Energy Research and Innovation Center

📢 New Research Publication from Our Team

We are pleased to share our latest work on materials for energy storage!

📄 "Spider-egg-like structured α-MnO₂ as an efficient cathode material for aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries"

In this study, we report a binder-free hydrothermal growth of α-MnO₂ directly on carbon fiber textile, forming a distinct spider-egg-like nanostructure. This direct-growth approach improves ion diffusion, charge transfer, and mechanical stability — key factors for the performance of aqueous rechargeable zinc-ion batteries (ARZIBs).

🔬 Highlights:

- Initial capacity: 367 mAh/g
- Stable discharge capacities across multiple C-rates
- 88.94% capacity retention after 350 cycles
- Nearly 100% Coulombic efficiency

This method offers a simpler and more environmentally friendly process for fabricating MnO₂-based cathodes without the need for binders or conductive additives.

Congratulations to the team:
Lyn Marie de Juan-Corpuz, Michael Esquilona Franco, Wei Jian Sim, Gil Nonato Santos, Tetsu Yonezawa, and Ryan D. Corpuz

📖 Read the full article: https://doi.org/10.1002/jccs.70045

🌟 Welcome, Vihaan! 🌟

We’re excited to kick off our collaboration with NUS Enterprise as we welcome Vihaan to the team! 🚀

He’ll be working with us on developing carbon dots for smart packaging—an exciting step toward more sustainable and intelligent material solutions. 🌱📦✨

Stay tuned for updates on this cutting-edge project!

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𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕?

𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠! We are looking for qualified candidates to fill the following roles:

(2) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐈 (Contract of Service)
(1) 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐈 (Contract of Service)

If you are interested, please e-mail your CV and Cover Letter addressed to Dr. Ryan Corpuz at 𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧.𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐳@𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐥𝐫𝐜.𝐜𝐨𝐦 until 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒.

The 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 is reaching new heights. Today, we celebrate a significant milestone for our alumni, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐄. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨 and𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐞 𝐌. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚. Their hard work and dedication during their internship days finally paid off as they received two International Publication Awards for their respective internationally published papers from the 024 𝑫𝑶𝑺𝑻 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 (𝑵𝑨𝑺𝑻) this November 25, 2024

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝:

1. 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑜, 𝑀. 𝐸., 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎, 𝑅. 𝐴., 𝐷𝑒 𝐽𝑢𝑎𝑛‐𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑧, 𝐿. 𝑀., & 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑧, 𝑅. 𝐷. (2024). 𝐴𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑅𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑍𝑖𝑛𝑐‐𝐼𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠: 𝐴 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤. 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦, 71(2), 140-154.

2. 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎, 𝑅.𝐴., 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑜, 𝑀.𝐸., 𝐷𝑒 𝐽𝑢𝑎𝑛-𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑧, 𝐿.𝑀., 𝐶𝑜𝑟𝑝𝑢𝑧, 𝑅.𝐷. (2024). 𝑃ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠. 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑠, 34(1), 1824-1824.

ERIC proudly expresses our profound congratulations for this remarkable achievement! We look forward to witnessing even more success as they continue to seek greatness for science and technology. We are proud of you!!

𝐸𝑅𝐼𝐶 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠, 𝐃𝐫. 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐃. 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐳 and 𝐃𝐫. 𝐋𝐲𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐞-𝐉𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐮𝐳, will travel to 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧, to serve as guest speakers at the event titled "𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧," hosted by the 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐚́𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐲 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐨 (𝐈𝐂𝐕) on November 26, 2024.

Facilitated by the 𝐈𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐏 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 from the 𝐂𝐒𝐈𝐂 (𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐏𝐁𝟐𝟑𝟏𝟎𝟑), this event will bring together the brightest minds in the battery research for groundbreaking discussions focusing on efficient, safe, sustainable, and high-capacity all-solid-state batteries. 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔, 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

We can't wait to see how their experiences in 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 will inspire new ideas and advancement in energy storage technology. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚!