This $200,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into improving solid-state battery technology through developing a fundamental understanding of ion transport mechanisms in polymer-ceramic composite electrolytes. Specifically, the two-year award to the University of Tennessee will investigate parameters controlling interfacial barriers for ion transport between ceramic and polymer electrolytes using dielectric spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, neutron scattering spectroscopy, and microscopy techniques. Insights gained from studying layered ceramic-polymer model systems have the potential to enable rational design of novel solid-state electrolytes with properties required for electrical energy storage applications. The research directly supports the goals of the NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing fundamental scientific knowledge in major problem areas such as energy storage technology development.
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