We are interested in understanding the origins of degradation in high energy and high power battery materials for electric vehicle and grid storage applications, using a suite of electroanalytical and spectroscopic tools. Further, we seek to develop chemical surface modification methodologies for these battery materials to suppress degradation pathways and enhance their long term cycling performance.

A key challenge associated with building chronic implantable neural microelectrodes is finding high-charge injection materials that can resist corrosion and exhibit superior cycling ability. We are developing bio-compatible, composite charge injection materials with superior corrosion resistance, charge injection capability and long cycle life, for medical device applications.

We use state-of-the-art computational tools to screen molecular electrocatalyst candidates for energy-relevant transformations such as the CO2RR, ORR and NRR, based on the free energies of catalytic intermediates. The in-silico predictions are supplemented with experimental synthesis, electrochemical and spectroscopic measurements in a feedback loop. We have been recently intrigued by interfacial electric field effects in nominally 'outer-sphere' electrocatalytic  reactions mediated by transition metal complexes.