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  • 2019 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Matthew T. McDowell is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily addresses the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work centers on major topics related to advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced battery technologies research, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, extraction and separation processes, thermal expansion and ionic conductivity, and 2D materials and applications.

Frequent coauthors include Stephanie Elizabeth Sandoval, Douglas Lars Nelson, John A. Lewis, Sun Geun Yoon, and Pralav P. Shetty. Their collaborations have contributed to publications with notable frequency in venues such as ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Energy Letters, Matter, Nature Materials, and Joule.

Recent papers by Matthew T. McDowell cover a range of topics related to lithium metal anodes and solid-state batteries. Key publications include:

  • Challenges in Lithium Metal Anodes for Solid-State Batteries (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries (2021, ACS Energy Letters)
  • Linking void and interphase evolution to electrochemistry in solid-state batteries using operando X-ray tomography (2021, Nature Materials)
  • Efficient Low-Temperature Cycling of Lithium Metal Anodes by Tailoring the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase (2020, ACS Energy Letters)
  • The promise of alloy anodes for solid-state batteries (2022, Joule)

Matthew T. McDowell received recognition as a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid-electrolyte interphase control

    Hui Wu;Gerentt Chan;Jang Wook Choi;Jang Wook Choi;Ill Ryu

  • A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes

    Nian Liu;Zhenda Lu;Jie Zhao;Matthew T. McDowell

  • Sulphur–TiO2 yolk–shell nanoarchitecture with internal void space for long-cycle lithium–sulphur batteries

    Zhi Wei Seh;Weiyang Li;Judy J. Cha;Guangyuan Zheng

  • A yolk-shell design for stabilized and scalable li-ion battery alloy anodes.

    Nian Liu;Hui Wu;Matthew T. McDowell;Yan Yao

  • 25th anniversary article: Understanding the lithiation of silicon and other alloying anodes for lithium-ion batteries

    Matthew T. McDowell;Seok Woo Lee;William D. Nix;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Interconnected Silicon Hollow Nanospheres for Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life

    Yan Yao;Matthew T. McDowell;Ill Ryu;Hui Wu

  • Stable Li-ion battery anodes by in-situ polymerization of conducting hydrogel to conformally coat silicon nanoparticles

    Hui Wu;Guihua Yu;Lijia Pan;Lijia Pan;Nian Liu

  • Self-healing chemistry enables the stable operation of silicon microparticle anodes for high-energy lithium-ion batteries

    Chao Wang;Hui Wu;Hui Wu;Zheng Chen;Matthew T. McDowell

  • In Situ TEM of Two-Phase Lithiation of Amorphous Silicon Nanospheres

    Matthew T. McDowell;Seok Woo Lee;Justin T. Harris;Brian A. Korgel

  • New nanostructured Li2S/silicon rechargeable battery with high specific energy.

    Yuan Yang;Matthew T. McDowell;Ariel Jackson;Judy J. Cha

  • Studying the kinetics of crystalline silicon nanoparticle lithiation with in situ transmission electron microscopy.

    Matthew T. McDowell;Ill Ryu;Seok Woo Lee;Chongmin Wang

  • Rice husks as a sustainable source of nanostructured silicon for high performance Li-ion battery anodes

    Nian Liu;Kaifu Huo;Kaifu Huo;Matthew T. McDowell;Jie Zhao

  • Prelithiated Silicon Nanowires as an Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries

    Nian Liu;Liangbing Hu;Matthew T. McDowell;Ariel Jackson

  • The Effect of Insertion Species on Nanostructured Open Framework Hexacyanoferrate Battery Electrodes

    Colin D. Wessells;Sandeep V. Peddada;Matthew T. McDowell;Robert A. Huggins

  • Full open-framework batteries for stationary energy storage

    Mauro Pasta;Colin D. Wessells;Nian Liu;Johanna Nelson

  • Anomalous Shape Changes of Silicon Nanopillars by Electrochemical Lithiation

    Seok Woo Lee;Matthew T. McDowell;Jang Wook Choi;Yi Cui

  • Challenges in lithium metal anodes for solid state batteries

    Kelsey B. Hatzell;Xi Chelsea Chen;Corie L. Cobb;Neil P. Dasgupta

  • Fracture of crystalline silicon nanopillars during electrochemical lithium insertion.

    Seok Woo Lee;Matthew T. McDowell;Lucas A. Berla;William D. Nix

  • Improving lithium-sulphur batteries through spatial control of sulphur species deposition on a hybrid electrode surface.

    Hongbin Yao;Guangyuan Zheng;Po-Chun Hsu;Desheng Kong

  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries

    Paul Albertus;Venkataramani Anandan;Chunmei Ban;Nitash Balsara

  • Novel Size and Surface Oxide Effects in Silicon Nanowires as Lithium Battery Anodes

    Matthew T. McDowell;Seok Woo Lee;Ill Ryu;Hui Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Nian Liu
Nian Liu Georgia Institute of Technology
Nathan S. Lewis
Nathan S. Lewis California Institute of Technology
Seok Woo Lee
Seok Woo Lee University of Connecticut
Bruce S. Brunschwig
Bruce S. Brunschwig California Institute of Technology
Ke Sun
Ke Sun Henry Patent Law Firm
Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang Columbia University
William D. Nix
William D. Nix Stanford University
Hui Wu
Hui Wu Tsinghua University
Judy J. Cha
Judy J. Cha Yale University

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