Atomistic modeling of fracture

P Andric, WA Curtin - … and Simulation in Materials Science and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Atomistic modeling of fracture is intended to illuminate the complex response of atoms in the
very high stressed region just ahead of a sharp crack. Accurate modeling of the atomic scale …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding the role of mechanics in energy materials: A perspective

K Zhao, Y Cui - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2016 - Elsevier
Mechanical issues are ubiquitous in energy storage, conversion, and harvesting. Cracks
occur in solid oxide fuel cells due to the thermal stresses and non-stoichiometry of oxygen in …

Densification of Alloying Anodes for High Energy Lithium‐Ion Batteries: Critical Perspective on Inter‐Versus Intra‐Particle Porosity

Y Luo, Y Chen, N Koratkar, W Liu - Advanced Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High Li‐storage‐capacity particles such as alloying‐based anodes (Si, Sn, Ge, etc.) are core
components for next‐generation Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) but are crippled by their intrinsic …

Residual stress and elastic recovery of imprinted Cu-Zr metallic glass films using molecular dynamic simulation

DQ Doan, TH Fang, AS Tran, TH Chen - Computational Materials Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations are employed to study mechanistic characteristics of Cu-Zr
metallic glasses films during the imprinting process. The influences of punch geometry …

Multiple structural phase transitions in single crystal silicon subjected to dynamic loading

L Feng, X Zhang, W Li, M Liu, X Yao - Scripta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Single crystal Silicon (SC Si), as one of the most extensively used elements, has a
series of complex phase changes, however, it is not fully understood under dynamic loading …

Reactive force-field simulation and experimental validation of cyclic defects in silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries

X Chen, B Tan, N Liu, K Zhang - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2024 - cell.com
Silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries offer high theoretical capacity but face practical
challenges of capacity fading due to significant volumetric changes during charge-discharge …

Alleviating expansion-induced mechanical degradation in lithium-ion battery silicon anodes via morphological design

SJ Gross, MT Hsieh, DR Mumm, L Valdevit… - Extreme Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The mechanics of films undergoing volume expansion on curved substrates plays a key role
in a variety of technologies including biomedical implants, thermal and environmental …

Deformation and failure mechanisms of electrochemically lithiated silicon thin films

H Sitinamaluwa, J Nerkar, M Wang, S Zhang, C Yan - RSC advances, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
A fundamental understanding of mechanical behavior of a Li–Si system is necessary to
address the poor mechanical integrity of amorphous silicon (a-Si) electrodes, in order to …

Simulations of a LiF solid electrolyte interphase cracking on silicon anodes using molecular dynamics

DE Galvez-Aranda, JM Seminario - Journal of The …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The main advantage of silicon-based anodes for lithium-ion batteries is their high volumetric
and gravimetric capacity to store Li. However, swelling upon lithiation causes cracks on the …

A review of the multiscale mechanics of silicon electrodes in high-capacity lithium-ion batteries

H Wang, SH Lu, X Wang, S Xia… - Journal of Physics D …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past decade, there has been a significant advancement in understanding the
mechanics of silicon (Si) electrodes in lithium (Li)-ion batteries. Much of this interest in Si …