Anton W. Grabo-Tomich

Anton Tomich is a post-doctoral appointee at Argonne National Laboratory with expertise in electrolyte engineering across a variety of mono- and multivalent electrochemical systems. His background in Boron-Rich Nanocluster materials is applied towards fundamental electrochemistry research, electrode-electrolyte interfacial chemistries, and the development of high performance electrolyte materials within the purview of electrochemical energy storage. He is currently involved in the research and development of anode-free technologies for sodium metal batteries and is a member of the Silicon Consortium Project.

Education

(2023) Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry - University of California, Riverside

(2016) B.S. Biochemistry - Loyola University Chicago

Conference Talks

(2022) ​“Sodium Metal Anodes Enabled via a Carboranyl Electrolyte” - UC Chemical Symposium (Platform Talk)

(2021) ​“Carboranyl Ionic Liquids: Single Component Electrolytes Enabling Li-S” - UC Chemical Symposium (Platform Talk)

Highlighted Publications

A Carboranyl Electrolyte Enabling Highly Reversible Sodium Metal Anodes via a ​“Fluorine-Free” SEI, A. W. Tomich, J. Park, S-B. Son, Et. Al; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202208158.

Superionic Lithium and Sodium Conductivity in Weakly Coordinating [HCB₁₁H₅X₆]- (X = Cl, Br) Lattices, M. Jørgensen, P. T. Shea, A. W. Tomich, J. B. Varley, S. Lovera, R. Cerny, V. Lavallo, T. J. Udovic, T. R. Jensen, B. C. Wood, V. Stavila; Chem. Mater., 2020, 32, 4, 1475-1487.

A Comparative Study of Mg(CB₁₁H₁₁)₂ and Mg(TFSI)₂ at the Magnesium/Electrolyte Interface, R. Jay, A. W. Tomich, J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, A. D. Gorostiza, V. Lavallo, J. Guo; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11, 11414–11420.

Non-Classical Applications of Closo-Carborane Anions: From Main Group Chemistry and Catalysis to Energy Storage, S. P. Fisher, A. W. Tomich, S. Lovera, J. Kleinsasser, J. Guo, M. Asay, H. Nelson, V. Lavallo, Chem. Rev., 2019, 119, 14, 8262-8290.