Recent News

Dr. Meng received the innovation award from the U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Initiative in recognition of her research on batteries! Congrats!

Learn more details here: https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-congratulates-2022-clean-energy-education-empowerment-award-winners

LG-FRL Annual Review Meeting successfully concluded! Our new perspective on scaling up sulfide-based solid-state battery has been published in Joule and highlighted by UCSD!

Read more about the news: https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/setting-the-stage-for-solid-state-battery-success Read more about our perspective paper here: http://smeng.ucsd.edu/wp-content/uploads/mmc2-1.pdf

Our latest work exploring the pressure effects on Li metal anode cycling has been published in Nature Energy!

This work studies the behavior of Li metal during deposition and dissolution when different uniaxial stacking pressures are present. Based on the experimental finding and computational results, we propose a key factor to enable facile Li metal anode cycling by building Li-reservoir. Learn more details at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-021-00917-3

About LESC

The goal of the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC), at the University of California San Diego Nanoengineering department, is to design and develop new functional nano-materials and nano-structures for advanced energy storage and conversion applications. Conversion of raw materials into usable energy and storage of the energy produced are common aspects of everyday life. The development of new materials to improve upon current capabilities is a key technological challenge of the 21st century. Advances will allow smaller more powerful batteries and will provide a greater ability to harness more sustainable energy sources. Our research focuses on the direct integration of novel experimental techniques with ab initio computation methods for rational materials characterization and design.