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Y. Shirley Meng

Y. Shirley Meng

Professor, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

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Meng noted that design rules from polycrystalline cathodes were being applied to single-crystal materials, even though the two behave differently under operating conditions.

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The hidden crack problem destroying EV batteries

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Chief Scientist, Argonne Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science

On December 29, researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory published findings in Nature Nanotechnology that flip battery science on its head. Single-crystal lithium-ion batteries—designed specifically to avoid the grain-boundary cracking that plagued older batteries—are failing anyway. But they're cracking for the exact opposite reason scientists expected.

Updated Dec 30, 2025