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Cathode chemomechanics controls Li metal solid-state battery performance under low stack pressures

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  • Saeed Moradi

    (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

  • Beniamin Zahiri

    (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

  • Paul V. Braun

    (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Abstract

Stresses resulting from electrode material chemomechanics are strongly coupled to solid electrolyte-electrode interface failures. Such failures are significant barriers to realization of practical Li metal solid-state batteries (SSBs). Significant research efforts have been devoted to control anode chemomechanical stress. Here we show positive electrode (cathode) chemomechanical stress is also critical at commercially relevant low (e.g.,

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  • Saeed Moradi & Beniamin Zahiri & Paul V. Braun, 2025. "Cathode chemomechanics controls Li metal solid-state battery performance under low stack pressures," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-64358-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64358-2
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