Kira E. Wyckoff
Graduate Student in the Materials Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
KEW
Research
I love inorganic chemistry, electrochemistry, and exploratory synthesis. Through the SCALAR Energy Frontier Research Center, I advance research in the field of fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. I am investigating a wide variety of transition metal oxide compounds for feasibilty as high performance electrode materials. These alternative material platforms may be advantageous with regards to material composition, materials synthesis, voltage, capacity retention, and charging rate. I use a multitude of techniques to understand and drive improvements in voltage, capacity, ionic conductivity, and electronic conductivity.
Education
UC Santa Barbara (2012-2017) UC Santa Barbara (2018-present)
Publications
  1. K. E. Wyckoff, J. Kaufman, S. W. Baek, C. Dolle, J. Zak, J. Bienz, L. Kautzsch, R. Vincent, A. Zohar, K. See, Y. Eggeler, L. Pilon, A. Van der Ven, and R. Seshadri, Metal-metal bonding as an electrode design principle in the low-strain cluster compound LiScMo3O8, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2022)
  2. P. Vishnoi, J. Pratap; X. Li, D. C. Binwal, K. E. Wyckoff, L. Mao, L. Kautzsch, G. Wu, S. D. Wilson, M. G. Kanatzidis, R. Seshadri and A. K. Cheetham, Hybrid layered double perovskite halides of transition metals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2022)
  3. S. D. Jones, H. Nguyen, P. M. Richardson, Y. Q. Chen, K. E. Wyckoff, C. J. Hawker, R. J. Clément, G. H. Fredrickson, R. A. and Segalman, Design of Polymeric Zwitterionic Solid Electrolytes with Superionic Lithium Transport, ACS Central Science (2022)
  4. E. C. Schueller, Y. M. Oey, K. Miller, K. E. Wyckoff, R. Zhang, S. D. Wilson, J. R. Rondinelli, and R. Seshadri, AB2X6 compounds and the stabilization of trirutile oxides, Inorg. Chem. 60 (2021) 9224–9232. [doi]
  5. S. W. Baek, K. E. Wyckoff, D. M. Butts, J. Bienz, A. Likitchatchawankun, M. B. Preefer, M. Frajkoviˇc, B. S. Dunn, R. Seshadri, and L. Pilon, Operando calorimetry informs the origin of rapid rate performance in microwave-prepared TiNb2O7 electrodes, J. Power Sources 490 (2021) 229537. [doi]
  6. K. E. Wyckoff, D. D. Robertson, M. B. Preefer, S. M. L. Teicher, J. Bienz, L. Kautzsch, T. E. Mates, J. A. Cooley, S. H. Tolbert, and R. Seshadri, High capacity Li+ storage through multielectron redox in the fast-charging Wadsley–Roth phase (W0.2V0.8)3O7, Chem. Mater. 32 (2020) 9415–9424. [doi]
  7. E. E. Levin, J. D. Bocarsly, K. E. Wyckoff, T. M. Pollock, and R. Seshadri, Tuning the magnetocaloric response in half-Heusler/Heusler MnNi1+xSb solid solutions, Phys. Rev. Mater. 1 (2017) 075003(1–8). [doi]
About me
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I am a California native who loves staying active, traveling, eating, and trying new things! When not in lab, find me on the soccer field, in the ocean, or using every single pot in the kitchen. Before returning for my PhD at UCSB, I worked on bio-based and biodegradable plastics at Mango Materials and recycled enclosure materials at Apple. It seems I like companies that are named after fruits…
Links
ORCID
Google Scholar
Seshadri group website
SCALAR EFRC
Contact

Kira E. Wyckoff
Materials Research Laboratory
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5050

email: kira [at] mrl.ucsb.edu