Meng Gu

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Molecular Interactions and Dynamics at Solid Electrolyte Interfaces

Lead Institution

State University of New York at Binghamton

Principal Investigator

Howard Wang

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

We will carry out a systematic study on molecular interactions and dynamics at solid electrolyte interfaces (SEIs) of Li-ion batteries using primarily in situ quantitative nonlinear optical…

Site specific atomic resolution chemical imaging to probe structure-property relationship under dynamic and/or operando conditions using in-situ and ex-situ methods based on multi-instrument approach

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The goal of this proposal is to develop chemical imaging capabilities that drive the atomic-level imaging and spectroscopic analysis of materials related to energy and environmental issues under in…

Probing Structure-Property Relationship of Energy Storage Materials Using Ex Situ and In Situ Dynamic Microscopy and Spectroscopy with High Spatial and Fast Temporal Resolution

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The specific aims of this project are to probe the structure-property relationship of next-generation energy materials (such as energy storage materials) under dynamic operating conditions with a…

Structural evolution and phase transformation characteristics of amorphous silicon upon lithiation and delithiation

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Lea

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) has been identified as a candidate high capacity anode material for lithium ion batteries. A fundamental challenge with a-Si is the large volume change upon lithium…

A multi-modal approach to understanding the structural evolution and phase transformation of amorphous silicon upon lithiation insertion and extraction

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Scott Lea

Amorphous silicon (a-Si) has been identified as a candidate high capacity anode material for lithium ion batteries. A fundamental challenge with a-Si is the large volume change upon lithium…

Atomic level probing of structure and property relationship of energy storage materials

Lead Institution

Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Chongmin Wang

The specific aims of this project is to explore the dynamic structural evolution of electrode materials during the operation of the battery. The key issues are the structure-property relationship and…