Author Page for Donal Finegan

Applications of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy Research: A Perspective from the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Nov 2024

Jordan Perr-Sauer, Juliette Ugirumurera, Jamil Gafur, Erik A. Bensen, Truc Nguyen, Shuva Paul, Joseph Severino, Ambarish Nag, Sanjana Vijayshankar, Paul Gasper, Donal Finegan, Jacob Holden, Juliane Mueller, Peter Graf, Charles Tripp and Hilary Egan

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Scaling Deep Learning for Material Imaging: A Pseudo-3d Model for Tera-Scale 3d Domain Transfer

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Apr 2024

Kunning Tang, Ryan Armstrong, Peyman Mostaghimi, Yufu Niu, Quentin Meyer, Chuan Zhao, Donal Finegan, Melissa Popeil, Kamaljit Singh, Hannah Menke, Alexandros Patsoukis Dimou, Tom Bultreys, Arjen Mascini, Mark Knackstedt and Ying Da Wang

University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW), National Laboratory of the Rockies, Independent, Heriot-Watt University, Heriot-Watt University, Heriot-Watt University, Ghent University, Ghent University, Australian National University (ANU) and University of New South Wales (UNSW)

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Laser Ablation for Managing Mechanical Stresses in High-Capacity Silicon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Mar 2025

Jackson Pope, Maxwell C. Schulze, Ryan J. Tancin, Avtar Singh, Ankit Verma, Juliane Preimesberger, Jaclyn Coyle, Andrew Colclasure, Chunmei Ban, Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers and Donal Finegan

University of Colorado at Boulder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center, University of Colorado at Boulder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Laboratory of the Rockies

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Microstructure-Chemomechanics Relations of Polycrystalline Cathodes in Solid-State Batteries

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Jan 2024

Avtar Singh, Jihun Song, Wei Li, Trevor Martin, Hongyi Xu, Donal Finegan and Juner Zhu

National Laboratory of the Rockies, Northeastern University (USA), Northeastern University (USA), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University of Connecticut, National Laboratory of the Rockies and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Mechanical Engineering

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The Battery Failure Databank: Insights from an Open-Access Database of Thermal Runaway Behaviors of Li-Ion Cells and a Resource for Benchmarking Risks

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Oct 2023

National Laboratory of the Rockies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, University College London, University College London, University College London, University College London, University College London, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of South Carolina, University College London, University College London - Electrochemical Innovation Lab, University College London - Electrochemical Innovation Lab, University College London, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Diamond Light Source - Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University College London and Government of the United States of America - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Exploring Thermal Runaway Propagation in Li-Ion Batteries Through High-Speed X-Ray Imaging and Thermal Analysis: Impact of Cell Chemistry and Electrical Connections

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Mar 2024

Matilda Fransson, Jonas Pfaff, Ludovic Broche, Mark Buckwell, Charlie Kircher-Burles, Hamish Reid, Sebastian Schopferer, Alexander Rack, Donal Finegan and Paul Shearing

University College London, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics Ernst-Mach-Institute EMI Efringen-Kirchen Branch, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), University College London, University College London, University College London, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics Ernst-Mach-Institute EMI Efringen-Kirchen Branch, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), National Laboratory of the Rockies and University College London

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Novel 4D Insights to Lithium-Ion Battery Sidewall Rupture During Thermal Runaway

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Jul 2024

Matilda Fransson, Ludovic Broche, Jonas Pfaff, Matteo Venturelli, Mark Buckwell, Arthur Fordham, Charlie Kircher-Burles, Hamish Reid, Mahesh Thalwaththe Gedara, Sebastian Schopferer, Donal Finegan, James B. Robinson, Rhodri Jervis, Alexander Rack, Eric Darcy, Paul R. Shearing and Sneak Peek Administrator

University College London, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics Ernst-Mach-Institute EMI Efringen-Kirchen Branch, Polytechnic University of Milan, University College London, University College London - Electrochemical Innovation Lab, University College London, University College London, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics Ernst-Mach-Institute EMI Efringen-Kirchen Branch, Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics Ernst-Mach-Institute EMI Efringen-Kirchen Branch, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Polytechnic University of Milan, University College London - Electrochemical Innovation Lab, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Government of the United States of America - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), University of Oxford and Independent

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Characterization of Ultrafast-Laser Ablation of Micro-Structures in Li-Ion Battery Anode and Cathode Materials: Morphology, Rate, and Efficiency

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 25 Sep 2023

Ryan J. Tancin, Dana B. Kern, Francois Usseglio-Viretta, Donal Finegan and Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences, National Laboratory of the Rockies and National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Investigation of a Thermocapacitive Cycle by Aqueous Supercapacitors for Building Thermal Management

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Oct 2025

Junyoung Kim, Bertran Özdogru, Donal Finegan and Nelson James

Purdue University - Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies and National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries: Synergy of Carbon Nanotubes and Laser Ablation

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Dec 2024

Geetika Vennam, Avtar Singh, Alison R. Dunlop, Saiful Islam, Peter J. Weddle, Bianca Yi Wen Mak, Ryan J. Tancin, Tanvir R. Tanim, Michael Evans, Stephen E. Trask, Eric J. Dufek, Andrew Colclasure, Donal Finegan, Kandler Smith, Kevin L. Gering, Andrew N. Jansen and ZhenZhen Yang

Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies, Government of the United States of America - Argonne National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Energy Storage & Electric Transportation Department, Government of the United States of America - Idaho National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Government of the United States of America - Energy Storage & Electric Transportation Department, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center, National Laboratory of the Rockies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center, Government of the United States of America - Energy Storage & Electric Transportation Department, Government of the United States of America - Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division and Government of the United States of America - Argonne National Laboratory

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Direct Reuse of Graphite and Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (Nmc) Recovered from Ultrafast-Laser Ablation Debris in Li-Ion Battery Electrodes

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Oct 2023

Ryan J. Tancin, Bertran Özdogru, Nikita S. Dutta, Donal Finegan and Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies and National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Laser Ablation of High-Loading Li-ion Battery Electrodes Improves Accessible Capacity and Cycle Life for Behind-the-Meter Storage

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Oct 2025

Drew J. Pereira, Ryan J. Tancin, Stephen E. Trask, Kae Fink, Joseph W. Stiles, Trevor Martin, Yeyoung Ha, Donal Finegan, Anthony K. Burrell, Bertrand J. Tremolet de Villers and Katharine Harrison

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Laboratory of the Rockies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories - Nanoscale Sciences

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The Application of Electron Backscatter Diffraction for Investigating Intra-Particle Grain Architectures and Boundaries in Lithium Ion Electrodes

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2020

Alexander Quinn, Helio Moutinho, Francois Usseglio-Viretta, Ankit Verma, Kandler Smith, Matthew Keyser and Donal Finegan

National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Center for Integrated Mobility Sciences, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Energy Conversion and Storage Systems Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and National Laboratory of the Rockies

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Stabilizing Air-Sensitive Lithiated Electrode Microstructures for Imaging and X-Ray Microscopy

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 09 Feb 2026

Jackson Pope, Marco-Tulio Rodrigues, Stephen E. Trask, Patrick Walker, Chunmei Ban and Donal Finegan

University of Colorado at Boulder, Government of the United States of America - Argonne National Laboratory, Government of the United States of America - Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, National Laboratory of the Rockies, University of Colorado at Boulder and National Laboratory of the Rockies

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National Laboratory of the Rockies

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Scholarly Papers (14)

Applications of Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Renewable Energy Research: A Perspective from the United States National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Scaling Deep Learning for Material Imaging: A Pseudo-3d Model for Tera-Scale 3d Domain Transfer

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Laser Ablation for Managing Mechanical Stresses in High-Capacity Silicon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries

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Microstructure-Chemomechanics Relations of Polycrystalline Cathodes in Solid-State Batteries

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The Battery Failure Databank: Insights from an Open-Access Database of Thermal Runaway Behaviors of Li-Ion Cells and a Resource for Benchmarking Risks

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Exploring Thermal Runaway Propagation in Li-Ion Batteries Through High-Speed X-Ray Imaging and Thermal Analysis: Impact of Cell Chemistry and Electrical Connections

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Novel 4D Insights to Lithium-Ion Battery Sidewall Rupture During Thermal Runaway

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Characterization of Ultrafast-Laser Ablation of Micro-Structures in Li-Ion Battery Anode and Cathode Materials: Morphology, Rate, and Efficiency

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Investigation of a Thermocapacitive Cycle by Aqueous Supercapacitors for Building Thermal Management

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Fast-Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries: Synergy of Carbon Nanotubes and Laser Ablation

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Direct Reuse of Graphite and Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (Nmc) Recovered from Ultrafast-Laser Ablation Debris in Li-Ion Battery Electrodes

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Laser Ablation of High-Loading Li-ion Battery Electrodes Improves Accessible Capacity and Cycle Life for Behind-the-Meter Storage

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The Application of Electron Backscatter Diffraction for Investigating Intra-Particle Grain Architectures and Boundaries in Lithium Ion Electrodes

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Stabilizing Air-Sensitive Lithiated Electrode Microstructures for Imaging and X-Ray Microscopy

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