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  • Publications 2024

    194. Böger T., Bernges T., Agne M.T., Canepa P., Tietz F., Zeier W.G. „On the Thermal Conductivity and Local Lattice Dynamical Properties of NASICON Solid Electrolytes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024 doi:10.1021/jacs.4c12034

    193. Whang G., Huang J., Le Pham P.N., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G. „Not All Lithium–Indium Counter Electrodes Are Made Equal: Probing the Inhomogeneities and Kinetics of Uniaxially Pressed Li–In Counter Electrodes in All Solid-State Batteries” ACS Electrochem. 2024 doi:10.1021/acselectrochem.4c00060

    192. Martinez de Irujo Labalde X., Zhao T., Samanta B., Bernges T., Faka V., Sobolev A., Maus O., Appel M., Kraft M.A., Hansen M.R., Zeier W.G. „How crystal structure and microstructure can influence the sodium-ion conductivity in halide perovskites” J.Mater.Chem. A,2024 doi:10.1039/D4TA05371K

    191. Hartel J., Banik A., Ali M.Y., Helm B., Strotmann K., Faka V., Maus O., Li Ch., Wiggers H., Zeier W.G. „Investigating the Influence of Transition Metal Substitution in Lithium Argyrodites on Structure, Transport, and Solid-State Battery Performance” Chem. Mater 2024 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02281

    190. Puls S., Nazmutdinova E., Kalyk F., Woolley H.M., Thomsen J.F., Cheng Z., Fauchier-Magnan A., Gautam A., Gockeln M., Ham S.Y., Hasan M.T., Jeong M.G., Hiraoka D., Kim J.S., Kutsch T., Lelotte B., Minnmann P., Miß V., Motohashi K., Nelson D.L., Ooms F., Piccolo F., Plank Ch., Rosner M., Sandoval S.E., Schlautmann E., Schuster R., Spencer-Jolly D., Sun Y., Vishnugopi B.S., Zhang R., Zheng H., Adelhelm P., Brezesinski T., Bruce P.G., Danzer M., El Kazzi M., Gasteiger H., Hatzell K.B., Hayashi A., Hippauf F., Janek J., Jung Y.S., McDowell M.T., Meng Y.S. Mukherjee P.P., Ohno S., Villevieille C., Wagemaker M., Zeier W.G., Vargas-Barbosa N.M. „Benchmarking the reproducibility of all-solid-state battery cell performance” Nature Energy (2024) doi:s41560-024-01634-3

    189. Maus O., Lange M.A., Frankenberg F., Stainer F., Faka V., Schlautmann E., Rosenbach C., Jodlbauer A., Schubert J., Janek J., Li Ch., Michalowski P., Wilkening H.M.R., Kwade A., Zeier W.G. „Influence of Post-Synthesis Processing on the Structure, Transport, and Performance of the Solid Electrolyte Li5.5PS4.5Cl1.5 in All-Solid-State Batteries” Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 2403291 doi:10.1002/aenm.202403291

    188. Rudel Y., Kraft M.A., Ketter L., Zeier W.G. „Exploring the Temperature and Composition Dependence of the Ionic Transport in Solid-State Battery Composites” PRX Energy 3, 033004 (2024) doi:10.1103/PRXEnergy.3.033004

    187. Ghata A., Bernges T., Maus O., Wankmiller B., Naik A.A., Bustamante J., Gaultois M.W., Delaire O., Hansen M.R., George J., Zeier W.G.„Exploring the Thermal and Ionic Transport of Cu+ Conducting Argyrodite Cu7PSe6” Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 2402039 doi:10.1002/aenm.202402039 

    186. Whang G., Ketter L., Zaho T., Nazmutdinova E., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G. „High Areal Capacity Cation and Anionic Redox Solid-State Batteries Enabled by Transition Metal Sulfide Conversion” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024 doi:10.1021/acsami.4c07252

    185. Ruhl J., Glück H., Friedrich F., Gronych L.M., Zeier W.G. „Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Argyrodite Solid Electrolytes and Their Use in Solid-State Batteries” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024 doi:10.1021/acsaem.4c01426#

    184. Zhao T., Samanta B., Martinez de Irujo-Labalde X., Whang G., Yadav N., Kraft M.A., Adelhelm P., Hansen M.R., Zeier W.G. „Sodium Metal Oxyhalides NaMOCl4 (M = Nb, Ta) with High Ionic Conductivities” ACS Materials Lett. 2024,6 doi:10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01145

    183. Hogrefe K., Stainer F., Minafra N., Zeier W.G., Wilkening M.R. „NMR Down to Cryogenic Temperatures: Accessing the Rate-Limiting Step of Li Transport in Argyrodite Electrolytes” Chem. Mater. 2024 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00746

    182. Fiedler M., Lange M.A., Hippauf F., Dörfler S., Althues H., Zeier W.G., Kaskel S. „The role of nanoporous carbon materials for thiophosphate-based all solid state lithium sulfur battery performance” J.Carbon.2024 doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119252

    181. Banik A., Samanta B., Helm B., Kraft M.A., Rudel Y., Li Ch., Hansen M.R., Lotsch B.V., Bette S., Zeier W.G. „Exploring Layered Disorder in Lithium-Ion-Conducting Li3Y1-xInxCl6” Inorg. Chem. 2024 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00229

    180. Goodwin L.E., Ziegler M., Till P., Nazer N., Adelhelm P., Zeier W.G., Richter F.H., Janek J. „Halide and Sulfide Electrolytes in Cathode Composites for Sodium All-Solid-State Batteries an their Stability” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024 doi:10.1021/acsami.4c01652

    179. Helm B., Strotmann K., Böger T., Samanta B., Banik A., Lange M.A., Li Y., Li C., Hansen M.R., Canepa P., Zeier W.G. „Reducing the Defect Formation Energy by Aliovalent Sn(+IV) and Isovalent P(+V) Substitution in Li3SbS4 Promotes Li+ Transport” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024 doi:10.1021/acsaem.3c02652

    178. Zhao T., Sobolev A.N., Martinez de Irujo Labalde X., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G. „On the influence of the coherence length on the ionnic conductivity in mechanochemically synthesized sodium-conducting halides, Na3_xIn1_xZrxCl6†” J.Mater.Chem.A, 2024 doi:10.1039/d3ta07209f

    177. Faka V., Agne M.T., Lange M.A., Daisenberger D., Wankmiller B., Schwarzmüller S., Huppertz H., Maus O., Helm B., Böger T., Hartel J., Gerdes J.M., Molaison J.J., Kieslich G., Hansen M.R., Zeier W.G. „Pressure-Induced Dislocations and Thier Influence on Ionic Transport in Li+-Conducting Argyrodites” J. AM. Chem. Soc. 2024 doi:10.1021/jacs.3c12323

  • Publications 2023

    176. Whang G., Zeier W.G. „Transition Metal Sulfide Conversion: A Promising Approach to Solid-State Batteries” ACS Energy Lett. 2023,8 doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c02246

    175. Suburu M.E.G., Blanke M., Hepp A., Maus O., Schwab D., Doltsinis N.L., Zeier W.G., Giese M., Voskuhl J., Strassert C.A. „Pt(II) compleyes with tetradentate luminophores: from supramolecular interactions to temperature-sensing materials with memory and optical readouts” Molecules 2023, 28, 7353 doi:10.3390/molecules28217353

    174. Goodwin L.E., Till P., Bhardwaj M., Nazer N., Adelhelm P., Tietz F., Zeier W.G., Richter F.H., Janek J. „Protective NASICON interlayer between sodium-tin alloy anode and sulfide-based solid electrolytes for all-solid-state sodium batteries” ACS Applied Mater. Int. 2023 doi:10.1021/acsami.3c09256

    173. Böger T., Bernges T., Li Y., Canepa P., Zeier W.G. „Thermal Conductivities of Lithium-Ion-Conducting Solid Electrolytes” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023 doi: 10.1021/acsaem.3c01977

    172. Faka V., Agne M.T., Till P., Bernges T., Sadowski M., Gautam A., Albe K., Zeier W.G. „Pressure dependence of ionic conductivity in site disordered lithium superionic argyrodite Li6PS5Br” Energy Adv. 2023 doi: 10.1039/d3ya00424d

    171. Schlautmann E., Weiß A., Maus O., Ketter L., Rana M., Puls S., Nickel V., Gabbey C., Hartnig C., Bielefeld A., Zeier W.G. „Impact of the Solid Electrolyte Particle Size Distribution in Sulfide-Based Solid-State Battery Composites” Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 2302309 doi:10.1002/aenm.202302309

    170. Zhao T., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G. „Synthesis-Controlled Polymorphism and Anion Solubility in the Sodium-Ion Conductor Na3InCl6-xBrx (0 < x < 2)” Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 30, 11737-11745 doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c01579

    169. Hoffmann A.E.J., Senkovska I., Abylgazina L., Bon V., Grzimek V., Dominic A.M., Russina M., Kraft M.A., Weidinger I., Zeier W.G., van Speybrock V., Kaskel S., „The role of phonons in switchable MOFs: a model material perspective” J. Mater. Ch. A 2023 doi:10.1039/d3ta02214e

    168. Rana M., Rudel Y., Heuer P., Schlautmann E., Rosenbach C., Ali M.Y., Wiggers H., Bielefeld A., Zeier W.G., „Toward achieving high areal capacity in silicon-based solid-state battery anodes: what influences the rate-performance?” ACS Energy Lett. 2023, 8, 3196-3202 doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00722

    167. Bradbury R., Kardjilov N., Dewald G.F., Tengattini A., Helfen L., Zeier W.G., Manke I. „Visualizing lithium ion transport in solid-state Li-S batteries using 6Li contrast enhanced neutron imaging” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, 2302619 doi:10.1002/adfm.202302619

    166. Rudel Y., Rana M., Ruhl J., Rosenbach C., Müller J., Michalowski P., Kwade A., Zeier W.G., „Investigating the influence of the effective ionic transport on the electrochemical performance of Si/C-argyrodite solid-state composites” Batteries & Supercaps. 2023, doi:10.1002/batt.202300211

    165. Hartel J., Banik A., Gerdes J.M., Wankmiller B., Helm B., Li C., Kraft M.A., Hansen M.R., Zeier W.G. „Understanding lithium-ion transport in selenophosphate-based lithium argyrodites and their limitations in solid-state batteries” Chem. Mater. 2023, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00658

    164. Bernges T., Peterlechner M., Wilde G., Agne M.T., Zeier W.G. "Analytical model for two-channel phonon transport engineering" Mater. Today Phys. 2023, 101107 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101107

    163. Zhao T., Sobolev A.N., Schlem R., Helm B., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G. "Synthesis-controlled cation solubility in the solid ion conductors Na2+xZr1-xInxCl6" ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.3c00277

    162. Maus O., Agne M.T., Fuchs T., Till P.S., Wankmiller B., Gerdes J.M., Sharma R., Heere M., Jalarvo N., Yaffe O., Hansen M.R., Zeier W.G. "On the discrepancy between local and average structure in the fast Na+ ionic conductor Na2.9Sb0.9W0.1S4" J. Am. Chem. Soc 2023 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11803

    161. Bradbury R., Dewald G.F., Kraft M.A., Arlt T., Kardjilov N., Janek J., Manke I., Zeier W.G., Ohno S. "Visualizing reaction fronts and transport limitations in solid-state Li-S batteries via operando neutron imaging" Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 2203426 DOI: 19.1002/aenm.202203426

    160. Janek J., Zeier W.G. "Challenges in speeding up solid-state battery development" Nature Energy 2023, 8, 230-240 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01208-9

    159. Hendriks T.A., Lange M.A., Kiens E.M., Baeumer C., Zeier W.G. "Balancing Partial Ionic and Electronic Transport for Optimized Cathode Utilization of High-voltage LiMn2O4/Li3InCl6 Solid-state Batteries" Batteries & Supercaps 2023 DOI:10.1002/batt.202200544

    158. Till P., Asakura R., Remhof A., Zeier W.G. "On the Local Structure in Ordered and Disordered Closo-hydroborate Solid Electrolytes" J. Phys. Chem. C 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c07835

    157. Helm B., Gronych L.M., Banik A., Lange M.A., Li C., Zeier W.G. "Investigating the Li+ substructure and ionic transport in Li10GeP2-xSbxS12 (0 < x < 0.25)" Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2023 DOI:10.1039/d2cp04710a

    156. Rosenbach C., Walther F., Ruhl J., Hartmann M., Hendriks T.A., Ohno S., Janek J., Zeier W.G. "Visualizing the Chemical Incompatibility of Halide and Sulfide-Based Electrolytes in Solid-State Batteries" Adv. Energy Mater. 2023 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202203673

    155.  Vogel A., Rabenbauer A., Deng P., Steib R., Böger T., Zeier W.G., Siegel R., Senker J., Daisenberger D., Nisi K., Holleitner A.W., Venturini J., Nilges T. "A Switchable One-Compound Diode" Adv. Mater. 2023 DOI:/10.1002/adma.202208698

  • Publications 2022

    154. Agne M.T., Böger T., Bernges T., Zeier W.G. "Importance of Thermal Transport for the Design of Solid-State Battery Materials" PRX Energy 2022 DOI: 10.1103/PRXEnergy.1.031002

    153. Ohno S., Zeier W.G. "Sodium is the new lithium" Nature Energy 2022 DOI:/10.1038/s41560-022-01084-9

    152. Nachimuthu S., Cheng H.J., Lai H.J., Cheng Y.H., Kuo R.T., Zeier W.G., Hwang B.J., Jiang J.C. "First-principles study on selenium-doped Li10GeP2S12 solid electrolyte: Effects of doping on moisture stability and Li-ion transport properties" Materials Today Chemistry 2022 DOI:/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101223 2

    151. Bernges T., Böger T., Maus O., Till P.S., Agne M.T., Zeier W.G. "Scaling Relations for Ionic and Thermal Transport in the Na+ Ionic Conductor Na3PS4" ACS Materials Lett. 2022 DOI:/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.2c00846

    150. Gupta M.K., Ding J., Bansal D., Abernathy D.L., Ehlers G., Osti N.C., Zeier W.G., Delaire O. "Strongly Anharmonic Phonons and Their Role in Superionic Diffusion and Ultralow Thermal Conductivity of Cu7PSe6" Adv. Energy Mater. 2022 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202200596

    149. Helm B., Minafra N., Wankmiller B., Agne M.T., Li C., Senyshyn A., Hansen M.A., Zeier W.G. "Correlating Structural Disorder to Li+ Ion Transport in Li4-xGe1-xSbxS4 (0 < x < 0.2)" Chem. Mater. 2022 doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c00608

    148. Flores-Gonzalez N., Lopez M., Minafra N., Bohnenberger J., Vines F., Rudic S., Krossing I., Zeier W.G., Illas F-. Gregory D.H. "Understanding the effect of lattice polarisability on the electrochemical properties of lithium tetrahaloaluminates, LiAlX4 (X = Cl, Br, I)" J. Mater. Chem. A DOI:10.1039/D2TA02821B

    147. Brenner T.M., Grumet M., Till P., Asher M., Zeier W.G., Egger D.A., Yaffe O. "Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics in Sodium Ion Conductors" J. Phys. Chem. Lett. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00904

    146. Bernges, T., Hanus R., Wankmiller B., Imasato K., Lin S., Ghidiu M., Gerlitz M., Peterlechner M., Graham S., Hautier G., Pei Y., Hansen M.R., Wilde G., Snyder G.J., George J., Agne M., Zeier W. "Considering the Role of Ion Transport in Diffuson-Dominated Thermal Conductivity" Adv. Energy Mater. 2022 doi/10.1002/aenm.202200717

    145. Till P., Agne M.T., Kraft M.A., Courty M., Famprikis T., Ghidiu M., Krauskopf T., Masquelier C., Zeier W.G. "Two-Dimensional Substitution Series Na3P1-xSbxS4-ySey: Beyond Static Description of Structural Bottlenecks for Na+ Transport" Chem. Mater. 2022 doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04445

    144. Banik A., Liu Y., Ohno S., Rudel Y., Jimenez-Solano A., Gloskovskii A., Vargas-Barbosa N.M., Mo Y., Zeier W.G. "Can Substitutions Affect the Oxidative Stability of Lithium Argyrodite Solid Electrolytes" ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022 doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.1c03599

    143. Hogrefe K., Minafra N., Hanghofer I., Banik A., Zeier W.G., Wilkening H.M.R., "Opening Diffusion Pathways through Site Disorder: The Interplay of Local Structure and Ion Dynamics in the Solid Electrolyte Li6+xP1-xGexS5I as Probed by Neutron Diffraction and NMR" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022 doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.1c11571

  • Publications 2021

    142. Gautam A., Ghidiu M., Hansen A-L., Ohno S., Zeier W.G. "Sn Substitution in the Lithium Superionic Argyrodite Li6PCh5I (Ch = S and Se)" Inorg. Chem. 2021doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02813

    141. Reissig F., Lange M.A., Haneke L., Placke T., Zeier W.G., Winter M., Schmuch R., Gomez-Martin A. "Synergistic Effects of Surface Coating and Bulk Doping in Ni-Rich Lithium Nickel Cobalt Manganese Oxide Cathode Materials for High-Energy Lithium Ion Batteries", ChemSusChem 2021, 14, 1-14 doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02813

    140. Ohno S., Zeier W.G., "Toward Practical Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Challenges and Perspectives", Acc. Mater. Res. 2021 doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.1c00116

    139. Mauler L., Duffner F., Zeier W.G., Leker J. "Battery cost forecasting: a review of methods and results with an outlook to 2050" Energy. Environ. Sci. 2021 doi.org/10.1039/D1EE01530C

    138. Gautam A., Ghidiu M., Suard E., Kraft M., Zeier W. "On the Lithium Distribution in Halide Superionic Argyrodites by Halide Incorporation in Li7-xPS6-xClx" ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c01417

    137. Kraft M., Gronych L., Famprikis T., Zeier W.G. "Influence of Reduced Na Vacancy Concentrations in the Sodium Superionic Conductor Na11+xSn2P1-xMxS12 (M= Sn, Ge) 2021 ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.1c01367

    136. Schlem R., Burmeister C. F., Michalowski P., Ohno S., Dewald G.F., Kwade A., Zeier W.G. "Energy Storage Materials for Solid-State Batteries: Design by Mechanochemistry" Adv. Energy Mater. 2021, 2101022 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202101022

    135. Dewald G., Liaqat Z., Lange M. A., Tremel W., Zeier W.G. "Influence of Iron Sulfide Nanoparticle Sizes in Solid-State Batteries" Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021 10.1002/anie.202106018

    134. Helm B., Schlem R., Wankmiller B., Banik A., Gautam A., Ruhl J., Li C., Hansen M.R., Zeier W.G. "Exploring Aliovalent Substitutions in the Lithium Halide Superionic Conductor Li3-xIn1-xZrxCl6 (0 < x < 0.5)" Chem Mater. 2021 doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01348

    133. Gordiz K., Muy S., Zeier W.G., Shao-Horn Y., Henry A., "Enhancement of Ion Diffusion by Targeted Phonon Excitation" Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021, 100431 doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100431

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    132. Zhou L., Minafra N., Zeier W.G., Nazar L., „Innovative approaches to Li-argyrodite solid electrolytes for all-solid-state lithium batteries” Acc. Chem. Res. 2021 doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00874

    131. Wang S., Zhang W., Chen X., Das D., Ruess R., Gautam A., Walther F., Ohno S., Koerver R., Zhang Q., Zeier W.G., Richter F.H., Nan C.-W., Janek J., „Influence of crystallinity of lithium thiophosphate electrolytes on the performance of solid-state batteries” Adv. Energy Mater. 2021 DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202100654

    130. Flores-Gonzales N., Minafra N., Dewald G., Reardon H., Smith R.I., Adams S., Zeier W.G., Gregory D.H., “Mechanochemical synthesis and structure of lithium tetrahaloaluminates, LiAlX4 (X = Cl, Br, I): a family of Li-ion conducting ternary halides” ACS Materials Lett. 2021, 3, 652-657 DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.1c00055

    129. Banik A., Famprikis T., Ghidiu M., Ohno S., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G. "On the underestimated influence of synthetic conditions in solid ionic conductors" Chem. Sci. 2021 doi:10.1039/D0SC06553F

    128. Ohno S., Rosenbach C., Dewald G.F., Janek J., Zeier W.G. "Linking Solid Electrolyte Degradation to Charge Carrier Transport in the Thiophosphate-Based Composite Cathode toward Solid-State Lithium-Sulfur Batteries" Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 2010620 doi: 10.1002/adfm202010620

    127. Hogrefe K., Minafra N., Zeier W.G., H.M.R. Wilkening "Tracking Ions the Direct Way: Long-Range Li+ Dynamics in the Thio-LISICON Family Li4MCh4 (M = Sn, Ge; Ch = S,Se) as Probed by Li NMR Relaxometry and Li Spin-Alignment Echo NMR" J Phys. Chem. C. 2021 doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c10224

    126. Zahnow J., Bernges T., Wagner A.C., Bohn N., Binder J.R., Zeier W.G., Elm M.T., Janek J., “Impedance analysis of NCM cathode materials – electronic and ionic partial conductivity and the influence of microstructure” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 2, 1335-1345 doi/abs/10.1021/acsaem.0c02606

    125. Schlem R., Banik A., Ohno S., Suard E., Zeier W.G. "Insights into the Lithium Sub-structure of Superionic Conductors Li3YCl6 and Li3YBr6" Chem. Mater 2021 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04352

    124. Minafra N., Hogrefe K., Barbon F., Helm B., Li C., Wilkening M., Zeier W.G., „Two-dimensional substitution: towards a better understanding of the structure – transport correlations in the superionic thio-LISICON” Chem. Mater. 2021 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04150

    123. Gautam A., Sadowski M., Ghidiu M., Minafra N., Senyshyn A., Albe K., Zeier W.G., „Engineering Site-disorder and lithium distribution in the lithium superionic argyrodite Li6PS5Br” Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 2003369 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202003369

    122. Ghidu M., Schlem R., Zeier W.G., „Pyridine complexes as tailored precursors for rapid synthesis of thiophosphate superionic conductors” Batteries & Supercaps. 2021 doi:10.1002/batt.202000317

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    121. Riegger L.M., Schlem R., Sann J., Zeier W.G., Janek J., „Lithium-metal anode instability of the superionic halide solid electrolytes and the implications for solid-state batteries” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021 doi:10.1002/anie.202015238

    120. Ruhl J., Riegger L.M., Ghidiu M., Zeier W.G., „Impact of solvent-treatment of the superionic argyrodite Li6PS5Cl on solid-state battery performance” Adv. Energy Sustainability Res. 2021, 2000077 doi:10.1002/aesr.202000077

    119. Muy S., Schlem R., Shao-Horn Y., Zeier W.G., „Phonon – ion interactions: designing ion mobility based on lattice dynamics” Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 2002787 doi:10.1002/aenm.202002787

     

  • Publications 2020

    118. Culver S.P., Squires A.G., Minafra N., Armstrong C.W.F., Krauskopf T., Böcher F., Li C., Morgan B.J., Zeier W.G., "Evidence for a Solid-Electrolyte Inductive Effect in the Superionic Conductor Li10Ge1-xSnxP2S12" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 21210-21219 doi:10.1021/jacs.0c10735

    117. Famprikis T., Kudu U., Dawson J.A., Canepa P., Fauth F., Suard E., Zbiri M., Dambournet D., Borkiewicz O.J., Bouyanfif H., Emge S.P., Grey C.P., Cretu S., Chotard J.-N., Zeier W.G., Islam S.M., Masquelier C., “Under pressure: mechanochemical effects on structure and ion conduction in the sodium-ion solid electrolyte Na3PS4” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 18422-18436 10.1021/jacs.0c06668

    116. Eickhoff H., Dietrich C., Klein W., Zeier W.G., Fässler F.T., „On the Crystal Structure and Conductivity of Na3P” Z. anorg. allg. Chem. 2020 10.1002/zaac.202000308

    115. Horowitz Y., Schmidt C., Yoon D.-H., Rieger L.M., Katzenmaier L., Bosch G.M., Noked M., Ein-Eli Y., Janek J., Zeier W.G., Diesendruck C.E., Golodnitsky D., „Between liquid and all solid – a prospect on electrolyte future in lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles” Energy Technology 2020 doi:10.1002/ente.202000580

    114. Dewald G.F., Ohno S., Hering J.G.C., Janek J., Zeier W.G., „Analysis of charge carrier transport toward optimized cathode composites for all solid state batteries“ Batteries & Supercaps. 2020 doi:10.1002/batt.202000194

    113. Binder. J.O., Culver S.P., Zeier W.G., Janek J. " A rapid and facile approach for the recycling of high performande LiNi1-x-yCoxMnyO2 active materials" ChemSusChem 2020 doi:10.1002/cssc.202001915

    112. Schlem R., Banik A., Eckhardt M., Zobel M., Zeier W.G. "Na3-xEr1-xZrxCl6-A halide-based fast sodium-ion conductor with vacancy-driven ionic transport" ACS Appl. Energy. Mater. 2020, 3, 10, 10164 - 10173 doi:10.1021/acsaem.0c01870

    111. Krauskopf T., Richter F., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Physical-chemical concepts of the lithium metal anode in solid-state batteries“ Chem. Rev. 2020, 120, 15, 7745 - 7794    doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00431

    110. Minafra N., Kraft M.A., Bernges T., Li C., Schlem R., Morgan B.J., Zeier W.G. "On the local charge inhomogeneity and lithium distribution in the superionic argyrodites Li6PS5X (X = Cl, Br, I)” Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 15, 11009 - 11019 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c015045

    109. Kraft M.A., Gronych L.M., Famprikis T., Ohno S., Zeier W.G. "Exploring the influence of substitution on the structure and transport properties in the sodium superionic conductor Na11+xSn2+x(Sb1-yPy)1-yS12” Chem. Mater. 2020 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01964

    108. Walther F., Randau S., Schneider Y., Sann J., Rohnke M., Richter F., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "On the Influence of Carbon Additives on the Decomposition Pathways in Cathodes of Lithium Thiophosphate-based All-Solid-State Batteries” Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 14, 6123 - 6136 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01825

    107. Krauskopf T., Mogwitz B., Hartmann H., Singh D.K., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "In situ SEM microelectrode study of the fast intrinsic interface kinetics of the lithium metal anode on the garnet-type solid electrolyte Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12“ Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 2000945 doi:10.1002/aenm.202000945

    106. Randau S., Weber D.A., Kötz O., Koerver R., Braun P., Weber A., Ivers-Tiffee E., Adermann T., Kulisch J., Zeier W.G., Richter F.H., Janek J., "Benchmarking the performance of all-solid-state lithium batteries" Nat Energy 5, 259–270 2020.doi:10.1038/s41560-020-0565-1

    105. Schlem R., Bernges T., Li C., Kraft M.A., Minafra N., Zeier W.G., "A lattice dynamical approach for finding the lithium halide superionic conductor Li3ErI6” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020, 3, 4, 3684-3691 doi:10.1021/acsaem.0c00147; Preprint: ChemRxiv 2020 doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.11627451

    104. Lange M.A., Krysiak Y., Hartmann J., Dewald G., Cerretti G., Tahir M.N., Panthöfer M., Barton B., Reich T., Zeier W.G., Mondeshki M., Kolb U., Tremel W., „Solid state fluorination on the minute scale: synthesis of WO3-xFx with photocatalytic activity” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 1909051 doi:10.1002/adfm.201909051

    103. Hatzell K.B., Chen X.C., Cobb C.L., Dasgupta N.P., Dixit M.B., Marbella L.E., McDowell M., Mukherjee P.P., Viswanathan V., Westover A.S., Zeier W.G., "Recent progress and future outlook on lithium metal anodes in solid-state batteries” ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 922-934 doi:10.1021/acs.energylett.9b02668

    102. Ohno S., Bernges T., Buchheim J., Duchardt M., Hatz A., Kraft M.A., Kwak H.R., Lingamurthy S., Liu Z., Minafra N., Tsuji F., Sakuda A., Schlem R., Xiong S., Zhang Z., Adelhelm A., Chen H., Hayashi A., Seok Jung Y., Lotsch B.V., Roling B., Vargas-Barbosa N.M., Zeier W.G., "How certain are the reported ionic conductivities of thiophosphate-based solid electrolytes? An interlaboratory study” ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 910-915 doi:10.1021/acs.energylett.9b02764; Preprint: ChemRxiv 2019 doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.11316497

    101. Ohno S., Banik A., Dewald G.F., Kraft M.A., Krauskopf T., Minafra N., Till P., Weiss M., Zeier W.G., "Materials design of ionic conductors for solid state batteries“ Prog. Energy 2020 doi:10.1088/2516-1083/ab73dd

    100. Hariyani S., Duke A.C., Krauskopf T., Zeier W.G., Brgoch J., "The effect of rare-earth substitution on the Debye temperature of inorganic phosphors” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2020, 116, 051901 doi:10.1063/1.5142167

    99. Fuchs T., Culver S.P., Till P., Zeier W.G., "Defect-mediated conductivity enhancements in Na3-xPn1-xWxS4 (Pn = P, Sb) using aliovalent substitutions” ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 146-151 doi:10.1021/acs.energylett.9b02537

    98. Seidel S., Zeier W.G., Pöttgen R. "The polymorphs of the Na+ ion conductor Na3PS4 viewed from the perspective of a group-subgroup scheme” Z. Kristallogr. 2020, 235, 1-6 doi:10.1515/zkri-2019-0053

     

  • Publications 2019

    97. Schlem R., Ghidiu M., Culver S.P., Hansen A.-L., Zeier W.G., "Changing the static and dynamic lattice effects for the improvement of the ionic transport properties within the argyrodite Li6PS5-xSexI” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2020 doi:10.1021/acsaem.9b01794; Preprint: ChemRxiv 2019 doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.9807770

     

    96. Schlem R., Muy S., Prinz N., Banik A., Shao-Horn Y., Zobel M., Zeier W.G., "Mechanochemical synthesis, a tool to tune cation site-disorder and ionic transport properties of Li3MCl6 (M = Y, Er) superionic conductors” Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 19033719 doi:10.1002/aenm.201903719

    95. Gautam A., Sadowski M., Prinz N., Eickhoff H., Minafa N., Ghidiu M., Culver S.P., Albe K., Fässler T.F., Zobel M., Zeier W.G., "Rapid crystallization and kinetic freezing of site-disorder in the lithium superionic argyrodite Li6PS5Br” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 10178-10185 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03852; Preprint: ChemRxiv 2019 doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.9794588

    94. Krauskopf T., Mogwitz B., Rosenbach C., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Diffusion limitation of lithium metal and Li-Mg alloy anodes on LLZO type solid electrolytes as a function of temperature and pressure” Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 1902568 doi:10.1002/aenm.201902568

    93. Dewald G., Ohno S., Kraft M.A., Koerver R., Till P., Vargas-Barbosa N.M., Janek J., Zeier W.G., "Experimental assessment of the practical oxidative stability limit of lithium thiophosphate solid electrolytes” Chem. Mater. 2019 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01550

    92. Hofmann P., Walter F., Rohnke M., Sann J., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "LATP and LiCoPO4 thin film preparation – illustrating interfacial issues on the way to all-phosphate SSBs” Solid State Ionics 2019, 342, 115054 doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2019.115054

    91. Pfaff T., Badaczewski F.M., Loeh M.O. Franz A., Hoffmann J.-U., Reehuis M., Zeier W.G., Smarsly B.M. "Comparative microstructural analysis of non-graphitic carbons (NGCs) based on wide-angle X-ray (WAXS) and neutron (WANS) scattering data” J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 20532-20546 doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03590

    90. Ghidiu M., Ruhl J., Culver S.P. Zeier W.G., "Solution-based synthesis of lithium thiophosphate superionic conductors for solid-state batteries from a chemistry perspective” J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 17735-17753 doi:10.1039/c9ta04772g

    89. Bernges T., Peilstöcker J., Dutta M., Ohno S., Culver S.P., Zeier W.G., "Local structure and influence of Sb substitution on the structure - transport properties in AgBiSe2” Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 9236-9245 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00874

    88. Yoshinari T., Koerver R., Hofmann P., Uchimoto Y.,Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Interfacial stability of phosphate-NASICON solid electrolytes in Ni-rich NCM cathode-based solid-state batteries” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2019, 11, 23244-23253 doi:10.1021/acsami.9b05995

    87. Ohno S., Helm B., Fuchs T., Dewald G., Culver S.P., Senyshyn A., Zeier W.G., "Further evidence for energy landscape flattening in the superionic argyrodites Li6+xP1-xMxS5I (M = Si, Ge, Sn)” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 4936-4944 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01857; Preprint: ChemRxiv doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.8109506

    86. Krauskopf T., Dippel R., Hartmann H., Peppler K., Mogwitz B., Richter F.H., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Lithium metal growth kinetics on LLZO garnet-type solid electrolytes” ” Joule 2019 doi:10.1016/j.joule.2019.06.013

    85. May S., Voss J., Schlem R., Koerver R., Sedlmaier S., Maglia F., Lamp P., Zeier W.G., Shao-Horn, Y., "High throughput screening of solid-state Li-ion conductors using lattice-dynamics descriptors” iScience 2019, 16, 270-282 doi:10.1016/j.isci.2019.05.036

    84. Nakamura T., Amezawa K., Kulisch J., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Guidelines for all-solid-state battery designnd electrode buffer layers based on chemical potential profile” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2019, 11, 19968-19976 doi:10.1021/acsami.9b03053

    83. Walther F., Koerver R., Fuchs T., Ohno S., Sann J., Rohnke M., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Visualization of the interfacial decomposition of composite cathodes in argyrodite based all-solid-state batteries using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 3745-3755 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00770

    82. Minafra N., Culver S.P., Li Cheng., Senyshyn A., Zeier W.G. "Influence of the lithium substructure on the diffusion pathways and transport properties of the thio-LISICON Li4Ge1-xSnxS4” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 3794-3802 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b01059

    81. Culver S.P., Koerver R., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "On the importance and functionality of coatings for cathode active materials in thiophosphate-based solid-state batteries” Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 1900626 doi:10.1002/aenm.201999626

    80. Ohno S., Koerver R., Dewald G., Rosenbach C., Titscher P., Steckermeier D., Kwade A., Janek J., Zeier W.G., "Observation of chemo-mechanical failure and influence of cut-off potentials in all-solid-state Li-S batteries” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 2930-2940 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00282; Preprint: ChemRxiv doi:10.26434/chemrxiv.7725017.v2

    79. Krauskopf T., Hartmann H., Zeier W.G., Janek J., „Towards a fundamental understanding of the lithium metal anode in solid-state batteries – An electrochemo-mechanical study on the garnet solid electrolyte Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2019, 11, 14463-14477 doi:10.1021/acsami.9b02537

    78. Rathore E., Juneja R., Culver S.P., Minafra N., Sing A., Zeier W.G., Biswas K., "Origin of ultra-low thermal conductivity in n-type cubic bulk AgBiS2: soft Ag vibrations and local structural distortion induced by Bi 6s2 lone pair” Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 2106-2113 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00001

    77. Weiss M., Seidlhofer B.-K., Geiß M., Geis C., Busche M., Becker M., Vargas-Barbosa N.M., Silvi L., Zeier W.G., Schröder D., Janek J., "Unraveling the formation mechanism of solid-liquid electrolyte interphases on LiPON thin films” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2019, 11, 9539-9547 doi:10.1021/acsami.8b19973

    76. Schlem R., Till P., Weiss M., Krauskopf T., Culver S.P., Zeier W.G., "Ionic conductivity of the NASICON-related thiophosphate Na1+xTi2-xGax(PS4)3” Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 4143-4148 doi:10.1002/chem.201805569

     

  • Publications 2018

    75. Binder J., Culver S.P., Pinedo R., Weber D.A., Friedrich M.S., Gries K.I., Volz K., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Investigation of fluorine and nitrogen as anionic dopants in nickel-rich cathode materials for lithium in batteries” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2018, 10, 44452-44462 doi:10.1021/acsami.8b16049

    74. Kraft M., Ohno S., Zinkevich T., Koerver R., Culver S.P., Fuchs T., Snyshyn A., Indris S., Morgan B.J., Zeier W.G., "Inducing high ionic conductivity in the lithium superionic argyrodites Li6+xP1-xGexS5I for all-solid-state batteries” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 16330-16339 doi:10.1021/jacs.8b10282

    Highlighted in Chemical & Engineering News

    73. Bernges T., Culver S.P., Minafra N., Koerver R., Zeier W.G., "On the competing structural influences in the Li superionic conducting argyrodites Li6PS5-xSexBr (0 ≤ x ≤ 1)” Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 13920-13928 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02443

    Highlighted in Nachrichten aus der Chemie

    72. Kun R., Langer F., Delle Piane M., Ohno S., Zeier W.G., Gockeln M., Colombi Ciacchi L., Busse M., Fekete I., "Structural and computational assessment of the influence of wet-chemical post-processing of the Al-substituted cubic Li7La3Zr2O12” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2018, 10, 37188-37197 doi:10.1021/acsami.8b097890

    71. Krauskopf T., Muy S., Culver S.P., Ohno S., Delaire O., Shao-Horn Y., Zeier W.G., "Comparing the descriptors for investigating the influence of lattice dynamics on ionic transport using the superionic conductor Na3PS4-xSex” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14464-14473 doi:10.1021/jacs.8b09340

    70. Eickhoff H., Strangmüller S., Klein W., Kirchhain H., Dietrich C., Zeier W.G., van Wüllen L., Fässler T.F., "The lithium phosphidogermanates α- and β-Li8GeP4 – A novel compound class with mixed Li+ ionic and electronic conductivity” Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 6440-6448 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02759

    69. Neuberger S., Culver S.P., Eckert H., Zeier W.G. Schmedt auf der Günne J., "Refinement of the crystal structure of Li4P2S6 using NMR crystallography” Dalton. Trans. 2018, 47, 11691-11695 doi:10.1039/C8DT02619J

    68. Muy S., Bachmann J.C., Chang H.-H., Giordano L., Maglia F., Lupart S., Lamp P., Zeier W.G., Shao-Horn Y., "Lithium conductivity and Meyer-Neldel rule in Li3PO4-Li3VO4-Li4GeO4 lithium superionic conductors” Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 5573-5582 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01504

    67. Dietrich C., Koerver R., Gaultois M.W., Kieslich G., Cibin G., Janek J., Zeier W.G., "Spectroscopic characterization of lithium thiophosphates by XPS and XAS – a model to help monitor interfacial reactions in all-solid-state batteries” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, 20, 20088-20095 doi:10.1039/C8CP01968A2

    66. Qiu P., Agne M.T., Liu Y., Zhu Y., Chen H., Mao T., Yang J., Zhang W., Haile S.M., Zeier W.G., Janek J., Uher C., Shi X., Snyder G.J., Chen L., "Suppression of atom motion and metal deposition in mixed ionic/electronic conductors” Nature Commun. 2018, 9, 2910 doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05248-8

    65. Zhang W., Richter F., Culver S.P., Leichtweiss T., Lozano J., Dietrich C., Bruce P., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Degradation mechanisms at the Li10GeP2S12/LiCoO2 cathode interface in an all-solid-state lithium ion battery” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2018, 10, 22226-22236 doi:10.1021/acsami.8b05132

    64. Yue J., Badaczewski F.M., Voepel P., Leichtweiss T., Mollenhauer D., Zeier W.G., Smarsly B.M., "The critical role of the crystallite size of nanostructured Li4Ti5O12 anodes for litium ion batteries" ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2018, 10, 22580-22590 doi:10.1021/acsami.8b05057

    63. Koerver R., Zhang W., de Biasi L., Schweidler S., Kondrakov A.O., Kolling S., Brezesinski T., Hartmann P., Zeier W.G., Janek J., "Chemo-mechanical expansion of lithium electrode materials – on the route to mechanically optimized all-solid-state batteries” Energy Environ. Sci. 2018, 11, 2142-2158 doi:10.1039/C8EE00907D

    62. Durchardt M., Neuberger S., Ruschewitz U., Krauskopf T., Zeier W.G., Adams S., Schmedt auf der Günne J., Roling B., Dehnen S., “The superion conductor Na11.1Sn2.1P0.9Se12: Lowering the activation barrier of Na+ conduction in quaternary 1-4-5-6 electrolytes” Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 4134-4139 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01656

    61. Culver S.P., Koerver R., Krauskopf T., Zeier W.G., “Designing ionic conductors: the interplay between structural phenomena and interfaces in thiophosphate-based solid-state batteries” Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 4179-4192 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b01293

    60. Krauskopf T., Culver S.P., Zeier W.G., “Local tetragonal structure of the cubic superionic conductor Na3PS4” Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 4739-4744 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00458

    Highlighted as one of the Emerging Investigator groups in Solid-State Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry (ACS Virtual Issue)

    59. Weiss M., Weber D.A., Senyshyn A., Janek J., Zeier W.G., “Correlating transport and structural properties in Li1+xAlxGe2-x(PO4)3 (LAGP) prepared from aqueous solution” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2018, 10, 10935-10944 doi:10.1021/acsami.8b00842

    58. Birkel C., Zeier W.G., Lunkenbein T., Hlukhyy V., “Trendberichte Festkörperchemie 2017” Nachrichten aus der Chemie 2018, 66, 240-248 doi:10.1002/nadc.20184071885

    57. Krauskopf T., Culver S., Zeier W.G. “The bottleneck of diffusion and inductive effects in Li10Ge1-xSnxP2S12” Chem Mater. 2018, 30, 1791-1798 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b00266

    56. Li W., Lin S., Weiss M., Chen Z., Li J., Xu J., Zeier W.G., Pei Y. “Crystal structure related ultra-low thermal conductivity in thermoelectric Ag9AlSe6” Adv. Energy Mater. 2018, 18, 1800030 doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201800030

    55. Hofmann P., Ariai J., Zaichenko A., Janek J., Mollenhauer D., Zeier W.G., “Structural analysis and electrical characterization of cation-substituted lithium ion conductors Li1-xTi1-xMxOPO4 (M = Nb, Ta, Sb)” Solid State Ionics 2018, 319C, 170-179 doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.049

    54. Joos M., Cerretti G., Veremchuk I., Hofmann P., Frerichs H., Anjum D.H., Reich T., Lieberwirth I., Panthöfer M., Zeier W.G., W. Tremel “Spark Plasma Sintering assisted synthesis and thermoelectric characterization of the Magnéli phase V6O11” Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 1259-1268 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b02669

    53. Minafra N., Culver S., Krauskopf T., Senyshyn A., Zeier W.G., “Effect of Si substitution on the structural and transport properties of superionic Li-argyrodites” J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 645-651 doi:10.1039/C7TA08581H

  • Publications 2017

    52. Koerver R., Walter F., Aygün I., Sann J., Dietrich C., Zeier W.G., Janek J., „Redox-active cathode interphases in solid-state batteries“ J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 22750-22760 doi:10.1039/C7TA07641J

    51. Krauskopf T., Pompe C., Kraft M.A., Zeier W.G., „Influence of lattice dynamics on Na-transport in the solid electrolyte Na3PS4-xSex“ Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 8859-8869 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03474

    50. Zhang W., Leichtweiß T., Culver S.P., Koerver R., Das D., Weber D.A., Zeier W.G., Janek J., „The detrimental effects of carbon additives in Li10GeP2S12 based solid-state batteries“ ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2017, 9, 35888-35896 doi:10.1021/acsami.7b11530

    49. Dietrich C., Weber D., Sedlmaier S.J., Indris S., Culver S., Walter D., Janek J., Zeier W.G., "Lithium ion conductivity in Li2S-P2S5 glasses - Building units and local structure evolution during crystallization of the superionic conductors Li3PS4, Li7P3S11 and Li4P2S7" J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 18111-18199 doi:10.1039/C7TA06067J

    Highlighted as a 2017 JMCA HOT paper

    48. Kraft M., Culver S.P., Calderon M., Boecher F., Krauskopf T., Senyshyn A., Dietrich C., Zevalkink A., Janek J., Zeier W.G., "On the influence of lattice polarizability on the ionic conductivity in the lithium superionic argyrodites Li6PS5X (X = Cl, Br, I)" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 10909-10918 doi:10.1021/jacs.7b06327

    47. Wenzel S., Sedlmaier S., Dietrich C., Zeier W.G., Janek J., “Interfacial reactivity and interphase growth of argyrodite solid electrolytes at lithium metal electrodes” Solid State Ionics 2017, 318, 102-112 doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2017.07.005

    46. Koerver R., Dursun I., Leichtweiß T., Dietrich C., Zhang W., Binder J., Hartmann P., Zeier W.G., Janek J., “Capacity fade in solid-state batteries: Interphase formation and chemo-mechanical processes in nickel-rich layered oxide cathodes and lithium thiophosphate solid electrolytes” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 5574-5582 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00931

    45. Heep B.K., Weldert K.S., Krysiak Y., Day T.W., Zeier W.G., Kolb U., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “High electron mobility and disorder induced by silver ion migration lead to good thermoelectric performance in the argyrodite Ag8SiSe6” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 4833–4839 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b00767

    44. Zhang W., Weber D.A., Weigand H., Arlt T., Manke I., Schröder D., Koerver R., Leichtweiß T., Hartmann P., Zeier W.G., Janek J., “Interfacial processes and influence of composite cathode microstructure controlling the performance of all-solid-state lithium batteries” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2017, 9, 17835–17845 doi:10.1021/acsami.7b01137

    43. Miglio A., Heinrich C.P., Tremel W., Hautier G., Zeier W.G., “Local bonding influence on the band edge and band gap formation in quaternary chalcopyrites” Adv. Sci. 2017, 4, 1700080 doi:10.1002/advs.201700080

    42. Dietrich C., Weber D.A., Culver S.P., Senyshyn A., Sedlmaier S.J., Indris S., Janek J., Zeier W.G., “Synthesis, structural characterization and ionic conductivity of the lithium thiophosphate Li2P2S6” Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 6681–6687 doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b00751

    41. Zhang W., Schröder D., Arlt T., Manke I., Koerver R., Pinedo R., Weber D.A., Sann J., Zeier W.G., Janek J., “(Electro)chemical expansion during cycling: monitoring pressure changes in operating solid-state lithium batteries” J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 9929-9936 doi:10.1039/C7TA02730C

    40. Boecher F., Culver S.P., Peilstoecker J., Weldert K.S., Zeier W.G. “Vacancy and anti-site disorder scattering in AgBiSe2 thermoelectrics” Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 3906-3914 doi:10.1039/C7DT00381A

    39. Zeier W.G., “New tricks for optimizing thermoelectric materials” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2017, 4, 23-28 doi:10.1016/j.cogsc.2017.02.003

    38. Zeier W.G., Anand S., Huang L., He R., Zhang H., Ren Z., Wolverton C., Snyder G.J., “Using the 18-electron rule to understand the nominal 19-electron half-Heusler NbCoSb with Nb-vacancies” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 1210-1217 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04583

    37. Hanus R., Guo X., Tang Y., Li G., Snyder G.J., Zeier W.G., “A chemical understanding for the band convergence in CoSb3 skutterudites: influence of electron population, local thermal expansion and bonding interactions” Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 1156-1164 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04506

    • Publications 2009 - 2016

      36. Dietrich C., Sadowski M., Sicolo S., Weber D.A., Sedlmaier S., Weldert K.S., Indris S., Albe K., Janek J., Zeier W.G., “Local structural investigations, defect formation and ionic conductivity of the lithium ionic conductor Li4P2S6” Chem. Mater. 2016 , 28, 8764-8773 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b04175

      35. Wenzel S., Leichtweiss T., Weber D.A., Sann J., Zeier W.G., Janek J., “Interfacial reactivity benchmarking of the sodium ion conductor Na3PS4 and sodium β-alumina for protected sodium metal anodes and sodium all-solid-state batteries” ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2016, 8, 28216-28224 doi:10.1021/acsami.6b10119

      34. Janek J., Zeier W.G., “A solid future for battery development” Nature Energy 2016, 1 (9), 16141 doi:10.1021/10.1038/nenergy.2016.141

      33. Weber D.A., Senyshyn A., Weldert K.S., Wenzel A., Zhang W., Kaiser R., Berendts S., Janek J., Zeier W.G., “Structural insights and 3D diffusion pathways within the lithium superionic conductor Li10GeP2S12” Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (16), 5905-5915 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b02424

      32. Wenzel S., Randau S., Leichtweiss T., Weber D.A., Sann J., Zeier W.G., Janek J., “Direct observation of the interfacial instability of the fast ionic conductor Li10GeP2S12 at the lithium metal anode” Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (7), 2400-2407 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00610

      31. Amsler M., Goedecker S., Zeier W.G., Snyder G.J., Wolverton C., Chaput L., “ZnSb Polymorphs with Improved Thermoelectric Properties“ Chem. Mater. 2016, 28 (9), 2912-2920 doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03856

      30. Zeier W.G., Schmitt J., Hautier G., Aydemir U., Gibbs Z.M., Felser C., Snyder G.J., “Engineering half-Heusler thermoelectric materials using Zintl chemistry“ Nature Rev. Mater. 2016, 16032 – doi:10.1038/natrevmats.2016.32

      29. Zeier W.G., Zevalkink A., Gibbs Z.M., Hautier G., Kanatzidis M.G., Snyder G.J., “Thinking like a chemist: intuition in thermoelectric materials “Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55 (24), 6826-6841, doi:10.1002/anie.201508381

      29. Zeier W.G., Zevalkink A., Gibbs Z.M., Hautier G., Kanatzidis M.G., Snyder G.J., “Denken wie ein Chemiker: Thermoelektrika intuitiv” Angew. Chem. 2016, 128 (24), 6938-6954, doi:10.1002/ange.201508381

      28. Lopez-Bermudez A., Zeier W.G., Zhou S., Lehner A.J., Hu J., Scanlon D.O., Morgan B..J., Melot B.C., “Lithium-ion conductivity in Li6Y(BO3)3: a thermally and electrochemically robust solid electrolyte “ J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 6972-6979 doi:10.1039/C5TA09436D

      27. Tan G., Zeier W.G., Shi F., Wang P., Snyder G.J., Dravid V.P., Kanatzidis M.G., “High performing SnTe-In2Te3 solid solutions enabled by resonant levels and strong vacancy phonon scattering “ Chem. Mater. 2015 , 27 (22), 7801-7811, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03708

      26. Welzmiller S., Fahrnbauer F., Hennersdorf F., Dittmann S., Liebau M., Fraunhofer C., Zeier W.G., Snyder G.J., Oeckler O., “Increasing Seebeck coefficients and thermoelectric performance of Sn/Sb/Te and Ge/Sb/Te materials by Cd doping“ Adv. Electron. Mater. 2015, 1, 1500266 doi:10.1002/aelm.201500266

      25. Day T.D., Weldert K.S., Zeier W.G., Chen B.R., Moffit S.L., Weis U., Jochum K.P., Panthöfer M., Bedzyk M.J., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “Influence of compensating defect formation on the doping efficiency and thermoelectric properties of Cu2-ySe1-xBrx“ Chem. Mater. 2015, 27 (20), 7018-7027, doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02405

      24. Ma J.M., Clarke S.M., Zeier W.G., Vo T., Von Allmen P., Snyder G.J., Kaner R.B., Fleurial J.-P., Bux S.K., “Mechanochemical synthesis and high temperature thermoelectric properties of calcium-doped lanthanium telluride La3-xCaxTe4” J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 10459-10466, doi:10.1039/c5tc01648g

      23. Jensen K.M.Ø., Yang X., Laveda J. V., Zeier W.G., See K.A., DiMichiel M., Melot B.C., Corr S.A., Billinge S.J.L., “X-ray diffraction computed tomography for structural analysis of electrode materials in batteries", J. Electrochem. Soc. 2015, 162 (7), A1310-A1314 doi:10.1149/2.0771507jes

      22. Zhou S., Zeier W.G., Kemei M. C., Sougrati M.T., Mechlenburg M., Melot B.C., “Hydrothermal preparation and magnetic properties of NaFeSi2O6: nanowires vs. bulk samples", Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53 (23), 12396-12401 doi:10.1021/ic501664x

      21. Zeier W.G., Zhu H., Gibbs Z.M., Ceder G., Tremel W., Snyder G.J., “Band convergence in the non-cubic chalcopyrite compounds Cu2MGeSe4", J. Mater. Chem. C 2014, 2 (47), 10189-10194 doi:10.1039/C4TC02218A

      20. Day T.W., Zeier W.G., Brown D.T., Melot B.C., Snyder G.J., “Determining conductivity and mobility values of individual components in multiphase composite Cu1.97Ag0.03Se", Appl. Phys. Lett. 2014, 105, 172103 doi:10.1063/1.4897435

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      19. Zeier W.G., “Structural limitations for optimizing garnet-type solid electrolytes: A perspective", Dalton Trans. 2014, 43, 16133-16138 doi:10.1039/C4DT02162B

      18. Pei Y., Gibbs Z.M., Gloskovskii A., Balke B., Zeier W.G., Snyder G.J., “Optimum carrier concentration in n-type PbTe thermoelectrics", Adv. Energy Mater. 2014, 4, 13, 1400486 doi:10.1002/aenm.201400486

      17. Zevalkink A., Zeier W.G., Cheng E., Snyder G.J., Fleurial J.-P., Bux S.K., “Non-stoichiometry in the Zintl-phase Yb1-δZn2Sb2 as a route to thermoelectric optimization", Chem. Mater. 2014, 26 (19), 5710-5717 doi:10.1021/cm502588r

      16. Weldert K.S., Zeier W.G., Day T.W., Panthöfer M., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “Thermoelectric transport in the Cu7PSe6 with high copper ionic mobility", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (34), 12035-12040 doi:10.1021/ja5056092

      15. Zeier W.G., Zhou S., Lopez-Bermudez B., Page K., Melot B.C., “Dependence of the Li-ion conductivity and activation energies on the crystal structure and ionic radii in Li6MLa2Ta2O12" ACS Appl. Mater. Int. 2014, 6 (14), 10900-10907 doi:10.1021/am4060194

      14. Pomrehn G., Zevalkink A., Zeier W.G., van de Walle A., Snyder G.J., “Defect-controlled electronic properties in AZn2Sb2 Zintl phases", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 3422-3426 doi: 10.1002/anie.201311125

      13. Heinrich C.P., Day T, Zeier W.G., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “Effect of isovalent substitution on the thermoelectric properties of the Cu2ZnGeSe4-xSx series of solid solutions", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (2), 442-448 doi:10.1021/ja410753k

      12. Zeier W.G., Heinrich C.P., Day T., Panithipongwut C., Kieslich G., Brunklaus G., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “Bond strength dependent superionic phase transformation in the solid solution Cu2ZnGeSe4-xSx”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 1790-1794 doi:10.1039/C3TA13007J

      11. Zeier W.G., Day T., Schechtel E., Snyder G.J., Tremel, W., “Influence of the chemical potential on the carrier effective mass in the thermoelectric solid solution Cu2Zn1-xFexGeSe4“, Funct. Mater. Lett. 2013, 6, 5, 1340010 doi:10.1142/S1793604713400109

      10. Kieslich G., Veremchuck I., Antonyshyn I., Zeier W.G., Birkel C.S., Weldert K., Heinrich C.P., Visnow E., Panthöfer M., Burkhard U., Grin Y., Tremel W., “Using crystallographic shear to reduce lattice thermal conductivity: high temperature thermoelectric characterization of the spark plasma sintered Magneli phases WO2.90 and WO2.722”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 15399-15403 doi:10.1039/C3CP52361F

      9. Zeier W.G., Pei Y., Pomrehn G. Day T., Heinz N., Heinrich C.P., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “Phonon scattering through a local anisotropic structural disorder in the thermoelectric solid solution Cu2Zn1-xFexGeSe4“, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135 (2), 726-732 doi:10.1021/ja308627v

      8. Zevalkink A., Zeier W.G., Pomrehn G., Schechtel E., Tremel W., Snyder G.J., “Thermoelectric transport properties of Sr3GaSb3 – A chain based Zintl compound“, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 9121-9128 doi:10.1039/C2EE22378C

      7. Birkel C., Zeier W.G., Douglas J., Lettiere B., Mills C.; Seward G., Birkel A., Snedaker M., Zhang Y., Snyder G.J., Pollock T., Seshadri R., Stucky G., “Rapid microwave preparation of thermoelectric TiNiSn and TiCoSb half-Heusler compounds“, Chem. Mater. 2012, 24, 2558–2565 doi:10.1021/cm3011343

      6. Zeier W.G., Zevalkink A., Schechtel E., Tremel W., Snyder G.J., “Thermoelectric properties of Zn-doped Ca3AlSb3“, J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 9826-9830 doi:10.1039/C2JM31324C

      5. Zeier W.G., LaLonde A., Gibbs Z.M., Heinrich C.P., Panthöfer M., Snyder G.J., Tremel W., “Influence of a nano phase segregation on the thermoelectric properties of the p-type doped stannite compound Cu2+xZn1-xGeSe4“, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134 (16), 7147-7154 doi:10.1021/ja301452j

      4. Zeier W.G., Panthöfer M., Janek J., Tremel W., “Thermoelektrische Verbindungen. Strom aus Abwärme”, Chem. Unserer Zeit 2011, 45, 188-200 doi:10.1002/ciuz.201100393

      3. Zevalkink A., Toberer E.S., Zeier W.G., Flage-Larsen E., Snyder G.J., “Ca3AlSb3: an inexpensive, non-toxic thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery“, Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 510-518 doi:10.1039/C0EE00517G

      2. Zeier W.G., Roof I.P., Smith M.D., zur Loye H.-C., “Crystal growth of Ln3GaO6 (Ln = Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd): Structural and optical properties“, Solid State Sci. 2009, 11, 1965-1970 doi:10.1002/chin.201005015

      1. Roof I.P., Jagau T.-C., Zeier W.G., Smith M.D., zur Loye H.-C., “Crystal growth of a new series of complex niobates, LnKNaNbO5 (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, and Tb): Structural properties and photoluminescence“, Chem. Mater. 2009, 21, 1955-1961 doi:10.1021/cm9003245