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Arumugam Manthiram

Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering
Director, Texas Materials Institute
Director, Materials Science and Engineering Program

Our research is focused on the design and development of sustainable, low-cost, durable materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage to address the global energy and environmental challenges.

Lithium Ion Batteries2
Lithium Ion Batteries3
Beyond Lithium Ion Batteries2
Beyond Lithium Ion Batteries3

A History of Excellence

  • Manthiram group is blessed with a large team of highly motivated, self-driven students and postdocs, who go on to pursue impressive careers in academia, national labs, and industry or become entrepreneurs; the group is engaged with innovations in a broad range of battery technologies (see research and publications pages).
  • Manthiram’s work in the 1980s opened up the broad field of polyanion oxide cathodes for batteries, which is one of the three families of cathodes used in commercial lithium-ion batteries; they are also pursued as cathodes for sodium-ion and multivalent-ion batteries (see Nature Communications 2020, 11, 1550).
  • Manthiram group has developed cobalt-free layered oxide cathodes for lithium-ion batteries, relieving expensive cobalt and supply chain issues (see Advanced Materials 2020, 2002718).
  • Manthiram group is advancing the viability of lithium-sulfur and sodium-sulfur batteries by employing practically necessary cell-assembly parameters with innovations in materials (see Joule 2020, 4, 1121).
  • Manthiram delivered the 2019 Chemistry Nobel Prize Lecture on behalf of Professor John B. Goodenough. View the Youtube video here: https://youtu.be/Xlm-C-qr63Y.

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NSF Fellowship Awarded to Caitlin Benway & Seth Reed

Manthiram Lab students Caitlin Benway and Seth Reed are recipients of the 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The program supports … [Read More...] about NSF Fellowship Awarded to Caitlin Benway & Seth Reed

Grad. Student Seamus Ober Wins 2nd in Poster Contest

Graduate student Seamus Ober was awarded second place in the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Recruitment Poster Competition. … [Read More...] about Grad. Student Seamus Ober Wins 2nd in Poster Contest

Graduate Fellowship Awarded to Steven Lee

Manthiram Lab student Steven Lee is a Fall 2022 recipient of a competitive University Continuing Fellowship. Faculty review committees evaluate … [Read More...] about Graduate Fellowship Awarded to Steven Lee

Battery ‘Dream Technology’

Read the article on sodium-sulfur batteries developed an with electrolyte modification. The electrolyte modification suppresses sodium dendrites … [Read More...] about Battery ‘Dream Technology’

CNBC News Segment Features Manthiram

Check out the CNBC story featuring former lab member Dr. Evan Erickson, and Dr. Manthiram himself! … [Read More...] about CNBC News Segment Features Manthiram

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