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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Nucleation at solid-liquid interfaces is accompanied by the reconfiguration of electrical double layers.

Qian Ai, Lalith Krishna Samanth Bonagiri, Kaustubh S Panse, Jaehyeon Kim, Shan Zhou, Yingjie Zhang

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Qian AiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0009-0006-1236-3652
Lalith Krishna Samanth BonagiriMaterials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0001-5491-2097
Kaustubh S PanseDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.
Jaehyeon KimDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-4137-1516
Shan ZhouDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-6476-3280
Yingjie ZhangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-2704-8894

Funding

DOD | AF | AMC | AFRL | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) FA9550-22-1-0014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In electrochemical systems, the structure of electrical double layers (EDLs) near electrode surfaces is crucial for energy conversion and storage functions. While the electrodes in real-world systems are usually heterogeneous, to date the investigation of EDLs is mainly limited to planar, homogeneous substrates. To bridge this gap, here we image the EDL structure of an ionic liquid/graphite battery anode system in the initial stage of interfacial nucleation and growth using our recently developed electrochemical 3D atomic force microscopy. Upon surface nucleation of lithium-containing compounds, the local EDL layers exhibit pronounced restructuring, featuring bending, breaking, and/or reconnecting patterns that switch when the size of the local interphase cluster changes. These EDL reconfiguration patterns are likely universal during nucleation and growth, calling into attention the hitherto hidden contribution of EDL heterogeneity on electrochemical processes.

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atomic force microscopyelectrical double layersheterogeneous electrodenucleation and growthsolid–liquid interfaces

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PMID40699927
PMCPMC12318177

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