Kostecki Research Group
Robert Kostecki’s group conducts research on basic processes and fundamental phenomena that occur in electrical energy storage/conversion devices and water treatment systems. We develop and apply advanced spectroscopy and microscopy techniques in combination with electrochemical methods to obtain a detailed insight into the mechanism of interfacial phenomena, which determine the function, operation and degradation modes of materials, electrodes and devices. We work closely with our partners in national labs, academia and industry to establish clear connections between diagnostics, theory/modelling, materials synthesis and technology development R&D.
Latest News
Looking Inside a Battery
May-05-22
Researchers Use Novel Imaging Method to Characterize Nanoscale Processes
The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkele...
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Unique Battery Alternative Wins R&D 100 Award
Nov-08-21
A team led by Wei Tong of the Applied Energy Materials Group in the Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division is...
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Exploring Avenues for More Stable Lithium-Metal Batteries
Nov-02-21
Rechargeable lithium-metal (Li-metal) batteries offer an opportunity to improve on the energy storage density of current...
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Harnessing the Power of Lithium Metal Batteries
Sep-01-21
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in collaboration wit...
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Recent Publications
Fang, Chen, Insun Yoon, Dion Hubble, Thanh-Nhan Tran, Robert Kostecki, and Gao Liu."Recent Applications of Langmuir–Blodgett Technique in Battery Research."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
14.2 (2022) 2431 - 2439. DOI
Sedlak, David L., Meagan Mauter, Jordan Macknick, Jennifer R Stokes, Peter Fiske, Deborah Agarwal, Thomas Borch, Richard Breckenridge, Tzahi Cath, Shankar Chellam, Amy Childress, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Daniel Giammar, Eric Hoek, Sunny Jiang, Lynn Katz, Jaehong Kim, Robert Kostecki, Jeffrey McCutcheon, Yarom Polsky, Zachary Stoll, and Pei Xu."National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) Master Technology Roadmap."
(2021).
Lee, Rung-Chuan, Joseph Franklin, Chixia Tian, Dennis Nordlund, Marca Doeff, and Robert Kostecki."The origin of impedance rise in Ni-Rich positive electrodes for lithium-ion batteries."Journal of Power Sources
498 (2021) 229885. DOI