Physics-Informed ML Exploration of Structure-Transport Relationships in Hard Carbon
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| author | Rampal, Nikhil Weitzner, Stephen E. Omenya, Fredrick Wood, Marissa Reed, David M. Li, Xiaolin Lee, Jonathan R. I. Wan, Liwen F. |
| author_facet | Rampal, Nikhil Weitzner, Stephen E. Omenya, Fredrick Wood, Marissa Reed, David M. Li, Xiaolin Lee, Jonathan R. I. Wan, Liwen F. |
| contents | Sodium-ion batteries are a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to lithium-ion systems for large-scale energy storage. Hard carbon (HC) anodes, composed of disordered graphitic and amorphous domains, offer high capacity but exhibit complex, poorly understood ion transport behavior. In particular, the relationship between local microstructure and sodium mobility remains unresolved, hindering rational performance optimization. Here, we introduce a data-driven framework that combines machine-learned interatomic potentials with molecular dynamics simulations to systematically investigate sodium diffusion across a broad range of carbon densities and sodium loadings. By computing per-ion structural descriptors, we identify the microscopic factors that govern ion transport. Unsupervised learning uncovers distinct diffusion modes, including hopping, clustering, and void trapping, while supervised analysis highlights tortuosity and NaNa coordination as primary determinants of mobility. Correlation mapping further connects these transport regimes to processing variables such as bulk density and sodium content. This physics-informed approach establishes quantitative structure-transport relationships that capture the heterogeneity of disordered carbon. Our findings deliver mechanistic insights into sodium-ion dynamics and provide actionable design principles for engineering high-performance HC anodes in next-generation battery systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Physics-Informed ML Exploration of Structure-Transport Relationships in Hard Carbon Rampal, Nikhil Weitzner, Stephen E. Omenya, Fredrick Wood, Marissa Reed, David M. Li, Xiaolin Lee, Jonathan R. I. Wan, Liwen F. Materials Science Sodium-ion batteries are a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to lithium-ion systems for large-scale energy storage. Hard carbon (HC) anodes, composed of disordered graphitic and amorphous domains, offer high capacity but exhibit complex, poorly understood ion transport behavior. In particular, the relationship between local microstructure and sodium mobility remains unresolved, hindering rational performance optimization. Here, we introduce a data-driven framework that combines machine-learned interatomic potentials with molecular dynamics simulations to systematically investigate sodium diffusion across a broad range of carbon densities and sodium loadings. By computing per-ion structural descriptors, we identify the microscopic factors that govern ion transport. Unsupervised learning uncovers distinct diffusion modes, including hopping, clustering, and void trapping, while supervised analysis highlights tortuosity and NaNa coordination as primary determinants of mobility. Correlation mapping further connects these transport regimes to processing variables such as bulk density and sodium content. This physics-informed approach establishes quantitative structure-transport relationships that capture the heterogeneity of disordered carbon. Our findings deliver mechanistic insights into sodium-ion dynamics and provide actionable design principles for engineering high-performance HC anodes in next-generation battery systems. |
| title | Physics-Informed ML Exploration of Structure-Transport Relationships in Hard Carbon |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14849 |