Kang Xu

Research interests

Publications

• Electrolyte design for Li-ion batteries under extreme operating conditions

  Nature · 2023 · 10.1038/s41586-022-05627-8

• Designing better electrolytes

  Science · 2022 · 10.1126/science.abq3750

• Fluorinated interphase enables reversible aqueous zinc battery chemistries

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-021-00905-4

• Copper-coordinated cellulose ion conductors for solid-state batteries

  Nature · 2021 · 10.1038/s41586-021-03885-6

• Uncharted Waters: Super-Concentrated Electrolytes

  Joule · 2020 · 10.1016/j.joule.2019.12.007

• A rechargeable zinc-air battery based on zinc peroxide chemistry

  Science · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb9554

• Epidemiological, clinical and virological characteristics of 74 cases of coronavirus-infected disease 2019 (COVID-19) with gastrointestinal symptoms

  Gut · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2020-320926

• New Concepts in Electrolytes

  Chemical Reviews · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00531

• Realizing high zinc reversibility in rechargeable batteries

  Nature Energy · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0674-x

• Hierarchical Nanoassembly of MoS2/Co9S8/Ni3S2/Ni as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting in a Wide pH Range

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2019 · 10.1021/jacs.9b04492

• Quantifying inactive lithium in lithium metal batteries

  Nature · 2019 · 10.1038/s41586-019-1481-z

• Aqueous Li-ion battery enabled by halogen conversion–intercalation chemistry in graphite

  Nature · 2019 · 10.1038/s41586-019-1175-6

• Identifying the components of the solid–electrolyte interphase in Li-ion batteries

  Nature Chemistry · 2019 · 10.1038/s41557-019-0304-z

• Before Li Ion Batteries

  Chemical Reviews · 2018 · 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00422

• Highly reversible zinc metal anode for aqueous batteries

  Nature Materials · 2018 · 10.1038/s41563-018-0063-z

• Robust memristors based on layered two-dimensional materials

  Nature Electronics · 2018 · 10.1038/s41928-018-0021-4

• An artificial interphase enables reversible magnesium chemistry in carbonate electrolytes

  Nature Chemistry · 2018 · 10.1038/s41557-018-0019-6

• Non-flammable electrolyte enables Li-metal batteries with aggressive cathode chemistries

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41565-018-0183-2

• Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries

  Chem · 2018 · 10.1016/j.chempr.2018.05.002

• Highly Fluorinated Interphases Enable High-Voltage Li-Metal Batteries

  Chem · 2017 · 10.1016/j.chempr.2017.10.017

• How Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Forms in Aqueous Electrolytes

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b10688

• “Water‐in‐Salt” Electrolyte Makes Aqueous Sodium‐Ion Battery Safe, Green, and Long‐Lasting

  Advanced Energy Materials · 2017 · 10.1002/aenm.201701189

• 4.0 V Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries

  Joule · 2017 · 10.1016/j.joule.2017.08.009

• Advanced High‐Voltage Aqueous Lithium‐Ion Battery Enabled by “Water‐in‐Bisalt” Electrolyte

  Angewandte Chemie · 2016 · 10.1002/ange.201602397

• High‐Electron‐Mobility and Air‐Stable 2D Layered PtSe 2 FETs

  Advanced Materials · 2016 · 10.1002/adma.201604230

• “Water-in-salt” electrolyte enables high-voltage aqueous lithium-ion chemistries

  Science · 2015 · 10.1126/science.aab1595

• Electrolytes and Interphases in Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond

  Chemical Reviews · 2014 · 10.1021/cr500003w

• Electrospun Sb/C Fibers for a Stable and Fast Sodium-Ion Battery Anode

  ACS Nano · 2013 · 10.1021/nn4025674

• EIS study on the formation of solid electrolyte interface in Li-ion battery

  Electrochimica Acta · 2005 · 10.1016/j.electacta.2005.02.137

• Nonaqueous Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Based Rechargeable Batteries

  Chemical Reviews · 2004 · 10.1021/cr030203g

• Electrochemical impedance study on the low temperature of Li-ion batteries

  Electrochimica Acta · 2003 · 10.1016/j.electacta.2003.10.016

• The low temperature performance of Li-ion batteries

  Journal of Power Sources · 2003 · 10.1016/s0378-7753(02)00618-3

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