Full publications are summarized in google scholar (> 40 papers with > 1300 citations)
Selected Peer Reviewed Journal Papers (#equal contribution)
(19) Mistry, A.; Yu, Z.; Cheng, L.; Srinivasan, V.; On Relative Importance of Correlated and Uncorrelated Molecular Motions in Defining Electrolyte Transport. (In preparation)
(18) Yu, Z.#; Shi, Z.#; Bheemireddy, S. R.; Kamphause, E.; An, B.; Uddin, M. A.; Li, Z.; Yang, Z.; Xu, K.; Li, T.; Moore, J. S.; Zhang, L.; Cheng, L.; Simulation Guided Molecular Design of Hydrofluoroether Solvent for High Energy Batteries. (In preparation)
(17) Mistry, A.; Yu, Z.; Peters, B. L.; Fang, C.; Wang, R.; Curtiss, L. A.; Balsara, N. P.; Cheng, L.; Srinivasan, V.; Toward Bottom-up Understanding of Transport in Concentrated Battery electrolytes, ACS Central Science 2022, 8, 880-890. LINK
(16) Yu, Z.; Balsara, N. P.; Borodin, O.; Gewirth, A. A.; Hahn, N. T.; Maginn, E. J.; Persson, K.; Srinivasan, V.; Toney, M. F.; Xu, K.; Zavadil, K.; Curtiss, L. A.; Cheng, L., Beyond Local Solvation Structure: Nanometric Aggregates in Battery Electrolytes and their Effect on Electrolyte Properties. ACS Energy Letters 2022, 7, 461-470. LINK
(15) Qian, K.#; Yu, Z.#; Liu, Y.; Gosztola, D. J.; Winans, R. E.; Cheng, L.; Li, T., Understanding Fluorine-Free Electrolytes via Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2022, 70, 340-346. LINK
(14) Wen, X.; Yu, Z.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, J.; Qiao, R.; Cheng, L.; Ban, C.; Guo, J., Enabling Magnesium Anodes by Tuning the Electrode/Electrolyte Interfacial Structure. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 52461-52468. LINK
(13) Yu, Z.; Juran, T. R.; Liu, X.; Han, K. S.; Wang, H.; Mueller, K. T.; Li, T.; Curtiss, L. A.; Cheng, L., Solvation Structure and Dynamics of Mg(TFSI)2 Aqueous Electrolyte. Energy & Environmental Materials 2021, 0, 1-10. LINK
(12) Zhao, C.; Xu, G.-L.; Yu, Z.; Zhang, L.; Huang, I.; Mo, Y.-X.; Ren, Y.; Cheng, L.; Sun, C.-J.; Ren, Y.; Zuo, X.; Li, J.-T.; Sun, S.-G.; Amine, K.; Zhao, T., A High-Energy and Long-Cycling Lithium-Sulfur Pouch Cell via a Macroporous Catalytic Cathode with Double-End Binding Sites. Nature Nanotechnology 2021, 16, 166-173. LINK
(11) Zhao, Y.#; Yu, Z.#; Robertson, L. A.; Zhang, J.; Shi, Z.; Bheemireddy, S. R.; Shkrob, I. A.; Li, T.; Zhang, Z.; Cheng, L.; Zhang, L., Unexpected Electrochemical Behavior of an Anolyte Redoxmer in Flow Battery Electrolytes: Solvating Cations Help to Fight against the Thermodynamic–Kinetic Dilemma. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2020, 8, 13470-13479. LINK
(10) Yu, Z.; Curtiss, L. A.; Winans, R. E.; Zhang, Y.; Li, T.; Cheng, L., Asymmetric Composition of Ionic Aggregates and the Origin of High Correlated Transference Number in Water-in-Salt Electrolytes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2020, 11, 1276-1281. LINK
(9) Hahn, N. T.; Driscoll, D. M.; Yu, Z.; Sterbinsky, G. E.; Cheng, L.; Balasubramanian, M.; Zavadil, K. R., The Influence of Ether Solvent and Anion Coordination on Electrochemical Behavior in Calcium Battery Electrolytes. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3, 8337-8447. LINK
(8) Wang, Y.; He, Y.; Yu, Z.; Gao, J.; Ten Brinck, S.; Slebodnick, C.; Fahs, G. B.; Zanelotti, C. J.; Hegde, M.; Moore, R. B.; Ensing, B.; Dingemans, T. J.; Qiao, R.; Madsen, L. A., Double Helical Conformation and Extreme Rigidity in a Rodlike Polyelectrolyte. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 1-8. LINK
(7) Jiang, Z.-L.; Xu, G.-L.; Yu, Z.; Zhou, T.-H.; Shi, W.-K.; Luo, C.-S.; Zhou, H.-J.; Chen, L.-B.; Sheng, W.-J.; Zhou, M.; Cheng, L.; Assary, R. S.; Sun, S.-G.; Amine, K.; Sun, H., High Rate and Long Cycle Life in Li-O2 Batteries with Highly Efficient Catalytic Cathode Configured with Co3O4 Nanoflower. Nano Energy 2019, 64, 103896. LINK
(6) Yu, Z.; Yang, F.; Dai, S.; Qiao, R., Structure and Dynamics of Polymeric Canopies in Nanoscale Ionic Materials: An Electrical Double Layer Perspective. Scientific Reports 2018, 8, 1-11. LINK
(5) Yu, Z.; Fang, C.; Huang, J.; Sumpter, B. G.; Qiao, R., Solvate Ionic Liquids at Electrified Interfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018, 10, 32151-32161. LINK
(4) Yu, Z.; Fang, C.; Huang, J.; Sumpter, B. G.; Qiao, R., Molecular Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Polymerized Ionic Liquids. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2018, 122, 22494-22503. LINK
(3) Yu, Z.; Zhang, F.; Huang, J.; Sumpter, B. G.; Qiao, R., Ionic Liquids-Mediated Interactions between Nanorods. The Journal of Chemical Physics 2017, 147, 134704. LINK
(2) Fang, C.; Yu, Z.; Qiao, R., Impact of Surface Ionization on Water Transport and Salt Leakage through Graphene Oxide Membranes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121, 13412-13420. LINK
(1) Yu, Z.; He, Y.; Wang, Y.; Madsen, L. A.; Qiao, R., Molecular Structure and Dynamics of Ionic Liquids in a Rigid-Rod Polyanion-Based Ion Gel. Langmuir 2017, 33, 322-331. LINK
Book Chapter
(1) Yu, Z.; Qiao, R., “Ionic Liquids in Molecular Composites” in “Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids”, edited by Suojiang Zhang, Elsevier, 2020.