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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Conditional spinodal decomposition in Li-Mg anodes for lithium metal batteries

Leonardo Shoji Aota, Aubin Leray, Yuqi Liu +14

The development of batteries with high energy density, short charging times and use of sustainable materials is critical for decarbonization. Magnesium (Mg)-based anodes for lithiu…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 2 cited

Vacuum Dealloyed Brass as Li-Metal Battery Current Collector: Effect of Zinc and Porosity

Eric V Woods, Xinren Chen, Shaolou Wei +19

"Anode-free" lithium-metal batteries promise significantly higher energy density than conventional graphite-based lithium-ion batteries; however, lithium dendrite growth can lead t…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Magnetocaloric effect of Fe47.5Ni37.5Mn15 bulk and nanoparticles: A cost-efficient alloy for room temperature magnetic refrigeration

Chang-Gi Lee, Varatharaja Nallathambi, TaeHyeok Kang +6

The development of magnetic refrigerators that operate at room temperature without the use of environmentally harmful substances represents a significant advancement in eco-friendl…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Grain boundaries control lithiation of solid solution substrates in lithium metal batteries

Leonardo Shoji Aota, Chanwon Jung, Siyuan Zhang +9

The development of sustainable transportation and communication systems requires an increase in both energy density and capacity retention of Li-batteries. Using substrates forming…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Towards establishing best practice in the analysis of hydrogen and deuterium by atom probe tomography

Baptiste Gault, Aparna Saksena, Xavier Sauvage +42

As hydrogen is touted as a key player in the decarbonization of modern society, it is critical to enable quantitative H analysis at high spatial resolution, if possible at the atom…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Impurities, or dopants, that is the question

Baptiste Gault, Leonardo Shoji Aota, Mathias Krämer +1

The numerous stories around LK-99 as a possible room-temperature superconductor over the summer of 2023 epitomise that materials are more than a bulk crystallographic structure or…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Nanoporous gold thin films as substrates to analyze liquids by cryo-atom probe tomography

E. V. Woods, A. Saksena, A. A. El-Zoka +7

Cryogenic atom probe tomography (cryo-APT) is being developed to enable nanoscale compositional analyses of frozen liquids. Yet, the availability of readily available substrates th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 5 cited

Facilitating the systematic nanoscale study of battery materials by atom probe tomography through in-situ metal coating

Mahander P Singh, Eric V Woods, Se Ho Kim +3

Through its capability for 3D mapping of Li at the nanoscale, atom probe tomography (APT) is poised to play a key role in understanding the microstructural degradation of lithium-i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Revealing compositional evolution of PdAu electrocatalyst by atom probe tomography

Leonardo Shoji Aota, Se-Ho Kim, Chanwon Jung +2

Pd-based electro-catalysts are a key component to improve the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) kinetics from alcohol fuel cells. However, the performance of such catalysts is degr…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

B dopant evolution in Pd catalysts after H evolution/oxidation reaction in alkaline environment

Se-Ho Kim, Su-Hyun Yoo, Leonardo Shoji Aota +4

Introduction of interstitial dopants has opened a new pathway to optimize nanoparticle catalytic activity for, e.g., hydrogen evolution/oxidation and other reactions. Here, we disc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Atomic scale evolution of the surface chemistry in Li[Ni,Mn,Co]O2 cathode for Li-ion batteries stored in air

Mahander P. Singh, Se-Ho Kim, Xuyang Zhou +6

Layered LiMO2 (M = Ni, Co, Mn, and Al mixture) cathode materials used for Li-ion batteries are reputed to be highly reactive through their surface, where the chemistry changes rapi…