Debra R. Rolison

Rolison was born in Iowa. She moved to south Florida in 1968 where she attended high school. She received her B.S. from Florida Atlantic University in 1975, where she was a Faculty Scholar between 1972 and 1975.

She received her PhD from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980.

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}}Rolison began her work at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in 1980 immediately after finishing her PhD. She started the Advanced Electrochemical Materials section at the NRL in 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?|title=Google Books|website=books.google.com|access-date=2017-06-07}} She is the author of over 200 articles and holds 24 patents.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chemeng.drexel.edu/kalraresearchgroup/seminars/individualseminars/rolison_bio.pdf|title=Rolison Bio}}

Rolison is known for her research on the modification of electrode surfaces with Zeolites.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2011/nrls-debra-rolison-honored-with-acs-award-in-the-chemistry-of-materials|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129215512/http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2011/nrls-debra-rolison-honored-with-acs-award-in-the-chemistry-of-materials|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 29, 2013|title=NRL's Debra Rolison Honored with ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory|website=www.nrl.navy.mil|access-date=2017-06-07|date=July 2011}} "Zeolite modified electrodes" are ordinary electrodes coated with a layer of zeolite/polymer composite that excludes particles based on size, shape, and charge. "Electrode-modified zeolites" are synthesized with electroactive transition metal ions or complexes trapped within the lattice "cages" of the zeolite.{{Cite journal|last=Rolison|first=Debra R.|date=1990-07-01|title=Zeolite-modified electrodes and electrode-modified zeolites|journal=Chemical Reviews|volume=90|issue=5|pages=867–878|doi=10.1021/cr00103a011|issn=0009-2665}} The "metalated" zeolite is either pressed into a zeolite/polymer composite and used as a solid electrode, or a slurry is dispersed in an electrochemical cell.{{Cite book|title=Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis|last=Rolison|first=Debra R.|date=1994|publisher=Elsevier|editor=J.C. Jansen|editor2=M. Stöcker|editor3=H. G. Karge|editor4=J. Weitkamp|series=Advanced Zeolite Science and Applications|volume=85|pages=543–586|doi=10.1016/s0167-2991(08)60778-8|chapter=The intersection of electrochemistry with zeolite science|isbn=9780444820013}} The metal ions within the zeolite lattice provide redox sites for electrochemical reactions, while the zeolite lattice excludes particles based on size, shape, and charge.{{Cite journal|last=Rolison|first=Debra R.|last2=Nowak|first2=Robert J.|last3=Welsh|first3=Timothy A.|last4=Murray|first4=Catherine G.|date=1991-01-01|title=Analytical implications of zeolites in overlayers at electrodes|journal=Talanta|volume=38|issue=1|pages=27–35|doi=10.1016/0039-9140(91)80006-l|pmid=18965102}}File:Sponge22.png|320x320px]]

Rolison's latest accomplishment is the invention of a zinc-air rechargeable battery with "energy/power performance that meet[s] or exceed[s] state-of-the-art Li-ion batteries".{{Cite web|url=http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i18/Zinc-sponge-protects-rechargeable-battery.html|title=Zinc sponge protects rechargeable battery {{!}} May 1, 2017 Issue - Vol. 95 Issue 18 {{!}} Chemical & Engineering News|last=Jacoby|first=Mitch|website=cen.acs.org|access-date=2017-06-07}} According to Rolison's paper, "interparticle connectivity is lost in powder-composite electrodes leading to regions of high local current density and dendrite formation".{{Cite journal|last=Parker|first=Joseph F.|last2=Chervin|first2=Christopher N.|last3=Pala|first3=Irina R.|last4=Machler|first4=Meinrad|last5=Burz|first5=Michael F.|last6=Long|first6=Jeffrey W.|last7=Rolison|first7=Debra R.|date=2017-04-28|title=Rechargeable nickel–3D zinc batteries: An energy-dense, safer alternative to lithium-ion|journal=Science|language=en|volume=356|issue=6336|pages=415–418|doi=10.1126/science.aak9991|issn=0036-8075|pmid=28450638|bibcode=2017Sci...356..415P|doi-access=free}} While simple zinc-air batteries use a zinc oxide "powder-composite" anode, Rolison's battery uses a zinc "sponge" which preserves interparticle connectivity and maintains a uniform current distribution within the 3D structure of the anode, thereby preventing the regions of locals current density which promote dendrite formation.{{Cite journal|last=Long|first=Jeffrey W.|last2=Dunn|first2=Bruce|last3=Rolison|first3=Debra R.|last4=White|first4=Henry S.|date=2004-10-01|title=Three-Dimensional Battery Architectures|journal=Chemical Reviews|volume=104|issue=10|pages=4463–4492|doi=10.1021/cr020740l|issn=0009-2665|pmid=15669159}}

• 2001: Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite news|url=https://www.aaas.org/elected-fellows|title=Elected Fellows|date=2016-10-21|work=AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en}}
• 2008: Elected Fellow of the Materials Research Society "For developing a class of multifunctional ultraporous materials to address key requirements in future battery, fuel cell, and sensing technologies; and for fundamental studies of structure–property relationships in nanostructured materials."{{Cite web|url=http://www.mrs.org/mrs-fellows-2008|title=2008 MRS Fellows|website=www.mrs.org|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2019-07-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708150359/https://www.mrs.org/mrs-fellows-2008|url-status=dead}}
• 2011: American Chemical Society Award in the Chemistry of Materials{{Cite web|url=https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/funding-and-awards/awards/national/bytopic/acs-award-in-the-chemistry-of-materials.html|title=ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials - American Chemical Society|website=American Chemical Society|language=en|access-date=2018-04-03}}
• 2011: Hillebrand Award Chemical Society of Washington{{Cite web|url=http://csw.sites.acs.org/hillebrand.htm|title=Hillebrand|website=Chemical Society of Washington|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2011-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110306083008/http://csw.sites.acs.org/hillebrand.htm|url-status=dead}}
• 2012: Charles N. Reilley Awardees by Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (SEAC){{Cite web|url=http://electroanalytical.org/awards.html|title=Awards Information - Charles N. Reilley, Y.I., and Travel|last=Kounaves|first=Samuel|website=electroanalytical.org|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2018-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234829/http://electroanalytical.org/awards.html|url-status=dead}}
• 2014: ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Award in Electrochemistry{{Cite web|url=http://analyticaldivision.sites.acs.org/electrochemistry.htm|title=Electrochemistry|website=ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2018-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403234550/http://analyticaldivision.sites.acs.org/electrochemistry.htm|url-status=dead}}
• 2016: Dr. Dolores M. Etter Award - Group category (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)){{Cite news|url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95338|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623142820/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=95338|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 23, 2016|title=Department of the Navy Recognizes Top Scientists and Engineers with Dr. Delores M. Etter Awards|last=Information|first=This story was written by Navy Office of|access-date=2018-04-03|language=en}}
• 2018: William H. Nichols Medal Award

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