Research interests
Over the coming decade, the cost of long-duration grid storage will need to be reduced by 90% to keep stride with Net Zero targets. To this end, organic materials are currently being appraised as leading candidates for electrochemical storage capable of affording both low cost and high functionality with no supply chain constraints. However, redox processes in organic materials are complex and frequently lead to the formation of open-shell species, which, if unregulated, can lead to active material degradation and efficiency losses. Yet in nature, open-shell species and their corresponding assemblies are readily harnessed to control signalling and other complex processes. My work focuses on the development of supramolecular strategies to understand and utilise these species to access new performance capabilities towards practical all-organic grid batteries.
Host: Dean Toste
Ph.D. Institution: University of Cambridge, UK
