Aota, L. S.; Jung, C.; Zhang, S.; Kim, S.-H.; Gault, B.: Revealing Compositional Evolution of PdAu Electrocatalyst by Atom Probe Tomography. ACS Energy Letters 8 (6), pp. 2824 - 2830 (2023)
Dubosq, R.; Woods, E.; Gault, B.; Best, J. P.: Electron microscope loading and in situ nanoindentation of water ice at cryogenic temperatures. PLoS One 18 (2), e0281703 (2023)
Kim, S.-H.; Jun, H.; Jang, K.; Choi, P.-P.; Gault, B.; Jung, C.: Exploring the Surface Segregation of Rh Dopants in PtNi Nanoparticles through Atom Probe Tomography Analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127 (46), pp. 22721 - 22725 (2023)
Singh, M. P.; Woods, E.; Kim, S.-H.; Jung, C.; Aota, L. S.; Gault, B.: Facilitating the Systematic Nanoscale Study of Battery Materials by Atom Probe Tomography through in-situ Metal Coating. Batteries & Supercaps 7 (2), e202300403 (2023)
Zhu, Y.; Heo, T. W.; Rodriguez, J. N.; Weber, P. K.; Shi, R.; Baer, B. J.; Morgado, F. F.; Antonov, S.; Kweon, K. E.; Watkins, E. B.et al.; Savage, D. J.; Chapman, J. E.; Keilbart, N. D.; Song, Y.; Zhen, Q.; Gault, B.; Vogel, S. C.; Sen-Britain, S. T.; Shalloo, M. G.; Orme, C.; Bagge-Hansen, M.; Hahn, C.; Pham, T. A.; Macdonald, D. D.; Qiu, R. S.; Wood, B. C.: Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling. Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 26, 101020 (2022)
Saksena, A.; Kubacka, D.; Gault, B.; Spieker, E.; Kontis, P.: The effect of γ matrix channel width on the compositional evolution in a multi-component nickel-based superalloy. Scripta Materialia 219, 114853 (2022)
Antonov, S.; Tan, Q.; Gault, B.: Hydride Formation and Deformation Mechanisms in Commercially Pure Titanium. Microscopy and Microanalysis 28 (S1), pp. 1634 - 1636 (2022)
Dubosq, R.; Schneider, D.; Zhou, X.; Gault, B.; Langelier, B.; Pleše, P.: Bubbles and atom clusters in rock melts: A chicken and egg problem. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 428, 107574 (2022)
Jenkins, B. M.; Haley, J.; Meier, M.; Jones, M. E.; Gault, B.; Burr, P. A.; Moody, M. P.; Grovenor, C. R. M.: Preliminary Atom Probe Tomography Evidence for Hydrogen Trapping at a β-Nb Second Phase Particle in a Neutron-irradiated Zirconium Alloy. Microscopy and Microanalysis 28 (S1), pp. 1658 - 1659 (2022)
International research team shows how hydrogen affects Nickel-base superalloys at elevated temperatures. Latest results published in journal Nature Materials.
The mission of our group is to uncover the fundamental mechanisms of deformation and degradation in battery systems and to leverage mechanical principles to design damage-resilient energy storage systems.
Here the focus lies on investigating the temperature dependent deformation of material interfaces down to the individual microstructural length-scales, such as grain/phase boundaries or hetero-interfaces, to understand brittle-ductile transitions in deformation and the role of chemistry or crystallography on it.
The group aims at unraveling the inner workings of ion batteries, with a focus on probing the microstructural and interfacial character of electrodes and electrolytes that control ionic transport and insertion into the electrode.
The full potential of energy materials can only be exploited if the interplay between mechanics and chemistry at the interfaces is well known. This leads to more sustainable and efficient energy solutions.