In situ and Operando Tracking of Microstructure and Volume Evolution of Silicon Electrodes by using Synchrotron X-ray Imaging

Exploring Critical Factors Affecting Strain Distribution in 1D Silicon-Based Nanostructures for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

(2018) Yoonkook Son et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Quantification and modeling of mechanical degradation in lithium-ion batteries based on nanoscale imaging

(2018) Simon Müller et al.   Nature Communications

Imaging of 3D morphological evolution of nanoporous silicon anode in lithium ion battery by X-ray nano-tomography

(2018) Chonghang Zhao et al.   Nano Energy

Microstructural degradation of silicon electrodes during lithiation observed via operando X-ray tomographic imaging

(2017) Oluwadamilola O. Taiwo et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Three-Dimensional Visualization of Gas Evolution and Channel Formation inside a Lithium-Ion Battery

(2016) Fu Sun et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Monitoring Volumetric Changes in Silicon Thin-Film Anodes through In Situ Optical Diffraction Microscopy

(2016) Jonathon Duay et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

In Situ Radiographic Investigation of (De)Lithiation Mechanisms in a Tin-Electrode Lithium-Ion Battery

(2016) Fu Sun et al.   ChemSusChem

Investigation of failure mechanisms in silicon based half cells during the first cycle by micro X-ray tomography and radiography

(2016) Fu Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

4D analysis of the microstructural evolution of Si-based electrodes during lithiation: Time-lapse X-ray imaging and digital volume correlation

(2016) J.M. Paz-Garcia et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Electrochemical stiffness in lithium-ion batteries

(2016) Hadi Tavassol et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Quantifying microstructural dynamics and electrochemical activity of graphite and silicon-graphite lithium ion battery anodes

(2016) Patrick Pietsch et al.   Nature Communications

Silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries: Effectiveness of materials synthesis and electrode preparation

(2016) Anix Casimir et al.   Nano Energy

Study of the Mechanisms of Internal Short Circuit in a Li/Li Cell by Synchrotron X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography

(2016) Fu Sun et al.   ACS Energy Letters

In Situ Lithiation–Delithiation of Mechanically Robust Cu–Si Core–Shell Nanolattices in a Scanning Electron Microscope

(2016) Xiaoxing Xia et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Three-dimensional characterization of electrodeposited lithium microstructures using synchrotron X-ray phase contrast imaging

(2015) David S. Eastwood et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Insitu nanotomography and operando transmission X-ray microscopy of micron-sized Ge particles

(2014) J. Nelson Weker et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Three dimensional studies of particle failure in silicon based composite electrodes for lithium ion batteries

(2014) Joseph Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

In operando tracking phase transformation evolution of lithium iron phosphate with hard X-ray microscopy

(2014) Jiajun Wang et al.   Nature Communications

25th Anniversary Article: Understanding the Lithiation of Silicon and Other Alloying Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2013) Matthew T. McDowell et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multilayered Si Nanoparticle/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid as a High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Anode

(2013) Jingbo Chang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Visualization and Quantification of Electrochemical and Mechanical Degradation in Li Ion Batteries

(2013) M. Ebner et al.   SCIENCE

Silicon-Based Nanomaterials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Review

(2013) Xin Su et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Size-Dependent Fracture of Silicon Nanoparticles During Lithiation

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Scalable Fabrication of Silicon Nanotubes and their Application to Energy Storage

(2012) Jung-Keun Yoo et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Facile synthesis of silicon nanoparticles inserted into graphene sheets as improved anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

(2012) Xiaosi Zhou et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

First Principles Simulations of the Electrochemical Lithiation and Delithiation of Faceted Crystalline Silicon

(2012) Maria K. Y. Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid–electrolyte interphase control

(2012) Hui Wu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Fracture of crystalline silicon nanopillars during electrochemical lithium insertion

(2012) S. W. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-Assembled Nanocomposite of Silicon Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Graphene through Electrostatic Attraction for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2012) Xiaosi Zhou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Chemical Coupling of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Nanoparticles for Improved Negative Electrode Performance in Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2011) Cédric Martin et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Structure and Properties of Li−Si Alloys: A First-Principles Study

(2011) Hyunwoo Kim et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Lithium-Assisted Plastic Deformation of Silicon Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries: A First-Principles Theoretical Study

(2011) Kejie Zhao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Real-Time Measurement of Stress and Damage Evolution during Initial Lithiation of Crystalline Silicon

(2011) M. J. Chon et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nanostructured Hybrid Silicon/Carbon Nanotube Heterostructures: Reversible High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Anodes

(2010) Wei Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Li-alloy based anode materials for Li secondary batteries

(2010) Cheol-Min Park et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Carbon scaffold structured silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries

(2010) Juchen Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Elastic softening of amorphous and crystalline Li–Si Phases with increasing Li concentration: A first-principles study

(2010) V.B. Shenoy et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

In Situ Measurements of Stress-Potential Coupling in Lithiated Silicon

(2010) V. A. Sethuraman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Silicon Inverse-Opal-Based Macroporous Materials as Negative Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2009) Alexei Esmanski et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A study on the interior microstructures of working Sn particle electrode of Li-ion batteries by in situ X-ray transmission microscopy

(2009) Sung-Chieh Chao et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

First Principles Model of Amorphous Silicon Lithiation

(2009) V. L. Chevrier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Silicon Nanotube Battery Anodes

(2009) Mi-Hee Park et al.   NANO LETTERS

Three-Dimensional Porous Silicon Particles for Use in High-Performance Lithium Secondary Batteries

(2008) Hyunjung Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Building better batteries

(2008) M. Armand et al.   NATURE