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This paper contains a thorough investigation of the performance of electrically activated layered soft dielectric composite actuators under plane deformation. Noting that the activation can be induced controlling either the voltage or the…
Accurate monitoring of lithium-ion battery (LIB) degradation is essential, yet it remains challenging due to the complex, nonlinear, and time-varying nature of electrochemical aging processes. Conventional equivalent circuit models (ECMs)…
Accurate modeling of lithium ion (li-ion) batteries is essential for enhancing the safety, and efficiency of electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. This paper presents a data-inspired approach for improving the fidelity of…
The dynamic of contact formation between soft materials immersed in a fluid is accompanied by fluid drainage and elastic deformation. As a result, controlling the coupling between lubrication pressure and elasticity provides strategies to…
Distributions of potential and lithium content inside lithium ion batteries highly affects their performance and durability. An increased heterogeneity of the lithium distribution is expected in thick electrodes with high energy densities…
All-solid-state batteries fail not only by bulk transport limits, but by a reactive interface that evolves during cycling. We show that degradation is governed by two coupled processes: interfacial breathing, the cycle-scale oscillation of…
A novel approach is presented to efficiently include transport effects in thin active material coating layers of all-solid-state batteries using a dimensionally reduced formulation embedded into a three-dimensionally resolved coupled…
We study the chemical nature of the bonding of an oxide layer to the parent metal. In order to disentangle chemical effects from strain/misfit, Ti(10$\bar{1}$0)/TiO$_{2}$(100) interface has been chosen. We use the density functional…
Battery safety is important, yet safety limits are normally static and do not evolve as batteries degrade. Consequently, many battery systems are overengineered to meet increasingly stringent safety demands. In this work we show that…
To unlock the full potential of lithium metal batteries, a deep understanding of lithium metal reactivity and its solid electrolyte interphase is essential. Correlative imaging, combining focused ion beam and electron microscopy offers a…
The development of sustainable transportation and communication systems requires an increase in both energy density and capacity retention of Li-batteries. Using substrates forming a solid solution with body centered cubic Li enhances the…
Durable interfacing of hard and soft materials is a major design challenge caused by the ensuing stress concentrations. In nature, soft-hard interfaces exhibit remarkable mechanical performance, with failures rarely happening at the…
The use of liquid metal batteries is considered as one promising option for electric grid stabilisation. While large versions of such batteries are preferred in view of the economies of scale, they are susceptible to various…
In this work we present molecular dynamics simulations on the creep behavior of $\rm Cu_{64}Zr_{36}$ metallic glass composites. Surprisingly, all composites exhibit much higher creep rates than the homogeneous glass. The glass-crystal…
We briefly review the effects of selective solvation of ions in aqueous mixtures, where the ion densities and the composition fluctuations are strongly coupled. We then examine the surface tension \gamma of a liquid-liquid interface in the…
The shape of a liquid-air interface advancing on a heterogeneous surface was studied experimentally, together with the force induced by the pinning of the contact line to surface defects. Different surfaces were considered with circular…
Next-generation high-energy-density batteries require ideally stable metal anodes, for which smooth metal deposits during battery recharging are considered a sign of interfacial stability that can ensure high efficiency and long cycle life.…
Using different segmental dynamics and relaxation, characteristics of the interface growth is examined in an electrophoretic deposition of polymer chains on a three (2+1) dimensional discrete lattice with a Monte Carlo simulation.…
The most promising solid electrolytes for all-solid-state Li batteries are oxide and sulfide ceramics. Current ceramic solid electrolytes are brittle and lack the toughness to withstand the mechanical stresses of repeated charge and…
Advancing lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in both design and usage is key to promoting electrification in the coming decades to mitigate human-caused climate change. Inadequate understanding of LIB degradation is an important bottleneck that…