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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2020 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For outstanding contributions to advanced materials design, synthesis and characterization for energy storage, particularly Li battery technologies
  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2019 - Chemical Institute of Canada Medal
  • 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Linda F. Nazar is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with significant contributions to electrical and electronic engineering and materials chemistry. Their work spans related subfields including inorganic chemistry, automotive engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist has published extensively in advanced battery materials and technologies. Main topics of their research include:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Scientific Challenges for the Implementation of Zn-Ion Batteries, 2020, Joule
  • Lithium-Oxygen Batteries and Related Systems: Potential, Status, and Future, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Toward practical aqueous zinc-ion batteries for electrochemical energy storage, 2022, Joule
  • High areal capacity, long cycle life 4 V ceramic all-solid-state Li-ion batteries enabled by chloride solid electrolytes, 2022, Nature Energy
  • High-Voltage Superionic Halide Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Li-Ion Batteries, 2020, ACS Energy Letters

Frequent co-authors of Linda F. Nazar include:

  • Laidong Zhou
  • Abdeljalil Assoud
  • Chang Li
  • Jürgen Janek
  • Baltej Singh

The scientist has contributed publications to leading venues such as:

  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Joule
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Angewandte Chemie

Linda F. Nazar's work has been recognized with several awards including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2020
  • MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 2020, for contributions to advanced materials design, synthesis, and characterization for energy storage, particularly lithium battery technologies
  • Chemical Institute of Canada Medal, 2019
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2011, Academy of Science

Best Publications

  • A highly ordered nanostructured carbon–sulphur cathode for lithium–sulphur batteries

    Xiulei Ji;Kyu Tae Lee;Linda F. Nazar

  • Challenges Facing Lithium Batteries and Electrical Double‐Layer Capacitors

    Nam Soon Choi;Zonghai Chen;Stefan A. Freunberger;Xiulei Ji

  • A high-capacity and long-life aqueous rechargeable zinc battery using a metal oxide intercalation cathode

    Dipan Kundu;Brian D. Adams;Victor Duffort;Shahrzad Hosseini Vajargah

  • Advances in Li–S batteries

    Xiulei Ji;Linda F. Nazar

  • The emerging chemistry of sodium ion batteries for electrochemical energy storage.

    Dipan Kundu;Elahe Talaie;Victor Duffort;Linda F. Nazar

  • A highly efficient polysulfide mediator for lithium-sulfur batteries.

    Xiao Liang;Connor Hart;Quan Pang;Arnd Garsuch

  • Approaching Theoretical Capacity of LiFePO4 at Room Temperature at High Rates

    H. Huang;S.-C. Yin;L. F. Nazar

  • Positive Electrode Materials for Li-Ion and Li-Batteries†

    Brian L. Ellis;Kyu Tae Lee;Linda F. Nazar

  • Advances in lithium-sulfur batteries based on multifunctional cathodes and electrolytes

    Quan Pang;Xiao Liang;Chun Yuen Kwok;Linda F. Nazar

  • Scientific Challenges for the Implementation of Zn-Ion Batteries

    Lauren E. Blanc;Dipan Kundu;Linda F. Nazar

  • Sodium and sodium-ion energy storage batteries

    Brian L. Ellis;Linda F. Nazar

  • New approaches for high energy density lithium-sulfur battery cathodes.

    Scott Evers;Linda F. Nazar

  • Nano-network electronic conduction in iron and nickel olivine phosphates.

    P. Subramanya Herle;B. Ellis;N. Coombs;L. F. Nazar

  • Surface-enhanced redox chemistry of polysulphides on a metallic and polar host for lithium-sulphur batteries.

    Quan Pang;Dipan Kundu;Marine Cuisinier;Linda F. Nazar

  • Spherical Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Nanoparticles with High Porosity for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Jörg Schuster;Guang He;Benjamin Mandlmeier;Taeeun Yim

  • Sulfur Cathodes Based on Conductive MXene Nanosheets for High-Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Xiao Liang;Arnd Garsuch;Linda F. Nazar

  • Advances in understanding mechanisms underpinning lithium–air batteries

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

  • New horizons for inorganic solid state ion conductors

    Zhizhen Zhang;Zhizhen Zhang;Yuanjun Shao;Bettina V. Lotsch;Yong-Sheng Hu

  • A multifunctional 3.5 V iron-based phosphate cathode for rechargeable batteries

    B. L. Ellis;W. R. M. Makahnouk;Y. Makimura;K. Toghill

  • A facile surface chemistry route to a stabilized lithium metal anode

    Xiao Liang;Quan Pang;Ivan R. Kochetkov;Marina Safont Sempere

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrice Leroux
Fabrice Leroux University of Clermont Auvergne
Kyu Tae Lee
Kyu Tae Lee Seoul National University
Gillian R. Goward
Gillian R. Goward McMaster University
Xiulei Ji
Xiulei Ji Oregon State University
Arnd Garsuch
Arnd Garsuch BASF (United States)
Geoffrey A. Ozin
Geoffrey A. Ozin University of Toronto
Mahalingam Balasubramanian
Mahalingam Balasubramanian Argonne National Laboratory
Doron Aurbach
Doron Aurbach Bar-Ilan University
Marnix Wagemaker
Marnix Wagemaker Delft University of Technology
Taeeun Yim
Taeeun Yim Incheon National University

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