Publications

2024

“A Fast Analytical Model for Predicting Battery Performance Under Mixed Kinetic Control”, Hongxuan Wang, Fan Wang, and Ming Tang, arXiv:2404.05152. (link)

“Toward Controlled Synthesis of 2D Crystals by CVD: Learning from the Real-Time Crystal Morphology Evolutions”, Jing Zhang, Tianshu Zhai, Faizal Arifurrahman, Yuguo Wang, Andrew Hitt, Zelai He, Qing Ai, Yifeng Liu, Chen-Yang Lin, Yifan Zhu, Ming Tang, Jun Lou, Nano Letters 24, 2465 (2024). (link)

“VO2 phase change electrodes in Li-ion batteries”, Samuel Castro-Pardo, Anand B. Puthirath, Shaoxun Fan, Sreehari Saju, Guang Yang, Jagjit Nanda, Robert Vajtai, Ming Tang and Pulickel M. Ajayan, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12, 2738 (2024). (link)

 

2023

“Accelerate Microstructure Evolution Simulation Using Graph Neural Networks with Adaptive Spatiotemporal Resolution”, Shaoxun Fan, Andrew Hitt, Ming Tang, Babak Sadigh and Fei Zhou, arxiv:2310.15153. (link)

“Roll-to-roll solvent-free manufactured electrodes for fast-charging batteries”, Yangtao Liu, Xiangtao Gong, Chinmoy Podder, Fan Wang, Zeyuan Li, Jianzhao Liu, Jinzhao Fu, Xiaotu Ma, Panawan Vanaphuti, Andrew Hitt, Yavuz Savsatli, Zhenzhen Yang, Mingyuan Ge, Wah-Keat Lee, Bryan Yonemoto, Ming Tang, Heng Pan, and Yan Wang, Joule 7, 952 (2023). (link)

“High-Spatial-Resolution Quantitative Chemomechanical Mapping of Organic Composite Cathodes for Sulfide-Based SolidState Batteries”, Qing Ai, Zhaoyang Chen, Boyu Zhang, Fan Wang, Tianshu Zhai, Yifeng Liu, Yifan Zhu, Tanguy Terlier, Qiyi Fang, Yanliang Liang, Lihong Zhao, Chaoshan Wu, Hua Guo, Zheng Fan, Ming Tang, Yan Yao, and Jun Lou, ACS Energy Letters 8, 1107 (2023). (link)

 

2022

“Nanotomographic observation and statistical analysis of overcharging induced cracks in LiCoO2 single crystalline particles”, A. Hitt, F. Wang, Z. Li, M. Ge, Y. Zhang, Y. Savsatli, X. Xiao, W.-K. Lee, R. Stephens, M. Tang, Energy Storage Materials 52, 320 (2022). (link)

“Reaction Heterogeneity in LiFePO₄ Agglomerates and the Role of Intercalation-Induced Stress”, Fan Wang, Kaiqi Yang, Mingyuan Ge, Jiajun Wang, Jun Wang, Xianghui Xiao, Wah-Keat Lee , Linsen Li, Ming Tang, ACS Energy Letters 7, 1648 (2022). (link, news)

2021

“Recycled cathode materials enabled superior performance for lithium-ion batteries”, X. Ma, M. Chen, Z. Zheng, J. Fu, D. Bullen, J. Wang, C. Harrison, E. Gratz, D. Robinson, Z. Yang, S. Son, I. Bloom, Y. Lin, J. Wen, Y. Zhang, F. Wang, M. Ge, X. Xiao, W. Lee, M. Tang, B. C. Sousa, R. Arsenault, Y. Wang, Joule 5, 2955 (2021). (link)

“Minimizing the Water Effect in Synthesis of High-Quality Monolayer MoS2 Nanosheets: Implications for Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices”, J. Yuan, F. Wang, S. Patel, Z. Hu, M. Tang, and J. Lou, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 4, 8094 (2021). (link)

“Self-Supervised Learning and Prediction of Microstructure Evolution with Recurrent Neural Networks”, K. Yang, Y. Cao, Y. Zhang, S. Fan, M. Tang, D. Aberg, B. Sadigh, F. Zhou. Patterns 2, 100243 (2021). (link, press release)  

“Dynamics of Lithium Insertion in Electrochromic Titanium Dioxide Nanocrystal Ensembles”, C. Dahlman, S. Heo, Y. Zhang, L. C. Reimnitz, D. He, M. Tang, D. Milliron, Journal of the American Chemical Society 143, 8278 (2021). (link)

2020

“Stress-Induced Intercalation Instability”, Y. Zhang and M. Tang, Acta Materialia 201, 158 (2020). (link)

“A Quantitative Analytical Model for Predicting and Optimizing the Rate Performance of Battery Cells”, Wang and M. Tang, Cell Reports Physical Science 1, 100192 (2020). (link, Press release)

“Thermodynamic Origin of Reaction Non-Uniformity in Battery Porous Electrodes and Its Mitigation”, F. Wang and M. Tang, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 167, 120543 (2020). (link)

“Towards controlled synthesis of 2D crystals by chemical vapor deposition (CVD)”, J. Zhang, F. Wang, V. Shenoy, M. Tang and J. Lou. Materials Today, 2020; DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2020.06.012, Press Release

“Effects of Catalyst Droplets on Wire Growth and Resulting Branched Structures during VLS Growth”, Song, Y. Zhang, J. Chun, S. Hu, M. Tang, D. Li, Nanoscale 12, 7538 (2020). (link)

“Single-Crystal Nickel-Rich Layered-Oxide Battery Cathode Materials: Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Intra-Granular Fracture”, G. Qian, Y. Zhang, L. Li, R. Zhang, J. Xu, Z. Cheng, S. Xie, H. Wang, Q. Rao, Y. He, Y. Shen, L. Chen, M. Tang, Z. Ma, Energy Storage Materials 27, 140 (2020). (link)

“Three-dimensional phase evolution and stress- induced non-uniform Li intercalation behavior in lithium iron phosphate”, K. Yang and M. Tang, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 8, 3060 (2020). (link, Press release)

2019

“A mechanism of defect-enhanced phase transformation kinetics in lithium iron phosphate olivine”, L. Hong, K. Yang, and M. Tang, npj Computational Materials 5, 118 (2019). (Link, press release).

“Interface Science and the Formation of Microstructure”, M. Tang and J. Luo, book chapter in “Statistical Methods for Materials Science Data Analytics in Microstructure Characterization”, edited by J. P. Simmons, L. F. Drummy, Jr., C. A. Bouman, M. De Graef, CRC Press, 2019. (Link)

2018

L. Hong, L. Li, Y.-K. Chen-Wiegart, J. Wang, F. Wang, K. Xiang, L. Gan, W. Li, F. Meng, J. Wang, Y.-M. Chiang, S. Jin, M. Tang, “2D Li Diffusion Behavior and Probable Hybrid Phase Transformation Kinetics in Olivine Lithium Iron Phosphate”, Nature Communications 8, 1194 (2017) (link) — Highlight by DOE BES website (link)

Liu, B. Ludwig, Y. Liu, Z. Zheng, F. Wang, M. Tang, J. Wang, J. Wang, H. Pan, Y. Wang,“Scalable Dry Printing Manufacturing to Enable Long Life and High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries”, Advanced Materials Technology 2, 1700106 (2017). (link)

K. Xiang, W. Xing, D. B. Ravnsbæk, L. Hong, M. Tang, Z. Li, K. M. Wiaderek, O. J. Borkiewicz, K. W. Chapman, P. J. Chupas, Y.-M. Chiang, “Accommodating High Transformation Strains in Battery Electrodes via Formation of Nanoscale Intermediate Phases: Operando Investigation of Olivine NaFePO₄”, Nano Letters 17, 1696 (2017). (link)

2016

“Spiral Growth of SnSe2 Crystals by Chemical Vapor Deposition.”, Wu, J. J., Hu, Z. L., Jin, Z. H., Lei, S. D., Guo, H., Chatterjee, K., Zhang, J., Yang, Y. C., Li, B., Liu, Y., Lai, J. W., Vajtai, R., Yakobson, B., Tang, M., Lou, J., Ajayan, P. M. (2016),  Advanced Materials Interfaces 3, 16.

“Solid-Vapor Reaction Growth of Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayers”, Li, B., Gong, Y. J., Hu, L., Brunetto, G., Yang, Y. C., Ye, G. L., Zhang, Z. H., Lei, S. D., Jin, Z. H., Bianco, E., Zhang, X., Wang, W. P., Lou, J., Galvao, D. S., Tang, M., Yakobson, B. I., Vajtai, R., Ajayan, P. M. (2016). Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 55, 10656.

“Engineering the Transformation Strain in LiMnyFe1-yPO4 Olivines for Ultrahigh Rate Battery Cathodes”, D. B. Ravnsbaek, K. Xiang, W. Xing, O. J. Borkiewicz, K. M. Wiaderek, P. Gionet, K. W. Chapman, P. J. Chupas, M. Tang, Y.-M. Chiang, Nano Letters 16, 2375 (2016).

“Solvent-directed sol-gel assembly of 3-dimensional graphene-tented metal oxides and strong synergistic disparities in lithium storage”, J. Ye, Y. An, E. Montalvo, P. G. Campbell, M. A. Worsley, I. C. Tran, Y. Liu, B. C. Wood, J. Biener, H. Jiang, M. Tang, Y. M. Wang, Journal of Materials Chemistry 2016. DOI: 10.1039/c5ta10730j

“Solid−Liquid Self-Adaptive Polymeric Composite”, P. Dong, A. C. Chipara, P. Loya, Y. Yang, L. Ge, S. Lei, B. Li, G. Brunetto, L. D. Machado, L. Hong, Q. Wang, B. Yang, H. Guo, E. Ringe, D. S. Galvao, R. Vajtai, M. Chipara, M. Tang, J. Lou, P. M. Ajayan, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8, 2142 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b10667

2015
“Defects, Entropy, and the Stabilization of Alternative Phase Boundary Orientations in Battery Electrode Particles”, T. Heo, M. Tang, L.-Q. Chen, B. C. Wood, Advanced Energy Materials 2015, 1501759. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201501759

“Mitigating mechanical failure of crystalline silicon electrodes for lithium batteries by morphological design”, Y. An, B. C. Wood, J. Ye, Y.-M. Chiang, Y. M. Wang, M. Tang* and H. Jiang*, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17, 17718 (2015).

2014
“Grain Boundary Complexions” (invited review), P. R. Cantwell, M. Tang, S. J. Dillon, J. Luo, G. S. Rohrer, M. P. Harmer, Acta Materialia 62, 1 (2014).

“Enhanced lithiation and fracture behavior of silicon mesoscale pillars via atomic layer coatings and geometry design”, J.C. Ye, Y.H. An, T.W. Heo, M. M Biener, R. J Nikolic, M. Tang, H. Jiang, Y. M. Wang, Journal of Power Sources 248, 447 (2014).

2013
“Branching Mechanisms in Surfactant Micelle Growth”, M. Tang and W. C. Carter, J. Phys. Chem B, 117, 2898 (2013).

2012
“Surface Modes of Coherent Spinodal Decomposition”, M. Tang and A. Karma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 265701 (2012).

“Coarsening Kinetics of Topologically Highly Correlated Grain Boundary Networks”, M. Tang, B. W. Reed, M. Kumar, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 043505 (2012).

2011
“Anisotropic Phase Boundary Morphology in Nanoscale Olivine Electrode Particles”, M. Tang, J. F. Belak, M. R. Milo, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115, 4922 (2011).

2010
“Competing Phase Transition Pathways in Nanoscale Olivine Electrodes”, M. Tang, W. C. Carter, J. F. Belak, Y.-M. Chiang, Electrochimica Acta 56, 769 (2010).

“Electrochemically Driven Phase Transitions in Insertion Electrodes for Lithium-ion Batteries: Examples in Lithium Metal Phosphate Olivines”, M. Tang, W.C. Carter and Y.-M. Chiang, Annual Review of Materials Research 40, 469 (2010).

“Overpotential-Dependent Phase Transformation Pathways in Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Electrodes”, Y.-H. Kao, M. Tang, N. Meethong, J. Bai, W.C. Carter, Y.-M. Chiang, Chemistry of Materials 22, 5845 (2010).

2009
“Model for the Particle Size, Overpotential, and Strain Dependence of Phase Transition Pathways in Storage Electrodes: Application to Nanoscale Olivines”, M. Tang, H.-Y. Huang, N. Meethong, Y. H. Kao, W. C. Carter, and Y.-M. Chiang,  Chemistry of Materials 21, 1557 (2009).

2008
“Electrochemically Induced Phase Transformation in Nanoscale Olivines Li1-xMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn)”, N. Meethong, Y. H. Kao, M. Tang, H.-Y. Huang, W. C. Carter, and Y.-M. Chiang, Chemistry of Materials 20, 6189 (2008).

“Modeling Particle Size Effects on Phase Stability and Transition Pathways in Nanosized Olivine Cathode Particles”, M. Tang, H.-Y. Huang, N. Meethong, Y. H. Kao, W. C. Carter, and Y.-M. Chiang, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 1100E, 1100-JJ03-04 (2008).

“Stability of HfO2/SiOx/Si surficial films at ultralow oxygen activity”, E. Jud, M. Tang, Y.-M. Chiang, Journal of Applied Physics 103, 114108 (2008).

“Nanometer-Scale Wetting of the Silicon Surface by its Equilibrium Oxide”, M. Tang, A.V. Ramos, E. Jud, S.-Y. Chung, M. Gautier-Soyer, R.M. Cannon,  W.C. Carter, and Y.-M. Chiang, Langmuir 24, 1891 (2008).

2007
“Complexion: A New Concept for Kinetic Engineering in Materials Science”, S.J. Dillon, M. Tang, W.C. Carter, and M.P. Harmer, Acta Materialia 55, 6208 (2007).

2006
“Grain Boundary Transitions in Binary Alloys”, M. Tang, W. C. Carter, and R. M. Cannon, Physical Review Letters 97, 075502 (2006).

“Diffuse Interface Model for Structural Transitions of Grain Boundaries.” M. Tang, W.C. Carter, and R.M. Cannon, Physical Review B 73, 024102 (2006).

“Grain Boundary Order-Disorder Transitions”, M. Tang, W.C. Carter, and R.M. Cannon, Journal of Materials Science 41, 7691(2006).

“Continuum Modeling and Representations of Interfaces and their Transitions in Materials”, C. Bishop, M. Tang, W.C. Carter, and R.M. Cannon, Materials Science and Engineering A 422, 102 (2006).

“Pressure-Balance and Phase-Field Models for Surficial Amorphous Films”, J. Luo, M. Tang, R.M. Cannon, W.C. Carter, and Y.-M. Chiang, Materials Science and Engineering A 422, 19 (2006).

“Reflection Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Nanometric Oxide Layers and of Their Interfaces With a Substrate”, F. Paumier, V. Fouquet, M.J. Guittet,  M. Gautier-Soyer,  R.H. French, G.L. Tan, Y.-M. Chiang, M. Tang, A. Ramos and S.Y. Chung, Materials Science and Engineering A 422, 29 (2006).

2002
“One-dimensional Model of Martensitic Transformations”, M. Tang, J.H. Zhang, and T.Y. Hsu, Acta Materialia 50, 467 (2002).