Publications

13. Hybrid Solvating Electrolytes for Practical Sodium Metal Batteries.

Chen, W.; Park, J. -S.; Kwon, C.; Plaza-Rivera, C. O.; Hsu, C. -W.; Phong, J. K.; Kilgallon, L. J.; Wang, D.; Dai, T.; Kim, S. Y.; Zhu, G.; Gao, Y.; Ren, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.; Li, J.*

Joule 2025, 9, 101811. [Link] 

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12. Nondestructive Flash Cathode Recycling.

Chen, W.#; Cheng, Y.#; Chen, J.#; Bets, K. V.; Salvatierra, R. V.; Ge, C.; Li, J. T.; Luong, D. X.; Kittrell, C.; Wang, Z.; McHugh, E. A.; Gao, G.; Deng, B.; Han, Y.; Yakobson, B. I.*; Tour, J. M.*

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 6250. [Link] 

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11. Battery Metals Recycling by Flash Joule Heating.

Chen, W.#; Chen, J.#; Bets, K. V.; Salvatierra, R. V.; Wyss, K. M.; Gao, G.; Choi, C. H.; Deng, B.; Wang, X.; Li, J. T.; Kittrell, C.; La, N.; Eddy, L.; Scotland, P.; Cheng, Y.; Xu, S.; Li, B.; Tomson, M. B.; Han, Y.; Yakobson, B. I.*; Tour, J. M.*

Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eadh5131. [Link] 

Highlighted Press: [DeepTech] (Chinese) | [Physics World]

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10. Flash Recycling of Graphite Anodes.

Chen, W.; Salvatierra, R. V.; Li, J. T.; Kittrell, C.; Beckham, J. L.; Wyss, K. M.; La, N.; Savas, P. E.; Ge, C.; Advincula, P. A.; Scotland, P.; Eddy, L.; Deng, B.; Yuan, Z.; Tour, J. M.*

Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 202207303. [Link]  

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9. Turbostratic Boron-Carbon-Nitrogen and Boron-Nitride by Flash Joule Heating.

Chen, W.; Li, J. T.; Ge, C.; Yuan, Z.; Algozeeb, W. A.; Advincula, P. A.; Gao, G.; Chen, J.; Ling, K.; Choi, C. H.; McHugh, E. A.; Wyss, K. M.; Luong, D. X.; Wang, Z.; Han, Y.; Tour, J. M.*

Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2202666. [Link]  

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8. Brushed Metals for Rechargeable Metal Batteries.

Chen, W.; Salvatierra, R. V.; Li, J. T.; Luong, D. X.; Beckham, J. L.; Li, V. D.; La, N.; Xu, J.; Tour, J. M.*

Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2202668. [Link] 

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7. Laser-Induced Silicon Oxide for Anode-Free Lithium Metal Batteries.

Chen, W.; Salvatierra, R. V.; Ren, M.; Chen, J.; Stanford, M. G.; Tour, J. M.*

Adv. Mater. 2020, 32, 2002850. [Link] 

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6. Heteroatom-Doped Flash Graphene.

Chen, W.#; Ge, C.#; Li, J. T.; Beckham, J. L.; Yuan, Z.; Wyss, K. M.; Advincula, P. A.; Eddy, L.; Kittrell, C.; Chen, J.; Luong, D. X.; Tour, J. M.*

ACS Nano 2022, 16, 6646-6656. [Link] 

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5. Millisecond Conversion of Metastable 2D Materials by Flash Joule Heating.

Chen, W.; Wang, Z.; Bets, K. V.; Luong, D. X.; Ren, M.; Stanford, M. G.; McHugh, E. A.; Algozeeb, W. A.; Guo, H.; Gao, G.; Deng. B.; Chen, J.; Li, J. T.; Carsten, W. T.; Yakobson, B. I.*; Tour, J. M.*

ACS Nano 2021, 15, 1282-1290. [Link]  

Highlighted Press: [MRS Bulletin]

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4. Ultrafast and Controllable Phase Evolution by Flash Joule Heating.

Chen, W.; Li, J. T.; Wang, Z.; Algozeeb, W. A.; Luong, D. X.; Kittrell, C.; McHugh, E. A.; Advincula, P. A.; Wyss, K. M.; Beckham, J. L.; Stanford, M. G.; Jiang, B.; Tour, J. M.*

ACS Nano 2021, 15, 11158-11167. [Link] 

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3. Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces via Sand-In Method.

Chen, W.#; Wang, W.#; Luong, D. X.#; Li, J. T.; Granja, V.; Advincula, P. A.; Ge, C.; Chyan, Y.; Yang, K.; Algozeeb, W. A.; Higgs III, C. F.*; Tour, J. M.*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 35053-35063. [Link]  

Highlighted Press: [Physics World] | [Materials Today] | [Nano Werk]

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2. Laser-Induced Glassy Carbon Nanofiber Trees.

Li, J. T.#; Wyss, K. M.#; Chen, W.#; Chen, J.; Deng, B.; Beckham, J. L.; Advincula, P. A.; Savas, P. E.; Li, V. D.; Jin, O.; Tour, J. M.*

Carbon 2023, 215, 118494. [Link]  

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​1. Crystal-Field Tuning of Photoluminescence in Two-Dimensional Materials with Embedded Lanthanide Ions.

Xu, D.#; Chen, W.#; Zeng, M.#; Xue, H.; Chen, Y.; Sang, X.; Xiao, Y.; Zhang, T.; Unocic, R. R.; Xiao, K.; Fu, L.*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 755-759. [Link]  

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