Selected Publications by Research Theme
Editor
Advanced Materials for Lithium Batteries
Themed Issue of Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011 |
Recent papers in Nature journals
McColl K, House R, Rees G, Coles S, Squires A, Morgan BJ, Islam MS, ‘Transition metal migration and O2 formation underpin voltage hysteresis in oxygen-redox disordered rocksalt cathodes‘, Nature Comms 13 5275 (2022) [Journal Link] | |
Poletayev A, Dawson JA, Islam MS, Lindenberg AM,‘Defect-Driven Anomalous Transport in Fast-Ion Conducting Solid Electrolytes‘, Nature Materials 21 1066-1073 (2022) [Journal Link] | |
Yuan Y, Sharpe R, He K, Li C, Saray MT, Liu T, Yao W, Cheng M, Jin H, Wang S, Amine K, Shahbazian-Yassar R, Islam MS, Lu J‘Understanding intercalation chemistry for sustainable aqueous zinc-manganese dioxide batteries‘, Nature Sustainability 5 890-898 (2022) [Journal Link] | |
Lanzetta L, Webb T, Zibouche N, Liang X, Ding D, Min G, Westbrook RJE, Gaggio B, Macdonald TJ, Islam MS, and Haque SA ‘Degradation Mechanism of Hybrid Tin-based Perovskite Solar Cells and the Critical Role of Tin (IV) Iodide’, Nature Commun. 12, 2853 (2021) [Journal Link] | |
Famprikis T, Canepa P, Dawson JA, Islam MS and Masquelier C, ‘Fundamentals of inorganic solid-state electrolytes for batteries’, Nat. Mater., 18, 1278–1291 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Li Y, Chen H, Lim K, Deng HD, Lim J, Fraggedakis D, Attia PM, Lee SC, Jin N, Moškon J, Guan Z, Gent WE, Hong J, Yu Y-S, Gaberšček M, Islam MS, Bazant MZ and Chueh WC, ‘Fluid-enhanced surface diffusion controls intraparticle phase transformations ’, Nat. Mater., 17, 915-922 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Aristidou N, Eames C, Sanchez-Molina I, Bu X, Kosco J, Islam MS and Haque SA, ‘Fast Oxygen Diffusion and Iodide Defects Mediate Oxygen-Induced Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells ’, Nat. Commun. 8, 15218 (2017) | |
Yuan Y, Zhan C, He K, Chen H, Yao W, Sharifi-Asl S, Song B, Yang Z, Nie A, Luo X, Wang H, Wood S M, Amine K, Islam M S, Lu J and Shahbazian-Yassar R, ‘The Influence of Large Cations on the Electrochemical Properties of Tunnel-Structured Metal Oxides ’, Nat. Commun. 7, 13374 (2016) | |
Eames C, Frost J M, Barnes P R F, O'Regan B C, Walsh A and Islam M S, ‘Ionic transport in hybrid lead iodide perovskite solar cells’, Nat. Commun. 6, 7497 (2015) | |
Armstrong A R, Lyness C, Panchmatia P, Islam M S, Bruce P G,‘The lithium intercalation process in the low voltage lithium battery anode Li1+xV1-xO2’, Nat. Mater. 10, 223 (2011) | |
Kendrick E, Kendrick J, Knight K S, Islam M S and Slater P R, ‘Cooperative Mechanisms of Fast-Ion Conduction in Gallium-Based Oxides with Tetrahedral Moieties’, Nat. Mater. 6, 871 (2007) |
Reviews
Famprikis T, Canepa P, Dawson JA, Islam MS and Masquelier C, ‘Fundamentals of inorganic solid-state electrolytes for batteries’, Nat. Mater., 18, 1278–1291 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Kudu OU, Famprikis T, Fleutot B, Braida M-D, Le Mercier T, Islam MS and Masquelier C, ‘A review of structural properties and synthesis methods of solid electrolyte materials in the Li2S−P2S5 binary system ’, J. Power Sources 407, 31-43 (2018) | |
Islam M S and Fisher C A J, ‘Lithium and sodium battery cathode materials: computational insights into voltage, diffusion and nanostructural properties ’, Chem. Soc. Rev. 43, 185-204 (2014) | |
Islam M S, Dominko R, Masquelier C, Sirisopanaporn C, Armstrong A R and Bruce P G ‘Silicate cathodes for lithium batteries: alternatives to phosphates’, J. Mater. Chem. 21, 9811-9818 (2011) | |
Malavasi L, Fisher C A J and Islam M S, ‘Oxide-ion and proton conducting electrolyte materials for clean energy applications: structural and mechanistic features’, Chem. Soc. Rev. 39, 4370-4387 (2010) | |
Islam M S and Slater P R, ‘Solid-State Materials for Clean Energy: Insights from Atomic Scale Modeling’, MRS Bulletin 34, 935-941 (2009) [Invited Review]. | |
Kendrick E, Islam M S and Slater P R, ‘Developing Apatites for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Insight into Structural, Transport and Doping Properties’, J. Mater. Chem. 17, 3104-3111 (2007) [invited review]. | |
Islam M S, ‘Ionic Transport in ABO3 Perovskite Oxides: A Computer Modelling Tour’, J. Mater. Chem. 10, 1027-1038 (2000) [Invited “Feature Article”] |
Perovskite Solar Cells — Ion Transport and Defects in MAPbI3
Lanzetta L, Webb T, Zibouche N, Liang X, Ding D, Min G, Westbrook RJE, Gaggio B, Macdonald TJ, Islam MS, and Haque SA ‘Degradation Mechanism of Hybrid Tin-based Perovskite Solar Cells and the Critical Role of Tin (IV) Iodide’, Nature Commun. 12, 2853 (2021) [Journal Link] | |
Aziz A, Aristidou N, Bu X, Westbrook RJE, Haque SA, Islam MS, ‘Understanding the Enhanced Stability of Bromide Substitution in Lead Iodide Perovskites ’, Chem. Mater., 32, 400-409 (2020) [Journal Link] | |
Brenes R, Eames C, Bulovic V, Islam MS and Stranks SD,‘The impact of atmosphere on the local luminescence properties of metal halide perovskite grains ’, Adv. Mater., 30, 1706208 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Aristidou N, Eames C, Islam MS and Haque SA, ‘Insights into the increased degradation rate of CH3NH3PbI3 solar cells in combined water and O2 environments’, J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 25469-25475 (2017) [Journal Link] | |
Brenes R, Guo D, Osherov A, Noel NK, Eames C, Hutter EM, Pathak SK, Niroui F, Friend RH, Islam MS, Snaith HJ, Bulović V, Savenije TJ, Stranks SD, ‘Metal Halide Perovskite Polycrystalline Films Exhibiting Properties of Single Crystals’, Joule, 1, 155-167 (2017) [Journal Link] | |
Aristidou N, Eames C, Sanchez-Molina I, Bu X, Kosco J, Islam MS and Haque SA, ‘Fast Oxygen Diffusion and Iodide Defects Mediate Oxygen-Induced Degradation of Perovskite Solar Cells ’, Nat. Commun. 8, 15218 (2017) | |
Eames C, Frost J M, Barnes P R F, O'Regan B C, Walsh A and Islam M S, ‘Ionic transport in hybrid lead iodide perovskite solar cells’, Nature Commun. 6, 7497 (2015) |
Perovskite Solar Cells — Mixed A-Cation & Pb-free
Senocrate A, Spanopoulos I, Zibouche N, Maier J, Islam MS, and Kanatzidis MG, Tuning Ionic and Electronic Conductivities in the “Hollow” Perovskite {en}MAPbI3, Chem. Mater. 33,2 (2021) [Journal Link] | |
Zibouche N, Islam MS, Structure–Electronic Property Relationships of 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Tin- and Lead-based Iodide Perovskites’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12, 15328-15337 (2020) [Journal Link] | |
Szemjonov A, Galkowski K, Anaya M, Andaji-Garmaroudi Z, Baikie TK, Mackowski S, Baikie ID, Stranks SD, Islam MS, ‘The impact of oxygen on the electronic structure of mixed-cation halide perovskites’, ACS Mater. Lett., 1, 506-510 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Ferdani DW, Pering SR, Ghosh D, Kubiak P, Walker AB, Lewis SE, Johnson AL, Baker PJ, Islam MS and Cameron PJ, ‘Partial cation substitution reduces iodide ion transport in lead iodide perovskite solar cells ’, Energy. Environ. Sci., 12, 2264-2272 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Ghosh D, Smith AR, Walker AB and Islam MS, ‘Mixed A-Cation Perovskites for Solar Cells: Atomic-Scale Insights Into Structural Distortion, Hydrogen Bonding, and Electronic Properties ’, Chem. Mater., 30, 5194-5204 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Ghosh D, Walsh Atkins P, Islam MS, Walker AB, Eames C, ‘Good vibrations: locking of octahedral tilting in mixed-cation iodide perovskites for solar cells’, ACS Energy Lett., 2, 2424-2429 (2017) [Journal Link] | |
Dawson JA, Naylor AJ, Eames C, Roberts M, Zhang W, Snaith HJ, Bruce PG and Islam MS, ‘Mechanisms of lithium intercalation and conversion processes in organic-inorganic halide perovskites’, ACS Energy Lett., 2, 1818-1824 (2017) [Journal Link] |
Lithium Batteries — Li-rich cathodes
Sharpe R, House RA, Clarke MJ, Förstermann D, Marie JJ, Cibin G, Zhou KJ, Playford HY, Bruce PG, and Islam MS, ‘Redox Chemistry and the Role of Trapped Molecular O2 in Li-Rich Disordered Rocksalt Oxyfluoride Cathodes’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 52 (2020) [Journal Link] | |
Naylor AJ, Makkos E, Maibach J, Guerrini N, Sobkowiak A, Bjorklund E, Lozano JG, Menon AS, Younesi R, Roberts MR, Edstrom K, Islam MS, Bruce PG, Depth-dependent oxygen redox activity in lithium-rich layered oxide cathodes’, J. Mater. Chem., 7, 25355-25368 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Chen H and Islam M S, ‘Lithium Extraction Mechanism in Li-Rich Li2MnO3 Involving Oxygen Hole Formation and Dimerization’, Chem. Mater., 28, 6656-6663 (2016) [Journal Link] |
Lithium Batteries — Polyanion Cathode Materials
Li Y, Chen H, Lim K, Deng HD, Lim J, Fraggedakis D, Attia PM, Lee SC, Jin N, Moškon J, Guan Z, Gent WE, Hong J, Yu Y-S, Gaberšček M, Islam MS, Bazant MZ and Chueh WC, ‘Fluid-enhanced surface diffusion controls intraparticle phase transformations ’, Nat. Mater., 17, 915-922 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Billaud J, Eames C, Tapia-Ruiz N, Roberts M R, Naylor A J, Armstrong R, Islam M S, Bruce P, ‘Evidence of Enhanced Ion Transport in Li-Rich Silicate Intercalation Materials’, Adv. Energy Mater., 1601043 (2017) [Journal Link] | |
Tealdi C, Heath J, Islam M S, ‘Feeling the strain: enhancing ionic transport in olivine phosphate cathodes for Li- and Na-ion batteries through strain effects’, J. Mater. Chem. A, 4, 6998-7004 (2016) [Journal Link] | |
Clark J M, Nishimura S, Yamada A, Islam M S ‘High-Voltage Pyrophosphate Cathode: Insights into Local Structure and Lithium-Diffusion Pathways’, Angew. Chem. 51, (2012) | |
Armstrong A R , Kuganathan N, Islam M S and Bruce P B, ‘Structure and Lithium Transport Pathways in Li2FeSiO4 Cathodes for Lithium Batteries’, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 13031-3035 (2011) | |
Fisher C A J and Islam M S, ‘Surface Structures and Crystal Morphologies of LiFePO4: Relevance to Electrochemical Behaviour’, J. Mater. Chem. 18, 1209-1215 (2008) | |
Islam M S, Driscoll D J, Fisher C A J and Slater P R, ‘Atomic-Scale Investigation of Defects, Dopants and Lithium Transport in the LiFePO4 Olivine-Type Battery Material’, Chem. Mater. 17, 5085-5092 (2005) |
Solid Electrolytes for Li-ion and Na-ion Batteries
Famprikis T, Kudu ÖU, Dawson JA, Canepa P, Fauth F, Suard E, Zbiri M, Dambournet D, Borkiewicz OJ, Bouyanfif H, Emge, SP, Cretu S, Chotard JN, Grey CP, Wolfgang GZ, Islam MS, Masquelier C, ‘Under Pressure: Mechanochemical Effects on Structure and Ion Conduction in the Sodium-Ion Solid Electrolyte Na3PS4’, J. Am. Chem. Soc, 142 43, 18422–18436 (2020) [Journal Link] | |
Symington AR, Purton J, Statham J, Molinari M, Islam MS, Parker SC, ‘Quantifying the impact of disorder on Li-ion and Na-ion transport in perovskite titanate solid electrolytes for solid-state batteries’, J. Mater. Chem. A, 8, 19603-19611 (2020) [Journal Link] | |
Famprikis T, Dawson JA, Fauth F, Clemens O, Suard E, Fleutot B, Courty M, Chotard JN, Islam MS, Christian Masquelier C., A New Superionic Plastic Polymorph of the Na+ Conductor Na3PS4.’, ACS Mater. Lett., 1, 641-646 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Dawson JA, Canepa P, Clarke MJ, Famprikis T, Ghosh D and Islam MS, ‘Toward Understanding the Different Influences of Grain Boundaries on Ion Transport in Sulfide and Oxide Solid Electrolytes’, Chem. Mater., 31, 5296-5304 (2019) [Journal Link] | |
Dawson JA, Attari T, Chen H, Emge S, Johnston KE and Islam MS, ‘Elucidating Lithium-Ion and Proton Dynamics in Anti-Perovskite Solid Electrolytes ’, Energy Environ. Sci., 11, 2993-3002 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Canepa P, Dawson JA, Gautam GS, Statham JM, Parker SC, Islam MS,‘Particle Morphology and Lithium Segregation to Surfaces of the Li7La3Zr2O12 Solid Electrolyte ’, Chem. Mater., 30, 3019-3027 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Dawson JA, Canepa P, Famprikis T, Masquelier C, Islam MS, ‘Atomic-Scale Influence of Grain Boundaries on Li-ion Conduction in Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries’, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 140, 362-368 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Deng Y, Eames C, Fleutot B, David R, Chotard JN, Suard E, Masquelier C, Islam MS, ‘Enhancing the Lithium Ion Conductivity in Lithium Superionic Conductor (LISICON) Solid Electrolytes through a Mixed Polyanion Effect’, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 9, 7050-7058 (2017) [Journal Link] | |
Deng Y, Eames C, Chotard J-N, Lalere F, Seznec V, Emge S, Pecher O, Grey C P, Masquelier C and Islam M S, ‘Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Fast Lithium-Ion Conduction in Li4SiO4-Li3PO4 Solid Electrolytes’, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 9136-9145 (2015) |
Lithium Batteries — Anode Materials
Sodium Battery Cathode Materials
Tapia-Ruiz N, Dose WM, Sharma N, Chen H, Heath J, Somerville JW, Maitra U, Islam MS and Bruce PG,‘High voltage structural evolution and enhanced Na-ion diffusion in P2-Na2/3Ni1/3−xMgxMn2/3O2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) cathodes from diffraction, electrochemical and ab initio studies ’, Energy Environ. Sci., 11, 1470-1479 (2018) [Journal Link] | |
Treacher J C, Wood S M, Islam M S and Kendrick E, ‘Na2CoSiO4 as a cathode material for sodium-ion batteries: structure, electrochemistry and diffusion pathways’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18, 32744-32752 (2016) | |
Wood S M, Eames C, Kendrick E and Islam M S, ‘Sodium-Ion Diffusion and Voltage Trends in Phosphates Na4M3(PO4)2P2O7 (M = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni) for Possible High Rate Cathodes’, J. Phys. Chem. C, 119, 15935-15941 (2015) | |
Whiteside A, Fisher C A J, Parker S C and Islam M S, ‘Particle Shapes and Surface Structures of Olivine NaFePO4 in Comparison to LiFePO4’, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, 21788-21794 (2014) | |
Clark J M, Barpanda P, Yamada A and Islam M S, ‘Sodium-ion battery cathodes Na2FeP2O7 and Na2MnP2O7: diffusion behaviour for high rate performance ’, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2, 11807-11812 (2014) | |
Tripathi R, Wood S M, Islam M S and Nazar L F, ‘Na-ion mobility in layered Na2FePO4F and olivine Na[Fe,Mn]PO4 ’, Energy Environ. Sci., 6, 2257-2264 (2013) |