2021

May 2021

• Our paper "Capacitive Charge Storage of Tetraphenylporphyrin Sulfonate- CNT Composite Electrodes", authored by Jeanne N'Diaye, Mohamed Elshazly, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.
• Our paper "Electrolyte-gated field effect transistors in biological sensing: a survey of electrolytes", authored by Guan Ying Jane Wang, Keryn Lian, and Ta-Ya Chu, has been accepted by the IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society.
• We welcome Tianyu Liu to our lab as summer research student. Best wishes for a safe, fun, and productive summer.

April 2021

• Our paper "Phosphoric Acid Based Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolytes for Organic Field Effect Transistor Gate Dielectrics" , co-authored by Kevin Ton, Asia Vighi, Keryn Lian, Ta-Ya Chu, and Ye Tao has been accepted by the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology.

March 2021

• Our paper "Lignin cellulose nanofibrils as an electrochemically functional component for high-performance and flexible supercapacitor electrodes", accepted to ChemSusChem, has been selected as a cover feature.

February 2021

• Our paper "Dimethyl Sulfoxide Additive to Na₂SO₄-based Polymer Electrolytes for Low Temperature Capacitive Devices", co-authored by Alvin Virya, Raunaq Bagchi, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.

January 2021

• Farewell Dr. George Wu. Best wishes to your journey to sunny San Diego.
• Our paper "Lignin cellulose nanofibrils as an electrochemically functional component for high-performance and flexible supercapacitor electrodes" is featured in ChemistryViews.

2020

December 2020

• Congratulations to Kevin Ton on successfully defending his M.A.Sc. thesis. Best wishes for your future endevours.

November 2020

• Our paper "Lignin cellulose nanofibrils as an electrochemically functional component for high-performance and flexible supercapacitor electrodes", co-authored by N. Tanguy, H. Wu, S. Nair, K. Lian, and N. Yan, has been accepted by ChemSusChem as a VIP paper.

October 2020

• Our paper "Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Inorganic-Organic Molybdovanadogermanic (GeMoV)-Polyluminol Composite Electrodes for Capacitive Charge Storage", co-authored by J.N'Diaye, S. Siddiqui, K. Pak, and K.Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

August 2020

• Our paper "A Comparative Study of Sulfate-Based Neutral pH Polymer Electrolytes: Effects of Temperature on Ionic Conductivity", co-authored by Alvin Virya, Gary Liu, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
• Congratulations to Marlon Palmer on wining the Environment and Materials podium presentation at the 2020 UnERD conference.

July 2020

• We welcome Jane Wang and Jobey Chua joining as MASc students. Best wishes to your new endeavors.
• Congratulations to Jane on being awarded an OGS scholarship.
• Our paper "A Review of Neutral pH Polymer Electrolytes for Electrochemical Capacitors: Transitioning from Liquid to Solid Devices" has been accepted for the inaugural issue of Materials Reports: Energy and will be featured on the cover page.

March 2020

• Congratulations to Jeanne and Alvin on each being awarded a Hatch Graduate Scholarship for Sustainable Energy Research.

February 2020

• Our paper "Aqueous Based Dual-electrolyte Rechargeable Pb-Zn Battery with A 2.8 V Operating Voltage" has been accepted by Journal of Energy Storage.

2019

November 2019

• Congratulations to Jak on successfully completing his PhD thesis and defense. Best wishes to Dr. Li!
• Congratulations to Raunaq on successfully defending his MASc thesis. Best wishes to your future endeavors.

October 2019

• Our paper "Investigation of The Capacitive Behavior of Polyluminol on Carbon Nanotubes Electrodes", co-authored by Jeanne N'Diaye, Jin Hyun Chang, and Keryn Lian has been accepted by ChemElectroChem., DOI: 10.1002/celc.201901473
• Our paper "Na₂SO₄-Polyacrylamide Electrolytes and Enabled Solid-State Electrochemical Capacitors" co-authored by Alvin Virya, Justin Abella, Andrew Grindal, and K. Lian, has been accepted by Batteries and Supercaps, DOI: 10.1002/batt.201900127

August 2019

• Our paper "Hydroxide ion conducting polymer electrolytes and their applications in solid supercapacitors: A review", co-authored by Jak Li, Jinli Qiao, and Keryn Lian has been accepted for publication by Energy Storage Materials, DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2019.08.012
• Welcome Raunaq Bagchi as a new PhD student. Best wishes for your studies!

July 2019

• Congratulations to Alvin Virya on being awarded a Queen Elizabeth II/Eleanor and Burnett Thall Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.

June 2019

• Congratulations to Kevin Ton on being awarded a NSERC CGS M Scholarship.

May 2019

• We welcome summer students Julia Bincik, Shaheer Siddiqui, and Gary Liu to join us. Best wishes for a productive and fun summer!
• Jak, Jeanne, and Alvin will give talks in the upcoming ECS 235th conference in Dallas, USA
• Congratulations to Jeanne on receiving an ECS travel grant
• Congratulations to Jeanne and Alvin on receiving SGS travel grants.

April 2019

• Congratulations to George on successfully defending his PhD thesis! Best wishes for your future endeavors, Dr. Wu!
• Congratulations to Kevin on being awarded an NSERC CGSM scholarship!
• Our paper "A NiCo₂S₄/hierarchical porous carbon for high performance asymmetrical supercapacitor", co-authored by Y. Li, F. An, H. Wu, S. Zhu, C. Lin, M.Xia, K. Xue, D. Zhang, and K.Lian has been accepted by the Journal of Power Sources.

March 2019

• Our paper "Investigation of the Chemical Structure and Electrochemical Activity of a Chemically Polymerized Luminol", authored by Jeanne N'Diaye and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.
• Our paper "A comparative study of activated carbons from liquid to solid polymer electrolytes for electrochemical capacitors", co-authored by Haoran Wu, Matt Genovese, Kevin Ton, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.

February 2019

• Congratulations to Jak Li and Alvin Virya on being awarded Hatch Graduate Scholarships for Sustainable Energy Research.
• Our paper "Study of Solid Alkaline Electrolyte under High Temperatures and Its Application in Electrochemical Capacitors for AC Line-Filtering", co-authored by Jak Li, Han Gao, John Miller, Ronald Outlaw, Sue Butler, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Power Sources.

January 2019

• Congratulations to Jak for being selected as the "Best TA" of the year.

2018

December 2018

• Our paper "A study of Bending Properties of Solid Electrochemical Capacitors" , co-authored by Haoran Wu, Julian Rosas, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Electrochemical Society.

October 2018

• Our paper "Lithium Polyacrylate-Polyacrylamide Blend as Polymer Electrolytes for Solid-State Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Alvin Virya and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochemistry Communications.

September 2018

• Our paper "Investigation of Hydroxide Ion-Conduction in Solid Polymer Electrolytes via Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy", co-authored by Jak Li and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.

August 2018

• Congratulations to Jak Li on being awarded a Queen Elizabeth II/Eleanor and Burnett Thall Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology at the University of Toronto.
• Congratulations to Jak Li on wining a "Best Student Poster" award at this year's Electrochemical Energy Science and Technologies conference.
• Congratulations to Justin Abella on winning an outstanding presentation award in the category of Materials Science and Engineering in this year's UNERD competition.

July 2018

• We welcome Kevin Ton to join us as a M.A.Sc student. Best wishes for your studies!
• Congratulations to Alvin Virya and Kevin Kon on each being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS)

May 2018

• Congratulations to Jeanne N’Diaye on being awarded a scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT)
• We welcome Justin Abella and Szu-Jia (Jessica) Liu to join our lab as summer research students. Best wishes for a fun and successful summer.

April 2018

• Our paper "Ultrathin all-solid-state supercapacitor devices based on chitosan activated carbon electrodes and polymer electrolytes", co-authored by Matt Genovese, Haoran Wu, Alvin Virya, Jak Li, P. Shen, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.

March 2018

• Congratulations to Jak Li and Haoran Wu for receiving travel grants from the Electrochemical Society.
• Congratulation to Haoran Wu on being awarded an NSERC Canada Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. Hope you have a productive and fun research experience at SJTU!

February 2018

• Our paper "The effect of SiO₂ additives on solid hydroxide ion-conducting polymer electrolytes: A Raman microscopy study", co-authored by Jak Li and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

January 2018

• Our paper "The Role of Ion Hydration in the Performance of Li₂SO₄-Polyacrylamide Electrolyte Systems: Material Characterizations Under Real-Time Conditions", co-authored by Alvin Virya and Keryn Lian has been accepted by the Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

2017

December 2017

• Our paper "Aqueous Based Asymmetrical-bipolar Electrochemical Capacitor with A 2.4 V Operating Voltage" co-authored by Haoran Wu and Keryn Lian has been accepted by the Journal of Power Sources.
• Our paper "Borotungstic acid - polyacrylamide solid electrolytes for electrochemical capacitors with H₃PO₄ plasticizer", coauthored by Y. Foong, K. Lian, D. Kirk, and S. Thorpe has been accepted by Materials Science and Engineering B.

November 2017

• Congratulations to Haoran (George) Wu on winning the 2nd prize in student poster competition of the Electrochemical Society Canadian Section - 2017 Fall Symposium for his presentation "Aqueous Based Asymmetrical-bipolar Electrochemical Capacitor with A 2.4 V Operating Voltage".

October 2017

• Our paper "Aqueous Based Solid Battery-Capacitor Asymmetrical System for Capacitive Energy Storage Device", co-authored by Haoran Wu and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Materials Chemistry and Physics.

September 2017

• Our paper "Polymerized Fuchsin and Modified Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by J. NDiaye and K.Lian, has been accepted by Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects.
• Congratulations to Haoran Wu, Jak Li and Alvin Virya on winning Hatch Graduate Scholarships for Sustainable Energy Research (George and Jak) and a Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Graduate Scholarship in Sustainable Energy (Alvin).

August 2017

• Congratulations to Yeewei Foong on successfully defending his master's thesis. Best wishes to your future endeavors!

July 2017

• Warm congratulations to Matt on a great PhD defense! Very best wishes to your future endeavors, Dr. Genovese!
• Our book chapter “Polyoxometalates: Molecular metal oxide clusters for supercapacitors”, co-authored by Matthew Genovese and Keryn Lian, has been published in “Metal Oxides in Supercapacitors”.
• Congratulations to Jak Li on being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS).
• Our paper “Investigation of polyacrylamide based hydroxide ion-conducting electrolyte and its application in all-solid electrochemical capacitors” by J. Li, J.Qiao, and K.Lian has been accepted by RSC Sustainable Energy and Fuels.

June 2017

• Our paper "Li₂SO₄-Polyacrylamide Polymer Electrolytes for 2.0 V Solid Symmetric Supercapacitors", co-authored by Alvin Virya and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochemistry Communications.

May 2017

• We welcome summer research students Karelle Guiao, Andrew Grindal, and Julian Rosas. Best wishes for a productive, fulfilled and fun summer.

January 2017

• We welcome Dr. Peizhi Shen who joined us as a visiting scholar.
• Our paper “Polyoxometalate Modified Pine Cone Biochar Carbon for Supercapacitor Electrodes”, co-authored by Matthew Genovese and Keryn Lian has been accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

2016

November 2016

• Matthew Genovese won 2nd prize in the 2016 Electrochemical Society Canadian Section Fall Meeting student poster competition. Congratulations!
• Our paper “Polyacrylamide-lithium chloride polymer electrolyte and its applications in electrochemical capacitors”, co-authored by Alvin Virya and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochemistry Communications.
• Our paper "Proton Conducting Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Liquid and Solid-state Electrochemical Pseudocapacitors", co-authored by Sanaz Ketabi, Blair Decker, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Solid State Ionics.

October 2016

• Our paper "Thin and Flexible Ni-P Based Current Collectors Developed by Electroless Deposition for Energy Storage Devices" co-authored by Haoran Wu, Amelia Susanto, Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Applied Surface Science.

September 2016

• Welcome Alvin Virya as a new PhD student. Best wishes to your new endeavors!

August 2016

• Congratulations to Blair Decker on successfully defending her M.A.Sc thesis. Nice job!
• Congratulations to Alvin and Mel on successfully completing their MEng projects.
• Congratulations to Arial Seebarranon winning 2nd place in the 2016 UnERD MSE podium presentation.

July 2016

• Congratulation to Jak Li on being awarded an OGS Scholarship.
• Our paper "A comparative study of tetraethylammonium hydroxide polymer electrolytes for solid electrochemical capacitors" co-authored by Jak Li and Keryn Lian has been accepted by Polymer.
• Our paper “Ionic Liquid Derived Imidazolium Cation Linkers for the Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Polyoxometalate-MWCNT Composite Electrodes with High Power Capability”, co-authored by M.Genovese and K.Lian, has been accepted by ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.

June 2016

• We had a first joint meeting with Professor Aiping Yu's group from University of Waterloo to kick start our joint NSERC strategic partner program on "Advanced Graphene Fiber Based Wearable Supercapacitors".
• Matthew Genovese, Haoran Wu, Jak Li, and Keryn Lian will be presenting at the PRiME 230th ECS Meeting this October.

May 2016

• We welcome two undergraduate students, Iris Yu and Ariel Seebarran, to join us for summer research. Best wishes for a productive and fun summer!
• Our paper “A H₅BW₁₂O₄₀-polyvinyl alcohol polymer electrolyte and its application in solid supercapacitors”, coauthored by H. Gao and K. Lian, has been accepted by Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

March 2016

• Our paper "Solid-state electric double layer capacitors for ac line-filtering", co-authored by Han Gao, Jak Li, John Miller, Ronald Outlaw, Sue Butler, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Energy Storage Materials.

February 2016

• Best wishes to Dr. Han Gao who has joined Argonne National Labs as a postdoctoral fellow where he will be focusing on new battery technologies. Best wishes in your new endeavours!
• Matthew will spend the next three months at Jiaotong University as visiting researcher investigating biomass carbon materials for energy storage. Enjoy your stay in Shanghai!

January 2016

• Our paper "The unique properties of aqueous polyoxometalate (POM) mixtures and their role in the design of molecular coatings for electrochemical energy storage", co-authored by Matthew Genovese, Yeewei Foong, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.
• Welcome Jeanne N'diaye as PhD student. Best wishes for your studies and research.
• Congratulation to Matthew Genovese on being awarded an NSERC Canada Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement.

2015

October 2015

• Congratulations to Matthew Genovese on being awarded a Graduate Student Award from The Electrochemical Society Energy Technology Division. This award was established in 2012 to recognize and reward the two most promising young engineers and scientists in fields pertaining to energy technology world-wide.
• Our paper "Quantum Capacitance of Graphene in Contact with Metal", co-authored by Jin Hyun Chang, Ahmed Huzayyin, Keryn Lian, and Francis Dawson was accepted by Applied Physics Letters.

September 2015

• Our paper entitled "Proton conducting H₅BW₁₂O₄₀ electrolyte for solid supercapacitors", co-authored by H. Gao, A. Virya and K. Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
• Welcome Jak Li as PhD student and Yee Wei Foong as M.A.Sc student! Best wishes for continued success in your studies!

August 2015

• Congratulations to Jak Li on successfully defending his Master thesis. Welcome back and best wishes for your endeavours towards a PhD.

July 2015

• Congratulations to Han on successfully defending his PhD Thesis. Best wishes to you, Dr. Gao!!
• Congratulations to Blair Decker on being awarded an OGS Scholarship!
• Han Gao, Matt Genovese and Haoran Wu will be presenting 3 papers and 1 poster at the upcoming 228th ECS conference this October in Phoenix.
• Keryn Lian will be giving an invited talk at the 66th ISE conference this October in Taiwan.

June 2015

• Congratulations to Yee Wei Foong on winning the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Centennial Senior Project Award.
• Dr. Sanaz Ketabi and Yee Wei Foong were both profiled in the recent “Grads to Watch: 16 global engineering leaders”. Congratulations to both of you!!

May 2015

• Congratulations to Han Gao on winning a 2014 Institute for Sustainable Energy (ISE) Outstanding Energy Paper Award.
• We welcome Kevin Ton to join us as a summer research student. Best wishes for a productive and fun summer.

April 2015

• Congratulations to Haoran Wu on being awarded an NSERC post graduate (PGS D) Fellowship
• Congratulations to Han Gao on being awarded an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship.
• Matthew Genovese was one of the 15 finalist in the UofT 3 minute thesis (3MT) competition.

February 2015

• Congratulations to Jin on successfully defending his PhD thesis. Best wishes to you, Dr. Chang!!
• Good bye and farewell to Sanaz who has joined Dr. Viola Birss’ group as a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Chemistry at the University of Calgary. Best wishes to your new endeavors!

January 2015

• Our paper "Development of Pseudocapacitive Molybdenum Oxide-nitride for Electrochemical Capacitors" co-authored by B.Ting, H.Wu, N.Kherani, and K.Lian, has been accepted by Materials Chemistry and Physics.
• Our paper "Designing Polyoxometalate based Layer-by-Layer Thin Films on Carbon Nanomaterials for Pseudocapacitive Electrodes", co-authored by M. Genovese, Y.W. Fong, and K. Lian has been accepted for publication in the Batteries and Energy Storage (ES&T) section of the Journal of The Electrochemical Society.
• Our paper "Capacitive Performance of Exfoliated Biochar from Biomass Waste Corn Cob", co-authored by M. Genovese, J. Jiang, K. Lian, and N. Holm has been accepted by J. Materials Chemistry A,
• Our paper "Polyoxometalate modified inorganic-organic nanocomposite materials for energy storage applications: A review", co-authored by M. Genovese and K. Lian, has been accepted by Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science.
• Our paper entitled "Effects of laser processing on surface characteristics of NiTi shape memory alloys", co-authored by A. Pequegnat, A. Michael, J. Wang, K.Lian, Y. Zhou, and M. Khan, has been accepted by Materials Science and Engineering C.

2014

December 2014

• Our paper "The effects of SiO₂ and TiO₂ nanofillers on structural and electrochemical properties of poly(ethylene oxide)-EMIHSO₄ electrolytes", co-authored by S. Ketabi and K. Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.
• Congratulations to Han Gao on winning the Best Contribution Award in the Materials for Energy Session at Materials Today Asia 2014, Hong Kong, for his presentation ‘Advanced proton conducting polymer electrolytes and their applications in solid supercapacitors’.

November 2014

• Our paper entitled "Interaction of Simple Monomers with Cu(111) Under the Influence of the Electric Field" co-authored by Jin Chang, Ahmed Huzayyin, Keryn Lian, and Francis Dawson has been accepted by Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
• Congratulations to Jin Chang on wining a top-viewed poster award in the Institute for Sustainable Energy & NSERC CREATE Program in Distributed Generation for Remote Communities research symposium.

October 2014

• Congratulations to Sanaz on successfully defending her PhD thesis. Best wishes to you, Dr. Ketabi !!

September 2014

• Congratulations to Han Gao, Matthew Genovese, and Haoran Wu on winning renewal of their respective Hatch Scholarship for Sustainable Energy Research.
• Congratulations to Blair Decker on receiving an APSC GSEF award and to Jak Li on receiving an F. H. Guest Bursary.
• A warm welcome to Blair Decker who joins us as M.A.Sc student and to Haoran (George) Wu, who returns as a PhD student. Best wishes to both!

August 2014

• Congratulations to Haoran Wu on successfully defending his MASc thesis! Best wishes for your PhD research!
• Congratulations to Yeewei Foong on winning a 1^st prize in the 2014 UnERD MSE podium presentation.
• Our paper entitled "Vanadium Oxide Electrode Synthesized by Electroless Deposition for Electrochemical Capacitors", coauthored by Haoran Wu and Keryn Lian has been accepted by the Journal of Power Sources.

July 2014

• Our paper entitled "Proton-Conducting Polymer Electrolytes and Their Applications in Solid Supercapacitors: A Review", co-authored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by RSC Advances.

June 2014

• Our paper entitled "Monovalent silicotungstate salts as electrolytes for electrochemical supercapacitors", co-authored by Han Gao, Alvin Virya, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochim Acta.
• Congratulations to Haoran Wu on winning an OGS fellowship!

May 2014

• Welcome back Yeewei Foong and Alvin Virya! Best wishes for a fun and productive summer.

April 2014

• Our paper "Alkaline quaternary ammonium hydroxides and their polymer electrolytes for electrochemical capacitors" , co-authored by Han Gao, Jak Li, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by RSC Advances.
• Congratulations to Matthew Genovese on winning an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Doctorate Scholarship (CGS D).

March 2014

• Our paper entitled ”Interaction of Water Molecule with Au(111) and Au(110) Surfaces under the Influence of an External Electric Field”, co-authored by A. Huzayyin, J. Chang, K. Lian, and F. Dawson, has been published by J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118 (7), pp 3459–3470.
• Our paper entitled “Characterizing Battery Behavior for Time Dependent Currents", co-authored T. Sritharan, D. Yan, F. Dawson and K. Lian, has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
• Our paper “Pseudocapacitive Behavior of Keggin Type Polyoxometalate Mixtures”, co-authored by Matthew Genovese and Keryn Lian has been accepted by Electrochemistry Communications.

January 2014

• Congratulations to Han Gao and Haoran Wu on winning, and Matthew Genovese on renewal of their respective Hatch scholarships for Sustainable Energy.
• Our paper "Effect of Cation on Proton Conductivity of a Non‑fluorinated Ionic Liquid", co-authored by Sanaz Ketabi, Blair Decker, and Keryn Lian has been accepted for presentation at the 225^th Electrochemical Society Meeting in Orlando in May 2014.

2013

December 2013

• Congratulations to Fred Xiao and Terence Lee on passing their respective M.A.Sc defense.
• Our paper entitled "A Comparative Study of Nano-SiO₂ and Nano-TiO₂ Fillers on Proton Conductivity and Dielectric Response of a Silicotungstic Acid–H₃PO₄–Poly(vinyl alcohol) Polymer Electrolyte", co-authored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/am4045103.

November 2013

• Congratulations to Matt Genovese on winning first prize in the student poster competition at the 2013 Fall Electrochemical Society (ECS) Canadian Section Meeting.
• Our paper entitled "Germanomolybdate (GeMo₁₂O₄₀^4-) Modified Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Matthew Genovese, Yeewei Foong, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.

October 2013

• Congratulations to Matt Genovese on successfully passing his MASc/PhD bypass exam.
• Congratulations to Han Gao on winning a 2012 Outstanding Energy Paper Award issued by the Institute for Sustainable Energy, University of Toronto.

September 2013

• We welcome Jak Li to join us as M.A.Sc student. Best wishes!

August 2013

• Congratulations to Yeewei Foong on winning a podium presentation award at the UnERD 2013 research symposium.
• Our paper entitled "Multilayer Polyoxometalates - Carbon Nanotube Composites for Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Gurvinder Bajwa, Matthew Genovece, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology.

July 2013

• We will be presenting two papers (Han and Keryn) and two posters (Matthew and Haoran) at the 224^th Electrochemical Society Conference in San Francisco, California, October 2013.

May 2013

• Gurvinder, Sanaz and Han each gave a presentation at the 223^rd Electrochemical Society Conference in Toronto.
• We welcome 3 summer students to join our lab: Blair Decker, Yeewei Foong, and Alvin Virya. Best wishes for a productive and fun summer.

Apr 2013

• Our paper on the "Effect of SiO₂ on Conductivity and Structural Properties of PEO–EMIHSO₄ Polymer Electrolyte and Enabled Solid Electrochemical Capacitors”, co-authored by Sanaz Ketabi and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochim. Acta.
• Congratulations to Haoran Wu on winning an NSERC postgraduate scholarship!
• Congratulations to Matthew Genovese on being awarded an OGS scholarship!
• Congratulations to Sanaz Ketabi on being awarded a Graduate Student Endowment Fund (GSEF) scholarship!

Jan 2013

• Our paper, "Effect of SiO₂ on silicotungstic acid-H₃PO₄-poly(vinyl alcohol) electrolyte for electrochemical supercapacitors", coauthored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
• Congratulations to Matthew Genovese on being awarded a Hatch Scholarship for Sustainable Energy Research!

2012

Sep 2012

• We welcome two new Master students: Matthew Genovese and Haoran Wu. Best wishes!
• Congratulations to Matthew Genovese on winning an NSERC postgraduate scholarship!
• Congratulations to Haoran Wu on winning an OGS scholarship.
• Our paper entitled "Thermal and Structural Characterizations of PEO-EMIHSO₄ Polymer Electrolytes" co-authored by Sanaz Ketabi and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Solid State Ionics.
• Our paper entitled "Advanced Proton Conducting Membrane for Ultra-High Rate Solid Flexible Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry.
• Our paper entitled "Ultra-High-Rate All-Solid Pseudocapacitive Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Han Gao, Yen-Jui Ting, Nazir Kherani, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Power Sources.

Aug 2012

• Congratulations to Gurvinder Bajwa on successfully defending his M.A.Sc. Thesis. Well done!

Jul 2012

• Congratulations to Sanaz Ketabi on winning a travel grant from the Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry Division (PAED) of the Electrochemical Society.

Jun 2012

• We will be presenting 4 papers (including one invited paper) at the 222^nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (PRIME 2012).
• Congratulations to Han Gao on winning an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS D).

May 2012

• Congratulations to Han on winning an NSERC postgraduate Scholarship!
• Welcome Blair Decker and Adam Liu who are joining the lab as summer research students.

Jan 2012

• Our lab was featured in The Varsity
• Our paper entitled ""A Comparative Study of Polymer Electrolytes for Ultrahigh Rate Applications" , co-authored by Han Gao, Haoran Wu and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochemistry Communications.
• Congratulations to Thuwaragan on successfully defending his M.A.Sc thesis!

2011

Nov 2011

• Congratulations to Bernie Ting on successfully defending his Master thesis!
• Congratulations to Han Gao on winning 1^st prize in the student poster competition at the 2011 Fall Symposium of the Electrochemical Society, Canadian Section.

Oct 2011

• Our paper "EMIHSO₄ Based Polymer Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Sanaz Ketabi, Zaiyuan Le, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters.
• Congratulations to Han Gao who has been awarded an Electrochemical Society (Canadian Section) student travel grant.

Sep 2011

• We welcome Fred Xiao joining us as MASc student.
• We welcome five undergraduate thesis students: Kaiwen Hu, Haoran Wu, Charlene Liu, Zaiyuan Le, and Xianglong Liu.
• Our paper, "Proton Conducting Heteropoly Acid Based Electrolyte for High Rate Solid Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.

Jun 2011

• Our paper “A First Principles Approach to Develop a Dynamic Model of Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Jin Chang, Francis Dawson, and Keryn Lian has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics.
• Our paper “High Rate All-Solid Electrochemical Capacitors Using Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolytes”, co-authored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by the Journal of Power Sources.

May 2011

• We welcome three summer students to our group: Haroran (George) Wu, Kaiwen (Kevin) Hu, Zaiyuan Le.
• Congratulations to Han on winning an Ontario Graduate Scholarship for 2011-2012.

Mar 2011

• Our paper “Investigations of Multilayer Polyoxometalates Modified Carbon Nanotubes for Electrochemical Capacitors”, co-authored by Tahmina Akter, Kaiwen Hu, and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.
• Han, Sanaz, Bernie, and Keryn will be presenting their respective poster/talk at the upcoming 219^th Electrochemical Society meeting in Montreal.

2010

Oct 2010

• Our paper "State-of-Charge Prediction of Batteries and Battery-Supercapacitor Hybrids Using Artificial Neural Networks" , co-authored by T. Weigert, Q.Tian and K.Lian, has been accepted by Journal of Power Sources.

Sep 2010

• Our paper "Characterizations of Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolytes for Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Han Gao and Keryn Lian, has been accepted by Electrochimica Acta.
• Congratulations on Tahmina's successful M.A.Sc defense! Well done!
• Congratulations to Han on being awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship for 2010-2011.
• We welcome two new graduate students, Han Gao and Gurvinder Bajwa, to our group. Wish you all the best in your graduate studies!

May 2010

• We welcome three new summer students, they are: Xiaojin (Jane) Guo from EngSci, Haoran (George) Wu and Kaiwen (Kevin) Hu from MSE.
• Our paper on "Polyvinyl Alcohol-Heteropoly Acid Polymer Electrolytes and Their Applications in Electrochemical Capacitors", co-authored by Han Gao, Qifeng Tian and Keryn Lian has been accepted by Solid State Ionics.
• Tahmina and Keryn recently attended the 217th Electrochemical Society conference in Vancouver. Together with Han and Qifeng, our group contributed a total of 3 papers.