† denotes co-first authors; * denotes corresponding authors
For the full publication list, please refer to https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4tIWlKgAAAAJ&hl=en
Selected Publications
Batteries
Fuel Cells
Green Hydrogen Production
Nanomanufacturing
Solar Energy Conversion
Decarbonization and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
Publications at UCF
134. Liu, H.*, Yang, Y., Tian, N., You, C.*, and Yang, Y.*, Foam-structured carbon materials and composites for electromagnetic interference shielding: design principles and structural evolution. Carbon, 2023, Accepted.
133. Stoll, S., Zhang, W., Yang, Y., Gil, K., and Lee, W. H.*, Photodegradation of MC-LR using a novel Au-decorated Ni metal-organic framework (Au/Ni-MOF). Chemosphere, 2023, Volume 344, 140404.
132. Yu, A., Zhao, Y., Zhang, W., Yang, W., Zhu, L., Peng, P.*, Li, F. F.*, and Yang, Y.*, Bi-directional electrolytic reduction of CO2 to mesoporous carbons with regulated structure and surface functional groups for Zn-ion capacitors. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202309666.
131. Chang, J., and Yang, Y.*, Advancements in Seawater Electrolysis: Progressing from Fundamental Research to Applied Electrolyzer Application. Renewables, 2023, Volume 1, 415-454 (Invited Review).
130. He, B., Zhang, F., Xin, Y.*, Xu, C., Hu, X., Wu, X., Yang, Y.*, and Tian, H.*, Halogen Chemistry of Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries and Beyond. Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023, DOI:10.1038/s41570-023-00541-7.
129. Gao, R. T., Liu, L., Li, Y., Yang, Y., He, J., Liu, X., Zhang, X., Wang, L.*, Wu, L.*, Ru-P pair sites boost charge transport in hematite photoanodes for exceeding 1% solar water splitting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 2023, Volume 120, e2300493120.
128. Yu, A., Joshi, N., Zhang, W., and Yang, Y.*, Advances in ORR, OER, and HER of Fullerenes and Derivatives: From DFT Calculations to Experimental Identification. Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials, 2023, Volume 2, 100061 (Invited Review).
127. Chang, J., and Yang, Y.*, Recent advances in zinc-air batteries: self-standing inorganic nanoporous metal film as air cathodes. Chemical Communications, 2023, Volume 59, 5823-5838 (Invited Review).
126. Chang, J., Wang, G., Chang, X., Yang, Z., Wang, H., Li, B., Zhang, W., Kovarik, L., Du, Y., Orlovskaya, N., Xu, B., Wang, G., and Yang, Y.*, Interface synergism and engineering of Pd/Co@N-C for direct ethanol fuel cells. Nature Communications, 2023, Volume 14, 1346.
125. Chang, J., Wang, G., Li, C., He, Y., Zhu, Y., Zhang, W., Sajid, M., Kara, A., Gu, M., and Yang, Y.*, Rational design of septenary high-entropy alloy for direct ethanol fuel cells. Joule, 2023, Volume 7, 597-602.
124. Tian, H., Feng, G., Wang, Q., Li, Z., Zhang, W., Lucero, M., Feng, Z., Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhen, C., Gu, M.*, Shan, X.*, and Yang, Y.*, Three-dimensional Zn-based alloys for dendrite-free aqueous Zn battery in dual-cation electrolytes. Nature Communications, 2022, Volume 13, 7922.
123. Zhang, W., Chang, J., and Yang, Y.*, Strong precious metal-metal oxide interaction for oxygen reduction reaction: a strategy for efficient catalyst design. SusMat, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/sus2.108 (Invited Review).
122. Xu, W., Zhang, W., Sun, Z., Guo, L., Xie, L., Li, C., Feng, Y., Liang, Q., Yang, Y.*, and Sun, H.*, Bell-shaped RuFe/Ni5P4 for efficient urea-assisted electrolytic hydrogen production. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2022, Volume 6, 4153-4159.
121. Hu, Z., Ai, Y., Xu, W., Zhang, X., Sun, Z., Guo, L., Guo, R., Wang, Y., Ding, K., Sun, H.*, Hu, J.*, Liang, Q.*, and Yang, Y.*, Iron catalyzed cascade construction of molybdenum carbide heterointerfaces for understanding hydrogen evolution. Small, 2022, Volume 18, 2200439.
120. Zhang, W., Chang, J., Wang, G., Li, Z., Wang, M., Zhu, Y., Li, B., Zhou, H., Wang, G., Gu, M., Feng, Z.*, and Yang, Y.*, Surface oxygenation induced strong interaction between Pd catalyst and functional support for zinc-air batteries. Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, Volume 15, 1573-1584.
119. Sun, Z., Xu, W., Guo, L., Han, Q., Gao, J., Wang, J., Feng, Y., Li, C., Liang, Q.*, Sun, H.*, and Yang, Y.*, Organophosphine ligand derived sandwich-structural electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, Volume 70, 74-83.
118. Chang, J., Wang, G., Zhang, W., and Yang, Y.*, Atomically dispersed catalysts for small molecule electrooxidation in direct liquid fuel cells. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2022, Volume 68, 439-453 (Invited Review).
117. Feng, G., Guo, J., Tian, H., Li, Z., Shi, Y., Li, X., Yang, X., Mayerich, D.*, Yang, Y.*, and Shan, X.*, Probe the Localized Electrochemical Environment Effects and Electrode Reaction Dynamics for Metal Batteries using in-situ 3D Microscopy. Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, Volume 12, 2103484.
116. Chang, J., Wang, G., Wang, M., Wang, Q., Li, B., Zhou, H., Zhu, Y., Zhang, W., Omer, M., Orlovskaya, N., Ma, Q., Gu, M.*, Feng, Z.*, Wang, G.*, and Yang, Y.*, Improving Pd-N-C fuel cell electrocatalysts through fluorination-driven rearrangements of local coordination environment. Nature Energy, 2021, Volume 6, 1144-1153 (Highlighted by Nature Energy News & Views).
115. Yao, Z., Wu, Z., Hu, M., Alzaim, S., Young, J., Dong, J., Chang, J., Zhuang, H., Benchafia, E. M., Yang, Y. Li, J., Iqbal, Z., and Wang, X.*, Rational synthesis of polymeric nitrogen N8- with UV irradiation and its ORR mechanism study with in situ SHINERS. ACS Catalysis, 2021, Volume 11, 13034-13040.
114. Chang, J., Ko, T., Je, M., Chung, H., Han, S., Shawkat, M., Wang, M., Park, S., Yu, S., Bae, T., Moon, M., Oh, K., Choi, H., Yang, Y.*, and Jung, Y.*, Layer Orientation-Engineered Two-Dimensional Platinum Ditelluride for High-Performance Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells. ACS Energy Letters, 2021, Volume 6, 3481-3487.
113. Li, Z., Wang, Q., Bai, X., Wang, M., Yang, Z., Du, Y., Sterbinsky, G., Wu, D., Yang, Z., Tian, H., Pan, F., Gu, M.*, Liu, Y.*, Feng, Z.*, and Yang, Y.*, Doping-modulated Strain Control of Bifunctional Electrocatalysis for Rechargeable Zinc-air Batteries. Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, Volume 14, 5035-5043.
112. Wang, G., Chang, J., Koul, S., Kushima, A., and Yang, Y.*, CO2 Bubble-Assisted Pt Exposure in PtFeNi Porous Film for High-Performance Zinc-Air Battery. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021, Volume 143, 11595-11601 (Featured Front Cover).
111. Zhou, L., Hyer, H., Chang, J., Mehta, A., Huynh, T., Yang, Y., and Sohn, Y.*, Microstructure, Mechanical Performance, and Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured Aluminum Alloy 5083 with 0.7 and 1.0 wt.% Zr Addition. Materials Science & Engineering A, 2021, Volume 823, 141679.
110. Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Ju, N., Ai, Y., Liu, Y., Liang, J., Hu, Z., Guo, R., Xu, W., Zhang, W., Qi, Y., Niu, D.*, Liang, Q., Sun, H.*, and Yang, Y.*, Ultimate Resourcization of Waste: Crab Shell Derived Biochar for Antimony Removal and Sequential Utilization as Anode for Li-ion Battery. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, Volume 9, 8813-8823.
109. Zhang, X., Xie, N., Guo, Y., Niu, D.*, Sun, H.*, and Yang, Y.*, Insights into Adsorptive Removal of Antimony Contaminants: Functional Materials, Evaluation and Prospective. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, Volume 418, 126345.
108. Chang, J., Wang, G., and Yang, Y.*, Recent advances in electrode design for rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Small Science, 2021, Volume 1, 2100044 (Invited Review).
107. Xu, W., Chang, J., Cheng, Y., Liu, H., Li, J., Ai, Y., Hu, Z., Zhang, X., Wang, Y., Liang, Q., Yang, Y.*, and Sun, H.*, A Multi-step Induced Strategy to Fabricate Core-Shell Pt-Ni Alloy as Symmetric Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting. Nano Research, 2022, Volume 15, 965-971.
106. Chang, J., Wang, G., Yang, Z., Li, B., Wang, Q., Kuliiev, R., Orlovskaya, N., Gu, M.*, Du, Y., Wang, G.*, and Yang, Y.*, Dual-doping and synergism towards high-performance seawater electrolysis. Advanced Materials, 2021, Volume 33, 2101425.
105. Zhang, Z., Calderon, J., Fahad, S., Ju, L., Antony, D. X., Yang, Y. Kushima, A., Zhai, L.*, Polymer Derived Ceramic Nanoparticle/Edge Functionalized Graphene Oxide Composites for Lithium Ion Storage. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, Volume 13, 9794-9803.
104. Tian, H., Li, Z., Feng, G., Yang, Z., Fox, D., Wang, M., Zhou, H., Zhai, L., Kushima, A., Du, Y., Feng, Z.*, Shan, X.*, and Yang, Y.*, Stable, High-performance, Dendrite-free, Seawater-based Aqueous Batteries. Nature Communications, 2021, Volume 12, 237 (Featured Article in Editors’ Highlights).
103. Pan, F., Li, Z., Yang, Z., Ma, Q., Wang, M., Wang, H., Olszta, M., Wang, G., Feng, Z., Du, Y., and Yang, Y.*, Porous FeCo Glassy Alloy as Bifunctional Support for High-Performance Zn-Air Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, Volume 10, 2002204.
102. Liu, H.*, Wu, S., Tian, N., Yan, F., You, C., and Yang, Y.*, Carbon foams: 3D porous carbon materials holding immense potential. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, Volume 8, 23699 - 23723.
101. Li, Z., Niu, W., Yang, Z., Kara, A., Wang, Q., Wang, M., Gu, M.*, Feng, Z.*, Du, Y.*, and Yang, Y.*, Boosting Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution: Dominating Role of Interior Modification in Surface Electrocatalysis. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, Volume 13, 3110 - 3118.
100. Wang, G., Aubin, M., Mehta, A., Tian, H., Chang, J., Kushima, A., Sohn, Y., and Yang, Y.*, Stabilization of Sn Anode through Structural Reconstruction of Cu-Sn Intermetallic Coating Layer. Advanced Materials, 2020, Volume 32, 2003684.
99. Shi, L., Ren, X., Wang, Q., Li, Y., Ichihara, F., Zhang, H., Izumi, Y., Ren, L., Zhou, W., Yang, Y., and Ye, J.*, Stabilizing atomically dispersed catalytic sites on tellurium nanosheets with strong metal-support interaction boosts photocatalysis. Small, 2020, Volume 16, 2002356.
98. Pan, F., and Yang, Y.*, Designing CO2 Reduction Electrode Materials by Morphology and Interface Engineering. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, Volume 13, 2275 - 2309.
97. Ju, L., Wang, G., Liang, K., Wang, M., Sterbinsky, G.E., Feng, Z.*, and Yang, Y.*, Significantly improved cyclability of conversion-type transition metal oxyfluoride cathodes by homologous passivation layer reconstruction. Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, Volume 10, 1903333.
96. Yang, Y.*, A mini-review: Emerging All-Solid-State Energy Storage Electrode Materials for Flexible Devices. Nanoscale, 2020, Volume 12, 3560-3573 (Hot Article 2020).
95. Shi, L., Li, Z., Ju, L., Pena, A.C., Orlovskaya, N., Zhou, H., and Yang, Y.*, Promoted Nitrogen Photofixation over Periodic WS2@TiO2 Nanoporous Film. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, Volume 8, 1059-1065.
94. Li, Z., Niu, W., Yang, Z., Zaman, N., Samarakoon, W., Wang, M., Kara, A., Lucero, M., Vyas, M.V., Cao, H., Zhou, H., Sterbinsky, G.E., Feng, Z.*, Du, Y.*, and Yang, Y.*, Stabilizing Atomic Pt with Trapped Interstitial F in Alloyed PtCo Nanosheets for High-Performance Zinc-Air Batteries. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020, Volume 13, 884-895.
93. Zhang, J., Ai, Y., Wu, J., Zhang, D., Wang, Y., Feng, Z., Sun, H.*, Liang, Q., Sun, T.*, and Yang, Y.*, Nickel-Catalyzed Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Edge-Curled Graphene for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, Volume 30, 1904645.
92. Chang, J., Wang, G., Belharsa, A., Ge, J.*, Xing, W., and Yang, Y.*, Stable Fe2P2S6 Nanocrystal Catalyst for High-Efficiency Water Electrolysis. Small Methods, 2020, Volume 4, 1900632.
91. Wang, G., Yang, Z., Du, Y., and Yang, Y.*, Programmable Exposure of Pt Active Facets for Efficient Oxygen Reduction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, Volume 58, 15848-15854.
90. Liang, K., Pakhira, S., Yang, Z., Nijamudheen, A., Ju, L., Wang, M., Aguirre-Velez, C.I., Sterbinsky, G.E., Du, Y., Feng, Z.*, Mendoza-Cortes, J.*, and Yang, Y.*, S-Doped MoP Nanoporous Layer Towards High-Efficiency Hydrogen Evolution in pH-Universal Electrolyte. ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9, 651-659.
89. Guo, L., Zhong, C., Shi, L., Ju, L., Wang, X., Yang, D., Bi, K.*, Hao, Y.*, and Yang, Y.*, Phase and Defect Engineering of MoS2 Stabilized in Periodic TiO2 Nanoporous Film for Enhanced Solar Water Splitting. Advanced Optical Materials, 2019, 7, 1801403.
88. Niu, W., Shi, J., Ju, L., Li, Z., Orlovskaya, N., Liu, Y.*, and Yang, Y.*, Understanding Synergism of Cobalt Metal and Copper Oxide towards Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 12030-12040.
87. Liang, K., Ju, L., Koul, S., Kushima, A., and Yang, Y.*, Self-Supported Tin Sulfide Porous Films for Flexible Aluminum-ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1802543.
86. Niu, W., and Yang, Y.*, Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage. ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3, 2796-2815.
85. Ma, X., Xu, Z., Gai, L.*, Marcus, K., Kong, Y., Zhou, J., and Yang, Y.*, Room-Temperature-and-Pressure Vapor Deposition of Trace Amount of Pyrrole for Improving the Ageing Resistance and Electrochemical Performance of LiFePO4/C. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2018,165, A3136-A3143.
84. Guo, L., Deng, J., Wang, G., Hao, Y., Bi, K.*, Wang, X.*, and Yang, Y.*, N, P-doped CoS2 Embedded in TiO2 Nanoporous Films for Zn-Air Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1804540.
83. Li, Z., Shi, L., Franklin, D., Koul, S., Kushima, A., and Yang, Y.*, Drastic Enhancement of Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Performance over Plasmonic Al@TiO2 Heterostructured Nanocavity Arrays. Nano Energy, 2018, 51, 400-407.
82. Shi, L., Li, Z., Dao, T.D., Nagao, T., and Yang, Y.*, A Synergistic Interaction between Isolated Au Nanoparticles with Oxygen Vacancies in Amorphous Black TiO2 Nanoporous Film: toward Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 12978-12984.
81. Shi, L., Zhou, W., Li, Z., Koul, S., Kushima, A., and Yang, Y.*, Periodically Ordered Nanoporous Perovskite Photoelectrode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS Nano, 2018, Volume 12, 6335-6342.
80. Niu, W., and Yang, Y.*, Amorphous MOF Introduced N-Doped Graphene: An Efficient and Versatile Electrocatalyst for Zinc-Air Battery and Water Splitting. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018,1, 2440-2445.
79. Marcus, K., Liang, K., Niu, W., and Yang, Y.*, Nickel Sulfides Freestanding Holey Films as Air-Breathing Electrodes for Flexible Zn-Air Batteries. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 2746-2750.
78. Wang, L., Liang, K., Wang, G., and Yang, Y.*, Interface-Engineered Hematite Nanocones as Binder-Free Electrode for High-Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 13968-13974.
77. Guo, L., Sun, Q., Marcus, K., Hao, Y., Deng, J., Bi, K., and Yang, Y.*, Photocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation on AuxCu-CuS@TiO2 Plasmonic Heterostructure. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 22005-22012.
76. Shi, L., Li, Z., Marcus, K., Wang G., Liang, K., Niu, W., Yang, Y.*, Integration of Au Nanoparticles with A g-C3N4 Based Heterostructure: Switching Charge Transfer from Type-II to Z-Scheme for Enhanced Visible Light Photocatalysis. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 3747-3750.
75. Li, Z., Niu, W., Zhou, L., Yang, Y.*, Phosphorus and Aluminum Co-Doped Porous NiO Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting. ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3, 892-898.
74. Niu, W., Pakhira, S., Marcus, K., Li, Z., Mendoza-Cortes, J. L.*, Yang, Y.*, Apically Dominant Mechanism for Improving Catalytic Activities of N-Doped Carbon Nanotube Arrays in Rechargeable Zinc-Air Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1800480.
73. Niu, W., Marcus, K., Zhou, L., Li, Z., Shi, L., Liang, K., Yang, Y.*, Enhancing Electron Transfer and Electrocatalytic Activity on Crystalline Carbon-Conjugated g-C3N4. ACS Catalysis, 2018, 8, 1926-1931.
72. Liang, K., Guo, L., Marcus, K., Zhang, S., Yang, Z., Perea, D. E., Zhou, L., Du, Y., Yang, Y.*, Overall Water Splitting using Room-Temperature Synthesized NiFe Oxyfluoride Nanoporous Films. ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7, 8406-8412.
71. Guo, L., Yang, Z., Marcus, K., Li, Z., Luo, B., Zhou, L., Wang, X., Du, Y.*, Yang, Y.*, MoS2/TiO2 Heterostructures as Nonmetal Plasmonic Photocatalysts for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. Energy & Environmental Science, 2018, 11, 106-114. (Featured Inside Back Cover).
70. Liang, K., Marcus, K., Yang, Z., Zhou, L., Pan, H., Bai, Y., Du, Y., Engelhard, M. H., Yang, Y.*, Freestanding NiFe Oxyfluoride Holey Film with Ultrahigh Volumetric Capacitance for Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitor. Small, 2018, 14, 1702295. (Featured Back Cover).
69. Luan, Z., Tian, Y., Gai, L.*, Jiang, H., Guo, X., Yang, Y.*, Environment-Benign Synthesis of rGO/MnOx Nanocomposites with Superior Electrochemical Performance for Supercapacitors. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2017, 729, 9-18.
68. Niu, W., Li, Z., Marcus, K., Zhou, L., Li, Y., Ye, R., Liang, K., Yang, Y.*, Surface-Modified Porous Carbon Nitride Composites as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Zn-Air Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1701642. (Featured Inside Front Cover).
67. Wang, L., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Rui, Q., Zhang, B., Shen, Z., Bi, Y.*, One Dimensional Hematite Photoanodes with Spatially Separated Pt and FeOOH Nanolayers for Efficient Solar Water Splitting. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 17056-17063.
66. Liang, K., Marcus, K., Guo, L., Li, Z., Zhou, L., Li, Y., Oliveira, S. T., Orlovskaya, N., Sohn, Y. H., Yang, Y.*, A Freestanding NiSx Porous Film as A Binder-Free Electrode for Mg-ion Batteries. Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 7608-7611.
65. Liang, K., Marcus, K., Zhang, S., Zhou, L., Li, Y., Oliveira, S. T., Orlovskaya, N., Sohn, Y. H., Yang, Y.*, NiS2/FeS Holey Film as Freestanding Electrode for High-Performance Lithium Battery. Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7, 1701309. (Featured Frontispiece).
64. Guo, L., Li, Z., Marcus, K., Navarro, S., Liang, K., Zhou, L., Mani, P. D., Florczyk, S. J., Coffey, K. R., Orlovskaya, N., Sohn, Y. H., Yang, Y.*, Periodically Patterned Au-TiO2 Heterostructures for Photoelectrochemical Sensor. ACS Sensors, 2017, 2, 621-625.
63. Liang, K., Yan, Y., Guo, L., Marcus, K., Li, Z., Zhou, L., Li, Y., Ye, R., Orlovskaya, N., Sohn, Y. H., Yang, Y.*, Strained W(SexS1-x)2 Nanoporous Films for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 1315-1320.
62. Eftekharia, A.*, Li, L.*, Yang, Y.*, Polyaniline Supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 347, 86-107 (Invited Review).
61. Fu, N., Wang, X., Guo, L., Zhao, J.*, Zhang, X., Lin, J., Wang, M., Gong, L., Yang, Y.*, Green Photoluminescence in Tb3+-Doped ZrO2 Nanotube Arrays. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2017, 28, 7253-7258.
60. Liang, K., Li, L.*, Yang, Y.*, Inorganic Porous Films for Renewable Energy Storage. ACS Energy Letters, 2017, 2, 373-390 (Invited Review).
59. Wang, N., Zhao, P., Liang, K., Yao, M., Yang, Y.*, Hu, W.*, CVD-Grown Polypyrrole Nanofilms on Highly Mesoporous Structure MnO2 for High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 307, 105-112.
58. Guo, L., Liang, K., Marcus, K., Li, Z., Zhou, L., Mani, P. D., Chen, H., Shen, C., Dong, Y., Zhai, L., Coffey, K. R., Orlovskaya, N., Sohn, Y. H., Yang, Y.*, Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen Using Au@TiO2 Plasmonic Film. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 34970-34977.
57. Li, L., Gao, C., Kovalchuk, A., Peng, Z., Ruan, G., Yang, Y., Fei, H., Zhong, Q., Li, Y., Tour, J. M.*, Sandwich Structured Graphene-Wrapped FeS-Graphene Nanoribbons with Improved Cycling Stability for Lithium Ion Batteries. Nano Research, 2016, 9, 1-8.
56. Ji, Y.†, Yang, Y.†, Lee, S. K., Ruan, G., Kim, T. W., Fei, H., Lee, S. H., Kim, D. Y., Yoon, J., Tour, J. M.*, Flexible Nanoporous WO3-x Nonvolatile Memory Device. ACS Nano, 2016, 10, 7598-7603.
55. Li, L., Zong, Q., Kim, N.D., Ruan, G., Yang, Y., Gao, C., Fei, H., Li, Y., Ji, Y., Tour, J. M.*, Nitrogen-doped Carbonized Cotton for Highly Flexible Supercapacitors. Carbon, 2016, 105, 260-267.
54. Ning, X., Wang, X., Yu, X., Zhao, J.*, Wang, M., Li, H., Yang, Y.*, Outstanding Supercapacitive Properties of Mn-doped TiO2 Micro/Nanostructure Porous Film Prepared by Anodization Method. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 22634.
53. Liang, K., Tang, X., Hu, W.*, Yang, Y.*, Ultrafine V2O5 Nanowires in 3D Current Collector for High-Performance Supercapacitor. ChemElectroChem, 2016, 3, 704-708.
52. Li, L., Zhang, J., Peng, Z., Li, Y., Gao, C., Ji, Y., Ye, R., Kim, N. D., Zhong, Q., Yang, Y., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Tour, J. M.*, High-Performance Pseudocapacitive Microsupercapacitors from Laser-Induced Graphene. Advanced Materials, 2016, 28, 838-845.
Publications before arriving at UCF
51. Yang, Y., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Li, Y., Tour, J. M., Vertically Aligned WS2 Nanosheets for Water Splitting. Advanced Functional Materials, 2015, 25, 6199-6204.
50. Yang, Y., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Li, L., Wang, G., Kim, N., Tour, J. M., Carbon-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 20607-20661.
49. Wang, G., Lee, J. H., Yang, Y., Ruan, G., Kim, N. D., Ji, Y., Tour, J. M., Three-Dimensional Networked Nanoporous Ta2O5-x Memory System for Ultrahigh Density Storage. Nano Letters, 2015, 15, 6009-6014.
48. Li, L., Anton, K., Fei, H., Peng, Z., Li, Y., Kim, N. D., Xiang, C., Yang, Y., Ruan, G., Tour, J. M. Enhanced Cycling Stability of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Graphene-Wrapped Fe3O4-Graphene Nanoribbons as Anode Materials. Advanced Energy Materials, 2015, 5, 1500171.
47. Fan, X., Peng, Z., Yang, Y., Zhou, H., Guo, X. Atomic H-Induced Cutting and Unzipping of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Carpets with Teepee Structure and Their Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 10077-10084.
46. Fei, H., Yang, Y., Peng, Z., Ruan, G., Zhong, Q., Li, L., Samuel, E., Tour, J. M. Cobalt Nanoparticles Embedded in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 8083-8087.
45. Yang, Y., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Tour, J. M. Porous Co-Based Thin-Film as a Bifunctional Catalyst for Hydrogen Generation and Oxygen Generation. Advanced Materials, 2015, 27, 3175-3180.
44. Fei, H.†, Yang, Y.†, Fan, X., Wang, G., Ruan, G., Tour, J. M. Tungsten-Based Porous Thin-Films for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 5798-5804.
43. Yang, Y., Kirchgeorg, R., Hahn, R., Schmuki, P. Formation of Aligned Nanoporous/Nanotubular Layers of Vanadium Oxy-Nitrides. Electrochemistry Communications, 2014, 43, 31-35.
42. Yang, Y., Fan, X., Casillas, G., Peng, Z., Ruan, G., Wang, G., Jose-Yacaman, M., Tour, J. M. Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Fe2O3/Fe3C-Graphene Heterogeneous Thin Films for Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 3939-3946.
41. Yang, Y., Ruan, G., Xiang, C., Wang, G., Tour, J. M. Flexible Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Metal-Based Energy Devices. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 6187-6190.
40. Wang, G.†, Yang, Y.†, Lee, I. H., Abramova, V., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Thomas, E. L., Tour, J. M. Nanoporous Silicon Oxide Memory. Nano Letters, 2014, 14, 4694-4699.
39. Yang, Y., Peng, Z., Wang, G., Fan, X., Tour, J. M. Three-Dimensional Thin-Film for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 7279-7287.
38. Yang, Y., Li, L., Fei, H., Peng, Z., Ruan, G., Tour, J. M. Graphene Nanoribbon/V2O5 Cathodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 9590-9594.
37. Yang, Y., Li, L., Xiang, C., Ruan, G., Fei, H., Peng, Z., Tour, J. M. Hydrothermally Formed Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Ni(OH)2 Thin-Film Supercapacitors. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 9622-9628.
36. Yang, Y., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Xiang, C., Tour, J. M. Edge-Oriented MoS2 Nanoporous Films as Flexible Electrodes for Hydrogen Evolution Reactions and Supercapacitor Devices. Advanced Materials, 2014, 26, 8163-8168.
35. Yang, Y., Fei, H., Ruan, G., Xiang, C., Tour, J. M. Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution on Amorphous Nickel-Cobalt Binary Oxide Nanoporous Layers. ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 9518-9523.
34. Fei, H., Peng, Z., Li, L., Yang, Y., Lu, W., Samuel, E. L. G., Fan, X., Tour, J. M. Preparation of Carbon-Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Dispersed on Graphene Sheets and Applications as Advanced Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Nano Research, 2014, 7, 1-9.
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