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The Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division (ESDR) works on developing advanced batteries and fuel cells for transportation and stationary energy storage, grid-connected technologies for a cleaner, more reliable, resilient, and cost-effective future, and demand responsive and distributed energy technologies for a dynamic electric grid.
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We work closely with academic, government and industry partners to conduct foundational and applied research that provides the groundwork for the development of transformative new energy technologies in the areas of energy storage and conversion, electrical grid, advanced materials for the energy infrastructure, science of manufacturing and water-energy nexus.

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2019

Shen, Hao, Eongyu Yi, Marco Amores, Lei Cheng, Nobumichi Tamura, Dilworth Y. Parkinson, Guoying Chen, Kai Chen, and Marca M. Doeff."Oriented porous LLZO 3D structures obtained by freeze casting for battery applications."Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7.36 (2019) 20861 - 20870. DOI

Shen, Hao, Eongyu Yi, Marco Amores, Lei Cheng, Nobumichi Tamura, Dilworth Y. Parkinson, Guoying Chen, Kai Chen, and Marca M. Doeff."Oriented porous LLZO 3D structures obtained by freeze casting for battery applications."Journal of Materials Chemistry A 7.36 (2019) 20861 - 20870. DOI

Shen, Hao, Eongyu Yi, Lei Cheng, Marco Amores, Guoying Chen, Stephen W. Sofie, and Marca M. Doeff."Solid-state electrolyte considerations for electric vehicle batteries."Sustainable Energy & Fuels 3.7 (2019) 1647 - 1659. DOI

2018

Cheng, Lei, Miao Liu, Apurva Mehta, Huolin L. Xin, Feng Lin, Kristin A. Persson, Guoying Chen, Ethan J. Crumlin, and Marca M. Doeff."Garnet Electrolyte Surface Degradation and Recovery."ACS Applied Energy Materials 1.12 (2018) 7244 - 7252. DOI

Rettenwander, Daniel, Reinhard Wagner, Andreas Reyer, Maximilian Bonta, Lei Cheng, Marca M. Doeff, Andreas Limbeck, Martin Wilkening, and Georg Amthauer."Interface Instability of Fe-Stabilized Li₇La ₃Zr₂O₁₂ versus Li Metal."The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 122.7 (2018) 3780 - 3785. DOI

2017

Yi, Tanghong, Wei Chen, Lei Cheng, Ryan D. Bayliss, Feng Lin, Michael R. Plews, Dennis Nordlund, Marca M. Doeff, Kristin A. Persson, and Jordi Cabana."Investigating the Intercalation Chemistry of Alkali Ions in Fluoride Perovskites."Chemistry of Materials 29.4 (2017) 1561 - 1568. DOI

Lin, Feng, Yijin Liu, Xiqian Yu, Lei Cheng, Andrej Singer, Oleg G. Shpyrko, Huolin L. Xin, Nobumichi Tamura, Chixia Tian, Tsu-Chien Weng, Xiao-Qing Yang, Ying Shirley Meng, Dennis Nordlund, Wanli Yang, and Marca M. Doeff."Synchrotron X-ray Analytical Techniques for Studying Materials Electrochemistry in Rechargeable Batteries."Chemical Reviews 117.21 (2017) 13123 - 13186. DOI

Kan, Wang Hay, Saravanan Kuppan, Lei Cheng, Marca M. Doeff, Jagjit Nanda, Ashfia Huq, and Guoying Chen."Crystal Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Li _xMn _1.5Ni _0.5O ₄Solid Solution Cathode Materials."Chemistry of Materials 29.16 (2017) 6818 - 6828. DOI

Cheng, Lei, Huaming Hou, Simon F. Lux, Robert Kostecki, Ryan Davis, Vassilia Zorba, Apurva Mehta, and Marca M. Doeff."Enhanced lithium ion transport in garnet-type solid state electrolytes."Journal of Electroceramics 38.2-4 (2017) 168 - 175. DOI

2015

Canepa, Pieremanuele, Saivenkataraman Jayaraman, Lei Cheng, Nav Nidhi Rajput, William D. Richards, Gopalakrishnan Sai Gautam, Larry A. Curtiss, Kristin A. Persson, and Gerbrand Ceder."Elucidating the structure of the magnesium aluminum chloride complex electrolyte for magnesium-ion batteries."Energy & Environmental Science 8.12 (2015) 3718 - 3730. DOI

Cheng, Lei, Cheng Hao Wu, Angelique Jarry, Wei Chen, Yifan Ye, Junfa Zhu, Robert Kostecki, Kristin A. Persson, Jinghua Guo, Miquel Salmeron, Guoying Chen, and Marca M. Doeff."Interrelationships among Grain Size, Surface Composition, Air Stability, and Interfacial Resistance of Al-Substituted LiLa...."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7.32 (2015) 17649 - 17655. DOI

Qu, Xiaohui, Anubhav Jain, Nav Nidhi Rajput, Lei Cheng, Yong Zhang, Shyue P. Ong, Miriam Brafman, Edward Maginn, Larry A. Curtiss, and Kristin A. Persson."The Electrolyte Genome project: A big data approach in battery materials discovery."Computational Materials Science 103 (2015) 56-67. DOI

Park, Joong Sun, Lei Cheng, Vassilia Zorba, Apurva Mehta, Jordi Cabana, Guoying Chen, Marca M. Doeff, Thomas J. Richardson, Jung Hoon Park, Ji-Won Son, and Wan-Shick Hong."Effects of Crystallinity and Impurities on the Electrical Conductivity of Li-La-Zr-O Thin Films."Thin Solid Films 576 (2015) 55-60. DOI

Cheng, Lei, Rajeev S. Assary, Xiaohui Qu, Anubhav Jain, Shyue P. Ong, Nav Nidhi Rajput, Kristin A. Persson, and Larry A. Curtiss."Accelerating Electrolyte Discovery for Energy Storage with High-Throughput Screening."The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6 (2015) 283-291. DOI

Cheng, Lei, Wei Chen, Martin Kunz, Kristin A. Persson, Nobumichi Tamura, Guoying Chen, and Marca M. Doeff."Effect of surface microstructure on electrochemical performance of garnet solid electrolytes."ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 7 (2015) 2073-81. DOI

2014

Cheng, Lei, Ethan J. Crumlin, Chen Wei, Ruimin Qiao, Hou Huaming, Simon F. Lux, Vassilia Zorba, Richard E. Russo, Robert Kostecki, Zhi Liu, Kristin A. Persson, Wanli Yang, Jordi Cabana, Thomas J. Richardson, Guoying Chen, and Marca M. Doeff."The origin of high electrolyte–electrode interfacial resistances in lithium cells containing garnet type solid electrolytes."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16.34 (2014) 18294-18300. DOI

Cheng, Lei, Joong Sun Park, Huaming Hou, Vassilia Zorba, Guoying Chen, Thomas J. Richardson, Jordi Cabana, Richard E. Russo, and Marca M. Doeff."Effect of microstructure and surface impurity segregation on the electrical and electrochemical properties of dense Al-substituted Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂."Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2.1 (2014) 172-181. DOI

2013

Zhang, Liying, Lei Cheng, Jordi Cabana, Guoying Chen, Marca M. Doeff, and Thomas J. Richardson."Effect of lithium borate addition on the physical and electrochemical properties of the lithium ion conductor Li_3.4Si_0.4P_0.6O₄."Solid State Ionics 231 (2013) 109-115. DOI

Tucker, Michael C., Lei Cheng, and Lutgard C. De Jonghe."Inorganic binder-containing composite cathode contact materials for solid oxide fuel cells."Journal of Power Sources 224 (2013) 174 - 179. DOI

Park, Jung Hoon, Wan-Shick Hong, Joong Sun Park, Lei Cheng, Jordi Cabana, Guoying Chen, Marca M. Doeff, Yuyi Li, Thomas J. Richardson, and Ji-Won Son."Aluminum Migration during Deposition of Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ Thin Films on Aluminum Oxide Substrates."ECS Transactions 53.36 (2013) 1-4. DOI

2011

Tucker, Michael C., and Lei Cheng."Integrated thermal management strategy and materials for solid oxide fuel cells."Journal of Power Sources 196.23 (2011) 10074 - 10078. DOI

Tucker, Michael C., Lei Cheng, and Lutgard C. De Jonghe."Glass-containing composite cathode contact materials for solid oxide fuel cells."Journal of Power Sources 196.20 (2011) 8435 - 8443. DOI

Tucker, Michael C., Lei Cheng, and Lutgard C. De Jonghe."Selection of cathode contact materials for solid oxide fuel cells."Journal of Power Sources 196.20 (2011) 8313 - 8322. DOI