Bo Liu
- PhD Student / UCLA Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Bo Liu is a PhD student in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at UCLA, working under the supervision of Dr. Yuzhang Li. Her lab invents new materials and tools to help the environment. In her talk, we will learn how a lemon can be used as a battery!
Recommended grade range for this talk: 9th-12th
Sessions
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Chilling with batteries: how freezing-cold microscopes unlock the hidden secrets of future batteries
From lemon batteries to atom-by-atom views, this talk shows how cryogenic electron microscopy (“cryo-EM”) lets us freeze battery materials to reveal the hidden reactions that power our phones, cars, and the grid. You’ll see why an ultra-thin interfacial layer (the solid-electrolyte interphase) controls performance and lifespan, and how UCLA researchers capture it in its native […]
