Direct observation of the structural and electronic changes of Li2MnO3 during electron irradiation

The authors acknowledge K.-B. Low and A. Nicholls of the UIC Research Resources Center, J. Bareno and R. Benedek at Argonne National Laboratory, and J.-C. Idrobo at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Some of the computational work was conducted as part of the Applied Battery Research Program of the Office of Vehicle Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy, while computer time allocations at the Fusion Computer Facility, Argonne National Laboratory, and at EMSL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are gratefully acknowledged. P.J.P. and R.F.K. acknowledge financial support from the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), an Energy Innovation Hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences. The UIC JEOL JEM-ARM 200CF is supported by an MRI-R2 grant from the National Science Foundation (Grant No. DMR-0959470)