Analyzing Energy Materials by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

Biomacromolecules enabled dendrite-free lithium metal battery and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

(2020) Zhijin Ju et al.   Nature Communications

Cryogenic Focused Ion Beam Characterization of Lithium Metal Anodes

(2019) Jungwoo Z Lee et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Recent Advances in Energy Chemistry between Solid-State Electrolyte and Safe Lithium-Metal Anodes

(2019) Xin-Bing Cheng et al.   Chem

Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

(2019) Jun Liu et al.   Nature Energy

Sulfur Redox Reactions at Working Interfaces in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: A Perspective

(2019) Hong Yuan et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Porous LiF layer fabricated by a facile chemical method toward dendrite-free lithium metal anode

(2019) Yanxia Yuan et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Tailored Plum Pudding-Like Co2 P/Sn Encapsulated with Carbon Nanobox Shell as Superior Anode Materials for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Capacitors

(2019) Xiaochuan Ren et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Polymer–inorganic solid–electrolyte interphase for stable lithium metal batteries under lean electrolyte conditions

(2019) Yue Gao et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Wrinkled Graphene Cages as Hosts for High-Capacity Li Metal Anodes Shown by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

(2019) Hansen Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dual‐Phase Single‐Ion Pathway Interfaces for Robust Lithium Metal in Working Batteries

(2019) Rui Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Extended Electrochemical Window of Solid Electrolytes via Heterogeneous Multilayered Structure for High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

(2019) Hui Duan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Review of Recent Development of In Situ/Operando Characterization Techniques for Lithium Battery Research

(2019) Dongqing Liu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Regulating Inner Helmholtz Plane for Stable Solid Electrolyte Inter-phase on Lithium Metal Anodes

(2019) Chong Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Cross Talk between Transition Metal Cathode and Li Metal Anode: Unraveling Its Influence on the Deposition/Dissolution Behavior and Morphology of Lithium

(2019) Johannes Betz et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy for Energy Materials and Devices

(2019) Zheng Fan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Temperature-Dependent Nucleation and Growth of Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anodes

(2019) Kang Yan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Evolution of the Solid–Electrolyte Interphase on Carbonaceous Anodes Visualized by Atomic-Resolution Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

(2019) William Huang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Improving cyclability of Li metal batteries at elevated temperatures and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

(2019) Jiangyan Wang et al.   Nature Energy

Quantifying inactive lithium in lithium metal batteries

(2019) Chengcheng Fang et al.   NATURE

Designing solid-state interfaces on lithium-metal anodes: a review

(2019) Chen-Zi Zhao et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Electrochemical and Structural Analysis in All‐Solid‐State Lithium Batteries by Analytical Electron Microscopy: Progress and Perspectives

(2019) Chunchen Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Which Process Limits the Operation of a Li–S System?

(2019) Sara Drvarič Talian et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Distinct Nanoscale Interphases and Morphology of Lithium Metal Electrodes Operating at Low Temperatures

(2019) Akila C. Thenuwara et al.   NANO LETTERS

Operando Observations of SEI Film Evolution by Mass‐Sensitive Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2019) Chen Hou et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Atomic‐Scale Visualization of Electrochemical Lithiation Processes in Monolayer MoS 2 by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy

(2019) Seung‐Ho Yu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

All-temperature batteries enabled by fluorinated electrolytes with non-polar solvents

(2019) Xiulin Fan et al.   Nature Energy

From Solid-Solution Electrodes and the Rocking-Chair Concept to Today's Batteries

(2019) Heng Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cryogenic specimens for nanoscale characterization of solid–liquid interfaces

(2019) Michael J. Zachman et al.   MRS BULLETIN

Atomic to Nanoscale Origin of Vinylene Carbonate Enhanced Cycling Stability of Lithium Metal Anode Revealed by Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2019) Yaobin Xu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Theoretical investigation of lithium ions’ nucleation performance on metal-doped Cu surfaces

(2019) Yanchen Fan et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

30 Years of Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2018) Matthew Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dual-Layered Film Protected Lithium Metal Anode to Enable Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition

(2018) Chong Yan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Metal-Organic Frameworks for High Charge-Discharge Rates in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

(2018) Haoqing Jiang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide Hollow Polyhedrons as a Superior Sulfur Host for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

(2018) Jintao Zhang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Electrode–electrolyte interfaces in lithium-based batteries

(2018) Xingwen Yu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Perspectives of automotive battery R&D in China, Germany, Japan, and the USA

(2018) Dominic Bresser et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Porous Fe3O4Nanospheres as Effective Sulfur Hosts for Li-S Batteries

(2018) Na Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A carbonate-free, sulfone-based electrolyte for high-voltage Li-ion batteries

(2018) Judith Alvarado et al.   Materials Today

Realizing a highly stable sodium battery with dendrite-free sodium metal composite anodes and O3-type cathodes

(2018) Huan Ye et al.   Nano Energy

Solid Electrolyte Layers by Solution Deposition

(2018) Hee-Dae Lim et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Dynamic Hosts for High-Performance Li–S Batteries Studied by Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and in Situ X-ray Diffraction

(2018) Xiao-Chen Liu et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Fast ion transport at solid–solid interfaces in hybrid battery anodes

(2018) Zhengyuan Tu et al.   Nature Energy

Performance and cost of materials for lithium-based rechargeable automotive batteries

(2018) Richard Schmuch et al.   Nature Energy

Stabilizing Protic and Aprotic Liquid Electrolytes at High-Bandgap Oxide Interphases

(2018) Zhengyuan Tu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Cryo-STEM mapping of solid–liquid interfaces and dendrites in lithium-metal batteries

(2018) Michael J. Zachman et al.   NATURE

Solubility-mediated sustained release enabling nitrate additive in carbonate electrolytes for stable lithium metal anode

(2018) Yayuan Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Nanostructural and Electrochemical Evolution of the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase on CuO Nanowires Revealed by Cryogenic-Electron Microscopy and Impedance Spectroscopy

(2018) William Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Sn-C bonding riveted SnSe nanoplates vertically grown on nitrogen-doped carbon nanobelts for high-performance sodium-ion battery anodes

(2018) Xiaochuan Ren et al.   Nano Energy

Reaction: Freezing Electrochemical Interfaces for Robustness in Electron Microscopy

(2018) Yifei Yuan et al.   Chem

Reaction: Potential Impact of Cryo-EM Technique on Battery Industry

(2018) Yao Chen et al.   Chem

Recent Advances in Energy Chemical Engineering of Next-Generation Lithium Batteries

(2018) Xue-Qiang Zhang et al.   Engineering

Lithium–matrix composite anode protected by a solid electrolyte layer for stable lithium metal batteries

(2018) Xin Shen et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Lithium ion, lithium metal, and alternative rechargeable battery technologies: the odyssey for high energy density

(2017) Tobias Placke et al.   JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Review—SEI: Past, Present and Future

(2017) E. Peled et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Characterization of Sulfur and Nanostructured Sulfur Battery Cathodes in Electron Microscopy Without Sublimation Artifacts

(2017) Barnaby D.A. Levin et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Conformal Lithium Fluoride Protection Layer on Three-Dimensional Lithium by Nonhazardous Gaseous Reagent Freon

(2017) Dingchang Lin et al.   NANO LETTERS

New Insights on the Structure of Electrochemically Deposited Lithium Metal and Its Solid Electrolyte Interphases via Cryogenic TEM

(2017) Xuefeng Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Revealing Nanoscale Passivation and Corrosion Mechanisms of Reactive Battery Materials in Gas Environments

(2017) Yuzhang Li et al.   NANO LETTERS

The path towards sustainable energy

(2017) Steven Chu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Reviving the lithium metal anode for high-energy batteries

(2017) Dingchang Lin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy

(2017) Yuzhang Li et al.   SCIENCE

Liquid cell transmission electron microscopy observation of lithium metal growth and dissolution: Root growth, dead lithium and lithium flotsams

(2017) Akihiro Kushima et al.   Nano Energy

Advances in Interfaces between Li Metal Anode and Electrolyte

(2017) Xue-Qiang Zhang et al.   Advanced Materials Interfaces

Very Stable Lithium Metal Stripping–Plating at a High Rate and High Areal Capacity in Fluoroethylene Carbonate-Based Organic Electrolyte Solution

(2017) Elena Markevich et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Internal Morphology-Controllable Self-Assembly in Poly(Ionic Liquid) Nanoparticles

(2016) Weiyi Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

Influence of electrolyte additives on the cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) formation on LiNi 1/3 Mn 1/3 Co 1/3 O 2 in half cells with Li metal counter electrode

(2016) Yunxian Qian et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Site-Specific Preparation of Intact Solid–Liquid Interfaces by Label-Free In Situ Localization and Cryo-Focused Ion Beam Lift-Out

(2016) Michael J. Zachman et al.   MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS

Design principles for electrolytes and interfaces for stable lithium-metal batteries

(2016) Mukul D. Tikekar et al.   Nature Energy

An Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes

(2015) Nian-Wu Li et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cryo-focused-ion-beam applications in structural biology

(2015) Alexander Rigort et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Electrode–Electrolyte Interface in Li-Ion Batteries: Current Understanding and New Insights

(2015) Magali Gauthier et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

The effect of binders on the rheological properties and the microstructure formation of lithium-ion battery anode slurries

(2015) Sanghyuk Lim et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Rechargeable Batteries: Grasping for the Limits of Chemistry

(2015) Erik J. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

2.2 A resolution cryo-EM structure of  -galactosidase in complex with a cell-permeant inhibitor

(2015) A. Bartesaghi et al.   SCIENCE

A Review of Solid Electrolyte Interphases on Lithium Metal Anode

(2015) Xin-Bing Cheng et al.   Advanced Science

Pitfalls in the characterization of sulfur/carbon nanocomposite materials for lithium–sulfur batteries

(2014) Christine Raiß et al.   CARBON

Electrolytes and Interphases in Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond

(2014) Kang Xu   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Lithium metal anodes for rechargeable batteries

(2013) Wu Xu et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Ion-association complexes unite classical and non-classical theories for the biomimetic nucleation of calcium phosphate

(2013) Wouter J. E. M. Habraken et al.   Nature Communications

In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Electrochemical Na Insertion and Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Hard-Carbon Electrodes and Application to Na-Ion Batteries

(2011) Shinichi Komaba et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Electrical and Lithium Ion Dynamics in Three Main Components of Solid Electrolyte Interphase from Density Functional Theory Study

(2011) Y. C. Chen et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A review of the features and analyses of the solid electrolyte interphase in Li-ion batteries

(2010) Pallavi Verma et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

The low-pressure phase diagram of sulfur

(2010) A.G.M. Ferreira et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS

In Situ Observation of the Electrochemical Lithiation of a Single SnO2 Nanowire Electrode

(2010) J. Y. Huang et al.   SCIENCE

Building better batteries

(2008) M. Armand et al.   NATURE

Studying Atomic Structures by Aberration-Corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2008) K. W. Urban   SCIENCE

Temperature Triggered Self-Assembly of Polypeptides into Multivalent Spherical Micelles

(2007) Matthew R. Dreher et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY