Publications

Submitted 

Lee, J., Jiang, Z., Liang, N., Nguyen, H., Busse, G., Kwak, J., Yoo, Y., Ramachandran, H., Lim, K., Csernica, P., Li, T., Xu, X., Chung, K., Michel, K., Frerichs, J., Gent, W., Clément, R., Park, J., Chueh, W., Electrochemically-Induced Partial Cation Disorder Eliminates Lattice Collapse in Compositionally-Simple LiNi_{0. 9}Mn_{0. 1}O₂, submitted. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-sw9kw.

Panchal, A., Pennebaker, T., Sebti, E., Li, Y., Li, Y., Clément, R.*, Canepa, P.*, “On the Compatibility of Halide Bilayer Separators for All-Solid-State Batteries”, submitted. DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-pc891.

Wang, T., Ock, J., Xi, C., Wang, F., Li, M., Chambers, M., Veith, G., Shepard, L., Sinnott, S., Chi, M., Bhattacharya, A., Clément, R., Sokolov, A., Dai, S., "Flux Synthesis of A-site Disordered Perovskite La0.5M0.5TiO3 (M = Li, Na, K) Nanorods Tailored for Solid Composite Electrolytes", submitted.

Liu, M., Hong., J., Sebti, E., Zhou, K., Wang, S., Miao, Q., Harpak, N., Yu, S., Zhou, J., Oh, J. W., Song, M.-S., Luo, J., Clément, R.*, Liu, P.*, "Surface molecular engineering to enable processing of sulfide solid electrolytes in humid ambient air", submitted.

2024

Porter, H., Foley, E., Jin, W., Chen, E., Lawrence, E., Bassey, E., Clément, R.*, "Impact of Mg substitution on the structure, stability, and properties of the Na₂Fe₂F₇ weberite cathode", ACS Materials Au, accepted.

Koppe, J., Sanders, K., Robinson, T., Lejeune, A., Proriol, D., Wegner, S., Purea, A., Engelke, F., Clément, R., Grey, C., Pell, A., Pintacuda, G., “Resolving Structures of Paramagnetic Systems in Chemistry and Materials Science by Solid-State NMR: the Revolving Power of Ultra-Fast MAS”, Angew. Chem., accepted.

Nguyen, H., Bassey, E., Foley, E., Kitchaev, D., Giovine, R., Clément, R.*, "Operando electron spin probes for the study of battery processes", J. Magn. Reson., 368, 107772 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107772.

Mu, L., Hou, D., Foley, E., Dai, M., Zhang, J., Jiang, Z., Rahman, M., Fu, Y., Ma, L., Hu, E., Sainio, S., Nordlund, D., Liu, J., Hu, J.-M., Liu, Y., Clément, R.*, Lin, F.*, "Revealing the Chemical and Structural Complexity of Electrochemical Ion Exchange in Layered Oxide Materials", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 39, 26916–26925 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08089.  

Steinberg, Y., Sebti, E., Moroz, I., Zohar, A., Jardon-Alvarez, D., Bendikov, T., Maity, A., Carmieli, R., Clément, R., Leskes, M., "The Composition and Structure of the SEI on Na-Ion Anodes Revealed by Exo- and Endogenous Dynamic Nuclear Polarization - NMR Spectroscopy", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 35, 24476–24492 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06823.

Li, T., Geraci, T., Koirala, K., Zohar, A., Bassey, E., Chater, P., Wang, C., Navrotsky, A., Clément, R.*, "Structural Evolution in Disordered Rock Salt Cathodes", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 35, 24296–24309 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04639.

Iton, Z., Irving-Singh, Z., Hwang, S.-J., Bhattacharya, A., Shaker, S., Das, T., Clément, R., Goddard, W., See, K., “Modular MPS3-Based Frameworks for Superionic Conduction of Monovalent and Multivalent Ions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 146, 35, 24398–24414 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06263.

Ghosh, A., Tekliye, D. B., Foley, E., Reddy, V., Clément, R., Gautam, G, S., Senguttuvan, P., "Topochemical Modulations from 1D Iron Fluoride Precursor to 3D Frameworks", Inorg. Chem., 63(31), 14335–14344 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00425.

Ock, J., Bhattacharya, A., Wang, T., Gainaru, C., Wang, Y., Browning, K., Lehmann, M., Rahman, M., Chi, M., Wang, F., Keum, J., Kearney, L., Saito, T., Dai, S., Clément, R., Sokolov, A., Xi, C., "Percolating interfacial layers enhance conductivity in polymer-composite electrolytes", Macromolecules, 57(15), 7489–7498 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c00615.

Tzu-Yang, H., Cai, Z., Crafton, M., Giovine, R., Patterson, A., Hau, H.-M., Rastinejad, J., Rinkel, B., Clément, R., Ceder, G., McCloskey, B., “Chemical Origin of In Situ Carbon Dioxide Outgassing from a Cation-Disordered Rock Salt Cathode”, Chem. Mater., 36 (13), 6535-6546 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00756.

Wu, V., Zhong, P., Ong, J., Yoshida, E., Kwon, A., Ceder, G., Clément, R.*, "The Limited Incorporation and Role of Fluorine in Mn-rich Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes", ACS Energy Lett., 9, 3027-3035 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01075.

Ahmed, R., Koirala, K., Lee, G.-H., Li, T., Zhao, Q., Fu, Y., Zhong, L., Daddona, J., Zuba, M., Siu, C., Kahvecioglu, O., Battaglia, V., Clément, R., Yang, W., Wang, C., Xu, W., "Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes in a Localized High-Concentration Electrolyte", Adv. Energy Mater., 2400722 (2024). DOI:10.1002/aenm.202400722.

Bamford, J., Jones, S., Gordon, L., Schauser, N., Pedretti, B., Lynd, N., Clément, R., Segalman, R., “Improved Mechanical Strength Without Sacrificing Li-ion Transport in Polymer Electrolytes”, ACS Macro Letters, 13, 638-643 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00158.

Nguyen, H., Kurzhals, P., Bianchini, M., Seidel, K., Clément, R.*, “New insights into degradation modes in the LiNiO2 cathode from NMR spectroscopy”, ChemComm, 60(35), 4707-4710 (2024). DOI: 10.1039/D4CC00504J. Part of the themed collection: 2024 Emerging Investigators.

Ham, S.-Y., Sebti, E., Cronk, A., Pennebaker, T., Deysher, G., Chen, Y.-T., Oh, J. A. S., Lee, J. B., Song, M. S.,  Ridley, P., Tan, D. H. S., Clément, R., Jang, J. Meng, Y. S., "Overcoming the Low Initial Coulombic Efficiency of Si Anodes Through Prelithiation in All-solid-state Batteries", Nat. Commun., 15, 2991 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47352-y.  

Giovine, R., Yoshida, E., Ji, Y., Wu, V., Crafton, M., McCloskey, B., Clément, R.*, "An experimental approach to assess fluorine incorporation into disordered rocksalt oxide cathodes", Chem. Mater., 36(8), 3643-3654 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c03138. Part of the Chemistry of Materials virtual special issue “C. N. R. Rao at 90”.

Guan, C., Szeto, H., Wander, O., Kumar, V., Clément, R., Zhu, Y., "Fast internal preheating of 4680 lithium-ion batteries in cold environments", Nano Res., in press (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s12274-024-6652-z. 

Marioni, N., Nordness, O., Zhang, Z., Sujanani, R., Freeman, B., Segalman, R., Clément, R., Ganesan, V., "Ion and Water Dynamics in the Transition from Dry to Wet Conditions in Salt-Doped PEG", ACS Macro Lett., 13(3), 341-347 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00046.

Zhao, B., Ren, G., Mei, H., Wu, V., Singh, S., Jung, G., Chen, H., Giovine, R., Niu, S., Thind, A., Salman, J., Settineri, N., Chakoumakos, B., Manley, M., Hermann, R., Lupini, A., Chi, M., Hachtel, J., Simonov, A., Teat, S., Clément, R., Kats, M., Ravichandran, J., Mishra, R., "Giant Modulation of Refractive Index from Correlated Atomic-Scale Disorder", Adv. Mater., 36(24), 2311559 (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311559.

Zhou, J., Chandrappa, M. L. H., Tan, S., Wang, S., Wu, C., Nguyen, H., Wang, C., Liu, H., Yu, S., Miller, Q. R. S., Hyun, G., Holoubek, J., Hong, J., Soulen, C., Liang, Z., Wang, C., Clément, R., Yao, Y., Hu, E., Ong, S. P., Liu, P., "Healable Electrically Conducting Sulfur Iodide for Solid-State Li-S batteries", Nature, 627, 301–305 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07101-z.

Chamorro, J., Zuo, J., Bassey, E., Watkins, A., Zhu, G., Zohar, A., Wyckoff, K., Kinnibrugh, T., Lapidus, S., Stemmer, S., Clément, R., Wilson, S., Seshadri, R., "Soft-Chemical Synthesis, Structure Evolution, and Insulator-to-Metal Transition in Pyrochlore-like λ-RhO₂", Chem. Mater., 36(3), 1547-1558 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c02814. 

Ridley, P., Nguyen, L. H. B., Sebti, E., Duong, G., Chen, Y.-T., Sayahpour, B., Cronk, A., Deysher, G., Ham, S.-Y., Oh, J. A. S., Wu, E., Tan, D., Doux, J.-M., Clément, R., Jang, J., Meng, Y. S., “Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Halide Solid Electrolytes with Enhanced Sodium-ion Conductivity”, Matter, 7(2), 485-499 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2023.12.028.

Cai, Z., Ouyang, B., Hau, H.-M., Chen, T., Giovine, R., Koirala, K., Li, L., Ji, H., Ha, Y., Sun, Y., Huang, J., Chen, Y., Wu, V., Yang, W., Wang, C., Clément, R., Kun, Z., Ceder, G., "In situ formed partially disordered phases as earth-abundant Mn-rich cathode materials", Nat. Energy, 9, 27–36 (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01375-9. 

2023

Nguyen, H., Zaveri, A., Cui, W., Silverstein, R., Kurzhals, P., Sicolo, S., Bianchini, M., Seidel, K., Clément, R.*, "Twin boundaries contribute to the first cycle irreversibility of LiNiO₂", Adv. Funct. Mater., 2306168 (2023). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202306168.

Clément, R., Hatzell, K., Sun, Y. K., "Recent Advances in Battery Safety and Recycling. A Virtual Issue", ACS Energy Lett., 8, 4524-4527 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01939.

Pace, G., Zele, A., Nguyen, P., Clément, R., Segalman, R., "Mixed Ion-Electron-Conducting Polymer Complexes as High-Rate Battery Binders", Chem. Mater., 35(19), 8101-8111 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01587.

Patterson, A., Elizalde-Segovia, R., Wyckoff, K., Zohar, A., Ding, P., Turner, W., Poeppelmeier, K., Narayan, S., Clément, R., Seshadri, R., Griffith, K., “Rapid and Reversible Lithium Insertion in the Wadsley-Roth-Derived Phase NaNb₁₃O₃₃", Chem. Mater., 35, 6364-6373 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01066.

Pace, G., Nordness, O., Nguyen, P., Choi, Y.-J., Tran, C., Clément, R., Segalman, R., "Tuning Transport via Interaction Strength in Cationic Conjugated Polyelectrolytes", Macromolecules, accepted. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01206. 

Nordness, O., Moon, J., Marioni, N., Zofchak, E., Richardson, P., Landsmen, M., Katz, L., Hawker, C., Ganesan, V., Segalman, R.*, Clément, R.*, "Probing Water and Ion Diffusion in Functional Hydrogel Membranes by PFG-NMR", Macromolecules, accepted. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.3c00306.

Pace, G., Le, M. L., Clément, R.*, Segalman, R.*, "A Coacervate-Based Mixed-Conducting Binder for High-Power, High-Energy Batteries”, ACS Energy Lett., 8, 2781-2788 (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00829.  

Ahn, J., Giovine, R., Wu. V., Koirala, K., Wang, C., Clément, R., Chen, G., “Ultrahigh‐Capacity Rocksalt Cathodes Enabled by Cycling‐Activated Structural Changes”, Adv. Energy. Mater., 2300221 (2023). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202300221.

Foley, E., Wu, V., Jin, W., Cui, W., Yoshida, E., Manche, A., Clément, R.*, "Impact of polymorphism on the electrochemical properties of the weberite Na₂Fe₂F₇ cathode", Chem. Mater., 35(9), 3614-3627 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00233.

Crafton, M., Huang, T.-Y., Yue, Y., Giovine, R., Wu, V., Dun, C., Urban, J., Clément, R., Tong, W., McCloskey, B., “Tuning Bulk Redox and Altering Interfacial Reactivity in Highly Fluorinated Cation-Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 15(15), 18747-18762 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c16974.

Van der Ven, A., McMeeking, R., Clément, R., Garikipati, K., "Ferroelastic toughening: can it solve the mechanics challenges of solid electrolytes?", Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci., 27(2), 101056 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2023.101056.

Wu, V., Evans, H., Giovine, R., Preefer, M., Ong, J., Yoshida, E., Cabelguen, P.-E., Clément, R.*, "Rapid and Energy-Efficient Synthesis of Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes", Adv. Energy Mater., 13(10), 2203860 (2023). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202203860.

Ji, Y., Palmer, C., Foley, E., Giovine, R., Yoshida, E., McFarland, E., Clément, R.*, "Valorizing the carbon byproduct of methane pyrolysis in batteries", Carbon, 204, 26-35 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2022.12.044.

Patil, S., Darbar, D., Self, E., Malkowski, T., Wu, V., Giovine, R., Szymanski, N., McAuliffe, R., Jiang, B., Keum, J., Koirala, K., Ouyang, B., Page, K., Wang, C., Ceder, G., Clément, R., Nanda, J., "Alternate Synthesis Method for High-Performance Manganese Rich Cation Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes", Adv. Energy Mater., 13(4), 2203207 (2023). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202203207.

2022

Sebti, E., Qi, J., Richardson, P., Ridley, P., Wu, E., Banerjee, S., Giovine, R., Cronk, A., Ham, S.-Y., Meng, Y. S.*, Ong, S. P.*, Clément, R.*, "Synthetic control of structure and conduction properties in Na-Y-Zr-Cl solid electrolytes", J. Mater. Chem. A, 10, 21565-21578 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2TA05823E. Part of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A’s 2022 special issue for Emerging Investigators.

Szymanski, N., Zeng, Y., Bennett, T., Patil, S., Keum, J., Self, E., Bai, J., Cai, Z., Giovine, R., Ouyang, B., Wang, F., Bartel, C., Clément, R., Tong, W., Nanda, J., Ceder, G., "Understanding the Fluorination of Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes through Rational Exploration of Synthesis Pathways", Chem. Mater., 34(15), 7015-7028 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c01474.

Xie, S., Nikolaev, A., Nordness, O., Llanes, L., Jones, S., Richardson, P., Wang, H., Clément, R., Read de Alaniz, and Segalman, R., "Polymer Electrolyte Based on Cyano-Functionalized Polysiloxane with Enhanced Salt Dissolution and High Ionic Conductivity", Macromolecules, 55(13), 5723-5732 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00329.

Pace, G., Nordness, O., Asham, K., Clément, R., Segalman, R., "Impact of side chain chemistry on lithium transport in mixed ion-electron conducting polymers", Chem. Mater., 34(10), 4672-4681 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00592.

Ahn, J., Ha, Y., Satish, R., Giovine, R., Li, L., Liu, J., Crafton, M., McCloskey, B., Wang, C., Clément, R., Kostecki, R., Yang, W., Chen, G., "Exceptional Cycling Performance Enabled by Local Structural Rearrangements in Disordered Rocksalt Cathodes", Adv. Energy Mater., 12(27), 2200426 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202200426. 

Wu, V., Giovine, R., Foley, E., Finzel, J., Balasubramanian, M., Sebti, E., Mozur, E., Kwon, A., Clément, R.*, "Unlocking new redox activity in alluaudite cathodes through compositional design", Chem. Mater., 34(9), 4088-4103 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00324.  

Morgan, E., Evans, H., Pilar, K., Brown, C., Clément, R., Maezono, R., Seshadri, R., Monserrat, B., Cheetham, A., "Lattice Dynamics in the NASICON NaZr₂(PO₄)₃ Solid Electrolyte Revealed from Temperature-Dependent Neutron Diffraction, NMR, and Ab Initio Computational Studies", Chem. Mater., 34(9), 4029-4038 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00212.   

Sebti, E., Evans, H., Chen, H., Richardson, P., White, K., Giovine, R., Koirala, K. P., Xu, Y., Gonzalez-Correa, E., Wang, C., Brown, C., Cheetham, A., Canepa, P., Clément, R.*, "Stacking Faults Assist Lithium-Ion Conduction in a Halide-Based Superionic Conductor", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144(13), 5795-5811 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c11335.

Yue, Y., Ha, Y., Giovine, R., Clément, R., Yang, W., Tong, W., "High Voltage Reactivity and Long-Term Stability in Cation-Disordered Rocksalt Oxyfluorides", Chem. Mater., 34(4), 1524-1532 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03115.

Doeff, M., Clément, R., Canepa, P., "Solid Electrolytes in the Spotlight", Chem. Mater., 34(2), 463-467 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03770.

Nikolaev, A., Richardson, P., Xie, S., Canzian Llanes, L., Jones, S., Nordness, O., Wang. H., Bazan, G., Segalman, R.*, Clément, R.*, Read de Alaniz, J.*, "Role of Electron Deficient Imidazoles on Ion Transport and Conductivity in Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes", Macromolecules, 55(3), 971-977 (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01979.

Jones, S., Nguyen, H., Richardson, P., Chen, Y.-Q., Wyckoff, K., Hawker, C., Clément, R., Fredrickson, G., Segalman, R., "Design of Polymeric Zwitterionic Solid Electrolytes with Superionic Lithium Transport", ACS Cent. Sci., 8(2), 169-175 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c01260.

Kang, Y.-M., Cao, A., Clément, R., Chou, S.-L., Lee, S.-Y., Miao, Z., "Battery technology and sustainable energy storage and conversion as a new energy resource replacing fossil fuels", Battery Energy, 1(1), 20220200 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/bte2.20220200.

Kim, E. J., Maughan, P., Bassey, E., Clément, R., Ma, L. A., Duda, L., Sehrawat D., Younesi, R., Sharma, N., Grey, C., Armstrong, R. A., "Importance of superstructure in stabilizing oxygen redox in P3-Na_0.67Li_0.2Mn_0.8O₂", Adv. Energy Mater., 12(3), 2102325 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202102325.

2021

Cai, Z., Ji, H., Ha, Y., Liu, J., Kwon, D.-H., Zhang, Y., Urban, A., Foley, E., Giovine, R., Kim, H.,  Lun, Z., Huang, T.-Y., Zeng, G., Chen, Y., Wang, J., McCloskey, B., Balasubramanian, M., Clément, R., Yang, W., Ceder, G., "Realizing continuous cation order-to-disorder tuning in a class of high-energy spinel-type Li-ion cathodes", Matter, 4(12), 3897-3916 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2021.10.013.

Satish, R., Wichmann, L., Crafton, M., Giovine, R., Li, L., Ahn, J., Yue, Y., Tong, W., Chen, G., Wang, C., Clément, R., McCloskey, B., Kosteki, R., "Exposure history and its effect towards stabilizing Li exchange across disordered rock salt interfaces", ChemElectroChem, 8(20), 3982-3991 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100891.

Schauser, N., Richardson, P., Nikolaev, A., Cooke, P., Kliegle, G., Susca, E., Johnson, K., Wang, H., Read de Alaniz, J., Seshadri, R., Clément, R.*, Segalman, R.*, "Optimum in ligand density for conductivity in polymer electrolytes", Mol. Sys. Des. Eng., 6(12), 1025-1038 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D1ME00089F.

Ghosh, S., Barman, N., Gonzalez-Correa, E., Mazumber, M., Zaveri, A., Giovine, R., Manche, A., Pati, S., Clément, R.*, Senguttuvan, P.*, "Elucidating the Impact of Mg Substitution on the Properties of NASICON-Na_3+yV_2-yMg_y(PO₄)₃ Cathodes", Adv. Funct. Mater., 31(48), 2105463 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202105463.

Zhang, Y., Self, E., Thapaliya, B., Giovine, R., Li, L., Yang, Y., Chen, D., Meyer, H., Chen, G., Tong, W., Wang, C., Clément, R., Dai, S., Nanda, J., "Formation of LiF Surface Layer During Direct Fluorination of High Capacity Co-Free Disordered Rock-Salt Cathodes", ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13(32), 38221-38228 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c07882.

Foley, E., Wong, A., Vincent, R., Manche, A., Zaveri, A., Gonzalez-Correa, E., Ménard, G., Clément, R.*, "Probing reaction processes and reversibility in Earth-abundant Na₃FeF₆ for Na-ion batteries", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 23(36), 20052-20064 (2021). DOI: 10.1039/D1CP02763H.

Peng, L., Clément, R., Lin, M., Yang, Y., "Chapter 1. NMR Principles of Paramagnetic Materials" in "NMR and MRI of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials and Devices", pp. 1-70 (2021). Eds. Yang, Y., Fu, R., Huo, H., New Developments in NMR Series, Royal Society of Chemistry. DOI: 10.1039/9781839160097-00001. eISBN: 978-1-83916-009-7.

Wu, E., Banerjee, S., Tang, H., Richardson, P., Doux, J.-M., Qi, J., Zhu, Z., Grenier, A., Li, Y., Zhao, E., Deysher, G., Sebti, E., Nguyen, H., Stephens, R., Verbist, G., Chapman, K., Clément*, R., Banerjee*, A., Meng*, Y. S., Ong*, S. P., "A stable cathode-solid electrolyte composite for high voltage, long-cycle-life solid-state sodium-ion batteries", Nat. Commun., 12, 1256 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21488-7.

Lun, Z., Ouyang, B., Kwon, D.-H., Ha, Y., Foley, E., Huang, T.-Y., Cai, Z., Kim, H., Balasubramanian, M., Sun, Y., Huang, J., Tian, Y., Kim, H., McCloskey, B., Yang, W., Clément, R., Ji, H., Ceder, G., "Cation-disordered rocksalt-type high-entropy cathodes for Li-ion batteries", Nat. Mater., 20, 214-221 (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-00816-0. 

Schauser, N., Nikolaev, A., Richardson, P., Xie, S., Johnson, K., Susca, E., Wang, H., Seshadri, R., Clément, R.*, Read de Alaniz, J.*, Segalman, R.*, "Glass Transition Temperature and Ion Binding Determine Conductivity and Lithium−Ion Transport in Polymer Electrolytes", ACS Macro Letters, 10, 104-109 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00788. 

2020

Zhong, P., Cai, Z., Zhang, Y., Giovine, R., Ouyang, B., Zeng, G., Chen, Y., Clément, R., Lun, Z., Ceder, G., "Increasing capacity in disordered rocksalt cathodes by Mg doping", Chem. Mater., 32(24), 10728-10736 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04109. 

Nguyen, H., Clément, R.*, "Rechargeable batteries from the perspective of the electron spin", ACS Energy Lett., 5(12), 3848-3859 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.0c02074. We made the cover!

Bianchini, M., Wang, J., Clément, R., Ouyang, B., Xiao, P., Kitchaev, D., Shi, T., Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Kim, H., Zhang, M., Bai, J., Wang, F., Sun, W., Ceder, G., “The interplay between thermodynamics and kinetics in the solid-state synthesis of layered oxides”, Nat. Mater., 19, 1088 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0688-6.

Yue, Y., Li, N., Li, L., Foley, E., Fu, Y., Battaglia, V., Clément, R., Wang, C., Tong, W., "Redox Behaviors in Li-excess Cation-Disordered Mn-Nb-OF Rocksalt Cathode", Chem. Mater., 32(11), 4490 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b05221.

Ji, H., Wu, J., Cai, Z., Liu, J., Kwon, D.-H., Kim, H., Urban, A., Papp, J., Foley, E., Tian, Y., Balasubramanian, M., Kim, H., Clément, R., McCloskey, B., Yang, W., Ceder, G., "Ultrahigh power and energy density in partially ordered lithium-ion cathode materials", Nat. Energy, 5, 213 (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-0573-1.

Clément, R., Lun, Z., Ceder, G., "Cation-disordered Rocksalt Transition Metal Oxides and Oxyfluorides for High Energy Lithium-ion Cathodes", Energy Environ. Sci., 13, 345 (2020). DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02803J.

Lun, Z., Ouyang, B., Cai, Z., Clément, R., Kwon, D.-H., Huang, J.,  Papp, J., Balasubramanian, M., Tian, Y., McCloskey, B., Ji, H., Kim, H., Kitchaev, D., Ceder, G., "Design principles for high-capacity Mn-based cation-disordered rocksalt cathodes", Chem., 6(1), 153 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2019.10.001.

2019

Pilar, K., Deng, Z., Preefer, M., Cooley, J., Clément, R., Seshadri, R., Cheetham, A., "Ab initio computation for solid-state ³¹P NMR of inorganic phosphates: revisiting X-ray structures", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 21, 10070 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/C9CP01420A.

Ji, H., Kitchaev, D., Lun, Z., Kim, H., Foley, E., Kwon, D.-K., Tian, Y., Balasubramanian, M., Bianchini, M., Cai, Z., Clément, R., Kim, J., Ceder, G., "Computational Investigation and Experimental Realization of Disordered High-Capacity Li-ion cathodes Based on Ni Redox", Chem. Mater., 31(7), 2431 (2019). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b05096.

Lun, Z., Ouyang, B., Kitchaev, D., Clément, R., Papp, J., Balasubramanian, M., Tian, Y., Lei, T., Shi, T., McCloskey, B., Lee, J., Ceder, G., "Improved Cycling Performance of Li‐Excess Cation‐Disordered Cathode Materials upon Fluorine Substitution", Adv Energy Mater., 9, 1802959 (2019). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201802959.

2018

Peterson, C., Swift, M., Porter, Z., Clément, R., Wu, G., Ahn, G., Moon, S., Chakoumakos, B., Ruff, J., Cao, H., Van de Walle, C., Wilson, S., "Sr₃Ir₂O₇F₂: Topochemical conversion of a relativistic Mott state into a spin-orbit driven band insulator", Phys. Rev. B, 98, 155128 (2018). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.155128.

Clément, R., Kitchaev, D., Lee, J., Ceder, G., "Short-range order and unusual modes of nickel redox in a fluorine-substituted disordered rocksalt oxide lithium-ion cathode", Chem. Mater., 30(19), 6945 (2018). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b03794.

Bianchini, M., Wang, J., Clément, R., Ceder, G., "A First-Principles and Experimental Investigation of Nickel Solubility in the P2 Na_xCoO₂ Sodium-ion Cathode", Adv Energy Mater., 8, 1801446 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201801446.

Kim, H., Seo, D.-H., Bianchini, M., Clément, R., Kim, H., Kim, J., Tian, Y., Shi, T., Yoon, W.-S., Ceder, G., "A New Strategy for High-Voltage Cathodes for K-ion Batteries: Stoichiometric KVPO₄F", Adv Energy Mater., 8, 1801591 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201801591.

Kitchaev, D., Lun, Z., Richards, W., Ji, H., Clément, R., Balasubramanian, M., Kwon, D.-H., Dai, K., Papp, J., Lei, T., McCloskey, B., Yang, W., Lee, J., Ceder, G., "Design principles for high transition metal capacity in disordered rocksalt Li-ion cathodes", Energy Environ. Sci., 11, 2159 (2018). DOI: 10.1039/C8EE00816G.

Lee, J., Kitchaev, D., Kwon, D.-H., Lee, C.-W., Papp, J., Liu, Y.-S., Lun, Z., Clément, R., Shi, T., McCloskey, B., Guo, J., Balasubramanian, M., Ceder, G., "Reversible Mn²⁺/Mn⁴⁺ double redox in lithium-excess cathode materials", Nature, 556(7700), 185 (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0015-4.

2017

Lee, J., Papp, J., Clément, R., Sallis, S., Kwon, D.-H., Shi, T., Yang, W., McCloskey, B., Ceder, G., "Mitigating oxygen loss to improve the cycling performance of high capacity cation-disordered cathode materials", Nat. Commun., 8(1), 190 (2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01115-0.

Ma, C., Alvarado, J., Xu, J., Clément, R., Kodur, M., Tong, W., Grey, C., Meng, S., "Exploring Oxygen Activity in the High Energy P2-Type Na_0.78Ni_0.23Mn_0.69O₂ Cathode Material for Na-ion Batteries", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 139(13), 4835 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00164.

Clément, R., Xu, J., Middlemiss, D., Alvarado, J., Ma, C., Meng, S., Grey, C., "Direct Evidence for High Na⁺ Mobility and High Voltage Structural Processes in P₂-Na_x[Li_yNi_zMn_1-y-z]O₂ (x,y,z ≤ 1) Cathodes from ²³Na and ⁷Li Solid-State NMR and First Principles Density Functional Theory Calculations", J. Mater. Chem. A, 5(8), 4129 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C6TA09601H.

Dally, R., Clément, R., Chisnell, R., Taylor, S., Butala, M., Doan-Nguyen, V., Balasubramanian, M., Lynn, J., Grey, C., Wilson, S., "Floating zone growth of α-Na_0.90MnO₂ single crystals", J. Cryst. Growth, 459, 203 (2017). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.12.010.

2016

Clément, R., Middlemiss, D., Seymour, I, Ilott, A., Grey, C., "Insights into the Nature and Evolution upon Electrochemical Cycling of Planar Defects in the β-NaMnO₂ Na-ion Battery Cathode: An NMR and First Principles DFT Approach", Chem. Mater., 28(22), 8228 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03074.

Clément, R., Billaud, J., Armstrong, A., Singh, G., "Structurally-stable Mg-doped P2-Na_2/3Mn_1-yMg_yO₂ sodium-ion battery cathodes with high-rate performance: insights from electrochemical, NMR and diffraction studies", Energy Environ. Sci., 9(10), 3240 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C6EE01750A.

2015

Clément, R., "In situ NMR study of Paramagnetic Na–ion Battery Cathode Materials: A Challenging Experiment", F. M. Beckett Summer Research Fellowship – Summary report, ECS Interface, 24(4), 74 (2015). DOI: 10.1149/2.F10154if.

Clément, R., Bruce, P., Grey, C., "Review - Manganese–based P2–type Transition Metal Oxides as Sodium-ion Battery Cathode Materials", JES Collection of Invited Battery Review Papers, J. Electrochem. Soc., 162(14), A2589 (2015). DOI: 10.1149/2.0201514jes.

2014

Billaud, J., Clément, R., Armstrong, R., Canales-Vazquez, J., Rozier, P., Grey, C., Bruce, P., “ß–NaMnO₂: A High–Performance Cathode for Sodium–ion Batteries”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136(49), 17243 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/ja509704t.

Strobridge, F., Clément, R., Leskes, M., Middlemiss, D., Borkiewicz, O., Wiaderek, K., Chapman, K., Chupas, P., Grey, C., "Identifying the Structure of the Intermediate, Li_2/3CoPO₄, Formed During Electrochemical Cycling of LiCoPO₄", Chem. Mater., 26(21), 6193 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/cm502680w.

Strobridge, F., Middlemiss, D., Pell, A., Leskes, M., Clément, R., Pourpoint, F., Lu, Z., Hanna, J., Pintacuda, G., Emsley, L., Samoson, A., Grey, C., "Characterising Local Environments in High Energy Density Li–ion Battery Cathodes: A Combined NMR and First Principles Study of LiFe_xCo_1–xPO₄", J. Mater. Chem. A, 2(30), 11948 (2014). DOI: 10.1039/C4TA00934G.

Xu, J., Lee, D., Clément, R., Yu, X., Leskes, M., Pell, A., Pintacuda, G., Yang, X.-Q., Grey, C., Meng, S., "Identifying the Critical Role of Li substitution in P2-Na_x[Li_yNi_zMn_1-y-z]O₂ (0≤x,y,z≤1) Intercalation Cathode Materials for High-Energy Na-ion Batteries", Chem. Mater., 26(2), 1260 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/cm403855t.

2013

Middlemiss, D., Ilott, A., Clément, R., Strobridge, F., Grey, C., "Density Functional Theory–Based Bond Pathway Decompositions of Hyperfine Shifts: Equipping Solid–State NMR to Characterize Atomic Environments in Paramagnetic Materials", Chem. Mater., 25(9), 1723 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/cm400201t.

Pell, A., Clément, R., Grey, C., Emsley, L., Pintacuda, G., "Frequency–Stepped Acquisition in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy under Magic Angle Spinning", J. Chem. Phys., 138(11), 114201 (2013). DOI: 10.1063/1.4795001.

2012

Clément, R., Pell, A., Middlemiss, D., Strobridge, F., Miller, J., Whittingham, M., Emsley, L., Grey, C., Pintacuda, G., "Spin–Transfer Pathways in Paramagnetic Lithium Transition Metal Phosphates from Combined Broadband Isotropic Solid–State MAS NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 134(41), 17178 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/ja306876u.

Breen, J., Zhang, L., Clément, R., Schmitt, W., "Hybrid Polyoxovanadates: Anion-Influenced Formation of Nanoscopic Cages and Supramolecular Assemblies of Asymmetric Clusters", Inorg. Chem., 51(1), 19 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/ic202104z.