Category: News

“Enhancing Capacitance by Increasing Electric Double Layer Disorder in Ionic Liquid Mixtures”

By H. Tupkar, S. G. Johnstone, S. Alemdar, J. McAlpine, J. Verich, M. A. Gebbie Link to article

Freddy Melara wins Arizona Diamondbacks and Honeywell Futureshapers STEM Grants Program

Congratulations to Freddy Melara for being awarded the Diamondbacks and Honeywell Futureshapers STEM Grants Program! This competitive grant program supports STEM education initiatives proposed by K-12 teachers, coaches, and school administrators.

“Adamantane Self-Assembly Templates Size-Selective Ion-Transport Domains in Solid-State Organic Electrolytes”

By S. Alemdar, J. McAlpine, H. Tupkar, M. Gallmeyer, D. Rosario Sanchez, M. Szalaj, J. E. Dahl, R. M. K. Carlson, B. O. Tkachenko, W. S. Loo, P. R. Schreiner, M. A. Gebbie Link to article

“Identifying the Impact of Chemical Functional Groups on Ionic Liquid Conductivity”

By J. E. Umaña, N. A. Zawicki, Matthew A. Gebbie, Victor M. Zavala, and Rose K. Cersonsky

“Oxygenated Functional Groups Localize Charge and Increase Capacitance in Aromatic Ionic Liquids”

By Hrishikesh Tupkar, Jack McAlpine, Theodore D. P. Puls, Piyuni Ishtaweera, Gary A. Baker, and Matthew A. Gebbie

Evan Grothen is Awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

Congratulations to Evan Grothen for being awarded the Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship! The highly prestigious fellowship was established in 1989 by direction of congress as an approach to increasing the number of United States (U.S.) citizens receiving doctoral degrees in science and engineering (S&E) disciplines of military importance and provides …

“Carbonate’s Radical Role in Competitive Electroreduction Reactions”

By Matthew A. Gebbie, Seth R. Anderson, Samuel G. Johnstone, and Evan D. Grothen

“Amplifying Interfacial Capacitance Through Underpotential Deposition in Salt-in-Ionic Liquid Electrolytes”

By Jack McAlpine, Hrishikesh Tupkar, Sila Alemdar, Adrian Gonzalez-Marcano, Jack Verich, and Matthew A. Gebbie

“Diamondoid-Templated Lithium Single-Cation Conduction in Solid-State Organic Electrolytes”

By Jack McAlpine, Michael Rebarchik, Hrishikesh Tupkar, Zhen Jiang, Sila Alemdar, Marissa Gallmeyer, Jeremy E. Dahl, Robert M. K. Carlson, Boryslav O. Tkachenko, Heike Hofstetter, Catherine F. M. Clewett, Peter R. Schreiner, Whitney S. Loo, Manos Mavrikakis, and Matthew A. Gebbie

Gebbie Lab is Awarded 1st Place Research Group at UW-Madison’s Engineering Expo 2025

In back-to-back fashion, Gebbie Lab students were awarded 1st Place Research Group Exhibit for the 2025 Engineering EXPO hosted by the UW–Madison College of Engineering for the “DIY Electrolytes: The Power of Salt” showing how electrolytes impact electrocatalysis using electrolytes people know from everyday life. Special thanks to Sam Johnstone for leading the demonstration!