Professor Young’s group focuses on the development and study of new materials for energy and electronics applications. We utilize a multiscale approach integrating materials informatics and machine learning, as well as first principles electronic structure methods, such as density functional theory (DFT) and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD). A few of our active projects are:
the discovery, design, and investigation of intrinsically ferroelectric and piezoelectric 2D materials for low dimensional electronics.
studying adsorption and reactions on 2D materials and determining how catalytic reactions can be enhanced.
the study and design of organic and ionic liquid electrolytes for high voltage batteries.
determining decomposition products of electrolyte breakdown and SEI formation on electrodes in batteries.
developing an understanding of the role of ionic liquids in CO2 reduction
