Larry Brazel is a 2nd year PhD student in the University of Cambridge, co-supervised by Dr. Israel Temprano and Prof. Dame Clare Grey in the Department of Chemistry, and Prof. Michael De Volder in the Institute for Manufacturing. He is also sponsored by Cambridge Display Technology Ltd and is part of the NanoDTC. His work focuses on Li-O2 batteries, in particular on their poor rate performance. He develops novel approaches to characterising the discharge product distribution within the air electrode, and uses this to gain insight into the processes limiting capacity at high discharge rates. This improved understanding is then leveraged to design improved models to more accurately simulate Li-O2 battery behaviour, and improve air electrode design. 

Larry was born and raised in Co. Waterford, Ireland and holds a B.A. (Mod.) in Nanoscience, Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials from Trinity College Dublin, and a MRes in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the University