A state-of-the-art review of experimental and computational studies of granular materials: properties, advances, challenges, and future directions

P Tahmasebi - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Modeling of heterogeneous materials and media is a problem of fundamental importance to
a wide class of phenomena and systems, ranging from condensed matter physics, soft …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon binder domain networks and electrical conductivity in lithium-ion battery electrodes: A critical review

J Entwistle, R Ge, K Pardikar, R Smith… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
In a drive to increase Li-ion battery energy density, as well as support faster charge
discharge speeds, electronic conductivity networks require increasingly efficient transport …

X-ray tomography applied to electrochemical devices and electrocatalysis

JT Lang, D Kulkarni, CW Foster, Y Huang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a nondestructive three-dimensional (3D) imaging
technique used for studying morphological properties of porous and nonporous materials. In …

Bridging nano-and microscale X-ray tomography for battery research by leveraging artificial intelligence

J Scharf, M Chouchane, DP Finegan, B Lu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a non-destructive imaging technique in which contrast
originates from the materials' absorption coefficient. The recent development of laboratory …

Guiding the design of heterogeneous electrode microstructures for Li‐ion batteries: microscopic imaging, predictive modeling, and machine learning

H Xu, J Zhu, DP Finegan, H Zhao, X Lu… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Electrochemical and mechanical properties of lithium‐ion battery materials are heavily
dependent on their 3D microstructure characteristics. A quantitative understanding of the …

Exploring more functions in binders for lithium batteries

L Zhang, X Wu, W Qian, K Pan, X Zhang, L Li… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
As an indispensable part of the lithium-ion battery (LIB), a binder takes a small share of less
than 3%(by weight) in the cell; however, it plays multiple roles. The binder is decisive in the …

X-ray tomography for lithium ion battery research: a practical guide

P Pietsch, V Wood - Annual Review of Materials Research, 2017 - annualreviews.org
X-ray tomography has emerged as a powerful technique for studying lithium ion batteries,
allowing nondestructive and often quantitative imaging of these complex systems, which …

Utilizing ink composition to tune bulk-electrode gas transport, performance, and operational robustness for a Fe–N–C catalyst in polymer electrolyte fuel cell

L Osmieri, G Wang, FC Cetinbas, S Khandavalli, J Park… - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
With lower site density and turnover frequency, platinum group metal (PGM)-free catalysts
based electrodes are often greater than 50 μm thick in order to increase performance across …

Electrode mesoscale as a collection of particles: coupled electrochemical and mechanical analysis of NMC cathodes

ME Ferraro, BL Trembacki, VE Brunini… - Journal of The …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Battery electrodes are composed of polydisperse particles and a porous, composite binder
domain. These materials are arranged into a complex mesostructure whose morphology …

Developments in X-ray tomography characterization for electrochemical devices

TMM Heenan, C Tan, J Hack, DJL Brett, PR Shearing - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the last century, X-ray imaging instruments and their accompanying tomographic
reconstruction algorithms have developed considerably. With improved tomogram quality …