Preprints
49. A Data-Driven Platform for Automated Characterization of Polymer Electrolytes
Stolberg, M. A.; Lopez, J.; Cawthern, S.; Herzog-Arbeitman, A.; Kwon, H.-K.; Schweigert, D.; Anapolosky, A.; Storey, B. D.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.
ChemRxiv 2024, DOI: doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-gpmm7
2025
48. Hierarchically Porous SnO2/Cu Composites via Freeze Casting and Selective Cu Reduction
Fandré, J. P.; Pennell, S.; Ramesh, S. L.; Lopez, J.; Spolenak, R.; Dunand, D. C.
Advanced Engineering Materials 2025, Early View, 2402635. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adem.202402635
2024
47. Structure-Performance Relationships of Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes Revealed by Contrast-Variation Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Liu, Q.; Brenneis, W.; Nagy, G.; Doucet, M.; Lopez, J.*; Richards, J.*
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024, 12 (47), 33114-33124. DOI: doi.org/10.1039/D4TA06364C
46. Nonsolvating Fluoroaromatic Cosolvent Enabled Long-Term Cycling of High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries with Organosulfur Electrolytes
Dato, M.; Hafiz, H.; Liu, Z.; Hung, C.; Lopez, J.; Guo, J.; Amine, K.; He, M.; Su, C.-C.
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2024, 16 (32), 42069-42079. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c05263
45. Mechanistic Insights into Electrodeposition in Seawater at Variable Electrochemical Potentials
Devi, N.; Wagner, A.; Lopez, J.; Guerini, A.; Zampini, D.; Rotta Loria, A. F.
Advanced Sustainable Systems 2024, 8 (4), 2470010. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202470010
44. Sulfur Solutions: Advancing High Voltage and High Energy Lithium Batteries with Organosulfur Electrolytes
Dato, M. A.; Edgington, J.; Hung, C.; Sinha, R.; Liu, Z.; Lopez, J.; Guo, J.; He, M.; Su, C.-C.
Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 14 (13), 2303794. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202303794
2013-2023
43. Chemistry-Informed Machine Learning for Polymer Electrolyte Discovery
Bradford, G.; Lopez, J.; Ruza, J.; Stolberg, M. A.; Osterude, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Gomez-Bombarelli, R.; Shao-Horn, Y.
ACS Central Science 2023, 9 (2), 206-216. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.2c01123
42. Thianthrene-Based Bipolar Redox-Active Molecules Toward Symmetric All-Organic Batteries
Etkind, S. I.; Lopez, J.; Zhu, Y. G.; Fang, J.-H.; Ong, W. J.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Swager, T. M.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 2022, 10 (36), 11739-11750. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c01717
41. Accelerating amorphous polymer electrolyte screening by learning to reduce errors in molecular dynamics simulated properties
Xie, T.; France-Lanord, A.; Wang, Y.; Lopez, J.; Stolberg, M. A.; Hill, M.; Leverick, G. M.; Gomez-Bombarelli, R.; Johnson, J. A.; Shao-Horn, Y.
Nature Communications 2022, 13 (1), 1-10. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30994-1
40. The passivity of lithium electrodes in liquid electrolytes for secondary batteries
He, X.; Bresser, D.; Passerini, S.; Baakes, F.; Krewer, U.; Lopez, J.; Mallia, C. T.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Cekic-Laskovic, I.; Wiemers-Meyer, S.; Soto, F. A.; Ponce, V.; Seminario, J. M.; Balbuena, P. B.; Jia, H.; Xu, W.; Xu, Y.; Wang, C.; Horstmann, B.; Amine, R.; Su, C.-C.; Shi, J.; Amine, K.; Winter, M.; Latz, A.; Kostecki, R.
Nature Reviews Materials 2021, 6 (11), 1036-1052. DOI: 10.1038/s41578-021-00345-5
39. Moving beyond 99.9% Coulombic efficiency for lithium anodes in liquid electrolytes
Hobold, G. M.; Lopez, J.; Guo, R.; Minafra, N.; Banerjee, A.; Shirley Meng, Y.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Gallant, B. M.
Nature Energy 2021, 6 (10), 951-960. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00910-w
38. Ultra-high-voltage Ni-rich layered cathodes in practical Li metal batteries enabled by a sulfonamide-based electrolyte
Xue, W.; Huang, M.; Li, Y.; Zhu, Y. G.; Gao, R.; Xiao, X.; Zhang, W.; Li, S.; Xu, G.; Yu, Y.; Li, P.; Lopez, J.; Yu, D.; Dong, Y.; Fan, W.; Shi, Z.; Xiong, R.; Sun, C.-J.; Hwang, I.; Lee, W.-K.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.; Li, J.
Nature Energy 2021, 6 (5), 495-505. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00792-y
37. Molecularly tunable polyanions for single-ion conductors and poly (solvate ionic liquids)
Zhang, W. X.; Feng, S. T.; Huang, M. J.; Quo, B.; Shigenobu, K.; Giordano, L.; Lopez, J.; Tatara, R.; Ueno, K.; Dokko, K.; Watanabe, M.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.
Chemistry of Materials 2021, 33 (2), 524-534. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c03258
36. Strategies towards enabling lithium metal in batteries: interphases and electrodes
Horstmann, B.; Shi, J.; Amine, R.; Werres, M.; He, X.; Jia, H.; Hausen, F.; Cekic-Laskovic, I.; Wiemers-Meyer, S.; Lopez, J.; Galvez-Aranda, D.; Baakes, F.; Bresser, D.; Su, C.-C.; Xu, Y.; Xu, W.; Jakes, P.; Eichel, R.-A.; Figgemeier, E.; Krewer, U.; Seminario, J. M.; Balbuena, P. B.; Wang, C.; Passerini, S.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Winter, M.; Amine, K.; Kostecki, R.; Latz, A.
Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14 (10), 5289-5314. DOI: 10.1039/D1EE00767J
35. Quantitative Mapping of Molecular Substituents to Macroscopic Properties Enables Predictive Design of Oligoethyleneglycol-Based Lithium Electrolytes
Qiao, B.; Mohapatra, S.; Lopez, J.; Leverick, G.; Tatara, R.; Shibuya, Y.; Jiang, Y.; France-Lanord, A.; Grossman, J. C.; Gómez-Bombarelli, R.
ACS Central Science 2020, 6 (7), 1115–1128. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.0c00475
34. An N‐Heterocyclic‐Carbene‐Derived Distonic Radical Cation
Gallagher, N. M.; Ye, H. Z.; Feng, S.; Lopez, J.; Zhu, Y. G.; Van Voorhis, T.; Shao‐Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.
Angewandte Chemie 2020, 132 (10), 3980-3983. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201915534
33. Solvent-and Anion-Dependent Li+–O2–Coupling Strength and Implications on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Li–O2 Batteries
Leverick, G.; Tatara, R.; Feng, S.; Crabb, E.; France-Lanord, A.; Tułodziecki, M.; Lopez, J.; Stephens, R. M.; Grossman, J. C.; Shao-Horn, Y.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020, 124 (9), 4953-4967. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b09968
32. FSI-inspired solvent and “full fluorosulfonyl” electrolyte for 4 V class lithium-metal batteries
Xue, W. J.; Shi, Z.; Huang, M. J.; Feng, S. T.; Wang, C.; Wang, F.; Lopez, J.; Qiao, B.; Xu, G. Y.; Zhang, W. X.; Dong, Y. H.; Gao, R.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.; Li, J.
Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 13 (1), 212-220. DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02538C
31. Decoupling of mechanical properties and ionic conductivity in supramolecular lithium ion conductors
Mackanic, D. G.; Yan, X.; Zhang, Q.; Matsuhisa, N.; Yu, Z.; Jiang, Y.; Manika, T.; Lopez, J.; Yan, H.; Liu, K.; Chen, X.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 1-11. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13362-4
30. Stretchable self-healable semiconducting polymer film for active-matrix strain-sensing array
Oh, J. Y.; Son, D.; Katsumata, T.; Lee, Y.; Kim, Y.; Lopez, J.; Wu, H. C.; Kang, J.; Park, J.; Gu, X.; Mun, J.; Wang, N. G.; Yin, Y.; Cai, W.; Yun, Y.; Tok, J. B.; Bao, Z.
Science Advances 2019, 5 (11), eaav3097. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3097
29. Design of S-Substituted Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonamide-Tagged (S-FAST) Anions To Enable New Solvate Ionic Liquids for Battery Applications
Huang, M.; Feng, S.; Zhang, W.; Lopez, J.; Qiao, B.; Tatara, R.; Giordano, L.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Johnson, J. A.
Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31 (18), 7558-7564. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b02353
28. Multi-scale ordering in highly stretchable polymer semiconducting films
Xu, J.; Wu, H. C.; Zhu, C.; Ehrlich, A.; Shaw, L.; Nikolka, M.; Wang, S.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Gu, X.; Luo, S.; Zhou, D.; Kim, Y. H.; Wang, G. N.; Gu, K.; Feig, V. R.; Chen, S.; Kim, Y.; Katsumata, T.; Zheng, Y. Q.; Yan, H.; Chung, J. W.; Lopez, J.; Murmann, B.; Bao, Z.
Nature Materials 2019, 18 (6), 594-601. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0340-5
27. Concentrated electrolytes for enhanced stability of Al-alloy negative electrodes in Li-ion batteries
Chan, A. K.; Tatara, R.; Feng, S.; Karayaylali, P.; Lopez, J.; Stephens, I. E.; Shao-Horn, Y.
Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2019, 166 (10), A1867. DOI: 10.1149/2.0581910jes
26. High‐Rate and Large‐Capacity Lithium Metal Anode Enabled by Volume Conformal and Self‐Healable Composite Polymer Electrolyte
Xia, S.; Lopez, J.; Liang, C.; Zhang, Z.; Bao, Z.; Cui, Y.; Liu, W.
Advanced Science 2019, 6 (9), 1802353. DOI: 10.1002/advs.201802353
25. Designing polymers for advanced battery chemistries
Lopez, J.; Mackanic, D. G.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Nature Reviews Materials 2019, 4 (5), 312-330. DOI: 10.1038/s41578-019-0103-6
24. Characterization of Hydrogen Bonding Formation and Breaking in Semiconducting Polymers under Mechanical Strain
Gasperini, A.; Wang, G. J. N.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Wu, H. C.; Lopez, J.; Xu, J.; Luo, S. C.; Zhou, D. S.; Xue, G.; Tok, J. B. H.; Bao, Z.
Macromolecules 2019, 52 (6), 2476-2486. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00145
23. A Dual‐Crosslinking Design for Resilient Lithium‐Ion Conductors
Lopez, J.; Sun, Y.; Mackanic, D. G.; Lee, M.; Foudeh, A. M.; Song, M. S.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Materials 2018, 30 (43), 1804142. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201804142
22. Effects of Polymer Coatings on Electrodeposited Lithium Metal
Lopez, J.; Pei, A.; Oh, J. Y.; Wang, G.-J. N.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (37), 11735-11744. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06047
21. Tough and Water‐Insensitive Self‐Healing Elastomer for Robust Electronic Skin
Kang, J.; Son, D.; Wang, G. N.; Liu, Y.; Lopez, J.; Kim, Y.; Oh, J. Y.; Katsumata, T.; Mun, J.; Lee, Y.; Jin, L.; Tok, J. B.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Materials 2018, 30 (13), 1706846. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201706846
20. Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array
Wang, S.; Xu, J.; Wang, W.; Wang, G. N.; Rastak, R.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Chung, J. W.; Niu, S.; Feig, V. R.; Lopez, J.; Lei, T.; Kwon, S. K.; Kim, Y.; Foudeh, A. M.; Ehrlich, A.; Gasperini, A.; Yun, Y.; Murmann, B.; Tok, J. B.; Bao, Z.
Nature 2018, 555 (7694), 83-88. DOI: 10.1038/nature25494
19. An Aqueous Inorganic Polymer Binder for High Performance Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Flame-Retardant Properties
Zhou, G.; Liu, K.; Fan, Y.; Yuan, M.; Liu, B.; Liu, W.; Shi, F.; Liu, Y.; Chen, W.; Lopez, J.; Zhuo, D.; Zhao, J.; Tsao, Y.; Huang, X.; Zhang, Q.; Cui, Y.
ACS Central Science 2018, 4 (2), 260-267. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.7b00569
18. Crosslinked Poly (tetrahydrofuran) as a Loosely Coordinating Polymer Electrolyte
Mackanic, D. G.; Michaels, W.; Lee, M.; Feng, D.; Lopez, J.; Qin, J.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8 (25), 1800703. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201800703
17. An Elastic Autonomous Self‐Healing Capacitive Sensor Based on a Dynamic Dual Crosslinked Chemical System
Zhang, Q.; Niu, S.; Wang, L.; Lopez, J.; Chen, S.; Cai, Y.; Du, R.; Liu, Y.; Lai, J. C.; Liu, L.; Li, C. H.; Yan, X.; Liu, C.; Tok, J. B.; Jia, X.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Materials 2018, 30 (33), 1801435. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201801435
16. Nonhalogenated Solvent Processable and Printable High-Performance Polymer Semiconductor Enabled by Isomeric Nonconjugated Flexible Linkers
Wang, G. J. N.; Molina-Lopez, F.; Zhang, H. Y.; Xu, J.; Wu, H. C.; Lopez, J.; Shaw, L.; Mun, J.; Zhang, Q. H.; Wang, S. H.; Ehrlich, A.; Bao, Z.
Macromolecules 2018, 51 (13), 4976-4985. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00971
15. Ultrasensitive artificial synapse based on conjugated polyelectrolyte
Xu, W. T.; Nguyen, T. L.; Kim, Y. T.; Wolf, C.; Pfattner, R.; Lopez, J.; Chae, B. G.; Kim, S. I.; Lee, M. Y.; Shin, E. Y.; Noh, Y. Y.; Oh, J. H.; Hwang, H.; Park, C. G.; Woo, H. Y.; Lee, T. W.
Nano Energy 2018, 48, 575-581. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.02.058
14. Ionically Conductive Self‐Healing Binder for Low Cost Si Microparticles Anodes in Li‐Ion Batteries
Munaoka, T.; Yan, X.; Lopez, J.; To, J. W.; Park, J.; Tok, J. B. H.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Energy Materials 2018, 8 (14), 1703138. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201703138
13. Quadruple H-Bonding Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymeric Materials as Substrates for Stretchable, Antitearing, and Self-Healable Thin Film Electrodes
Yan, X. Z.; Liu, Z. Y.; Zhang, Q. H.; Lopez, J.; Wang, H.; Wu, H. C.; Niu, S. M.; Yan, H. P.; Wang, S. H.; Lei, T.; Li, J. H.; Qi, D. P.; Huang, P. G.; Huang, J. P.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, Y. Y.; Li, G. L.; Tok, J. B. H.; Chen, X. D.; Bao, Z.
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140 (15), 5280-5289. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01682
12. High-performance sodium–organic battery by realizing four-sodium storage in disodium rhodizonate
Lee, M.; Hong, J.; Lopez, J.; Sun, Y.; Feng, D.; Lim, K.; Chueh, W. C.; Toney, M. F.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Nature Energy 2017, 2 (11), 861-868. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-017-0014-y
11. Intrinsically stretchable and healable semiconducting polymer for organic transistors
Oh, J. Y.; Rondeau-Gagne, S.; Chiu, Y. C.; Chortos, A.; Lissel, F.; Wang, G. N.; Schroeder, B. C.; Kurosawa, T.; Lopez, J.; Katsumata, T.; Xu, J.; Zhu, C.; Gu, X.; Bae, W. G.; Kim, Y.; Jin, L.; Chung, J. W.; Tok, J. B.; Bao, Z.
Nature 2016, 539 (7629), 411-415. DOI: 10.1038/nature20102
10. A Stretchable Graphitic Carbon/Si Anode Enabled by Conformal Coating of a Self‐Healing Elastic Polymer
Sun, Y.; Lopez, J.; Lee, H. W.; Liu, N.; Zheng, G.; Wu, C. L.; Sun, J.; Liu, W.; Chung, J. W.; Bao, Z.; Cui, Y.
Advanced Materials 2016, 28 (12), 2455-2461. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504723
9. Fast and reversible thermoresponsive polymer switching materials for safer batteries
Chen, Z.; Hsu, P. C.; Lopez, J.; Li, Y. Z.; To, J. W. F.; Liu, N.; Wang, C.; Andrews, S. C.; Liu, J.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Nature Energy 2016, 1 (1), 1-2. DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2015.9
8. High-Performance Lithium Metal Negative Electrode with a Soft and Flowable Polymer Coating
Zheng, G. Y.; Wang, C.; Pei, A.; Lopez, J.; Shi, F. F.; Chen, Z.; Sendek, A. D.; Lee, H. W.; Lu, Z. D.; Schneider, H.; Safont-Sempere, M. M.; Chu, S.; Bao, Z. N.; Cui, Y.
ACS Energy Letters 2016, 1 (6), 1247-1255. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.6b00456
7. Non‐Conjugated Flexible Linkers in Semiconducting Polymers: A Pathway to Improved Processability without Compromising Device Performance
Schroeder, B. C.; Chiu, Y. C.; Gu, X.; Zhou, Y.; Xu, J.; Lopez, J.; Lu, C.; Toney, M. F.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Electronic Materials 2016, 2 (7), 1600104. DOI: 10.1002/aelm.201600104
6. The Effects of Cross-Linking in a Supramolecular Binder on Cycle Life in Silicon Microparticle Anodes
Lopez, J.; Chen, Z.; Wang, C.; Andrews, S. C.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
ACS applied materials & interfaces 2016, 8 (3), 2318-2324. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11363
5. Shape‐Controlled, Self‐Wrapped Carbon Nanotube 3D Electronics
Wang, H.; Wang, Y.; Tee, B. C. K.; Kim, K.; Lopez, J.; Cai, W.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Science 2015, 2 (9), 1500103. DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500103
4. Significance of the double-layer capacitor effect in polar rubbery dielectrics and exceptionally stable low-voltage high transconductance organic transistors
Wang, C.; Lee, W. Y.; Kong, D.; Pfattner, R.; Schweicher, G.; Nakajima, R.; Lu, C.; Mei, J.; Lee, T. H.; Wu, H. C.; Lopez, J.; Diao, Y.; Gu, X.; Himmelberger, S.; Niu, W.; Matthews, J. R.; He, M.; Salleo, A.; Nishi, Y.; Bao, Z.
Scientific reports 2015, 5 (1), 1-8. DOI: 10.1038/srep17849
3. High‐areal‐capacity silicon electrodes with low‐cost silicon particles based on spatial control of self‐healing binder
Chen, Z.; Wang, C.; Lopez, J.; Lu, Z.; Cui, Y.; Bao, Z.
Advanced Energy Materials 2015, 5 (8), 1401826. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201401826
2. Fabrication and Properties of Redox Ion Doped Few Monolayer Thick Polyelectrolyte Film for Electrochemical Biosensors at High Sensitivity and Specificity
Lee, S.-W.; Lopez, J.; Saraf, R. F.
Electroanalysis 2013, 25 (6), 1557-1566. DOI: 10.1002/elan.201300076
1. Direct mapping of local redox current density on a monolith electrode by laser scanning
Lee, S.-W.; Lopez, J.; Saraf, R. F.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2013, 47, 408-414. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.02.046