Daniel Lawrence Adams

Area of research

Electrical and Electronic Engineering · Automotive Engineering

Research interest

Research topics from publications: Investigation of Pre-lithiation in Graphite and Hard-Carbon Anodes Using Different Lithium Source Structures; Highly Conductive and Strong Graphite-Phenolic Resin Composite for Bipolar Plate Applications; The effect of lithium loadings on anode to the voltage drop during charge and discharge of Li-ion capacitors; Comparative Study of the Power and Cycling Performance for Advanced Lithium-Ion Capacitors with Various Carbon Anodes; Improving the specific energy of Li-Ion capacitor laminate cell using hybrid activated Carbon/LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 as positive electrodes; Pre-Lithiation of Carbon Anodes Using Different Lithium - Sources; Performance of wide temperature range electrolytes for Li-Ion capacitor pouch cells; Comparative Study of the Power Performance for Advanced Li-Ion Capacitors with Various Carbon Anodes; Highly Conductive, Strong, Thin and Lightweight Graphite-Phenolic Resin Composite for Bipolar Plates in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells; Pre-Lithiation Treatment of Carbon Anodes Loaded with Different Li-Source Structures. Representative work: Energy storage devices like batteries and supercapacitors, have become indispensable in portable devices and electric vehicles. But, the carbon anodes used in these devices, exhibit a significant loss in their initial capacity (graphite: 6.6% and hard carbon: 29.8%) due to the consumption of Li ions from electrolyte during solid electrolyte interface layer formation and other non-reversible reactions, and if unaddressed, can potentially diminish this advantage. Pre-lithiation treatment of carbon anodes can mitigate this loss, apart from improving the cell working potential, hence enhancing cell energy density and cyclability. We investigate in this report a direct-contact lithiation process Composite materials for bipolar plate applications in proton exchange membrane fuel cells were fabricated from synthetic graphite (SG), natural graphite (NG), or expanded graphite (EG) and novolac phenolic resin using compression molding. In comparing the resultant samples, the EG composite exhibited the best properties with a density of ∼1.55 g/cm3, flexural strength of 109 MPa, and modulus of 24 GPa even with a high graphite loading of 80 wt % and a low plate thickness of ∼0.9 mm, as well as in-plane conductivity of 182 S/cm. The EG content was further varied to find the optimal co

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