Automated, High-Throughput Screening of Increased Ionic Conductivity Polymer Electrolytes

Executive Summary

We will develop and evaluate a novel technique to accelerate screening of the ionic conductivity and mobility of polymer electrolyte materials through an automated approach that integrates real-time in-situ characterization and active learning feedback systems during an additive manufacturing process. If successful, we will significantly reduce the time needed to develop safe, stable, and cost-effective batteries, through an integrated additive manufacturing process that increases the material's ionic conductivity, as well as the battery lifetime.

Publications, Presentations, and Patents

Johanna J. Schwartz, “LLNL-KIST Collaboration: Polymer Electrolytes and Energy Storage” (Oral Presentation, 2023 LLNL-KIST Joint Workshop., Seoul, South Korea, September 12-14, 2023). 

Johanna J. Schwartz, "Automated, High Throughput Screening of Increased Ionic Conductivity Polymer Electrolytes" (Oral Presentation, 2023 Fall ACS Symposium, San Francisco, CA, August 17-21, 2023). 

Michell Marufu, Johanna J. Schwartz, “Studying-Polymers-On-a-Chip (SPOC): Automated, High-Throughput Screening of Increased Ionic Conductivity Polymer Electrolytes” (Poster Presentation, 2023 Fall ACS Symposium, San Francisco, CA, August 17-21, 2023). 

Johanna J. Schwartz, “Automated, High Throughput Screening of Increased Ionic Conductivity Polymer Electrolytes” (Oral Presentation, 2023 Polymer Degradation Discussion Group. Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 11-15, 2023).