PNNL

Dr. Shuang Li is currently a postdoctoral research associate on the Biogeochemical Transformations team in PNNL’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Division and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory user program. She obtained her PhD in material physics and chemistry from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018). She has extensive research experience in the advanced application of transmission electron microscopy on materials science, including oxide thin film, catalysts, and energy storage materials. Her current research focuses on the microstructure evolution of materials in different environments, including high temperatures, stress, oxidation, and more, using advanced in situ electron microscopy techniques. Dr. Li has more than 30 papers published in peer-reviewed professional journals.   

• In situ TEM on deformation characteristic of metallic alloys 

• Atomistic mechanisms of metal oxidation and corrosion 

• Understanding the microstructure performance relationship in energy-related materials

• PhD in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

• BE in Materials Science and Engineering, Hunan University 

• 2018-2020 postdoctoral research associate at University of Waterloo and Brookhaven National Laboratory

2022

S. Li, L. Li, A. Soulami, C.A. Powell, S. Mathaudhu, A. Devaraj, C. Wang. 2022. “In-situ Observation of Deformation Twin Associated Sub-grain Boundary Formation in Copper Single Crystal Under Bending”. Materials Research Letters 10(7): 488-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2022.2057201

S. Li, N. Chen, A. Rohatgi, Y. Li, C.A. Powell, S. Mathaudhu, A. Devaraj, S. Hu, C. Wang. 2022. “Nanotwin Assisted Reversible Formation of Low Angle Grain Boundary Upon Reciprocating Shear Load”. Acta Materialia. 230: 117850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.117850

S. Li, Y. Sun, N. Li, W. Tong, X. Sun, C.T. Black, S. Hwang. 2022. Porosity Development at Li-Rich Layered Cathodes in All-Solid-State Battery during In Situ Delithiation, Nano Letters 22(12): 4905-4911. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01401

2021 

S. Li, M. Olszta, L. Li, B. Gwalani, A. Soulami, C.A. Powell, S. Mathaudhu, A. Devaraj, C. Wang. 2021. In-situ TEM Observation of Shear Induced Microstructure Evolution in Cu-Nb Alloy, Scripta Materialia. 205: 114214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2021.114214

S. Li, Z. Shadike, G. Kwon, X.-Q. Yang, J.H. Lee, S. Hwang. 2021. Asymmetric Reaction Pathways of Conversion-Type Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Chemistry of Materials. 33(10): 3515-3523. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c04466

Wang, X., Z. Yao, S. Hwang, L. Zhang, M. Fu, S. Li, L. Mai, Q. Xu, and D. Su. 2021. “On the Irreversible Sodiation of Tin Disulfide.” Nano Energy 79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105458.  

2020 

Cho, H. J., D. Kim, S. Li, D. Su, D. Ma, and B. Xu. 2020. “Molecular-Level Proximity of Metal and Acid Sites in Zeolite-Encapsulated Pt Nanoparticles for Selective Multistep Tandem Catalysis.” ACS Catalysis 10 (5): 3340-3348. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b03842.  

Li, S., Z. Yao, J. Zheng, M. Fu, J. Cen, S. Hwang, H. Jin, A. Orlov, L. Gu, S. Wang, Z. Chen, and D. Su. 2020. “Direct Observation of Defect-Aided Structural Evolution in a Nickel-Rich Layered Cathode.” Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202008144.  

Liang, J., S. Hwang, S. Li, J. Luo, Y. Sun, Y. Zhao, Q. Sun, W. Li, M. Li, M. N. Banis, X. Li, R. Li, L. Zhang, S. Zhao, S. Lu, H. Huang, D. Su, and X. Sun. 2020. “Stabilizing and Understanding the Interface between Nickel-Rich Cathode and PEO-Based Electrolyte by Lithium Niobium Oxide Coating for High-Performance All-Solid-State Batteries.” Nano Energy 78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105107.  

Ma, Z., S. Li, L. Wu, L. Song, G. Jiang, Z. Liang, D. Su, Y. Zhu, R. R. Adzic, J. X. Wang, and Z. Chen. 2020. “NbOx Nano-Nail with a Pt Head Embedded in Carbon as a Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Reduction Catalyst.” Nano Energy 69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104455.  

Zhang, F., S. Lou, S. Li, Z. Yu, Q. Liu, A. Dai, C. Cao, M. F. Toney, M. Ge, X. Xiao, W. K. Lee, Y. Yao, J. Deng, T. Liu, Y. Tang, G. Yin, J. Lu, D. Su, and J. Wang. 2020. “Surface Regulation Enables High Stability of Single-Crystal Lithium-Ion Cathodes at High Voltage.” Nature Communications 11 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16824-2.  

Zhu, J., S. Li, M. Xiao, X. Zhao, G. Li, Z. Bai, M. Li, Y. Hu, R. Feng, W. Liu, R. Gao, D. Su, A. Yu, and Z. Chen. 2020. “Tensile-Strained Ruthenium Phosphide by Anion Substitution for Highly Active and Durable Hydrogen Evolution.” Nano Energy 77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105212.  

2019 

Li, J., S. Hwang, F. Guo, S. Li, Z. Chen, R. Kou, K. Sun, C. J. Sun, H. Gan, A. Yu, E. A. Stach, H. Zhou, and D. Su. 2019. “Phase Evolution of Conversion-Type Electrode for Lithium Ion Batteries.” Nature Communications 10 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09931-2.  

Li, S., Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Zhu, Y. L. Tang, Y. Liu, J. Y. Ma, M. J. Han, B. Wu, and X. L. Ma. 2019. “Evolution of Flux-Closure Domain Arrays in Oxide Multilayers with Misfit Strain.” Acta Materialia 171: 176-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.04.020.  

Li, S., Y. L. Zhu, Y. L. Tang, Y. Liu, S. R. Zhang, Y. J. Wang, and X. L. Ma. 2017. “Thickness-Dependent a1/a2 Domain Evolution in Ferroelectric PbTiO3 Films.” Acta Materialia 131: 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2017.03.064.  

Li, S., Y. L. Zhu, Y. J. Wang, Y. L. Tang, Y. Liu, S. R. Zhang, J. Y. Ma, and X. L. Ma. 2017. “Periodic Arrays of Flux-Closure Domains in Ferroelectric Thin Films with Oxide Electrodes.” Applied Physics Letters 111 (5). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4996232.