Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31913275›Full record

ArticleNature communications2020

Charge distribution guided by grain crystallographic orientations in polycrystalline battery materials.

Zhengrui Xu, Zhisen Jiang, Chunguang Kuai, Rong Xu, Changdong Qin, Yan Zhang, Muhammad Mominur Rahman, Chenxi Wei, Dennis Nordlund, Cheng-Jun Sun and 6 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Chemical heterogeneity for battery materials.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2026
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Advancing Sodium-Ion Battery Cathodes: A Low-Cost, Eco-Friendly Mechanofusion Route from TiOChemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2025
    Article
  9. Effect of a Two-Step Temperature-Swing Synthesis on Coarse-Grained LiNiOChemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society · 2025
    Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Zhengrui XuDepartment of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
Zhisen JiangStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Chunguang KuaiDepartment of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
Rong XuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3694-595X
Changdong QinBeijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Properties of Solids, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
Yan ZhangStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Muhammad Mominur RahmanDepartment of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA.
Chenxi WeiStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
Dennis NordlundStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9524-6908
Cheng-Jun SunAdvanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA.
Xianghui XiaoNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7142-3452
Xi-Wen DuInstitute of New-Energy Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2811-147X
Kejie ZhaoSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5030-7412
Pengfei YanBeijing Key Laboratory of Microstructure and Properties of Solids, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6387-7502
Yijin LiuStanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. liuyijin@slac.stanford.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8417-2488
Feng LinDepartment of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA. fenglin@vt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3729-3148

Funding

National Science Foundation (NSF) DMR 1832613U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-06CH11357U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-AC02-76SF00515U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) DE-SC0012704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Architecting grain crystallographic orientation can modulate charge distribution and chemomechanical properties for enhancing the performance of polycrystalline battery materials. However, probing the interplay between charge distribution, grain crystallographic orientation, and performance remains a daunting challenge. Herein, we elucidate the spatially resolved charge distribution in lithium layered oxides with different grain crystallographic arrangements and establish a model to quantify their charge distributions. While the holistic "surface-to-bulk" charge distribution prevails in polycrystalline particles, the crystallographic orientation-guided redox reaction governs the charge distribution in the local charged nanodomains. Compared to the randomly oriented grains, the radially aligned grains exhibit a lower cell polarization and higher capacity retention upon battery cycling. The radially aligned grains create less tortuous lithium ion pathways, thus improving the charge homogeneity as statistically quantified from over 20 million nanodomains in polycrystalline particles. This study provides an improved understanding of the charge distribution and chemomechanical properties of polycrystalline battery materials.

Identifiers

PMID31913275
PMCPMC6949258

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.