July 2014 - Paper published on aligning nanorods in solid polymer electrolytes

07/18/2014:  Our new paper titled “Magnetic Alignment of Gamma (Core)–Alpha (Shell) Fe2O3 Nanorods in a Solid Polymer Electrolyte for Li-Ion Batteries,” addresses the impact of nanorod alignment on the structure and ion transport of a solid polymer electrolyte.  The results show that alignment has a huge impact on the crystalline structure of the electrolyte, but ion transport is not significantly affected. Interestingly, electrolytes with the largest fraction of crystalline (PEO)6:LiClO4 also have the highest conductivity.  The paper is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.