Heterogeneous, Defect-Rich Battery Particles and Electrodes: Why Do They Matter, and How Can One Leverage Them?

Defect Engineering on Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries

(2020) Yiqiong Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Quantitative probing of the fast particle motion during the solidification of battery electrodes

(2020) Yang Yang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Spatial quantification of dynamic inter and intra particle crystallographic heterogeneities within lithium ion electrodes

(2020) Donal P. Finegan et al.   Nature Communications

Charge distribution guided by grain crystallographic orientations in polycrystalline battery materials

(2020) Zhengrui Xu et al.   Nature Communications

Machine-learning-revealed statistics of the particle-carbon/binder detachment in lithium-ion battery cathodes

(2020) Zhisen Jiang et al.   Nature Communications

Recent progress on discovery and properties prediction of energy materials: Simple machine learning meets complex quantum chemistry

(2020) Yongqiang Kang et al.   Journal of Energy Chemistry

Charging Reactions Promoted by Geometrically Necessary Dislocations in Battery Materials Revealed by In Situ Single‐Particle Synchrotron Measurements

(2020) Zhengrui Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Direct observation of defect‐aided structural evolution in Ni‐rich layered cathode

(2020) Shang Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Hierarchical Defect Engineering for LiCoO2 through Low-Solubility Trace Element Doping

(2020) Yan-Shuai Hong et al.   Chem

Defect and structural evolution under high-energy ion irradiation informs battery materials design for extreme environments

(2020) Muhammad Mominur Rahman et al.   Nature Communications

Ni–Li anti-site defect induced intragranular cracking in Ni-rich layer-structured cathode

(2020) Qingyun Lin et al.   Nano Energy

Probing Dopant Redistribution, Phase Propagation, and Local Chemical Changes in the Synthesis of Layered Oxide Battery Cathodes

(2020) Zhijie Yang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Data-driven prediction of battery cycle life before capacity degradation

(2019) Kristen A. Severson et al.   Nature Energy

High-Voltage Charging-Induced Strain, Heterogeneity, and Micro-Cracks in Secondary Particles of a Nickel-Rich Layered Cathode Material

(2019) Yuwei Mao et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Surface Characterization of Li-Substituted Compositionally Heterogeneous NaLi0.045Cu0.185Fe0.265Mn0.505O2 Sodium-Ion Cathode Material

(2019) Muhammad Mominur Rahman et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Quantification of Heterogeneous Degradation in Li‐Ion Batteries

(2019) Yang Yang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Heterogeneous damage in Li-ion batteries: Experimental analysis and theoretical modeling

(2019) Rong Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Targeted Surface Doping with Reversible Local Environment Improves Oxygen Stability at the Electrochemical Interfaces of Nickel-Rich Cathode Materials

(2019) James D. Steiner et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Dopant Distribution in Co-Free High-Energy Layered Cathode Materials

(2019) Linqin Mu et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Revealing the inhomogeneous surface chemistry on the spherical layered oxide polycrystalline cathode particles

(2019) Zhi-Sen Jiang et al.   Chinese Physics B

Accelerated Evolution of Surface Chemistry Determined by Temperature and Cycling History in Nickel-Rich Layered Cathode Materials

(2018) James D. Steiner et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Empowering multicomponent cathode materials for sodium ion batteries by exploring three-dimensional compositional heterogeneities

(2018) Muhammad Mominur Rahman et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Propagation topography of redox phase transformations in heterogeneous layered oxide cathode materials

(2018) Linqin Mu et al.   Nature Communications

In situ/operando synchrotron-based X-ray techniques for lithium-ion battery research

(2018) Seong-Min Bak et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Nucleation of dislocations and their dynamics in layered oxide cathode materials during battery charging

(2018) A. Singer et al.   Nature Energy

Chemomechanical interplay of layered cathode materials undergoing fast charging in lithium batteries

(2018) Sihao Xia et al.   Nano Energy

Deciphering the Cathode-Electrolyte Interfacial Chemistry in Sodium Layered Cathode Materials

(2018) Linqin Mu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Finding a Needle in the Haystack: Identification of Functionally Important Minority Phases in an Operating Battery

(2017) Kai Zhang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Intergranular Cracking as a Major Cause of Long-Term Capacity Fading of Layered Cathodes

(2017) Hao Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

X-ray ptychography

(2017) Franz Pfeiffer   Nature Photonics

In situ Visualization of State-of-Charge Heterogeneity within a LiCoO2 Particle that Evolves upon Cycling at Different Rates

(2017) Yahong Xu et al.   ACS Energy Letters

Persistent State-of-Charge Heterogeneity in Relaxed, Partially Charged Li1−xNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2Secondary Particles

(2016) William E. Gent et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

The use of contrast enhancement techniques in X-ray imaging of lithium–ion battery electrodes

(2016) Oluwadamilola O. Taiwo et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Origin and hysteresis of lithium compositional spatiodynamics within battery primary particles

(2016) Jongwoo Lim et al.   SCIENCE

Best Practices for Operando Battery Experiments: Influences of X-ray Experiment Design on Observed Electrochemical Reactivity

(2015) Olaf J. Borkiewicz et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Pushing the limits: an instrument for hard X-ray imaging below 20 nm

(2015) E. Nazaretski et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Profiling the nanoscale gradient in stoichiometric layered cathode particles for lithium-ion batteries

(2014) Feng Lin et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Chemical composition mapping with nanometre resolution by soft X-ray microscopy

(2014) David A. Shapiro et al.   Nature Photonics

Capturing metastable structures during high-rate cycling of LiFePO4 nanoparticle electrodes

(2014) H. Liu et al.   SCIENCE

Surface reconstruction and chemical evolution of stoichiometric layered cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries

(2014) Feng Lin et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2014) Jiajun Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Phase evolution for conversion reaction electrodes in lithium-ion batteries

(2014) Feng Lin et al.   Nature Communications

Nonequilibrium Pathways during Electrochemical Phase Transformations in Single Crystals Revealed by Dynamic Chemical Imaging at Nanoscale Resolution

(2014) Young-Sang Yu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Intercalation Pathway in Many-Particle LiFePO4 Electrode Revealed by Nanoscale State-of-Charge Mapping

(2013) William C. Chueh et al.   NANO LETTERS

Atomic Structure of Li2MnO3after Partial Delithiation and Re-Lithiation

(2013) Rui Wang et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The AMPIX electrochemical cell: a versatile apparatus forin situX-ray scattering and spectroscopic measurements

(2012) Olaf J. Borkiewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

TXM-Wizard: a program for advanced data collection and evaluation in full-field transmission X-ray microscopy

(2012) Yijin Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Spatial and temporal coherence properties of single free-electron laser pulses

(2012) A. Singer et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Three-dimensional imaging of chemical phase transformations at the nanoscale with full-field transmission X-ray microscopy

(2011) Florian Meirer et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION