Joshua Gallaway
DiPietro Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Office
- 215 Cullinane
- 617.373.3769
Lab
- 252 Egan
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Research Focus
Electrochemical engineering, batteries and energy storage, and energy sustainability.
Education
- PhD, Columbia University, 2007
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Columbia University, 2007-2009
- Senior Research Associate, CUNY Energy Institute, 2009-2017
- DiPietro Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, 2017-present
Honors & Awards
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Research Overview
Electrochemical engineering, batteries and energy storage, and energy sustainability.
Analysis of Complex Electrochemical Systems Lab
In our lab we study mechanisms within complex electrochemical systems. Practical electrochemical systems such as batteries, sensors, and fuel cells are often complex, involving engineered high surface area electrodes, starved electrolyte conditions, phase transformations, and interplay of the two electrodes. For these reasons there are significant deviations from ideal behavior as well as emergent or unexpected phenomena. We seek to understand these to engineer better devices for broad societal benefit, such as the worldwide adoption of sustainable energy.
Selected Research Projects
- Engineering Electrochemical Reversibility in Disordered Materials for High Energy Density
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, CAREER Award
- Engineering the Metal Sulfide Interface in All Solid State Batteries through Operando Study
- – Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Solid Polymer Electrolytes for High Energy Density Li-ion Batteries
- – Principal Investigator, Department of Defense
- Understanding Phase Change Processes of Energy Storage Materials
- – Principal Investigator, Department of Energy
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Zhang, Qing, Bruck, Andrea M., Stavola, Alyssa M., Liang, Wentao, Aurora, Peter, Gallaway, Joshua W. (2021). Enhanced Electrochemical Stability of Sulfide‐Based LiNi 0.8 Mn 0.1 Co 0.1 O 2 All‐Solid‐State Batteries by Ti Surface Doping. Batteries & Supercaps, 4(3),529-535. 10.1002/BATT.202000213
- Sun, Xiao, Stavola, Alyssa M., Cao, Daxian, Bruck, Andrea M., Wang, Ying, Zhang, Yunlu, Luan, Pengcheng, Gallaway, Joshua W., Zhu, Hongli (2021). Operando EDXRD Study of All‐Solid‐State Lithium Batteries Coupling Thioantimonate Superionic Conductors with Metal Sulfide. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(3),2002861. 10.1002/AENM.202002861
- Bruck, A.M.; Kim, M.A.; Ma, L.; Ehrlich, S.N.; Okasinski, J.S.; and Gallaway, J.W., “Bismuth Enables the Formation of Disordered Birnessite in Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2020, 167, 110514.
- Marschilok, A. C.; Bruck, A.; Abraham, A.; Stackhouse, C.; Takeuchi, K. J.; Takeuchi, E. S.; Croft, M.; Gallaway, J.W., “Energy dispersive X-ray diffraction (EDXRD) for operando materials characterization within batteries.” Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020.
- J.W. Gallaway, G.G. Yadav, D.E. Turney, M. Nyce, J. Huang, Y.-C.K. Chen-Wiegart, G. Williams, J. Thieme, J.S. Okasinski, X. Wei, An Operando Study of the Initial Discharge of Bi and Bi/Cu Modified MnO2, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 165 (13), 2018, A2935-A2947
- G.G. Yadav, J.W. Gallaway, D.E. Turney, M. Nyce, J. Huang, X. Wei, S. Banerjee, Regenerable Cu-Intercalated MnO2 Layered Cathode for Highly Cyclable Energy Dense Batteries, Nature Communications, 8, 2017, 14424
- J.W. Gallaway, B.J. Hertzberg, Z. Zhong, M. Croft, D.E. Turney, G.G. Yadav, D.A. Steingart, C.K. Erdonmez, S. Banerjee, Operando Identification of the Point of [Mn2]O4 Spinel Formation During γ-MnO2 Discharge Within Batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 321, 2016, 135-142
- J.W. Gallaway, M. Menard, B. Hertzberg, Z. Zhong, M. Croft, L.A. Sviridov, D.E. Turney, S. Banerjee, D.A. Steingart, C.K. Erdonmez, Hetaerolite Profiles in Alkaline Batteries Measured by High Energy EDXRD, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 162(1), 2015, A162-A168
- N.D. Ingale, J.W. Gallaway, M. Nyce, A. Couzis, S. Banerjee, Rechargeability and Economic Aspects of Alkaline Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Cells for Electrical Storage and Load Leveling, Journal of Power Sources, 276, 2015, 7-18
May 13, 2021
Creating a Cobalt-free Battery
Chemical engineering student Sydney Morris, E’21, is researching ways to make an efficient, powerful battery that doesn’t require the rare earth mineral cobalt.
Apr 26, 2021
Congratulations RISE: 2021 Winners
Congratulations to our engineering students who won awards at the RISE:2021 Research, Innovation and Scholarship Expo!
Feb 08, 2021
Spring 2021 PEAK Experience Recipients
Congratulations to the COE student recipients of the Spring 2021 PEAK Experiences Awards. The PEAK Experiences Awards are a progressively structured sequence of opportunities designed to support learners as they continue climbing to new heights of achievement in undergraduate research and creative endeavor throughout their Northeastern journeys. PEAK Experience Ascent Awardees Ryan Brady, COE’22, Chemical […]
Feb 03, 2021
Gallaway Receives NSF CAREER Award
DiPietro Assistant Professor Joshua Gallaway, chemical engineering, was awarded a $400K NSF CAREER award for “Engineering electrochemical reversibility in disordered materials for high energy density batteries.”
Jul 08, 2020
Developing of Rechargeable Battery Systems Using Manganese Dioxide
ChE Assistant Professor Joshua Gallaway has a new paper in Journal of The Electrochemical Society called “Bismuth Enables the Formation of Disordered Birnessite in Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries” authored by Postdoctoral Research Associate Andrea Bruck.
Jul 18, 2019
NSF Award to Improve Domestic Energy Security with Solid-State Batteries
MIE Assistant Professor Hongli Zhu and ChE Assistant Professor Joshua Gallaway were awarded a $480K NSF grant for “Engineering the Metal Sulfide Interface in All Solid-State Batteries through Operando Study”.
Nov 13, 2018
AIChE-Boston "Guppy Night" Success
AIChE-Boston recognized ChE undergraduate student Tyler McDonald, as the Outstanding Chemical Engineering Student for Northeastern University, for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Jul 23, 2018
Gallaway Receives $104K ESS Grant
ChE Assistant Professor Josh Gallaway’s group received a one-year, $104k grant from the Energy Storage Systems (ESS) program at Sandia National Lab for “Understanding Phase Change Processes of Energy Storage Materials,” which will support a collaboration between the Gallaway group and Dr. Timothy Lambert in the Department of Materials, Devices and Energy Technologies at Sandia.
Jun 04, 2018
Building a Better Battery
ChE Assistant Professor Joshua Gallaway is trying to create a new style of battery that can not only store energy created by renewable power but has a long life, high energy output, and doesn't cost a lot. Source: News @ Northeastern Northeastern electrochemist Joshua Gallaway is trying to build a better battery. It’s not as […]
Nov 29, 2017
Improving the Life of Batteries
ChE DiPietro Assistant Professor Joshua Gallaway is researching how batteries work and what will make them run better. Source: News @ Northeastern Batteries, says electrochemist Joshua Gallaway, are essential to our everyday lives in ways they weren’t decades ago. Small batteries run our computers and cellphones, while huge batteries could power electric grids. Yet, the […]