Rechargeable batteries that make renewable energy resources feasible for electrification
technologies have been extensively investigated. Their corresponding performance is …

The increasing demands of energy storage require the significant improvement of current Li‐
ion battery electrode materials and the development of advanced electrode materials. Thus …

Lithiation of individual silicon nanoparticles was studied in real time with in situ transmission
electron microscopy. A strong size dependence of fracture was discovered; that is, there …

Structural stability and mechanical integrity of electrode materials during
lithiation/delithiation influence the performance of Li-ion batteries. Significant dimensional …

The microstructural changes and phase transformations of tin nanoparticles during
electrochemical sodiation were studied with a nanosized sodium ion battery using in situ …

Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) are used widely in today's consumer electronics and offer great
potential for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug‐in HEVs, pure EVs, and also in smart grids …

After more than 20 years of steady progress, lithium-ion batteries still exhibit modest energy
capacities that seem to have reached their asymptotic values with the present combination …

The properties of high theoretical capacity, low cost, and large potential of metallic sodium
(Na) has strongly promoted the development of rechargeable sodium‐based batteries …

Understanding the microscopic mechanisms of electrochemical reaction and material
degradation is crucial for the rational design of high‐performance lithium ion batteries (LIBs) …

Carbonaceous materials have great potential for applications as anodes of alkali-metal ion
batteries, such as Na-ion batteries and K-ion batteries (NIB and KIBs). We conduct an in situ …