Primary Magnesium-air Batteries Performance Comparison: 3.5 wt.% NaCl vs Natural Seawater as the Electrolyte 🔗

Jinzhi Wang, Geoffrey I.N. Waterhouse, Nian Liu, John Kennedy, Wei Gao, Shanghai Wei. Electrochimica Acta

Effects of Synthesis Conditions on the Structure and Conductivity of Hydrogen-Substituted Graphdiyne 🔗

Karam Eeso, Akriti Sarswat, Zhitao Chen, Cheng-Tien Hsieh, Timothy N. Lambert, Nian Liu. ACS Materials Au

Scalable and Durable Brush Electrodes in Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment Systems for Water Disinfection 🔗

Feiyang Mo, Wei Wang, Shuai Wang, Nian Liu, Xing Xie. ACS ES&T Engineering

Complexing Agent-Assisted Membraneless Zinc–Iodine Aqueous Batteries 🔗

Yutong Wu, Maxim Zhelyabovskiy, Zhitao Chen, Karam Eeso, Alexandros Filippas, Haochen, Yang Guang Yang, Nian Liu. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Unveiling the Reactivity of Fluoropolymers with Sodium Metal: Mechanistic Insights and Battery Implications  🔗

Cheng-Tien Hsieh, Wenda Wu, Karam Eeso, Zhitao Chen, Johannes Leisen, Alexandros Filippas, Michelle Lehmann, Guang Yang, Nian Liu. JACS Au 

On the mass transport in tubular vanadium redox flow batteries 🔗

Lotanna Onua, Alexandros Filippas, Thomas Fuller, Nian Liu. Batteries and Supercaps

The thermal instability of hydrogen-substituted graphdiyne and its role in lithium–sulfur batteries 🔗

Karam Eeso, Bryan R. Wygant, Zhitao Chen, Akriti Sarswat, Timothy N. Lambert, Nian Liu. Chemical Communications

An Analytical Model for Electrochemical Tubular Flow Reactors 🔗

Alexandros Filippas, Thomas F. Fuller, Nian Liu. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 

A platform for continuous monitoring of the degradation of aluminum beverage can lids in realistic conditions through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy 🔗

Alexandros Filippas, Lotanna Onua, Alp Manavbasi, Juraj Liska, Nian Liu. Food Packaging and Shelf Life. 

Synthesis and modification of nanowires anchored on electrodes for electrochemical and electrophysical applications 🔗

Feiyang Mo, Zhitao Chen, Nian Liu, Xing Xie. Nano Research. 

High-performance nickel metal hydride battery anode with enhanced durability and excellent low-temperature discharge capability 🔗

Zhitao Chen, Huitian Liu, Jean Nei, Nian Liu. Nano Research. 

Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Chemical Engineering Undergraduates Through Course Projects 🔗

Timothy M. Shenk, Nian Liu. Chemical Engineering Education. 

Tuning Proton Insertion Chemistry for Sustainable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries 🔗

Gyutae Nam, Chihyun Hwang, Haeseong Jang, Nicholas Kane, Yoojin Ahn, Myung-Jun Kwak, Zheyu Luo, Tongtong Li, Min-Gyu Kim, Nian Liu, Meilin Liu. Small.

Dicarbonate acrylate based single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries 🔗

Anthony Engler, Habin Park, Nian Liu, Paul A Kohl. Journal of Power Sources.

A Submillimeter bundled microtubular flow battery cell with ultrahigh volumetric power density 🔗

Yutong Wu, Fengyi Zhang, TIng Wang, Po-Wei Huang, Alexandros Filippas, Haoche Yang, Yanghang Huang, Chao Wang, Huitian Liu, Xing Xie, Ryan P Lively, Nian Liu. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Are Porous Polymers Practical to Protect Li‐Metal Anodes?‐Current Strategies and Future Opportunities 🔗

Shilun Gao, Zhenxi Li, Nian Liu, Guoliang Liu, Huabin Yang, Peng‐Fei Cao. Advanced Functional Materials

In Situ/Operando Insights into the Stability and Degradation Mechanisms of Heterogeneous Electrocatalysts🔗

Lindong Liu, Wanting Li, Xianbo He, Jiao Yang, Nian Liu. Small

How Chemical Engineering Students Have Changed over Two Decades: A Perspective from Georgia Tech🔗

Mark R Prausnitz, Christian M Cuba-Torres, Nian Liu, Yunki Lee. Chemical Engineering Education

Rational design of walnut-like ZnO/Co3 O4 porous nanospheres with substantially enhanced lithium storage performance🔗

Yifan Zhang, Yamin Zhang, Edgar Aldama, Huitian Liu, Zhijian Sun, Yao Ma, Nian Liu, Z John Zhang. Nanoscale

Argentophilic pyridinic nitrogen for embedding lithiophilic silver nanoparticles in a three-dimensional carbon scaffold for reversible lithium plating/stripping🔗

Yuju Jeon, Jonghak Kim, Haeseong Jang, Jeongin Lee, Min Gyu Kim, Nian Liu, Hyun-Kon Song. Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Dissolution–Redeposition Mechanism of the MnO2 Cathode in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries 🔗

Tzu-Ho Wu, Ya-Qi Lin, Zachary D Althouse, Nian Liu. ACS Applied Energy Materials

In situ visualization of zinc plating in gel polymer electrolyte 🔗

Yuju Jeon, Yutong Wu, Yamin Zhang, Chihyun Hwang, Hyun-Wook Lee, Hyun-Kon Song, Nian Liu. Electrochimica Acta

Hybrid NiO/Co3O4 nanoflowers as high-performance anode materials for lithium-ion batteries🔗

Yifan Zhang, Minghao Xie, Yubin He, Yamin Zhang, Lindong Liu, Tianqi Hao, Yao Ma, Yifeng Shi, Zhijian Sun, Nian Liu, Z John Zhang. Chemical Engineering Journal

Calcination-Free Synthesis of Well-Dispersed and Sub-10 nm Spinel Ferrite Nanoparticles as High-Performance Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Case Study of CoFe2O4🔗

Yifan Zhang, Yamin Zhang, Yi Cao, Minghao Xie, Jiabao Li, Alex Balzer, Nian Liu, Z John Zhang. Chemistry–A European Journal

Glass-fiber-reinforced polymeric film as an efficient protecting layer for stable Li metal electrodes🔗

Shilun Gao, Andrew Cannon, Feiyuan Sun, Yiyang Pan, Dandan Yang, Sirui Ge, Nian Liu, Alexei P Sokolov, Emily Ryan, Huabin Yang, Peng-Fei Cao. Cell Reports Physical Science

Self‐Assembling Films of Covalent Organic Frameworks Enable Long‐Term, Efficient Cycling of Zinc‐Ion Batteries🔗

Jun Heuk Park, Myung‐Jun Kwak, Chihyun Hwang, Kyeong‐Nam Kang, Nian Liu, Ji‐Hyun Jang, Bartosz A Grzybowski. Cell Reports Physical Science

Understanding and Controlling the Nucleation and Growth of Zn Electrodeposits for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries🔗

Huitian Liu, Yamin Zhang, Chao Wang, Jacqueline N Glazer, Zhongqiang Shan, Nian Liu. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Crossroads in the renaissance of rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries🔗

Junhua Song, Kang Xu, Nian Liu, David Reed, Xiaolin Li. Materials Today

An effective and accessible cell configuration for testing rechargeable zinc-based alkaline batteries🔗

Yamin Zhang, Yifan Zhang, Anmol Mathur, Sarah Ben-Yoseph, Song Xia, Yutong Wu, Nian Liu. Journal of Power Sources

Lithium Ion Conduction in Diblock Polymer Electrolyte with Tethered Anion🔗

Yubin He, Nian Liu, Paul A Kohl. ChemistrySelect

Unveiling the Origin of Alloy-Seeded and Nondendritic Growth of Zn for Rechargeable Aqueous Zn Batteries🔗

Yamin Zhang, Joshua D Howe, Sarah Ben-Yoseph, Yutong Wu, Nian Liu. ACS Energy Letters

Anchoring silicon on the basal plane of graphite via a three-phase heterostructure for highly reversible lithium storage🔗

Yi Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Kai Hu, Jinghui Ren, Nengfei Yu, Xiang Liu, Guanglei Wu, Nian Liu. Energy Storage Materials

Difunctional block copolymer with ion solvating and crosslinking sites as solid polymer electrolyte for lithium batteries🔗

Yubin He, Nian Liu, Paul A Kohl. Energy Storage Materials

Ionic conductive polymers as artificial solid electrolyte interphase films in Li metal batteries–A review🔗

Yuju Jeon, Yutong Wu, Yamin Zhang, Chihyun Hwang, Hyun-Wook Lee, Hyun-Kon Song, Nian Liu. Electrochimica Acta

Pyridinic-to-graphitic conformational change of nitrogen in graphitic carbon nitride by lithium coordination during lithium plating🔗

Yifan Zhang, Minghao Xie, Yubin He, Yamin Zhang, Lindong Liu, Tianqi Hao, Yao Ma, Yifeng Shi, Zhijian Sun, Nian Liu, Z John Zhang. Chemical Engineering Journal

Three-Dimensional-Percolated Ceramic Nanoparticles along Natural-Cellulose-Derived Hierarchical Networks for High Li+ Conductivity and Mechanical Strength🔗

Yifan Zhang, Yamin Zhang, Yi Cao, Minghao Xie, Jiabao Li, Alex Balzer, Nian Liu, Z John Zhang. Chemistry–A European Journal

High Conductivity, Lithium Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolyte Based on Hydrocarbon Backbone with Pendent Carbonate🔗

Shilun Gao, Andrew Cannon, Feiyuan Sun, Yiyang Pan, Dandan Yang, Sirui Ge, Nian Liu, Alexei P Sokolov, Emily Ryan, Huabin Yang, Peng-Fei Cao. Cell Reports Physical Science

A three-dimensional nano-web scaffold of ferroelectric beta-pvdf fibers for lithium metal plating and stripping🔗

Jun Heuk Park, Myung‐Jun Kwak, Chihyun Hwang, Kyeong‐Nam Kang, Nian Liu, Ji‐Hyun Jang, Bartosz A Grzybowski. Cell Reports Physical Science

Deeply Rechargeable and Hydrogen-Evolution-Suppressing Zinc Anode in Alkaline Aqueous Electrolyte🔗

Huitian Liu, Yamin Zhang, Chao Wang, Jacqueline N Glazer, Zhongqiang Shan, Nian Liu. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets🔗

Huitian Liu, Yamin Zhang, Chao Wang, Jacqueline N Glazer, Zhongqiang Shan, Nian Liu. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

NiCo2Se4 Nanowires as a High-Performance Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalyst🔗

Junhua Song, Kang Xu, Nian Liu, David Reed, Xiaolin Li. Materials Today

Co–Ni Alloy Encapsulated by N-doped Graphene as a Cathode Catalyst for Rechargeable Hybrid Li–Air Batteries 🔗

Zheng Chang, Feng Yu, Zaichun Liu, Shou Peng, Min Guan, Xiaoxiao Shen, Shulin Zhao, Nian Liu, Yuping Wu, Yuhui Chen. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Development of a Three-Dimensional Electrochemical System Using a Blue TiO2/SnO2–Sb2O3 Anode for Treating Low-Ionic-Strength Wastewater🔗

Xiaoyang Meng, Zefang Chen, Can Wang, Weiqiu Zhang, Kaihang Zhang, Shiqing Zhou, Jinming Luo, Nian Liu, Dandan Zhou, Duo Li, John Crittenden. Environmental science & technology

In operando visualization of the electrochemical formation of liquid polybromide microdroplets🔗

Yutong Wu, Po‐Wei Huang, Joshua D Howe, Yu Yan, Jose Martinez, Anna Marianchuk, Yamin Zhang, Hang Chen, Nian Liu. Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Nonradical activation of peroxydisulfate promoted by oxygen vacancy-laden NiO for catalytic phenol oxidative polymerization🔗

Lindong Liu, Qian Liu, Ying Wang, Jin Huang, Wenju Wang, Lian Duan, Xiao Yang, Xiaoyong Yu, Xu Han, Nian Liu. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Li+‐Containing, Continuous Silica Nanofibers for High Li+ Conductivity in Composite Polymer Electrolyte🔗

Jianming Yu, Chao Wang, Shiheng Li, Nian Liu, Jia Zhu, Zhenda Lu. Small

Polypropylene Carbonate-Based Adaptive Buffer Layer for Stable Interfaces of Solid Polymer Lithium Metal Batteries🔗

Haochen Yang, Yamin Zhang, Michael J Tennenbaum, Zachary Althouse, Yao Ma, Yubin He, Yutong Wu, Tzu-Ho Wu, Anmol Mathur, Peng Chen, Yanghang Huang, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Paul A Kohl, Nian Liu. ACS applied materials & interfaces

Nanoscale design of zinc anodes for high-energy aqueous rechargeable batteries🔗

T-H Wu, Yamin Zhang, Zachary D Althouse, Nian Liu. Materials Today Nano

Bright sub-20-nm cathodoluminescent nanoprobes for electron microscopy🔗

Maxim B Prigozhin, Peter C Maurer, Alexandra M Courtis, Nian Liu, Michael D Wisser, Chris Siefe, Bining Tian, Emory Chan, Guosheng Song, Stefan Fischer, Shaul Aloni, D Frank Ogletree, Edward S Barnard, Lydia-Marie Joubert, Jianghong Rao, A Paul Alivisatos, Roger M Macfarlane, Bruce E Cohen, Yi Cui, Jennifer A Dionne, Steven Chu. Nature nanotechnology

Graphene oxide-modified zinc anode for rechargeable aqueous batteries🔗

Zhubo Zhou, Yamin Zhang, Peng Chen, Yutong Wu, Haochen Yang, Haoran Ding, Yi Zhang, Zhongzhen Wang, Xu Du, Nian Liu. Chemical Engineering Science

Direct electrochemical generation of supercooled sulfur microdroplets well below their melting temperature🔗

Nian Liu, Guangmin Zhou, Ankun Yang, Xiaoyun Yu, Feifei Shi, Jie Sun, Jinsong Zhang, Bofei Liu, Chun-Lan Wu, Xinyong Tao, Yongming Sun, Yi Cui, Steven Chu. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A safe and fast-charging lithium-ion battery anode using MXene supported Li3VO4🔗

Yanghang Huang, Haochen Yang, Yi Zhang, Yamin Zhang, Yutong Wu, Mengkun Tian, Peng Chen, Robert Trout, Yao Ma, Tzu-Ho Wu, Yuping Wu, Nian Liu. Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Ion‐Sieving Carbon Nanoshells for Deeply Rechargeable Zn‐Based Aqueous Batteries 🔗

Yutong Wu, Yamin Zhang, Yao Ma, Joshua D Howe, Haochen Yang, Peng Chen, Sireesha Aluri, Nian Liu. Advanced Energy Materials

Nickel-hydrogen batteries for large-scale energy storage🔗

Wei Chen, Yang Jin, Jie Zhao, Nian Liu, Yi Cui. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sealing ZnO nanorods for deeply rechargeable high-energy aqueous battery anodes🔗

Yamin Zhang, Yutong Wu, Haoran Ding, Yu Yan, Zhubo Zhou, Yong Ding, Nian Liu. Nano Energy

A Lasagna-Inspired Nanoscale ZnO Anode Design for High-Energy Rechargeable Aqueous Batteries🔗

Yu Yan, Yamin Zhang, Yutong Wu, Zhongzhen Wang, Anmol Mathur, Haochen Yang, Peng Chen, Sankar Nair, Nian Liu. ACS Applied Energy Materials

A Silica‐Aerogel‐Reinforced Composite Polymer Electrolyte with High Ionic Conductivity and High Modulus🔗

Dingchang Lin, Pak Yan Yuen, Yayuan Liu, Wei Liu, Nian Liu, Reinhold H Dauskardt, Yi Cui. Advanced Materials

Morphology and property investigation of primary particulate matter particles from different sources🔗

Rufan Zhang, Chong Liu, Guangmin Zhou, Jie Sun, Nian Liu, Po-Chun Hsu, Haotian Wang, Yongcai Qiu, Jie Zhao, Tong Wu, Wenting Zhao, Yi Cui. Nano Research

Visualizing battery reactions and processes by using in situ and in operando microscopies🔗

Yutong Wu, Nian Liu. Chem

A deeply rechargeable zinc anode with pomegranate-inspired nanostructure for high-energy aqueous batteries🔗

Peng Chen, Yutong Wu, Yamin Zhang, Tzu-Ho Wu, Yao Ma, Chloe Pelkowski, Haochen Yang, Yi Zhang, Xianwei Hu, Nian Liu. Journal of Materials Chemistry A

A Cu 3 P nanowire enabling high-efficiency, reliable, and energy-efficient low-voltage electroporation-inactivation of pathogens in water🔗

Zheng-Yang Huo, Jian-Feng Zhou, Yutong Wu, Yin-Hu Wu, Hai Liu, Nian Liu, Hong-Ying Hu, Xing Xie. Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Nanostructured Electrode Materials for High-Energy Rechargeable Li, Na and Zn Batteries 🔗

Yamin Zhang, Nian Liu. Chemistry of Materials

The path towards sustainable energy 🔗

Steven Chu, Yi Cui, Nian Liu. Nature materials

Nanocarbon Hybrids with Silicon, Sulfur, or Paper/Textile for High-Energy Lithium Ion Batteries 🔗

Nian Liu, Guangyuan Zheng, Yi Cui. Nanocarbons for Advanced Energy Storage

Nanomaterials for electrochemical energy storage🔗

Nian Liu, Weiyang Li, Mauro Pasta, Yi Cui. Frontiers of Physics

A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes🔗

Nian Liu, Zhenda Lu, Jie Zhao, Matthew T McDowell, Hyun-Wook Lee, Wenting Zhao, Yi Cui. Nature nanotechnology

Structure Design of Silicon Anodes for High Energy Lithium Batteries🔗

Nian Liu. Stanford University

Rice husks as a sustainable source of nanostructured silicon for high performance Li-ion battery anodes🔗

Nian Liu, Kaifu Huo, Matthew T McDowell, Jie Zhao, Yi Cui. Scientific reports

A Yolk-Shell Design for Stabilized and Scalable Li-Ion Battery Alloy Anodes🔗

Nian Liu, Hui Wu, Matthew T McDowell, Yan Yao, Chongmin Wang, Yi Cui. Nano letters

Functionalization of silicon nanowire surfaces with metal-organic frameworks🔗

Nian Liu, Yan Yao, Judy J Cha, Matthew T McDowell, Yu Han, Yi Cui. Nano Research

Prelithiated silicon nanowires as an anode for lithium ion batteries🔗

Nian Liu, Liangbing Hu, Matthew T McDowell, Ariel Jackson, Yi Cui. ACS Nano