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Controlling Operating Voltages in Molybdenum Oxide Anodes through Inductive Effects
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Tuning the magnetocaloric response in half-Heusler/Heusler MnNi1+xSb solid solutions
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Tuning the magnetocaloric response in half-Heusler/Heusler MnNi1+xSb solid solutions
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Operando Calorimetry Investigation of Particle Size Effects on Heat Generation in WadsleyâRoth (W 0.2 V 0.8 ) 3 O 7 -Based Electrodes
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High-Capacity Li+ Storage through Multielectron Redox in the Fast-Charging Wadsley–Roth Phase (W0.2V0.8)3O7
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Operando calorimetry informs the origin of rapid rate performance in microwave-prepared TiNb2O7 electrodes
Operando Calorimetry Informs the Origin of Rapid Rate Performance in Microwave-Prepared TiNb2O7 Electrodes
The shear-phase compound TiNb2O7 has recently emerged as a safe and high-volumetric density replacement for graphite anodes in lithium ion batteries. An appealing feature of TiNb2O7 is that it retains capacity even at high cycling rates. Here we demonstrate that phase pure and crystalline TiNb2O7 can be rapidly prepared using a high-temperature microwave synthesis method. Studies of the charging and discharging of this material, including through operando calorimetry, permit key thermodynamic parameters to be revealed. The nature of heat generation is dominated by Joule heating, which sensitively changes as the conductivity of the electrode increases with increasing lithiation. The enthalpy of mixing, obtained from operando calorimetry, is found to be small across the different degrees of lithiation pointing to the high rate of lithium ion diffusion at the origin of rapid rate performance.</div
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Operando calorimetry informs the origin of rapid rate performance in microwave-prepared TiNb2O7 electrodes
Design of Polymeric Zwitterionic Solid Electrolytes with Superionic Lithium Transport
Progress toward durable and energy-dense lithium-ion batteries has been hindered by instabilities at electrolyte-electrode interfaces, leading to poor cycling stability, and by safety concerns associated with energy-dense lithium metal anodes. Solid polymeric electrolytes (SPEs) can help mitigate these issues; however, the SPE conductivity is limited by sluggish polymer segmental dynamics. We overcome this limitation via zwitterionic SPEs that self-assemble into superionically conductive domains, permitting decoupling of ion motion and polymer segmental rearrangement. Although crystalline domains are conventionally detrimental to ion conduction in SPEs, we demonstrate that semicrystalline polymer electrolytes with labile ion-ion interactions and tailored ion sizes exhibit excellent lithium conductivity (1.6 mS/cm) and selectivity (t + ≈ 0.6-0.8). This new design paradigm for SPEs allows for simultaneous optimization of previously orthogonal properties, including conductivity, Li selectivity, mechanics, and processability