Highlights: Cover Art and Research Showcases
Specific crystallographic site occupancy induced water stability: towards facilitating ‘aqueous processing’of ‘layered’Na-transition metal oxide cathodes for Na-ion batteries; Bachu Sravan Kumar, Adrija Goswami, Rahul Kumar, Xiaoran Zheng, A K Paidi, Vinod K Paidi, Brijesh Yadav, Ik Seon Kwon, Kug-Seung Lee, Docheon Ahn, Abhijit Chatterjee, Neeraj Sharma, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025, 13, 5807-5820. (IF=11.92).
Enhancing P2/O3 Biphasic Cathode Performance for Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Metaheuristic Approach to Multi-Element Doping Design. A K Paidi, Woon Bae Park, Vinod K Paidi, Jinhyeok Lee, Kug‐Seung Lee, Hyungju Ahn, Maxim Avdeev, Keun Hwa Chae, Myoungho Pyo, Junxiu Wu, Kee‐Sun Sohn, Docheon Ahn, Jun Lu., Small, 2024, 2402585, 1 -15. (IF = 13.3).
Migration of Mg in Na–O–Mg Configuration for Oxygen Redox of Sodium Cathode; Jun Ho Yu, Natalia Voronina, Najma Yaqoob, Sungkyu Kim, A K. Paidi, Docheon Ahn, Kyuwook Ihm, Min-Gi Jung, Hun-Gi Jung, Olivier Guillon, Payam Kaghazchi, Seung-Taek Myung; ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 9, 1, 145– 152. (IF = 23.99).
Atomic-level insights into the first cycle irreversible capacity loss of Ni-rich layered cathodes for Li-ion batteries. A K Paidi, Alex Taekyung Lee, Vinod K Paidi, Hyungju Ahn, Jinsub Lim, Kug-Seung Lee, Sangsul Lee, Docheon Ahn., J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 12002-12012. (IF = 11.92).
Na2ZrFe(PO4)3 – A Rhombohedral NASICON-structured Material: Synthesis, Structure and Naintercalation Behaviour. A K Paidi, Ankur Sharma, Vinod K Paidi, Mani Pujitha Illa, Kug-Seung Lee, Sangsul Lee, Docheon Ahn, Amartya Mukhopadhyay., Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 10, 4124–4135. (IF = 5. 43).
Growth strategies of Li7La3Zr2O12 electrolytes for Li-ion thin film battery, J.P. Singh, A K Paidi, and S. Lee, Chem. Eng. J. Adv. 2023, 16, 100532. (IF = 6.15).
Synchrotron radiation based X-ray techniques for analysis of cathodes in Li rechargeable batteries, J P Singh, A K Paidi, K H Chae, S Lee and D Ahn, RSC. Adv 2022, 12, 20360-20378. (IF = 4.03).
Unraveling the Nature of the Intrinsic Complex Structure of Binary-Phase Na-Layered Oxides. A K Paidi, Woon Bae Park, Prakash Ramakrishnan, Seong‐Hun Lee, Jin‐Woong Lee, Kug‐Seung Lee, Hyungju Ahn, Tongchao Liu, Jihyeon Gim, Maxim Avdeev, Myoungho Pyo, Jung Inn Sohn, Khalil Amine, Kee‐Sun Sohn, Tae Joo Shin, Docheon Ahn, Jun Lu., Adv. Mater, 2022, 34, 29, 2270218. (IF = 32.1).
Addressing the High-Voltage Structural and Electrochemical Instability of Ni-Containing Layered Transition Metal (TM) Oxide Cathodes by “Blocking” the “TM-Migration” Pathway in the Lattice, A Sharma, A Rajkamal, S Kobi, B S Kumar, A K Paidi, A Chatterjee, and A Mukhopadhyay, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 22, 25836–25849. (IF = 10.38).
Calcite Nanocrystals Investigated Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, V Singh, A K Paidi, CH Shim, SH Kim, SO Won, JP Singh, S Lee, and KH Chae, Crystals, 2021, 11 (5), 490. (IF = 2.67).
Multiple magnetic phase transition and short-range ferromagnetic behavior influence on the magnetocaloric effect of Sm2NiMnO6 nanoparticles, I. P. Kokila, P. S. Kumar, M. Kanagaraj, A K Paidi, L. He, S. Madeswaran, and H. A. Therese, J, Nanopart Res 2020, 22, 233. (IF = 2.53).
Solution Combustion Synthesis of Rare Earth Orthoferrite Nanoparticles: a Comparative Study on Multiferroic Properties of Er–FeO3 vs (La,Yb)FeO3, P. S. Kumar, I. P. Kokila, M. Kanagaraj, A K Paidi, L. He, H. A. Therese, S. Madeswaran, J Supercond Nov Magn, 2020, 33:3621–3629 . (IF = 1.67).
Syntheses and Structural Characterization of A3Sb3P2O14⋅3H2O (A = Rb, Cs, Tl, and NH4) Phosphates; Facile Aqueous Ion Exchange Reactions of K3Sb3P2O14⋅3H2O, P. S. Walko, A. K. Paidi, and K. Vidyasagar, ChemistrySelect, 2017, 2, 11875. (IF = 2. 3).
Syntheses and characterization of AM2V2O11 (A = Ba, Sr, Pb; M = Nb, Ta) vanadates with centrosymmetric and non-centrosymmetric structures. A K Paidi, PW Jaschin, KBR Varma, Kanamaluru Vidyasagar., Inorg. Chem., 2017, 56 (20), 12631–12640. (IF = 5.43).
Synthesis and structural characterization of AMV2O8 (A = K, Rb, Tl, Cs; M = Nb, Ta) vanadates: a structural comparison of A+M5+V2O8 vanadates and A+M5+P2O8 phosphates. A K Paidi, R Nandini Devi, Kanamaluru Vidyasagar., Dalton Trans., 2015, 44, 17399-17408. (IF = 4.6).
A K Paidi and Ahn Docheon, Chapter title: Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxides (NCM) Cathode Materials, Book title: Advancement in Oxide Utilization for Li Rechargeable Batteries Edited by Jitendra Pal Singh, Sangsul Lee, Sylvain Franger, Ambesh Dixit Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (2025); Sustainable Energy, 282 - 317.