New group members

This week sees our group welcoming Christian and Beth as new group members and saying goodbye (for now) to Max, who will be returning to Columbia University. Thanks to Michael Beglan for taking this pic just before group meeting today.

Fast electrode synthesis from single source precursors

Congratulations to Josefa, whose recent work on single source precursors for the synthesis of electrode materials has been accepted for publication in Chemical Communications. Microwave or ultrasonic treatment of metal alkoxides presents a fast, low cost route to both anode and cathode nanomaterials for Li-ion battery applications. Here, we demonstrate the formation of LiMPO4 (M…