Sanja Tepavcevic is a Chemist in the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Her current research is focused on electrochemical characterization and electrode design in order to control interfacial properties for the new generation of the solid-state battery systems. In her work she is aiming to form a closed loop wherein the knowledge gained from the model systems is used to design the more complex, real-world materials and interfaces and to enable rapid transition from fundamental science to realistic solid-state batteries.

Education

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Chemistry, 2006

Master of Science, Master of Chemical Sciences (Analytical), University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 1999

Bachelor of Science, Graduated Chemistry Engineer, University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 1991

Selected  Publications

1. Michael J. Counihan, Devon J. Powers, Pallab Barai, Shiyu Hu, Teodora Zagorac, Yundong Zhou, Jungkuk Lee, Justin G. Connell, Kanchan S. Chavan, Ian S. Gilmore, Luke Hanley, Venkat Srinivasan, Yuepeng Zhang,  Sanja Tepavcevic Understanding the Influence of Li7La3Zr2O12 Nanofibers on Critical Current Density and Coulombic Efficiency in Composite Polymer Electrolytes ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023 15 (21), 26047-26059 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04262
2. Paul Albertus, Venkataramani Anandan, Chunmei Ban, Nitash Balsara, Ilias Belharouak, Josh Buettner-Garrett, Zonghai Chen, Claus Daniel, Marca Doeff, Nancy J. Dudney, Bruce Dunn, Stephen J. Harris, Subramanya Herle, Eric Herbert, Sergiy Kalnaus, Joesph A. Libera, Dongping Lu, Steve Martin, Bryan D. McCloskey, Matthew T. McDowell, Y. Shirley Meng, Jagjit Nanda, Jeff Sakamoto, Ethan C. Self, Sanja Tepavcevic, Eric Wachsman, Chunsheng Wang, Andrew S. Westover, Jie Xiao, and Thomas Yersak Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries  ACS Energy Letters 2021 6 (4), 1399-1404 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00445
3. Hood, Z. D.; Mane, A. U.; Sundar, A.; Tepavcevic, S.; Zapol, P.; Eze, U. D.; Adhikari, S. P.; Lee, E.; Sterbinsky, G. E.; Elam, J. W.; Connell, J. G. Multifunctional Coatings on Sulfide-Based Solid Electrolyte Powders with Enhanced Processability, Stability, and Performance for Solid State Batteries. Advanced Materials 35 (2023) 2300673. doi: 10.1002/adma.202300673
4. Liu, P., Counihan, M.J., Zhu, Y., Connell, J.G., Sharon, D., Patel, S.N., Redfern, P.C., Zapol, P., Markovic, N.M., Nealey, P.F., Curtiss, L.A.  Tepavcevic, S. (2022), Increasing Ionic Conductivity of Poly(ethylene oxide) by Reaction with Metallic Li. Adv. Energy Sustainability Res., 3: 2100142. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​2​/​a​e​s​r​.​2​0​2​1​00142
5. Connell, J. G.^†; Fuchs, T.^†; Hartmann, H.; Krauskopf, T.; Zhu, Y.; Sann, J.;Garcia-Mendez, R.; Sakamoto, J.; Tepavcevic, S.; Janek, J. Kinetic versus Thermodynamic Stability of LLZO in Contact with Lithium Metal. Chemistry of Materials 32 (2020) 10207-10215. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03869
6. Zhu, Y.; Connell, J. G.; Tepavcevic, S.; Zapol, P.; Garcia-Mendez, R.; Taylor, N. J.; Sakamoto, J.; Ingram, B. J.; Curtiss, L. A.; Freeland, J. W.; Fong, D. D.; Markovic, N. M. Dopant-Dependent Stability of Garnet Solid Electrolyte Interfaces with Lithium Metal. Advanced Energy Materials 9 (2019) 1803440. doi: 10.1002/aenm.201803440
7. Woodahl, C., Jamnuch, S., Amado, A. et al. Probing lithium mobility at a solid electrolyte surface. Nat. Mater. 22, 848–852 (2023). https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​3​8​/​s​4​1​5​6​3​-​0​2​3​-​0​1​535-y
8. Becknell, N., Lopes, P. P., Hatsukade, T., Zhou, X., Liu, Y., Fisher, B., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Markovic, N. M., Tepavcevic, S., Stamenkovic, V. R., Employing the Dynamics of the Electrochemical Interface in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Cathodes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2102135. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​2​/​a​d​f​m​.​2​0​2​1​02135