Research
Thrust 1: Correlational phenomena and dynamics processes of solid ionics.
Selected publications:
Argyrodite-type advanced lithium conductors and transport mechanisms beyond paddle-wheel effect, Nature Communications, 2023.
Kinetic Effects of Anion Clusters on the Interfacial Stability between Solid-State Electrolyte and Metal Anode, Phys. Rev. X Energy, 2023.
Heavily Tungsten-Doped Sodium Thioantimonate Solid-State Electrolytes with Exceptionally Low Activation Energy for Ionic Diffusion, Angew. Chem., 2022.
Antiperovskite K3OI for K-Ion Solid State Electrolyte, JPCL, 2021
Thrust 2: Biopolymers: interaction, functionalization, and polymer electrolytes using machine learning.
Selected publications: TBA
Thrust 3: Bulk and interface properties of solid-state energy-storage materials using clusters as building blocks.
Selected publications:
Li-rich antiperovskite superionic conductors based on cluster ions, PNAS, 2017.
Sodium superionic conductors based on clusters, ACS Appl. Mater. Interf., 2019.
Superhalogen-based lithium superionic conductors, JMCA, 2017.
Review of modification strategies in emerging inorganic solid-state electrolytes for lithium, sodium, and potassium batteries, Joule, 2022.
Thrust 4: Hybrid perovskite solar cell materials.
Selected publications:
Super-ion inspired colorful hybrid perovskite solar cells, JMCA, 2016.
Atomic-Level Design of Water-Resistant Hybrid Perovskites for Solar Cells by Using Cluster Ions, JPCL, 2017.
Molecular Origin of Properties of Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Perovskites: The Big Picture from Small Clusters, JPCL, 2016.
Superhalogens as building blocks of two-dimensional organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites for optoelectronics applications, Nanoscale, 2016.
Thrust 5: Structure, electronics, and magnetism of novel carbon allotropes.
Selected publications:
U-carbon: a novel metallic and magnetic carbon material, US Patent App. 17/625,511, 2022.
Thrust 6: Charged clusters or molecules, cluster assembly, and molecular interactions for structural, catalytic, and transport properties.
Selected publications:
Stable tetra‐and penta‐anions in the gas phase, Angew. Chem. 2019.
Realization of the Zn3+ oxidation state, Nanoscale, 2021.
Super-alkalis as building blocks of one-dimensional hierarchical electrides, Nanoscale, 2018.
B(SCN)4–: A New Weakly Coordinating Anion in the Tetracyanoborate Family, JMCC, 2018.
B12(SCN)12–: An Ultrastable Weakly Coordinating Dianion, JMCC, 2017.
Super-electrophiles of tri- and tetra-anions stabilized by selected terminal groups and their role in binding noble gas atoms, PCCP, 2021.