Aydinol, M., Kohan, A., Ceder, G., Cho, K. & Joannopoulos, J. Ab initio study of lithium intercalation in metal oxides and metal dichalcogenides. Phys. Rev. B 56, 1354–1365 (1997). Do the work. All the hoping, dreaming, planning, researching, and analysis means nothing if you don’t actually invest the blood, sweat, and tears required for success. You have to do the work. Zheng, C. et al. Automated generation and ensemble-learned matching of X-ray absorption spectra. npj Comput. Mater. 4, 12 (2018). Your limits are almost certainly farther than you think they are. Whether it’s physical exertion or mental stamina, you can push yourself harder than you might imagine.

Grimaud, A., Hong, W. T., Shao-Horn, Y. & Tarascon, J. M. Anionic redox processes for electrochemical devices. Nat. Mater. 15, 121–126 (2016). Contemporary YA is probably my favourite genre. And I like books that challenge me emotionally. But while I had no real problem with Noah and Echo’s respective Issues-with-a-capital”I”, something about this just felt off to me. It didn’t feel sincere, and therefore it didn’t resonate with me. Song, B. et al. A facile cathode design combining Ni-rich layered oxides with Li-rich layered oxides for lithium-ion batteries. J. Power Sources 325, 620–629 (2016). Li, N. et al. Unraveling the cationic and anionic redox reactions in a conventional layered oxide cathode. ACS Energy Lett. 4, 2836–2842 (2019).

4. Look for bigger challenges.

Furthermore, many people have self-imposed limits resulting from their own beliefs rather than a reflection of their reality. That’s why, when you wan to push yourself harder than you ever have before, you need to start with… Radin, M. D. et al. Narrowing the gap between theoretical and practical capacities in Li-ion layered oxide cathode materials. Adv. Energy Mater. 7, 1602888 (2017). Heyd, J., Scuseria, G. E. & Ernzerhof, M. Hybrid functionals based on a screened Coulomb potential. J. Chem. Phys. 118, 8207 (2003). Zhuo, Z. et al. Effect of excess lithium in LiMn 2O 4 and Li 1.15Mn 1.85O 4 electrodes revealed by quantitative analysis of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 093902 (2017). Gent, W. E. et al. Coupling between oxygen redox and cation migration explains unusual electrochemistry in lithium-rich layered oxides. Nat. Commun. 8, 2091 (2017).

As mentioned earlier, the story. Other than it being a little on the long side and having a few moments I could have lived without, I enjoyed the read. The story did have a few similarities to Perfect Chemistry but wasn't an exact mirror either, so I wasn't bothered by it. The problems of the main characters in Pushing were not gang related, yet the problems were still just as emotional and tough as what Alex and Brittany had to go through in PC. Qiu, B. et al. Metastability and reversibility of anionic redox-based cathode for high-energy rechargeable batteries. Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 1, 100028 (2020). When try­ing to find a way to describe this book – I set­tled on this: Push­ing The Lim­its is the clos­est I’ve ever got­ten to read­ing a Machetta book. Assat, G., Iadecola, A., Delacourt, C., Dedryvère, R. & Tarascon, J.-M. Decoupling cationic–anionic redox processes in a model Li-rich cathode via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Chem. Mater. 29, 9714–9724 (2017). He is just so damn attractive. He may as well put a collar and lead on me because I would be his 'pet' anyday!Graetz, J. et al. Electronic structure of chemically-delithiated LiCoO 2 studied by electron energy-loss spectrometry. J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 1286–1289 (2002).