Research

Research Areas

Georgia Tech faculty and researchers are advancing the state of the art of a wide variety of electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies. Find out more about current research areas below.

Lithium-Ion

Solid-State

Other

Characterize

Manufacture

Lithium-Ion Batteries

• New electrode materials for higher energy density and lower cost
• Modeling of reaction and degradation mechanisms
• Low-temperature chemistries
• Understanding interfaces

Solid-State Batteries

• Solid electrolyte development
• Cell engineering for high energy and improved safety
• High-capacity anodes
• Chemo-mechanical modeling

Other Battery Chemistries

Flow batteries for renewable energy storage
• Sodium-ion batteries
Aqueous zinc batteries
Supercapacitors

Characterization of battery materials and cells

X-ray spectroscopy
• Electron microscopy
X-ray imaging and tomography
Raman spectroscopy
X-ray scattering

Battery manufacturing and recycling

New processes for Li-ion battery recycling
• AI-enabled manufacturing
Sustainable materials for batteries