Faculty Profiles

Adame-Solorio, J., Kimmel, S. W., Bailey, K. O., & Rhodes, C. P. (2025). Chromium Substitution Within Ruthenium Oxide Aerogels Enables High Activity Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting. Crystals, 15(2), 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst15020116

Kimmel, S. W., DeBlock, R. H., Manley, J. A., Silguero, C. M., Rolison, D. R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2024). The Role of Cathode Architecture and Anion Interactions on the Performance of Al substituted a-Ni(OH)2 in Rechargeable Ni–Zn cells. Mater. Today Energy, 44, 101609.

Ospina-Acevedo, F., Albiter, L. A., Bailey, K. O., Godínez-Salomón, J. F., Rhodes, C. P., & Balbuena, P. B. (2024). Catalytic Activity and Electrochemical Stability of Ru(1-x)M(x)O(2) (M = Zr, Nb, Ta): Computational and Experimental Study of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 16(13), 16373–16398. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c01408

Kimmel, S. W., Koehne, B. D., Gibson, B., Geerts, W. J., Theodoropoulou, N., & Rhodes, C. P. (2023). Structure and Magnetism of Iron-Substituted Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets. Magnetochemistry, 9, 25. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9010025

Kimmel, S. W., Kuykendall, V., Mough, C., Landry, A., & Rhodes, C. P. (2023). Effect of Microwave Synthesis Conditions on the Structure of Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 198, e65412. https://doi.org/10.3791/65412

Kimmel, S. W., DeBlock, R. H., Manley, J. M., Gibson, B. M., Silguero, C. M., Rolison, D. R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2023). Designing High Discharge Capacity and High-Rate Nickel Hydroxide Cathodes for Alkaline Rechargeable Ni–Zn Batteries. In Proceedings of the 49th Power Sources Conference (Vol. 37, pp. 25–3).

Halim, M. A., Karmakar, S., Hamid, M. A., Chandan, C. S. S., Rahaman, I., Urena, M. E., … Beall, G. W. (2023). Improved Electrochemical Performance in Exfoliated Tetracyanonickelate-based Metal-Organic Framework. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(46), 53568–53583.

Godinez Salomon, J. F., Ospina-Acevedo, F., Albiter, L. A., Bailey, K. O., Naymik, Z. G., Mendoza-Cruz, R., … Rhodes, C. P. (2022). Titanium Substitution Effects on the Structure, Activity, and Stability of Nanoscale Ruthenium Oxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts: Experimental and Computational Study. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(8), 11752–11775. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c02760

Camacho-Forero, L. E., Godinez Salomon, J. F., Ramos-Sanchez, G., Rhodes, C. P., & Balbuena, P. B. (2022). Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Effects of Cobalt and Nickel Doping within IrO2 on the Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of Catalysis, 408, 64–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.02.016

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2022). July 2022.

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2022). February 2022.

Kimmel, S. W., Hopkins, B. J., Chervin, C. N., Skeele, N. L., Ko, J. S., DeBlock, R. H., … Rhodes, C. P. (2021). Capacity and Phase Stability of Metal-substituted alpha-Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets in Aqueous Ni-Zn Batteries. Materials Advances, 2(9), 3060–3074. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00080b

Ying, Y., Godinez Salomon, J. F., Lartundo-Rojas, L., Moreno, A., Meyer, R., Damin, C. A., & Rhodes, C. P. (2021). Hydrous Cobalt-Iridium Oxide Two-Dimensional Nanoframes: Insights into Activity and Stability of Bimetallic Acidic Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. Nanoscale Advances, 3(7), 1976–1996. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0na00912a

Harper-Leatherman, A. S., Wallace, J. M., Long, J. W., Rhodes, C. P., Graffam, M. E., Abunar, B. H., & Rolison, D. R. (2021). Redox Cycling within Nanoparticle-Nucleated Protein Superstructures: Electron Transfer between Nanoparticulate Gold, Molecular Reductant, and Cytochrome c. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125(7), 1735–1745. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09688

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2020). Bimetallic Two-dimensional Nanoframes: High Activity Acidic Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Electrocatalysts.

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2020). Catalyst Nanoarchitectures with High Activity and Stability.

Godinez Salomon, J. F., Albiter, L. A., Mendoza-Cruz, R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2020). Bimetallic Two-Dimensional Nanoframes: High Activity Acidic Bifunctional Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Electrocatalysts. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3(3), 2404–2421. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b02051

Godinez Salomon, J. F., Albiter, L., Alia, S. M., Pivovar, B. S., Camacho-Forero, L. E., Balbuena, P. B., … Rhodes, C. P. (2018). Self-Supported Hydrous Iridium-Nickel Oxide Two-dimensional Nanoframes for High Activity Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. ACS Catalysis, 8, 10498–10520. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.8b02171

Duraia, E. M., Niu, S., Beall, G. W., & Rhodes, C. P. (2018). Humic acid-derived graphene-SnO2 nanocomposites for high capacity lithium-ion battery anodes. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29, 8456–8464. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s10854-018-8858-x

Reyes, C., Somogyi, R., Niu, S., Cruz, M. A., Yang, F., Catenacci, M. J., … Wiley, B. J. (2018). Three-Dimensional Printing a Complete Lithium Ion Battery with Fused Filament Fabrication. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 8, 10498–10520. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b00885

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2018). Self-Supported Hydrous Iridium-Nickel Oxide Two-Dimensional Nanoframes for High Activity Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts.

Niu, S., McFeron, R., Godinez Salomon, J. F., Chapman, B. S., Damin, C. A., Tracy, J. B., … Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Enhanced Electrochemical Lithium-Ion Charge Storage of Iron Oxide Nanosheets. Chemistry of Materials, 29(18), 7794–7807. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02315

Godinez Salomon, J. F., Mendoza-Cruz, R., Arellano-Jimenez, M. J., Jose-Yacaman, M., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Metallic Two-Dimensional Nanoframes: Unsupported Hierarchical Nickel-Platinum Alloy Nanoarchitectures with Enhanced Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Activity and Stability. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9(22), 18660–18674. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b00043

Rhodes, S. P., Archer, R. B., Damin, C. A., Mendoza-Cruz, R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Controlling interlayer interactions in vanadium pentoxide-poly(ethylene oxide) nanocomposites for enhanced magnesium-ion charge transport and storage. Journal of Power Sources, 343, 580–591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.052

Godinez Salomon, J. F., Rhodes, C. P., Alcantara, K. S., Zhu, Q., Canton, S. E., Calderon, H. A., … Solorza-Feria, O. (2017). Tuning the Oxygen Reduction Activity and Stability of Ni(OH)(2)@Pt/C Catalysts through Controlling Pt Surface Composition, Strain, and Electronic Structure. Electrochimica Acta, 247, 958–969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.06.073

Perera, S. D., Archer, R. B., Damin, C. A., Mendoza-Cruz, R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Controlling interlayer interactions in vanadium pentoxide-poly(ethylene oxide) nanocomposites for enhanced magnesium-ion charge transport and storage. Journal of Power Sources, 343, 580–591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.052

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Enhanced Electrochemical Lithium Ion Charge Storage of Iron Oxide Nanosheets.

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Tuning the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Ni(OH)2@Pt/C Catalysts Through Controlling Pt Surface Composition, Strain and Electronic Structure.

Godinez Salomon, J. F., & Rhodes, C. P. (2017). Metallic Two-​Dimensional Nanoframes: Unsupported Hierarchical Nickel-​Platinum Alloy Nanoarchitectures with Enhanced Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction Activity and Stability.

Stein, M., Chen, C., Robles, D. J., Rhodes, C. P., & Mukherjee, P. (2016). Non-Aqueous Electrode Processing and Construction of Lithium-ion Coin Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 180, e53490. https://doi.org/10.3791/53490

Deardorff, C. L., Sikma, R. E., Rhodes, C. P., & Hudnall, T. W. (2016). Carbene-derived α-acyl formamidinium cations: organic molecules with readily tunable multiple redox processes. Chemical Communications, 52, 9024–9027. https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC06322A

Stein, M., Chen, C.-F., Mullings, M., Jamie, D., Zaleski, A., Mukherjee, P. P., & Rhodes, C. P. (2016). Probing the Effect of High Energy Ball Milling on the Structure and Properties of LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2 Cathodes. Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. https://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.01.052

Stuart, J., Lefler, M., Rhodes, C. P., & Licht, S. (2015). High energy capacity TiB2/VB2 composite metal boride/air battery. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162, A432–A436. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0721503jes

Stuart, J., Hohenadel, A., Li, X., Xiao, H., Parkey, J., Rhodes, C. P., & Licht, S. (2015). The Net Discharge Mechanism of the VB2/Air Battery. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162, A1–A6. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0801501jes

Reeh, J., Nelson, M., Rhodes, C. P., & Hennings, B. (2014). Safe Energy System that Allows Enhanced UUV Missions.

Rhodes, C. P., Stuart, J., Lopez, R., Li, X., Waje, M., Mullings, M., … Licht, S. (2013). Evaluation of Properties and Performance of Nanoscopic Materials in Vanadium Diboride/Air Batteries. Journal of Power Sources, 239, 244–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.03.071

Stuart, J., Lopez, R., Lau, J., Li, X., Waje, M., Mullings, M., … Licht, S. (2013). Fabrication of VB2/Air Cells for Electrochemical Testing. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 78, e50593. https://doi.org/10.3791/50593

Licht, S., Hettige, C., Lau, J., Stuart, J., Lopez, R., Mullings, M., & Rhodes, C. P. (2012). High energy density vanadium boride–air batteries.

Rhodes, C. P., Long, J. W., Pettigrew, K. A., Stroud, R. M., & Rolison, D. R. (2011). Architectural Integration of the Components Necessary for Electrical Energy Storage on the Nanoscale and in 3D. Nanoscale, 3, 1731–1740. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0nr00731e

Bestaoui-Spurr, N., Adams, T., Rhodes, C. P., Edmondson, C. A., Fontanella, J. J., & Wintersgill, M. C. (2010). Polymer nanocomposites for high energy storage capacitors.

Mullings, M., & Rhodes, C. P. (2010). Advanced electrolytes for extreme temperature supercapacitors.

Fu, Y., & Rhodes, C. P. (2010). Advanced Electrode Materials for High Power Density Batteries and Supercapacitors.

Kim, J., Parkey, J., Rhodes, C. P., & Gonzalez-Martin, A. (2009). Development of a biofuel cell using glucose-oxidase- and bilirubin-oxidase-based electrodes. Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 13, 1043–1050. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-008-0725-x

Rolison, D. R., Long, R. W., Lytle, J. C., Fischer, A. E., Rhodes, C. P., McEvoy, T. M., … Lubers, A. M. (2009). Multifunctional 3D Nanoarchitectures for Energy Storage and Conversion. Chemical Society Reviews, 38, 226–252. https://doi.org/10.1039/b801151f

Gonzalez-Martin, A., Ozdemir, K., Rhodes, C. P., Hennings, B., Tennakoon, C., McGinnis, J., & Kim, J. (2008). Simultaneous TOC reduction and biofouling prevention in BWP processed water. SAE International Journal of Aerospace, 1, 454–460.

Lytle, J. C., Rhodes, C. P., Long, J. W., Pettigrew, K. A., Stroud, R. M., & Rolison, D. R. (2007). The Importance of Combining Disorder with Order for Li-Ion Insertion into Cryogenically Prepared Nanoscopic Ruthenia. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17, 1292–1299.

Long, J. W., Rhodes, C. P., Lytle, J. C., Pettigrew, K. A., Stroud, R. M., & Rolison, D. R. (2006). Integrating the multifunction necessary for 3-D batteries into mesoporous nanoarchitectures (1st ed., Vol. 50, pp. 311–313).

Doescher, M. S., Pietron, J. J., Dening, B. M., Long, J. W., Rhodes, C. P., Edmondson, C. A., & Rolison, D. R. (2005). Using an Oxide Nanoarchitecture to Make or Break a Proton Wire. Analytical Chemistry, 77, 7924–7932.

Rhodes, C. P., Long, J. W., & Rolison, D. R. (2005). Direct Electrodeposition of Nanoscale Solid Polymer Electrolytes Via Electropolymerization of Sulfonated Phenols. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 8, A579–A584.

Rhodes, C. P., Long, J. W., Doescher, M. S., Fontanella, J. J., & Rolison, D. R. (2004). Nanoscale Polymer Electrolytes: Ultrathin Electrodeposited Poly(Phenylene Oxide) with Solid-State Ionic Conductivity. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 108, 13079–13087.

Rhodes, C. P., Long, J. W., Doescher, M. S., Dening, B. M., & Rolison, D. R. (2004). Charge Insertion into Hybrid Nanoarchitectures: Mesoporous Manganese Oxide Coated with Ultrathin Poly(Phenylene Oxide). Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 350, 73–79.

Long, J. W., Logan, M. S., Rhodes, C. P., Carpenter, E. E., Stroud, R. M., & Rolison, D. R. (2004). Nanocrystalline Iron Oxide Aerogels as Mesoporous Magnetic Architectures. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 126, 16879–16889. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja046044f

Long, J. W., Rhodes, C. P., Young, A. L., & Rolison, D. R. (2003). Ultrathin, protective coatings of poly(o-phenylenediamine) as electrochemical proton gates: Making mesoporous MnO2 nanoarchitectures stable in acid electrolytes. Nano Letters, 3, 1155–1161.

Rhodes, C. P., Dong, W., Long, J. W., & Rolison, D. R. (2003). Controlling defects in nanostructured V2O5: Spectroelectrochemical characterization. In E. D. Wachsman, K. E. Swider-Lyons, M. F. Carolan, F. H. Garzon, M. Liu, & J. R. Stetter (Eds.), Solid State Ionics VI (pp. 478–489).

Rhodes, C. P., Khan, M., & Frech, R. (2002). Crystalline Phases of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Oligomers and Sodium Triflate: Changes in Coordination and Conformation with Chain Length. J. Phys. Chem. B, 106, 10330–10337.

Dong, H. T., Hyun, J. K., Rhodes, C. P., Frech, R., & Wheeler, R. A. (2002). Molecular dynamics simulations and vibrational spectroscopic studies of local structure in tetraglyme:sodium triflate (CH3O(CH2CH2O)4CH3:NaCF3SO3) solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 106, 4878–4885.

Frech, R., Rhodes, C. P., & Khan, M. (2002). A comparison of local structures in crystalline P(EO)3LiCF3SO3 and glyme-LiCF3SO3 systems. Macromolecular Symposia, 186, 41–49.

Frech, R., & Rhodes, C. P. (2002). A symmetry-based study of vibrational decoupling in the crystalline phases of CH3(OCH2CH2)2OCH3LiCF3SO3 and P(EO)3LiCF3SO3. Solid State Ionics, 147, 259–264.

Rhodes, C. P., & Frech, R. (2001). Local structures in crystalline and amorphous phases of diglyme-LiCF3SO3 and poly(ethylene oxide)-LiCF3SO3 systems: Implications for the mechanism of ionic transport. Macromolecules, 34, 2660–2666.

Grady, B. P., Rhodes, C. P., York, S., & Frech, R. E. (2001). Effect of Temperature on Local Structure in Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Zinc Bromide Salt Complexes. Macromolecules, 34, 8523–8531.

Petrowsky, M., Rhodes, C. P., & Frech, R. (2001). Vibrational Spectroscopic Study of 2-Methoxyethyl Ether Complexed with Lithium and Sodium Trifluoromethanesulfonate. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 30, 171–181.

Hyun, J. K., Dong, H. T., Rhodes, C. P., Frech, R., & Wheeler, R. A. (2001). Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Spectroscopic Studies of amorphous tetraglyme (CH3O(CH2CH2O)4CH3) and tetraglyme:LiCF3SO3 structures. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 105, 3329–3337.

Rhodes, C. P., & Frech, R. (2001). Vibrational Study of the Polymer Electrolyte Poly(ethylene oxide)6:LiAsF6. Macromolecules, 34, 1365–1368.

Rhodes, C. P., & Frech, R. (2000). A symmetry-based analysis of Raman and infrared spectra of the compounds (poly(ethylene oxide))3LiCF3SO3 and (poly(ethylene oxide))NaCF3SO3. Solid State Ionics, 136–137, 1131–1137.

Rhodes, C. P., Klassen, B., Frech, R., Dai, Y., & Greenbaum, S. G. (1999). Studies of cation-anion and cation-polymer association in poly(ethylene oxide): Pb(CF3SO3)2 complexes. Solid State Ionics, 126, 251–257. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2738(99)00238-6

Rhodes, C. P., & Frech, R. (1999). Cation–anion and cation–polymer interactions in (PEO)nNaCF3SO3 (n=1-80). Solid State Ionics, 121, 91–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2738(98)00534-7

Frech, R., Rhodes, C. P., & York, S. S. (1999). A comparative study of ionic association in poly(ethylene oxide)-MCF3SO3 systems (M=lithium and sodium) (Vol. 548, pp. 335–345).