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Kim See
Kimberly A. See
St. Elmo Brady Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow
Gewirth Group
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
email: ksee@Illinois.edu
web: http://www.scs.illinois.edu/aag/KSee/index.html

Curriculum Vitae: click here
2014 - 2017St. Elmo Brady Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara
2009B.S. in Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines

Publications

15.  
K. A. See,* M. A. Lumley, G. D. Stucky, C. P. Grey, and R. Seshadri,* "Reversible capacity of carbon additives at low potentials: Caveats for testing alternative anode materials,” J. Electrochem. Soc. 2017, 164, A327-A333 (*corresponding author). [doi]
14.  
H.-L. Wu, M. Shin, Y.-M. Liu, K. A. See, and A. A. Gewirth "Thiol-based electrolyte additives for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries,” Nano Energy 2017, 32, 50-58. [doi]
13.  
K. A. See,^ H.-L. Wu,^ K. C. Lau, M. Shin, L. Cheng, M. Balasubramanian, K. G. Gallagher, L. A. Curtiss, and A. A. Gewirth "The effect of hydrofluoroether cosolvent addition on Li solvation in acetonitrile-based solvate electrolytes and its influence on S reduction in a Li-S battery,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 34360-34371 (^ contributed equally). [doi]
12.  
A. L. Lipson, S.-D. Han, B. Pan, K. A. See, A. A. Gewirth, C. Liao, J. T. Vaughey, and B. J. Ingram "Practical stability limits of magnesium electrolytes," J. Electrochem. Soc. 2016, 163, A2253-A2257. [doi]
11.  
K. A. See, K. W. Chapman, L. Zhu, K. M. Wiaderek, O. J. Borkiewicz, C. J. Barile, P. J. Chupas, and A. A. Gewirth "The interplay of Al and Mg speciation in advanced Mg battery electrolyte solutions," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 328-337. [doi]
10.  
H. Zeng, D. Liu, Y. Zhang, K. A. See, Y-S. Jun, G. Wu, J. A. Gerbec, X. Ji, and G. D. Stucky "Nanostructured Mn-doped V2O5 cathode material fabricated from layered vandium jarosite," Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 7331-7336. [doi]
9.  
K. A. See, S. Hug, K. Schwinghammer, M. A. Lumley, Y. Zheng, J. M. Nolt, G. D. Stucky, F. Wudl, and R. Seshadri, "Lithium charge storage mechanisms for cross-linked triazine networks and their porous carbon derivatives," Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 3821-3829. [doi]
8.  
K. M. Ø. Jensen, X. Yang, J. Vidal Laveda, W. G. Zeier, K. A. See, M. D. Michiel, B. C. Melot, S. A. Corr, and S. J. L. Billinge, "X-ray diffraction computed tomography for structural analysis of electrode materials in batteries," J. Electrochem. Soc. 2015, 162, A1310-A1314. [doi]
7.  
K. A. See, M. Leskes, J. M. Griffin, S. Britto, P. D. Matthews, A. Emly, A. Van der Ven, D. S. Wright, A. J. Morris, C. P. Grey, and R. Seshadri, "Ab initio structure search and in situ 7Li NMR studies of discharge products in the Li-S battery system," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16368-16377. [doi]
6.  
D. Vonlanthen, P. Lazarev, K. A. See, F. Wudl, and A. J. Heeger, "A stable polyaniline-benzoquinone-hydroquinone supercapacitor," Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 5095-5100. [doi]
5.  
K. A. See, Y-S. Jun, J. A. Gerbec, J. K. Sprafke, F. Wudl, G. D. Stucky, and R. Seshadri, "Sulfur-functionalized mesoporous carbons as sulfur hosts in Li-S batteries: Increasing the affinitiy of polysulfide intermediates to enhance performance," ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 10908-10916. [doi]

- This research was highlighted as an impactful publication in the battery field in the virtual issue “Recent Advances in Battery Science and Technology” in Chemistry of Materials (http://pubs.acs.org/page/vi/2015/batteries.html). This publication was also highlighted by the by the Institute for Energy Efficiency (IEE) at UCSB (http://iee.ucsb.edu/higher-performing-rechargeable-batteries).
4.  
K. H. Kim, Y-S. Jun, J. A. Gerbec, K. A. See, H-T. Jung, and G. D. Stucky, "Sulfur infiltrated mesoporous graphene-silica composite as a polysulfide retaining cathode material for lithium-sulfur batteries," Carbon 2014, 69, 543-551. [doi]
3.  
J. Park, Y-S. Jun, W. Lee, J. A. Gerbec, K. A. See, and G. D. Stucky, "Bimodal mesoporous titanium nitride/carbon microfibers as efficient and stable electrocatalysts for Li-O2 batteries," Chem. Mater. 2013, 25, 3779-3781. [doi]
2.  
K. A. See, J. A. Gerbec, Y-S. Jun, F. Wudl, G. D. Stucky, and R. Seshadri, "A high capacity calcium primary cell based on the Ca-S system," Adv. Energy Mater. 2013, 3, 1056-1061. [doi]
1.  
L. A. Connal, N. A. Lynd, M. J. Robb, K. A. See, S. G. Jang, J. M. Spruell, and C. J. Hawker, "Mesostructured block copolymer nanoparticles: Versatile templates for hybrid inorganic/organic nanostructures," Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 4036-4042. [doi]

Research Experience

2014 - 2017St. Elmo Brady Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2011 - 2014PhD, Chemistry University of California, Santa Barbara
2013Visiting graduate student researcher University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
2010 - 2011R&D Chemist I NuSil Technology LLC
2009 - 2010First Year PhD student, Chemistry University of Colorado, Boulder
2007 - 2009Undergraduate Researcher National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
*for a more detailed list of my eduation, research, mentorship, and teaching experience please see my CV

Coming to Caltech, Fall 2017: The See Group!


http://www.cce.caltech.edu/content/kimberly-see
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The See Group engages in an interdisciplinary approach to tackle fundamental questions related to electrochemical devices. We combine expertise in materials chemistry, analytical chemistry, and electrochemistry to gain a thorough understanding of the bulk and interfacial structure of active materials during and as a result of charge transfer processes in batteries and electrochromic materials. Perturbations of the chemistry in both the solid-state and solution will allow us to develop detailed structure-property relationships. We prepare energy storage and electrochromic materials and employ a suite of tools including electroanalytical chemistry, spectroscopy, synchrotron characterization, as well as in situ techniques including Raman and UV-Vis spectroscopy to characterize processes occurring in the solid-state as well as those at interfaces. Understanding charge transfer mechanisms in these devices will further the fundamental knowledge of redox processes and enable better materials design and ultimately more efficient devices.

Links


Kim's Google Scholar page
Kim's LinkedIn Profile

Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Caltech: website
Prof. Andrew Gewirth: website
Prof. Ram Seshadri: website
Prof. Galen Stucky: website
Kimberly A. See, ksee@illinois.edu