Full Member
Regina Garcia Mendez
Membership since:
2025
Field of activity:
Other Memberships/Affiliations
Johns Hopkins University
Degrees:
2020
Doctorate Engineering sciences
Energy storage, ceramics, solid-state ionics, advanced characterization.
2015
Master Engineering sciences
2012
Undergraduate Engineering sciences
Publications resulting from Research
1. Kazyak, E¥., Garcia-Mendez, R.¥ “Recent Progress and Challenges for Manufacturing and Operating Solid-State Batteries for Electric Vehicles”. MRS Bulletin. 2024, 1-13. DOI: 10.1557/s43577-024-00740-7. ¥ = Co-corresponding authors.
2. Garcia-Mendez, R., Zheng, J., Bock, D. C., Jaye, C., Fischer, D. A., Marschilock, A. C., Takeuchi, K. J., Takeuchi, E.S., Archer, L. A. “Understanding the Reversible Electrodeposition of Al in Low-Cost Room Temperature Molten Salts.” Cell Reports Physical Sciences. 2023. 4, 101452. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101452.
3. Hong, S., Jin, S., Deng, Y., Garcia-Mendez, R., Kim, K. I., Utomo, N., Archer, L.A. “Efficient Scalable Hydrothermal Synthesis of MnO2 with Controlled Polymorphs and Morphologies for Enhanced Battery Cathodes.” ACS Energy Letters. 2023. 8(4), 1744-1751. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00018.
4. Jin, S., Deng, Y., Chen, P-Y., Hong, S., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sharma, A., Shao, Y., Kim, K-II., Yang, R. Archer, L.A. “Solid-adsorbed polymer-electrolyte interphases for stabilizing metal anodes.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023. 62(18), 2023. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202300823.
5. Zheng, J., Deng, Y., Li, W., Yin, J., West, P., Tang, T., Tong, X., Bock, D., Jin, S., Zhao, Q., Garcia-Mendez, R., Takeuchi, K., Takeuchi, E., Marschilok, A., Archer, L. A. “Design Principles for Heterointerfacial Alloying Kinetics at Metallic Anodes in Rechargeable Batteries.” Science Advances. 2022. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq6321.
6. Zheng, J., Garcia-Mendez, R., Archer, L. A. “Engineering Multiscale Coupled Electron/Ion Transport in Battery Electrodes.” ACS Nano. 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c08719
7. Zheng, J., Deng, Y., Yin, J., Tang, T., Garcia-Mendez, R., Zhao, Q., Archer, L. A. “Textured Electrodes: Manipulating Built-In Crystallographic Heterogeneity of Metal Electrodes via Severe Plastic Deformation.” Advanced Materials. 2021. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106867
8. Garcia-Mendez, R.§, Liu, X. §, Lupini, A. R., Cheng, Y., Hood, Z. D., Han, F., Sharafi, A., Idrobo, J. C., Dudney, N. J., Wang, C., Ma, C., Sakamoto, J., Chi, M. “Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’ formation within solid electrolytes.” Nature Materials. 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01019-x. § = equal contribution.
9. Garcia-Mendez, R§., Sato, M. §, Sakamoto, J. “Mapping hot-pressed Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) grains and grain boundaries through a simple thermal grooving technique”. Journal of the Asian Ceramic Societies, 8:3, 793-803, DOI: 10.1080/21870764.2020.1789286. § = equal contribution.
10. Garcia-Mendez, R., Smith, J. G., Neuefeind, J. C., Siegel, D. J. and Sakamoto, J. “Correlating macro and atomic structure with elastic properties and ionic transport of glassy Li2S-P2S5 (LPS) solid electrolyte for solid-state Li metal batteries”. Advanced Energy Materials. 2020. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202000335 – selected for the interior cover.
2. Garcia-Mendez, R., Zheng, J., Bock, D. C., Jaye, C., Fischer, D. A., Marschilock, A. C., Takeuchi, K. J., Takeuchi, E.S., Archer, L. A. “Understanding the Reversible Electrodeposition of Al in Low-Cost Room Temperature Molten Salts.” Cell Reports Physical Sciences. 2023. 4, 101452. DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101452.
3. Hong, S., Jin, S., Deng, Y., Garcia-Mendez, R., Kim, K. I., Utomo, N., Archer, L.A. “Efficient Scalable Hydrothermal Synthesis of MnO2 with Controlled Polymorphs and Morphologies for Enhanced Battery Cathodes.” ACS Energy Letters. 2023. 8(4), 1744-1751. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00018.
4. Jin, S., Deng, Y., Chen, P-Y., Hong, S., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sharma, A., Shao, Y., Kim, K-II., Yang, R. Archer, L.A. “Solid-adsorbed polymer-electrolyte interphases for stabilizing metal anodes.” Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023. 62(18), 2023. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202300823.
5. Zheng, J., Deng, Y., Li, W., Yin, J., West, P., Tang, T., Tong, X., Bock, D., Jin, S., Zhao, Q., Garcia-Mendez, R., Takeuchi, K., Takeuchi, E., Marschilok, A., Archer, L. A. “Design Principles for Heterointerfacial Alloying Kinetics at Metallic Anodes in Rechargeable Batteries.” Science Advances. 2022. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq6321.
6. Zheng, J., Garcia-Mendez, R., Archer, L. A. “Engineering Multiscale Coupled Electron/Ion Transport in Battery Electrodes.” ACS Nano. 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c08719
7. Zheng, J., Deng, Y., Yin, J., Tang, T., Garcia-Mendez, R., Zhao, Q., Archer, L. A. “Textured Electrodes: Manipulating Built-In Crystallographic Heterogeneity of Metal Electrodes via Severe Plastic Deformation.” Advanced Materials. 2021. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106867
8. Garcia-Mendez, R.§, Liu, X. §, Lupini, A. R., Cheng, Y., Hood, Z. D., Han, F., Sharafi, A., Idrobo, J. C., Dudney, N. J., Wang, C., Ma, C., Sakamoto, J., Chi, M. “Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’ formation within solid electrolytes.” Nature Materials. 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-021-01019-x. § = equal contribution.
9. Garcia-Mendez, R§., Sato, M. §, Sakamoto, J. “Mapping hot-pressed Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) grains and grain boundaries through a simple thermal grooving technique”. Journal of the Asian Ceramic Societies, 8:3, 793-803, DOI: 10.1080/21870764.2020.1789286. § = equal contribution.
10. Garcia-Mendez, R., Smith, J. G., Neuefeind, J. C., Siegel, D. J. and Sakamoto, J. “Correlating macro and atomic structure with elastic properties and ionic transport of glassy Li2S-P2S5 (LPS) solid electrolyte for solid-state Li metal batteries”. Advanced Energy Materials. 2020. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202000335 – selected for the interior cover.
ECS Spring Meeting 2016
2025
San Diego, CABeyond Lithium-Ion IX
2025
Richland, WAECS Spring Meeting
2025
New Orleans, LAMRS Fall Meeting
2025
Boston, MAMRS Spring
2025
Phoenix, AZInternational Conference on Electroceramics
2025
Lausanne, SwitzerlandEnergy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC)-Hub-CMS-CCS Virtual Principal Investigators’ Meeting
2025
ACS Spring Meeting
2025
San Diego, CA241st ECS Spring Meeting
2025
MRS Fall Meeting
2025
Boston, MAMRS Fall Meeting
2025
Boston, MAMaterials Research Society Conference
2025
San Francisco, Phoenix, BostonElectrochemical Society Conference
2025
San Diego, New Orleans. American Chemical Society Conference
2025
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