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Overview

Elton J. Cairns is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with a significant emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The core areas of their work concern advanced battery materials and technologies as well as advancements in battery materials and technologies research. Other topics include thermal expansion and ionic conductivity and supercapacitor materials and fabrication.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Nano Letters
  • ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • Nano Energy
  • ChemElectroChem
  • Electrochemical Science Advances

Elton J. Cairns has coauthored multiple papers with researchers such as Yoon Hwa, Jungjin Park, Chunjoong Kim, Joonhee Moon, and Vitalii Ri. These collaborators have worked closely with Cairns across several publications.

Notable recent papers by Cairns include:

  • "Direct Visualization of Lithium Polysulfides and Their Suppression in Liquid Electrolyte" (2020) published in Nano Letters
  • "Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Quantum Dots: Sulfiphilic Additives for the High-Performance Li-S Cells" (2021) published in ACS Applied Energy Materials
  • "Understandings about functionalized porous carbon via scanning transmission x-ray microscopy (STXM) for high sulfur utilization in lithium-sulfur batteries" (2022) published in Nano Energy
  • "Nanostructured Sulfur and Sulfides for Advanced Lithium/Sulfur Cells" (2020) published in ChemElectroChem
  • "A review of the rational interfacial designs and characterizations for solid-state lithium/sulfur cells" (2021) published in Electrochemical Science Advances

Their work contributes to understanding and developing materials critical for lithium-sulfur battery technologies and related energy storage advancements.

Best Publications

  • Graphene oxide as a sulfur immobilizer in high performance lithium/sulfur cells

    Yuegang Zhang;Elton J. Cairns;Liwen Ji;Mumin Rao

  • Methanol electrooxidation on well-characterized platinum-ruthenium bulk alloys

    Hubert A. Gasteiger;Nenad Markovic;Philip N. Ross;Elton J. Cairns

  • Carbon monoxide electrooxidation on well-characterized platinum-ruthenium alloys

    Hubert A. Gasteiger;Nenad Markovic;Philip N. Ross;Elton J. Cairns

  • Temperature‐Dependent Methanol Electro‐Oxidation on Well‐Characterized Pt‐Ru Alloys

    Hubert A. Gasteiger;Nenad Marković;Philip N. Ross;Elton J. Cairns

  • Porous carbon nanofiber–sulfur composite electrodes for lithium/sulfur cells

    Liwen Ji;Mumin Rao;Shaul Aloni;Lei Wang

  • Lithium/sulfur batteries with high specific energy: old challenges and new opportunities

    Min-Kyu Song;Min-Kyu Song;Elton J. Cairns;Elton J. Cairns;Yuegang Zhang;Yuegang Zhang

  • Electrochemical performance of lithium/sulfur cells with three different polymer electrolytes

    D Marmorstein;D Marmorstein;T.H Yu;T.H Yu;K.A Striebel;F.R McLarnon

  • The Lithium/Sulfur Rechargeable Cell Effects of Electrode Composition and Solvent on Cell Performance

    Joongpyo Shim;Kathryn A. Striebel;Elton J. Cairns;Elton J. Cairns

  • The Secondary Alkaline Zinc Electrode

    Frank R. McLarnon;Elton J. Cairns

  • A long-life, high-rate lithium/sulfur cell: a multifaceted approach to enhancing cell performance.

    Min-Kyu Song;Yuegang Zhang;Yuegang Zhang;Elton J. Cairns;Elton J. Cairns

  • Mass Transport in Gas‐Diffusion Electrodes: A Diagnostic Tool for Fuel‐Cell Cathodes

    Mike L. Perry;John Newman;Elton J. Cairns

  • Electro-oxidation of small organic molecules on well-characterized PtRu alloys

    Hubert A. Gasteiger;Nenad Marković;Philip N. Ross;Elton J. Cairns

  • Electrochemical characteristics of Pt–WO3/C and Pt–TiO2/C electrocatalysts in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell

    Joongpyo Shim;Chang-Rae Lee;Hong-Ki Lee;Ju-Seong Lee

  • Fuel cells and fuel batteries. Guide to their research and development

    H. A. Liebhafsky;Elton James Cairns

  • Nanostructured Li2S–C Composites as Cathode Material for High-Energy Lithium/Sulfur Batteries

    Kunpeng Cai;Min-Kyu Song;Elton J. Cairns;Elton J. Cairns;Yuegang Zhang

  • Electrochemical Behavior of LiMn2 O 4 and LiCoO2 Thin Films Produced with Pulsed Laser Deposition

    K. A. Striebel;C. Z. Deng;S. J. Wen;E. J. Cairns

  • Batteries for Electric and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

    Elton J Cairns;Paul Albertus

  • FTIR characterization of PEO + LiN(CF3SO2)2 electrolytes

    S.J. Wen;T.J. Richardson;D.I. Ghantous;K.A. Striebel

  • Durable carbon-coated li2s core-shell materials for high performance lithium/sulfur cells

    Elton J. Cairns;Caiyun Nan;Min-Kyu Song;Zhan Lin

  • Diagnostic Characterization of High Power Lithium-Ion Batteries for Use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

    X. Zhang;P. N. Ross;R. Kostecki;F. Kong

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey A. Reimer
Jeffrey A. Reimer University of California, Berkeley
Yuegang Zhang
Yuegang Zhang Tsinghua University
Stephen P. Cramer
Stephen P. Cramer Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Jinghua Guo
Jinghua Guo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Uwe Bergmann
Uwe Bergmann SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Philip N. Ross
Philip N. Ross Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thomas J. Richardson
Thomas J. Richardson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Marca M. Doeff
Marca M. Doeff Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Junfa Zhu
Junfa Zhu University of Science and Technology of China
Hubert A. Gasteiger
Hubert A. Gasteiger Technical University of Munich

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