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

Tough Germanium Nanoparticles under Electrochemical Cycling

(2013) Wentao Liang et al.   ACS Nano

A Beaded-String Silicon Anode

(2013) Chuan-Fu Sun et al.   ACS Nano

Monodisperse Sn Nanocrystals as a Platform for the Study of Mechanical Damage during Electrochemical Reactions with Li

(2013) Linping Xu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Two-Phase Electrochemical Lithiation in Amorphous Silicon

(2013) Jiang Wei Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Quantitative Fracture Strength and Plasticity Measurements of Lithiated Silicon Nanowires by In Situ TEM Tensile Experiments

(2012) Akihiro Kushima et al.   ACS Nano

In Situ X-ray Diffraction Studies of (De)lithiation Mechanism in Silicon Nanowire Anodes

(2012) Sumohan Misra et al.   ACS Nano

Size-Dependent Fracture of Silicon Nanoparticles During Lithiation

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Self-Limiting Lithiation in Silicon Nanowires

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   ACS Nano

Studying the Kinetics of Crystalline Silicon Nanoparticle Lithiation with In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

(2012) Matthew T. McDowell et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

In situ cycling and mechanical testing of silicon nanowire anodes for lithium-ion battery applications

(2012) Steven T. Boles et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Revealing the conversion mechanism of CuO nanowires during lithiation–delithiation by in situ transmission electron microscopy

(2012) Xi Wang et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Reaction Front Evolution during Electrochemical Lithiation of Crystalline Silicon Nanopillars

(2012) Seok Woo Lee et al.   ISRAEL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Hollow core–shell structured porous Si–C nanocomposites for Li-ion battery anodes

(2012) Xiaolin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Nanomechanical properties of lithiated Si nanowires probed with atomic force microscopy

(2012) Hyunsoo Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Young's modulus of polycrystalline Li12Si7 using nanoindentation testing

(2012) J.B. Ratchford et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Fracture and debonding in lithium-ion batteries with electrodes of hollow core–shell nanostructures

(2012) Kejie Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

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

Pressure-Gradient Dependent Diffusion and Crack Propagation in Lithiated Silicon Nanowires

(2012) Rassin Grantab et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A finite deformation stress-dependent chemical potential and its applications to lithium ion batteries

(2012) Zhiwei Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Orientation-Dependent Interfacial Mobility Governs the Anisotropic Swelling in Lithiated Silicon Nanowires

(2012) Hui Yang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Kinetics of Initial Lithiation of Crystalline Silicon Electrodes of Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2012) Matt Pharr et al.   NANO LETTERS

Reactive Flow in Silicon Electrodes Assisted by the Insertion of Lithium

(2012) Kejie Zhao et al.   NANO LETTERS

In Situ TEM Investigation of Congruent Phase Transition and Structural Evolution of Nanostructured Silicon/Carbon Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2012) Chong-Min Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

A Yolk-Shell Design for Stabilized and Scalable Li-Ion Battery Alloy Anodes

(2012) Nian Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Designing nanostructured Si anodes for high energy lithium ion batteries

(2012) Hui Wu et al.   Nano Today

In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

(2012) Hui Wu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

History, Evolution, and Future Status of Energy Storage

(2012) M. S. Whittingham   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

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

In Situ TEM Experiments of Electrochemical Lithiation and Delithiation of Individual Nanostructures

(2012) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

The effect of metallic coatings and crystallinity on the volume expansion of silicon during electrochemical lithiation/delithiation

(2012) Matthew T. McDowell et al.   Nano Energy

Controlling the Lithiation-Induced Strain and Charging Rate in Nanowire Electrodes by Coating

(2011) Li Qiang Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

In Situ Electrochemical Lithiation/Delithiation Observation of Individual Amorphous Si Nanorods

(2011) Hessam Ghassemi et al.   ACS Nano

Strain Anisotropies and Self-Limiting Capacities in Single-Crystalline 3D Silicon Microstructures: Models for High Energy Density Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes

(2011) Jason L. Goldman et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Stress Contributions to Solution Thermodynamics in Li-Si Alloys

(2011) Brian W. Sheldon et al.   ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS

Ex-situ depth-sensing indentation measurements of electrochemically produced Si–Li alloy films

(2011) Benjamin Hertzberg et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Cohesive modeling of crack nucleation in a cylindrical electrode under axisymmetric diffusion induced stresses

(2011) Tanmay K. Bhandakkar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Strong stress-enhanced diffusion in amorphous lithium alloy nanowire electrodes

(2011) Y. F. Gao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Inelastic hosts as electrodes for high-capacity lithium-ion batteries

(2011) Kejie Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Mitigating the initial capacity loss (ICL) problem in high-capacity lithium ion battery anode materials

(2011) Ge Ji et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

A review of advanced and practical lithium battery materials

(2011) Rotem Marom et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

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

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

Study on Microstructural Deformation of Working Sn and SnSb Anode Particles for Li-Ion Batteries by in Situ Transmission X-ray Microscopy

(2011) Sung-Chieh Chao et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

A Comparative First-Principles Study of the Structure, Energetics, and Properties of Li–M (M = Si, Ge, Sn) Alloys

(2011) Chia-Yun Chou et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

The First-Cycle Electrochemical Lithiation of Crystalline Ge: Dopant and Orientation Dependence and Comparison with Si

(2011) Maria K. Y. Chan et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

A study of lithium ion intercalation induced fracture of silicon particles used as anode material in Li-ion battery

(2011) S. Kalnaus et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Effects of electrode particle morphology on stress generation in silicon during lithium insertion

(2011) Christopher M. DeLuca et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Young's modulus of polycrystalline Li22Si5

(2011) J.B. Ratchford et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Large Plastic Deformation in High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries Caused by Charge and Discharge

(2011) Kejie Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY

Crack Pattern Formation in Thin Film Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes

(2011) Juchuan Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stress Mitigation during the Lithiation of Patterned Amorphous Si Islands

(2011) Sumit K. Soni et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diffusion Induced Stresses and Strain Energy in a Phase-Transforming Spherical Electrode Particle

(2011) Rutooj Deshpande et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Concurrent Reaction and Plasticity during Initial Lithiation of Crystalline Silicon in Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2011) Kejie Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

A finite strain model of stress, diffusion, plastic flow, and electrochemical reactions in a lithium-ion half-cell

(2011) A.F. Bower et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Size-dependent fracture of Si nanowire battery anodes

(2011) Ill Ryu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Fracture of nanostructured Sn/C anodes during Li-insertion

(2011) Katerina E. Aifantis et al.   MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING A-STRUCTURAL MATERIALS PROPERTIES MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROCESSING

Reversible Nanopore Formation in Ge Nanowires during Lithiation–Delithiation Cycling: An In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Study

(2011) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Leapfrog Cracking and Nanoamorphization of ZnO Nanowires during In Situ Electrochemical Lithiation

(2011) Akihiro Kushima et al.   NANO LETTERS

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

(2011) Kejie Zhao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Anisotropic Swelling and Fracture of Silicon Nanowires during Lithiation

(2011) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Novel Size and Surface Oxide Effects in Silicon Nanowires as Lithium Battery Anodes

(2011) Matthew T. McDowell et al.   NANO LETTERS

In Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy Observation of Microstructure and Phase Evolution in a SnO2Nanowire during Lithium Intercalation

(2011) Chong-Min Wang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultrafast Electrochemical Lithiation of Individual Si Nanowire Anodes

(2011) Xiao Hua Liu et al.   NANO LETTERS

Anomalous Shape Changes of Silicon Nanopillars by Electrochemical Lithiation

(2011) Seok Woo Lee et al.   NANO LETTERS

Interconnected Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life

(2011) Yan Yao et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electrospun Core–Shell Fibers for Robust Silicon Nanoparticle-Based Lithium Ion Battery Anodes

(2011) Tae Hoon Hwang 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

A Major Constituent of Brown Algae for Use in High-Capacity Li-Ion Batteries

(2011) I. Kovalenko et al.   SCIENCE

Silicon Thin Films as Anodes for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries with Effective Stress Relaxation

(2011) Cunjiang Yu et al.   Advanced Energy Materials

Reversible Storage of Lithium in Silver-Coated Three-Dimensional Macroporous Silicon

(2010) Yan Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

A Critical Size of Silicon Nano-Anodes for Lithium Rechargeable Batteries

(2010) Hyejung Kim et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A surface locking instability for atomic intercalation into a solid electrode

(2010) Hamed Haftbaradaran et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Stress generation in silicon particles during lithium insertion

(2010) Stephanie Golmon et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

First principles studies of silicon as a negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries

(2010) V. L. Chevrier et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Application of Hasselman’s Crack Propagation Model to Insertion Electrodes

(2010) Yang-Tse Cheng et al.   ELECTROCHEMICAL AND SOLID STATE LETTERS

In situ measurement of biaxial modulus of Si anode for Li-ion batteries

(2010) V.A. Sethuraman et al.   ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS

Performance of electrochemically generated Li21Si5 phase for lithium-ion batteries

(2010) Ji Y. Kwon et al.   ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

Nanostructured silicon for high capacity lithium battery anodes

(2010) Jeannine R. Szczech et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Cohesive modeling of crack nucleation under diffusion induced stresses in a thin strip: Implications on the critical size for flaw tolerant battery electrodes

(2010) Tanmay K. Bhandakkar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

First principles study of Li–Si crystalline phases: Charge transfer, electronic structure, and lattice vibrations

(2010) V.L. Chevrier et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Fracture of electrodes in lithium-ion batteries caused by fast charging

(2010) Kejie Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Averting cracks caused by insertion reaction in lithium–ion batteries

(2010) Yuhang Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH

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 evolution in silicon thin films during electrochemical lithiation and delithiation

(2010) Vijay A. Sethuraman et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Modeling diffusion-induced stress in nanowire electrode structures

(2010) Rutooj Deshpande et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Improved cycling stability of silicon thin film electrodes through patterning for high energy density lithium batteries

(2010) X. Xiao et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Increased cycling efficiency and rate capability of copper-coated silicon anodes in lithium-ion batteries

(2010) Vijay A. Sethuraman et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Lithium insertion/extraction mechanism in alloy anodes for lithium-ion batteries

(2010) Wei-Jun Zhang   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Continuum and atomistic models of strongly coupled diffusion, stress, and solute concentration

(2010) Hamed Haftbaradaran et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

A review of the electrochemical performance of alloy anodes for lithium-ion batteries

(2010) Wei-Jun Zhang   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Deformations in Si−Li Anodes Upon Electrochemical Alloying in Nano-Confined Space

(2010) Benjamin Hertzberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Pair Distribution Function Analysis and Solid State NMR Studies of Silicon Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries: Understanding the (De)lithiation Mechanisms

(2010) Baris Key et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

First Principles Studies of Disordered Lithiated Silicon

(2010) V. L. Chevrier et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Diffusion-Induced Stress, Interfacial Charge Transfer, and Criteria for Avoiding Crack Initiation of Electrode Particles

(2010) Yang-Tse Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

“Electrochemical Shock” of Intercalation Electrodes: A Fracture Mechanics Analysis

(2010) William H. Woodford et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

In Situ Measurements of Stress-Potential Coupling in Lithiated Silicon

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

Understanding the Degradation of Silicon Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Acoustic Emission

(2010) Kevin Rhodes et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Real Space Mapping of Li-Ion Transport in Amorphous Si Anodes with Nanometer Resolution

(2010) Nina Balke et al.   NANO LETTERS

Stepwise Nanopore Evolution in One-Dimensional Nanostructures

(2010) Jang Wook Choi et al.   NANO LETTERS

Arrays of Sealed Silicon Nanotubes As Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2010) Taeseup Song et al.   NANO LETTERS

High-performance lithium-ion anodes using a hierarchical bottom-up approach

(2010) A. Magasinski et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Nanoscale mapping of ion diffusion in a lithium-ion battery cathode

(2010) N. Balke et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

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

(2010) J. Y. Huang et al.   SCIENCE

Thickness effects on the lithiation of amorphous silicon thin films

(2010) Sumit K. Soni et al.   SCRIPTA MATERIALIA

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

Impedance Analysis of Silicon Nanowire Lithium Ion Battery Anodes

(2009) Riccardo Ruffo et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Evolution of stress within a spherical insertion electrode particle under potentiostatic and galvanostatic operation

(2009) Yang-Tse Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Surface chemistry and morphology of the solid electrolyte interphase on silicon nanowire lithium-ion battery anodes

(2009) Candace K. Chan et al.   JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES

Real-Time NMR Investigations of Structural Changes in Silicon Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

(2009) Baris Key et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

First Principles Model of Amorphous Silicon Lithiation

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

In Situ [sup 119]Sn Mössbauer Effect Study of the Reaction of Lithium with Si Using a Sn Probe

(2009) Jing Li et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Stress and Strain-Energy Distributions within Diffusion-Controlled Insertion-Electrode Particles Subjected to Periodic Potential Excitations

(2009) Mark W. Verbrugge et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY

Carbon−Silicon Core−Shell Nanowires as High Capacity Electrode for Lithium Ion Batteries

(2009) Li-Feng Cui et al.   NANO LETTERS

Silicon Nanotube Battery Anodes

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

The influence of surface mechanics on diffusion induced stresses within spherical nanoparticles

(2008) Yang-Tse Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS