{"id":328,"date":"2016-05-17T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T15:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T16:49:38","slug":"designing-new-materials-for-increased-safety-of-lithium-ion-batteries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/designing-new-materials-for-increased-safety-of-lithium-ion-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing New Materials for Increased Safety of Lithium Ion Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>[INTRO]<\/strong><\/span> Energy can be produced in many ways, ranging from burning of fossil fuels such as oil or coal, to more renewable sources such as wind or solar. The latter are receiving much attention due to limited reserves and greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels. Wind and solar energy, when converted to electrical energy, must be stored in some manner. A lot of attention has been directed at way to store electrical energy in batteries for transportation and other uses. In particular, lithium ion batteries play a central role in powering many consumer electronics and electric cars. As the size of lithium ion batteries grows to be of use in a vehicle, so does the potential for catastrophic failure and fires. Hence, much research has been directed at the design of safer batteries. <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>[\/INTRO]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>[Research Strategy]<\/strong> <\/span>We\u00a0(in collaboration with our\u00a0electrochemist collaborator\u00a0<a class=\"class1\" title=\"http:\/\/www.case.edu\/artsci\/chem\/faculty\/scherson\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.case.edu\/artsci\/chem\/faculty\/scherson\/\">Professor Daniel Scherson<\/a>) have initiated a group of activities for developing various molecular components to advance the scalability of lithium ion batteries as energy storage devices.\u00a0 Some of the work has resulted in\u00a0collaborations with regional corporations. \u00a0One approach\u00a0we\u00a0have developed\u00a0is on\u00a0synthesis of Flame Retardant IONs (FRIONs) that might\u00a0replace some or all of the LiPF6 that is used in many lithium ion batteries (<a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/ic1018532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Inorg. Chem.<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2010<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/angewandte%20chemie abbreviation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Angew. Chem.<\/em>\u00a0<strong>2014<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1039\/D1DT00601K\"><em>Dalton Trans.<\/em> 2021<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-228\" src=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2015\/12\/14220901\/Frions-900x560.jpg\" alt=\"Frions\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2015\/12\/14220901\/Frions-900x560.jpg 900w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2015\/12\/14220901\/Frions-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2015\/12\/14220901\/Frions-500x311.jpg 500w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2015\/12\/14220901\/Frions-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2015\/12\/14220901\/Frions.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #003300\">This project is funded by Underwriters Laboratories and has received past funding from the Dept. of Energy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>[\/Research Strategy]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[INTRO]<\/strong> Energy can be produced in many ways, ranging from burning of fossil fuels such as oil or coal, to more renewable sources such as wind or solar. The latter are receiving much attention due to limited reserves and greenhouse gas emissions of fossil fuels. Wind and solar energy, when converted to electrical energy, must be stored in some manner. A lot of attention has been directed at way to store electrical energy in batteries for transportation and other uses. In particular, lithium ion batteries play a central role in powering many consumer electronics and electric cars. As the size of lithium ion batteries grows to be of use in a vehicle,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/designing-new-materials-for-increased-safety-of-lithium-ion-batteries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading&#8230; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Designing New Materials for Increased Safety of Lithium Ion Batteries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/328\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/protasiewicz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}