Research area
Batteries & Energy Storage
Electrochemical, thermal and other technologies for storing energy.
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Evidence date ·Lithium leaves silicon with a new structure to design around
PreprintTracked over timeCryogenic microscopy saw silicon become mostly amorphous after lithium cycling; a preprint links this shift to electrode designs that can handle expansion.
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Evidence date ·Where lithium meets a solid electrolyte, an unfamiliar layer keeps evolving
PreprintTracked over timeA June 2025 computational preprint follows lithium’s reaction layer as it forms, slows, and keeps moving, while an unfamiliar phase remains hard to verify.
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Evidence date ·How materials must work together in a solid-state sodium battery
PreprintTracked over timeA 2025 review explains how sodium ions move through solid electrolytes, why polymers may need heat, and how changing electrode contact complicates cells.
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Evidence date ·Inside a working battery, aligned crystals shape cathode reactions and lithium growth
PreprintTracked over timeIn a working solid-state cell, X-rays track how cathode reactions vary with crystal alignment and how lithium deposits change during operation.
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Evidence date ·How contact layout and pressure shape charge flow in a solid battery interface
PreprintTracked over timeA December 2024 preprint compares equal-area contact layouts, pressure, and resistance, while simulations explain the result and cell-level gains remain conditional.
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Evidence date ·When sodium moves, the battery contact moves with it
PreprintTracked over timeA sodium-battery model links higher current to faster merging of gaps at the electrode contact; crystal boundaries have a smaller effect on that merging.
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Evidence date ·Between lithium metal and solid electrolyte, a simulated lithium cluster forms
PreprintTracked over timeAtomistic simulations place an isolated lithium cluster inside the reaction layer, where a smaller bandgap could enable its formation—not a proven battery fix.
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Evidence date ·Could a molecular coating ease solid-state battery manufacturing?
PreprintTracked over timeA preprint reports a coating that kept a sulfide electrolyte conductive for two days at 33% relative humidity, a possible step toward easier manufacturing.
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Evidence date ·How rapid alternating current could warm a solid-state battery
PreprintTracked over timeA 2024 preprint tests electrical self-heating in small solid-state cells, with rapid pack warming and low heating costs predicted by simulations.
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Evidence date ·How changing a battery ceramic’s recipe shifts lithium-ion movement
PreprintTracked over timeA November 2024 preprint varied a ceramic recipe and found its best lithium-ion conductivity at x = 0.05; battery use remains conditional.