best Presentation - Energy at the Gulf Coast…
Smart People is funded by Benefunder
Dr. Meng is featured in an article about Benefunder that was posted on Panet Experts. See link. Shirley Meng of UCSD is finding innovative ways to store and convert renewable energy.…
Diagnosis lithium ion battery using Bragg coherent diffractive imaging
By using Bragg coherent diffractive imaging, our collaborators and us developted the operando characterization of the topological defects in the cathode nanoparticles of lithium ion battery. Based on this technique, three-dimensional…
SPEC is established with the help of LESC
Sustainable Power and Energy Center (SPEC, website link) is established with the help of LESC. Members in SPEC includes engineers, materials scientists, physicists, chemists, micro-grid experts and social scientists. The center…
The ECS student chapter in UCSD is Reported by ECS Journal Again!
The ECS student chapter in UCSD is official and reported by the The Electrochemical Society Interface again, our LESC group played a critical role in establishing this society. Original report see…
Congratulations to Danna Qian on Her successful PhD Defense
Danna Qian has successfully completed her PhD defense on Understanding the Surface and Interface Properties of Electrode Materials in Alkali-Ion Batteries. Congrats to Dr. Qian！