Materials Scientist
Materials Scientist

Biography

Matthews is a materials scientist in the Nuclear Science Division at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where she has been working since 2018. Her work focuses on the use of a variety of complementary microscopy techniques, including X-ray tomography, focused ion beam, scanning, and transmission electron microscopy, to examine microstructures and defects ranging from micro- to atomic-scale in nuclear materials, thin film oxides, archaeological glass, battery cathodes, and more. She received her PhD, MS, and BS in Physics from Oregon State University, where her research focused on creation and characterization of pulsed laser deposited and sputter deposited thin films of new meta-stable chalcogenide alloys and nitride alloys.

Research Interest

Matthews is interested in applying microscopy to address new and existing problems in creative ways and in pushing the advancement of microscopy in the age of automation. 

Disciplines and Skills

  • Scanning transmission electron microscopy
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • Focused ion beam
  • Pulsed laser deposition
  • X-ray diffraction analysis
  • Nano- X-ray tomography

Education

  • PhD, Physics, Oregon State University 
  • MS, Physics, Oregon State University 
  • BS, Physics, Oregon State University 

Awards and Recognitions

Nuclear Science Division Early Career Award 2021

Publications

2022

  • Jin, Y.; Le, P. M.L.; Gao, P.; Xu, Y.; Xiao, B.; Engelhard, M. H.; Cao, X.; Vo, T. D.; Hu, J.; Zhong, L.; Matthews, B. E.; Yi, R.; Wang, C.; Li, X.; Liu, J.; Zhang, J. 2022. "Low-solvation electrolytes for high-voltage sodium-ion batteries.” Nature Energy. 126, no. 6: 3577-3588. doi:10.1038/s41560-022-01055-0
  • Jiang, W.; Kovarik, L.; Zhu, Z.; Varga, T.; Bowden, M. E.; Matthews, B. E.; Hu, Z.; Shao, L.; Senor, D. J.; 2022. "Microstructural evolution and precipitation in ϒ-LiAlO2 during ion irradiation.” Journal of Applied Physics. 1131, :215902. PNNL-SA-170674. doi:10.1063/5.0089865
  • Bredar, A. R. C.; Blanchet, M. D.; Burton, A. R.; Matthews, B. E.; Spurgeon, S. R.; Comes, R. B.; Farnum, B. H.; 2022. "Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis with Epitaxially Grown Spinel MnFe2O4 and Fe3O4.” ACS Catalysis. 126, no. 6: 3577-3588. PNNL-SA-166522. doi: 10.1021/acscatal.1c05172
  • Sassi, M.; Spurgeon, S. R.; Matthews, B. E.; Devaraj, A.; Senor, D. J.; 2022. "First-Principles Study of Tritium Trapping in ϒ-LiAlO2 Nanovoids.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126, no. 12: 5767-5776. PNNL-SA-169629. doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c00381
  • Jia, H.; Xu, Y.; Zou, L.; Gao, P.; Zhang, X.; Taing, B.; Matthews, B. E; Engelhard, M. H.; Burton, S. D.; Han, K. S.; Zhong, L.; Wang, C.; Xu, W. 2022. "Sulfone-based electrolytes for high energy density lithium-ion batteries." Journal of Power Sources. 527, : 231171. PNNL-SA-168264. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.231171
  • Chambers, SA; Chrysler, M; Ngai, JH; Lee, T-L; Gabel, J; Matthews, BE; Spurgeon, SR; Bowden, ME; Zhu, Z; Sushko, PV;. 2022. "Mapping hidden space-charge distributions across crystalline metal oxide/group IV semiconductor interfaces." Physical Review Materials. 6, no. 1: 15002. PNNL-SA-166057. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.015002
  • Zou, L.; Gao, P.; Jia, H.; Cao, X.; Wu, H.; Wang, H.; Zhao, W.; Matthews, B. E.; Xu, Z.; Li, X.; Zhang, J.; Xu, W.; Wang, C. 2022. "Nonsacrificial Additive for Tuning the Cathode–Electrolyte Interphase of Lithium-Ion Batteries." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14, no. 3: 4111-4118. PNNL-SA-156131. doi: 10.1021/acsami.1c20789
  • Burton, A. R.; Paudel, R; Matthews, B; Sassi, M; Spurgeon, S R; Farnum, B H; Comes, R B;. 2022. " Thickness dependent OER electrocatalysis of epitaxial LaFeO3 thin films." Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10, no. 4:1909-1918. PNNL-SA-164824. doi:10.1039/D1TA07142D
  • Hubbard L.R., E.S. Fuller, J.R. Allred, G.J. Sevigny, L. Kovarik, B.E. Matthews, and C.C. Cowles, et al. 2022. "Accelerated Beta Radiation Aging of Interlayer Titanium Nitride in Gallium Nitride Contacts." MRS Communications 12, no. 1:24-29. PNNL-SA-163618. doi:10.1557/s43579-021-00092-2
  • Kim J., Y. Xu, M.H. Engelhard, J. Hu, H. Lim, H. Jia, and Z. Yang, et al. 2022. "Facile Dual-Protection Layer and Advanced Electrolyte Enhancing Performances of Cobalt-Free/Nickel-Rich Cathodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14, no. 15:17405-17414. PNNL-SA-168201. doi:10.1021/acsami.2c01694

2021 

 

  • Akers S.M., E.J. Kautz, A. Trevino-Gavito, M.J. Olszta, B.E. Matthews, L. Wang, and Y. Du, et al. 2021. "Rapid and Flexible Segmentation of Electron Microscopy Data Using Few-Shot Machine Learning." npj Computational Materials 7. PNNL-SA-160786. doi:10.1038/s41524-021-00652-z
  • Blanchet M., J. Heath, T.C. Kaspar, B.E. Matthews, S.R. Spurgeon, M.E. Bowden, and S.M. Heald, et al. 2021. "Electronic and Structural Properties of Single-crystal Jahn-Teller Active Co1+xMn2-xO4 Thin Films." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33, no. 12:124002. PNNL-SA-156954. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/abd573
  • Cao X., L. Zou, B.E. Matthews, L. Zhang, X. He, X. Ren, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2021. "Optimization of fluorinated orthoformate based electrolytes for practical high-voltage lithium metal batteries." Energy Storage Materials 34, no. n/a:76-84. PNNL-SA-153014. doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2020.08.035
  • Cao X., P. Gao, X. Ren, L. Zou, M.H. Engelhard, B.E. Matthews, and J. Hu, et al. 2021. "Effects of fluorinated solvents on electrolyte solvation structures and electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 118, no. 9:e2020357118. PNNL-SA-154541. doi:10.1073/pnas.2020357118
  • Chrysler M., J. Gabel, T. Lee, A. Penn, B.E. Matthews, D.M. Kepaptsoglou, and Q. Ramasse, et al. 2021. "Tuning band alignment at a semiconductor-crystalline oxide heterojunction via electrostatic modulation of the interfacial dipole." Physical Review Materials 5, no. 10:104603. PNNL-SA-163062. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.104603
  • Devaraj A., B.E. Matthews, B.W. Arey, L.M. Bagaasen, E.C. Buck, G.J. Sevigny, and D.J. Senor. 2021. "Neutron Irradiation Induced Changes in Isotopic Abundance of 6Li and 3D Nanoscale Distribution of Tritium in LiAlO2 Pellets Analyzed by Atom Probe Tomography." Materials Characterization 176. PNNL-SA-157659. doi:10.1016/j.matchar.2021.111095
  • Jia H., X. Zhang, Y. Xu, L. Zou, J. Kim, P. Gao, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2021. "Toward the Practical Use of Cobalt-Free Lithium-Ion Batteries by an Advanced Ether-Based Electrolyte." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, no. 37:44339-44347. PNNL-SA-162906. doi:10.1021/acsami.1c12072
  • Jia H., Y. Xu, X. Zhang, S.D. Burton, P. Gao, B.E. Matthews, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2021. "Advanced low-flammable electrolytes for stable operation of high-voltage lithium-ion batteries." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60, no. 23:12999-13006. PNNL-SA-159888. doi:10.1002/anie.202102403
  • Kaspar T.C., S.R. Spurgeon, B.E. Matthews, M.E. Bowden, S.M. Heald, L. Wang, and R. Kelley, et al. 2021. "Incorporation of Ti in epitaxial Fe2TiO4 thin films." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 33, no. 31:Article No. 314004. PNNL-SA-160885. doi:10.1088/1361-648X/ac0571
  • Matthews B.E., M. Sassi, C.M. Barr, C. Ophus, T.C. Kaspar, W. Jiang, and K. Hattar, et al. 2021. "Percolation of Ion-Irradiation-Induced Disorder in Complex Oxide Interfaces." Nano Letters 21, no. 12:5353-5359. PNNL-SA-161595. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01651
  • Wang L., P.P. Adiga, J. Zhao, W.S. Samarakoon, K.A. Stoerzinger, S.R. Spurgeon, and B.E. Matthews, et al. 2021. "Understanding the Electronic Structure Evolution of Epitaxial LaNi1-xFexO3 Thin Films for Water Oxidation." Nano Letters 21, no. 19:8324-8331. PNNL-SA-163586. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02901
  • Yu X., J. Yao, B.E. Matthews, S.R. Spurgeon, S.L. Riechers, G.J. Sevigny, and Z. Zhu, et al. 2021. "Evidence of lithium mobility under neutron irradiation." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 14. PNNL-SA-159010. doi:10.1016/j.jmrt.2021.06.066
  • Zhang X., H. Jia, L. Zou, Y. Xu, L. Mu, Z. Yang, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2021. "Electrolyte Regulating toward Stabilization of Cobalt-Free Ultrahigh-Nickel Layered Oxide Cathode in Lithium-Ion Batteries." ACS Energy Letters 6, no. 4:1324-1332. PNNL-SA-158874. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.1c00374

2020

  • Durnev M., M. Glazov, X. Linpeng, M. Viitaniemi, B.E. Matthews, S.R. Spurgeon, and P.V. Sushko, et al. 2020. "Microscopic model for the stacking-fault potential and the exciton wave function in GaAs." Physical Review B 101, no. 12:Article No. 125420. PNNL-SA-148814. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.125420
  • Hubbard L.R., C.C. Cowles, A.W. Prichard, G.J. Sevigny, J.M. Johns, D. Calderin Morales, and L. Kovarik, et al. 2020. "GaN Nuclear Batteries: Radiation Modeling for Accelerated Contact Exposure of Betavoltaics." MRS Advances 5, no. 27-28:1483-1489. PNNL-SA-146878. doi:10.1557/adv.2020.6
  • Jia H., Y. Xu, S.D. Burton, P. Gao, X. Zhang, B.E. Matthews, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2020. "Enabling Ether-Based Electrolytes for Long Cycle Life of Lithium-Ion Batteries at High Charge Voltage." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, no. 49:54893-54903. PNNL-SA-156239. doi:10.1021/acsami.0c18177
  • Jiang W., S.R. Spurgeon, B.E. Matthews, A.K. Battu, S. China, T. Varga, and A. Devaraj, et al. 2020. "Carbonaceous deposits on aluminide coatings in tritium-producing assemblies." Nuclear Materials and Energy 25. PNNL-SA-153196. doi:10.1016/j.nme.2020.100797
  • Jin Y., Y. Xu, P. Le, T.D. Vo, Q. Zhou, X. Qi, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2020. "Highly Reversible Sodium Ion Batteries Enabled by Stable Electrolyte-Electrode Interphases." ACS Energy Letters 5, no. 10:3212-3220. PNNL-SA-153228. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01712
  • Popel A., S.R. Spurgeon, B.E. Matthews, M.J. Olszta, B.T. Tan, T. Gouder, and R. Eloiridi, et al. 2020. "An Atomic-Scale Understanding of UO2 Surface Evolution During Anoxic Dissolution." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, no. 35:39781-39786. PNNL-SA-152605. doi:10.1021/acsami.0c09611
  • Ren X., P. Gao, L. Zou, S. Jiao, X. Cao, X. Zhang, and H. Jia, et al. 2020. "Role of inner solvation sheath within salt-solvent complexes in tailoring electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, no. 46:28603-28613. PNNL-SA-153382. doi:10.1073/pnas.2010852117
  • Ren X., X. Zhang, Z. Shadike, L. Zou, H. Jia, X. Cao, and M.H. Engelhard, et al. 2020. "Designing Advanced In Situ Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases for Wide Temperature Operation of 4.5 V Li || LiCoO2 Batteries." Advanced Materials 32, no. 49:2004898. PNNL-SA-154434. doi:10.1002/adma.202004898
  • Scafetta M., T.C. Kaspar, M.E. Bowden, S.R. Spurgeon, B.E. Matthews, and S.A. Chambers. 2020. "Reversible Oxidation Quantified by Optical Properties in Epitaxial Fe2CrO4+δ Films on (001) MgAl2O4." ACS Omega 5, no. 7:3240-3249. PNNL-SA-143728. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b03299
  • Wang L., Z. Yang, M.E. Bowden, J.W. Freeland, P.V. Sushko, S.R. Spurgeon, and B.E. Matthews, et al. 2020. "Hole-Trapping-Induced Stabilization of Ni4+ in SrNiO3/ LaFeO3 Superlattices." Advanced Materials 32, no. 45:2005003. PNNL-SA-152538. doi:10.1002/adma.202005003
  • Zhang X., H. Jia, Y. Xu, L. Zou, M.H. Engelhard, B.E. Matthews, and C. Wang, et al. 2020. "Unravelling high-temperature stability of lithium-ion battery with lithium-rich oxide cathode in localized high-concentration electrolyte." Journal of Power Sources Advances 5, no. n/a:100024. PNNL-SA-152836. doi:10.1016/j.powera.2020.100024
  • Zhang X., L. Zou, Y. Xu, X. Cao, M.H. Engelhard, B.E. Matthews, and L. Zhong, et al. 2020. "Advanced electrolytes for fast-charging high-voltage lithium-ion batteries in wide-temperature range." Advanced Energy Materials 10, no. 22:2000368. PNNL-SA-150274. doi:10.1002/aenm.202000368

2019

 

  • Cao X., X. Ren, L. Zou, M.H. Engelhard, W. Huang, H. Wang, and B.E. Matthews, et al. 2019. "Monolithic solid-electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization." Nature Energy 4, no. 9:796-805. PNNL-SA-141828. doi:10.1038/s41560-019-0464-5
  • Cao X., Y. Xu, L. Zhang, M.H. Engelhard, L. Zhong, X. Ren, and H. Jia, et al. 2019. "Nonflammable Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries Enabled by Ultraconformal Passivation Interphases." ACS Energy Letters 4, no. 10:2529-2534. PNNL-SA-145269. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01926
  • Ren X., L. Zou, X. Cao, M.H. Engelhard, W. Liu, S.D. Burton, and H. Lee, et al. 2019. "Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions." Joule 3, no. 7:1662-1676. PNNL-SA-140396. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2019.05.006
  • Sun, W.; Bartel, C. J.; Arca, E.; Bauers, S. R.; Matthews, B.; Orvañanos, B.; Chen, B.; Toney, M. F.; Schelhas, L. T.; Tumas, W. 2019. "A map of the inorganic ternary metal nitrides." Nature materials. 18, no. 7:732-739. doi:10.1038/s41563-019-0396-2

2018

  • Han, Y.; Matthews, B.; Roberts, D.; Talley, K. R.; Bauers, S. R.; Perkins, C.; Zhang, Q.; Zakutayev, A. 2018. “Combinatorial Nitrogen Gradients in Sputtered Thin Films." ACS combinatorial science. 20, no. 7: 436-442. doi:10.1021/acscombsci.8b00035

2017

  • Holder, Aaron M; Siol, Sebastian; Ndione, Paul F; Peng, Haowei; Deml, Ann M; Matthews, Bethany E; Schelhas, Laura T; Toney, Michael F; Gordon, Roy G; Tumas, William; Ginley, D. S.; Perkins, J. D.; Gorman, B. P.; Tate, J.; Zakutayev, A.; Lany, S. 2017. “Novel phase diagram behavior and materials design in heterostructural semiconductor alloys." Science advances. 3, no. 6: e1700270. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1700270
  • Matthews, B. E.; Holder, A. M.; Schelhas, L. T.; Siol, S.; May, J. W.; Forkner, M. R.; Vigil-Fowler, D.; Toney, M. F.; Perkins, J. D.; Gorman, B. P.; Tate, J.; Zakutayev, A.; Lany, S. 2017. “Using heterostructural alloying to tune the structure and properties of the thermoelectric Sn 1− x Ca x Se." Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5, no. 32: 16873-16882. doi:10.1039/C7TA03694A