Publications
2025
- J.H. Law, A.I. Ismail, G. Leverick, E.M. Bernhardt, A.M. Kassim, F. Hussin, B.M. Gallant, M.K. Aroua
Thermodynamic Modeling of Aqueous Amine-Electrolyte Solvents for CO2 Absorption
Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 2025 - A.M. Melemed, D.A. Skiba, K.S. Jiang, G.H. Byun, B.M. Gallant
Gas Evolution Markers of Dynamic Solid Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Calcium in a Borohydride-Based Electrolyte
Electrochimica Acta, 2025, 526, 146170 - K.S. Jiang, K-H. Kim, B.M. Gallant
How reliable is coin-cell-based ranking of Li anode Coulombic efficiency?
Joule, 2025, 101963
2024
- A. Sevilla, H. Gao, K. Steinberg, and B. M. Gallant
Rate Capability of Fluorinated Catholyte-Based Li Primary Batteries Governed by Interfacial and Bulk Li+ Transport
Journal of Electrochemical Society, 2024, 171, 11, 110505 - B. M. Gallant
Mapping the uncharted interface
Nature Energy, 2024, 9, 1185-1186 - K. Steinberg and B. M. Gallant
Revealing the Role of Lithium Carbonate at Lithium Metal Anodes Through Study of Gas-Reacted Interphases
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2024, 171, 8, 080530 - G.M. Hobold, C. Wang, K. J. Steinberg, Y. Li, and B. M. Gallant
High Lithium Oxide Prevalence in the Lithium Solid–Electrolyte Interphase for High Coulombic Efficiency
Nature Energy, 2024, 9, 580-591 - S. Bonnassieux, R. Pandya, D. A. Skiba, D. Degoulange, D. Petit, P. Seem, R. P. Cowburn, B. M. Gallant and A. Grimaud
Revisiting the driving force inducing phase separation in PEG–phosphate aqueous biphasic systems
Faraday Discussions, 2024, 253, 181-192
2023
- A. M. Melemed, D. A. Skiba, K. J. Steinberg, K.-H. Kim, and B. M. Gallant
Impact of Differential Ca2+ Coordination in Borohydride-Based Electrolyte Blends on Calcium Electrochemistry and SEI Formation
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023, 127, 40, 19886–19899 - R. B. Church, H. Gao, B. M. Gallant, and A. J. Hart
Thick Architected Silicon Composite Battery Electrodes Using Honeycomb Patterned Carbon Nanotube Forests
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2023, 170, 9, 090543 - G. Leverick, E. M. Bernhardt, A. I. Ismail, J. H. Law, A. Arifutzzaman, M. K. Aroua, and B. M. Gallant
Uncovering the Active Species in Amine-Mediated CO2 Reduction to CO on Ag
ACS Catalysis 2023, 13, 12322–12337
★ Featured in MIT News - F.-Y. Kuo, S. E. Jerng, and B. M. Gallant
Dual Salt Cation-Swing Process for Electrochemical CO2 Separation
ACS Central Science 2023, 9, 9, 1750–1757 - H. Gao, K. Yoshinaga, K. J. Steinberg, T. M. Swager, and B. M. Gallant
Cascade Defluorination of Perfluoroalkylated Catholytes Unlocks High Lithium Primary Battery Capacities
Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 13, 32, 2301751 - K.-H. Kim, G. M. Hobold, K. J. Steinberg, and B. M. Gallant
Confinement Effects of Hollow Structured Pt–Rh Electrocatalysts toward Complete Ethanol Electrooxidation
ACS Nano 2023, 17, 14, 14176–14188 - D. Degoulange, R. Pandya, M. Deschamps, D. A. Skiba, B. M. Gallant, S. Gigan, H. B. de Aguiar and A. Grimaud
Direct Imaging of Micrometer Thick Interfaces in Salt-Salt Aqueous Biphasic Systems
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120, e2220662120 - G. M. Hobold, K.-H. Kim, and B. M. Gallant
Beneficial vs. Inhibiting Passivation by the Native Lithium Solid Electrolyte Interphase Revealed by Electrochemical Li+ Exchange
Energy & Environmental Science, 2023, 16, 2247-2261 - A. R. Sevilla, H. Gao, K. J. Steinberg, and B. M. Gallant
Elucidating Concentration-Dependent Energy Limitations in Li Primary Battery Fluoro-organosulfur Catholytes
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023, 127, 4, 1722-1732
2022
- H. Gao, A. R. Sevilla, G. M. Hobold, A. M. Melemed, R. Guo, S. C. Jones, and B. M. Gallant
Fluoro-organosulfur catholytes to boost lithium primary battery energy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, e2121440119
★ Featured in MIT News and Popular Science - R. Guo, K.-H. Kim and B. M. Gallant
Impact of LiF Particle Morphology on Overpotential and Structure of Li Metal Deposition
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169, 100523 - M. Rahimi, A. Khurram, T. A. Hatton and B. M. Gallant
Electrochemical carbon capture processes for mitigation of CO2 emissions
Chem Soc Rev, 2022, 51, 8676-8695 - G. M. Hobold, and B. M. Gallant
Quantifying Capacity Loss Mechanisms of Li Metal Anodes beyond Inactive Li°
ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 3458-3466 - K. S. Jiang, G. M. Hobold, R. Guo, K. H. Kim, A. M. Melemed, D. Wang, L. Zuin, and B. M. Gallant
Probing the Functionality of LiFSI Structural Derivatives as Additives for Li Metal Anodes
ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 3378-3385 - M. Diederichsen, R. Sharifian, J. S. Kang, Y. Liu, S. Kim, B. M. Gallant, D. Vermaas and T. A. Hatton
Electrochemical methods for carbon dioxide separations
Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2022, 2, 68 - S. E. Jerng and B. M. Gallant
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 in the captured state using aqueous or nonaqueous amines
iScience, 2022, 25, 7, 104558 - O. Pfeiffer, A. Khurram, E. A. Olivetti and B. M. Gallant
Life cycle assessment of CO2 conversion and storage in metal-CO2 electrochemical cells
Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2022, 26, 1306-1317 - H. Gao, A. Sevilla, B. M. Gallant
Lithium primary batteries employing multi-electron carbon-fluorine bond cleavage in perfluoroalkylated reactants
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169, 030535
★ Editor’s Choice - A. M. Melemed, D. A. Skiba, B. M. Gallant
Toggling calcium plating activity and reversibility through modulation of Ca2+ speciation in borohydride-based electrolytes
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2022, 126, 892–902 - R. Guo, G. M. Hobold, B. M. Gallant
The ionic interphases of the lithium anode in solid state batteries
Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2022, 26, 100973
2021
- G. M. Hobold, J. Lopez, R. Guo, N. Minafra, A. Banerjee, Y. S. Meng, Y. Shao-Horn, and B. M. Gallant
Moving beyond 99.9% Coulombic efficiency for lithium anodes in liquid electrolytes
Nature Energy, 2021, 6, 951-960 - H. Gao, M. He, R. Guo and B. M. Gallant
Electrochemical fluoridation of manganese oxide by perfluorinated-gas conversion for Li-ion cathodes
Batteries & Supercaps, 2021, 4, 1771 - L. Droguet, G. M. Hobold, M. F. Lagadec, R. Guo, C. Lethien, M. Hallot, O. Fontaine, J.-M. Tarascon, B. M. Gallant, and A. Grimaud
Can an inorganic coating serve as stable SEI for aqueous superconcentrated electrolytes?
ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 2575-2583 - K. H. Kim, J. Oh, C. H. Jung, M. Kim, B. M. Gallant and S. H. Hong
A novel solid solution Mn1-xVxP anode with tunable alloying/insertion hybrid electrochemical reaction for high performance lithium ion batteries
Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 41, 310-320 - R. Iwata, Lenan Zhang, Kyle L. Wilke, Shuai Gong, Mingfu He, Betar M. Gallant, Evelyn N. Wang
Bubble growth and departure modes on wettable/non-wettable porous foams in alkaline water splitting
Joule, 2021, 5, 887-900 - B. M. Gallant
Breaking down hidden barriers
Nature Energy, 2021, 6, 13–14, News & Views - R. Guo, D. Wang, L. Zuin, and B. M. Gallant
Reactivity and evolution of ionic phases in the lithium solid-electrolyte interphase
ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 877-885
2020
- A. M. Melemed and Betar M. Gallant
Electrochemical Signatures of Interface-Dominated Behavior in the Testing of Calcium Foil Anodes
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2020, 167, 140543 - B. M. Gallant
Unlocking reversibility of LiOH-based Li-air batteries
Joule, 2020, 4, 2254-2256 - H. Gao, and B.M. Gallant
Advances in the chemistry and applications of alkali-metal–gas batteries
Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2020, 4, 566-583 - A. Khurram, H. Gao, and B.M. Gallant
Effects of operating temperature on amine-mediated CO2 capture and conversion in Li cells
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020, 124, 35, 18877-18885 - J. Huang, L.A. Blanquer, J. Bonefacino, E.R. Logan, D.A. Dalla Corte, C. Delacourt, B.M. Gallant, S.T. Boles, J.R. Dahn, H.-Y. Tam, and J.M. Tarascon
Operando decoding of chemical and thermal events in commercial Na(Li)-ion cells via optical sensors
Nature Energy, 2020, 5, 674-683 - R. Guo, and B.M. Gallant
Li2O solid electrolyte interphase: probing transport properties at the chemical potential of lithium
Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 13, 5525-5533 - A. Melemed, A. Khurram, and B.M. Gallant
Current understanding of nonaqueous electrolytes for calcium‐based batteries
Batteries & Supercaps, 2020 3, 7, 570-580. Cover Feature - G.M. Hobold, A. Khurram, and B.M. Gallant
Operando gas monitoring of solid electrolyte interphase reactions on lithium
Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 2341-2352 - M. He, R. Guo, G.M. Hobold, H. Gao, and B.M. Gallant
The intrinsic behavior of lithium fluoride in solid electrolyte interphases on lithium
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020, 117, 73-79, Highlighted in Nature Energy
2019
- V. Giordani, D. Tozier, J. Uddin, H. Tan, B.M. Gallant, B.D. McCloskey, J.R. Greer, G.V. Chase, and D. Addison
Rechargeable-Battery Chemistry Based on Lithium Oxide Growth Through Nitrate Anion Redox
Nature Chemistry, 2019, 11, 1133-1138 - A. Khurram, Y. Yin, L. Yan, L. Zhao, and B.M. Gallant
Governing Role of Solvent on Discharge Activity in Lithium-CO2 Batteries
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2019, 10, 6679-6687 - A. Khurram, L. Yan, Y. Yin, L. Zhao, and B.M. Gallant
Promoting Amine-Activated Electrochemical CO2 Conversion with Alkali Salts
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123, 18222-18231 - H. Gao, Y. Li, R. Guo, and B.M. Gallant
Controlling Fluoride‐Forming Reactions for Improved Rate Capability in Lithium‐Perfluorinated Gas Conversion Batteries
Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 1900393
2018
- A. Khurram, M. He and B.M. Gallant
Tailoring the discharge reaction in Li-CO2 batteries through incorporation of CO2 capture chemistry
Joule, 2018, 2, 2649-2666 - M. He, Y. Li, R. Guo, and B.M. Gallant
Electrochemical conversion of nitrogen trifluoride as a gas-to-solid cathode in Li batteries
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 4700-4706 - Y. Li, A. Khurram, and B.M. Gallant
A high-capacity lithium-gas battery based on sulfur fluoride conversion
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 7128-7138
prior publications
- V. Giordani, D. Tozier, H. Tan, C.M. Burke, B.M. Gallant, J. Uddin, J.R. Greer, B.D. McCloskey, G. Chase, and D. Addison
A molten salt lithium-oxygen battery [publisher link]
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2016, 138, 2656-2663 - Xu, B.M. Gallant, P.U. Wunderlich, T. Lohmann, J.R. Greer
3-dimensional Au microlattices as positive electrodes for Li-O2 batteries [publisher link]
ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 5876-5883 - B.M. Gallant, X.W. Gu, D.Z. Chen, J.R. Greer and N.S. Lewis
Tailoring of interfacial mechanical shear strength by surface chemical modification of silicon microwires embedded in Nafion membranes [publisher link]
ACS Nano, 2015, 9, 5143-5153 - B.M. Gallant, S.W. Lee, T. Kawaguchi, P.T. Hammond, and Y. Shao-Horn
Electrochemical performance of layer-by-layer assembled multiwalled carbon nanotube electrodes in nonaqueous cells [publisher link]
Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2014, 161, A1625-A1633 - Horstmann, B. M. Gallant, R. R. Mitchell, W. G. Bessler, Y. Shao-Horn and M.Z. Bazant
Rate-dependent morphology of Li2O2 growth in Li-O2 batteries [publisher link]
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013, 4, 4217-4222 - M.N. Hyder, ‡ B. M. Gallant ‡ N. J. Shah, Y. Shao-Horn and P.T. Hammond
Synthesis of highly stable sub-8 nm TiO2 nanoparticles and their multilayer electrodes of TiO2/MWNT for electrochemical applications [publisher link]
Nano Letters, 2013, 13, 4610 – 4619 - B. M. Gallant, D.G. Kwabi, R.R. Mitchell, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn
Influence of Li2O2 morphology on oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution kinetics in Li-O2 batteries [publisher link]
Energy & Environmental Science, 2013, 6, 2518 – 2528 - L. Zhong, R.R. Mitchell, Y. Liu, B. M. Gallant, C.V. Thompson, J.Y. Huang, S. Mao and Y. Shao-Horn
In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy observations of electrochemical oxidation of Li2O2 [publisher link]
Nano Letters, 2013, 13, 2209-2214 - R.R. Mitchell, B.M. Gallant, Y. Shao-Horn and C.V. Thompson
Mechanisms of morphological evolution of Li2O2 particles during electrochemical growth [publisher link]
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2013, 4, 1060 – 1064 - Y.-C. Lu, ‡ B.M. Gallant, ‡ D.G. Kwabi, J.R. Harding, R.R. Mitchell, M.S. Whittingham and Y. Shao-Horn
Lithium-oxygen batteries: Bridging mechanistic understanding and battery performance [publisher link]
Energy & Environmental Science, 2013, 6, 750-768 - B.M. Gallant, R.R. Mitchell, D.G. Kwabi, J. Zhou, L. Zuin, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn
Chemical and morphological changes of Li-O2 batteries upon cycling [publisher link]
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 116, 20800 - H.R. Byon, ‡ B.M. Gallant, ‡ S.W. Lee and Y. Shao-Horn
Role of oxygen functional groups in carbon nanotube / graphene freestanding electrodes for high performance lithium batteries [publisher link]
Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 23, 1037 – 1045 - S. W. Lee, ‡ B.M. Gallant, ‡ Y. Lee, N. Yoshida, D.Y. Kim, Y. Yamada, S. Noda, A. Yamada and Y. Shao-Horn
Self-standing positive electrodes of oxidized few-walled carbon nanotubes for light-weight and high-power lithium batteries [publisher link]
Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 5437 - R.R. Mitchell, ‡ B.M. Gallant, ‡ C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn
All-carbon nanofiber electrodes for high-energy rechargeable Li-O2 batteries [publisher link]
Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 2952 - S.W. Lee, B.M. Gallant, H.R. Byon, P.T. Hammond and Y. Shao-Horn
Nanostructured carbon-based electrodes: Bridging the gap between thin-film lithium-ion batteries and electrochemical capacitors [publisher link]
Energy Environ. Sci. 2011, 4, 1972 - S.W. Lee, N. Yabuuchi, B.M. Gallant, S. Chen, B.S. Kim, P.T. Hammond and Y. Shao-Horn
High-power lithium batteries from functionalized carbon nanotube electrodes [publisher link]
Nature Nanotech. 2010, 5, 531