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2025 Charles Hatchett Award winners announced
Soyeong Yun, Junwoo Yu, Wontae Lee, Hayeon Lee and Won-Sub Yoon, from Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, for their outstanding paper:
Royal Society of Chemistry: Materials Horizons, Vol. 10, No. 3, March 2023.
The awarded research investigates Nb-doping in Li- and Mn-rich layered cathodes, a promising solution for improving lithium ion battery performance. The benefits of Niobium doping include:
• Improved structural stability and electrochemical performance.
• Enhanced Li⁺ diffusion and ionic conductivity.
• Stronger metal–oxygen bonding, reducing voltage decay.
These findings confirm Niobium’s role as a strategic material in enabling high performance, cost-efficient batteries.
In the past five years, four award-winning papers have focused on battery materials and energy storage, reflecting the growing relevance of Niobium in this field.
The lead author will be presented with the Charles Hatchett medal at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) 2025 Premier Awards Dinner, to be held in London on 4th December 2025.