Emerging X-ray imaging technologies for energy materials

C Cao, MF Toney, TK Sham, R Harder, PR Shearing… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
With the growing need for sustainable energy technologies, advanced characterization
methods become more and more critical for optimizing energy materials and understanding …

Origin of structural degradation in Li-rich layered oxide cathode

T Liu, J Liu, L Li, L Yu, J Diao, T Zhou, S Li, A Dai… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Li-and Mn-rich (LMR) cathode materials that utilize both cation and anion redox can yield
substantial increases in battery energy density,–. However, although voltage decay issues …

Recent advances in carbon and metal based supramolecular technology for supercapacitor applications

MM Hasan, T Islam, SS Shah, A Awal… - The Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As the world moves towards renewable and sustainable energy sources, the need for
systems that can quickly and safely store this energy is also rising. Supercapacitors (SCs) …

Suppressing strain propagation in ultrahigh-Ni cathodes during fast charging via epitaxial entropy-assisted coating

C Zhao, C Wang, X Liu, I Hwang, T Li, X Zhou, J Diao… - Nature Energy, 2024 - nature.com
Surface reconstruction and the associated severe strain propagation have long been
reported as the major cause of cathode failure during fast charging and long-term cycling …

Asynchronous domain dynamics and equilibration in layered oxide battery cathode

Z Xue, N Sharma, F Wu, P Pianetta, F Lin, L Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
To improve lithium-ion battery technology, it is essential to probe and comprehend the
microscopic dynamic processes that occur in a real-world composite electrode under …

Multiscale understanding of surface structural effects on high‐temperature operational resiliency of layered oxide cathodes

X Liu, X Zhou, Q Liu, J Diao, C Zhao, L Li… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The worldwide energy demand in electric vehicles and the increasing global temperature
have called for development of high‐energy and long‐life lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) with …

Using in-situ laboratory and synchrotron-based x-ray diffraction for lithium-ion batteries characterization: A review on recent developments

AV Llewellyn, A Matruglio, DJL Brett, R Jervis… - Condensed …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Renewable technologies, and in particular the electric vehicle revolution, have generated
tremendous pressure for the improvement of lithium ion battery performance. To meet the …

Accelerating Battery Characterization Using Neutron and Synchrotron Techniques: Toward a Multi‐Modal and Multi‐Scale Standardized Experimental Workflow

D Atkins, E Capria, K Edström… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Li‐ion batteries are the essential energy‐storage building blocks of modern society.
However, producing ultra‐high electrochemical performance in safe and sustainable …

Leveraging advanced X-ray imaging for sustainable battery design

Z Yu, H Shan, Y Zhong, X Zhang, G Hong - ACS Energy Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the growing demand for sustainable battery technologies, state-of-the-art
characterization techniques become more and more critical for optimizing battery materials …

Mapping Lattice Distortions in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Cathode Materials

SL Spence, A Hu, M Jiang, Z Xu, Z Yang… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Spinel LiNi0. 5Mn1. 5O4 (LNMO) can adopt two crystallographic structures: an ordered P
4332 structure and a disordered Fd 3̅ m structure. The disordered phase is associated with …