John T. Vaughey

John (Jack) Vaughey is a recognized expert in the design, synthesis, and characterization of next generation materials with applications in energy storage. His current work includes cathode design using oxide, fluoride, and oxyhalide-based materials, battery recycling and upcycling, understanding applications of supply chain to batteries, and silicon (Zintl)-based anode materials. He has over 30 patents covering intermetallic anodes, medical batteries, Mg(Ca)-based energy storage systems, and the Non-Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries for grid storage applications (w A. Jansen, F. Brushett).

Education

• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.  Ph.D. Inorganic Materials Chemistry.
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA.  B.Sc. in Chemistry

Awards & Honors

• Pacesetter Award (ANL) for the Development of the Intermetallic Anode (2000)
• Outstanding Mentor Award from US Department of Energy, Office of Science (2008)
• Strategic Laboratory Leadership Program, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2017-18)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2018)

Research & Program Creation 

• ReCell Battery Recycling
  • ReCell - Co-author/Direct Recycling & Cathode Upcycling Lead Lithium-ion cathodes (2018-pres).
• High Capacity Anodes
  • Silicon Consortium Program (SCP; TTO) co-PI (2020-pres)
  • Silicon Deep Dive (VTO);  2015-20; PI (2017-20)
  • SEISTA - Solid Electrolyte Interphase Studies on Silicon (VTO) ANL-Lead (2015-2020)
  • BATT (VTO); (1997-2013)
    • Porous All-Inorganic Silicon Electrodes based on metallic copper binders and a Cu_xSi interfacial compounds
    • Porous Electrode Design for Sb- or Sn-based Intermetallics (including Cu₂Sb, Cu₆Sn₅, InSb)
    • Porous Electrode Design based on nanostructured Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ anodes
• JCESR Office of Science Innovation Hub Science;
  • Creator/Author JCESR Beyond Lithium-Ion Program, Multivalent Chemistry (2011-2013, 2018)
  • Creator/Co-author JCESR Grid Storage Program, Non-Aqueous Organic Flow Batteries (2011-13)
  • Co-author/Contributor JCESR Beyond Lithium-Ion Program, Materials Complexity (2018-23)
  • Non-Aqueous Organic Flow Battery: Grid Storage (2005-2012)
    • Demonstrated reversible organic redox flow battery anode materials
    • Several US Patents on the Non-Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Battery (w Andrew Jansen & Fikile Brushett)
• Integrated Lab Industry Research Program
  • Solid State Batteries & Electrolytes
    • Created multi-lab Solid State Electrolyte-based Battery Program (w John Newman (Berkeley)) with support of EERE/VTO (2009-14)
    • Demonstrated crystal structure control via cation substitutions and processing parameters, pathways of air instability, and identified methods to produce thin LLZO films
    • Determined the Al(III) diffusion pathways (using MAS-NMR, high resolution XRD) that control the phase transitions in Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ garnet solid state electrolytes. 

Professional Service (selected)

• Associate Editor, Materials Research Bulletin, 2011-present
• Editorial Board, Chemistry of Materials, 2011-present
• Electrochemical Society Toyota Young Investigator Award Committee (2017-pres)
• Electrochemical Society Battery Division Technology Award, Committee (2017-18)
• The Electrochemical Society, Battery Division, Member-at-Large (2018-22)
• The Electrochemical Society, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Subcommitee, (2019-22)
• Technical Advisory Board, Advanced Materials Research Institute (AMRI), University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (2007-2016)
• AAAS Fellowship Committee (Section C - Chemistry)
• Symposium Lead Organizer, Beyond Li-Ion Batteries, 232^nd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, National Harbor, MD (2017)
• Symposium Lead Organizer, Lithium-Ion Batteries and Beyond, 233^rd Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Seattle, WA (2018)
• Symposium Lead Organizer, Next Generation Battery Materials, 238^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Honolulu, HI, (2020).
• Symposium Lead Organizer, Next Generation Battery Materials, 239^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Chicago, IL, (2021)
• Symposium Lead Organizer, Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling and Safety, 241^th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Vancouver, BC, (2022).
• Argonne National Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Committee, Chemical Engineering Division, 2005-2008.
• Argonne Maria Goeppert Meyer Named Fellowship Advisory Committee, co-chair, 2018-2024
• Argonne Walter Massey Named Fellowship Advisory Committee, co-chair, 2021-2023

Publications and Patents

• ~200 Publications covering cathodes (lithium-ion, lithium-rich lithium ion, Mg-ion, medical), anodes (lithium metal, intermetallics, silicon), electrolytes (NASICONs, garnets, Mg salts),  and organic flow batteries (materials design)
• ~30 US Patents on battery, fuel cells, high Tc materials.