Yang Ren

Research interests

Publications

• Negative mixing enthalpy solid solutions deliver high strength and ductility

  Nature · 2024 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06894-9

• A Li-rich layered oxide cathode with negligible voltage decay

  Nature Energy · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-023-01289-6

• Origin of structural degradation in Li-rich layered oxide cathode

  Nature · 2022 · 10.1038/s41586-022-04689-y

• A medium-range structure motif linking amorphous and crystalline states

  Nature Materials · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01011-5

• Understanding Co roles towards developing Co-free Ni-rich cathodes for rechargeable batteries

  Nature Energy · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00776-y

• Rational design of mechanically robust Ni-rich cathode materials via concentration gradient strategy

  Nature Communications · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26290-z

• Hierarchical crack buffering triples ductility in eutectic herringbone high-entropy alloys

  Science · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf6986

• A chiral switchable photovoltaic ferroelectric 1D perovskite

  Science Advances · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay4213

• A high-energy and long-cycling lithium–sulfur pouch cell via a macroporous catalytic cathode with double-end binding sites

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-00797-w

• Correlation between manganese dissolution and dynamic phase stability in spinel-based lithium-ion battery

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12626-3

• Constraining CO coverage on copper promotes high-efficiency ethylene electroproduction

  Nature Catalysis · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0380-x

• Efficient blue light-emitting diodes based on quantum-confined bromide perovskite nanostructures

  Nature Photonics · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-019-0505-4

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

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

• Understanding Thermodynamic and Kinetic Contributions in Expanding the Stability Window of Aqueous Electrolytes

  Chem · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2018.09.004

• Enabling the high capacity of lithium-rich anti-fluorite lithium iron oxide by simultaneous anionic and cationic redox

  Nature Energy · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-017-0043-6

• Burning lithium in CS2 for high-performing compact Li2S–graphene nanocapsules for Li–S batteries

  Nature Energy · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.90

• Synthetic Control of Kinetic Reaction Pathway and Cationic Ordering in High‐Ni Layered Oxide Cathodes

  Advanced Materials · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606715

• Insights into the structural effects of layered cathode materials for high voltage sodium-ion batteries

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ee00827a

• Nanostructured Black Phosphorus/Ketjenblack–Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Composite as High Performance Anode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

  Nano Letters · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01777

• In Operando XRD and TXM Study on the Metastable Structure Change of NaNi 1/3 Fe 1/3 Mn 1/3 O 2 under Electrochemical Sodium‐Ion Intercalation

  Advanced Energy Materials · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201601306

• Strong Lithium Polysulfide Chemisorption on Electroactive Sites of Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Composites For High‐Performance Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathodes

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2015 · 10.1002/anie.201411109

• New Insights into the Performance Degradation of Fe-Based Layered Oxides in Sodium-Ion Batteries: Instability of Fe 3+ /Fe 4+ Redox in α-NaFeO 2

  Chemistry of Materials · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02918

• Layered P2/O3 Intergrowth Cathode: Toward High Power Na‐Ion Batteries

  Advanced Energy Materials · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400458

• (De)Lithiation Mechanism of Li/SeS x ( x = 0–7) Batteries Determined by in Situ Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1021/ja402597g

• Ascorbic-acid-assisted recovery of cobalt and lithium from spent Li-ion batteries

  Journal of Power Sources · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.06.068

• Nanostructured high-energy cathode materials for advanced lithium batteries

  Nature Materials · 2012 · 10.1038/nmat3435

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