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Engineering and Technology

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Overview

Bryan D. McCloskey is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their primary research field is Engineering, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

McCloskey's work spans several key topics within the field of energy materials and battery technology. These topics include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries" (2020, Nature Materials)
  • "Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries" (2021, ACS Energy Letters)
  • "Liquid electrolyte development for low-temperature lithium-ion batteries" (2022, Energy & Environmental Science)
  • "Ultrahigh power and energy density in partially ordered lithium-ion cathode materials" (2020, Nature Energy)
  • "A Review of Existing and Emerging Methods for Lithium Detection and Characterization in Li-Ion and Li-Metal Batteries" (2021, Advanced Energy Materials)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with McCloskey include:

  • Matthew J. Crafton
  • Tzu-Yang Huang
  • Wanli Yang
  • Zachary M. Konz
  • Eric J. McShane

The researcher has published extensively across several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Energy & Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • Lithium−Air Battery: Promise and Challenges

    G. Girishkumar;B. McCloskey;A. C. Luntz;S. Swanson

  • Advances in understanding mechanisms underpinning lithium–air batteries

    Doron Aurbach;Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey;Linda F. Nazar;Peter G. Bruce

  • Twin Problems of Interfacial Carbonate Formation in Nonaqueous Li-O2 Batteries.

    B. D. McCloskey;A. Speidel;R. Scheffler;D. C. Miller

  • Solvents' Critical Role in Nonaqueous Lithium-Oxygen Battery Electrochemistry.

    B. D. McCloskey;D. S. Bethune;R. M. Shelby;G. Girishkumar

  • Nonaqueous Li-air batteries: a status report.

    Alan C. Luntz;Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey

  • Efficient hydrogen peroxide generation using reduced graphene oxide-based oxygen reduction electrocatalysts

    Hyo Won Kim;Hyo Won Kim;Michael B. Ross;Nikolay Kornienko;Liang Zhang

  • Solvating additives drive solution-mediated electrochemistry and enhance toroid growth in non-aqueous Li–O2 batteries

    Nagaphani B. Aetukuri;Bryan D. McCloskey;Jeannette M. García;Leslie E. Krupp

  • Promising Routes to a High Li+ Transference Number Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Kyle M. Diederichsen;Kyle M. Diederichsen;Eric J. McShane;Eric J. McShane;Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey

  • On the efficacy of electrocatalysis in nonaqueous Li-O2 batteries.

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Rouven Scheffler;Angela Speidel;Donald S. Bethune

  • Reversible Mn 2+ /Mn 4+ double redox in lithium-excess cathode materials

    Jinhyuk Lee;Jinhyuk Lee;Daniil A. Kitchaev;Deok-Hwang Kwon;Chang-Wook Lee

  • Electrical conductivity in Li2O2 and its role in determining capacity limitations in non-aqueous Li-O2 batteries.

    V. Viswanathan;Kristian Sommer Thygesen;J.S. Hummelshøj;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries

    Zhengyan Lun;Zhengyan Lun;Bin Ouyang;Bin Ouyang;Deok-Hwang Kwon;Deok-Hwang Kwon;Yang Ha

  • Recyclable, strong thermosets and organogels via paraformaldehyde condensation with diamines

    Jeannette M. García;Gavin O. Jones;Kumar Virwani;Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey

  • Limitations in Rechargeability of Li-O2 Batteries and Possible Origins

    B. D. McCloskey;D. S. Bethune;R. M. Shelby;T. Mori

  • Liquid electrolyte development for low-temperature lithium-ion batteries

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  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries

    Paul Albertus;Venkataramani Anandan;Chunmei Ban;Nitash Balsara

  • Combining Accurate O2 and Li2O2 Assays to Separate Discharge and Charge Stability Limitations in Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Alexia Valery;Alexia Valery;Alan C. Luntz;Alan C. Luntz;Sanketh R. Gowda

  • Influence of polydopamine deposition conditions on pure water flux and foulant adhesion resistance of reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, and microfiltration membranes

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Ho Bum Park;Hao Ju;Brandon W. Rowe

  • On the Mechanism of Nonaqueous Li–O2 Electrochemistry on C and Its Kinetic Overpotentials: Some Implications for Li–Air Batteries

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Rouven Scheffler;Angela Speidel;Girish Girishkumar

  • Residual lithium carbonate predominantly accounts for first cycle CO2 and CO outgassing of Li-stoichiometric and Li-rich layered transition metal oxides

    Sara E. Renfrew;Sara E. Renfrew;Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey

  • Surface modification of thin film composite membrane support layers with polydopamine: Enabling use of reverse osmosis membranes in pressure retarded osmosis

    Jason T. Arena;Bryan McCloskey;Benny D. Freeman;Jeffrey R. McCutcheon

  • A bioinspired fouling-resistant surface modification for water purification membranes

    Bryan D. McCloskey;Bryan D. McCloskey;Ho Bum Park;Hao Ju;Brandon W. Rowe;Brandon W. Rowe

  • Enhancing electrochemical intermediate solvation through electrolyte anion selection to increase nonaqueous Li-O2 battery capacity.

    Colin M. Burke;Colin M. Burke;Vikram Pande;Abhishek Khetan;Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan C. Luntz
Alan C. Luntz SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Gerbrand Ceder
Gerbrand Ceder University of California, Berkeley
Benny D. Freeman
Benny D. Freeman The University of Texas at Austin
Wanli Yang
Wanli Yang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jeffrey J. Urban
Jeffrey J. Urban Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Robert Kostecki
Robert Kostecki Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kristin A. Persson
Kristin A. Persson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mahalingam Balasubramanian
Mahalingam Balasubramanian Argonne National Laboratory
Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan
Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan Carnegie Mellon University
Andrew M. Herring
Andrew M. Herring Colorado School of Mines

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