Post Doctorate Research Associate
Post Doctorate Research Associate

Biography

Dr. Linze Li is a post doctoral research associate with the Biogeochemical Transformations team in PNNL’s Environmental Molecular Sciences Division and the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) user program. He mainly focuses on using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study energy storage materials, such as li-ion batteries. 

Research Interest

  • Li-ion batteries 

  • TEM 

Education

  • PhD in Materials Science, University of Michigan, 2016 

  • BS in Physics, Peking University, 2011 

Awards and Recognitions

  • Postdoctoral Scholar Award, Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting (2017) 

  • Presidential Scholar Award, Microscopy & Microanalysis Meeting (2015) 

  • Non-European Scholarship, 18th International Microscopy Congress (2014) 

  • Chenhuxiong Scholarship, funds for excellent undergraduate academic performance (2010) 

  • Guanghua Scholarship, funds for excellent undergraduate academic performance (2008) 

  • Outstanding Student, for excellent undergraduate academic performance (2008, 2009, 2010) 

  • First Prize, Chinese National Physics Olympiad of High School Students (2006) 

Publications

2021 

Hu, J., L. Li, E. Hu, S. Chae, H. Jia, T. Liu, B. Wu, Y. Bi, K. Amine, C. Wang, J. Zhang, J. Tao, and J. Xiao. 2021. “Mesoscale-Architecture-Based Crack Evolution Dictating Cycling Stability of Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries.” Nano Energy 79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105420. 

2020 

Darbar, D., E. C. Self, L. Li, C. Wang, H. M. Meyer, III, C. Lee, J. R. Croy, M. Balasubramanian, N. Muralidharan, I. Bhattacharya, I. Belharouak, and J. Nanda. 2020. “New Synthesis Strategies to Improve Co-Free LiNi0.5Mn0.5O2 Cathodes: Early Transition Metal d0 Dopants and Manganese Pyrophosphate Coating.” Journal of Power Sources 479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228591. 

Guo, L., N. Campbell, Y. Choi, J. W. Kim, P. J. Ryan, H. Huyan, L. Li, T. Nan, J. H. Kang, C. Sundahl, X. Pan, M. S. Rzchowski, and C. B. Eom. 2020. “Spontaneous Hall Effect Enhanced by Local Ir Moments in Epitaxial Pr2Ir2O7 Thin Films.” Physical Review B 101 (10). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.104405. 

Li, L., E. C. Self, D. Darbar, L. Zou, I. Bhattacharya, D. Wang, J. Nanda, and C. Wang. 2020. “Hidden Subsurface Reconstruction and Its Atomic Origins in Layered Oxide Cathodes.” Nano Letters 20 (4): 2756-2762. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00380. 

Yue, Y., N. Li, L. Li, E. E. Foley, Y. Fu, V. S. Battaglia, R. J. Clément, C. Wang, and W. Tong. 2020. “Redox Behaviors in a Li-Excess Cation-Disordered Mn-Nb-O-F Rocksalt Cathode.” Chemistry of Materials 32 (11): 4490-4498. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b05221. 

2019 

Gao, W., C. Addiego, H. Wang, X. Yan, Y. Hou, D. Ji, C. Heikes, Y. Zhang, L. Li, H. Huyan, T. Blum, T. Aoki, Y. Nie, D. G. Schlom, R. Wu, and X. Pan. 2019. “Real-Space Charge-Density Imaging with Sub-Ångström Resolution by Four-Dimensional Electron Microscopy.” Nature 575 (7783): 480-484. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1649-6. 

Huyan, H., L. Li, C. Addiego, W. Gao, and X. Pan. 2019. “Structures and Electronic Properties of Domain Walls in BiFeO3 Thin Films.” National Science Review 6 (4): 669-683. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwz101. 

Li, L., X. Cheng, T. Blum, H. Huyan, Y. Zhang, C. Heikes, X. Yan, C. Gadre, T. Aoki, M. Xu, L. Xie, Z. Hong, C. Adamo, D. G. Schlom, L. Q. Chen, and X. Pan. 2019. “Observation of Strong Polarization Enhancement in Ferroelectric Tunnel Junctions.” Nano Letters 19 (10): 6812-6818. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01878. 

Li, L., J. Yu, D. Darbar, E. C. Self, D. Wang, J. Nanda, I. Bhattacharya, and C. Wang. 2019. “Atomic-Scale Mechanisms of Enhanced Electrochemical Properties of Mo-Doped Co-Free Layered Oxide Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.” ACS Energy Letters 4 (10): 2540-2546. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01830. 

Li, L., L. Xie, and X. Pan. 2019. “Real-Time Studies of Ferroelectric Domain Switching: A Review.” Reports on Progress in Physics 82 (12). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6633/ab28de. 

Wang, J., L. Li, H. Huyan, X. Pan, and S. S. Nonnenmann. 2019. “Highly Uniform Resistive Switching in HfO2 Films Embedded with Ordered Metal Nanoisland Arrays.” Advanced Functional Materials 29 (25). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201808430. 

Zhang, Y., H. Lu, X. Yan, X. Cheng, L. Xie, T. Aoki, L. Li, C. Heikes, S. P. Lau, D. G. Schlom, L. Chen, A. Gruverman, and X. Pan. 2019. “Intrinsic Conductance of Domain Walls in BiFeO3.” Advanced Materials 31 (36). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201902099. 

2018 

Cui, C., W. J. Hu, X. Yan, C. Addiego, W. Gao, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, L. Li, Y. Cheng, P. Li, X. Zhang, H. N. Alshareef, T. Wu, W. Zhu, X. Pan, and L. J. Li. 2018. “Intercorrelated in-Plane and out-of-Plane Ferroelectricity in Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Layered Semiconductor In2Se3.” Nano Letters 18 (2): 1253-1258. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04852. 

Li, L., X. Cheng, J. R. Jokisaari, P. Gao, J. Britson, C. Adamo, C. Heikes, D. G. Schlom, L. Q. Chen, and X. Pan. 2018. “Defect-Induced Hedgehog Polarization States in Multiferroics.” Physical Review Letters 120 (13). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.137602. 

Li, L., J. R. Jokisaari, Y. Zhang, X. Cheng, X. Yan, C. Heikes, Q. Lin, C. Gadre, D. G. Schlom, L. Q. Chen, and X. Pan. 2018. “Control of Domain Structures in Multiferroic Thin Films through Defect Engineering.” Advanced Materials 30 (38). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201802737. 

Xu, M., S. Dai, T. Blum, L. Li, and X. Pan. 2018. “Double-Tilt in Situ TEM Holder with Ultra-High Stability.” Ultramicroscopy 192: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2018.04.010. 

Zhang, Y., H. Lu, L. Xie, X. Yan, T. R. Paudel, J. Kim, X. Cheng, H. Wang, C. Heikes, L. Li, M. Xu, D. G. Schlom, L. Q. Chen, R. Wu, E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Gruverman, and X. Pan. 2018. “Erratum To: Anisotropic Polarization-Induced Conductance at a Ferroelectric–Insulator Interface (Nature Nanotechnology, (2018), 13, 12, (1132-1136), 10.1038/S41565-018-0259-Z).” Nature Nanotechnology 13 (12): 1191. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0295-8. 

Zhang, Y., L. Xie, J. Kim, A. Stern, H. Wang, K. Zhang, X. Yan, L. Li, H. Liu, G. Zhao, H. Chi, C. Gadre, Q. Lin, Y. Zhou, C. Uher, T. Chen, Y. H. Chu, J. Xia, R. Wu, and X. Pan. 2018. “Discovery of a Magnetic Conductive Interface in PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3/SrTiO3 Heterostructures.” Nature Communications 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02914-9. 

Zhang, Y., H. Lu, L. Xie, X. Yan, T. R. Paudel, J. Kim, X. Cheng, H. Wang, C. Heikes, L. Li, M. Xu, D. G. Schlom, L. Q. Chen, R. Wu, E. Y. Tsymbal, A. Gruverman, and X. Pan. 2018. “Anisotropic Polarization-Induced Conductance at a Ferroelectric–Insulator Interface.” Nature Nanotechnology 13 (12): 1132-1136. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0259-z. 

2017 

Li, L., Y. Zhang, L. Xie, J. R. Jokisaari, C. Beekman, J. C. Yang, Y. H. Chu, H. M. Christen, and X. Pan. 2017. “Atomic-Scale Mechanisms of Defect-Induced Retention Failure in Ferroelectrics.” Nano Letters 17 (6): 3556-3562. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00696. 

Xie, L., L. Li, C. A. Heikes, Y. Zhang, Z. Hong, P. Gao, C. T. Nelson, F. Xue, E. Kioupakis, L. Chen, D. G. Schlom, P. Wang, and X. Pan. 2017. “Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Ultrathin Ferroelectrics Via Boundary-Condition Engineering.” Advanced Materials 29 (30). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201701475. 

2016 

Li, L., J. Britson, J. R. Jokisaari, Y. Zhang, C. Adamo, A. Melville, D. G. Schlom, L. Q. Chen, and X. Pan. 2016. “Giant Resistive Switching Via Control of Ferroelectric Charged Domain Walls.” Advanced Materials 28 (31): 6574-6580. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201600160. 

Xue, F., L. Li, J. Britson, Z. Hong, C. A. Heikes, C. Adamo, D. G. Schlom, X. Pan, and L. Q. Chen. 2016. “Switching the Curl of Polarization Vectors by an Irrotational Electric Field.” Physical Review B 94 (10). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.100103. 

2015 

Li, L., J. R. Jokisaari, and X. Pan. 2015. “In Situ Electron Microscopy of Ferroelectric Domains.” MRS Bulletin 40 (1): 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2014.302. 

2014 

Gao, P., J. Britson, C. T. Nelson, J. R. Jokisaari, C. Duan, M. Trassin, S. H. Baek, H. Guo, L. Li, Y. Wang, Y. H. Chu, A. M. Minor, C. B. Eom, R. Ramesh, L. Q. Chen, and X. Pan. 2014. “Ferroelastic Domain Switching Dynamics under Electrical and Mechanical Excitations.” Nature Communications 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4801. 

Yang, Y., P. Gao, L. Li, X. Pan, S. Tappertzhofen, S. Choi, R. Waser, I. Valov, and W. D. Lu. 2014. “Electrochemical Dynamics of Nanoscale Metallic Inclusions in Dielectrics.” Nature Communications 5. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5232. 

Yong, J., Y. Jiang, D. Usanmaz, S. Curtarolo, X. Zhang, L. Li, X. Pan, J. Shin, I. Takeuchi, and R. L. Greene. 2014. “Robust Topological Surface State in Kondo Insulator Smb6 Thin Films.” Applied Physics Letters 105 (22). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902865. 

2013 

Li, L., P. Gao, C. T. Nelson, J. R. Jokisaari, Y. Zhang, S. J. Kim, A. Melville, C. Adamo, D. G. Schlom, and X. Pan. 2013. “Atomic Scale Structure Changes Induced by Charged Domain Walls in Ferroelectric Materials.” Nano Letters 13 (11): 5218-5223. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl402651r. 

2012 

Liu, Q., L. Li, Y. Li, Z. Gao, Z. Chen, and J. Lu. 2012. “Tuning Electronic Structure of Bilayer Mos 2 by Vertical Electric Field: A First-Principles Investigation.” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 116 (40): 21556-21562. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp307124d.