Papers from ACES projects

A full list of publications to November 2026 from the ACES projects on batteries for emerging economies can be found here.   

1. Tunable electrical field-induced metal-insulator phase separation in LiCoO2 synaptic transistor operating in post-percolation region; Zhang, W.; Chen, Y.; Xu, C.; Lin, C.; Tao, J.; Lin, Y.; Li, J.; Kolosov, O.V.; Huang, Z.; Nano Energy; (Apr 2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2023.108199
2. High Energy Density Li/Ni/Co‐Free O3/P2 Sodium Layered Oxide Intergrowth for Sodium‐Ion Batteries; Maughan, P.A., Naden, A.B., John and A. Robert Armstrong; Batteries & Supercaps (May 2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202300089
3. Single-source formation and assessment of nitrogen-doped graphitic spheres for lithium- and sodium-ion batteries; Clark, C.; O’Keefe, C.A.; Wright, D.S.; Grey, C.P. RSC Adv.; (May 2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA01409F
4. An ionic liquid synthesis route for mixed-phase sodium titanate (Na2Ti3O7 and Na2Ti6O13) rods as an anode for sodium-ion batteries.; Kumari, P., Li, Y. and Boston, R.; Nanoscale; (June 2023) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR00639E
5. KFe(C2O4)F: A Fluoro‐oxalate Cathode Material for Li/Na‐Ion Batteries. Atin Pramanik, Manche, A.G., Smeaton, M.T., Moulay‐Tahar Sougrati, Lightfoot, P. and Armstrong, A.R.; ChemElectroChem (June 2023)  https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300192
6. Investigations into Improved Electrochemical Performance of Sn Doped Hard Carbons as Negatives for Sodium‐Ion Batteries; A. Tripathi, C. Murugesan, A. Naden, P. Curran, C. M. Kavanagh, J. M. Condliffe, A. R. Armstrong, J. T. S. Irvine; Batteries & Supercaps; (Aug 2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202300225
7. Green Synthesis of Reticular Materials.; Desai, A.V., Erlantz Lizundia, Laybourn, A., Rainer, D.N., A. Robert Armstrong, Morris, R.E., Wuttke, S. and Ettlinger, R. (Sept 2023). Functional Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202304660
8. Sodium Tetrakis(hexafluoroisopropyloxy)aluminates: Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterisation of a Room‐Temperature Solvated Ionic Liquid.; Darren, Menkin, S., Smith, H.E., Víctor Riesgo‐González, Smith, T.H., Melissa, Erlendur Jónsson, Bond, A.D., Grey, C.P. and Wright, D.S; ChemElectroChem; (Sept 2023) https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202300381
9. Associative pyridinium electrolytes for air-tolerant redox flow batteries.; Carrington, M.E., Sokołowski, K., Jónsson, E., Zhao, E.W., Graf, A.M., Temprano, I., McCune, J.A., Grey, C.P. and Scherman, O.A.; Nature; (Nov 2023) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06664-7
10. Synthesis and design of NaNi1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode materials for long-life sodium-ion batteries; Tengfei Song, Qiyao Zhang, Yongxiu Chen, Pengcheng Zhu, Emma Kendrick; Chemical Engineering Journal Advances; (Nov 2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2023.100572
11. Electron paramagnetic resonance as a tool to determine the sodium charge storage mechanism of hard carbon; Wang, B.; Fitzpatrick, J.R.; Brookfield, A.; Fielding, A.J.; Reynolds, E.; Entwistle, J.; Tong, J.; Spencer, B.F.; Baldock, S.; Hunter, K.; Kavanagh, C.M.; Tapia-Ruiz, N.; Nature Communications; (Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45460-3
12. Rapid preparation of binary mixtures of sodium carboxylates as anodes in sodium-ion batteries; Desai, A.V.; Ettlinger, R.; Seleghini, H.S.; Stanzione, M.G.; Cabañero, J.M.; Ashbrook, S.E.; Morris, R.E.; Armstrong, A.R. J.; Mater. Chem.; (Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA06928A
13. Operando nano-mapping of sodium-diglyme co-intercalation and SEI formation in sodium ion batteries’ graphene anodes; Chen, Y.; Zhang, S.; Zhang, W.; Quadrelli, A.; Jarvis, S.; Chen, J.; Lu, H.; Mangayarkarasi, N.; Niu, Y.; Tao, J.; Zhang, L.; Li, J.; Lin, Y.; Huang, Z.; Kolosov, O.; Appl. Phys. Rev. (May 2024) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196568
14. Monitoring the Behavior of Na Ions and Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation at an Aluminum/Ionic Liquid Electrode/Electrolyte Interface via Operando Electrochemical X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy; Lee, R.; Nunney, T.S.; Isaacs, M.; Palgrave, R.G.; Dey, A.; ACSAppl.Mater.; (June 2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c02241
15. Investigation of sodium insertion in hard carbon with operando small angle neutron scattering; Reynolds, E.M.; Fitzpatrick, J.; Jones, M.O.; Tapia-Ruiz, N.; Playford, H.Y.; Hull, S.; McClelland, I.; Baker, P.J.; Cussen, S.A.; Pérez, G.E.; Journal of Materials Chemistry A; (June 2024) (https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA04739C
16. Rapid Gram-Scale Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Organic Anodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries with Environmental Impact Assessment. Constantin Puscalau, Aamod V. Desai, Erlantz Lizundia, Romy Ettlinger, Mohamed Adam, Russell E. Morris, A. Robert Armstrong, Begum Tokay, Andrea Laybourn; Green Chemistry; (Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/D4GC05530F
17. Optimisation of a P3 phase with superior high voltage reversibility; Stephanie F. Linnell, Yong-Seok Choi, Yingling Liao, Ioanna M. Pateli, Aaron B. Naden, John T. S. Irvine, Robert A. House, David O. Scanlon, A. Robert Armstrong; Journal of Materials Chemistry A; (Jan 2025) Ahttps://doi.org/10.1039/D4TA07963A
18. Recent Advances on Characterization Techniques for the Composition-Structure-Property Relationships of Solid Electrolyte Interphase; H.Lu, M.Nagarathinam, Y.Chen, et al.; Small Methods (Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202401786
19. Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigations of the Lithium- and Sodium-Storage Mechanisms of Pyrolytic Phosphorus-Carbon Composites; Clark, C., O’Keefe, C.A., Wright, D.S. and Grey, C.P.; ChemSusChem; (Apr 2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500103
20. Properties of NaPF6 electrolytes and effect of electrolyte concentration on performance in sodium-ion batteries; Darren M. C. Ould, Stefan Oswald, Holly E. Smith, Christopher A. O’Keefe, Tengfei Song, Emma Kendrick, Dominic S. Wright, Clare P. Grey; Chem. Commun. (May 2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01447F
21. Structure–property relationships in disodium anthracene dicarboxylate for sodium-ion storage via 3D electron diffraction; Chem. Commun., Aamod V. Desai, Heitor S. Seleghini, Daniel N. Rainer, Maximillian G. Stanzione, David B. Cordes, Oxana V. Magdysyuk, Aidan P. McKay, Simon J. Coles, Sharon E. Ashbrook, Russell E. Morris, A. Robert Armstrong; Chem. Commun. (June 2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC03175C
22. Interface Engineering Strategies for Realizing Anode-Free Sodium Batteries: A Review; Y.Dong, C.Xu, H.Zhao, et al. “Interface Engineering Strategies for Realizing Anode-Free Sodium Batteries: A Review.” Adv. Energy Mater.; (June 2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202500407
23. An in-depth Study of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Compositional Evolution in Sodium-Ion Batteries: Unravelling the Effects of a Na Metal Counter Electrode on the SEI; J. R.Fitzpatrick, B. E.Murdock, P. K.Thakur, et al; Advanced Science (June 2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202504717
24. A Comparative Study of Solid Electrolyte Interphase Evolution in Ether and Ester-Based Electrolytes for Na-ion Batteries; Liang Zhao, Sara I.R. Costa, Yue Chen, Jack R. Fitzpatrick, Andrew J. Naylor, Oleg Kolosov and Nuria Tapia-Ruiz; PRX Energy; (July 2025) https://doi.org/10.1103/jfvb-wp5w
25. Hidden subsurface molecular bubbles in graphite anodes for LIBs; Energy Environ.; Yue Chen, Wenye Xuan, Weijian Zhang, Mangayarkarasi Nagarathinam, Guiying Zhao, Jianming Tao, Jiaxin Li, Long Zhang, Yingbin Lin, Yubiao Niu, Hsin-Yi Tiffany Chen, Svetlana Menkin, Dominic S. Wright, Clare P. Grey, Oleg V. Kolosov, Zhigao Huang; (July 2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/D5EE01076D
26. Chemical lithiation reveals the structures of conjugated tetralithium dicarboxylates; Kieran Griffiths, Chris Cook, Valerie R. Seymour, Ryan J. Bragg, Nathan R. Halcovitch, John M. Griffin; Chem. Commun., (July 2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC03043A
27. Role of Ni to Mn ratio in Ca-pillared O3-Type cathodes: Decoupling structural dynamics and electrochemical performance via operando characterization; Chuxin Yue, A. Robert Armstrong; Journal of Power Sources, (Sept 2025) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238399
28. Design Principles for Air Tolerance in Pyridinium-Based Flow Batteries; M. E.Carrington, E.Jónsson, and C. P.Grey; Advanced Materials; (Nov 2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202508875