DrMonicaMarinescu

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Senior Lecturer

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 7091monica.marinescu Website

Location

722Mechanical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

Summary

I am interested in understanding how physical and chemical processes impact the behaviour of energy storage devices in applications. This involves identifying the mechanisms that limit behaviour under real conditions, which I do by building electrochemical and physical models. I use experimentally observed behaviour to parametrise and validate these models, and use them further to explore ways in which their performance can be improved. I also synthesise this knowledge into reduced order models, which can be used for control algorithms in a given application.

I am working on lithium ion batteries, lithium sulfur batteries, supercapacitors and Li-ion capacitors.

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Li R, O'Kane S, Marinescu M, et al.Li R, O'Kane S, Marinescu M, Offer GJ close, 2022, Modelling solvent consumption from SEI layer growth in lithium-ion batteries, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol:169, ISSN:0013-4651, Pages:1-14

Cornish M, Marinescu M, 2022, Toward Rigorous Validation of Li-S Battery Models, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol:169, ISSN:0013-4651

Li S, Kirkaldy N, Zhang C, et al.Li S, Kirkaldy N, Zhang C, Gopalakrishnan K, Amietszajew T, Diaz LB, Barreras JV, Shams M, Hua X, Patel Y, Offer GJ, Marinescu M close, 2021, Optimal cell tab design and cooling strategy for cylindrical lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Power Sources, Vol:492, ISSN:0378-7753, Pages:1-16

Robinson J, Xi K, Kumar RV, et al.Robinson J, Xi K, Kumar RV, Ferrari AC, Au H, Titirici M-M, Parra Puerto A, Kucernak A, Fitch SDS, Garcia-Araez N, Brown Z, Pasta M, Furness L, Kibler A, Walsh D, Johnson L, Holc C, Newton G, Champness NR, Markoulidis F, Crean C, Slade R, Andritsos E, Cai Q, Babar S, Zhang T, Lekakou CT, Rettie A, Kulkarni NN, Jervis R, Cornish M, Marinescu M, Offer G, Li Z, Bird L, Grey C, Chhowhalla M, Di Lecce D, Miller T, Brett D, Owen R, Liatard S, Ainsworth D, Shearing P close, 2021, 2021 roadmap on lithium sulfur batteries, Journal of Physics: Energy, Vol:3, ISSN:2515-7655

Ghosh A, Foster JM, Offer G, et al.Ghosh A, Foster JM, Offer G, Marinescu M close, 2021, A Shrinking-Core Model for the Degradation of High-Nickel Cathodes (NMC811) in Li-Ion Batteries: Passivation Layer Growth and Oxygen Evolution, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol:168, ISSN:0013-4651

Tomaszewska A, Chu Z, Feng X, et al.Tomaszewska A, Chu Z, Feng X, O'Kane S, Liu X, Chen J, Ji C, Endler E, Li R, Liu L, Li Y, Zheng S, Vetterlein S, Gao M, Du J, Parkes M, Ouyang M, Marinescu M, Offer G, Wu B close, 2019, Lithium-ion battery fast charging: A review, Etransportation, Vol:1, ISSN:2590-1168, Pages:1-28

Campbell I, Gopalakrishnan K, Marinescu M, et al.Campbell I, Gopalakrishnan K, Marinescu M, Torchio M, Offer G, Raimondo D close, 2019, Optimising lithium-ion cell design for plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol:22, ISSN:2352-152X, Pages:228-238

Marinescu M, O'Neill L, Zhang T, et al.Marinescu M, O'Neill L, Zhang T, Walus S, Wilson T, Offer G close, 2018, Irreversible vs reversible capacity fade of lithium-sulfur batteries during cycling: the effects of precipitation and shuttle, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol:165, ISSN:1945-7111, Pages:A6107-A6118

Hunt I, Zhang T, Patel Y, et al.Hunt I, Zhang T, Patel Y, Marinescu M, Purkayastha R, Kovacik P, Walus S, Swiatek A, Offer GJ close, 2017, The effect of current inhomogeneity on the performance and degradation of Li-S batteries, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol:165, ISSN:0013-4651, Pages:A6073-A6080

Cleaver T, Kovacik P, Marinescu M, et al.Cleaver T, Kovacik P, Marinescu M, Zhang T, Offer G close, 2017, Perspective—commercializing lithium sulfur batteries: Are we doing the right research?, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol:165, ISSN:0013-4651, Pages:A6029-A6033

Marinescu M, Zhang T, Offer G, 2016, A zero dimensional model of lithium-sulfur batteries during charge and discharge, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:18, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:584-593

Sarwar W, Marinescu M, Green N, et al.Sarwar W, Marinescu M, Green N, Taylor N, Offer G close, 2015, Electrochemical double layer capacitor electro-thermal modelling, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol:5, ISSN:2352-152X, Pages:10-24

Wild M, O'Neill L, Zhang T, et al.Wild M, O'Neill L, Zhang T, Purkayastha R, Minton G, Marinescu M, Offer GJ close, 2015, Lithium sulfur batteries, a mechanistic review, Energy & Environmental Science, Vol:8, ISSN:1754-5692, Pages:3477-3494

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