Electron microscopy has revolutionized our understanding of materials by completing the processing-structure-properties links down to atomistic levels.

1. Design, Synthesis and Theory of Energy Materials

能源材料的设计、合成和理论研究

(1) Chengyu Li, Dandan wang*, Xuefeng Zhou, Cong Gao, Xiang Gao*, Dongliang Chao, Yongjin Chen*, Grain boundaries modification of the spinel LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ ceramic cathode towards low interfacial resistance for lithium-ion batteries with ultrahigh areal energy density, Acta Materialia, 2025, 292, 121039.

(2) Pengcheng Li, Chengyu Li, Jun Wang, Cairong Jiang*, Xiang Gao*, Jianjun Ma, Wenge Yang, Dongliang Chao, Yongjin Chen*, Lattice reconstruction engineering boosts the extreme fast charging/discharging performance of nickel-rich layered cathodes, Nano Letters, 2025, 25, 10, 3834-3842.

(3) Run Yu, Yongjin Chen*, Chengyu Li, Shaojun Wang, Pengcheng Li, Ruihan Tang, Cong Gao, Chuanlong Lin, Xiang Gao*, The synergetic modification on ionic conductivity and air stability of Ga³⁺and Ta⁵⁺co-doped Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ (LLZO), Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2025, 108(8), e.20576.

(4) Pengcheng Li, Zhuo Peng, Zhihao Sun, Chengyu Li, Jianjun Ma*, Jun Wang, Run Yu, Cairong Jiang, Xiang Gao,Wenge Yang, Dongliang Chao*, Yongjin Chen*, Lattice plainification flattens the crystal structure of nickel-rich layered cathodes, Materials Horizons, 2025, 12, 8620-8630.

(5) Dianxin Yi, Ruihan Tang, Jiarui Zhang, Chengyu Li, Jianjun Ma*, Cairong Jiang, Xiang Gao, Dongliang Chao*, Yongjin Chen*, Oxygen Vacancy Engineering Boosts the Rate Performance of Li/MnO₂ Primary Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2025, 8, 24, 17961-17969.

(6) Yongjin Chen*, Hong Wu, Guang Han, Bin Zhang, Xu Lu, Wenge Yang, Guoyu Wang*, Xiaodong Han*, Xiaoyuan Zhou, Synergistic effects lead to high thermoelectric performance of iodine doped pseudo-binary layered GeSb₂Te₄, Journal of Materiomics, 2025, 11(4), 100973.

2. Advanced Atomic Structure and Spectroscopic Analysis

聚焦先进电子显微学和谱学方法，包括原位电镜技术和分析方法

(1) Cong Gao, Xuefeng Zhou, Run Yu, Chengyu Li, Xiang Gao*, Wenge Yang, Dongliang Chao, Yongjin Chen*, Synergistic modulation of grain boundary and domain boundary enhances the ionic conductivity of Li_0.33La_0.56TiO₃ solid electrolyte, ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 10902-10911.

(2) Lixin Gu, Yangting Lin*, Yongjin Chen*, Yuchen Xu, Xu Tang, Sen Hu, Ho‑kwang Mao, Jinhua Li*, Measurement of ferric iron in Chang’e-5 impact glass beads, Earth, Planets and Space. 2023, 75, 151.

(3) Zhichuan Bai, Xiang Gao*, Zheng Liu, Dongliang Chao, Yingying Wang, Jie Yin, Cairong Jiang*, Wenge Yang, Jianjun Ma, Yongjin Chen*, Direct Observation of the Anisotropic Transport Behavior of Li+ in Graphite Anodes and Thermal Runaway Induced by the Interlayer Polarization, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2023, 15, 19, 23623–23630.

(4) Yongjin Chen, Bin Zhang, Yongsheng Zhang, Hong Wu, Kunling Peng, Hengquan Yang, Qing Zhang, Xiaopeng Liu, Yisheng Chai, Xu Lu, Guoyu Wang, Ze Zhang, Jian He, Xiaodong Han*, Xiaoyuan Zhou*, Atomic-Scale Visualization and Quantification of Configurational Entropy in Relation to Thermal Conductivity: A Proof-of-principle Study in t-GeSb₂Te₄, Advanced Science, 2021, 8(4): 2002051.

3. Probe the structural origin and understand the functionalities of advanced materials

先进材料的构效关系解析，尤其关注表面、界面和缺陷等

(1) Run Yu, Yongjin Chen*, Xiang Gao*, Dongliang Chao*, Elucidating the role of multi-scale microstructures in Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ based all-solid-state lithium batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 72:10375.

(2) Jiarui Zhang, Chengyu Li, Xiang Gao*, Jie Yin, Cairong Jiang*, Jianjun Ma, Wenge Yang, Yongjin Chen*, Microstructure evolution and self-discharge degradation mechanism in Li/MnO₂ primary batteries, Rare Metals, 2025, 44, 1392-1400.

(3) Chengyu Li, Jianjun Ma, Cairong Jiang, Xiang Gao, Lei Su, Yongjin Chen*, Probing Degradation of Cobalt-free LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ Ceramic Cathode in Lithium-Ion Batteries, npj materials degradation, 2026, 10, 55.

(4) Cong Gao, Run Yu, Xiaopeng Cheng, Tao Sun, Chengyu Li, Xuefeng Zhou, Dandan Wang, Chenjie Lou, Peiyang Mu, Xiang Gao*, Wenge Yang, Dongliang Chao, Yongjin Chen*, Revealing the Interface Instability between Lithium Metal Anode and Perovskite Solid-State Electrolyte, Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2025, 13, 13410-13416.

4. Structure Characterization of Structural, Quantum, Super-hard, and Planets Materials

结构材料、量子材料、超硬材料和地学材料等的结构表征

5. Materials Design and Synthesis by High Pressure Techniques

利用高压技术进行材料设计和合成