Research

Batteries for Grid Storage

The primary research focus of the SET Lab is the development of inexpensive energy storage to enable more renewables like wind and solar to be deployed across the world. To do this, we study aqueous organic flow battery electrolytes that can be easily synthesized from common precursors.

Sustainable Electrosynthesis

We also use electrochemistry to explore ways of implementing the principles of green chemistry to improve the efficiency and sustainability of chemical processes. Primarily, we look for ways of electrochemically converting CO2 to value added products.

Electrochemical Sensors

To accelerate other research projects we develop electrochemical sensors that can be used to monitor chemical reactions and flow battery electrolytes in real time. We also use some of this expertise to help develop sensors for specific applications such as glucose monitoring for diabetes management.

Publications:

Jing, Y.,† Zhao, E.W.,† Goulet, M.-A.,† Bahari, M., Fell, E., Jin, S., Davoodi, A., Jónsson, E., Wu, M., Grey, C., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., In situ electrochemical recomposition of decomposed redox-active species in aqueous organic flow batteries, Nature Chemistry, 2022, 1-7.
Jing, Y., Fell, E., Wu, M., Jin, S., Ji, Y., Pollack, D.A., Tang, Z., Ding, D., Bahari, M., Goulet, M.-A., Tsukamoto, T., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Anthraquinone Flow Battery Reactants with Nonhydrolyzable Water-Solubilizing Chains Introduced via a Generic Cross-Coupling Method, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7 (1), 226–235.
Jing, Y., Fell, E., Wu, M., Jin, S., Ji, Y., Pollack, D.A., Tang, Z., Ding, D., Bahari, M., Goulet, M.-A., Tsukamoto, T., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Long-lifetime, potentially low-cost anthraquinone flow battery chemistry developed from study of effects of water-solubilizing group and connection to core, ChemRxiv, 2021
Jing, Y.,† Zhao, E.W.,† Goulet, M.-A.,† Bahari, M., Fell, E., Jin, S., Davoodi, A., Jónsson, E., Wu, M., Grey, C., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Electrochemical regeneration of anthraquinones for lifetime extension in flow batteries, ChemRxiv, 2021.
Tong, L., Goulet, M.-A., Tabor, D.P., Kerr, E.F., De Porcellinis, D., Fell, E.M., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Gordon, R.G., and Aziz, M.J., Molecular Engineering of an Alkaline Naphthoquinone Flow Battery, ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4 (8): 1880−1887.
Li, W., Kerr, E.F., Goulet, M.-A., Fu, H., Zhao, Y., Yang, Y., Veyssal, A., He, J.-H., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Jin, S., A Long Lifetime Aqueous Organic Solar Flow Battery, Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 1900918.
Liu, Y., Goulet, M.-A., Tong, L., Liu, Y., Ji, Y., Wu, L., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Yang, Z., Xu, T., A Long-Lifetime All-Organic Aqueous Flow Battery Utilizing TMAP-TEMPO Radical, Chem, 2019, 5 (7): 1–10.
Jin, S., Jing, Y., Kwabi, D.G., Ji, Y., Tong, L., De Porcellinis, D., Goulet, M.-A., Pollack, D.A., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., A Water-Miscible Quinone Flow Battery with High Volumetric Capacity and Energy Density, ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4 (6): 1342−1348.
Park, M., Beh, E.S., Fell, E.M., Jing, Y., Kerr, E.F., De Porcellinis, D., Goulet, M.-A., Ryu, J., Wong, A.A., Gordon, R.G., Cho, J., Aziz, M.J., A High Voltage Aqueous Zinc–Organic Hybrid Flow Battery, Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 1900694.
Goulet, M.-A.,† Tong, L.,† Pollack, D.A., Tabor, D., Odom, S.A., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Kwan, E.E., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J. Extending the Lifetime of Organic Flow Batteries via Redox State Management, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141 (20): 8014-8019.
Ji, Y., Goulet, M.-A., Pollack, D.A., Kwabi, D.G., Jin, S., De Porcellinis, D., Kerr, E.F., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., A Phosphonate-Functionalized Quinone Redox Flow Battery at Near-Neutral pH with Record Capacity Retention Rate, Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 1900039.
Goulet, M.-A., Aziz, M.J., Flow Battery Molecular Reactant Stability Determined by Symmetric Cell Cycling Methods, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2018, 165 (7): A1466–A1477.
Kwabi, D., Lin, K., L., Ji, Y., Kerr, E.F., Goulet, M.-A., De Porcellinis, D., Tabor, D., Pollack, D.A., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Alkaline Quinone Flow Battery with Long Lifetime at pH 12, Joule, 2018, 2 (9): 1894–1906.
Yang, Z., Tong, L., Tabor, D.P., Beh, E.S., Goulet, M.-A., De Porcellinis, D., Aspuru-Guzik, A., Gordon, R.G., Aziz, M.J., Alkaline Benzoquinone Aqueous Flow Battery for Large-Scale Storage of Electrical Energy, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 1702056.
Goulet, M.-A., Ibrahim, O. A., Kim, W.H.J. and Kjeang, E., Maximizing the power density of aqueous electrochemical flow cells with in operando deposition, Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 339: 80-85.
Goulet, M.-A., Habisch, A. and Kjeang, E., In situ enhancement of flow-through porous electrodes with carbon nanotubes via flowing deposition, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 206: 36-44.
Goulet, M.-A., Skyllas-Kazacos, M., Kjeang, E., The importance of wetting in carbon paper electrodes for vanadium redox reactions, Carbon, 2016, 101: 390-398.
Ibrahim, O. A., Goulet, M.-A., Kjeang, E., In-situ characterization of symmetric dual-pass
architecture of microfluidic co-laminar flow cells, Electrochimica Acta, 2016, 187: 277-285.
Goulet, M.-A., Eikerling, M., Kjeang, E., Direct measurement of electrochemical reaction kinetics in flow-through porous electrodes, Electrochemistry Communications, 2015, 57: 14-17.
Ibrahim, O. A., Goulet, M.-A., Kjeang, E., Microfluidic Electrochemical Cell Array in Series: Effect of Shunt Current, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2015, 162: F639–F644.
Arjona, N., Goulet, M.-A., Guerra-Balcazar, M., Ledesma-Garcia, J., Kjeang, E., Arriaga, L.G., Direct formic acid microfluidic fuel cell with Pd nanocubes supported on flow-through microporous electrodes, ECS Electrochemistry Letters, 2015, 4 (4): F24-F28.
Sadeghi Alavijeh, A., Goulet, M.-A., Khorasany, R.M.H., Ghataurah, J., Lim, C., Lauritzen, M., Kjeang, E., Wang, G.G., Rajapakse, R.K.N.D., Decay in Mechanical Properties of Catalyst Coated Membranes Subjected to Combined Chemical and Mechanical Membrane Degradation, Fuel Cells, 2015, 15 (1): 204-213.
Goulet, M.-A., Arbour, S., Lauritzen, M., Kjeang, E., Water sorption and expansion of an ionomer membrane constrained by fuel cell electrodes, Journal of Power Sources, 2015, 274: 94-100.
Ortiz-Ortega, E., Goulet, M.-A., Lee, J.W., Guerra-Balcázar, M., Arjona, N., Kjeang, E., Ledesma-García, J., Arriaga, L. G., Nanofluidic direct formic acid fuel cell with combined air-breathing and dissolved oxygen cathode for high performance, Lab on a Chip, 2014, 14: 4596-4598.
Goulet, M.-A., Kjeang, E., Reactant recirculation in electrochemical co-laminar flow cells, Electrochimica Acta, 2014, 140: 217-224.
Goulet, M.-A., Kjeang, E., Co-laminar flow cells for electrochemical energy conversion, Journal of Power Sources, 2014, 260: 186-196.
Khorasany, R.M.H., Goulet, M.-A., Sadeghi Alavijeh, A., Kjeang, E., Wang, G.G., Rajapakse, R.K.N.D., On the Constitutive Relations for Catalyst Coated Membrane[sic] Applied to In-Situ Fuel Cell Modeling, Journal of Power Sources, 2014, 252: 176-188.
Lee, J.W.,† Goulet, M.-A.,† Kjeang, E., Microfluidic Redox Battery, Lab on a Chip, 2013, 13: 2504-2507.
Goulet, M.-A., Khorasany, R.M.H., De Torres, C., Lauritzen, M., Kjeang, E., Wang, G.G., Rajapakse, R.K.N.D., Mechanical Properties of Catalyst Coated Membranes for PEM Fuel Cells, Journal of Power Sources, 2013, 234: 38-47.