Top five picks (update periodically)

  • Mu L,† Hou D,† Foley EE,† Dai M, Zhang J, Jiang Z, Rahman MM, Fu Y, Ma L, Hu E, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Liu J, Hu J-M, Liu Y, Clément RJ, Lin F (2024) Revealing the Chemical and Structural Complexity of Electrochemical Ion Exchange in Layered Oxide Materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), :jacs.4c08089.
  • Xia D, Tao L, Hou D, Hu A, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Sun C, Xiao X, Li L, Huang H, Lin F (2024) A green, fire‐retarding ether solvent for sustainable high‐voltage li‐ion batteries at standard salt concentration. Advanced Energy Materials, :2400773.
  • Hou D, Liu J, Xu Z, Yang Z, Xiao X, Lin F (2023) Cross-length-scale investigation reveals the spatial thermo-chemical dynamics hidden in Ni-rich layered Li-ion cathodes. Matter, 7(2):640–654.
  • Hou D,† Han J,† Geng C, Xu Z, AlMarzooqi MM, Zhang J, Yang Z, Min J, Xiao X, Borkiewicz O, Wiaderek K, Liu Y, Zhao K, Lin F (2022) Surface coating by mechanofusion modulates bulk charging pathways and battery performance of Ni-rich layered cathodes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 119(49)
  • Li J, Sharma N, Jiang Z, Yang Y, Monaco F, Xu Z, Hou D, Ratner D, Pianetta P, Cloetens P, Lin F, Zhao K, Liu Y (2022) Dynamics of particle network in composite battery cathodes. Science, 376(6592)

Publications († for co-first authors, * for corresponding authors)

  1. Xia D, Huang W, Shi C, Promi A, Hou D, Sun C, Hwang S, Kwon G, Huang H, Lin F (2025) Stable-Cycling Sustainable Na-Ion Batteries with Olivine Iron Phosphate Cathode in an Ether Electrolyte. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13(1):241–250. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c06900
  2. Mu L,† Hou D,† Foley EE,† Dai M, Zhang J, Jiang Z, Rahman MM, Fu Y, Ma L, Hu E, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Liu J, Hu J-M, Liu Y, Clément RJ, Lin F (2024) Revealing the Chemical and Structural Complexity of Electrochemical Ion Exchange in Layered Oxide Materials. Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), :jacs.4c08089. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c08089
  3. Xia D, Tao L, Hou D, Hu A, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Sun C, Xiao X, Li L, Huang H, Lin F (2024) A green, fire‐retarding ether solvent for sustainable high‐voltage li‐ion batteries at standard salt concentration. Advanced Energy Materials, :2400773. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202400773
  4. Tao L, Xia D, Sittisomwong P, Zhang H, Lai J, Hwang S, Li T, Ma B, Hu A, Min J, Hou D, Shah SR, Zhao K, Yang G, Zhou H, Li L, Bai P, Shi F, Lin F (2024) Solvent-Mediated, Reversible Ternary Graphite Intercalation Compounds for Extreme-Condition Li-Ion Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), 146(24):16764–16774. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c04594
  5. Zhang Y, Hu A, Hou D, Kwon G, Xia D, Li L, Lin F (2024) A Comparative Study of Degradation Behaviors of LiFePO4, LiMn2O4, and LiNi0.8Mn0.1Co0.1O2 in Different Aqueous Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 171(2):020526. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad24c0
  6. Hu X, Zhao Z, Zhao Y, Wang X, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Ruse CM, Zhou X-D, Boettcher SW, Hou D,* Hong Q-J,* Mu L* (2024) Interfacial degradation of the NMC/Li6PS5Cl composite cathode in all-solid-state batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12(6):3700–3710. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA06092F
  7. Hou D, Liu J, Xu Z, Yang Z, Xiao X, Lin F (2023) Cross-length-scale investigation reveals the spatial thermo-chemical dynamics hidden in Ni-rich layered Li-ion cathodes. Matter, 7(2):640–654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2023.11.025
  8. Hou D,† Han J,† Geng C, Xu Z, AlMarzooqi MM, Zhang J, Yang Z, Min J, Xiao X, Borkiewicz O, Wiaderek K, Liu Y, Zhao K, Lin F (2022) Surface coating by mechanofusion modulates bulk charging pathways and battery performance of Ni-rich layered cathodes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 119(49) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2212802119
  9. Li J, Sharma N, Jiang Z, Yang Y, Monaco F, Xu Z, Hou D, Ratner D, Pianetta P, Cloetens P, Lin F, Zhao K, Liu Y (2022) Dynamics of particle network in composite battery cathodes. Science, 376(6592) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm8962
  10. Hou D,† Xu Z,† Yang Z, Kuai C, Du Z, Sun C-J, Ren Y, Liu J, Xiao X, Lin F (2022) Effect of the grain arrangements on the thermal stability of polycrystalline nickel-rich lithium-based battery cathodes. Nature Communications, 13(1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30935-y
  11. Sun H, Hu A, Spence S, Kuai C, Hou D, Mu L, Liu J, Li L, Sun C, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Luo W, Huang Y, Lin F (2022) Tailoring Disordered/Ordered Phases to Revisit the Degradation Mechanism of High-Voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Spinel Cathode Materials. Advanced Functional Materials, 32(21) https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202112279
  12. Xiao X, Xu Z, Hou D, Yang Z, Lin F (2022) Rigid registration algorithm based on the minimization of the total variation of the difference map. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 29 https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577522005598
  13. Yang Z, Mu L, Hou D, Rahman MM, Xu Z, Liu J, Nordlund D, Sun C-J, Xiao X, Lin F (2021) Probing Dopant Redistribution, Phase Propagation, and Local Chemical Changes in the Synthesis of Layered Oxide Battery Cathodes. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(1) https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202002719
  14. Rahman MM, McGuigan S, Li S, Gao L, Hou D, Yang Z, Xu Z, Lee S-J, Sun C-J, Liu J, Huang X, Xiao X, Chu Y, Sainio S, Nordlund D, Kong X, Liu Y, Lin F (2021) Chemical modulation of local transition metal environment enables reversible oxygen redox in Mn-based layered cathodes. ACS Energy Letters, 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.1c01071
  15. Xu Z, Hou D, Kautz DJ, Liu W, Xu R, Xiao X, Lin F (2020) Charging Reactions Promoted by Geometrically Necessary Dislocations in Battery Materials Revealed by In Situ Single-Particle Synchrotron Measurements. Advanced Materials, 32(37) https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202003417
  16. Park KR,† Han H,† Hou D,† Jones JL, Oh N, Ahn C, Lee J, Lee SH, Mhin S (2020) Crystal structures and electrical properties of cobalt manganese spinel oxides. Materials Today Communications, 25 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101298
  17. Si H, Liang X, Liu S, Hua D, Hou D, Xu M, Liu S, Mei N (2020) Study of a deep LSTM model for power prediction of micro-combustor. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 514(4) https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/514/4/042073
  18. Wang B, Chen H, Li Y, Si H, Wei H, Guo Z, Gu Z, Hou D (2019) Properties of activated carbon regulated by rapid cooling treatment after pyrolysis. BioResources, 14(4) https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.14.4.7935-7942
  19. Johnson B, Fancher CM, Hou D, Jones JL (2019) Structure of HfO2 modified with Y, Gd, and Zr at ambient conditions and high pressures. Journal of Applied Physics, 126(20) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5121024
  20. Manjón-Sanz A, Culbertson CM, Hou D, Jones JL, Dolgos MR (2019) Total scattering and diffraction studies of lead-free piezoelectric (1-x)Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3-x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 deconvolute intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to electromechanical. Acta Materialia, 171 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.04.005
  21. Hou D,† Zhao C,† Paterson AR, Li S, Jones JL (2018) Local structures of perovskite dielectrics and ferroelectrics via pair distribution function analyses. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 38(4) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.12.003
  22. Zhao C, Hou D, Chung C-C, Zhou H, Kynast A, Hennig E, Liu W, Li S, Jones JL (2018) Deconvolved intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to electrostrain in high performance, Nb-doped Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O3 piezoceramics (0.50≤x≤0.56). Acta Materialia, 158 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2018.08.006
  23. Hou D, Usher T-M, Fulanovic L, Vrabelj M, Otonicar M, Ursic H, Malic B, Levin I, Jones JL (2018) Field-induced polarization rotation and phase transitions in 0.70Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.30PbTiO3 piezoceramics observed by in situ high-energy x-ray scattering. Physical Review B, 97(21) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.214102
  24. Zhao C, Hou D, Chung C-C, Yu Y, Liu W, Li S, Jones JL (2017) Local structural behavior of PbZr0.5Ti0.5O3 during electric field application via in situ pair distribution function study. Journal of Applied Physics, 122(17) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5010192
  25. Hou D, Usher T-M, Zhou H, Raengthon N, Triamnak N, Cann DP, Forrester JS, Jones JL (2017) Temperature-induced local and average structural changes in BaTiO3-xBi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3 solid solutions: The origin of high temperature dielectric permittivity. Journal of Applied Physics, 122(6) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4989393
  26. Huang S, Kim T, Hou D, Cann D, Jones JL, Jiang X (2017) Flexoelectric characterization of BaTiO3-0.08Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3. Applied Physics Letters, 110(22) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984212
  27. Hou D, Aksel E, Fancher CM, Usher T-M, Hoshina T, Takeda H, Tsurumi T, Jones JL (2017) Formation of sodium bismuth titanate–barium titanate during solid-state synthesis. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 100(4) https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.14631
  28. Zhao L, Hou D, Usher T-M, Iamsasri T, Fancher CM, Forrester JS, Nishida T, Moghaddam S, Jones JL (2015) Structure of 3 at.% and 9 at.% Si-doped HfO2 from combined refinement of X-ray and neutron diffraction patterns. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 646 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.06.084
  29. Rost CM, Sachet E, Borman T, Moballegh A, Dickey EC, Hou D, Jones JL, Curtarolo S, Maria J-P (2015) Entropy-stabilized oxides. Nature Communications, 6 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9485
  30. Hou D, Fancher CM, Zhao L, Esteves G, Jones JL (2015) Processing and crystallographic structure of non-equilibrium Si-doped HfO2. Journal of Applied Physics, 117 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4923023