Central Research Lab | Turkey
Dr. Esra Kilavuz holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey, having earlier earned an M.S. in Organic Chemistry from Marmara University and a B.S. in Chemistry from Canakkale 18 Mart University. Her doctoral thesis involved the synthesis, characterization, and investigation of electrochemical and antibacterial properties of novel BODIPY-based conducting polymer-nanoparticle nanocomposite films. She has since worked as a postdoctoral researcher and associate researcher in materials science and engineering, notably at Drexel University, focusing on energy storage materials including solid electrolytes (Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂), MXenes, and Li-ion battery/electrolyte interfaces. Her earlier research includes electrochromic conducting polymer films, solid oxide fuel cells, and singlet oxygen yield studies in macromolecular systems. She is experienced with a wide range of characterization methods (electrochemistry, spectroscopy, microscopy), nanomaterials, conducting polymers, energy storage. Among her awards: the TUBITAK 2219 International Postdoctoral Scholarship (2022-2025) for high originality, a Scientific Research Project grant from NOHU, undergraduate researcher awards, and other recognitions. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of nanomaterials, electrochemical energy storage, solid electrolytes, conducting polymer-nanocomposites, and applications to batteries and supercapacitors.
Featured Publications
Kilavuz, E. (2025). Polymer electrolytes for all‐solid‐state lithium batteries: Materials, mechanisms, and manufacturing. ChemistrySelect.
Kilavuz, E. (2025). Sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling: Challenges, innovations, and pathways to a circular economy. ACS Sustainable Resource Management.
Kilavuz, E. (2025). Polymer electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium batteries: Materials, mechanisms, and manufacturing [Preprint]. Authorea.
Kilavuz, E., Turac, E., Ilk, S., & Sahmetlioglu, E. (2021). Electropolymerizations of two novel EDOT-BODIPY zinc oxide nanocomposites and evaluation of their in vitro antibacterial activities. Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 32(3), 1086–1100.
Kaya, İ., Kilavuz, E., & Temizkan, K. (2020). Synthesis, characterization and quantum yields of multichromic poly(azomethine)s containing carbazole unit. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13(1), 1335–1344.