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Yiju Li

Research direction:High-energy-density lithium metal batteries; Advanced electrolyte design and development; Alkali metal ion batteries; Solid-state lithium batteries

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Yiju Li is an Assistant Professor and PhD Supervisor in the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). His research focuses on electrochemical energy storage, spanning interdisciplinary fields including energy science, chemistry, materials science, and thermal engineering.

 

He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in leading international journals such as Nature Energy, Nature Communications, Joule, Matter, Advanced Materials, Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Energy Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ACS Energy Letters, PNAS, and ACS Nano. His publications have received more than 25,000 citations, with an h-index of 71. Multiple research achievements have been highlighted and reported by major scientific journals and international media outlets, including Nature, ScienceDaily, VOA News, Phys.org, ACS News, and Advanced Science News. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher for six consecutive years (2020–2025).

 

He has served as Principal Investigator for projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General and Young Investigator Programs), the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Key and General Programs), and the Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation (General Program). As a core contributing member, he has participated in major Guangdong provincial basic and applied research projects and the Shenzhen–Hong Kong Joint Funding Program (Category A). He was selected for the China Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program (2018) and the Pengcheng Distinguished Talent Program of Shenzhen (Category C) (2022).

 

Dr. Li has long served as an independent reviewer and arbitrator for high-impact journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Energy & Environmental Science. He also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member for international journals such as Journal of Energy Chemistry, Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, and Chinese Chemical Letters.



Research Area:
High-energy-density lithium metal batteries;
Advanced electrolyte design and development;
Alkali metal ion batteries;
Solid-state lithium batteries


Work Experience:
◆ Aug. 2022-present,
Southern University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Assistant Professor

◆ May 2021-Aug. 2022
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study/Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Tin Ka Ping Fellow

◆ May 2018-May 2021
Peking University, School of Engineering, Postdoctoral researcher


Education:


◆Aug. 2013-Mar. 2018  Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China
◆Sep. 2015-Oct. 2017 Joint Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
◆ Aug. 2009-Aug. 2013  B.S. Electrochemistry, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China


Professional Recognition:

Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide (Career-Long Scientific Impact), Stanford University ranking, 2023–2025

Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, 2020–2025

National Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program, China, 2018

“Boya” Postdoctoral Fellowship, Peking University, 2018

First-Class National Industry and Information Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship Scholarship, China, 2017



Representative Books and Papers:

After joining SuStech

1. Hongji Pan, Tiantian Wang, Yanxin Jiang, Jingjing Ouyang, Lu Chen, Zeyi Wang, Chunlei Song, Nanshan Chen, Qing Yan, Xin Li*, Shumin Wu, Tianshuai Wang*, Yiju Li*, Revisiting Fluorobenzene as Diluents in Ether-Based Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 9813.

2. Xudong Peng, Yang Zhang, Qiyu Wang, Lu Chen, Nanshan Chen, Yanxin Jiang, Zhiqiang Yang, Hongji Pan, Hongxu Li*, Tianshou Zhao*, Yiju Li*, A scalable and long-cycle-life 600 Wh kg-1 solid-state lithium metal pouch cell, Nature Communications, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66866-7.

3. Junjie Chen, Changxiang He, Xudong Peng, Jin Li, Xiaosa Xu, Yin Zhou, Jiadong Shen, Jing Sun, Yiju Li*, Tianshou Zhao*, Puzzle-like molecular assembly of non-flammable solid-state polymer electrolytes for safe and high-voltage lithium metal batteries, Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 8494.

4. Liu Yang, Kai Cui, Lu Chen, Yanxin Jiang, Hongji Pan, Chunlei Song, Junjie Chen*, Anjun Hu, Tianshuai Wang*, Jianping Long*, Yiju Li*, A Multifunctional Interlayer Enhancing Water Tolerance in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries, ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 30, 27587–27598.

5. Lu Chen, Qing Zhang, Chunlei Song, Yanxin Jiang, Xitong Sheng, Hongji Pan, Liu Yang, Shumin Wu, Lin Zeng, Delong Sun, Chong Wang, Tianshuai Wang*, Yiju Li*, Tianshou Zhao*, A “Flexible” Solvent Molecule Enabling High-Performance Lithium Metal Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202422791.

6. Chunlei Song, Lyuming Pan, Junxiu Wu, Lu Chen, He Zhao, Hongji Pan, Shumin Wu, Liu Yang, Yanxin Jiang, Yiju Li*, Jun Lu*, Tianshou Zhao*, Nature Communications, 2025, 16. 8056.

7. Ying Zhang, Shanchen Yang, Shan Liu, Zichan Yuan, Jie Deng, Ningxin Chen, Yiju Li, Chaoji Chen, Zhaohui Wang*, Enabling anion-anchoring and anti-degradation cellulose separators for sodium metal batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2025, 18, 104463.

8. Hong Xiao, Lianmeng Si, Yiju Li*, Xu Liang, Jianwei Song*, Shengping Shen, A Thermal Management Hybrid Membrane with Both High Thermal Conductivity and Electrical Insulation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, e08737. 

9. Xiaopeng Pei, Ting Ou, Yiju Li*, Yufan Xin, Lu Chen, Mengqi Wang, Junliang Du, Shaojun Guo*, Ying Tan*, Antisolvent-Regulated Anionic Coordination Enabling Stable Li Metal Anode in Urea-Based Electrolyte, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202503162.

10. Zhongquan Wang, Bangjun Wu, Zhenping Qiu, Qingguang Zeng, Aruuhan Bayaguud, Huirong Wang*, Zheng Liu*, Yiju Li*, Yelong Zhang*, An Enhanced “Trapping− Conversion” Function Enables Ultrastable Potassium Ion Storage, Advanced Science, 2025, 12, 2503332. 

11. Kai Guo, Jiating Li, Shiya Lin, Lu Chen, Neng Yu*, Yiju Li*, Dual-function additive for simultaneously boosting the stability and energy density of aqueous zinc ion hybrid capacitors, Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025, 111175.

12. Lianmeng Si, Rui Song, Hong Xiao, Wensi Xing, Yiju Li*, Yibo Wang, Xu Liang, Jianwei Song*, Shengping Shen, A Mechanically Robust, Extreme Environment-Stable, and Fast Ion Transport Nanofluidic Fiber, Nano Letters, 2025, 25, 11, 4494–4502.

13. Wensi Xing, Yingxue Luo, Lianmeng Si, Xu Liang, Yiju Li*, Jianwei Song*, Shengping Shen, High-Strength, High-Conductivity, and Crack-Resistant Ionic Conductors with Aligned Cellulose Fibers, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35, 2416701.

14. Chunlei Song, Lyuming Pan, Lu Chen, Yanxin Jiang, Hongji Pan, He Zhao, Nanshan Chen, Zhiqiang Yang, Liu Yang, Qing Yan, Xudong Peng, Xiaohua Ma, Yiju Li*, Tianshou Zhao*, Nanofluidic-enhanced high-mass-loading electrodes for energy-dense and high-rate lithium–sulfur batteries, Energy & Environmental Science, 2025, 18, 8244-8255.

15. Bin Liu, Yiju Li, Guocheng Jia*, Tianshou Zhao*, Recent advances in redox flow batteries employing metal coordination complexes as redox-active species, Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2024, 7, 7.

16. Yankuan Tian, Rui Song, Yiju Li*, Ruishu Zhu, Xin Yang, Dequn Wu, Xueli Wang, Jianwei Song*, Jianyong Yu, Tingting Gao*, Faxue Li*, Biomimetic structural design of fabric for low‐cost, scalable, and highly efficient off-grid solar-driven water purification, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2309470.

17. Zhenyu Wang, Zixiao Guo, Jiayou Ren, Yiju Li, Bin Liu, Xinzhuang Fan*, Tianshou Zhao*, An electrolyte with elevated average valence for suppressing the capacity decay of vanadium redox flow batteries, ACS Central Science, 2023, 9, 1, 56–63.

18. Lianmeng Si, Hong Xiao, Wensi Xing, Rui Song, Zhaoqi Li, Yiju Li*, Xu Liang*, Jianwei Song*, Shengping Shen, Have a Cake and Eat it Too: A Nanofluidic Hybrid Membrane with Both High Stability and Ionic Conductivity, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2404039.

19. Y. Wang; T. Ou; Y. Dong; L. Chen; Y. Huang; D. Sun; W. Qiang; X. Pei*; Y. Li*; Y. Tan*; A Green Asymmetric Bicyclic Co‐Solvent Molecule for High-Voltage Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries, Advanced Materials, 2024, 11: 2311009.

20. L. Si, Y. Wu, H. Xiao, W. Xing, R. Song, Y. Li*, Wang, X. Liang, W. Yu*, J. Song*, S. Shen, A Superstable, Flexible, and Scalable Nanofluidic Ion Regulation Composite Membrane, Science Bulletin 2023, 68, 20, 2344-2353.

21. X. Peng, B. Liu, J. Chen, Q. Jian, Y. Li*, T.S. Zhao*, A Steric-Hindrance-Induced Weakly Solvating Electrolyte Boosting the Cycling Performance of a Micrometer-Sized Silicon Anode, ACS Energy Letters 2023, 8, 8, 3586-3594.

22. Y. Li#, T. Wang#, J. Chen, X. Peng, M. Chen, B. Liu, Y. Mu, L. Zeng, T.S. Zhao*, An Artificial Interfacial Layer with Biomimetic Ionic Channels towards Highly Stable Li Metal Anodes, Science Bulletin 2023, 68, 1379-1388.

23. X. Peng, T. Wang, B. Liu, Y. Li*, T.S. Zhao*, A solvent molecule reconstruction strategy enabling a high-voltage ether-based electrolyte, Energy & Environmental Science 2022, 15, 5350-5361.

24. Y. Li, Y. Zhou, C. Shang, M. Yousaf, Z. Guo, S. Guo*, Emerging Metal Single-Atom Materials: from Fundamentals to Energy Applications, Accounts of Materials Research 2022, 3, 11, 1160–1172.


Before joining SuStech

uY. Li#, Y. Yang#, P. Zhou, T. Gao, Z. Xu, S. Lin, H. Chen, J. Zhou, S. Guo*Enhanced Cathode and Anode Compatibility for Boosting Both Energy and Power Densities of Na/K-Ion Hybrid CapacitorsMatter 2019, 1, 893(Cell姊妹刊)

uY. Li, S. Guo*Material Design and Structure Optimization for Rechargeable Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries, Matter 2021, 4, 1-48. (Cell姊妹刊)

uC. Jia#Y. Li#, Y. Yao, Z. Yang, F. Jiang, Y. Kuang, G. Pastel, H. Xie, B. Yang, L. Hu*, Rich Mesostructures Derived from Natural Woods for Solar Steam Generation, Joule 2017, 1, 588-599. (Cell姊妹刊)

uY. Li, T. Gao, D. Ni, Y. Zhou, M. Yousaf, Z. Guo, J. Zhou, P. Zhou, Q. Wang, S. Guo*, Two Birds with One Stone: Interfacial Engineering of Multifunctional Janus Separator for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Advanced Materials 2022, 34, 2107638.

uY. Li#, S. Lin#, D. Wang, T. Gao, J. Song, P. Zhou, Z. Xu, Z. Yang, N. Xiao, S. Guo*Single Atom Array Mimic on Ultrathin MOF Nanosheets Boosts the Safety and Life of Lithium Sulfur Batteries, Advanced Materials 2020, 1906722.

uY. Li#, T. Gao#, Z. Yang#, C. Chen, W. Luo, J. Song, E. Hitz, C. Jia, Y. Zhou, B. Liu, B. Yang. L. Hu*3D-Printed, All-In-One Evaporator for High-Efficiency Solar Steam Generation under One-Sun Illumination, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1700981. (Nature亮点报道) 

uC. Chen#, Y. Li#, J. Song#, Z. Yang, Y. Kuang, E. Hitz, C. Jia, A. Gong, F. Jiang, J. Y. Zhu, B. Yang, J. Xie, L. Hu*, Highly Flexible, Biodegradable and Efficient Solar Steam Generation Device, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1701756.

uF. Jiang#, T. Li#, Y. Li#, Y. Zhang#, A. Gong*, J. Dai#, E. Hitz, W. Luo*, L. Hu*, Wood Based Nanotechnologies Toward Sustainability Advanced Materials, 2018, 30, 1703453. 

uY. Li#, T. Gao#, Y. Yao, Y. Kuang, S. Xu, C. Chen, J. Song, R. J. Jacob, M. R. Zachariah, G. Wang, L. Hu*, In Situ “Chainmail Catalyst” Assembly in Low-Tortuosity, Hierarchical Carbon Frameworks for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Generation, Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8 (25), 1801289. 

uY. Li#, Y. Chen#, A. Nie, A. Lu, R. J. Jacob, T. Gao, J. Song, J. Dai, J. Wan, G. Pastel, M. R. Zachariah, R. S. Yassar, L. Hu*, In-Situ, Fast, High-Temperature Synthesis of Nickel Nanoparticles in Reduced Graphene Oxide Matrix, Advanced Energy Materials 2017, 7, 1601783. 

uT. Gao, Z. Zhou, J. Yu*, J. Zhao, G. Wang, D. Cao, B. Ding, Y. Li*, Three-Dimensional Printing of Tunable Energy Storage Devices with Both High Areal and Volumetric Energy Densities, Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8, 1802578. 

uM. Zhu#, Y. Li#, F. Chen#, X. Zhu, J. Dai, Y. Li, Z. Yang, X. Yan, J. Song, Y. Wang, E. Hitz, W. Luo, M. Lu, B. Yang, L. Hu*, Plasmonic Wood for High-Efficiency Solar Steam Generation, Advanced Energy Materials 2017, 8, 1701028. 

uC. Chen#, Y. Zhang#, Y. Li#, Y. Kuang, J. Song, W. Luo, Y. Wang, Y. Yao, G. Pastel, J. Xie, L. Hu*, Highly Conductive, Lightweight, Low-Tortuosity Carbon Frameworks as Ultrathick 3D Current Collectors, Advanced Energy Materials 2017, 7, 1700595. 

uH. Song#, S. Xu#, Y. Li#J. Dai, A. Gong, M. Zhu, C. Zhu, C. Chen, Y. Chen, Y. Yao, B. Liu, G. Pastel, L. Hu*, Hierarchically Porous, Ultrathick, “Breathable” Wood-Derived Cathode for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8, 1701203. 

uY. Li, S. Guo*, Noble Metal-based 1D and 2D Electrocatalytic Nanomaterials: Recent Progress, Challenges and Perspectives, Nano Today 2019, 28, 100774.

uY. Li#, T. Gao#, Z. Yang, C. Chen, Y. Kuang, J. Song, C. Jia, S. D. Lacey, B. Yang, L. Hu*, Graphene Oxide-Based Evaporator with One-Dimensional Water Transport Enabling High-Efficiency Solar Desalination, Nano Energy 2017, 41, 201-209. 

uY. Li, G. Wang*, T. Wei, Z. Fan*, P. Yan, Nitrogen and Sulfur Co-Doped Porous Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Willow Catkin for Supercapacitors, Nano Energy 2016, 19, 165. 

uX. Peng, Y. Lin, Y. Wang, Y. Li*, T.S. Zhao*, A Lightweight Localized High-Concentration Ether electrolyte for High-Voltage Li-Ion and Li-Metal Batteries, Nano Energy 2022, 96, 107102. 

uX. Pei#, Y. Li#, T. Ou#, X. Liang, Y. Yang, E. Jia, Y. Tan, S. Guo*, Li−N Interaction Induced Deep Eutectic Gel Polymer Electrolyte for High Performance Lithium-Metal Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202205075.

uY. Chen#, Y. Li#, Y. Wang, K. Fu, V. A. Danner, J. Dai, S. D. Lacey, Y. Yao, L. Hu*, Rapid, in Situ Synthesis of High-Capacity Battery Anodes through High Temperature Radiation-Based Thermal Shock, Nano Letters 2016, 16, 5553. 

uS. Xu#, Y. Chen#, Y. Li#, A. Lu, Y. Yao, J. Dai, Y. Wang, B. Liu, S. D. Lacey, Y. Kuang, V. A. Danner, F. Jiang, K. K. Fu, L. Hu*, Universal, In-Situ Transformation of Bulky Compounds into Nanoscale Catalysts by High Temperature Pulse, Nano Letters 2017, 17, 5817–5822. 

uY. Li#, K. Fu#, C. Chen, W. Luo, T. Gao, S. Xu, J. Dai, Y. Wang, B. Liu, J. Song, Y. Chen, C. Yang, L. Hu*, Enabling High-Areal-Capacity Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Designing Anisotropic and Low-Tortuosity Porous Architectures, ACS Nano 2017, 11, 4801–4807. 

uJ. Song, C. Chen, S. Zhu, M. Zhu, J. Dai, U. Ray, Y. Li, Y. Kuang, Y. Li, N. Quispe, Y. Yao, A. Gong, U. H. Leiste, H. A. Bruck, J. Zhu, A. Vellore, H. Li, M. L. Minus, Z. Jia, A. Martini, T. Li*, L. Hu*, Processing Bulk Natural Wood into a High-Performance Structural Material, Nature 2018, 554, 224–228. 

uT. Li, A. D. Pickel, Y. Yao, Y. Chen, Y. Zeng, S. D. Lacey, Y. Li, Y. Wang, J. Dai, Y. Wang, B. Yang, M. S. Fuhrer, A. Marconnet, C. Dames, D. H. Drew*, L. Hu*, Thermoelectric Properties and Performance of Flexible Reduced Graphene Oxide Films up to 3,000 K, Nature Energy 2018, 3, 148.

uY. Zhang, W. Luo, C. Wang, Y. Li, C. Chen, J. Song, J. Dai, E. M. Hitz, S. Xu, C. Yang, Y. Wang, L. Hu*, High-Capacity, Low-Tortuosity, and Channel-Guided Lithium Metal Anode, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2017, 114 (14) 3584-3589.

uY. Li#, Y. Yang#, J. Zhou, S. Lin, Z. Xu, Y. Xing, Y. Zhang, J. Feng, Z. Mu, P. Li, Y. Chao, S. Guo*, Coupled and Decoupled Hierarchical Carbon Nanomaterials Toward High-Energy-Density Quasi-Solid-State Na-Ion Hybrid Energy Storage Devices, Energy Storage Materials 2019, 23, 530.

uY. Li, P. Zhou, H. Li, T. Gao, L. Zhou, Y. Zhang, N. Xiao, Z. Xia, L. Wang, G. Zhang, L. Gu, S. Guo*, A Freestanding Flexible Single‐Atom Cobalt‐Based Multifunctional Interlayer Toward Reversible and Durable Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries, Small Methods 2020, 1900701. 

uT. Gao#, Y. Li#, C. Chen, Z. Yang, Y. Kuang, C. Jia, J. Song, E. M. Hitz, B. Liu, H. Huang, J. Yu, B. Yang, L. Hu*, Architecting a Floatable, Durable, and Scalable Steam Generator: Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Bifunctional Structure for Solar Evaporation Enhancement, Small Methods 2019, 3 (2), 1800176.

uY. Li, Y. Zhou, Y. Muhammad, J. Zhou, Z. Guo, H. Tan, S. Guo*, Nanocellulose and Its Derivatives toward Advanced Lithium Sulfur Batteries, ACS Materials Letters 2021, 3, 1130-1142.

uT. Gao, G. Yan, X. Yang, Q. Yan, Y. Tian, J. Song*, F. Li, X. Wang, J. Yu, Y. Li*, S. Guo*, Wet Spinning of Fiber-Shaped Flexible Zn-Ion Batteries toward Wearable Energy Storage, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, 71, 192-200. 

uY. Tian#Y. Li#, X. Zhang, J. Jia, X. Yang, S. Yang, J. Yu, D. Wu, X. Wang, T. Gao*, F. Li*Breath-Figure Self-Assembled Low-Cost Janus Fabrics for Highly Efficient and Stable Solar DesalinationAdvanced Functional Materials 2022, 32, 2113258.

uS. Lacey, D. Kirsch, Y. Li, J. T. Morgenstern, B. C. Zarket, Y. Yao, J. Dai, L. Q. Garcia, B. Liu, T. Gao, S. Xu, S. R. Raghavan, J. W. Connell, Y. Lin, L. Hu*, Extrusion-based 3D Printing of Hierarchically Porous Advanced Battery Electrodes, Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1705651.

uC. Chen, Y. Zhang, Y. Li, J Dai, J Song, Y. Gong, I. Kierzewski, J. Xie, L. Hu*, All-wood, Low Tortuosity, Aqueous, Biodegradable Supercapacitors with Ultra-High Capacitance, Energy & Environmental Science 2017, 10, 538-545. 

uM. Yousaf, U. Naseer, Y. Li, Z. Ali, N. Mahmood, L. Wang, P. Gao*, S. Guo*, A Mechanistic Study of Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Batteries beyond Lithium IIons by in situ Transmission Electron Microscopy, Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14, 2670-2707.

uC. Chen, J. Song, S. Zhu, Y. Li, Y. Kuang, J. Wan, D. Kirsch, L. Xu, Y. Wang, T. Gao, Y. Wang, H. Huang, W. Gan, A. Gong, T. Li, J. Xie, L. Hu*, Scalable and Sustainable Approach Toward Highly Compressible, Anisotropic, Lamellar Carbon Sponge, Chem 2018, 4, 544-554. (Cell sister journal)

uY. Zhang, M. Luo, Y. Yang, Y. Li, S. Guo*, Advanced Multifunctional Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, ACS Energy Letters 2019, 4, 7, 1672-1680.

uK. Fu, Y. Gong, G. T. Hitz, D. W. McOwen, Y. Li, S. Xu, Y. Wen, L. Zhang, C. Wang, G. Pastel, J. Dai, B. Liu, H. Xie, Y. Yao, E. Wachsman*, L. Hu*, Three-Dimensional Bilayer Garnet Solid Electrolyte Based High Energy Density Lithium Metal-Sulfur Batteries, Energy & Environmental Science 2017, 10, 1568-1575. 

uY. Kuang, C. Chen, G. Pastel, Y. Li, J. Song, R. Mi, W. Kong, B. Liu, Y. Jiang, K. Yang, L. Hu*, Conductive Cellulose Nanofiber Enabled Thick Electrode for Compact and Flexible Energy Storage Devices, Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 8 (33), 1802398.

uW. Luo, Y. Gong, Y. Zhu, Y. Li, Y. Yao, Y. Zhang, K. Fu, G. Pastel, C. Lin, Y. Mo, E. D. Wachsman*, L. Hu*, Reducing Interfacial Resistance between Garnet-Structured Solid-State Electrolyte and Li-Metal Anode by a Germanium Layer, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1606042. 

uY. Chen, K. Fu, S. Zhu, W. Luo, Y. Wang, Y. Li, E. M. Hitz, Y. Yao, J. Dai, J. Wan, L. Hu*, Reduced Graphene Oxide Films with Ultrahigh Conductivity as Li-Ion Battery Current Collectors, Nano Letters 2016, 16, 3616. 

uC. Wang, Y. Gong, B. Liu, K. Fu, Y. Yao, E. Hitz, Y. Li, J. Dai, S. Xu, W. Luo, E. Wachsman*, L. Hu*, Conformal, Nanoscale ZnO Surface Modification of Garnet-Based Solid-State Electrolyte for Lithium Metal Anodes, Nano Letters 2017, 1, 565. 

uY. Wang, C. Chen, H. Xie, T. Gao, Y. Yao, G. Paste, X. Han, Y. Li, J. Zhao*, K. Fu*, L. Hu*, 3D Printed All-Fiber Li-Ion Battery towards Wearable Energy Storage, Advanced Functional Materials 2017, 27, 1703140.

uS. Xu, Y. Yao, Y. Guo, X. Zeng, S. D. Lacey, H. Song, C. Chen, Y. Li, J. Dai, Y. Wang, Y. Chen, B. Liu, K. Fu, K. Amine, J. Lu, L. Hu*, Textile Inspired Lithium-Oxygen Battery Cathode with Decoupled Oxygen and Electrolyte Pathways, Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1704907. 

uW. Luo, Y. Zhang, S. Xu, J. Dai, E. Hitz, Y. Li, C. Yang, C. Chen, B. Liu, L. Hu*, Encapsulation of Metallic Na in an Electrically Conductive Host with Porous Channels as a Highly Stable Na Metal Anode, Nano Letters 2017, 17 (6), 3792-3797.

uY. Zhang, C. Wang, G. Pastel, Y. Kuang, H. Xie, Y. Li, B. Liu, W. Luo, C. Chen, L. Hu*, 3D Wettable Framework for Dendrite-free Alkali Metal Anodes, Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8, 1800635. 

uS. Xu, D. W. McOwen, C. Wang, L. Zhang, W. Luo, C. Chen, Y. Li, Y. Gong, J. Dai, Y. Kuang, C. Yang, T. R. Hamann, E. D. Wachsman*, L. Hu* Three-Dimensional, Solid-State Mixed Electron-Ion Conductive Framework for Lithium Metal Anode, Nano Letters 2018, 18 (6), pp 3926–3933. 

uC. Chen, S. Xu, Y. Kuang, W. Gan, J. Song, G. Chen, G. Pastel, B. Liu, Y. Li, H. Huang, L. Hu*, Nature‐Inspired Tri‐Pathway Design Enabling High‐Performance Flexible Li–O2 Batteries, Advanced Energy Materials 2019, 9 (9), 1802964. 

uY. Zhang, Z. Mu, J. Lai, Y. Chao, Y. Yang, P. Zhou, Y. Li, W. Yang, Z. Xia, S. Guo*, MXene/Si@SiOx@C Layer-by-Layer Superstructure with Auto-Adjustable Function for Superior Stable Lithium Storage, ACS Nano 2019, 13 (2), pp 2167–2175. 

uF. Chen, Y. Yao, A. Nie, S. Xu, J. Dai, E. Hitz, Y. Li, A. Lu, Z. Huang, T. Li, R. S.‐Yassar, L. Hu*, High‐Temperature Atomic Mixing Toward Well‐Dispersed Bimetallic Electrocatalysts, Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8 (25), 1800466. 

uK. K. Fu, Y. Gong, J. Dai, A. Gong, X. Han, Y. Yao, C. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Yan, Y. Li, E. Wachsman*, L. Hu*, Flexible, Solid-State, Ion-Conducting Membrane with 3D Garnet Nanofiber Networks for Lithium Batteries, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 2016, 113, 7094. 

uK. Fu, Y. Gong, S. Xu, Y. Zhu, Y. Li, J. Dai, C. Wang, B. Liu, G. Pastel, H. Xie, Y. Yao, Y. Mo, E. Wachsman*, L. Hu*Self-inhibiting Solid-Liquid Electrolyte Interface for Stable Hybrid Batteries, Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29 (19), pp 8037–8041. 

uY. Zhou, K. Yin, Q. Gu, L. Tao, Y. Li, H. Tan, J. Zhou, W. Zhang, H. Li, S. Guo*, Lewis-Acidic PtIr Multipods Enable High-performance Li-O2 Batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021. 60, 26592.