Review on current state, challenges, and potential solutions in solid-state batteries research

Z Moradi, A Lanjan, R Tyagi, S Srinivasan - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
Solid-state electrolytes (SEs) as an effective alternative for conventional liquid electrolytes
can achieve much higher energy density, safety, and overcome most issues of Li-ion …

Mechanistic materials modeling for nuclear fuel performance

MR Tonks, D Andersson, SR Phillpot, Y Zhang… - Annals of nuclear …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fuel performance codes are critical tools for the design, certification, and safety analysis of
nuclear reactors. However, their ability to predict fuel behavior under abnormal conditions is …

Grain Boundary Contributions to Li-Ion Transport in the Solid Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO)

S Yu, DJ Siegel - Chemistry of Materials, 2017 - ACS Publications
The oxide with nominal composition Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) is a promising solid electrolyte
thanks to its high (bulk) Li-ion conductivity, negligible electronic transport, chemical stability …

Effect of grain size on irradiation-induced bubble evolution in high burn-up UO2: A phase-field study

Y Jiang, Y La, X Liu, W Liu - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to economic reasons, uranium dioxide (UO 2) ceramic fuel needs to operate under high
burn-up conditions. The high burn-up structure (HBS) and micrometric irradiation-induced …

Exploiting grain boundary diffusion to minimize dendrite formation in lithium metal-solid state batteries

JS Yoon, H Sulaimon, DJ Siegel - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Maintaining interfacial contact between the Li metal anode and the solid electrolyte is a key
challenge in develo** Li metal-based solid-state batteries (LMSSB). At moderate …

Modeling mesoscale fission gas behavior in UO2 by directly coupling the phase field method to spatially resolved cluster dynamics

DU Kim, S Blondel, DE Bernholdt, P Roth, F Kong… - Materials Theory, 2022 - Springer
Fission gas release within uranium dioxide nuclear fuel occurs as gas atoms diffuse through
grains and arrive at grain boundary (GB) bubbles; these GB bubbles grow and interconnect …

Quantifying Local Atomic Distortions in UO2 Grain Boundaries: Correlation with Energetic and Electronic Properties

G Zheng, Q Wang, J Chen, R Qiu, M Zhu - Inorganic Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
UO2, as a key material in the nuclear industry, is composed of grains or crystallites in real
applications. Their interfaces, known as grain boundaries (GBs), significantly impact thermal …

Diffusional creep model in UO2 informed by lower-length scale simulations

COT Galvin, DA Andersson, RT Sweet… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2025 - Elsevier
Creep is an important deformation mode for nuclear fuel performance as it influences the
pellet-cladding gap, which in turn affects the fuel temperature. It also impacts the cladding …

Molecular dynamics study of oxygen-ion diffusion in yttria-stabilized zirconia grain boundaries

JCM Madrid, J Matsuda, K Leonard… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This work focuses on understanding the oxygen-ion transport through the mixed Grain
Boundaries (GBs) present in yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), a common solid oxide fuel cells …

Irradiation effects on microstructure change in nanocrystalline ceria–Phase, lattice stress, grain size and boundaries

PD Edmondson, Y Zhang, S Moll, F Namavar… - Acta Materialia, 2012 - Elsevier
With a wide variety of applications in numerous industries, ranging from biomedical to
nuclear, ceramics such as ceria are key engineering materials. It is possible to significantly …