Publications

Zhu, J., M. Xie, Z. Chen, Z. Lyu, M. Chi, W. Jin, and Y. Xia. “Pt-Ir-Pd Trimetallic Nanocages as a Dual Catalyst for Efficient Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions in Acidic Media.” Advanced Energy Materials 10, no. 16 (April 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201904114.

Zhang, Q., C. Zhang, Z. D. Hood, M. Chi, C. Liang, N. H. Jalarvo, M. Yu, and H. Wang. “Abnormally Low Activation Energy in Cubic Na3SbS4 Superionic Conductors.” Chemistry of Materials 32, no. 6 (March 24, 2020): 2264–71. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b03879.

Tian, C., H. Zhang, X. Zhu, B. Lin, X. Liu, H. Chen, Y. Zhang, et al. “A new trick for an old support: Stabilizing gold single atoms on LaFeO3 perovskite.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 261 (February 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118178.

Zachman, Michael J., Jordan A. Hachtel, Juan Carlos Idrobo, and Miaofang Chi. “Emerging Electron Microscopy Techniques for Probing Functional Interfaces in Energy Materials.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English) 59, no. 4 (January 2020): 1384–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201902993.

Li, Hui, Peng Wen, Dominique S. Itanze, Zachary D. Hood, Xiao Ma, Michael Kim, Shiba Adhikari, et al. “Colloidal silver diphosphide (AgP₂) nanocrystals as low overpotential catalysts for CO₂ reduction to tunable syngas.” Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (December 2019): 5724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13388-8.

Wang, Xue, Ziyun Wang, Tao-Tao Zhuang, Cao-Thang Dinh, Jun Li, Dae-Hyun Nam, Fengwang Li, et al. “Efficient upgrading of CO to C₃ fuel using asymmetric C-C coupling active sites.” Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (November 2019): 5186. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13190-6.

Ding, Y., T. Han, H. Zhang, M. Cheng, Y. Wu, X. Chen, M. Chi, J. Niu, and J. Liu. “A hollow Co2SiO4 nanosheet Li-ion battery anode with high electrochemical performance and its dynamic lithiation/delithiation using in situ transmission electron microscopy technology.” Applied Surface Science 490 (October 1, 2019): 510–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.06.088.

Choi, S. I., A. Young, S. R. Lee, C. Ma, M. Luo, M. Chi, C. K. Tsung, and Y. Xia. “Pd@Rh core-shell nanocrystals with well-defined facets and their enhanced catalytic performance towards CO oxidation.” Nanoscale Horizons 4, no. 5 (September 1, 2019): 1232–38. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nh00360f.

Zheng, Q., M. Chi, M. Ziatdinov, L. Li, P. Maksymovych, M. F. Chisholm, S. V. Kalinin, and A. S. Sefat. “Nanoscale interlayer defects in iron arsenides.” Journal of Solid State Chemistry 277 (September 1, 2019): 422–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2019.06.040.

Hood, Z. D., and M. Chi. “Mechanistic understanding and strategies to design interfaces of solid electrolytes: insights gained from transmission electron microscopy.” Journal of Materials Science 54, no. 15 (August 15, 2019): 10571–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03633-2.

Zhu, J., Z. Lyu, Z. Chen, M. Xie, M. Chi, W. Jin, and Y. Xia. “Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Pd@IrnL (n = 1-4) Core-Shell Nanocubes for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media.” Chemistry of Materials 31, no. 15 (August 13, 2019): 5867–75. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02011.

Li, Junrui, Safia Z. Jilani, Honghong Lin, Xiaoming Liu, Kecheng Wei, Yukai Jia, Peng Zhang, et al. “Ternary CoPtAu Nanoparticles as a General Catalyst for Highly Efficient Electro-oxidation of Liquid Fuels.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English) 58, no. 33 (August 2019): 11527–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201906137.

Cheng, Haoyan, Zhenming Cao, Zitao Chen, Ming Zhao, Minghao Xie, Zhiheng Lyu, Zhihong Zhu, Miaofang Chi, and Younan Xia. “Catalytic System Based on Sub-2 nm Pt Particles and Its Extraordinary Activity and Durability for Oxygen Reduction.” Nano Letters 19, no. 8 (August 2019): 4997–5002. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01221.

Sun, Wen, Bin Gao, Miaofang Chi, Qiangfei Xia, J Joshua Yang, He Qian, and Huaqiang Wu. “Understanding memristive switching via in situ characterization and device modeling.” Nature Communications 10, no. 1 (August 2019): 3453. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11411-6.

Chen, Hao, Zhenzhen Yang, Zihao Zhang, Zitao Chen, Miaofang Chi, Song Wang, Jie Fu, and Sheng Dai. “Construction of a Nanoporous Highly Crystalline Hexagonal Boron Nitride from an Amorphous Precursor for Catalytic Dehydrogenation.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English) 58, no. 31 (July 2019): 10626–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201904996.

Zhao, Ming, Zachary D. Hood, Madeline Vara, Kyle D. Gilroy, Miaofang Chi, and Younan Xia. “Ruthenium Nanoframes in the Face-Centered Cubic Phase: Facile Synthesis and Their Enhanced Catalytic Performance.” ACS Nano 13, no. 6 (June 2019): 7241–51. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b02890.

Song, B., M. Tang, E. Hu, O. J. Borkiewicz, K. M. Wiaderek, Y. Zhang, N. D. Phillip, et al. “Understanding the Low-Voltage Hysteresis of Anionic Redox in Na2Mn3O7.” Chemistry of Materials 31, no. 10 (May 28, 2019): 3756–65. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00772.

Zhao, M., J. Holder, Z. Chen, M. Xie, Z. Cao, M. Chi, and Y. Xia. “Facile Synthesis of Pt Icosahedral Nanocrystals with Controllable Sizes for the Evaluation of Size-Dependent Activity toward Oxygen Reduction.” ChemCatChem 11, no. 10 (May 20, 2019): 2458–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201900239.

Zhao, Ming, Zitao Chen, Zhiheng Lyu, Zachary D. Hood, Minghao Xie, Madeline Vara, Miaofang Chi, and Younan Xia. “Ru Octahedral Nanocrystals with a Face-Centered Cubic Structure, {111} Facets, Thermal Stability up to 400 °C, and Enhanced Catalytic Activity.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 141, no. 17 (May 2019): 7028–36. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b01640.

Zhu, Jiawei, Zitao Chen, Minghao Xie, Zhiheng Lyu, Miaofang Chi, Manos Mavrikakis, Wanqin Jin, and Younan Xia. “Iridium-Based Cubic Nanocages with 1.1-nm-Thick Walls: A Highly Efficient and Durable Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation in an Acidic Medium.” Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English) 58, no. 22 (May 2019): 7244–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201901732.

Liu, X., Y. Chen, Z. D. Hood, C. Ma, S. Yu, A. Sharafi, H. Wang, et al. “Elucidating the mobility of H⁺ and Li⁺ ions in (Li6.25-: XHxAl0.25)La3Zr2O12 via correlative neutron and electron spectroscopy.” Energy and Environmental Science 12, no. 3 (March 1, 2019): 945–51. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee02981d.

Han, F., A. S. Westover, J. Yue, X. Fan, F. Wang, M. Chi, D. N. Leonard, N. J. Dudney, H. Wang, and C. Wang. “High electronic conductivity as the origin of lithium dendrite formation within solid electrolytes.” Nature Energy 4, no. 3 (March 1, 2019): 187–96. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0312-z.

Zhou, M., H. Wang, A. O. Elnabawy, Z. D. Hood, M. Chi, P. Xiao, Y. Zhang, M. Mavrikakis, and Y. Xia. “Facile One-Pot Synthesis of Pd@Pt 1L Octahedra with Enhanced Activity and Durability toward Oxygen Reduction.” Chemistry of Materials 31, no. 4 (February 26, 2019): 1370–80. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04756.

David, L., K. Dahlberg, D. Mohanty, R. E. Ruther, A. Huq, M. Chi, S. J. An, et al. “Unveiling the Role of Al2O3 in Preventing Surface Reconstruction during High-Voltage Cycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries.” ACS Applied Energy Materials 2, no. 2 (February 25, 2019): 1308–13. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01877.

Lewis, J. A., F. J. Q. Cortes, M. G. Boebinger, J. Tippens, T. S. Marchese, N. Kondekar, X. Liu, M. Chi, and M. T. McDowell. “Interphase Morphology between a Solid-State Electrolyte and Lithium Controls Cell Failure.” ACS Energy Letters 4, no. 2 (February 8, 2019): 591–99. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00093.