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View article: Impact of Lithium‐Free Borate Additives on the Cycle Life and Calendar Aging of Silicon‐Based Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Impact of Lithium‐Free Borate Additives on the Cycle Life and Calendar Aging of Silicon‐Based Lithium‐Ion Batteries Open
Silicon‐anode lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) suffer from limited cycle life and poor calendar life, constraining their large‐scale commercialization. Integrating additives into electrolytes is a simple and cost‐effective strategy to improve …
View article: Defect Engineering in Large‐Scale CVD‐Grown Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Formation, Spectroscopy, and Spin Relaxation Dynamics
Defect Engineering in Large‐Scale CVD‐Grown Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Formation, Spectroscopy, and Spin Relaxation Dynamics Open
Recently, numerous techniques have been reported for generating optically active defects in exfoliated hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), which hold transformative potential for quantum photonic devices. However, achieving on‐demand generation…
View article: Alloying Interlayers for Anode‐Less Lithium‐Metal Polymer Batteries
Alloying Interlayers for Anode‐Less Lithium‐Metal Polymer Batteries Open
Anode‐less lithium‐metal batteries potentially offer further increased energy densities. However, the Coulombic efficiency (CE) of lithium plating and stripping, as a classical measure of Li inventory reversibility, is commonly still insuf…
View article: Erosion of high-Z refractory coatings for helicon plasma source window
Erosion of high-Z refractory coatings for helicon plasma source window Open
Proto-MPEX (Materials Plasma Exposure eXperiment), a linear plasma device (LPD), using a high power radio frequency (RF) (⩾100 kW, 13.56 MHz) helicon plasma source, has suffered RF sheath-induced window erosion. The sputtered impurities fr…
View article: Electroplated Polymer‐Modified Carbon Fiber for Performance‐Enhancing Composite Interfaces
Electroplated Polymer‐Modified Carbon Fiber for Performance‐Enhancing Composite Interfaces Open
Carbon fiber composite performance relies on the fiber‐matrix interface for effective load transfer. To enhance interfacial properties between the fiber and matrix, often carbon fiber surfaces are oxidatively and covalently modified to inc…
View article: Pushing the Limits: Maximizing Energy Density in Silicon Sulfide Solid‐State Batteries
Pushing the Limits: Maximizing Energy Density in Silicon Sulfide Solid‐State Batteries Open
For the first time, we demonstrate a silicon solid‐state battery (SSB) architecture that achieves >400 Wh kg −1 , approaching the theoretical limit for silicon‐based SSBs. This configuration features a 99.9 wt% micro‐Si, a thin sulfide sol…
View article: Revealing the potential of nickel zinc ferrite: Facile synthesis and cost-effective anode for lithium-ion batteries
Revealing the potential of nickel zinc ferrite: Facile synthesis and cost-effective anode for lithium-ion batteries Open
The increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) underscores the need for cost-effective alternative anode materials to ensure efficient Li-ion storage, given their pivotal role in various industries. This research focuses on the fac…
View article: A single-ion-conducting polymer and high-entropy Li-garnet composite electrolyte with simultaneous enhancement in ion transport and mechanical properties
A single-ion-conducting polymer and high-entropy Li-garnet composite electrolyte with simultaneous enhancement in ion transport and mechanical properties Open
A schematic comparison between a single-ion-conducting polymer and its composite incorporating high-entropy Li-garnet, illustrating simultaneous enhancement in mechanical modulus and ion transport.
View article: Metal decoration of Si particles <i>via</i> high-energy milling for lithium-ion battery anodes
Metal decoration of Si particles <i>via</i> high-energy milling for lithium-ion battery anodes Open
We demonstrate an approach to lower desolvation energy and increase rate performance through the introduction of a metal to the silicon surface.
View article: Tough and circular glass fiber composites <i>via</i> a tailored dynamic boronic ester interface
Tough and circular glass fiber composites <i>via</i> a tailored dynamic boronic ester interface Open
The designed boronic ester-based vitrimer forms dynamic covalent bonds with pristine glass fiber surface, eliminating the need for sizing treatments, mitigating delamination issues, and enabling their circular composites.
View article: The Impact of Lithium Anode Interface on Capacity Fade in Polymer Electrolyte-Based Solid-State Batteries
The Impact of Lithium Anode Interface on Capacity Fade in Polymer Electrolyte-Based Solid-State Batteries Open
This study investigates the Li stripping/plating morphology and failure mechanisms in full cells consisting of a solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) with two commercial Li anodes, Li chip and Li foil. The primary identified failure mechanism i…
View article: Novel Q-Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Novel Q-Carbon Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries Open
The lack of a standard anode for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) has greatly hindered their applications. Herein, we show that a novel phase of carbon, namely Q-carbon, is an effective anode material for sodium-ion batteries. The Q-carbon, whi…
View article: Mechanically Reinforced Pseudosolid Polyelectrolyte Membranes via Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly for High‐Performing Lithium‐Metal Batteries
Mechanically Reinforced Pseudosolid Polyelectrolyte Membranes via Layer‐by‐Layer Assembly for High‐Performing Lithium‐Metal Batteries Open
Ionogels are emerging as high‐potential pseudosolid electrolytes for lithium‐metal batteries (LMBs), leveraging their intrinsic high ionic conductivity from entrapped ionic liquid (IL) electrolytes. However, their practical application is …
View article: Mitigating Calendar Aging in Si-NMC Batteries with Advanced Dual-Salt Glyme Electrolytes
Mitigating Calendar Aging in Si-NMC Batteries with Advanced Dual-Salt Glyme Electrolytes Open
In addressing the critical challenge of calendar aging in silicon (Si)-based lithium-ion batteries, this study introduces a groundbreaking strategy utilizing glyme-type dual-salt electrolytes (lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide [Li…
View article: Active Palladium Structures on Ceria Obtained by Tuning Pd–Pd Distance for Efficient Methane Combustion
Active Palladium Structures on Ceria Obtained by Tuning Pd–Pd Distance for Efficient Methane Combustion Open
Efficiently removing/converting methane via methane combustion imposes challenges on catalyst design: how to design local structures of a catalytic site so that it has both high intrinsic activity and atomic efficiency? By manipulating the…
View article: Deuterium plasma induced preferential erosion in ultra-high temperature ceramics TiB<sub>2</sub> and ZrB<sub>2</sub> <sup>*</sup>
Deuterium plasma induced preferential erosion in ultra-high temperature ceramics TiB<sub>2</sub> and ZrB<sub>2</sub> <sup>*</sup> Open
Steady-state deuterium plasma exposures were performed on ultra-high temperature ceramics titanium diboride (TiB 2 ) and zirconium diboride (ZrB 2 ) using the PISCES-RF linear plasma device (LPD) as early screening for first wall, plasma-f…
View article: Iodine Capture Studies of Silver Mordenite and Novel Alternative Metal Sorbents
Iodine Capture Studies of Silver Mordenite and Novel Alternative Metal Sorbents Open
Radioiodine is one of the radionuclides of concern when considering reprocessing of used nuclear fuel (UNF). It is expected to be released primarily in the dissolver off-gas (DOG) stream. Sorbents that target I2 removal from a UNF processi…
View article: Impurity transport in PISCES-RF<sup>*</sup>
Impurity transport in PISCES-RF<sup>*</sup> Open
Linear plasma devices (LPD) utilizing a helicon plasma source, a high density light ion source, can generate impurities due to progressive erosion of the radio frequency (RF) transmission window caused by rectified sheath voltage. These so…
View article: Low-temperature dechlorination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for production of H <sub>2</sub> and carbon materials using liquid metal catalysts
Low-temperature dechlorination of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for production of H <sub>2</sub> and carbon materials using liquid metal catalysts Open
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is ubiquitous in everyday life; however, it is not recycled because it degrades uncontrollably into toxic products above 250°C. Therefore, it is of interest to controllably dechlorinate PVC at mild temperatures to …
View article: Copper–Carbon Nanotube Composites Enabled by Brush Coating for Advanced Conductors
Copper–Carbon Nanotube Composites Enabled by Brush Coating for Advanced Conductors Open
There is a growing demand for advanced conductors with enhanced electrical properties to increase the energy efficiency in various applications. A promising strategy to achieve this involves the use of ultraconductive copper (UCC) composit…
View article: Tuning Pd-Pd Atomic Distance on Ceria for Efficient Methane Combustion
Tuning Pd-Pd Atomic Distance on Ceria for Efficient Methane Combustion Open
Efficiently removing/converting methane via methane combustion imposes challenges on catalyst design: how to design local structures of a catalytic site so that it has both high intrinsic activity and atomic efficiency? By manipulating the…
View article: Exploring Lead Zirconate Titanate, the Potential Advancement as an Anode for Li-Ion Batteries
Exploring Lead Zirconate Titanate, the Potential Advancement as an Anode for Li-Ion Batteries Open
Graphite, widely adopted as an anode for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), faces challenges such as an unsustainable supply chain and sluggish rate capabilities. This emphasizes the urgent need to explore alternative anode materials for LIBs, …
View article: Detailed Characterization of Vitrinite-Rich Subbituminous and Bituminous Coals for Utilization in Carbon Fiber Precursor Production
Detailed Characterization of Vitrinite-Rich Subbituminous and Bituminous Coals for Utilization in Carbon Fiber Precursor Production Open
Chemical structures of candidate coals (one subbituminous coal from the Powder River Basin and three bituminous Eastern US coals) were examined for potential low-cost carbon fiber precursor production. Here, the structural evaluation exami…