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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2008 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Debra R. Rolison is a researcher affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their body of work centers on materials science and engineering, with a focus on energy storage and advanced battery technologies.

Their research spans multiple fields, primarily in engineering and materials science, with significant contributions in electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Additional specialization includes electronic, optical and magnetic materials, as well as polymers and plastics.

Main research topics covered in their publications include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Rolison has contributed to several papers that have been cited numerous times, illustrating research interests in battery mechanisms and electrode design. Notable papers include:

  • Differentiating Double-Layer, Psuedocapacitance, and Battery-like Mechanisms by Analyzing Impedance Measurements in Three Dimensions, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • 3D Architectures for Batteries and Electrodes, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Projecting the Specific Energy of Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • High-Performance Structural Batteries, 2020, Joule
  • Fabricating architected zinc electrodes with unprecedented volumetric capacity in rechargeable alkaline cells, 2020, Energy Storage Materials

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research include Jeffrey W. Long, Ryan H. DeBlock, Megan B. Sassin, Christopher N. Chervin, and Paul A. DeSario.

Their frequent publication venues reflect an emphasis on materials and microscopic analysis as well as energy applications. These include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Materials Advances
  • RSC Applied Interfaces

Throughout their career, Rolison has received multiple honors recognizing contributions to chemistry and materials science, including:

  • William H. Nichols Medal, American Chemical Society (ACS), 2018
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society, 2011
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2008
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001

Best Publications

  • Three-dimensional battery architectures.

    Jeffrey W. Long;Bruce Dunn;Debra R. Rolison;Henry S. White

  • Rechargeable nickel–3D zinc batteries: An energy-dense, safer alternative to lithium-ion

    Joseph F. Parker;Christopher N. Chervin;Irina R. Pala;Meinrad Machler

  • Catalytic Nanoarchitectures--the Importance of Nothing and the Unimportance of Periodicity

    Debra R. Rolison

  • Charge Transfer on the Nanoscale: Current Status

    David M. Adams;Louis Brus;Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Stephen Creager

  • Multifunctional 3D nanoarchitectures for energy storage and conversion.

    Debra R. Rolison;Jeffrey W. Long;Justin C. Lytle;Anne E. Fischer

  • Incorporation of homogeneous, nanoscale MnO2 within ultraporous carbon structures via self-limiting electroless deposition: implications for electrochemical capacitors.

    Anne E. Fischer;Katherine A. Pettigrew;Debra R. Rolison;Rhonda M. Stroud

  • Role of hydrous ruthenium oxide in Pt-Ru direct methanol fuel cell anode electrocatalysts: The importance of mixed electron/proton conductivity

    Debra R. Rolison;Patrick L. Hagans;Karen E. Swider;Jeffrey W. Long

  • Electrically conductive oxide aerogels: newmaterials in electrochemistry

    Debra R. Rolison;Bruce Dunn

  • Silica Sol as a Nanoglue: Flexible Synthesis of Composite Aerogels

    Catherine A. Morris;Michele L. Anderson;Rhonda M. Stroud;Celia I. Merzbacher

  • Structure of Hydrous Ruthenium Oxides: Implications for Charge Storage

    David A. McKeown;Patrick L. Hagans;Linda P. L. Carette;Andrea E. Russell

  • Wiring zinc in three dimensions re-writes battery performance—dendrite-free cycling

    Joseph F. Parker;Christopher N. Chervin;Eric S. Nelson;Debra R. Rolison

  • DIFFUSIONAL CHARGE TRANSPORT THROUGH ULTRATHIN FILMS OF RADIOFREQUENCY PLASMA POLYMERIZED VINYLFERROCENE AT LOW TEMPERATURE

    P. Daum;J. R. Lenhard;D. Rolison;R. W. Murray

  • Nanoscale design to enable the revolution in renewable energy

    Jason Baxter;Zhixi Bian;Gang Chen;David Danielson

  • How To Make Electrocatalysts More Active for Direct Methanol OxidationAvoid PtRu Bimetallic Alloys

    Jeffrey W. Long;Rhonda M. Stroud;† and Karen E. Swider-Lyons;Debra R. Rolison

  • Zeolite-modified electrodes and electrode-modified zeolites

    Debra R. Rolison

  • Voltammetric Characterization of Ruthenium Oxide-Based Aerogels and Other RuO2 Solids: The Nature of Capacitance in Nanostructured Materials

    Jeffrey W. Long;Karen E. Swider;and Celia I. Merzbacher;Debra R. Rolison

  • Local Atomic Structure and Conduction Mechanism of Nanocrystalline Hydrous RuO2 from X-ray Scattering

    Wojtek Dmowski;Takeshi Egami;Karen E. Swider-Lyons;Corey T. Love

  • Sol−Gel-Derived Ceria Nanoarchitectures: Synthesis, Characterization, and Electrical Properties

    Christel Laberty-Robert, ,†,‡;Jeffrey W. Long;Erik M. Lucas;Katherine A. Pettigrew

  • Enhancing the Activity of Fuel-cell Reactions by Designing Three-dimensional Nanostructured Architectures: Catalyst-modified Carbon−Silica Composite Aerogels

    Michele L. Anderson;and Rhonda M. Stroud;Debra R. Rolison

  • 3-D Microbatteries

    Ryan W. Hart;Henry S. White;Bruce Dunn;Debra R. Rolison

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey W. Long
Jeffrey W. Long United States Naval Research Laboratory
Rhonda M. Stroud
Rhonda M. Stroud Arizona State University
Jeffrey C. Owrutsky
Jeffrey C. Owrutsky United States Naval Research Laboratory
Bruce Dunn
Bruce Dunn University of California, Los Angeles
Christel Laberty-Robert
Christel Laberty-Robert Université Paris Cité
Everett E. Carpenter
Everett E. Carpenter Virginia Commonwealth University
Nicholas Leventis
Nicholas Leventis Missouri University of Science and Technology
Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus Columbia University
Henry S. White
Henry S. White University of Utah
Arumugam Manthiram
Arumugam Manthiram The University of Texas at Austin

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