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Dr. Yan Yao

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InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentElectrical and Computer Engineering
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
Phone713-743-4432
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    1. Lakraychi AE, Udom IE, Wen R, Yao Y. Air stable High-Voltage Li-ion Organic Cathode Enabled by Localized High-Concentration Electrolyte. ChemSusChem. 2025 Mar 26; e202402779. PMID: 40140954.
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    2. Ren W, Ng MS, Zhang Y, Lakraychi AE, Liang Y, Feng D, Lehmann M, Yang G, Jeevarajan J, Tang WS, Yao Y. Fluorine-Free Ion-Selective Membrane with Enhanced Mg2+ Transport for Mg-Organic Batteries. ACS Nano. 2025 Feb 11; 19(5):5781-5788. PMID: 39876676.
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    3. Lee W, Li H, Du Z, Sheikh MS, Biswas D, Ren W, Zhao L, Wang B, Yao Y, Kazyak E, Feng D. Single Na- and K-Ion-Conducting Sulfonated -NH-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2025 Jan 29; 17(4):6211-6221. PMID: 39824146.
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    4. Zhou J, Holekevi Chandrappa ML, Tan S, Wang S, Wu C, Nguyen H, Wang C, Liu H, Yu S, Miller QRS, Hyun G, Holoubek J, Hong J, Xiao Y, Soulen C, Fan Z, Fullerton EE, Brooks CJ, Wang C, Clément RJ, Yao Y, Hu E, Ong SP, Liu P. Healable and conductive sulfur iodide for solid-state Li-S batteries. Nature. 2024 Mar; 627(8003):301-305. PMID: 38448596.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    5. Risal S, Singh N, Yao Y, Sun L, Risal S, Zhu W. Accelerating Elastic Property Prediction in Fe-C Alloys through Coupling of Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning. Materials (Basel). 2024 Jan 26; 17(3). PMID: 38591477; PMCID: PMC10856267.
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    6. Xie H, Liu N, Zhang Q, Zhong H, Guo L, Zhao X, Li D, Liu S, Huang Z, Lele AD, Brozena AH, Wang X, Song K, Chen S, Yao Y, Chi M, Xiong W, Rao J, Zhao M, Shneider MN, Luo J, Zhao JC, Ju Y, Hu L. A stable atmospheric-pressure plasma for extreme-temperature synthesis. Nature. 2023 Nov; 623(7989):964-971. PMID: 38030779.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    7. Zheng H, Li H, Zhang Z, Wang X, Jiang Z, Tang Y, Zhang J, Emley B, Zhang Y, Zhou H, Yao Y, Liang Y. Dispersed Nickel Phthalocyanine Molecules on Carbon Nanotubes as Cathode Catalysts for Li-CO2 Batteries. Small. 2023 Oct; 19(43):e2302768. PMID: 37381638.
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    8. Ning M, Wang Y, Wu L, Yang L, Chen Z, Song S, Yao Y, Bao J, Chen S, Ren Z. Hierarchical Interconnected NiMoN with Large Specific Surface Area and High Mechanical Strength for Efficient and Stable Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution. Nanomicro Lett. 2023 Jun 19; 15(1):157. PMID: 37336833; PMCID: PMC10279610.
      Citations: 4     
    9. Risal S, Singh N, Duff AI, Yao Y, Sun L, Risal S, Zhu W. Development of the RF-MEAM Interatomic Potential for the Fe-C System to Study the Temperature-Dependent Elastic Properties. Materials (Basel). 2023 May 17; 16(10). PMID: 37241405; PMCID: PMC10222196.
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    10. Meng J, Robles A, Jalife S, Ren W, Zhang Y, Zhao L, Liang Y, Wu JI, Miljanic O?, Yao Y. Cyclotetrabenzil Derivatives for Electrochemical Lithium-Ion Storage. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2023 Jul 17; 62(29):e202300892. PMID: 37067951; PMCID: PMC10365848.
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    11. Wu C, Emley B, Zhao L, Liang Y, Ai Q, Chen Z, Robles Hern?ndez FC, Wang F, Risal S, Guo H, Lou J, Yao Y, Fan Z. Understanding the Chemomechanical Function of the Silver-Carbon Interlayer in Sheet-type All-Solid-State Lithium-Metal Batteries. Nano Lett. 2023 May 24; 23(10):4415-4422. PMID: 37140477.
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    12. Feng G, Jia H, Shi Y, Yang X, Liang Y, Engelhard MH, Zhang Y, Yang C, Xu K, Yao Y, Xu W, Shan X. Imaging solid-electrolyte interphase dynamics using operando reflection interference microscopy. Nat Nanotechnol. 2023 Jul; 18(7):780-789. PMID: 36759704.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    13. Wang K, Lin ZY, Zhang Z, Jin L, Ma K, Coffey AH, Atapattu HR, Gao Y, Park JY, Wei Z, Finkenauer BP, Zhu C, Meng X, Chowdhury SN, Chen Z, Terlier T, Do TH, Yao Y, Graham KR, Boltasseva A, Guo TF, Huang L, Gao H, Savoie BM, Dou L. Suppressing phase disproportionation in quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 25; 14(1):397. PMID: 36693860; PMCID: PMC9873927.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    
    14. Dong Q, Zhang X, Qian J, He S, Mao Y, Brozena AH, Zhang Y, Pollard TP, Borodin OA, Wang Y, Chava BS, Das S, Zavalij P, Segre CU, Zhu D, Xu L, Liang Y, Yao Y, Briber RM, Li T, Hu L. A cellulose-derived supramolecule for fast ion transport. Sci Adv. 2022 Dec 09; 8(49):eadd2031. PMID: 36490337; PMCID: PMC9733924.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    15. Chi X, Zhang Y, Hao F, Kmiec S, Dong H, Xu R, Zhao K, Ai Q, Terlier T, Wang L, Zhao L, Guo L, Lou J, Xin HL, Martin SW, Yao Y. An electrochemically stable homogeneous glassy electrolyte formed at room temperature for all-solid-state sodium batteries. Nat Commun. 2022 May 23; 13(1):2854. PMID: 35606382; PMCID: PMC9126868.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    
    16. Wu L, Zhang F, Song S, Ning M, Zhu Q, Zhou J, Gao G, Chen Z, Zhou Q, Xing X, Tong T, Yao Y, Bao J, Yu L, Chen S, Ren Z. Efficient Alkaline Water/Seawater Hydrogen Evolution by a Nanorod-Nanoparticle-Structured Ni-MoN Catalyst with Fast Water-Dissociation Kinetics. Adv Mater. 2022 May; 34(21):e2201774. PMID: 35363922.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    
    17. Kitheka MM, Redington M, Zhang J, Yao Y, Goyal P. Benchmarks of the density functional tight-binding method for redox, protonation and electronic properties of quinones. Phys Chem Chem Phys. 2022 Mar 16; 24(11):6742-6756. PMID: 35234766.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Cells
    18. Zhang Y, Yang G, Lehmann ML, Wu C, Zhao L, Saito T, Liang Y, Nanda J, Yao Y. Separator Effect on Zinc Electrodeposition Behavior and Its Implication for Zinc Battery Lifetime. Nano Lett. 2021 12 22; 21(24):10446-10452. PMID: 34870997.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    
    19. Liu T, Zhang Y, Li CH, Marquez MD, Tran HV, Robles Hern?ndez FC, Yao Y, Lee TR. Semihollow Core-Shell Nanoparticles with Porous SiO2 Shells Encapsulating Elemental Sulfur for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Oct 21; 12(42):47368-47376. PMID: 32930564.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    20. Ren M, Zheng H, Lei J, Zhang J, Wang X, Yakobson BI, Yao Y, Tour JM. CO2 to Formic Acid Using Cu-Sn on Laser-Induced Graphene. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2020 Sep 16; 12(37):41223-41229. PMID: 32830950.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    21. Poizot P, Yao Y, Chen J, Schubert US. Preface to the Special Issue of ChemSusChem on Organic Batteries. ChemSusChem. 2020 May 08; 13(9):2107-2109. PMID: 32347656.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    22. Poizot P, Gaubicher J, Renault S, Dubois L, Liang Y, Yao Y. Opportunities and Challenges for Organic Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Storage. Chem Rev. 2020 Jul 22; 120(14):6490-6557. PMID: 32207919.
      Citations: 57     Fields:    
    23. Jing Y, Liang Y, Gheytani S, Yao Y. A Quinone Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries in Mild Aqueous Electrolytes. ChemSusChem. 2020 May 08; 13(9):2250-2255. PMID: 32097527.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    24. Zhou LQ, Ling C, Zhou H, Wang X, Liao J, Reddy GK, Deng L, Peck TC, Zhang R, Whittingham MS, Wang C, Chu CW, Yao Y, Jia H. A high-performance oxygen evolution catalyst in neutral-pH for sunlight-driven CO2 reduction. Nat Commun. 2019 Sep 09; 10(1):4081. PMID: 31501446; PMCID: PMC6733866.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    25. Yuan Z, Yin Y, Xie C, Zhang H, Yao Y, Li X. Advanced Materials for Zinc-Based Flow Battery: Development and Challenge. Adv Mater. 2019 Dec; 31(50):e1902025. PMID: 31475411.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    
    26. Wang X, Yao Z, Hwang S, Pan Y, Dong H, Fu M, Li N, Sun K, Gan H, Yao Y, Aspuru-Guzik A, Xu Q, Su D. In Situ Electron Microscopy Investigation of Sodiation of Titanium Disulfide Nanoflakes. ACS Nano. 2019 Aug 27; 13(8):9421-9430. PMID: 31386342.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    27. Wang C, Wang Y, Su X, Hadjiev VG, Dai S, Qin Z, Calderon Benavides HA, Ni Y, Li Q, Jian J, Alam MK, Wang H, Robles Hernandez FC, Yao Y, Chen S, Yu Q, Feng G, Wang Z, Bao J. Extrinsic Green Photoluminescence from the Edges of 2D Cesium Lead Halides. Adv Mater. 2019 Aug; 31(33):e1902492. PMID: 31231895.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    
    28. Hu P, Zhang Y, Chi X, Kumar Rao K, Hao F, Dong H, Guo F, Ren Y, Grabow LC, Yao Y. Stabilizing the Interface between Sodium Metal Anode and Sulfide-Based Solid-State Electrolyte with an Electron-Blocking Interlayer. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Mar 13; 11(10):9672-9678. PMID: 30807092.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    29. Xie L, Yang Z, Sun J, Zhou H, Chi X, Chen H, Li AX, Yao Y, Chen S. Bi2Se3/C Nanocomposite as a New Sodium-Ion Battery Anode Material. Nanomicro Lett. 2018; 10(3):50. PMID: 30393699; PMCID: PMC6199094.
      Citations: 7     
    30. Chi X, Liang Y, Hao F, Zhang Y, Whiteley J, Dong H, Hu P, Lee S, Yao Y. Tailored Organic Electrode Material Compatible with Sulfide Electrolyte for Stable All-Solid-State Sodium Batteries. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2018 03 01; 57(10):2630-2634. PMID: 29365213.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    
    31. Gheytani S, Liang Y, Wu F, Jing Y, Dong H, Rao KK, Chi X, Fang F, Yao Y. An Aqueous Ca-Ion Battery. Adv Sci (Weinh). 2017 12; 4(12):1700465. PMID: 29270352; PMCID: PMC5737234.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    
    32. Yoo HD, Liang Y, Dong H, Lin J, Wang H, Liu Y, Ma L, Wu T, Li Y, Ru Q, Jing Y, An Q, Zhou W, Guo J, Lu J, Pantelides ST, Qian X, Yao Y. Fast kinetics of magnesium monochloride cations in interlayer-expanded titanium disulfide for magnesium rechargeable batteries. Nat Commun. 2017 08 24; 8(1):339. PMID: 28835681; PMCID: PMC5569106.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    
    33. Wang C, Tian H, Jiang J, Zhou T, Zeng Q, He X, Huang P, Yao Y. Facile Synthesis of Different Morphologies of Cu2SnS3 for High-Performance Supercapacitors. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Aug 09; 9(31):26038-26044. PMID: 28737372.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    
    34. Liang Y, Jing Y, Gheytani S, Lee KY, Liu P, Facchetti A, Yao Y. Universal quinone electrodes for long cycle life aqueous rechargeable batteries. Nat Mater. 2017 08; 16(8):841-848. PMID: 28628121.
      Citations: 59     Fields:    
    35. Dong H, Li Y, Liang Y, Li G, Sun CJ, Ren Y, Lu Y, Yao Y. A magnesium-sodium hybrid battery with high operating voltage. Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jul 07; 52(53):8263-6. PMID: 27284593.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    36. Rong Y, Venkatesan S, Guo R, Wang Y, Bao J, Li W, Fan Z, Yao Y. Critical kinetic control of non-stoichiometric intermediate phase transformation for efficient perovskite solar cells. Nanoscale. 2016 Jul 14; 8(26):12892-9. PMID: 26890121.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    
    37. Sun D, Xue X, Tang Y, Jing Y, Huang B, Ren Y, Yao Y, Wang H, Cao G. High-Rate LiTi2(PO4)3@N-C Composite via Bi-nitrogen Sources Doping. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Dec 30; 7(51):28337-45. PMID: 26633580.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    
    38. Tavakoli MM, Gu L, Gao Y, Reckmeier C, He J, Rogach AL, Yao Y, Fan Z. Fabrication of efficient planar perovskite solar cells using a one-step chemical vapor deposition method. Sci Rep. 2015 Sep 22; 5:14083. PMID: 26392200; PMCID: PMC4585726.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    
    39. Tavakoli MM, Tsui KH, Zhang Q, He J, Yao Y, Li D, Fan Z. Highly Efficient Flexible Perovskite Solar Cells with Antireflection and Self-Cleaning Nanostructures. ACS Nano. 2015 Oct 27; 9(10):10287-95. PMID: 26284607.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    
    40. Rong Y, Tang Z, Zhao Y, Zhong X, Venkatesan S, Graham H, Patton M, Jing Y, Guloy AM, Yao Y. Solvent engineering towards controlled grain growth in perovskite planar heterojunction solar cells. Nanoscale. 2015 Jun 28; 7(24):10595-9. PMID: 26037081.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    
    41. Sun D, Jiang Y, Wang H, Yao Y, Xu G, He K, Liu S, Tang Y, Liu Y, Huang X. Advanced aqueous rechargeable lithium battery using nanoparticulate LiTi2(PO4)3/C as a superior anode. Sci Rep. 2015 Jun 02; 5:10733. PMID: 26035774; PMCID: PMC4451790.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    42. Yoo HD, Liang Y, Li Y, Yao Y. High areal capacity hybrid magnesium-lithium-ion battery with 99.9% Coulombic efficiency for large-scale energy storage. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Apr 01; 7(12):7001-7. PMID: 25799037.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    
    43. Liang Y, Yoo HD, Li Y, Shuai J, Calderon HA, Robles Hernandez FC, Grabow LC, Yao Y. Interlayer-expanded molybdenum disulfide nanocomposites for electrochemical magnesium storage. Nano Lett. 2015 Mar 11; 15(3):2194-202. PMID: 25706101.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    
    44. Jian Z, Zheng M, Liang Y, Zhang X, Gheytani S, Lan Y, Shi Y, Yao Y. Li3VO4 anchored graphene nanosheets for long-life and high-rate lithium-ion batteries. Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Jan 04; 51(1):229-31. PMID: 25406736.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    
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