20. Garcia-Mendez, R., Zheng, J., Bock, D. C., Jaye, C., Fischer, D. A., Marschilok, A. C., … & Archer, L. A. (2023). Understanding the reversible electrodeposition of aluminum in low-cost room-temperature molten salts. Cell Reports Physical Science. Link

19. Jin, S., Deng, Y., Chen, P., Hong, S., Garcia‐Mendez, R., Sharma, A., … & Archer, L. A. (2023). Solid‐Adsorbed Polymer‐Electrolyte Interphases for Stabilizing Metal Anodes in Aqueous Zn and Non‐Aqueous Li Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62(18), e202300823. Link

18. Hong, S., Jin, S., Deng, Y., Garcia-Mendez, R., Kim, K. I., Utomo, N., & Archer, L. A. (2023). Efficient Scalable Hydrothermal Synthesis of MnO₂ with Controlled Polymorphs and Morphologies for Enhanced Battery Cathodes. ACS Energy Letters, 8(4), 1744-1751. Link

17. Zheng, J., Deng, Y., Li, W., Yin, J., West, P. J., Tang, T. Tong, X., Bock, D. C., Jin, S., Zhao, Q., Garcia-Mendez, R., Takeuchi, K. J., Takeuchi, E., Marschilock, A. C., & Archer, L. A. (2022). Design principles for heterointerfacial alloying kinetics at metallic anodes in rechargeable batteries. Science Advances, 8(44), eabq6321. Link

16. Zheng, J., Deng, Y., Yin, J., Tang, T., Garcia‐Mendez, R., Zhao, Q., & Archer, L. A. (2022). Textured electrodes: manipulating built‐in crystallographic heterogeneity of metal electrodes via severe plastic deformation. Advanced Materials, 34(1), 2106867. Link

15. Zheng, J., Garcia-Mendez, R., & Archer, L. A. (2021). Engineering multiscale coupled electron/ion transport in battery electrodes. ACS nano, 15(12), 19014-19025. Link

14. Liu, X.*, Garcia-Mendez, R.*, Lupini, A. R., Cheng, Y., Hood, Z. D., Han, F., … & Chi, M. (2021). Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li ‘filament’formation within solid electrolytes. Nature Materials, 20(11), 1485-1490. * = equal contribution Link

13. Connell, J. G., Fuchs, T., Hartmann, H., Krauskopf, T., Zhu, Y., Sann, J., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sakamoto, J., Tepavcevic, S., & Janek, J. (2020). Kinetic versus thermodynamic stability of LLZO in contact with lithium metal. Chemistry of Materials, 32(23), 10207-10215. Link

12. Sato, M.*, Garcia-Mendez, R.*, & Sakamoto, J. (2020). Mapping hot-pressed Li_{6. 25}Al_{0. 25}La₃Zr₂O₁₂ (LLZO) grains and grain boundaries through a simple thermal grooving technique. Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies, 8(3), 793-803. * = equal contribution Link

11. Garcia‐Mendez, R., Smith, J. G., Neuefeind, J. C., Siegel, D. J., & Sakamoto, J. (2020). Correlating macro and atomic structure with elastic properties and ionic transport of glassy Li₂S‐P₂S₅ (LPS) solid electrolyte for solid‐state Li metal batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 10(19), 2000335. Link

10. Han, G., Kinzer, B., Garcia-Mendez, R., Choe, H., Wolfenstine, J., & Sakamoto, J. (2020). Correlating the effect of dopant type (Al, Ga, Ta) on the mechanical and electrical properties of hot-pressed Li-garnet electrolyte. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 40(5), 1999-2006. Link

9. Kazyak, E., Garcia-Mendez, R., LePage, W. S., Sharafi, A., Davis, A. L., Sanchez, A. J., …, Sakamoto, J. & Dasgupta, N. P. (2020). Li penetration in ceramic solid electrolytes: operando microscopy analysis of morphology, propagation, and reversibility. Matter, 2(4), 1025-1048. Link

8. Davis, A. L., Garcia-Mendez, R., Wood, K. N., Kazyak, E., Chen, K. H., Teeter, G., … & Dasgupta, N. P. (2020). Electro-chemo-mechanical evolution of sulfide solid electrolyte/Li metal interfaces: operando analysis and ALD interlayer effects. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8(13), 6291-6302. Link

7. Zhu, Y., Connell, J. G., Tepavcevic, S., Zapol, P., Garcia‐Mendez, R., Taylor, N. J., … & Markovic, N. M. (2019). Dopant‐dependent stability of garnet solid electrolyte interfaces with lithium metal. Advanced Energy Materials, 9(12), 1803440. Link

6. Masias, A., Felten, N., Garcia-Mendez, R., Wolfenstine, J., & Sakamoto, J. (2019). Elastic, plastic, and creep mechanical properties of lithium metal. Journal of materials science, 54(3), 2585-2600. Link

5. Taylor, N. J., Stangeland-Molo, S., Haslam, C. G., Sharafi, A., Thompson, T., Wang, M., Garcia-Mendez, R. & Sakamoto, J. (2018). Demonstration of high current densities and extended cycling in the garnet Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ solid electrolyte. Journal of Power Sources, 396, 314-318. Link

4. Garcia-Mendez, R., Mizuno, F., Zhang, R., Arthur, T. S., & Sakamoto, J. (2017). Effect of processing conditions of 75Li₂S-25P₂S₅ solid electrolyte on its DC electrochemical behavior. Electrochimica Acta, 237, 144-151. Link

3. Nam, K., Wolfenstine, J., Choi, H., Garcia-Mendez, R., Sakamoto, J., & Choe, H. (2017). Study on the mechanical properties of porous tin oxide. Ceramics International, 43(14), 10913-10918. Link

2. Thompson, T., Yu, S., Williams, L., Schmidt, R. D., Garcia-Mendez, R., Wolfenstine, J., Allen, J. L., Kioupakis, E., Siegel, D. J. & Sakamoto, J. (2017). Electrochemical window of the Li-ion solid electrolyte Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂. ACS Energy Letters, 2(2), 462-468. Link

1. Yu, S., Schmidt, R. D., Garcia-Mendez, R., Herbert, E., Dudney, N. J., Wolfenstine, J. B., Sakamoto, J. & Siegel, D. J. (2016). Elastic properties of the solid electrolyte Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ (LLZO). Chemistry of Materials, 28(1), 197-206. Link