Віттінгем є одним з дослідників літій-іонних батарей, зокрема він розробив концепцію електродної інтеркаляції. Цим напрямком він почав займатися під час роботи в нафтових компаніях.
Chirayil T, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS, Thomas; Zavalij, Peter Y.; Whittingham, M. Stanley (October 1998). Hydrothermal synthesis of vanadium oxides. Chemistry of Materials10 (10): 2629–2640. doi:10.1021/cm980242m.
Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS, Peter Y.; Whittingham, M. Stanley (October 1999). Structural chemistry of vanadium oxides with open frameworks. Acta Crystallographica Section B55 (5): 627–663. doi:10.1107/S0108768199004000.
Chen RJ, Zavalij P, Whittingham MS, Rongji; Zavalij, Peter; Whittingham, M. Stanley (June 1996). Hydrothermal synthesis and characterization of K chi MnO2 center dot gamma H2O. Chemistry of Materials8 (6): 1275–1280. doi:10.1021/cm950550.
Janauer GG, Dobley A, Guo JD, Zavalij P, Whittingham MS, Gerald G.; Dobley, Arthur; Guo, Jingdong; Zavalij, Peter; Whittingham, M. Stanley (August 1996). Novel tungsten, molybdenum, and vanadium oxides containing surfactant ions. Chemistry of Materials8 (8): 2096–2101. doi:10.1021/cm960111q.
Yang SF, Song YN, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS (March 2002). Reactivity, stability and electrochemical behavior of lithium iron phosphates. Electrochemistry Communications4 (3): 239–244. doi:10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00298-3.
Yang SF, Zavalij PY, Whittingham MS, S; Zavalij, Peter Y.; Stanley Whittingham, M. (September 2001). Hydrothermal synthesis of lithium iron phosphate cathodes. Electrochemistry Communications3 (9): 505–508. doi:10.1016/S1388-2481(01)00200-4.
Petkov V, Zavalij PY, Lutta S, Whittingham MS, Parvanov V, Shastri S, V.; Zavalij, P.; Lutta, S.; Whittingham, M.; Parvanov, V.; Shastri, S. (February 2004). Structure beyond Bragg: Study of V2O5 nanotubes. Physical Review B69 (8): 085410. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.69.085410.
Jian Hong, CS Wang, X Chen, Shailesh Upreti, M Stanley Whittingham, Jian Hong; Wang, CS; Chen, X; Shailesh, Upreti; Whittingham, M. Stanley (Feb 2009). Vanadium modified LiFePO4 cathode for Li-ion batteries. Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters12 (2): A33–A38. doi:10.1149/1.3039795.
Hui Zhou, Shailesh Upreti, Natasha A Chernova, Geoffroy Hautier, Gerbrand Ceder, M Stanley Whittingham, Hui Zhou; Upreti, Shailesh; Chernova, Natasha A; Hautier, Geoffroy; Ceder, Gerbrand; Whittingham, M. Stanley (December 2010). Iron and Manganese Pyrophosphates as cathodes for Lithium-Ion batteries. Chemistry of Materials23 (2): 293–300. doi:10.1021/cm102922q.
Fredrick Omenya, Natasha A Chernova, Shailesh Upreti, Peter Y Zavalij, Kyung-Wan Nam, Xiao-Qing Yang, M Stanley Whittingham, Fredrick Omenya; Chernova, Natasha A; Upreti, Shailesh; Zavalij, Peter Y; Nam, Kyung-Wan; Yang, Xiao-Qing; Whittingham, M. Stanley (October 2011). Can vanadium be substituted into LiFePO4?. Chemistry of Materials23 (21): 4733–4740. doi:10.1021/cm2017032.