Research area
Energy & Climate
Energy technologies, decarbonization and environmental protection.
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Evidence date ·How magnesium fluoride changed sodium transport in a ceramic
PreprintTracked over timeA February 2023 preprint explains how 1 wt% magnesium fluoride raised sodium-ion conductivity, what happens during preparation, and how sodium-metal testing works.
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Evidence date ·A ceramic recipe and its grain boundaries shape lithium-ion transport
PreprintTracked over timeA 2022 preprint reports 2.7× the benchmark material conductivity after air quenching, and explains what its stability tests do—and do not—show.
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Evidence date ·How an outside sensor tracks lithium touching a solid electrolyte
PreprintTracked over timeA December 2022 preprint uses external heat sensors to estimate buried lithium contact changes, with sensor durability limiting test pressure.
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Evidence date ·The hidden material between ceramic grains helps explain the best pellet
PreprintTracked over timeA 2022 preprint finds LAGP sintered at 680 °C outperformed a hotter sample, linking resistance to 3D paths and inter-grain chemistry.
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Evidence date ·What graphite surface layers reveal about unrecovered charge
PreprintTracked over timeA 2022 preprint links lithium and fluorine patterns in surface reaction layers on graphite to first-cycle charge recovery, without establishing cause and effect.
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Evidence date ·How lithium movement changes contact with a solid electrolyte
PreprintTracked over timeA June 2022 preprint models how lithium movement, deformation and interfacial gaps reshape current flow, and what its stress–strain fitting supports.
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Evidence date ·Inside LLZO, the lithium-conducting ceramic with two crystal forms
PreprintTracked over timeA 2022 preprint describes crystal forms and lithium sites in LLZO, a lithium-conducting ceramic, offering context for efforts to improve ion transport.
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Evidence date ·What happens when lithium metal meets a broken-down solid electrolyte
PreprintTracked over timeA 2022 computational preprint finds limited lithium movement across selected interfaces between the metal and compounds formed by electrolyte breakdown.
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Evidence date ·A transport model could help researchers read solid-electrolyte curves more fully
PreprintTracked over timeA 2021 preprint models ion flow in a solid electrolyte and compares simulated test curves with experiment. What can that agreement tell us?
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Evidence date ·How indium and tin change electrode contact in solid-state batteries
PreprintTracked over timePressure helps solid-state battery alloys keep contact, but lithium movement inside them can still limit capacity, a 2021 preprint finds.