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X-WR-CALNAME:StorageX Research Group Meeting - Ion-selective Polymer Membra
 nes for Battery Waste Up-cycling
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DESCRIPTION:StorageX is pleased to be kicking off its monthly StorageX grou
 p meetings.  The objective of these group meetings is to create an opportu
 nity for sharing research updates\, sharing of ideas\, and for informal so
 cial exchange of the StorageX ecosystem\, analogous to a research group me
 eting. \n\nWe invite the students\, researchers and faculty of the Storage
 X Seed fund awards to attend and give a semi-annual update on their resear
 ch. The meetings are held hybrid. Lunch is provided.\n\nSpeaker\n\nMike Ba
 ird\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, Stanford University\n"Ion-selective Polymer Me
 mbranes for Battery Waste Up-cycling\n\nBio:\nMike Baird is a Stanford Ene
 rgy Postdoctoral Fellow working jointly between the Tarpeh and Xia labs to
  develop electrolytic membrane reactors for battery waste upcycling. He ob
 tained a B.S. in chemistry from University of California\, Riverside\, the
 n spent two years in industry at Illumina before resuming his studies at U
 niversity of California\, Berkeley\, completing a Ph.D. in chemistry. Mike
  conducted his doctoral research in the laboratory of Brett Helms at Lawre
 nce Berkeley National Laboratory\, where he synthesized microporous polyme
 r membranes and sorbents for lithium extraction from natural feedstocks wh
 ich are highly dilute in the target species. He additionally investigated 
 electrolytes for next-generation battery chemistries (i.e.\, lithium metal
  anode) with suitable transport and reactivity characteristics for aggress
 ive battery operation.\n\nTalk Abstract: \nThe advent of lithium batteries
  is ushering in electrified transportation\, a key component of the renewa
 ble energy transition. However\, the benefits of a global electric vehicle
  rollout must be weighed against the challenges of obtaining battery precu
 rsors\, which intensify geopolitical\, humanitarian\, and environmental cr
 ises. Spent batteries are a potential feedstock to alleviate supply chain 
 pressures\, but conventional methods for refining metals from battery wast
 e are energy- and reagent-intensive. Alternatively\, electrolytic membrane
  reactors represent a scalable route for precision metal refining from bat
 tery waste with low energy input\, provided the internal membranes can eff
 ectively separate dissolved metal ions. In this presentation\, I will shar
 e my progress in elucidating design rules for ion-selective polymer membra
 nes which distinguish critical metals found in batteries (e.g.\, Ni²⁺ a
 nd Co²⁺)\, employing poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate networks with
  grafted ion-binding ligands of varying coordinating power. Fine-tuning li
 gand frontier orbital energies with electronic donating or withdrawing sub
 stituents emerges as a powerful knob for regulating metal ion permeation r
 ates\, which may follow or defy the periodic trends commonly invoked to ra
 tionalize permeation behavior\, such as ionic radius and hydration energy.
GEO:37.42816;-122.175935
LOCATION:Y2E2 Building\, 300
SUMMARY:StorageX Research Group Meeting - Ion-selective Polymer Membranes f
 or Battery Waste Up-cycling
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 ting-ion-selective-polymer-membranes-for-battery-waste-up-cycling
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