Current Position

Sheehan Family Collegiate Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
M. Eng., B.Ch.E., Chemical Engineering, Widener University
B.S., Chemistry, Widener University

Research Interests

The Schaefer research group studies ion transport and interfacial reactions with relevance to energy storage devices. The primary focus is liquid and polymer electrolytes to advance high energy density rechargeable batteries.

Key Words

Battery, Electrolyte, Energy Storage, Ionics, Polymer, Storage of Energy

Relevant Energy Publications

1. Liu, Jiacheng, Phillip D. Pickett, Bumjun Park, Sunil P. Upadhyay, Sara V. Orski, and Jennifer L. Schaefer. "Non-solvating, side-chain polymer electrolytes as lithium single-ion conductors: synthesis and ion transport characterization." Polymer Chemistry 11, no. 2 (2020): 461-471.
2. Schaefer, Jennifer L. "Toward High-Energy Batteries: High-Voltage Stability via Superstructure Control." Joule 4, no. 2 (2020): 296-298.
3. Ford, Hunter O., Chuanchuan Cui, and Jennifer L. Schaefer. "Comparison of single-ion conducting polymer gel electrolytes for sodium, potassium, and calcium batteries: influence of polymer chemistry, cation identity, charge density, and solvent on conductivity." Batteries 6, no. 1 (2020): 11.
4. Ford, Hunter O., Bumjun Park, Jizhou Jiang, Morgan E. Seidler, and Jennifer L. Schaefer. "Enhanced Li+ conduction within single-ion conducting polymer gel electrolytes via reduced cation–polymer interaction." ACS Materials Letters 2, no. 3 (2020): 272-279.
5. Park, Bumjun, and Jennifer L. Schaefer. "Polymer Electrolytes for Magnesium Batteries: Forging Away from Analogs of Lithium Polymer Electrolytes and Towards the Rechargeable Magnesium Metal Polymer Battery." Journal of The Electrochemical Society 167, no. 7 (2020): 070545.

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