Current commercial batteries cannot meet the requirements of next-generation technologies,
meaning that the creation of new high-performance batteries at low cost is essential for the …

Polycrystalline materials are ubiquitous in technology, and grain boundaries have long been
known to affect materials properties and performance. First principles materials modeling …

Abstract Space-charge layers are frequently believed responsible for the large resistance of
different interfaces in all-solid-state Li batteries. However, such propositions are based on …

The use of solid electrolytes can fundamentally change energy storage systems due to their
higher safety and energy density. Herein, we design hydrogen-bonded polyethylene oxide …

Lithium–sulfur batteries (LSBs) are among the most promising energy storage technologies
due to the low cost and high abundance of S. However, the issue of polysulfide shuttling with …

Oxide solid electrolytes (OSEs) have the potential to achieve improved safety and energy
density for lithium-ion batteries, but their high grain-boundary (GB) resistance generally is a …

Extended defects, including exposed surfaces and grain boundaries (GBs), are critical to the
properties of polycrystalline solid electrolytes in all‐solid‐state batteries (ASSBs). These …

Compositionally complex ceramics (CCCs), including high-entropy ceramics, offer a vast,
unexplored compositional space for materials discovery. Herein, we propose and …

In the face of the current climate emergency and the performance, safety, and cost limitations
current state-of-art Li-ion batteries present, solid-state batteries are widely anticipated to …

The discovery of the lithium superionic conductor Li10GeP2S12 (LGPS) has led to
significant research activity on solid electrolytes for high-performance solid-state batteries …