Materials Scientist
Materials Scientist

Biography

Cassidy Anderson is a materials scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. She works on battery research and development for different programs, including the Vehicle Technology Office’s Battery500 Consortium team within the Department of Energy, which is focused on addressing fundamental challenges to enable the development of high-energy and affordable lithium-metal anode batteries with double the energy density of the latest electric vehicle batteries. She studies materials from the nanometer scale up to prototype high-energy-density pouch cell batteries, which she fabricates in Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Advanced Battery Facility. Her research interests include synthesizing sulfur cathode materials and preparing and testing lithium–sulfur pouch cell batteries to study the performance of novel materials under realistic testing conditions. Her contributions to the team have helped to improve the understanding of failure mechanisms in high-energy lithium-metal batteries and provide insight into potential pathways to enable longer life cycles in future batteries.

Anderson earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2018 and her master’s degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Washington. She is currently earning her doctorate in materials science and engineering from the University of Washington. Anderson is also a graduate of the Epistimi Leadership Program.

Research Interest

  • Lithium-metal batteries
  • Sulfur batteries
  • Materials scale-up
  • Electrode fabrication

Education

  • MS in materials science and engineering, University of Washington
  • BS in chemistry/biology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Publications

2024

  • Ahmed R.A., K. Koirala, Q. Zhao, J. Kim, C.S. Anderson, C. Wang, and J. Zhang, et al. 2024. "Surface-Treated Composite Polymer as a Stable Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer for Lithium Metal Anodes." ACS Applied Energy Materials 7, no. 24:12084-12091. PNNL-SA-198491. doi:10.1021/acsaem.4c02591
  • Ahmed R.A., K.V. Carballo, K. Koirala, Q. Zhao, P. Gao, J. Kim, and C.S. Anderson, et al. 2024. "Lithicone-Protected Lithium Metal Anodes for Lithium Metal Batteries with Nickel-Rich Cathode Materials." Small Structures 5, no. 11:Art. No. 2400174. PNNL-SA-194098. doi:10.1002/sstr.202400174
  • Liu D., B. Wu, Y. Xu, J.F. Ellis, A.Y. Baranovskiy, D. Lu, and J.A. Lochala, et al. 2024. "Controlled large-area lithium deposition to reduce swelling of high-energy lithium metal pouch cells in liquid electrolytes." Nature Energy 9, no. 5:559-569. PNNL-SA-185424. doi:10.1038/s41560-024-01488-9
  • Spackman I., C.S. Anderson, J. Liu, J. Xiao, and D. Lu. 2024. "Optimizing High Energy Density Sulfur Cathodes : A Multivariate Approach to Electrode Formulation and Processing." Advanced Energy Materials 73, no. _:Art No. 103727. PNNL-SA-194794. doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103727

2022

  • Feng S., J. Liu, X. Zhang, L. Shi, C.S. Anderson, Y. Lin, and M. Song, et al. 2022. "Rationalizing Nitrogen-doped Secondary Carbon Particles for Practical Lithium-Sulfur Batteries." Nano Energy 103, no. Part A:Art. No. 107794. PNNL-SA-175294. doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107794
  • Feng S., R.K. Singh, Z. Li, Y. Wang, Y. Fu, J. Bao, and Z. Xu, et al. 2022. "Low-Tortuous and Dense Single-Particle-Layer Electrode for High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries." Energy & Environmental Science 15, no. 9:3842-3853. PNNL-SA-161239. doi:10.1039/D2EE01442D
  • Xiao J., C.S. Anderson, X. Cao, H. Chang, R. Feng, Q. Huang, and Y. Jin, et al. 2022. "Perspective - Electrochemistry in Understanding and Designing Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems." Journal of the Electrochemical Society 169, no. 1:Art. No. 010524. PNNL-SA-167756. doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ac4a55

2021

  • Niu C., D. Liu, J.A. Lochala, C.S. Anderson, X. Cao, M.E. Gross, and W. Xu, et al. 2021. "Balancing Interfacial Reactions to Achieve Long Cycle Life in High Energy Lithium Metal Batteries." Nature Energy 6, no. 7:723-732. PNNL-SA-158492. doi:10.1038/s41560-021-00852-3

2020

  • Shi L., S. Bak, Z. Shadike, C. Wang, C. Niu, P. Northrup, and H. Lee, et al. 2020. "Reaction Heterogeneity in Practical High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Pouch Cells." Energy & Environmental Science 13, no. 10:3620-3632. PNNL-SA-150932. doi:10.1039/D0EE02088E