Publications

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  1. Zhai, S.; Song, W.; Jiang, K.; Tan, X.; Zhang, W.; Yang, Y.; Chen, W.; Chen, N.; Zeng, H.; Li, H.; Li, Z. Mimicking Ion and Water Management in Poultry Breeding for Highly Reversible Zinc Ion Batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EE03045H.
  2. Wu, S.; Jiang, S.; Liu, S.-Q.; Tan, X.; Chen, N.; Luo, J.-L.; Mushrif, S. H.; Cadien, K.; Li, Z. Single Cu–N4 Sites Enable Atomic Fe Clusters with High-Performance Oxygen Reduction Reactions. Energy Environ. Sci. 2023, 16 (8), 3576–3586. 
  3. Zhang, W.; Yao, Q.; Wang, C.; Feng, R.; Chen, N.; Zhu, J.; Li, Z. Taming Zn Electrochemistry with Carbon Nitride: Atomically Gradient Interphase for Highly Reversible Aqueous Zn Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 2303590.
  4. Yang, Y.; Zhang, W.; Tan, X.; Jiang, K.; Zhai, S.; Li, Z. Atomic-Level Reactive Sites for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia under Ambient Conditions. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 2023, 489, 215196. 
  5. Gao, N.; Shen, X.; Liu, Y.; Xu, Z.; Wang, X.; Liu, H.; Ren, Y.; Chen, S.; Li, Z. Co-Co9S8-NC Particles Anchored on 3D Hyperfine Carbon Nanofiber Networks with a Hierarchical Structure as a Catalyst Promoting Polysulfide Conversion for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 2023, 11 (10), 5212–5221. 
  6. Nan, D.; Xu, S.; Chen, L.; Lu, Z.; Zhang, D.; Wei, T.; Chen, J.; Li, Z. Stepwise Induced Passivation Film Formation on the Surface of Spherical Hard Carbons Enabling Ultra-Stable Potassium Ions Storage. Journal of Power Sources 2023, 579, 233299. 
  7. Zhang, W.; Dong, M.; Jiang, K.; Yang, D.; Tan, X.; Zhai, S.; Feng, R.; Chen, N.; King, G.; Zhang, H.; Zeng, H.; Li, H.; Antonietti, M.; Li, Z.*, Self-repairing interphase reconstructed in each cycle for highly reversible aqueous zinc batteries, Nat. Comm., 2022, 13, 1.
  8. Sun, Z.; Liang, H.; Wang, H.; Shi, J.; Huang, M.; Chen, J.; Liu, S.; Tian, W.; Cao, H.; Li, Z. Spatially Confined “Edge-to-Edge” Strategy for Achieving Compact Na+/K+ Storage: Constructing Hetero-Ni/Ni3S2 in Densified Carbons. Advanced Functional Materials 2022, 32 (32), 2203291
  9. Li, P.; Wang, H.; Tan, X.; Hu, W.; Huang, M.; Shi, J.; Chen, J.; Liu, S.; Shi, Z.; Li, Z. Bifunctional Electrocatalyst with CoN3 Active Sties Dispersed on N-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nanosheets for Ultrastable Zn-Air Batteries. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2022, 316, 121674. 
  10. Tan, X.; Li, H.; Zhang, W.; Jiang, K.; Zhai, S.; Zhang, W.; Chen, N.; Li, H.*; Li, Z.*, Square-pyramidal Fe-N4 with defect-modulated O-coordination: Two-tier electronic structure fine-tuning for enhanced oxygen reduction, Chem Catal., 2022,  DOI 10.1016/j.checat.2022.01.025.
  11. Jiang, K.; Tan, X.; Zhang, W.; Zhai, S.; Thundat, T.; Li, Z.*, Localized anisotropic stress in the sodiation of antimony anode, Nano Energy, 2022, 98, 107349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.107349
  12. Yang, Y.; Zeng, Z.; Almatrafi1, E.; Huang, D.; Zhang, C.; Xiong, W.; Cheng, M.; Zhou, C.; Wang, W.; Song, B.; Tang, X.; Zeng, G.*; Xiao. R.*; Li, Z.*, Core-shell structured nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy-based cancer treatment and related imaging, Coord. Chem. Rev., 2022, 458, 214427.
  13. Zhai, S.; Shi, X.; Jiang, K.; Tan, X.; Zhang, W.; Zhang, J.; Zhang. H.; Li, Z.*, Flame Normalizing-Induced Robust and Oriented Metallic Layer for Stable Zn Anode, Chem. Eng. J., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135246.
  14. Wu, S.; Liu, S.; Tan, X.; Zhang, W.; Cadien, K.; Li, Z.*, Ni3S2-Embedded NiFe LDH Porous Nanosheets with Abundant Heterointerfaces for High-current Water Electrolysis, Chem. Eng. J., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136105.
  15. Zhai, S.; Wang, N.; Tan, X.; Jiang, K.; Quan, Z.; Li, Y.; Li, Z.*, Interface‐Engineered Dendrite‐Free Anode and Ultraconductive Cathode for Durable and High-Rate Fiber Zn Dual-Ion Microbattery, Adv. Func. Mater., 2021, 31, 2008894
  16. Tan, X.; Jiang, K.; Zhai, S.; Zhou, J.; Wang, J.; Cadien, K.; Li, Z.*, X-Ray Spectromicroscopy Investigation of Heterogeneous Sodiation in Hard Carbon Nanosheets with Vertically Oriented (002) Planes. Small 2021, 2102109. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202102109.
  17. Wang, N.; Zhai, S.; Ma, Y.; Tan, X.; Jiang, K.; Zhong, W.; Zhang, W.; Chen, N.; Chen, W.; Li, S.; Han, G.; Li, Z.*, Tridentate Citrate Chelation towards Stable Fiber Zinc-Polypyrrole Battery with Hybrid Mechanism. Energy Storage Materials 2021, 43, 585–594.
  18. Li, K.; Zhu, J.; Xu, Z.; Liu, Q.; Zhai, S.; Wang, N.; Wang, X.; Li, Z.*, Tremella-like Mo and N Codoped Graphitic Nanosheets by In Situ Carbonization of Phthalocyanine for Potassium-Ion Battery. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (26), 30583–30593.
  19. Jiang, K.; Tan, X.; Zhai, S.; Cadien, K.; Li, Z.*, Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Reconstructed Lignin for Potassium and Sodium Storage with Low Voltage Hysteresis, Nano Res., 2021, 14, 4664–4673.
  20. Liu, J.*; Zhang, Y.; Chen, J.; Bao, R.; Jiang, K.; Khan, F.; Goswami, A.; Li, Z.; Liu, F.; Feng, K.; Luo, J.; Thundat, T*., Separation and Quantum Tunneling of Photo-generated Carriers Using a Tribo-Induced Field. Matter 2019, 1 (3), 650-660.
  21. Li, Z.*.; Jiang, K.; Khan, F.; Goswami, A.; Liu, J.; Passian, A.; Thundat, T.*, Anomalous interfacial stress generation during sodium intercalation/extraction in MoS2 thin film anodes. Sci. Adv. 2019, 5 (1), eaav2820.
  22. Xu, Z*.; Yao, K.; Fu, H.; Yao, K.; Shen, X.; Li, Z.*;  Fu, L.; Huang, J.*; Li, J., Elemental Sulfur Nanoparticles Chemically Boost the Sodium Storage Performance of MoS2/rGO Anodes. Batteries & Supercaps 2018, doi: 10.1002/batt.201800060 
  23. Xu, Z*.; Yao, K.; Li, Z.; Fu, L.; Fu, H.; Li, J.; Cao, L.; Huang, J.*, Sulfur nanodots as MoS2 antiblocking agent for stable sodium ion battery anodes. J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6 (22), 10535-10542.
  24. Yao, K.; Xu, Z.*; Li, Z.; Liu, X.; Shen, X.; Cao, L.; Huang, J.*, Synthesis of Grain-like MoS2 for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries. ChemSusChem 2018, 11 (13), 2130-2137.
  25. Liu, J.*; Miao, M.; Jiang, K.; Khan, F.; Goswami, A.; McGee, R.; Li, Z.; Nguyen, L.; Hu, Z.; Lee, J.; Cadien, K.; Thundat, T*., Sustained electron tunneling at unbiased metal-insulator-semiconductor triboelectric contacts. Nano Energy 2018, 48, 320-326.
  26. Liu, J.*; Goswami, A.; Jiang, K.; Khan, F.; Kim, M.; McGee, R. T.; Li, Z.; Hu, Z.; Lee, J.; Thundat, T.*, Direct-current triboelectricity generation by sliding-Schottky nanocontact on MoS2 multilayers, Nat. Nanotechnol. 2018, 13, 112
  27. Li, Z.*; Ahadil, K.; Jiang, K.; Ahvazi, B.; Li, P.; Anyia, A. O.; Cadien, K.; Thundat, T.*, Free-standing hierarchical porous carbon Film derived from hybrid nanocellulose for high power supercapacitors, Nano Res., 2017, 10(5), 1847-1860.
  28. Ding, J.*; Zhou, H.; Zhang, H.; Stephenson, T.; Li, Z.; Karpuzov, D.; Mitlin, D*. Exceptional Energy and New Insight with a Sodium–Selenium Battery Based on a Carbon Nanosheet Cathode and a Pseudographite Anode. Energy Environ. Sci. 2017, 10, 153-165.
  29. Li, Z.*; Liu, J.; Jiang, K. R.; Thundat, T.*, Carbonized Nanocellulose Sustainably Boosts the Performance of Activated Carbon in Ionic Liquid Supercapacitors, Nano Energy, 2016, 25, 161-169.
  30. Wang, H.; Mitlin, D.*; Ding, J.; Li, Z.*; Cui, K., Excellent energy–power characteristics from a hybrid sodium ion capacitor based on identical carbon nanosheets in both electrodes. J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 5149-5158.
  31. Ding, J.*; Li, Z.; Cui, K.; Boyer, S.; Karpuzov, D.; Mitlin, D.*, Heteroatom Enhanced sodium Ion capacity and rate capability in a hydrogel derived carbon give record performance in a hybrid Ion capacitor, Nano Energy, 2016, 23, 129–137.
  32. Liu, J.*; Prashanthi, K.; Li, Z.; McGee, R. T.; Ahadi, K.; Thundat, T.*, Strain-Induced Electrostatic Enhancements of Bifeo 3 Nanowire Loops, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 22772-22777.
  33. Li, Z.; Ding, J.; Mitlin, D.*, Tin and Tin Compounds for Sodium Ion Battery Anodes: Phase Transformations and Performance, Acc. Chem. Res. 2015, 48(6), 1657-1665. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  34. Li, Z.*; Tan, X. H.; Li, P.; Kalisvaart, W. P.; Mook, W. M.; Luber, E.; Jungjohann, K.; Cater, B.; Mitlin, D., Coupling in situ and ex situ analysis to understand the heterogeneous sodiation of Sb, Nano Lett., 2015, 15(10), 6339-6348
  35. Li, Z.; Ding, J.; Wang, H.*; Cui, K.; Stephenson, T.; Karpuzov, D.; Mitlin, D.*, High Rate SnO2 - Graphene Dual Aerogel Anodes and the Kinetics of Lithiation versus Sodiation, Nano Energy, 2015, 15, 369-378.
  36. Ding, J.; Wang, H.; Li, Z.*; Cui, K.; Karpuzov, D.; Xu, Z.; Tan, X.; Kohandehghan, A.; Mitlin, D.*, Peanut shell hybrid sodium ion capacitor with extreme energy - power rivals lithium ion capacitors, Energy Environ. Sci., 2015, 8 (3), 941-955. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  37. Ding, J.*; Li, Z.; Wang, H.; Cui, K.; Kohandehghan, A.; Tan, X.; Karpuzov, D.; Mitlin, D.*, Sodiation vs. Lithiation Phase Transformations in a High Rate - High Stability SnO2 in Carbon Nanocomposite. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 7100. 
  38. Tan, X.*; Wang, L.; Zahiri, B.; Kohandehghan, A.; Karpuzov, D.; Lotfabad, E. M.; Li, Z.; Eikerling, M. H.; Mitlin, D.*, Titanium Oxynitride Interlayer to Influence Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity and Corrosion Stability of Pt and Pt–Ni Alloy. ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 361-376.
  39. Li, Z.; Xu, Z.; Wang, H.*; Ding, J.; Zahiri, B.; Holt, C. M. B.; Tan, X.; Mitlin, D.*, Colossal pseudocapacitance in a high functionality - high surface area carbon anode doubles the energy of an asymmetric supercapacitor, Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7(5), 1708-1718. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  40. Li, Z.; Ji, Y.; Cadigan, C.; Richards, R.M.*, Thermally stable gold/alumina aerogel catalysts prepared by a simultaneous synthesis process for solvent-free aerobic benzyl alcohol oxidation, RSC Catal. Sci. Tech. 2014, 4, 2520-2525.
  41. Wang, H. L.; Xu, Z. W.; Li, Z.*; Cui, K.; Ding, J.; Kohandehghan, A; Olsen, B. C.; Mitlin, D.*, Hybrid device employing 3D arrays of MnO in carbon nanosheets bridges battery - supercapacitor divide, Nano Lett., 2014, 14(4), 1987-1994. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  42. Wang, H. L.; Li, Z.*; Mitlin, D.*, Tailoring biomass-derived carbon nanoarchitectures for high performance supercapacitors, ChemElectroChem 2014, 1, 332-337.
  43. Xu, Z. W.; Wang, H. L.; Li, Z.*; Kohandehghan, A; Ding, J.; Chen, J.; Cui, K.; Mitlin, D.*, Sulfur refines MoO2 distribution enabling improved lithium ion battery performance, J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118 (32), 19387-18396.
  44. Stephenson, T.*; Li, Z.; Olsen, B.; Mitlin, D.*, Lithium ion battery applications of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) nanocomposites. Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7 (1), 209-231. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  45. Farbod, B.; Cui, K.; Kalisvaart, W. P.*; Kupsta, M.; Zahiri, B.; Kohandehghan, A.; Lotfabad, E. M.; Li, Z.; Luber, E. J.; Mitlin, D.*, Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries Based on Tin–Germanium–Antimony Alloys. ACS Nano 2014, 8(5), 4415-4429. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  46. Li, Z.; Xu, Z.; Tan, X.; Wang, H.*; Holt, C. M. B.; Stephenson, T.; Olsen, B. C.; Mitlin, D.*, Mesoporous nitrogen-rich carbons derived from protein for ultra-high capacity battery anodes and supercapacitors. Energy Environ. Sci. 2013, 6 (3), 871-878. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’ 
  47. Wang, H.; Xu, Z.; Kohandehghan, A.; Li, Z.*; Cui, K.; Tan, X.; Stephenson, T. J.; King’ondu, C. K.; Holt, C. M. B.; Olsen, B. C.; Tak, J. K.; Harfield, D.; Anyia, A. O.; Mitlin, D.*, Interconnected carbon nanosheets derived from hemp for ultrafast supercapacitors with high energy. ACS Nano 2013, 7 (6), 5131-5141. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  48. Ding, J.; Wang, H.; Li, Z.*; Kohandehghan, A.; Cui, K.; Xu, Z.; Zahiri, B.; Tan, X.; Lotfabad, E. M.; Olsen, B. C.; Mitlin, D.*, Carbon nanosheet frameworks derived from peat moss as high performance sodium ion battery anodes. ACS Nano 2013, 7 (12), 11004-11015. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  49. Wang, H.; Li, Z.*; Tak, J. K.; Holt, C. M. B.; Tan, X.; Xu, Z.; Amirkhiz, B. S.; Harfield, D.; Anyia, A.; Stephenson, T.; Mitlin, D.*, Supercapacitors based on carbons with tuned porosity derived from paper pulp mill sludge biowaste. Carbon 2013, 57, 317-328. 
  50. Li, Z.*; Zhang, L.*; Amirkhiz, B. S.; Tan, X. H.; Xu, Z. W.; Wang, H. L.; Olsen, B. C.; Holt, C. M. B.; Mitlin, D., Carbonized chicken eggshell membranes with 3d architectures as high-performance electrode materials for supercapacitors. Adv. Energy Mater. 2012, 2 (4), 431-437.(frontispiece article) ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’
  51. Wang, H.; Holt, C. M. B.; Li, Z.*; Tan, X.; Amirkhiz, B. S.; Xu, Z.; Olsen, B. C.; Stephenson, T.; Mitlin, D.*, Graphene-nickel cobaltite nanocomposite asymmetrical supercapacitor with commercial level mass loading. Nano Res. 2012, 5 (9), 605-617. ‘ESI Highly Cited Paper’ 
  52. Xu, Z.; Li, Z.*; Holt, C. M. B.; Tan, X.; Wang, H.; Amirkhiz, B. S.; Stephenson, T.; Mitlin, D.*, Electrochemical supercapacitor electrodes from sponge-like graphene nanoarchitectures with ultrahigh power density. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3 (20), 2928-2933.
  53. Xu, Z.; Li, Z.*; Tan, X.; Holt, C. M. B.; Zhang, L.; Amirkhiz, B. S.; Mitlin, D., Supercapacitive carbon nanotube-cobalt molybdate nanocomposites prepared via solvent-free microwave synthesis. RSC Adv. 2012, 2 (7), 2753-2755.
  54. Zhang, L.*; Wang, L.; Holt, C. M. B.; Zahiri, B.; Li, Z.; Malek, K.; Navessin, T.; Eikerling, M. H.; Mitlin, D.*, Highly corrosion resistant platinum-niobium oxide-carbon nanotube electrodes for the oxygen reduction in PEM fuel cells. Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5 (3), 6156-6172.
  55. Li, Z.; Ciobanu, C. V.; Hu, J. C.; Palomares-Baez, J. P.; Rodriguez-Lopez, J. L.; Richards, R.*, Experimental and DFT studies of gold nanoparticles supported on MgO(111) nano-sheets and their catalytic activity. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13 (7), 2582-2589. 
  56. Li, Z.; Divakara, S. G; Richards, R. M. (2010) ‘Oxidation catalysis by nanoscale gold, silver, and copper’, in Advanced Nanomaterials (eds K. E. Geckeler and H. Nishide), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527628940.ch10.
  57. Pârvulescu, V. I.; Cojocaru, B.; Pârvulescu, V.*; Richards, R.; Li, Z.; Cadigan, C.; Granger, P.; Miquel, P.; Hardacre, C., Sol–gel-entrapped nano silver catalysts-correlation between active silver species and catalytic behavior. J. Catal. 2010, 272 (1), 92-100.
  58. Li, Z.; Kuebel, C.; Pârvulescu, v.I.; Richards, R.*, Size tunable gold nanorods evenly distributed in the channels of mesoporous silica, ACS Nano 2008, 2, (6), 1205–1212.
  59. Hu, J. C.; Zhu, K. K.; Chen, L. F.; Yang, H. J.; Li, Z.; Suchopar, A.; Richards, R.*, Preparation and surface activity of single-crystalline NiO(111) nanosheets with hexagonal holes: A semiconductor nanospanner, Adv. Mater. 2008, 20, (2), 267-271.
  60. Neatu, F.; Li, Z.; Richards, R.; Toullec, P. Y.; Genet, J. P.; Dumbuya, K.; Gottfried, J. M.; Steinruck, H. P.; Parvulescu, V. I.*; Michelet, V., Heterogeneous gold catalysts for efficient access to functionalized lactones. Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14 (30), 9412-9418.
  61. Li, Z.; Li, Y.; Qian, X. F.*; Yin, J.; Zhu, Z. K., A simple method for selective immobilization of silver nanoparticles, Appl. Surf. Sci. 2005, 250, (1-4), 109-116.
  62. Li, Z.; Qian, X. F.*; Yin, J.; Zhu, Z. K., Gold tubes membrane with novel morphology replicated from ZnO template, J. Solid State Chem. 2005, 178, (6), 1765-1772.

Patents

RESEARCHER ID
  1. Mitlin, D.; Wang, H. L.; Xu, Z. W.; Li, Z.; Holt, M. B. C., Carbon Nanosheets, US Patent No. 9,478,365 issued on October 25, 2016.
  2. Li, Z.; Zhang, L.; Holt, M. B. C.; Mitlin, D., N-Doped Carbon Materials, PCT: WO2013033847 (published); Canada: CA2848104 (published), US: US14343551 (filed). 
  3. Mitlin, D.; Ding, J.; Li, Z., Electrical Energy Storage, US: US14885966 (filed); Canada: CA2908768 (filed).

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