This is a review of atomic pair distribution function (PDF) analysis as applied to the study of
molecular materials. The PDF method is a powerful approach to study short-and …

Lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology is the most attractive technology for energy storage
systems in today's market. However, further improvements and optimizations are still …

The ideal electrolyte for the widely used LiNi0. 8Mn0. 1Co0. 1O2 (NMC811)|| graphite
lithium-ion batteries is expected to have the capability of supporting higher voltages (≥ 4.5 …

Versatile chemical transformations of surface functional groups in two-dimensional transition-
metal carbides (MXenes) open up a previously unexplored design space for this broad class …

Amorphous materials inherit short-and medium-range order from the corresponding crystal
and thus preserve some of its properties while still exhibiting novel properties,. Due to its …

A comprehensive understanding of the solid–electrolyte interphase (SEI) composition is
crucial to developing high-energy batteries based on lithium metal anodes. A particularly …

In the search for novel solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries, thiophosphate ionic
conductors have been in recent focus owing to their high ionic conductivities, which are …

Metal fluorides, promising lithium-ion battery cathode materials, have been classified as
conversion materials due to the reconstructive phase transitions widely presumed to occur …

In contrast to monovalent lithium or sodium ions, the reversible insertion of multivalent ions
such as Mg2+ and Al3+ into electrode materials remains an elusive goal. Here, we …

As a promising alternative to the market-leading lithium-ion batteries, low-cost sodium-ion
batteries (SIBs) are attractive for applications such as large-scale electrical energy storage …