Bio

Solomon Oyakhire is a PhD candidate in the department of chemical engineering. He received his BSc in chemical engineering at the University of Lagos in Nigeria before starting his PhD in chemical engineering as a Knight-Hennessy scholar. He is primarily interested in the scientific and economic facets required for accelerating the deployment of renewable energy technologies. Prior to Stanford, he carried out research on phase change materials applied in solar thermal heating systems at the University of Lagos and worked as a technology consultant at KPMG. By operating with frameworks that he gathered from research and consulting environs, he is currently working on developing high energy density batteries with practical applications in the grid and electric vehicles.

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    oyakhire@stanford.edu
    University - Student Department: Chemical Engineering Position: Graduate

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  • Methyl-methacrylate based aluminum hybrid film grown via three-precursor molecular layer deposition JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A Oyakhire, S. T., Ablat, H., Richey, N. E., Bent, S. F. 2022; 40 (2)

    View details for DOI 10.1116/6.0001505

    View details for Web of Science ID 000756554100001

  • Graphene coating on silicon anodes enabled by thermal surface modification for high-energy lithium-ion batteries MRS BULLETIN Kim, S., Huang, W., Zhang, Z., Wang, J., Kim, Y., Jeong, Y., Oyakhire, S. T., Yang, Y., Cui, Y. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1557/s43577-021-00191-4

    View details for Web of Science ID 000771066700003

  • Scalable, Ultrathin, and High-Temperature-Resistant Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Energy-Dense Lithium Metal Batteries ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Ma, Y., Wan, J., Yang, Y., Ye, Y., Xiao, X., Boyle, D. T., Burke, W., Huang, Z., Chen, H., Cui, Y., Yu, Z., Oyakhire, S. T. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.202103720

    View details for Web of Science ID 000760882000001

  • Suspension electrolyte with modified Li+ solvation environment for lithium metal batteries. Nature materials Kim, M. S., Zhang, Z., Rudnicki, P. E., Yu, Z., Wang, J., Wang, H., Oyakhire, S. T., Chen, Y., Kim, S. C., Zhang, W., Boyle, D. T., Kong, X., Xu, R., Huang, Z., Huang, W., Bent, S. F., Wang, L., Qin, J., Bao, Z., Cui, Y. 1800

    Abstract

    Designing a stable solid-electrolyte interphase on a Li anode is imperative to developing reliable Li metal batteries. Herein, we report a suspension electrolyte design that modifies the Li+ solvation environment in liquid electrolytes and creates inorganic-rich solid-electrolyte interphases on Li. Li2O nanoparticles suspended in liquid electrolytes were investigated as a proof of concept. Through theoretical and empirical analyses of Li2O suspension electrolytes, the roles played by Li2O in the liquid electrolyte and solid-electrolyte interphases of the Li anode are elucidated. Also, the suspension electrolyte design is applied in conventional and state-of-the-art high-performance electrolytes to demonstrate its applicability. Based on electrochemical analyses, improved Coulombic efficiency (up to ~99.7%), reduced Li nucleation overpotential, stabilized Li interphases and prolonged cycle life of anode-free cells (~70 cycles at 80% of initial capacity) were achieved with the suspension electrolytes. We expect this design principle and our findings to be expanded into developing electrolytes and solid-electrolyte interphases for Li metal batteries.

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41563-021-01172-3

    View details for PubMedID 35039645

  • Rational solvent molecule tuning for high-performance lithium metal battery electrolytes NATURE ENERGY Yu, Z., Rudnicki, P. E., Zhang, Z., Huang, Z., Celik, H., Oyakhire, S. T., Chen, Y., Kong, X., Kim, S., Xiao, X., Wang, H., Zheng, Y., Kamat, G. A., Kim, M., Bent, S. F., Qin, J., Cui, Y., Bao, Z. 2022

    View details for DOI 10.1038/s41560-021-00962-y

    View details for Web of Science ID 000742253900001

  • Capturing the swelling of solid-electrolyte interphase in lithium metal batteries. Science (New York, N.Y.) Zhang, Z., Li, Y., Xu, R., Zhou, W., Li, Y., Oyakhire, S. T., Wu, Y., Xu, J., Wang, H., Yu, Z., Boyle, D. T., Huang, W., Ye, Y., Chen, H., Wan, J., Bao, Z., Chiu, W., Cui, Y. 1800; 375 (6576): 66-70

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    View details for DOI 10.1126/science.abi8703

    View details for PubMedID 34990230

  • Revealing and Elucidating ALD-Derived Control of Lithium Plating Microstructure ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS Oyakhire, S. T., Huang, W., Wang, H., Boyle, D. T., Schneider, J. R., de Paula, C., Wu, Y., Cui, Y., Bent, S. F. 2020

    View details for DOI 10.1002/aenm.202002736

    View details for Web of Science ID 000578514900001

  • Applications of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition for perovskite solar cells ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Raiford, J. A., Oyakhire, S. T., Bent, S. F. 2020; 13 (7): 1997–2023

    View details for DOI 10.1039/d0ee00385a

    View details for Web of Science ID 000549074800004

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