David Boyle

Chemist working on lithium batteries and electrochemistry

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

Our new paper from @yicuistanford lab on calendar aging of Lithium metal is out @NatureEnergyJnl! We study Li metal batteries when they're not in-use (for ex: cell-phone turned off) and give some insight into the chemical stability of unique electrolytes

https://t.co/cBMBhGGOQf

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A 23-year-old Santa Cruz local caught a towering wave near Half Moon Bay that was recently estimated to be 108 feet tall, which would make it easily the world’s largest wave ever surfed.

The current world record is 86 feet.

Read more: https://t.co/CjAtWnApdI

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@ashleighbaber @JMUChemistry So glad to see everyone getting together and staying in touch!

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@JohnnySayavong @J_A_C_S Great paper!

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@DrDeCaluwe Thanks! Glad you found it interesting and useful

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

How do some advanced F-based electrolytes plate uniform Li anodes, while standard electrolytes give "dendritic" anodes?

For my entire PhD, I thought Li plating kinetics were behind this...but thermodynamics turns out to still be king.

Last paper!

https://t.co/d0mWv8Ld4u

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

California's Sierra Nevada range 80 days ago versus today.

These mountains likely currently hold the biggest snowpack on the planet.

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@KangXu_Echem Yes, that’s a very nice paper. Was happy to see it. The results are similar and complementary.

They highlight how potential impacts electrolyte reduction, our work points out how it can affect Li morphology

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

Thanks to many great collaborators/mentors. The work wasn't possible without you: Sang Cheol Kim, @Solomon_OT, @yicuistanford and others

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

tldr: fast charge transfer correlates with weak solvation (F-based elytes) and uniform plating, but this contrasts with kinetics-based predictions

Instead, more positive Li/Li+ potentials in weakly solvating high CE elytes increases surface energy and favors uniform plating

[Nano Letters @NanoLetters]

Most Read in the past 30 days "Resolving Current-Dependent Regimes of Electroplating Mechanisms for Fast Charging Lithium Metal Anodes" by @davidtboyle, Li, Pei, Vilá, Zhang, @JohnnySayavong @mun_sek, Huang, @HongxiaWang6, Liu, Xu, Sinclair, Qin, Bao & Cui https://t.co/oQQfO2sLHj

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

This work was really a crazy 2 yr+ journey that involved the pandemic, many terrific collaborators and mentors @YuzhangLi @yicuistanford, and several surprises and pivots.

Congrats to the team and thanks for such great work.

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

Fast charging is tough for Li metal batteries ("dendrites"), so we asked how does the Li plating mechanism change with slow and fast charging?

In @NanoLetters today, we mapped out Li plating mechanisms to help with future design of fast charge solutions.

https://t.co/5oSz7LyNjn

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

Some nice insight here on how intermolecular interactions can tune reactions on surfaces. Implications for catalysis and electrochemistry.

Nice work, congratulations everyone and @JMUChemistry!

[ashleigh baber @ashleighbaber]

We've been working on this one for a while! Congrats to all of the @JMUChemistry #undergraduate authors of the most recent #BaberLab paper: https://t.co/m6toQnXDFz
@ericmaxwell99 @lyssagarber @claytonrogers44 @ava_galgano Jordon Baker, Hasan Kaleem, @davidtboyle & Jessica Berry

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

Successfully defended my thesis! Thanks to so many great collaborators, advisors and friends. Moving on to Apple soon

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@YuzhangLi @doescience @UclaCBE @UCLAengineering Congrats Yuzhang! Well deserved

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@claytonrogers44 @JMUChemistry Looks like a fun project, should see if it has echem activity!

Where’s the next step?

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@Barbour_68 Saw about $6.50 for premium in CA already...

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@venkvis @DKBediako @NatureChemistry Beautiful work!

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

@yuweilai93 Still haven’t been to Devils slide. Seems like a long hike down

[David Boyle @davidtboyle]

Got out the lab and made it to Pacifica