Fundamentals of Ionic Transport

Record highest conductivity solid oxide electrolyte.

Electrocatalytic Phenomena

Combine catalytic and electrochemical analysis to elucidate mechanisms.

Device Performance

• Solid oxide fuel cells
• Solid state gas sensors
• Ion transport membranes

Computational Materials Thrust

Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the effects of ionic radius and polarizability on ionic conductivity, the structure of vacancy clusters and the mechanisms of oxygen transport.

Advanced Materials Synthesis

Synthesize and characterize new materials providing data for and validating computational predictions.

Surface Reaction of Ion Conducting Oxides

Controlled Microstructure Processing

Applied colloid science and interfacial chemistry, heterosupermolecular chemistry, solid freeform fabrication, directed self-assembly and emergence of nanofabricated ceramics.

Thermo-Mechanical Properties

Relationship between external environment and mechanical properties through defect equilibria modeling.