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Allen Pei is a researcher affiliated with Tesla in the United States, conducting work primarily in the field of engineering. Their research spans several subfields, with a pronounced focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as automotive engineering. Other areas of interest include polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The main topics of Allen Pei's research revolve around advanced battery materials and technologies. This includes significant contributions to advancements in battery materials, advanced battery technologies research, and conducting polymers and their applications. Their work also touches on perovskite materials and applications and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Pei's recent peer-reviewed publications are distributed across notable journals and span several years. Some of the recent papers include:

  • "Tortuosity Effects in Lithium-Metal Host Anodes," 2020, Joule
  • "Transient Voltammetry with Ultramicroelectrodes Reveals the Electron Transfer Kinetics of Lithium Metal Anodes," 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • "Underpotential lithium plating on graphite anodes caused by temperature heterogeneity," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Supercooled liquid sulfur maintained in three-dimensional current collector for high-performance Li-S batteries," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Resolving Current-Dependent Regimes of Electroplating Mechanisms for Fast Charging Lithium Metal Anodes," 2022, Nano Letters

The venues where Allen Pei frequently publishes include:

  • Joule
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Advances
  • Nano Letters

Collaborative work features prominently in Pei's publication record. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yi Cui
  • Ankun Yang
  • William Huang
  • Rafael A. Vilá
  • Hongxia Wang

Best Publications

  • Nanoscale Nucleation and Growth of Electrodeposited Lithium Metal

    Allen Pei;Guangyuan Zheng;Feifei Shi;Yuzhang Li

  • Materials for lithium-ion battery safety

    Kai Liu;Yayuan Liu;Dingchang Lin;Allen Pei

  • Atomic structure of sensitive battery materials and interfaces revealed by cryo–electron microscopy

    Yuzhang Li;Yanbin Li;Allen Pei;Kai Yan

  • Ultrathin, flexible, solid polymer composite electrolyte enabled with aligned nanoporous host for lithium batteries.

    Jiayu Wan;Jin Xie;Jin Xie;Xian Kong;Zhe Liu

  • Lithium Metal Anodes with an Adaptive "Solid-Liquid" Interfacial Protective Layer.

    Kai Liu;Allen Pei;Hye Ryoung Lee;Biao Kong

  • Solubility-mediated sustained release enabling nitrate additive in carbonate electrolytes for stable lithium metal anode.

    Yayuan Liu;Dingchang Lin;Yuzhang Li;Guangxu Chen

  • A manganese–hydrogen battery with potential for grid-scale energy storage

    Wei Chen;Guodong Li;Guodong Li;Allen Pei;Yuzhang Li

  • Surface Fluorination of Reactive Battery Anode Materials for Enhanced Stability.

    Jie Zhao;Lei Liao;Feifei Shi;Ting Lei

  • Improving cyclability of Li metal batteries at elevated temperatures and its origin revealed by cryo-electron microscopy

    Jiangyan Wang;William Huang;Allen Pei;Yuzhang Li

  • Highly Efficient Light-Driven TiO2–Au Janus Micromotors

    Renfeng Dong;Qilu Zhang;Wei Gao;Allen Pei

  • Stabilizing Lithium Metal Anodes by Uniform Li-Ion Flux Distribution in Nanochannel Confinement

    Wei Liu;Dingchang Lin;Allen Pei;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Efficient electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction on a three-phase interface

    Jun Li;Guangxu Chen;Yangying Zhu;Zheng Liang

  • Uniform High Ionic Conducting Lithium Sulfide Protection Layer for Stable Lithium Metal Anode

    Hao Chen;Allen Pei;Dingchang Lin;Jin Xie

  • Effects of Polymer Coatings on Electrodeposited Lithium Metal

    Jeffrey Lopez;Allen Pei;Jin Young Oh;Ging-Ji Nathan Wang

  • Correlating Structure and Function of Battery Interphases at Atomic Resolution Using Cryoelectron Microscopy

    Yuzhang Li;William Huang;Yanbin Li;Allen Pei

  • Seawater-driven magnesium based Janus micromotors for environmental remediation

    Wei Gao;Xiaomiao Feng;Allen Pei;Yonge Gu

  • Bioinspired Helical Microswimmers Based on Vascular Plants

    Wei Gao;Xiaomiao Feng;Allen Pei;Christopher R. Kane

  • Water-driven micromotors.

    Wei Gao;Allen Pei;Joseph Wang

  • Vertically Aligned and Continuous Nanoscale Ceramic–Polymer Interfaces in Composite Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Enhanced Ionic Conductivity

    Xiaokun Zhang;Xiaokun Zhang;Jin Xie;Feifei Shi;Dingchang Lin

  • Stabilized Li3N for efficient battery cathode prelithiation

    Yongming Sun;Yanbin Li;Jie Sun;Yuzhang Li

  • Catalytic iridium-based Janus micromotors powered by ultralow levels of chemical fuels.

    Wei Gao;Allen Pei;Renfeng Dong;Joseph Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Dingchang Lin
Dingchang Lin Johns Hopkins University
Yuzhang Li
Yuzhang Li University of California, Los Angeles
Yayuan Liu
Yayuan Liu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jin Xie
Jin Xie University of Georgia
Guangmin Zhou
Guangmin Zhou Tsinghua University
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Kai Yan
Kai Yan Stanford University
Wei Gao
Wei Gao California Institute of Technology
Yongming Sun
Yongming Sun Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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