Veronica Augustyn
Assistant Professor
University Faculty Scholar
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Prof. Augustyn’s research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of materials for electrochemical energy technologies including batteries, electrochemical capacitors, electrolyzers, and fuel cells. In particular, she is interested in the relationships between material composition, structure, and morphology and the resulting electrochemical mechanisms. Her research involves the use of both liquid phase and solid state synthesis methods and a variety of in situ and operando electrochemical techniques. She also leads an award-winning international project at NC State, SciBridge, which develops renewable energy research and education collaborations between universities in Africa and the U.S.
Education
Postdoctoral Fellow
2013 - 2015
Texas Materials Institute
University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D.
2013
Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles
B.S.
2007
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Arizona
Research Description
The Augustyn Research Group investigates materials at electrochemical interfaces for the development of clean-energy technologies. The science and engineering of materials remain at the forefront of finding viable solutions for the complex and global energy problems. Electrochemical energy technologies, such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, and electrochemical capacitors are some of the most viable for the clean conversion and storage of energy – but we are far from harnessing their full potential.
Honors and Awards
- Department of Energy Early Career Award, 2019
- Sloan Research Fellow in Chemistry, 2019
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2017
- Research Corporation for Science Advancement Scialog Fellow, Advanced Energy Storage, 2017
- BASF VW Award Electrochemistry Finalist, 2017
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2016
Publications
- Free-standing transition metal oxide electrode architectures for electrochemical energy storage
- Spencer, M. A., & Augustyn, V. (2019, October), JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03823-y
- Charge storage mechanism and degradation of P2-type sodium transition metal oxides in aqueous electrolytes
- Boyd, S., Dhall, R., LeBeau, J. M., & Augustyn, V. (2018), JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A, 6(44), 22266–22276. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta08367c
- Operando atomic force microscopy reveals mechanics of structural water driven battery-to-pseudocapacitor transition
- Wang, R. C., Mitchell, J. B., Gao, Q., Tsai, W. Y., Boyd, S., Pharr, M., … Augustyn, V. (2018), ACS Nano, 12(6), 6032–6039. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b02273
- Toward an Atomistic Understanding of Solid-State Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Storage
- Augustyn, V., McDowell, M. T., & Vojvodic, A. (2018), JOULE, 2(11), 2189–2193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.10.014
- Transition metal oxides for aqueous sodium-ion electrochemical energy storage
- Boyd, S., & Augustyn, V. (2018), Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8qi00148k
- 2D materials with nanoconfined fluids for electrochemical energy storage
- Augustyn, V., & Gogotsi, Y. (2017), Joule, 1(3), 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.09.008
- Enhanced electrochemical lithium-ion charge storage of iron oxide nanosheets
- Niu, S., McFeron, R., Godinez-Salomon, F., Chapman, B. S., Damin, C. A., Tracy, J. B., … Rhodes, C. P. (2017), Chemistry of Materials, 29(18), 7794–7807. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02315
- Intrinsic limitations of atomic layer deposition for pseudocapacitive metal oxides in porous electrochemical capacitor electrodes
- Daubert, J. S., Wang, R. C., Ovental, J. S., Barton, H. F., Rajagopalan, R., Augustyn, V., & Parsons, G. N. (2017), Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 5(25), 13086–13097. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta02719b
- Transition from battery to pseudocapacitor behavior via structural water in tungsten oxide
- Mitchell, J. B., Lo, W. C., Genc, A., LeBeau, J., & Augustyn, V. (2017), Chemistry of Materials, 29(9), 3928–3937. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05485
- Tuning the interlayer of transition metal oxides for electrochemical energy storage
- Augustyn, V. (2017), Journal of Materials Research. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2016.337