Our moisture-proof cathode is on the cover of Nature Energy
Priya’s paper shows that a thin phosphate shell keeps sodium cathodes stable in humid air. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Rao Lab
News
Papers, prizes, new arrivals and life in the lab.
Welcome, Jonah and Ana!
Two new members join the lab this semester: Jonah Brooks (PhD) and Ana Souza (MSc).
Ananya Rao receives the Swarnajayanti Fellowship
The fellowship supports five years of work on safer batteries for the grid.
Beamtime success at the synchrotron
Daniel and Mei spent 72 hours imaging fast-charging cells. The first movies are stunning.
Ana wins Best Poster at the International Battery Conference
Her self-healing binder poster was chosen from more than 300 entries.
We released 300 cells of open cycling data
The full dataset and the code to read it are free on Zenodo and GitHub.
Dr. Aisha Bello defends her thesis
Aisha’s thesis on ion transport in layered oxides was passed without corrections.
Lab retreat in the Western Ghats
Three days of talks, hikes and monsoon rain.