Batteries heat up during operation, so we actively cool them in effort to maintain an isothermal environment. However, heat production of the battery is non-linear and environments are dynamic. Can we use dynamic cooling to optimize performance, leverage environment, and reduce energy penalty of cooling?

Battery components are becoming critical materials, and Complex supply chains are strained by geopolitics and transportation. Opportunity to demonstrate anode materials using globally abundant materials and Kansas waste streams. We are interesting in upcycling biomass and industrial waste streams to make carbon anodes. We are also interested in PFAS free electrolytes, second-life battery use, and other enviromentaly friendly efforts. 

Emerging chemstries experience dramatic expansion and contraction during charge/discharge processes, and new applications like eVTOL and drones have imited volume and weight available for power and energy. We are interested new designs which are thermally informed and accomodate novel diagnostics.