Prof. Jorge M. Seminario

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Lannater and Herb Fox Professor

E-mail:[email protected]

Qualifications

1988  Ph. D., Molecular Science, Southern Illinois University

1984  M. Sc., Physics, Southern Illinois University

1980  Eng., Electronics, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería

1975  B. Sc., Electrical Sciences, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería

Publications (selected)

1. Weintz D, Werres M, Horstmann B, et al. Nanoengineering of non-aqueous liquid electrolyte solutions for future lithium metal batteries[J]. Nature Nanotechnology, 2026: 1-16.

2. Kim J M, Ospina-Acevedo F A, Cao X, et al. Advanced All-Fluorinated Electrolytes for Extended Cycle Life and Stability of Li|| SPAN Batteries[J]. ACS Energy Letters, 2025, 11(1): 517-525.
3. Minami H D, Acevedo F A O, Seminario J M, et al. Current-Driven SEI and Near-Surface Structural and Chemical Evolution in Lithium Metal Batteries[J]. 2025.
4. Seminario J M, Galvez D, Stępień D, et al. Formation of Solid Electrolyte Interphase at the Lithium-Metal/Ionic-Liquid Electrolyte Interface: An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study with Experimental Insights[C]//Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 247. The Electrochemical Society, Inc., 2025 (6): 697-697.
5. Li X, Wu X, Son S B, et al. Balancing solvation: stabilizing lithium metal batteries via optimized cosolvents for ionic-liquid electrolytes[J]. Energy & Environmental Science, 2025, 18(16): 7928-7938.
6. Xu Y, Jia H, Gao P, et al. Correlation Between Electrical Conductivity of Solid Electrolyte Interphase and Rechargeable Battery Performance Revealed by Cryo and In Situ TEM[J]. 2024.
7. Liu D, Wu B, Xu Y, et al. Controlled large-area lithium deposition to reduce swelling of high-energy lithium metal pouch cells in liquid electrolytes[J]. Nature Energy, 2024, 9(5): 559-569.
8. Galvez-Aranda D E, Seminario J M. Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation at the Ionic Liquid Electrolyte—Lithium-Metal Interface Using an Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Approach[J]. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2024, 171(3): 030521.
9. Ayala-Orozco C, Galvez-Aranda D, Corona A, et al. Molecular jackhammers eradicate cancer cells by vibronic-driven action[J]. Nature Chemistry, 2024, 16(3): 456-465.
10. Nawarathne C P, Aranda D G, Hoque A, et al. Creating covalent bonds between Cu and C at the interface of metal/open-ended carbon nanotubes[J]. Nanoscale Advances, 2024, 6(2): 428-442.
11. Galvez-Aranda D E, Seminario J M. Li-metal anode in a conventional Li-ion battery electrolyte: solid electrolyte interphase formation using ab initio molecular dynamics[J]. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169(3): 030502.
12. Borges-Martinez M, Montenegro-Pohlhammer N, Zhang X, et al. Fullerene binding effects in Al (III)/Zn (II) Porphyrin/Phthalocyanine photophysical properties and charge transport[J]. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2022, 269: 120740.

Profile Details

https://engineering.tamu.edu/chemical/profiles/jseminario.html

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Seminario

WoS Researcher ID: C-9646-2012