Lee Johnson

Contact

• workRoom A15 GSK Carbon Neutral Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry
  Innovation Park
  Triumph Road
  Nottingham
  NG7 2TU
  UK
• work0115 748 7069
• fax0115 951 3562
• Lee.Johnson@nottingham.ac.uk
• https://www.johnsonenergylab.com/

Biography

Lee Johnson received a MChem (Hons.) degree from Newcastle University in 2006 after which he completed a PhD in physical chemistry and electrochemistry at the University of Nottingham. In 2011 he was awarded a EPSRC Doctoral Prize for the development of scanning electrochemical microscopy methods. In 2012 he joined the research group of Prof P.G. Bruce FRS (University of St Andrews 2012-2014, University of Oxford 2014-2017). As a PDRA, he developed a research programme focused on understanding the elementary processes taking place within the lithium-O₂ battery using fundamental electrochemical methods. In 2017 he was awarded a Nottingham Research Fellowship in the Propulsion Futures Beacon of Excellence and the School of Chemistry.

Research Summary

Our research focuses on understanding the chemistry that underpins advanced batteries and how this understanding can be used to unlock a new generation of energy storage technologies. The approach… read more

Selected Publications

• GAO, XIANGWEN, JOVANOV, ZARKO P., CHEN, YUHUI, JOHNSON, LEE R. and BRUCE, PETER G., 2017. Phenol-Catalyzed Discharge in the Aprotic Lithium-Oxygen Battery ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION. 56(23), 6539-6543
• GAO, XIANGWEN, CHEN, YUHUI, JOHNSON, LEE R., JOVANOV, ZARKO P. and BRUCE, PETER G., 2017. A rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery with dual mediators stabilizing the carbon cathode NATURE ENERGY. 2(9),
• GAO, XIANGWEN, CHEN, YUHUI, JOHNSON, LEE and BRUCE, PETER G., 2016. Promoting solution phase discharge in Li-O-2 batteries containing weakly solvating electrolyte solutions NATURE MATERIALS. 15(8), 882-+
• L. JOHNSON, C. M. LI, Z. LIU, Y. H. CHEN, S. A. FREUNBERGER, P. C. ASHOK, B. B. PRAVEEN, K. DHOLAKIA, J. M. TARASCON and P. G. BRUCE, 2014. The role of LiO2 solubility in O2 reduction in aprotic solvents and its consequences for Li-O2 batteries NATURE CHEMISTRY. 6(12), 1091-1099

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Current Research

Our research focuses on understanding the chemistry that underpins advanced batteries and how this understanding can be used to unlock a new generation of energy storage technologies. The approach combines electrochemistry and a range of operando analytical methods.

We have projects available in understanding degradation in the lithium-ion battery and development of the emerging sodium-ion battery.

Future roles exploring the fundamental chemistry of the Mg battery and the lithium-air battery are anticipated.

• GAO, XIANGWEN, JOVANOV, ZARKO P., CHEN, YUHUI, JOHNSON, LEE R. and BRUCE, PETER G., 2017. Phenol-Catalyzed Discharge in the Aprotic Lithium-Oxygen Battery ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION. 56(23), 6539-6543
• GAO, XIANGWEN, CHEN, YUHUI, JOHNSON, LEE R., JOVANOV, ZARKO P. and BRUCE, PETER G., 2017. A rechargeable lithium-oxygen battery with dual mediators stabilizing the carbon cathode NATURE ENERGY. 2(9),
• GAO, XIANGWEN, CHEN, YUHUI, JOHNSON, LEE and BRUCE, PETER G., 2016. Promoting solution phase discharge in Li-O-2 batteries containing weakly solvating electrolyte solutions NATURE MATERIALS. 15(8), 882-+
• L. JOHNSON, C. M. LI, Z. LIU, Y. H. CHEN, S. A. FREUNBERGER, P. C. ASHOK, B. B. PRAVEEN, K. DHOLAKIA, J. M. TARASCON and P. G. BRUCE, 2014. The role of LiO2 solubility in O2 reduction in aprotic solvents and its consequences for Li-O2 batteries NATURE CHEMISTRY. 6(12), 1091-1099