On July 3rd, the journal Science featured a special report titled "Visualizing battery shorting" on the research achievements regarding the short-circuit mechanisms in solid-state batteries from the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS).

Recently, Pro.WANG Chunyang from the Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, the Institute of Metal Research,  Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS)in collaboration with other researchers, made significant progress by utilizing in-situ electron microscopy to reveal the short-circuit mechanisms in solid-state batteries. The study marks the first direct observation at the nanoscale of the transient short-circuit mechanisms in inorganic solid-state electrolytes and elucidates the underlying lithium deposition kinetics. The research findings were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society on May 19, 2025, under the title "Nanoscale Origin of the Soft-to-Hard Short-Circuit Transition in Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes". Following its publication, this work has garnered widespread attention from both the academic and industrial communities.