{"id":83,"date":"2026-08-16T14:12:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:35:48","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Climate change is among society\u2019s most urgent challenges. Rapid, large-scale electrification of energy systems is crucial for decarbonization, requiring new ways to efficiently <em>generate<\/em>, <em>store<\/em>, and <em>convert <\/em>electrical energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our research aims to design safe, efficient, and scalable electrochemical devices, accelerating the deployment of transformative energy technologies for broad societal impact. We will achieve this by integrating research across length scales, translating molecular insights into design principles for device- and grid-scale energy systems. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"582\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Picture9.jpg\" alt=\"Solvation thermodynamics in the electrolyte impact interfacial dynamics at the electrode. Fundamental insights in these areas will inform electrochemical device design\" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Picture9.jpg 663w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Picture9-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Picture9-364x320.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Picture9-500x439.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This interdisciplinary perspective uncovers new opportunities in <strong>fundamental energy sciences <\/strong>and drives innovation toward <strong>practical engineering solutions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change is among society\u2019s most urgent challenges. Rapid, large-scale electrification of energy systems is crucial for decarbonization, requiring new ways to efficiently generate, store, and convert electrical energy. Our research aims to design safe, efficient, and scalable electrochemical devices, accelerating the deployment of transformative energy technologies for broad societal impact. We will achieve this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4861,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}