Research

Our group specializes in diverse areas of materials research, with a primary focus on computational approaches to energy storage and conversion systems. Our expertise spans:

1. Hydrogen generation and storage

2. Battery materials: Li-ion batteries, metal-air batteries, and more

3. Grid storage applications

4. Fuel cell materials

5. Ferroelectrics and ferromagnetics

6. Thermoelectrics

7. Corrosion and extractive metallurgy, including green steel-making

8. Degradation: Hot Corrosion, Creep, Fatigue modeling 

Key Research Areas:

1. Electrochemical and chemomechanical studies of charged interfaces

2. Grain boundary/interface phase transitions (complexions) in advanced ionic solids

3. Microstructural evolution of ionic polycrystalline ceramics

4. Flash-assisted sintering

5. Materials for solid oxide fuel cells, Li-ion batteries, ferroelectrics, and perovskite solar cells

6. Thermodynamic prediction of phase stability in alloys used in power plant components

7. Remaining life assessment of high-temperature components

Our ultimate goal is to enhance the performance and long-term reliability of advanced materials in energy and structural applications through comprehensive computational and experimental research.

Research Projects:

1. Electrochemical and thermal modeling of metal electrode batteries in saline water-activated conditions.

2.  Physics-based modeling of thermally activated batteries.

3.  Development of aluminum anodes for metal-air batteries: Computational and experimental studies.

4.  Development of iron-air batteries for grid storage applications.

5.  Modeling of fuel cells, Alkaline electrolyzers, Li-ion batteries, and ferroelectric materials.

6.  Modeling of charged interfaces for energy storage materials.

7.  Corrosion and high-temperature degradation studies of high-temperature components.

8.  Material design for hydrogen storage applications.