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Assistant Professor
Betar Gallant
Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Career Development Professor; Assistant Professor
Interests
- Electrochemical greenhouse gas capture and conversion
- Advanced batteries and flow cells for energy storage and supply
- Surface chemistry and molecular functionalization for catalyst material design
Faculty Details
Education
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2008
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
S.B. -
2010
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
S.M. -
2013
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
Ph.D.
Research Interests
- Greenhouse gas mitigation technologies
- In-line electrochemical capture, conversion and sensing
- Novel battery chemistries
- Electrochemical energy harvesters
- Electrode material design
- Device prototyping
Honors + Awards
- 2013, Kavli Nanoscience Institute Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
- 2011, MIT Martin Family Graduate Fellow
- 2008, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
- 2008, MIT Energy Initiative Graduate Research Fellow
Publications
- Book chapter:
- Gallant BM, Lu YC, Mitchell RR, Kwabi DG, Carney TJ, Thompson CV and Shao-Horn Y, "The kinetics and product characteristics of oxygen reduction and evolution in Li-O2 batteries", from Li-Air Batteries: Current Status, Springer New York , 121-158 (37 pages), 2015.
- Selected publications:
- Gallant B.M., Kwabi D.G., Mitchell R.R., Thompson C.V. and Shao-Horn Y., "Influence of Li2O2 morphology on oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution kinetics in Li-O2 batteries", Energy & Environmental Science, 6, 2518 – 2528 (10 pages), 2013.
- Mitchell R.R., Gallant B.M., Shao-Horn Y. and Thompson C.V., "Mechanisms of morphological evolution of Li2O2 particles during electrochemical growth", Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 4, 1060 - 1064 (4 pages), 2013.
- Gallant B.M., Mitchell R.R., Kwabi D.G., Zhou J., Zuin L., Thompson C.V. and Shao-Horn Y., "Chemical and morphological changes of Li-O2 batteries upon cycling", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 20800 - 20805 (5 pages), 2012.
- Mitchell R.R., Gallant B.M., Thompson C.V. and Shao-Horn Y., "All-carbon nanofiber electrodes for high-energy rechargeable Li-O2 batteries", Energy & Environmental Science, 4, 2952 - 2958 (6 pages), 2011.