Lemay Lab - Iontronics

Research in the Lemay Lab concentrates on Iontronics: the physics of mixed electronic-ionic charge transport.

Mixed electronic-ionic charge transport are processes at the heart of many of the technologies underpinning the ongoing electrification of society, including batteries, supercapacitors and a wide range of complex electrocatalysts. 

Experiments are extremely challenging, however, because the relevant length scales are of the order of only a few nanometers. Our strategy relies primarily on lithography-based microfabrication supplemented with an array of nanoscale characterization techniques.