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Bruce Dunn

California NanoSystems Institute · US
Area of research
Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Research interest
Research in the Dunn group involves the synthesis of inorganic and hybrid materials and characterization of their electrical and optical properties. The various areas are described in greater detail on our lab page and representative publications are listed below. One of the principal themes which extends to most of the research activities is the use of sol-gel methods to synthesize a number of the materials studied in the group (see: http://www.solgel.com/educational for background on the sol-gel process). This synthetic approach enables us to prepare materials which incorporate a wide variety of organic and biological dopants and are capable of developing unique microstructures and properties.
h-index
103
citations
94,500
works
654
NIH funding
primary concept
Chemistry
email

Recent publications

Recent Advances in Scalable, High‐Mass Loaded Electrodes for Grid‐Scale Energy Storage
Advanced Materials 2025cited by 24position: lastdoi
Interface‐Controlled Redox Chemistry in Aqueous Mn <sup>2</sup> ⁺/MnO₂ Batteries
Advanced Materials 2025cited by 18position: middledoi
Establishing reaction networks in the 16-electron sulfur reduction reaction
Nature 2024cited by 504position: middledoi
Nanofeather ruthenium nitride electrodes for electrochemical capacitors
Nature Materials 2024cited by 43position: middledoi
An anionic two dimensional covalent organic framework from tetratopic borate centres pillared by lithium ions
Nature Communications 2024cited by 17position: middledoi
Redox Materials for Electrochemical Capacitors
Electrochemistry 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
Surface-redox sodium-ion storage in anatase titanium oxide
Nature Communications 2023cited by 165position: lastdoi
High‐rate sodium‐ion storage of vanadium nitride via surface‐redox pseudocapacitance
Interdisciplinary materials 2023cited by 36position: middledoi
Enhancing the Ionic Conductivity of Poly(3,4-propylenedioxythiophenes) with Oligoether Side Chains for Use as Conductive Cathode Binders in Lithium-Ion Batteries
Chemistry of Materials 2022cited by 49position: middledoi
A pseudo-two-dimensional (P2D) model for FeS2 conversion cathode batteries
Journal of Power Sources 2022cited by 16position: middledoi
Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries
ACS Energy Letters 2021cited by 457position: middledoi
Two-dimensional quantum-sheet films with sub-1.2 nm channels for ultrahigh-rate electrochemical capacitance
Nature Nanotechnology 2021cited by 130position: middledoi
Electrochemical Modeling of GITT Measurements for Improved Solid-State Diffusion Coefficient Evaluation
arXiv (Cornell University) 2021cited by 108position: middledoi
Future Directions for Electrochemical Capacitors
ACS Energy Letters 2021cited by 81position: middledoi
Photopatternable hydroxide ion electrolyte for solid-state micro-supercapacitors
Joule 2021cited by 64position: lastdoi
Understanding and applying coulombic efficiency in lithium metal batteries
Nature Energy 2020cited by 1,011position: middledoi
A fundamental look at electrocatalytic sulfur reduction reaction
Nature Catalysis 2020cited by 820position: middledoi
Electrode Degradation in Lithium-Ion Batteries
ACS Nano 2020cited by 806position: middledoi
A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds
Science 2020cited by 751position: middledoi
Steric Impediment of Ion Migration Contributes to Improved Operational Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells
Advanced Materials 2020cited by 232position: middledoi
Dual redox mediators accelerate the electrochemical kinetics of lithium-sulfur batteries
Nature Communications 2020cited by 173position: middledoi
Differentiating Double-Layer, Psuedocapacitance, and Battery-like Mechanisms by Analyzing Impedance Measurements in Three Dimensions
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020cited by 149position: middledoi
Pseudocapacitive Vanadium‐based Materials toward High‐Rate Sodium‐Ion Storage
Energy & environment materials 2020cited by 135position: lastdoi
NASICON Na<sub>3</sub>V<sub>2</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> Enables Quasi-Two-Stage Na<sup>+</sup> and Zn<sup>2+</sup> Intercalation for Multivalent Zinc Batteries
Chemistry of Materials 2020cited by 100position: middledoi
Programmable devices based on reversible solid-state doping of two-dimensional semiconductors with superionic silver iodide
Nature Electronics 2020cited by 94position: middledoi
Multielectron Redox and Insulator-to-Metal Transition upon Lithium Insertion in the Fast-Charging, Wadsley-Roth Phase PNb<sub>9</sub>O<sub>25</sub>
Chemistry of Materials 2020cited by 85position: lastdoi
3D Architectures for Batteries and Electrodes
Advanced Energy Materials 2020cited by 78position: middledoi
Dihexyl-Substituted Poly(3,4-Propylenedioxythiophene) as a Dual Ionic and Electronic Conductive Cathode Binder for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Chemistry of Materials 2020cited by 75position: middledoi
High-Performance Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery with Mixed 2D and 3D Electrodes
ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020cited by 51position: lastdoi
Achieving high energy density and high power density with pseudocapacitive materials
Nature Reviews Materials 2019cited by 1,893position: lastdoi

Grants

13th International Workshop on Sol-Gel Science and Technology; UCLA Campus; Los Angeles, CA; August 22-26, 2005
NSF0529402$10,5002005–2006PIRePORTER
Synthesis and Properties of Continuous Periodic Mesoporous Films
NSF9729186$378,6191998–2002PIRePORTER
Optical Probes for Solution-Based Processing of Inorganic Thin Films
NSF9408780$455,0001994–1998PIRePORTER
Biomolecular Sol-Gel Glasses Containing Encapsulated Enzymesand Other Proteins
NSF9202182$414,0301992–1995PIRePORTER
US-Austria Cooperative Research: Impedance Studies of Sol-Gel Materials
NSF8922345$14,4301990–1994PIRePORTER
Acquisition of Rutherford Backscattering Analysis System
NSF8714476$150,0001988–1990PIRePORTER
Engineering Creativity Award: Nonlinear Optical CompositiesUsing Nonlinear Organic Molecules in Inorganic Matrices
NSF8811629$89,4001988–1992PIRePORTER
U.S.-Austria Cooperative Research: Property Relationships of Single Crystal and Polycrystalline Beta" Aluminas
NSF8420568$13,4401985–1989PIRePORTER
Research Initiation - Properties of Heterojunctions Formed Between Amorphous and Crystalline Semiconductors
NSF7510621$17,0001975–1977PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Sarah H. Tolbert · California NanoSystems Institute17 papers (2012–2024)Christopher Choi · Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center10 papers (2017–2021)Jesse S. Ko · Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory9 papers (2012–2020)Ryan H. DeBlock · United States Naval Research Laboratory9 papers (2017–2023)Veronica Augustyn · North Carolina State University9 papers (2012–2014)Qiulong Wei · Xiamen University8 papers (2017–2023)Jonathan Lau · Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory7 papers (2017–2019) · 6 papers (2013–2021)Yu Huang · China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)6 papers (2015–2024)John B. Cook · Battery Park6 papers (2015–2017)David S. Ashby · Sandia National Laboratories5 papers (2017–2021)Hyung‐Seok Kim · Yonsei University5 papers (2016–2017)Chun‐Han Lai · University of California, Los Angeles4 papers (2016–2020)Henry S. White · University of Utah4 papers (2016–2020) · 4 papers (2013–2021)A. Alec Talin · University of Maryland, College Park4 papers (2016–2021) · 4 papers (2014–2020)Xiangfeng Duan · Central South University4 papers (2017–2024)Danielle M. Butts · University of California, Los Angeles4 papers (2018–2023)Vicky Doan‐Nguyen · The Ohio State University4 papers (2016–2018)