David Alberto Reyes Valdez
Mechanical engineering
Hometown: Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Graduation date: Fall 2025
FURI | Fall 2025
Producing Printable Na-based Solid-state Electrolyte Thin Using Open-air Processing
Lithium-ion batteries face environmental and economic challenges due to resource scarcity and complex manufacturing. Sodium-based solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) offer a sustainable alternative, but current fabrication methods are costly and inefficient. This work uses an open-air blade coating process for NASICON (Sodium Superionic Conductor)-based SSE thin films. The properties being optimized of the NASICON films are adhesion: form consistency in film coverage and thickness conductivity for effective ion conduction, and phase for a uniform crystal structure that ensures the material is properly formed.
Mentor: Nick Rolston
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