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Assistant Professor, Analytical Chemistry
B.S. Eastern Illinois University
M.S. Eastern Illinois University
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Postdoctoral: 1994-1996, Argonne National Laboratory
Email: rturne2@ilstu.edu
Phone: (309)438-2464
Office: 213 Science Laboratory Building
For more details visit http://www.che.ilstu.edu/blturner/research/.
Research projects
involve developing and characterizing the performance of materials
designed for energy sources, currently lithium ion batteries and
fuel cells. The performance of an energy source, the battery in
your cell phone, is directly tied to the fundamental
electrochemical performance of the active material as a particle
or in a composite electrode. Other materials that are not active
will also play a role in the performance such as polymer binders,
organic electrolytes and separator materials, and metallic current
collectors. The capacity, efficiency, and rate capability of a
source are all affected by the chemical and thermal properties of
the materials. Projects concentrate on the relationships between
material properties and the fundamental electrochemical
performance under varying operational conditions.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
L.Y. Beaulieu, K.C. Hewitt, R.L. Turner, A.
Bonakdarpour, A.A. Abdo, L. Christensen, K.W. Eberman, L.J. Krause and J.R.Dahn, "The Electrochemical
Reaction of Li with Amorphous Si-Sn Alloys", Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 150 (2003) A149.
R. L. Turner, L. J. Krause, J. R. Dahn, L.Y.
Beaulieu, and K. W. Eberman, "Colossal Reversible Volume Changes in
Lithium Alloys" Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters 4 (2001)
A137.
O. Mao, R. L. Turner, I. A.
Courtney, B. D. Fredericksen, M. I. Buckett, L. J. Krause and J. R. Dahn,
“Active/Inactive Nanocomposites as Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries”
Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 2 (1999) 3.
PATENTS
R. L. Turner, 3M Company, "Electrode
Material and Compositions Including Same”, US 6,255,017, July 2001.
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