Due to the rapid expanding of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), hybrid electric
vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs), the projectfed demand for lithium-ion batteries …

One of the challenges for improving the performance of lithium ion batteries to meet
increasingly demanding requirements for energy storage is the development of suitable …

Sodium-ion battery is one of the most promising and feasible energy storage candidates.
However, compared to the lithium ion, the larger ionic radius and higher molecular mass of …

Empirical bond length–bond valence (BV) relations provide insight into the link between
structure of and ion transport in solid electrolytes and mixed conductors. Building on our …

Lithium transition metal phosphate olivines are enabling a new generation of high power,
thermally stable, long‐life rechargeable lithium batteries that may prove instrumental in the …

Lithium ions in LiFePO4 were observed directly at atomic resolution by an aberration-
corrected annular-bright-field scanning transmission electron microscopy technique. In …

The present work is devoted to a systematic investigation of ionic and electronic conductivity
as well as chemical Li-diffusivity in single crystalline LiFePO4 as a function of …

We report first-principles density-functional theory studies of native point defects and defect
complexes in olivine-type LiFePO4, a promising candidate for rechargeable Li-ion battery …

The state-of-the-art in the field of cathode and anode nanomaterials for lithium-ion batteries
is considered. The use of these nanomaterials provides higher charge and discharge rates …

The defect chemistry in a series of layered lithium transition-metal oxides, Li M O2 (M= Co,
Ni, Mn, and Li1/3Mn2/3), is investigated by systematic first-principles calculations. The …