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    2024

  1. Manipulating Hardness to Construct Favorable Electrode Microstructures for All-Solid-State Batteries
    Zhaoyang Chen, Qing Ai, Alae Eddine Lakraychi, Chaoshan Wu, Lihong Zhao, Liqun Guo,Viktor G. Hadjiev, Hua Guo, Zheng Fan, Jun Lou, Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao, Advanced Energy Materials , 2024, 2403050. [DOI] [PDF]

  2. Enhancing Mechanical Properties of Sustainable Thermoplastic Elastomers through Incorporating Ionic Interactions
    Wenyue Ding, Josiah Hanson, Yi Shi, Yan Yao, Megan L. Robertson, Macromolecules , 2024, 57 (17), 8306-8319. [DOI] [PDF]

  3. Estimating state of charge of cylindrical lithium-ion cells using multiple random convolutional kernel transform and low-frequency stress waves
    Jian Chen, Thomas Hannan, Yan Yao, Gangbing Song, Energy Storage Materials, 2024, 72, 103730. [DOI] [PDF]

  4. Insight Gained from Migrating a Machine Learning Model to Intelligence Processing Units
    Hieu Le, Zhenhua He, Mai Le, Dhruva K. Chakravorty, Lisa M. Perez, Akhil Chilumuru, Yan Yao, Jiefu Chen, ACM , 2024, 7, 1–9. [DOI] [PDF]

  5. Superionic surface Li-ion transport in carbonaceous materials
    Jianbin Zhou, Shen Wang, Chaoshan Wu, Ji Qi, Hongli Wan, Shen Lai, Shijie Feng, Tsz Wai Ko, Zhaohui Liang, Ke Zhou, Nimrod Harpak, Nick Solan, Mengchen Liu, Zeyu Hui, Paulina J. Ai, Kent Griffith, Chunsheng Wang, Shyue Ping Ong, Yan Yao, Ping Liu, arXiv , 2024. [DOI] [PDF]

  6. Modeling the electro-chemo-mechanical failure at the lithium-solid electrolyte interface: Void evolution and lithium penetration
    Ruqing Fang, Wei Li, Junning Jiao, Lihong Zhao, Yan Yao, Juner Zhu, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024, 192, 105799. [DOI] [PDF]

  7. Healable and conductive sulfur iodide for solid-state Li–S batteries
    Jianbin Zhou, Manas Likhit Holekevi Chandrappa, Sha Tan, Shen Wang, Chaoshan Wu, Howie Nguyen, Canhui Wang, Haodong Liu, Sicen Yu, Quin R. S. Miller, Gayea Hyun, John Holoubek, Junghwa Hong, Yuxuan Xiao, Charles Soulen, Zheng Fan, Eric E. Fullerton, Christopher J. Brooks, Chao Wang, Raphaële J. Clément, Yan Yao, Enyuan Hu, Shyue Ping Ong*, Ping Liu*, Nature, 2024, 627, 301–305. [DOI] [PDF]

  8. Predicting Ionic Conductivity of Solid-State Battery Cathodes Using Machine Learning
    Mai Le, Hieu Le, Lihong Zhao, Xuqing Wu, Jiefu Chen, and Yan Yao, 2024 USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2024. [DOI] [PDF]

  9. Engineering a zinc anode interphasial chemistry for acidic, alkaline and non-aqueous electrolytes
    Lin Ma*, Travis P. Pollard, Marshall A. Schroeder*, Chao Luo, Ye Zhang, Glenn Pastel, Longsheng Cao, Jiaxun Zhang, Vadim Shipitsyn, Yan Yao, Chunsheng Wang, Oleg Borodin* and Kang Xu*, Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 2468-2479. [DOI] [PDF]

  10. Accelerating Elastic Property Prediction in Fe-C Alloys through Coupling of Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning
    Sandesh Risal, Navdeep Singh*, Yan Yao, Li Sun, Samprash Risal, and Weihang Zhu*, Materials, 2024, 17, 601. [DOI] [PDF]

  11. Realizing horizontal magnesium platelet deposition and suppressed surface passivation for high-performance magnesium metal batteries
    Gaoliang Yang, Yuanjian Li, Jianbiao Wang, Yanwei Lum, Carina Yi Jing Lim, Man-Fai Ng, Chang Zhang, Zhi Chang, Zhonghan Zhang, Albertus D. Handoko, Tanmay Ghosh, Shuzhou Li, Zdenek Sofer, Wei Liu, Yan Yao* and Zhi Wei Seh*, Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 1141-1152. [DOI] [PDF]

    12. 2023

  12. A stable atmospheric-pressure plasma for extreme-temperature synthesis
    Hua Xie, Ning Liu, Qian Zhang, Hongtao Zhong, Liqun Guo, Xinpeng Zhao, Daozheng Li, Shufeng Liu, Zhennan Huang, Aditya Dilip Lele, Alexandra H. Brozena, Xizheng Wang, Keqi Song, Sophia Chen, Yan Yao, Miaofang Chi, Wei Xiong, Jiancun Rao, Minhua Zhao, Mikhail N. Shneider, Jian Luo, Ji-Cheng Zhao*, Yiguang Ju*, Liangbing Hu*, Nature, 2023, 623, 964-971. [DOI] [PDF]

  13. Hierarchical Interconnected NiMoN with Large Specific Surface Area and High Mechanical Strength for Efficient and Stable Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution
    Minghui Ning, Yu Wang, Libo Wu, Lun Yang, Zhaoyang Chen, Shaowei Song, Yan Yao, Jiming Bao, Shuo Chen*, Zhifeng Ren*, Nano-Micro Letters, 2023, 15, 157. [DOI] [PDF]

  14. Organic electrode materials and engineering for electrochemical energy storage
    Alexandru Vlad*, Jun Chen*, and Yan Yao*, Batteries & Supercaps, 2023, 6, e202300090. [DOI] [PDF]

  15. Impact of fabrication methods on binder distribution and charge transport in composite cathodes of all-solid-state batteries
    Benjamin Emley, Chaoshan Wu, Lihong Zhao, Qing Ai, Yanliang Liang, Zhaoyang Chen, Liqun Guo, Tanguy Teerlier, Jun Lou, Zheng Fan*, and Yan Yao*, Materials Future, 2023, 2, 045102. (Focus Issue on Solid State Batteries) [DOI] [PDF]

  16. Interfacial instabilities in halide-based solid-state batteries
    Liqun Guo, Jie Zheng, Lihong Zhao*, Yan Yao*, MRS Bulletin, 2023, 48, 1247–1256. [DOI] [PDF]

  17. Organic molecular crystal structure prediction using density functional tight binding (DFTB) method
    Maureen Kitheka, Jing Yan, Yan Yao, Puja Goyal*, PCCP, under review. [DOI]

  18. Suppressing shuttle effect with a size-selective covalent organic framework based bilayer membrane
    Alae Eddine Lakraychi, Erin S. Picton, Yanliang Liang, Devin Shaffer*, Yan Yao*, ACS Energy Lett, 2023, 5032-5040. [DOI] [PDF]

  19. Taming metal-solid electrolyte interface instability via metal strain hardening
    Lihong Zhao, Wei Li, Chaoshan Wu, Qing Ai, Liqun Guo, Zhaoyang Chen, Jie Zheng, Matthew Anderson, Hua Guo, Jun Lou, Yanliang Liang, Zheng Fan, Juner Zhu, Yan Yao*, Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 2300679. [DOI] [PDF]

  20. Dispersed nickel phthalocyanine molecules on carbon nanotubes as cathode catalysts for Li-CO2 batteries
    Hongzhi Zheng, Huan Li, Zisheng Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Benjamin Emley, Ye Zhang, Hua Zhou, Yan Yao* and Yongye Liang*, Small, 2023, 2302768. [DOI] [PDF]

  21. Quality analysis of battery degradation models with real battery aging experiment data
    Cunzhi Zhao, Xingpeng Li, Yan Yao, 2023 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC), 2023, 10.1109/TPEC56611.2023.10078599. [DOI] [PDF]

  22. Silver-carbon interlayers in anode-free solid-state lithium metal batteries: Current development, interfacial issues, and instability challenges
    Samprash Risal, Chaoshan Wu, Fei Wang, Sandesh Risal, Francisco C. Robles Hernandez, Weihang Zhu, Yan Yao*, and Zheng Fan*, Carbon, 2023, 213, 118225. [DOI] [PDF]

  23. Designing organic pseudocapacitors through molecular hybridization
    Alae Eddine Lakraychi, Yan Yao*, Joule, 2023, 7, 858-860. [DOI] [PDF]

  24. Understanding the chemomechanical function of silver-carbon interlayer in sheet-type all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries
    Chaoshan Wu*, Benjamin Emley*, Lihong Zhao, Yanliang Liang, Qing Ai, Zhaoyang Chen, Francisco C Robles Hernández, Fei Wang, Samprash Risal, Hua Guo, Jun Lou, Yan Yao*, Zheng Fan*, Nano Lett., 2023, 23, 4415-4422. [DOI] [PDF]

  25. Cyclotetrabenzil derivatives for electrochemical lithium-ion storage
    Jianing Meng*, Alexandra Robles*, Jacobo Jalife Said*, Wen Ren*, Ye Zhang, Lihong Zhao, Yaniang Liang*, Judy Wu*, Ognjen Miljanić*, Yan Yao*, Angewandte Chemie, 2023, e202300892. [DOI] [PDF]

  26. Development of RF-MEAM interatomic potential for Fe-C system to study
    temperature dependent elastic properties
    Sandesh Risal, Navdeep Singh*, Andrew Ian Duff, Yan Yao, Li Sun, Samprash Risal, Weihang Zhu*, Materials, 2023, 16, 3779. [DOI] [PDF]

  27. Imaging solid-electrolyte-interphase dynamics using in-operando reflection interference microscopy
    Guangxia Feng, Hao Jia, Yaping Shi, Xu Yang, Ye Zhang, Chaojie Yang, Kang Xu*, Yan Yao*, Wu Xu*, Xiaonan Shan*, Nature Nanotechnology, 2023, doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01316-3. [DOI] [PDF]

  28. High-spatial-resolution quantitative chemo-mechanical mapping of organic composite cathodes for sulfide-based solid-state batteries
    Qing Ai, Zhaoyang Chen, Boyu Zhang, Fan Wang, Tianshu Zhai, Yifeng Liu, Yifan Zhu, Tanguy Terlier, Qiyi Fang, Yanliang Liang, Lihong Zhao, Chaoshan Wu, Hua Guo*, Zheng Fan, Ming Tang, Yan Yao*, Jun Lou*, ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 1107-1113. [DOI] [PDF]

  29. Suppressing phase disproportionation in quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes
    Kang Wang, Zih-Yu Lin, Zihan Zhang, Linrui Jin, Ke Ma, Aidan H. Coffey, Harindi R. Atapattu, Yao Gao, Jee Yung Park, Zitang Wei, Blake P. Finkenauer, Chenhui Zhu, Xiangeng Meng, Sarah N. Chowdhury, Zhaoyang Chen, Tanguy Terlier, Thi-Hoai Do, Yan Yao, Kenneth R. Graham, Alexandra Boltasseva, Tzung-Fang Guo, Libai Huang, Hanwei Gao, Brett M. Savoie, Letian Dou*, Nature Communications, 2023, 14: 397. [DOI] [PDF]

    30. 2022

  30. Editorial overview: Energy storage: Rechargeable batteries (2022) beyond organic electrolytes
    Jang Wook Choi*, Yan Yao* Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022, 36, 101157 [DOI] [PDF]

  31. A cellulose-derived supramolecule for fast ion transport
    Qi Dong, Xin Zhang, Ji Qian, Shuaiming He, Yimin Mao, Alexandra H. Brozena, Ye Zhang, Travis P. Pollard, Oleg A. Borodin, Yanbin Wang, Bhargav Sai Chava, Siddhartha Das, Peter Zavalij, Carlo U. Segre, Dongyang Zhu, Lin Xu, Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao, Robert M. Briber, Tian Li*, Liangbing Hu*, Science Advances, 2022, 8, eadd2031; DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.add2031 [DOI] [PDF]

  32. Designing modern aqueous batteries
    Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao*, Nature Review Materials, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00511-3 [DOI] [PDF] Nature Reviews Materials Journal Cover

  33. Development of cathode materials for rechargeable magnesium batteries: from intercalation to enolization
    Hui Dong, Yan Yao*, Encyclopedia of Nanomaterials: Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, 2022, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-822425-0.00087-7. [PDF]

  34. A sustainable chitosan-zinc electrolyte for high-rate zinc metal batteries
    Meiling Wu, Ye Zhang, Chunpeng Yang, Min Hong, Mingjin Cui, Bryan C. Clifford, Shuaiming He, Shuangshuang Jing, Yan Yao*, and Liangbing Hu*, Matter, 2022, 5, 3402-3416. [DOI] [PDF]

  35. Ultrahigh energy density Li-organic primary batteries
    Zhaoyang Chen, Yan Yao*, Energy & Environmental Materials, 2022, 5, 1010-1011. [DOI] [PDF]

  36. Recent progress of artificial interfacial layers in aqueous Zn metal batteries
    Peixun Xiong, Ye Zhang, Jingran Zhang, Sang Ha Baek, Lingxing Zeng, Yan Yao, Ho Seok Park*, Energy Chem, 2022, 4, 100076. [DOI] [PDF]

  37. An electrochemically stable homogeneous glassy electrolyte formed at room temperature for all-solid-state sodium batteries
    Xiaowei Chi, Ye Zhang, Fang Hao, Steven Kmiec, Hui Dong, Rong Xu, Kejie Zhao, Qing Ai, Tanguy Terlier, Liang Wang, Lihong Zhao, Liqun Guo, Jun Lou, Huolin L. Xin, Steve W. Martin*, Yan Yao*, Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 2854. [DOI] [PDF]

  38. Electrochemical swelling induced high material utilization of porous polymers in magnesium electrolytes
    Xiaojun Wang, Hui Dong, Alae Eddine Lakraychi, Ye Zhang, Xu Yang, Hongzhi Zheng, Xinpeng Han, Xiaonan Shan, Chuanxin He*, and Yan Yao*, Materials Today, 2022, 55, 29-36. [DOI] [PDF]

  39. Efficient alkaline water/seawater hydrogen evolution by a nanorod-nanoparticle-structured Ni-MoN catalyst with fast water-dissociation kinetics
    Libo Wu, Fanghao Zhang, Shaowei Song, Minghui Ning, Qing Zhu, Jianqing Zhou, Guanhui Gao, Zhaoyang Chen, Qiancheng Zhou, Xinxin Xing, Tian Tong, Yan Yao, Jiming Bao, Luo Yu*, Shuo Chen*, Zhifeng Ren*, Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2201774. [DOI] [PDF]

  40. Effect of electrolyte anions on the cycle life of a polymer electrode in aqueous batteries
    Ye Zhang, Lihong Zhao, Yanliang Liang, Xiaojun Wang, Yan Yao*, eScience, 2022, 2, 110-115. [DOI] [PDF]

  41. Density functional tight-binding method for redox, protonation and electronic properties of quinones
    Maureen Kitheka, Morgan Redington, Jibo Zhang, Yan Yao, Puja Goyal*, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022, 24, 6742-6756. [DOI] [PDF]

    42. 2021

  42. Roadmap of solid-state lithium-organic batteries towards 500 Wh kg−1
    Lihong Zhao, Alae Eddine Lakraychi, Zhaoyang Chen, Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao*, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 3287-3306. [DOI] [PDF]

  43. Separator effect on zinc electrodeposition behavior and its implication for zinc battery lifetime
    Ye Zhang, Guang Yang, Michelle L. Lehmann, Chaoshan Wu, Lihong Zhao, Tomonori Saito, Yanliang Liang,* Jagjit Nanda,* and Yan Yao*, Nano Lett., 2021, 21, 10446-10452. [DOI] [PDF]

  44. Natural organic matter adsorption conditions influence photocatalytic reaction pathways of phosphate-treated titanium dioxide nanoparticles
    Riya A. Mathew, Gang Wu, Ye Zhang, Sheyda Shakiba, Yan Yao, Ah-Lim Tsai and Stacey M. Louie*, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2021, doi.org/10.1039/D1EN00433F. [DOI] [PDF]

  45. Microstructure engineering of solid-state composite cathode via solvent-assisted processing
    Jibo Zhang, Zhaoyang Chen, Qing Ai, Tanguy Terlier, Fang Hao, Yanliang Liang, Hua Guo, Jun Lou, Yan Yao*, Joule, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.05.017. [DOI] [PDF]

  46. Current status and future directions of all-solid-state batteries with lithium metal anodes, sulfide electrolytes, and layered ternary oxide cathodes
    Chaoshan Wu, Jiatao Lou, Jun Zhang, Zhaoyang Chen, Akshay Kakar, Benjamin Emley, Qing Ai, Hua Guo, Yanliang Liang, Jun Lou, Yan Yao*, Zheng Fan*, Nano Energy, 2021, 106081. [DOI] [PDF]

  47. Visualizing highly selective electrochemical CO2 reduction on a molecularly dispersed catalyst
    Kui Li, Weitian Zheng, Hongzhi Zheng, Xiaojun Wang, Zhiqiang Xie, Lei Ding, Shule Yu, Yan Yao*, Fengyuan Zhang*, Materials Today Physics, 2021, 19, 100427. [DOI] [PDF]

  48. On the quality of tape-cast thin films of sulfide electrolytes for solid-state batteries
    Benjamin Emley, Yanliang Liang*, Rui Chen, Chaoshan Wu, Miao Pan, Zheng Fan, Yan Yao*, Materials Today Physics, 2021, 18, 100397. [DOI] [PDF]

  49. High-energy all-solid-state organic–lithium batteries based on ceramic electrolytes
    Fang Hao, Yanliang Liang, Ye Zhang, Zhaoyang Chen, Jibo Zhang, Qing Ai, Hua Guo, Zheng Fan, Jun Lou, Yan Yao*, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 201-2017. [DOI] [PDF]

  50. Dendrite-free lithium based on lesson learned from lithium and magnesium electrodeposition morphology simulations
    Zhe Liu, Yunsong Li,Yanzhou Ji, Qinglin Zhang, Xingcheng Xiao, Yan Yao, Long-Qing Chen*, Yue Qi*, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021, 2, 100294. [DOI] [PDF]

    51. 2020

  51. High-power Mg batteries enabled by heterogeneous enolization redox chemistry and weakly coordinating electrolytes
    Hui Dong, Oscar Tutusaus, Yanliang Liang, Ye Zhang Zachary Lebens-Higgins, Wanli Yang, Rana Mohtadi*, Yan Yao*, Nature Energy, 2020, 5, 1043-1050. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-020-00734-0. [DOI] [PDF]

  52. Semi-hollow core-shell nanoparticles with porous SiO2 shells encapsulating elemental sulfur for lithium-sulfur batteries
    Tingting Liu, Ye Zhang, Chien-Hung Li, Maria D. Marquez, Hung-Vu Tran, Francisco C. Robles Hernández, Yan Yao,* T. Randall Lee*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 47368–47376. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c10341. [DOI] [PDF]

  53. CO2 to formic acid using Cu-Sn on laser-induced graphene
    Muqing Ren, Hongzhi Zheng, Jincheng Lei, Jibo Zhang, Xiaojun Wang, Boris I. Yakobson*, Yan Yao*, James M. Tour*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c08964. [PDF]

  54. Accelerated modeling of lithium diffusion in solid state electrolytes using artificial neural networks
    Karun K. Rao, Yan Yao, Lars C. Grabow*, Advanced Theory and Simulations, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/adts.202000097. [DOI] [PDF]

  55. Current status and future directions of multivalent-ion batteries
    Yanliang Liang, Hui Dong, Doron Aurbach*, Yan Yao*, Nature Energy, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0655-0. [DOI] [PDF]

  56. Improved mechanical durability of high performance OPVs using semi-interpenetrating networks
    Zhiqi Hu, Changxu Sun, Jinhan Lin, Joshua Jackson, Tanguy Terlier, Damilola Owolabi, Hao Mei, Yilin Li, Yafei Wang, Siraj Sidhik, Fang Hao, Yan Yao, Aditya D. Mohite, Rafael Verduzco*, Advanced Optical Materials, 2020, 8, 20200516. [DOI] [PDF]

  57. Spontaneous Formation of 2D/3D Heterostructures on the Edges of 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Hybrid Perovskite Crystals
    Zhaojun Qin, Shenyu Dai, Chalapathi Charan Gajjela, Chong Wang, Viktor G. Hadjiev, Guang Yang, Jiabing Li, Xin Zhong, Zhongjia Tang, Yan Yao, Arnold M. Guloy, Rohith Reddy, David Mayerich, Liangzi Deng, Qingkai Yu, Guoying Feng, Hector A. Calderon, Francisco C. Robles Hernandez, Zhiming M. Wang*, and Jiming Bao*, Chemistry of Materials, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c00419. [DOI] [PDF]

  58. Charge storage mechanism of a quinone polymer electrode for zinc-ion batteries
    Ye Zhang, Yanliang Liang, Hui Dong, Xiaojun Wang, Yan Yao*, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2020 167, 070558. [DOI] [PDF]

  59. Opportunities and Challenges for Organic Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage
    Philippe Poizot*, Joël Gaubicher, Stéven Renault, Lionel Dubois, Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao, Chemical Reviews 2020, DOI://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00482. [DOI] [PDF]

  60. A quinone anode for lithium ion batteries in mild aqueous electrolytes
    Yan Jing, Yanliang Liang, Saman Gheytani, Yan Yao*, ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 2250-2255. (“Special Issue on Organic Batteries”) [DOI] [PDF]

  61. Controlling porosity of anode support in tubular solid oxide fuel cells by freeze casting
    Benjamin Emley, Dhruba Panthi, Yanhai Du, Yan Yao*, Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 2020, 17, 041106 [DOI][PDF] (Special issue of “2020 Emerging Investigators in Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage”)

  62. Quasi-solid-state Li-O2 batteries with laser-induced graphene cathode catalysts
    Muring Ren, Jibo Zhang, Chenhao Zhang, Michael Stanford, Yieu Chyan, Yan Yao*, James Tour*, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3, 1702-1709. [DOI] [PDF]

    63. 2019

  63. Chemically inert covalently networked all-solid polymer electrolytes for lithium metal batteries
    Yi Shi, Yang Chen, Yanliang Liang, Hui Dong, Mengying Yuan, Wenyue Ding, Haleh Ardebili, Megan L. Robertson, Xiaoli Cui, and Yan Yao*, J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 19691-19695. [DOI] [PDF]

  64. In situ observations of interfacial evolutions in solid-state lithium battery with sulfide-based solid electrolyte
    Akshay Kakar, Fang Hao, Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao*, Zheng Fan* IEEE NANO 2019, DOI: 10.1109/NANO46743.2019.8993686. [DOI] [PDF]

  65. In situ electron microscopy investigation of sodiation of titanium disulfide nanoflakes
    Xiuzhen Wang, Zhenpeng Yao, Sooyeon Hwang, Ying Pan, Hui Dong, Maosen Fu, Na Li, Ke Sun, Hong Gan, Yan Yao, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Qingyu Xu*, Dong Su*, ACS Nano 2019, 13, 9421-9430 [DOI]

  66. A high-performance oxygen evolution catalyst in neutral-pH for sunlight-driven CO2 reduction
    Liqin Zhou, Chen Ling,* Hui Zhou, Xiang Wang, Joseph Liao, Gunugunuri K. Reddy,Liangzi Deng, Torin C. Peck, Ruigang Zhang, M. Stanley Whittingham, Chongmin Wang, Ching-Wu Chu, Yan Yao and Hongfei Jia, Nature Comm. 2019, 10, 4081. [DOI]

  67. A high-energy quinone-based all-solid-state sodium metal battery
    Xiaowei Chi, Fang Hao, Jibo Zhang, Xiangwei Wu, Ye Zhang, Zhaoyin Wen*, and Yan Yao*, Nano Energy 2019, 62, 718-724. [DOI]

  68. Expanded lithiation of titanium disulfide: reaction kinetics of multi-step conversion reaction
    Maosen Fu, Zhenpeng Yao, Xiao Ma, Hui Dong, Ke Sun, Sooyeon Hwang, Enyuan Hu, HongGan, Yan Yao, Eric A. Stach, Chris Wolverton, Dong Su, Nano Energy 2019, 63, 103882. [DOI]

  69. Advanced materials for zinc-based flow battery: development and challenges
    Zhizhang Yuan, Yanbin Yin, Congxin Xie, Huamin Zhang, Yan Yao and Xianfeng Li*, Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1902025. [DOI] [PDF]

  70. Extrinsic green photoluminescence from the edges of two-dimensional cesium lead halides
    Yanan Wang, Chong Wang, Xinghua Su, Viktor G. Hadjiev, Shengyu Dai, Zhaojun Qin, Hector A Calderon Benavides, Yizhou Ni, Qiang Li, Jie Jian, Md Kamrul Alam, Haiyan Wang, Francisco C. Robles-Hernandez, Yan Yao, Shuo Chen, Qingkai Yu, Guoying Feng, Zhiming Wang*, Jiming Bao*, Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1902492. [DOI] [PDF]

  71. Investigating the structure of Na2S + P2S5 glassy electrolytes and its impact on Na+ ionic conductivity through Ab Initio molecular dynamics
    Aniruddha M. Dive, Ye Zhang, Yan Yao, Steve Martin, Soumik Banerjee*, Solid State Ionics 2019, 338, 177-184. [DOI] [PDF]

  72. Taming active material-solid electrolyte interfaces with organic cathode for all-solid-state batteries
    Fang Hao, Xiaowei Chi, Yanliang Liang, Ye Zhang, Rong Xu, Hua Guo, Tanguy Terlier, Hui Dong, Kejie Zhao, Jun Lou, and Yan Yao*, Joule 2019, 3, 1349-1359. [DOI] [PDF]

  73. Hyperbranched PEO-based hyperstar solid polymer electrolytes with simultaneous improvement of ion transport and mechanical strength
    Yang Chen, Yi Shi, Yanliang Liang, Hui Dong, Fang Hao, Audrey Wang, Yuxiang Zhu, Xiaoli Cui, Yan Yao*, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019, 2, 1608-1615. [DOI] [PDF]

  74. Stabilizing the interface between sodium metal anode and sulfide-based solid-state electrolyte with an electron-blocking interlayer
    Pu Hu, Ye Zhang, Xiaowei Chi, Karun Kumar Rao, Fang Hao, Hui Dong, Fangmin Guo, Yang Ren, Lars C. Grabow, Yan Yao*, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 9672-9678. [DOI] [PDF]

  75. Stable three-dimensional metal hydride anodes for solid-state lithium storage
    Fangjie Mo, Xiaowei Chi, Sangpu Yang, Feilong Wu, Yun Song, Dalin Sun, Yan Yao*, Fang Fang*, Energy Storage Materials 2019, 18, 423-428. [DOI] [PDF]

  76. High performance printable perovskite solar cells based on Cs0.1FA0.9PbI3 in mesoporous scaffolds
    Xiaomeng Hou, Mi Xu, Changheng Tong, Wenxian Ji, Zhengyang Fu, Zhining Wan, Fang Hao, Yue Ming, Shuang Liu, Yue Hu, Hongwei Han, Yaoguang Rong*, Yan Yao*, Journal of Power Sources 2019, 415, 105-111.[DOI] [PDF]

  77. Halfway through
    Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao*, Nature Energy 2019, 4, 10-11. [DOI] [PDF]

  78. Directing Mg-storage chemistry in organic polymers towards high-energy Mg batteries
    Hui Dong, Yanliang Liang*, Oscar Tutusaus, Rana Mohtadi, Ye Zhang, Fang Hao, Yan Yao*, Joule 2019, 3, 782-793. [DOI] [PDF] [Front Cover]

    79. 2018

  79. Nickel-iron bimetallic diselenides with enhanced kinetics for high-capacity and long-life magnesium batteries
    Limin Zhou, Fangyu Xiong, Shuangshuang Tan, Qinyou An, Zhaoyang Wang, Wei Yang, Zhanliang Tao, Yan Yao*, Jun Chen, Liqiang Mai*, Nano Energy 2018, 54, 360-366. [DOI] [PDF]

  80. Architectural design and fabrication approaches for solid-state batteries
    Fang Hao, Fudong Han, Yanliang Liang, Chunsheng Wang, and Yan Yao, MRS Bulletin 2018, 43, 775-781. [DOI] [PDF] (Special Issue on “Frontiers of Solid-state Batteries”)

  81. Positioning organic electrode materials in the battery landscape
    Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao*, Joule 2018, 2, 1690-1706. [DOI] [PDF]

  82. Electrolyte dictated materials design for beyond lithium ion batteries
    Xiaowei Chi, Yanliang Liang, Yan Yao*, Proc. SPIE 10663, Energy Harvesting and Storage: Materials, Devices, and Applications VIII 2018, 106630H. [DOI] [PDF]

  83. Tailored organic electrode material compatible with sulfide electrolyte for stable all-solid-state sodium batteries
    Xiaowei Chi, Yanliang Liang, Fang Hao, Ye Zhang, Justin Whiteley, Hui Dong, Pu Hu, Sehee Lee, Yan Yao*, Angewandte Chemie 2018, 130, 2660-2264. [DOI] [PDF] [Front Cover]

  84. Advanced materials and systems for electrochemical energy storage (EMRS/B 2017): foreword
    Alexandru Vlad*, Stefano Passerini, Yan Yao, Yang-Kook Sun, Electrochimica Acta 2018, 271, 146-149. [PDF]

  85. Bi2Se3/C nanocomposite as a new sodium-ion battery anode material
    Lixin Xie, Ze Yang, Jingying Sun, Haiqing Zhou, Xiaowei Chi, Hailong Chen, Andy X. Li, Yan Yao, Shuo Chen*, Nano-Micro Letters 2018, 10: 50. [DOI] [PDF]

    86. 2017

  86. Universal quinone electrodes for long cycle life aqueous rechargeable batteries
    Yanliang Liang, Yan Jing, Saman Gheytani, Kuan-Yi Lee, Ping Liu, Antonio Facchetti*, Yan Yao*, Nature Materials 2017, 16, 841-848, doi:10.1038/nmat4919. [PDF]

  87. Fast kinetics of magnesium monochloride cations in interlayer-expanded titanium disulfide for magnesium rechargeable batteries
    Hyun Deog Yoo, Yanliang Liang, Hui Dong, Junhao Lin, Hua Wang, Yisheng Liu, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, Yifei Li, Qiang Ru, Yan Jing, Qinyou An, Wu Zhou, Jinghua Guo, Jun Lu, Sokrates T. Pantelides, Xiaofeng Qian & Yan Yao*, Nature Communications 2017, 8: 339. [PDF]

  88. An aqueous Ca-ion battery
    Saman Gheytani, Yanliang Liang, Feilong Wu, Yan Jing, Hui Dong, Karun K. Rao, Xiaowei Chi, Fang Fang*, Yan Yao*, Advanced Science 2017, 1700465. [PDF]

  89. Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of 2D phenethylammonium lead bromide perovskite nanocrystals
    Rui Guo, Zhuan Zhu, Abdelaziz Boulesbaa, Fang Hao, Alexander Puretzky, Kai Xiao, Jiming Bao, Yan Yao*, Wenzhi Li*, Small Methods 2017, 1, 1700245. [PDF]

  90. Tailoring nucleation and grain growth by changing the precursor phase ratio for efficient organic lead halide perovskite optoelectronic devices
    Swaminathan Venkatesan, Mehedhi Hasan,Junyoung Kim, Nader R. Rady, Sandeep Sonal, Eric Neier, Yan Yao, and Alex Zakhidov*, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2017, 5, 10114. [PDF]

  91. Cross-conjugated oligomeric quinones for high performance organic batteries
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  92. A high-voltage rechargeable magnesium-sodium hybrid battery
    Yifei Li, Qinyou An, Yingwen Cheng, Yanliang Liang, Yang Ren, Cheng-Jun Sun, Hui Dong, Zhongjia Tang, Guosheng Li*, Yan Yao*, Nano Energy 2017, 34, 188-194. [PDF]

  93. Moisture-driven phase transition for improved perovskite solar cells with reduced trap-state density
    Swaminathan Venkatesan, Fang Hao, Junyoung Kim, Yaoguang Rong, Zhuan Zhu, Yanliang Liang, Jiming Bao and Yan Yao*, Nano Research 2017, 10, 1413-1422. [PDF]

  94. Investigation of high oxygen reduction reaction catalytic performance on Mn-based mullite SmMn2O5
    Jieyu Liu, Meng Yu, Xuewei Wang, Jie Wu, Changhong Wang, Lijun Zheng, Dachi Yang, Hui Liu, Yan Yao, Feng Lu, Weichao Wang, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 20922. [PDF]

  95. An a-CrPO4-type NaV3(PO4)3 anode for sodium-ion batteries with excellent cycling stability and the exploration of sodium storage behavior
    Xiaofeng Wang, Pu Hu, Lanli Chen, Yan Yao, Qingyu Kong, Guanglie Cui, Siqi Shi, Liquan Chen, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 3839, DOI: 10.1039/C6TA10862H. [PDF]

  96. Taming lithium metal through seeded growth
    Yan Yao*, National Science Review 2017, 4, 17-18, DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nww084. [PDF]

  97. Conformal poly(ethyl alpha-cyanoacrylate) nano-coating for improving the interface stability of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4
    Zhaolin Liu, Pu Hu, Jun Ma, Bingsheng Qin, Zhongyi Zhang*, Chunbo Mou, Yan Yao, Guanglei Cui*, Electrochimica Acta 2017, 236, 221-227, DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.168. [PDF]

  98. Facile synthesis of different morphologies of Cu2SnS3 for high-performance supercapacitors
    Chao Wang*, Hanqing Tian, Jing Jiang, Ting Zhou, Qing Zeng, Xinrui He, Pei Huang, Yan Yao, Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9(31), 26038-26044, DOI :10.1021/acsami.7b07190. [PDF]

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  99. Rechargeable Mg-Li hybrid batteries: status and challenges
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  100. Poly(anthraquinonyl sulfide) cathode for potassium-ion batteries
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  101. Interaction of organic cation with water molecule in perovskite MAPbI3: from dynamic orientational disorder to hydrogen bonding
    Zhuan Zhu, Viktor G. Hadjiev, Yaoguang Rong, Rui Guo, Bo Cao, Zhongjia Tang, Fan Qin, Yang Li, Yanan Wang, Fang Hao, Swaminathan Venkatesan, Wenzhi Li, Steven Baldelli, Arnold M. Guly, Hui Fang, Yandi Hu, Yan Yao, Zhiming Wang*, Jiming Bao*, Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 7385-7393. [PDF]

  102. Mixed-phase mullite electrocatalyst for pH-neutral oxygen reduction in magnesium-air batteries
    Yifei Li, Xiaoxue Zhang, Hao-Bo Li, Hyun Deog Yoo, Xiaowei Chi, Qinyou An, Jieyue Liu, Meng Yu, Weichao Wang*, Yan Yao*, Nano Energy 2016, 27, 8-16. [PDF]

  103. A magnesium−sodium hybrid battery with high operating voltage
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  104. Density functional study of Li, Na, and Mg intercalation and diffusion in MoS2 with controlled interlayer spacing
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  105. Intercalation pseudocapacitance of exfoliated molybdenum disulfide for ultrafast energy storage
    Hyun Deog Yoo, Yifei Li, Yanliang Liang, Yucheng Lan, Feng Wang, and Yan Yao*, ChemNanoMat 2016, 2, 688-691. [DOI] [PDF] [Front Cover] (Special Issue on Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion and Storage)

  106. Flexible electrode for long-life rechargeable sodium-ion batteries: effect of oxygen vacancy in MoO3-x
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  107. Critical control of intermediate phase transformation for efficient perovskite solar cells
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  108. High rate LiTi2(PO4)3@N-C composite via bi-nitrogen sources doping
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  109. Graphene decorated vanadium oxide nanowire aerogel for long-cycle-life magnesium battery cathodes
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  110. Chromate conversion coated aluminium as light-weight and corrosion-resistant current collector for aqueous lithium-ion batteries
    Saman Gheytani, Yanlaing Liang, Yan Jing, Jeff Xu, and Yan Yao*, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 4, 395-399. [DOI] [PDF] [Inside Front Cover] [Selected as 2015 JMCA Hot Papers]

  111. Fabrication of efficient planar perovskite solar cells using a one-step chemical vapor deposition method
    Mohammad M. Tavakoli, Kwong-Hoi Tsui, Siu-Fung Leung, Qianpeng Zhang, Jin He, Yan Yao, Dongdong Li, and Zhiyong Fan*, ACS Nano 2015, 9, 10287-10295. [PDF]

  112. Fabrication of efficient planar perovskite solar cells using a one-step chemical vapor deposition method
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  113. Advanced aqueous rechargeable lithium battery using nanoparticulate LiTi2(PO4)3/C as a superior anode
    Dan Sun, Yifan Jiang, Haiyan Wang, Yan Yao, Guoqing Xu, Kejian He, Suqin Liu, Yougen Tang, Younian Liu, Xiaobing Huang*, Scientific Reports 2015, 5, 10733. [PDF]

  114. Solvent engineering towards controlled grain growth in perovskite planar heterojunction solar cells
    Yaoguang Rong, Zhongjia Tang, Yufeng Zhao, Xin Zhong, Swaminathan Venkatesan, Harrison Graham, Matthew Patton, Yan Jing, Arnold M. Guloy* and Yan Yao*, Nanoscale 2015, 7, 10595-10599. [DOI] [PDF]

  115. Enhancing sodium-ion battery performance with interlayer-expanded MoS2–PEO nanocomposites
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  116. Toxicity of exfoliated-MoS2 and annealed exfoliated-MoS2 towards planktonic cells, biofilms, and mammalian cells in the presence of electron donor
    Jingjing Fan, Yifei Li, Hang N. Nguyen, Yan Yao* and Debora F. Rodrigues*, Environmental Science: Nano 2015, 2, 370-379. [PDF]

  117. Heavily n-dopable π-conjugated redox polymers with ultrafast energy storage capability
    Yanliang Liang, Zhihua Chen, Yan Jing, Yaoguang Rong, Antonio Facchetti, and Yan Yao*, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 4956-4959. [PDF] [PDF]
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  118. High areal capacity hybrid magnesium−lithium-ion battery with 99.9% Coulombic efficiency for large-scale energy storage
    Hyun Deog Yoo, Yanliang Liang, Yifei Li, and Yan Yao* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 7001-7007. [PDF]
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  119. Interlayer-expanded molybdenum disulfide nanocomposites for electrochemical magnesium storage
    Yanliang Liang,† Hyun Deog Yoo,† Yifei Li, Jing Shuai, Hector A. Calderon, Francisco Carlos Robles Hernandez, Lars C. Grabow, and Yan Yao* Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 2194-2202. [PDF]
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  120. Nanoflake-assembled hierarchical Na3V2(PO4)3/C microflowers: superior Li storage performance and insertion/extraction mechanism
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  121. Li3VO4 anchored graphene nanosheets for long-life and high-rate lithium-ion batteries
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  122. Carbon-coated rhombohedral Li3V2(PO4)3 as both cathode and anode materials for lithium-ion batteries: electrochemical performance and lithium storage mechanism
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  123. Internal and external morphology-dependent plasmonic resonance in monolithic nanoporous gold nanoparticles
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  124. Flexible photovoltaic technologies
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  125. 3,6-Dithiophen-2-yl-diketopyrrolo[3,2‐b]pyrrole (isoDPPT) as an acceptor building block for organic opto-Electronics
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