Excellent talk, Thomas! Thomas is our @energyathopkins.bsky.social NSF ROSETAS REU student visiting from @reed.edu! Thanks for your hard work on Kolbe electrolysis and come visit us again! #REUresearch #ScienceTraining
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@thoilab.bsky.social
Chemistry research group at Johns Hopkins University interested in inorganic chemistry and materials discovery for energy storage and conversion.
Congratulations to our newest doctor, Dr. Foley! Dr. Foley developed techniques to track Cu speciation during electrocatalytic CO2 conversion and new #electrosynthesis of C-N compounds! We are so proud of you and know you will do great things! #PhDONE @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
Congratulations to newly minted Dr. Jacob Wade, a joint student between the Thoi and Goldberg groups @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ! Jacob worked on Fe nitrosyl compounds and applied them to electrocatalysis. #bioinorganicMEETSelecteochem #tinyhats
We celebrate Shiqi's time with us and her next chapter in mahjong style! ROSETAS REU researcher Thomas, visiting from Reed College, didn't know what he was signing up for! @energyathopkins.bsky.social
Finally, congrats to HS student Khalil, who has spent his afternoons in the last year doing great science in our lab with Arleth! He wowed his audience at his poster session! #STEMeducation #CollegeBound
Also meet our newest PhD candidate, Sagnik! He works on engineering electrified interfaces for catalytic transformation.
We are capping the semester with some awesome JHU graduates, Dr. Ian Dillingham and Phoebe Williams in Chemistry @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ! Ian is off to making batteries for a better world, and Phoebe will be staying on in our lab for a masters in Materials Science! Congratulations!
Belatedly, we said our farewells to Dr. Ian Dillingham, who graced us with his undying positivity and love of puns! We send you off with top golf marks! #PhDone
Another ARPA-E Innovation Summit in the books! It was great seeing so many different ROSEI booths at this year's summit in San Diego, with Chao Wang, Yayuan Liu and Corey Oses all having at least one this year. Looking forward to seeing everyone at next year's summit in MD! #HopkinsEnergy
It has been a long time coming, but so excited to share the research journey of our former @jhuartssciences.bsky.social ugrad, Becky. She's now a PhD student at Princeton! Check out #MeetTheChemist insta edition! www.instagram.com/reel/DWrbeLB...
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Congratulations to Dr. Osumi, Nathan, Greg, and former ugrad, Juan, on their publication in @pubs.acs.org ACS AMI! Check out our newest work on using gel #MOFs as a battery electrolyte! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Gel Metal–Organic Frameworks in Highly Concentrated Electrolyte Promote Stable Solid-Electrolyte Interface on Lithium Metal Anodes
Highly concentrated electrolytes (HCEs) have been shown to hinder dendrite formation and improve cyclability in Li-based batteries. Herein, we developed a novel strategy to use an electrolyte matrix c...
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Today, we say goodbye to Dr. Jill Cleveland! Thank you for your hardwork and expertise for the last 2 years! So glad to be a part of your postdoctoral journey (joint with @susannamthon.bsky.social)! #Postdoc #Boba
Congratulations to Arleth, Kyle, Becky (former ugrad), Alexis (visiting ugrad), and Khalil (HS student!) on their publication in ACS AMI! Come learn about the importance of external surface area and porosity of #MOFs for Li-S #batteries! Cheers to the #newyear! pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Pore Choices: The Delicate Balance of Porosity and External Surface Area in Zirconium Metal–Organic Frameworks for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Lithium–sulfur batteries are a promising energy storage system with a high theoretical energy density. A significant challenge in realizing this energy density is the polysulfide shuttle effect, where...
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JHU is part of the new Learning Accelerated Domain Sciences (LEADS) Institute! DOE-funded, LEADS focuses on reshaping how AI supports scientific discovery. ROSEI's @drgona.bsky.social and Enrique Mallada, as well as Mahyar Fazlyab are involved. #HopkinsEnergy energyinstitute.jhu.edu/johns-hopkin...
Johns Hopkins Joins DOE’s New AI-Powered Scientific Discovery Institute - Johns Hopkins - Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Johns Hopkins is part of the new multi-institution Learning Accelerated Domain Sciences (LEADS) Institute, a Department of Energy-funded collaborative initiative focused...
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We were supposed to be ghosts... but alas, thwarted by the blue labcoat! Happy Halloween from the Thoi lab! #SafetyFirst
Going to ACS in DC next week? Check out these talks on electrified interfaces (George at 9:40 am on Tuesday, Hall E, Rm 19), ion-conducting MOFs (Ian at 11:30 am on Wed, Hall E, Rm 18), and electrochemical ammonia generation (Greg at 6 pm, Hall C)!!
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Yuki Osumi! We couldn't be prouder of Yuki's accomplishments and will miss him dearly!
Check out our latest review on charge transfer in MOF/quantum dot systems with @susannamthon.bsky.social! Congrats, Kyle, Jill, Dhanvini, and Kevin! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Charge transfer in hybrid quantum dot / metal-organic framework systems: Current understanding and future challenges
Hybrid materials combining the optoelectronic absorption and tunability of quantum dots (QDs) with the high surface area, chemical functionality, and …
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So excited to share Dr. Anayah and Ian's publication in ACS Applied Energy Materials @pubs.acs.org! We show that lesson learned in #MOFs can be applied to other materials system for Li-S batteries! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Thiophosphate-Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes as a Multifunctional Cathode Additive for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are synthetically versatile and conductively tunable materials, making them attractive for energy storage applications. Building on our previous studies on phosphate-functional...
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Our director Ben Schafer (@coldformed.bsky.social) recently participated in a Q&A discussing how support from NSF helps civil engineers improve building codes and develop more resilient, cost-effective building materials. See below to check it out! #HopkinsEnergy hub.jhu.edu/2025/03/06/e...
How federally funded research helps save lives during an earthquake
Support from the National Science Foundation helps civil engineers like Ben Schafer improve building codes and develop more resilient, cost-effective building materials
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Our #EWeek2025 series continues! Up next is Jill Cleveland, a ROSEI postdoctoral fellow who works with @susannamthon.bsky.social and @thoilab.bsky.social. She was asked "What role do you see innovation playing in the development of sustainable energy solutions?" #HopkinsEnergy
