Publications

@article{Feng2025,

title = {Hydrotrope-enabled high concentration aqueous electrolytes for reversible and sustainable iron metal anodes},

author = {Guangxia Feng and Zaichun Liu and John Holoubek and Louisa C. Greenburg and Ge Zhang and Yuqi Li and Xun Guan and Yi Cui and Pu Zhang and Adam Brest and Xueli Zheng and Yi Cui},

doi = {10.1038/s41467-025-65160-w},

issn = {2041-1723},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-12-00},

urldate = {2025-12-00},

journal = {Nat Commun},

volume = {16},

number = {1},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

keywords = {Energy Storage},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{D5EE02978C,

title = {A solvation-driven reevaluation of organic electrolytes for zinc batteries},

author = {John Holoubek and Pu Zhang and Chad Serrao and Huayue Ai and Il Rok Choi and Louisa C. Greenburg and Xun Guan and Angela Cai and Wenbo Zhang and Yi Cui},

url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5EE02978C},

doi = {10.1039/D5EE02978C},

year  = {2025},

date = {2025-01-01},

urldate = {2025-01-01},

journal = {Energy Environ. Sci.},

volume = {18},

issue = {18},

pages = {8608-8617},

publisher = {The Royal Society of Chemistry},

abstract = {Zinc batteries promise low-cost energy storage for grids but are limited by poor negative electrode reversibility. Thermodynamically stable organic electrolytes can theoretically enhance said reversibility but present high raw material costs and sluggish electrochemical kinetics. Herein, we demonstrate that abandoning the state-of-the-art chemistries based on fluorinated zinc salts and specialty solvents for those based on ZnCl2 and mass-produced organic solvents can simultaneously remedy both issues. The Zn2+ solvation structure of these electrolytes substantially reduces the Zn deposition overpotential relative to conventional organic systems and generates polyhedral Zn with preferential Zn(002) texturing. Optimized electrolytes based on ZnCl2 and ethyl acetate (EA) demonstrate Coulombic efficiencies (CE) of >99.9% without any discernible losses during 24 hour calendar aging. Economic projections indicate that these systems present a more than 80% reduction in the levelized electrolyte cost relative to aqueous systems when 24 hours of corrosion losses are considered. Lastly, we demonstrate a hybrid Zn/Na full cell, in which the designed electrolyte is projected to contribute only 5.0% of the material cost. This work offers a route to scalable, low-cost organic electrolytes for Zn batteries.},

keywords = {Energy Storage},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Li2024,

title = {In situ formation of liquid crystal interphase in electrolytes with soft templating effects for aqueous dual-electrode-free batteries},

author = {Yuqi Li and Xueli Zheng and Evan Z. Carlson and Xin Xiao and Xiwen Chi and Yi Cui and Louisa C. Greenburg and Ge Zhang and Elizabeth Zhang and Chenwei Liu and Yufei Yang and Mun Sek Kim and Guangxia Feng and Pu Zhang and Hance Su and Xun Guan and Jiawei Zhou and Yecun Wu and Zhichen Xue and Weiyu Li and Michal Bajdich and Yi Cui},

doi = {10.1038/s41560-024-01638-z},

issn = {2058-7546},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-11-00},

urldate = {2024-11-00},

journal = {Nat Energy},

volume = {9},

number = {11},

pages = {1350--1359},

publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},

keywords = {Energy Storage},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}