Former group member Bryan Koene (PhD '96) dropped by in mid-July 2025 to meet with Linda. Bryan mentioned that he had not been back since he left 29 years ago so Linda really appreciated the chance to chat and catch up.
Cameron Dean wins prestigious NSERC Vanier Scholarship
Please join us in congratulating Nazar Group member Cameron Dean for being selected for a prestigious NSERC Vanier Scholarship for his project "Discovery and Analysis of Novel Oxyhalide Solid Electrolytes using First Principles Computation."
Recent Paper: High Coulombic Efficiency Plating and Stripping of Sodium for High‑Performance Solid‑State Batteries
We are happy to share our latest work published in ACS Energy Letters: "High Coulombic Efficiency Plating and Stripping of Sodium for High‑Performance Solid‑State Batteries." The paper was first authored by group member Vipin Singh.
When it comes to solid-state batteries, good contact at the solid–solid interfaces isn’t just a bonus - it’s essential for efficient charge transfer kinetics. Poor contact at these interfaces creates high interfacial resistance, limiting ion and electron transport, and thus degrading the rate performance and capacity. In this work, we demonstrate highly efficient Na metal plating and stripping by carefully engineering these critical interfaces, showing that the right contact mechanics plays an important role.
We would like to thank our fantastic collaborators: Dr. Till Ortmann (who graciously provided the above TOC image), Maya Ziegler, Prof. Jürgen Janek (Justus Liebig University Giessen), and fellow group member Jackson Schuler.
DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c01680