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Personal Profile
Donal Finegan is a staff scientist at the NREL Center for Integrated Mobility Systems. His work focuses on understanding degradation and failure mechanisms of Li-ion batteries and taking steps to improve the performance and safety of cells and battery systems. His research has spanned numerous conventional and next generation energy-storage materials, such as various transition metal oxides, silicon, graphites, composite electrodes, and sulfur-based solid electrolytes. He is a frequent user of international synchrotron facilities and has pioneered the application of high-speed X-ray imaging for diagnosing battery failure mechanisms during thermal runaway. He actively engages with industry, research institutions and universities. He is a visiting lecturer at University College London (UCL), has published over 50 journal articles, and his work has received several internationally recognized awards.
Research Interests
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Chemical Engineering, University College Dublin
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University College London
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Generating Multi-Scale Li-Ion Battery Cathode Particles with Radial Grain Architectures Using Stereological Generative Adversarial Networks: Article No. 4
Fuchs, L., Furat, O., Finegan, D., Allen, J., Usseglio-Viretta, F., Ozdogru, B., Weddle, P., Smith, K. & Schmidt, V., 2025, In: Communications Materials. 6, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Methods and Devices for Electrochemical Relithiation of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Smith, K. (Inventor), Santhanagopalan, S. (Inventor), Sunderlin, N. (Inventor), Colclasure, A. (Inventor), Ban, C. (Inventor), Li, X. (Inventor), Netter, J. (Inventor), Finegan, D. (Inventor), Fink, K. (Inventor) & Coyle, J. (Inventor), 2025, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Patent No. 12,199,252 B2, 14 Jan 2025Research output: Patent
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Achieving Passive Thermal Runaway Propagation Resistance in Li-ion Battery Packs: Article No. 55
Quinn, A., Darst, J., Keyser, M., Coman, P., Barrera, T., Shearing, P., Petrushenko, D., Petrushenko, D., Finegan, D. & Darcy, E., 2024, In: Electrochemical Society Interface. 33, 3, p. 55-61 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterization of Ultrafast-Laser Ablation of Micro-Structures in Li-Ion Battery Anode and Cathode Materials: Morphology, Rate, and Efficiency: Article No. 234078
Tancin, R., Sulas-Kern, D., Usseglio-Viretta, F., Finegan, D. & Tremolet de Villers, B., 2024, In: Journal of Power Sources. 596, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Direct Reuse of Graphite and Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) Recovered from Ultrafast-Laser Ablation Debris in Li-Ion Battery Electrodes: Article No. 234027
Tancin, R., Ozdogru, B., Dutta, N., Finegan, D. & Tremolet de Villers, B., 2024, In: Journal of Power Sources. 596, 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus Citations
Awards and Honors
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Institution of Chemical Engineers Global Young Researcher Award
Finegan, D. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award
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NASA Johnson Space Center Directors Group Achievement Award
Finegan, D. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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The Royal Society of Chemistry Sheelagh Campbell Memorial Award
Finegan, D. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Honorary award