Book/Chapters

1. Panpan Xu, Darren H.S.Tan, Hongpeng Gao, Satchit Rose, Zheng Chen, Recycling of Li-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles, Encyclopedia of Energy Storage, Science Direct in the Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, 2021.

Journal Articles

113. Yijie Yin, John Holoubek, Alex Liu, Baharak Sayahpour, Ganesh Raghavendran, Guorui Cai, Bing Han, Matthew Mayer, Noah B. Schorr, Timothy N. Lambert, Katharine L. Harrison, Weikang Li*, Zheng Chen*, Y. Shirley Meng*, Ultra-Low Temperature Li/CFx Batteries Enabled by Fast-transport and Anion-pairing Liquefied Gas Electrolytes, Advanced Materials, 2022, 2200099, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207932

112. Xiaolu Yu, Weikang Li, Varun Gupta, Hongpeng Gao, Duc Tran, Shatila Sarwar, Zheng Chen*, Current Challenges in Efficient Lithium-Ion Batteries’ Recycling: A Perspective, Global Challenges, 2022, 2200099, DOI:http://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202200099.

111. Mingqian Li, Guorui Cai, John Holoubek, Kunpeng Yu, Haodong Liu, Shatila Sarwar, Qizhang Yan, Hongpeng Gao, Dawei Zhang, Hanwei Zhou, Partha. P. Mukherjee, Suk-woo Lee, Bum-young Jung, Zheng Chen*, Hierarchically Structured Metal Carbides as Conductive Fillers in Thermo-Responsive Polymer Nanocomposites for Battery Safety, Nano Energy, 2022, 103, 107726.

110. Ki Hwan Koh, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi, Qiaowan Chang, Yu Joong Kim, Samira Siahrostami*, Tae Hee Han*, Zheng Chen*, Elucidation and modulation of active sites in holey graphene electrocatalysts for H₂O₂ production, EcoMat, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/eom2.12266.

109. John Holoubek*, Zheng Chen*, Ping Liu*, Application-Based Prospects for Dual-Ion Batteries, ChemSusChem, 2022, DOI:10.1002/cssc.202201245.

108. Dong Ju Lee, Xiaolu Yu, R. Eric Sikma, Mingqian Li, Seth M. Cohen, Guorui Cai*, and Zheng Chen*, Holistic Design Consideration of Metal-Organic Framework-Based Composite Membranes for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 30, 34742–34749.

107. John Holoubek, Artem Baskin*, John W. Lawson, Hridayanand Khemchandani, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu*, and Zheng Chen*, Predicting the Ion Desolvation Pathway of Lithium Electrolytes and Their Dependence on Chemistry and Temperature, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2022, 13, 20, 4426–4433.

106. Guorui Cai, John Holoubek, Mingqian Li, Hongpeng Gao, Yijie Yin, Sicen Yu, Haodong Liu, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen*, Solvent Selection Criteria for Temperature-Resilient Lithium–Sulfur Batteries, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2022, 119 (28) e2200392119.

105. Xiaolu Yu, Sicen Yu, Zhenzhen Yang, Hongpeng Gao, Panpan Xu, Guorui Cai, Satchit Rose, Christopher Brooks, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen*, Achieving low-temperature hydrothermal relithiation by redox mediation for direct recycling of spent lithium-ion battery cathodes, Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 51, 54-62.

104. Yijie Yin, Yangyuchen Yang, Diyi Cheng, Matthew Mayer, John Holoubek, Weikang Li, Ganesh Raghavendran, Alex Liu, Bingyu Lu, Daniel M. Davies, Zheng Chen, Oleg Borodin & Y. Shirley Meng, Fire-extinguishing, recyclable liquefied gas electrolytes for temperature-resilient lithium-metal batteries, Nature Energy, 2022, 7, 548–559.

103. Dongdong Wang, Dan Lv, Hongxia Liu*, JianYang*, Yitian Qian, Zheng Chen*, Forming Solid-Electrolyte Interphases with Rich Grain Boundaries on 3D Lithiophilic Skeleton for Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 49, 454 - 462.

102. John Holoubek, Kangwoon Kim, Yijie Yin, Zhaohui Wu, Haodong Liu, Mingqian Li, Amanda Chen, Hongpeng Gao, Guorui Cai, Tod A. Pascal*, Ping Liua*, Zheng Chen*, Electrolyte Design Implications of Ion-Pairing in Low-Temperature Li Metal Batteries, Energy and Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 1647 - 1658.

101. Qianwan Chang, Youngmin Hong, Hye Jin Lee, Ji Hoon Lee, Damilola Ologunagba , Zhixiu Liang, Jeonghyeon Kim, Mi Ji Kim, Jong Wook Hong, Liang Song, Shyam Kattel*, Zheng Chen*, Jingguang G. Chen*, and Sang-Il Cho*, Achieving complete electrooxidation of ethanol by single atomic Rh decoration of Pt nanocubes, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2022, https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2112109119.

100. Y. Chen, M. A. T. Marple, D. H. S. Tan, S. Ham, B. Sayahpour, W. Li, H. Yang, J. B. Lee, H. J. Hah, E. A. Wu, J. Doux, J. Jang, P. Ridley, A. Cronk, G. Deysher, Z. Chen* and Y. S. Meng*, Investigating Dry Room Compatibility of Sulfide Solid-State Electrolytes for Scalable Manufacturing, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 7155-7164.

99. John Holoubek, Qizhang Yan, Haodong Liu, Emma J. Hopkins, Zhaohui Wu, Sicen Yu, Jian Luo, Tod A. Pascal, Zheng Chen, and Ping Liu*, Oxidative Stabilization of Dilute Ether Electrolytes via Anion Modification, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 675-682

98. Ki Hwan Koh , Yu Joong Kim, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghim, Samira Siahrostami*, Tae Hee Han*, and Zheng Chen*, Elaborating Nitrogen and Oxygen Dopants Configurations within Graphene Electrocatalysts for Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction, ACS Materials Letters, 2022, 4, 320-328.

97. Hongpeng Gao, Duc Tran, Zheng Chen^*, Seeking Direct Cathode Regeneration for More Efficient Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2022, 31, 100875.

2021

96. Fukang Gui, Qiu Jin, Dongdong Xiao, Xiaobin Xu, Qinggang Tan, Daijun Yang, Bing Li, Pingwen Ming, Cunman Zhang, Zheng Chen, Samira Siahrostami, Qiangfeng Xiao, High-Performance Zinc-Air Batteries Based on Bifunctional Hierarchically Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon, Small, 2021, 2105928.

95.Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Natasa Vasiljevic, Zheng Chen, Circular Economy of Polymers – Electrochemical Recycling and Upcycling, The Electrochemical Society Interface, 2021, 30, 55.

94. Xiao Su, Zheng Chen, Jean St-Pierre, Natasa Vasiljevic, Electrochemistry for Recycling, The Electrochemical Society Interface, 2021, 30, 41.

93. Darren H. S. Tan, Yu-Ting Chen, Hedi Yang, Wurigumula Bao, Bhagath Sreenarayanan, Jean-Marie Doux, Weikang Li, Bingyu Lu, So-Yeon Ham, Baharak Sayahpour, Jonathan Scharf, Erik A. Wu, Grayson Deysher, Hyea Eun Han, Hoe Jin Hah, Hyeri Jeong, Zheng Chen*, Ying Shirley Meng*, Carbon Free High Loading Silicon Anodes Enabled by Sulfide Solid Electrolytes for Robust All Solid-State Batteries, Science, 2021, 373 (6562), 1494-1499.

92. Mingqian Li, Zheng Chen*, Thermo-responsive Polymers for Thermal Regulation in Electrochemical Energy Devices, Journal of Polymer Science, 2021, 59(20), 2230.

91. Mingqian Li, Panpan Xu, Suk-woo Lee, Bum-young Jung, and Zheng Chen*, Scalable Solvent-Based Fabrication of Thermo-Responsive Polymer Nanocomposites for Battery Safety Regulation, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2021,168(8), 080507.

90. John Holoubek, Qizhang Yan, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, Xing Xing, Hongyao Zhou, Jian Luo, Zheng Chen, and Ping Liu*, Low-Cost Li||SPAN Batteries Enabled by Sustained Additive Release, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2021, 4, 7, 6422–6429

89. Guorui Cai,† Yijie Yin,† Dawei Xia,† Amanda A. Chen, John Holoubek, Jonathan Scharf, Yangyuchen Yang, Ki Hwan Koh, Mingqian Li, Daniel M. Davies, Matthew Mayer, Tae Hee Han, Ying Shirley Meng, Tod A. Pascal, Zheng Chen*, Sub-nanometer confinement enables facile condensation of gas electrolyte for low-temperature batteries, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 3395.

88. Matthew S. Gonzalez, Qizhang Yan, John Holoubek, Mingqian Li, Zhaohui Wu, Hongyao Zhou, Sean Kim, Haodong Liu, Bum-Young Jung, Suk-woo Lee, Zheng Chen, Ping Liu*, Reversible Switching of Battery Internal Resistance Using Iongate Separators, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 31(32), 2102198.

87. Dongdong Wang, Hongxia Liu, Fang Liu, Guorong Ma, Jian Yang, Xiaodan Gu, Meng Zhou, and Zheng Chen*, Phase-Separation-Induced Porous Lithiophilic Polymer Coating for High-Efficiency Lithium Metal Batteries, Nano Letters, 2021, 21(11), 4757–4764.

86. Panpan Xu, Darren Tan, Zheng Chen*, Emerging Trends in Sustainable Battery Chemistries, Trends in Chemistry, 2021, 3(8), 620-630.

85. Yoon-Gyo Cho, Mingqian Li, John Holoubek, Weikang Li, Yijie Yin, Ying Shirley Meng, Zheng Chen*, Enabling the Low-Temperature Cycling of NMC||Graphite Pouch Cells with an Ester-Based Electrolyte, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 2016–2023.

84. Sachit Rose, Panpan Xu, Hongpeng Gao, Xiaolu Yu, Zheng Chen*, Boosting the Recycling Efficiency of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes using a Green Reductant, Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2021, 2100040.

83. Yu-Ting Chen,^† Marc Duquesnoy,^† Darren H. S. Tan, Jean-Marie Doux, Hedi Yang, Grayson Deysher, Phillip Ridley, Alejandro A. Franco*, Ying Shirley Meng* and Zheng Chen,* Fabrication of High-Quality Thin Solid-State Electrolyte Films Assisted by Machine Learning, ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 1639-1648.

82. Alec Crawford, Jennapher Lunde Seefeldt, Richard Kent, Maryse Helbert, Gonzalo Pimentel Guzmán, Alejandro González, Zheng Chen, Andy Abbott, Lithium: The big picture, One Earth, 2021, 4(3), 323-326. (Voices)

81. Panpan Xu, Zhenzhen Yang, Xiaolu Yu, John Holoubek, Hongpeng Gao, Mingqian Li, Guorui Cai, Ira Bloom, Haodong Liu, Yan Chen, Ke An, Krzysztof Z. Pupek, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen,* Design and Optimization of the Direct Recycling of Spent Li-ion Battery Cathode Materials, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 12, 4543–4553.

80. Siyuan Zhao, Dawei Xia, Minghao Li, Diyi Cheng, Keliang Wang, Ying Shirley Meng, Zheng Chen*, Jinhye Bae*, Self-Healing and Anti-CO2 Hydrogels for Flexible Solid-State Zinc-Air Batteries, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 10, 12033–12041.

79. John Holoubek, Haodong Liu, Zhaohui Wu, Xing Xing, Sicen Yu, Yijie Yin, Hongyao Zhou, Tod A. Pascal*, Zheng Chen*, and Ping Liu*, Tailoring electrolyte solvation for Li metal batteries cycled at ultra-low temperature, Nature Energy, 2021, 6, 303-313.

78. Dongdong Wang, Qizhang Yan, Mingqian Li, Hongpeng Gao, Jianhua Tian, Zhongqiang Shan, Ning Wang,* Jian Luo, Meng Zhou, and Zheng Chen,* Boosting Cycling Stability of Ni-rich Layered Oxide Cathode by Dry Coating of Ultrastable Li3V2(PO4)3 Nanoparticles,, Nanoscale, 2021, 13, 2811-2819. (2021 Nanoscale Emerging Investigator Issue)

2020

77. Darren H. S. Tan, Zheng Chen*, Sustainable Design of Fully Recyclable All Solid-State Batteries, MRS Bulletin, 2020, December 10, 990-991. (MRS Energy Quarterly Invited Article)

76. Darren H. S. Tan, Zheng Chen, Designing Batteries for Easier Recycling Could Avert a Looming E-waste Crisis, The Conversation, 2020, Oct 22.

75. Panpan Xu, Qiang Dai, Hongpeng Gao, Haodong Liu, Minghao Zhang, Yan Chen, Ke An, Ying Shirley Meng, Ping Liu, Yanran Li, Jeffrey S. Spangenberger, Linda Gaines, Jun Lu, Zheng Chen*, Efficient Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes by Targeted Healing, Joule, 2020, 4(12), 2609-2626.

74. Brandon Markey, Minghao Zhang, Iva Robb, Panpan Xu*, John Holoubek, David Xia, Yifan Zhao, Juchen Guo, Mei Cai, Ying Shirley Meng, and Zheng Chen*, Effective Upcycling of Graphite Anode: Healing and Doping Enabled Direct Regeneration, 2020, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 167, 160511.

73. Hongpeng Gao, Qizhang Yan, Panpan Xu, Haodong Liu, Ping Liu, Jian Luo, and Zheng Chen*, Efficient Direct Recycling of Degraded LiMn₂O₄ Cathodes by One-Step Hydrothermal Relithiation, 2020, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2020, 12, 46, 51546–51554.

72. Qiaowang Chang, Jeonghyeon Kim, Ji Hoon Lee, Shyam Kattel*, Jingguang G. Chen*, Sang-Il Choi*, and Zheng Chen*, Boosting Activity and Selectivity of CO₂ Electroreduction by Pre-hydridizing Pd Nanocubes, 2020, Small, 16(49), 2005305.

71. Darren H. S. Tan#, Panpan Xu#, and Zheng Chen*, Enabling Sustainable Critical Materials for Battery Storage Through Efficient Recycling and Improved Design: A Perspective, MRS Energy & Sustainability, 2020,7, E27. (Invited Perspective)

70. Ying Zhang, Rui Zhang, Shu-Cheng Chen, Hong-Peng Gao, Ming-Qian Li, Xiao-Lan Song, Huolin L. Xin*, and Zheng Chen*, Diatomite-Derived Hierarchical Porous Crystalline-Amorphous Network for High-Performance and Sustainable Si Anodes, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(50), 2005956.

69. Darren H. S. Tan#, Panpan Xu#, Hedi Yang, Min-cheol Kim, Han Nguyen, Erik A. Wu, Jean-Marie Doux, Abhik Banerjee, Ying. Shirley Meng, and Zheng Chen*, Sustainable Design of Fully Recyclable All Solid-State Batteries, MRS Energy & Sustainability, 2020, 7, E23.

68. Guorui Cai, John Holoubek, Dawei Xia, Mingqian Li, Yijie Yin, Xing Xing, Ping Liu and Zheng Chen*, An ester electrolyte for lithium–sulfur batteries capable of ultra-low temperature cycling, Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 9114-9117.

67. Dongdong Wang, Haodong Liu, Mingqian Li, Dawei Xia, John Holoubek, Zhi Deng, Mingyu Yu, Jianhua Tian, Zhongqiang Shan, Shyue Ping Ong, Ping Liu, and Zheng Chen*, A Long-Lasting Dual-Function Electrolyte Additive for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries, Nano Energy, 2020, 75, 104889.

66. John Holoubek#, Mingyu Yu#, Sicen Yu, Minqian Li, Zhaohui Wu, Dawei Xia, Pranjal Bhaladhare, Matthew S. Gonzalez, Tod A. Pascal, Ping Liu, Zheng Chen*, An All-Fluorinated Ester Electrolyte for Stable High-Voltage Li Metal Batteries Capable of Ultra-Low-Temperature Operation, ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 1438-1447.

65. Qiaowan Chang, Pu Zhang, Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi, Xueru Zhao, Steven R. Denny, Ji Hoon Lee, Hongpeng Gao, Ying Zhang, Huolin Xin*, Samira Siahrostami*, Jingguang G. Chen* and Zheng Chen*, Promoting H₂O₂ Production via 2-Electron Oxygen Reduction in Acidic Electrolyte by Coordinating Partially Oxidized Pd with Defect Carbon, Nature Communication, 2020, 11, 2178.

64. Mingqian Li, Yang Shi, Hongpeng Gao, Zheng Chen*, Bio-Inspired Nanospiky Metal Particles Enable Thin, Flexible and Thermo-Responsive Polymer Nanocomposites for Thermal Regulation, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(23), 1910328.

63. Xu Wu, Xu Wu, Huanhuan Zhang, Ke-Jing Huang and Zheng Chen*, Stabilizing Metallic Iron Nanoparticles by Conformal Graphitic Carbon Coating for High-Rate Anode in Ni-Fe Batteries, Nano Letters, 2020, 20(3), 1700-1706.

62. Darren Tan, Abhik Banerjee, Zheng Chen*, and Ying Shirley Meng*, Solid-State Electrolytes Review: From Nanoscale Interface to Sustainable Energy Storage, Nature Nanotechnology, 2020, 15, 170–180.

2019

61. John Holoubek, Yijie Yin, Mingqian Li, Mingyu Yu, Ying Shirley Meng, Ping Liu*, Zheng Chen*, Exploiting Mechanistic Solvation Kinetics for Dual-Graphite Batteries with High Power Output at Extremely Low Temperature, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58(52), 18892-18897.

60. Darren Tan, Erik Wu, Han Nguyen, Zheng Chen, Jean-Marie Doux, Xuefeng Wang, Abhik Banerjee, Ying Meng Shirley*, Elucidating Reversible Electrochemical Redox of Li₆PS₅Cl Solid Electrolyte, ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 2418-2427.

59. Darren Tan, Abhik Banerjee, Zhi Deng, Erik Wu, Han Nguyen, Jean-Marie Doux, Xuefeng Wang, Ju-hsiang Cheng, Shyue Ping Ong, Ying Shirley Meng*, and Zheng Chen*, Enabling Thin and Flexible Solid-State Composite Electrolytes by Scalable Solution Process, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019, 2019, 16, 342-350.

58. Qiaowan Chang, Shyam Kattel, Xing Li, Zhixiu Liang, Brian Tackett, Steven Denny, Pu Zhang, Dong Su, Jingguang Chen* and Zheng Chen*, Enhancing C-C Bond Scission for Efficient Ethanol Oxidation using PtIr Nanocube Electrocatalysts, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 97618-7625.

57. Di Huang, Yang Shi, Adam P. Tornheim, Javier Bareño, Zheng Chen, Zhengcheng Zhang, Anthony Burrell, Hongmei Luo*, Nanoscale LiNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂ cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries via a polymer-assisted chemical solution method, Applied Materials Today, 2019, 16, 342-350.

56. Dongdong Wang, Haodong Liu, Mingqian Li, Xuefeng Wang, Shuang Bai, Yang Shi, Jianhua Tian, Zhongqiang Shan, Jianhua Tian, Zhongqiang Shan*, Ying Shirley Meng, Ping Liu and Zheng Chen*, Nanosheet-assembled hierarchical Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ microspheres for high-volumetric-density and high-rate Li-ion battery anode, Energy Storage Materials, 2019, 21, 361-371.

55. Yang Shi, Minghao Zhang, Ying Shirley Meng and Zheng Chen*, Ambient-Pressure Relithiation of Degraded Li_xNi_0.5Co_0.2Mn_0.3O₂ (0<x<1) via Eutectic Solutions for Direct Regeneration of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes, Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9, 1900454.

54.Yang Shi, Darren Tan, Mingqian Li and Zheng Chen*, Nanohybrid Electrolytes for High Energy Lithium-ion Batteries: Recent Advances and Future Challenges, Nanotechnology, 2019, 30, 302002.

53. Fei Ji, Li Wang, Jason Yang, Xu Wu, Mingqian Li, Shengli Jiang, Shihong Lin* and Zheng Chen*, Highly Compact, Free-Standing Porous Electrodes from Polymer-Derived Nanoporous Carbons for Efficient Electrochemical Capacitive Deionization, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 1768-778.

52. Dongdong Wang, Zhongqiang Shan, Jianhua Tian* and Zheng Chen*, Understanding the Formation of Ultrathin Mesoporous Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ Nanosheets and Their Application for High-Rate, Long-Life Lithium-Ion Anodes, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 520-531.

2018

51. Yang Shi, Zheng Chen*, Function-Driven Design of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Composites: Recent Progress and Challenges, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Themed Issue on Emerging Investigators, 2018, 6, 11817 - 11834.

50. Fei Ji, Yang Shi, Mingqian Li, Shengli Jiang, Gen Chen, Fang Liu and Zheng Chen*, Scalable Synthesis of Uniform Nanosized Microporous Carbon Particles from Rigid Polymers for Rapid Ion and Molecule Adsorption, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2018, 2018, 10, 25429-25437.

49. Yang Shi, Gen Chen, Fang Liu, Xiujun Yue and Zheng Chen*, Resolving the Compositional and Structural Defects of Degraded LiNixCoyMnzO2 Particles to Directly Regenerate High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes, ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3, 7, 1683–1692.

48. Yang Shi, Hanmei Tang, Shengli Jiang, Laure V. Kayser, Mingqian Li, Fang Liu, Fei Ji, Darren J. Lipomi, Shyue Ping Ong, Zheng Chen*, Understanding the Electrochemical Properties of Naphthalene Diimide: Implication for Stable and High-Rate Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes, Chemistry of Materials, 2018, 30, 10, 3508–3517.

47. Yang Shi, Gen Chen and Zheng Chen*, Effective Regeneration of LiCoO2 from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Direct Approach Towards High-Performance Active Particles, Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 851-862.

2017

46. Wei Liu, Jun Chen, Zheng Chen, Kai Liu, Guangmin Zhou, Yongming Sun, Min-Sang Song, Zhenan Bao*, Yi Cui*, Stretchable Lithium-Ion Batteries Enabled by Device-Scaled Wavy Structure and Elastic-Sticky Separator, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 1701076.

45. Yuchi Tsao,† Zheng Chen,† Simon Rondeau-Gagné, Qianfan Zhang, Hongbin Yao, Shucheng Chen, Guangmin Zhou, Chenxi Zu, Yi Cui*, and Zhenan Bao*, Enhanced Cycling Stability of Sulfur Electrodes through Effective Binding of Pyridine-Functionalized Polymer, ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 2454–2462.

44. Yue Wang, C. Zhu, R. Pfattner, H. Yan, L. Jin, S. Chen, F. Molina-Lopez, F. Lissel, J. Liu, N. I. Rabiah, Z. Chen, J. W. Chung, C. Linder, M. F. Toney, B. Murmann, Z. Bao*, A highly stretchable, transparent, and conductive polymer, Science Advances, 2017, 3, e1602076.

43. Yiting Peng, Zaiyuan Le, Meicheng Wen, Dieqing Zhang, Zheng Chen, Haobin Wu, Hexing Li, Yunfeng Lu*, Mesoporous Single-Crystal-Like TiO2 Mesocages Threaded with Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage, Nano Energy, 2017, 35, 44-51.

42. Kai Liu, Wei Liu, Yongcai Qiu, Biao Kong, Yongming Sun, Zheng Chen, Denys Zhuo, Dingchang Lin and Yi Cui, Electrospun core-shell microfiber separator with thermal-triggered flame-retardant properties for lithium-ion batteries, Science Advance, 2017, 3, e1601978.

Before 2017

41. Zheng Chen, Raphael Pfattner and Zhenan Bao^*, Characterization and Understanding of Thermoresponsive Polymer Composites Based on Spiky Nanostructured Fillers, Advanced Electronic Materials, 2016, 3, 1600397.

40. Guangyuan Zheng, Chao Wang, Allen Pei, Jeffrey Lopez, Feifei Shi, Zheng Chen, Austin D Sendek, Hyun-Wook Lee, Zhenda Lu, Holger Schneider, Marina M. Safont-Sempere, Steven Chu, Zhenan Bao, and Yi Cui, High Performance Lithium Metal Negative Electrode with a Soft and Flowable Polymer Coating, ACS Energy Letters, 2016, 1, 6, 1247–1255.

39. Zheng Chen, Po-Chu Hsu, Jeffrey Lopez, Yuzhang Li, John W. F. To, Nan Liu, Chao Wang, Sean Andrew, Jia Liu, Yi Cui^* and Zhenan Bao^*, Fast and Reversible Thermo-Responsive Polymer Switching for Safer Batteries, Nature Energy, 2016, 1: 15009.

38. Jeff Lopez, Zheng Chen, Chao Wang, Sean Andrews, Yi Cui^* and Zhenan Bao^*, The effects of crosslinking in a supermolecular binder on cycling life silicon anode, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8(3), 2318-2324.

37. Wei Liu, Zheng Chen, Yongming Sun, Guangmin Zhou, Hye-Ryoung Lee, Chong Liu, Hongbin Yao, Zhenan Bao and Yi Cui^*, 3D Porous Sponge Inspired Electrode for Stretchable Lithium-ion Batteries, Adv. Mater., 2016, 28(18), 3578-3583.

36. John To, Jiajun He , Jianguo Mei, Reza Haghpanah, Zheng Chen, Tadanori Kurosawa, Won-Gyu Bae, Lijia Pan, Jeffrey Tok, Jennifer Wilcox^*, Zhenan Bao^*, Mesoporous N-doped Carbon as CO₂ Adsorbent with Ultra-high CO₂ Selectivity from Rationally Designed Polypyrrole Precursor, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, 138(3), 1001-1009.

35. Zheng Chen, Chao Wang, Jeffrey Lopez, Zhenda Lu, Yi Cui*, Zhenan Bao*, High-Areal-Capacity Silicon Electrodes with Low-Cost Silicon Particles Based on Spatial Control of Self-Healing Binder, Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5: 1401826.

34. John W. F. To,† Zheng Chen,† HongbinYao, Jiajun He, Kwanpyo Kim, Ho-Hsiu Chou, Lijia Pan, Jennifer Wilcox, Yi Cui and Zhenan Bao,* Ultra-High Surface Area Three-Dimensional Porous Graphitic Carbon from Conjugated Polymeric Molecular Framework, ACS Central Science, 2015, 1, 68-76. (co-first author)

33. Zheng Chen, John W. F. To, Chao Wang, Zhenda Lu, Nan Liu, Alex Chortos, Lijia Pan, Fei Wei, Yi Cui* and Zhenan Bao*, A Three-Dimensionally Interconnected Carbon Nanotube-Conducting Polymer Hydrogel Network for High-Performance Flexible Battery Electrodes, 2014, Advanced Energy Materials, 2014, 4: 1400207.

32. Chao Wang, Hui Wu, Zheng Chen, Matthew T. McDowell, Yi Cui*, and Zhenan Bao*, Self-Healing Chemistry Enables the Stable Operation for Silicon Microparticle Anodes for High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries, Nature Chemistry, 2013, 5, 1042-1048.

Publication at UCLA

31. Yanhua Cheng,† Zheng Chen,† Haobin Wu, Meifang Zhu and Yunfeng Lu^*, Ionic Liquid-Assisted Synthesis of TiO₂-Carbon Hybrid Nanostructures for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Advanced Functional Materials, 2016, 26(9), 1338-1346 (co-first author).

30. Xia Cui, Yuqiao Wang,* Zheng Chen, Huihui Zhou, Qingyu Xu, Pingping Sun, Yueming Sun,* Yunfeng Lu*, Preparation of Pompon-like MnO/Carbon Nanotube Composite Microspheres as Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 2015, 180, 858-865.

29. Zheng Chen, Yiting Peng, Fang Liu, Zaiyuan Le, Yunfeng Lu, and Hexing Li^*, Hierarchical Nanostructured WO₃ with Biomimetic Proton Channels and Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductivity for Electrochemical Energy Storage, Nano Letters, 2015, 15, 6802-6808.

28. Yiting Peng,† Zheng Chen,† Zaiyuan Le, and Yunfeng Lu,* Mesoporous Crystalline-Amorphous Oxide Nanocomposite Network for High-Performance Lithium Storage, Chem. Comm., 2015, 51, 12056-12059. (co-first author)

27. Xilai Jia, Xiao Zhu, Yanhua Cheng, Zheng Chen, Yunfeng Lu* and Fei Wei*, Aerosal-Assisted Heteroassembly of Oxide Nanocrystals and Carbon Nanotubes into 3D Mesoporous Composites for High-Rate Electrochemical Energy Storage, Small, 2015, 11, 3135-3142.

26. Yanhua Cheng,† Zheng Chen,† Meifang Zhu*, Yunfeng Lu*, Polymer-Assisted Assembly of Oxide Particles and Carbon Nanotubes for High-Performance Flexible Battery Anode,Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5: 1401207 (co-first author).

25. Chunyan Lai, Zheng Chen, Huihui Zhou, Yunfeng Lu and Hexing Li*, Mn-doped Li₃V₂(PO₄)₃ Nanocrystals with Enhanced Electrochemical Properties based on Aerosol synthesis method, Journal of Materials Science, 2015, 50, 3075-3082.

24. Zheng Chen, Yin Yuan, Huihui Zhou, Xiaolei Wang, Zhihua Gan*, Fosong Wang* and Yunfeng Lu*, 3D Nanocomposite Architectures from Carbon-Nanotube-Threaded Nanocrystals for High-Performance Electrochemical Energy Storage, Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 339-345.

23. Chao Lei,† Zheng Chen,† Meiqing Shen^*, Yunfeng Lu^*, Better Lithium-Ion Storage Materials Made through Hierarchical Assemblies of Active Nanocrystals and Nanorods, J. Mater. Chem. A., 2014, 2, 17536-17544. (co-first author)

22. Chunzhu Yan,† Zheng Chen,† Yiting Peng, Lin Guo*, Yunfeng Lu^*, Stable Lithium-Ion Cathodes from Nanocomposites of VO₂ Nanowire and CNTs, Nanotechnology, 2012, 23(47), 475701-475707. (co-first author)

21. Xilai Jia, Ranran Wang, Zheng Chen, Fei Wei^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, Building Ultra-stable Carbon Nanotube/Vanadium Oxide Electrodes via a Crosslinking Strategy, Electrochemistry Communications, 2014, 46, 52-55.

20. Ranran Wang, Zheng Chen, Yu Hang, Xilai Jia, Liang Gao, Yunfeng Lu*, Jing Sun*, A Novel Method to Enhance the Conductance of Metal Oxide Electrodes, Nanoscale, 2014, 6, 3791-3795.

19. Ge Li, Xiaolei Wang, Zheng Chen, Xueming Ma*, Yunfeng Lu^*, Characterization of Niobium and Vanadium Oxide Nanocomposites with Improved Rate Performance and Cycling Stability, Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 102, 351-357.

18. Ling Fei, Yun Xu, Zheng Chen, Bin Yuan, Xiaofei Wu, Joshua Hill, Qianglu Lin, Shuguang Deng, Paul Andersen, Yunfeng Lu, Hongmei Luo^*, Preparation of Porous SnO₂ Helical Nanotubes and SnO₂ Sheets, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2013, 140(1), 249-254.

17. Hiesang Sohn, Zheng Chen, Yoon Seok Jung, Qiangfeng Xiao and Yunfeng Lu^*, Robust Fe₃O₄-Carbon Core-Shell Particles for High-Performance Li-Storage, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 4539-4545.

16. Zheng Chen, Ding Weng, Xiaolei Wang, Yanhua Cheng, Ge Wang^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, Ready Fabrication of Thin-Film Electrodes from Building Nanocrystals for Micro-Supercapacitors, Chem. Comm., 2012, 48, 3736-3738.

15. Zheng Chen, Dieqing Zhang, Xiaolei Wang, Xilai Jia, Fei Wei, Hexing Li* and Yunfeng Lu^*, High-Performance Energy Storage Architectures from Carbon Nanotubes and Nanocrystals Building Blocks, Advanced Materials, 2012, 24, 2030-2036.

14. Zheng Chen, Veronica Augustyn, Xilai Jia, Qiangfeng Xiao, Bruce Dunn^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, High-Performance Sodium-ion Pseudocapacitors Based on Hierarchically Porous Nanowire Composites, ACS Nano, 2012, 6(5), 4319-4327.

13. Zheng Chen, Ding Weng, Hiesang Sohn, Mei Cai^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, High-Performance Aqueous Supercapacitors Based on Hierarchically Porous Carbon, RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 1755-1758.

12. Xilai Jia,† Zheng Chen,† Arnold Suwarnasarn, Benjamin M. Wu, Fei Wei^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, High-Performance Flexible Lithium-Ion Electrodes Based on Robust Network Architecture, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 6845-6849. (co-first author)

11. Xilai Jia, Zheng Chen, Yiting Peng, Xiaolei Wang, Fei Wei^*, Yunfeng Lu^*, Building Robust Architectures of Carbon and Metal Oxide Nanocrystals towards High-Performance Anodes for Lithium Ion Batteries, ACS Nano, 2012, 6, 9911-9919.

10. Qiangfeng Xiao, Hiesang Sohn, Zheng Chen, Daniel Toso, Matthew Mecklenburg, Hong Zhou, Eric Poirier, Anne Dailly, Mei Cai*, Yunfeng Lu^*, General Synthesis of Mesoporous Metal and Metal Alloy Particles by Aerosol-Assisted Confined Growth of Nanocrystals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 10546-10550.

9. Zheng Chen, Jing Wen, Chunzhu Yan, Lynn Rice, Hiesang Sohn, Mei Cai^*, Bruce Dunn and Yunfeng Lu*, High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Hierarchically Porous Graphite Particles, Advanced Energy Materials, 2011,1, 551-556.

8. Zheng Chen, Veronica Augustyn, Jing Wen, Yuewei Zhang, Meiqing Shen^*, Bruce Dunn^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Intertwined CNT/V₂O₅ Nanowire Nanocomposites, Advanced Materials, 2011, 23, 791-795.

7. Xiaolei Wang, Ge Li, Zheng Chen, Veronica Augustyn, Ge Wang^*, Bruce Dunn and Yunfeng Lu^*, High-Performance Supercapacitors Based on Nanocomposites of Nb₂O₅ Nanocrystals and Carbon Nanotubes, Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1, 1089-1093.

6. Xilai Jia, Chunzu Yan, Zheng Chen, Ranran Wang, Qiang Zhang, Fei Wei^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, Direct Synthesis of Flexible LiMn₂O₄/CNT Nanocomposite Electrode for Lithium-ion Cathodes, Chem. Comm., 2011, 47, 9669-9671.

5. Yiting Peng,† Zheng Chen,† Jing Wen, Qiangfeng Xiao, Ding Weng, Shiyu He^*, Hongbin Geng^* and Yunfeng Lu^*, Hierarchical Manganese Oxide/Carbon Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Electrodes, Nano Research, 2011, 4(2), 216-225. (co-first author)

4. Zheng Chen, Yaochun Qin, Ding Weng, Qiangfeng Xiao, Yiting Peng, Xiaolei Wang, Hexing Li*, Fei Wei* and Yunfeng Lu*, Design and Synthesis of Hierarchical Nanowire Composites for Electrochemical Energy Storage, Advanced Functional Materials, 2009, 19(21), 3420-3426.

Publication at TJU:

3. Zhongqiang Shan, Yanjie Liu, Zheng Chen, Garry Warrender and Jianhua Tian^*, Amorphous Ni-S-Mn Alloy as Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Cathode in Alkaline Medium, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2008, 33(1), 28-33.

2. Zhongqiang Shan, Wei Hu, Zheng Chen and Jianhua Tian^*, Mathematical Characterization of Internal Pressure Variation of Ni-MH batteries, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2007, 37(6), 699-704.

1. Zhongqiang Shan, Chenxian Wei, Zheng Chen, Feng Wu and Xueping Gao^*, Lithium-inserting Electrode Materials Synthesized by Citric Acid Sol-gel Method, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitaties Nankaiensis, 2006, 39(2), 89-93.