Artem Dembitskiy

PhD thesis: Exploring battery materials synthesis and its products by synchrotron radiation

Supervisor: Stanislav Fedotov
IDC Committee members: Abakumov Artem, Fedotov Stanislav, Dmitry Aksyonov

Education

Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech). Moscow, Russia                Sept. 2019 – Jun. 2021

• MSc in Materials Science, Center for Energy Science and Technology (GPA 3.94/4.00)
• Thesis: Designing advanced cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries using ion exchange 

National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI). Moscow, Russia                               Sep. 2015 – Jun.2019

• B.S. in Materials Science and Materials Technology, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering (GPA 3.56/4)
• Thesis: A method for the construction of misorientation distribution function for FCC metals

Employment history

Research Intern at Skoltech, CEST                                                                               Nov. 2020 – Oct.2021

• Operando XAS study of KTiOPO4-structured NaVPO4X (X = O, F) cathode materials, samples preparation, assembly of operando CR2032 coin-cells, data fitting, and analysis
• Design of vacuum drying flask, holders for experiments

Industrial contract with Evonik Industries AG (Germany), principal contractor                 Jan. 2021 – Mar. 2021  

• The screening of three-dimensional fast-potassium conductors. Topological analysis, Bond-valence force-field calculations
• Results: a new signed contract for the synthesis of compounds found as a result of screening

Internship in K-plus startup (Russia)                                         Jun.2020 – Aug. 2020

• Preparation of the review on spectroscopy techniques in me-ion batteries investigation.

Other qualifications

•   Computational chemistry: DFT calculations (VASP), Bond-Valence calculations (Python)
•   Experiment: X-ray diffraction, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, basic electrochemical measurements, composite electrode preparation.
•   Programming with Python (NumPy, Pandas) and Matlab, crystal structure refinement, 3D mechanical design.
•   lain: a python-based bond valence site energy calculator (https://pypi.org/project/BVlain, with GUI)
•   Languages: Russian (native), English (upper-intermediate).

Interests

• Interests: Me-ion batteries, plane-wave DFT methods, time-resolved X-ray materials characterization, grain boundary engineering, memristors
• Hobbies: woodwork, table tennis, playing guitar/piano

Publications

1. NH4+-based frameworks as a platform for designing electrodes and solid electrolytes for Na-ion batteries: A screening approach., Dembitskiy et al., 2022: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2021.115810