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Publications 

Publications

Ma, X., Hou, J., Vanaphuti, P., Yao, Z., Fu, J., Azhari, L., Liu, Y., Wang, Yan, Direct Upcycling of Mixed Ni-lean Polycrystals to Single-crystal Ni-rich Cathode Materials, Chem, accepted. 10.1016/j.chempr.2022.03.007

Vanaphutii, P., Azhari, L., Ma, X., Liu, Y., Hou, J., Tompsett, G., Yang, Z., Wang, Y., 2022. Upgrading the Performance and Stability of Lithium, Manganese‐Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes with Combined‐Formic Acid and Spinel Coating Treatment, Batteries & Supercaps. https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202100377

Ma, X.†, Chen, M.†, Zheng, Z.†, Bullen, D., Wang, J., Harrison, C., Gratz, E., Lin, Y., Yang Z., Zhang Y., Wang, F., Robertson, D., Son, S., Bloom, I., Wen, J., Ge, M., Xiao, X., Lee, W., Tang, M., Wang, Q., Fu, J., Zhang, Y., Sousa, B., Arsenault, R., Karlson, P., Simon, N., Wang, Y., 2021. Recycled Cathode Materials Enabled Superior Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Joule 5 (11), 2955-2970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.09.005
† Equal contribution. 

Ma, X., Azhari, L., and Wang, Y. "Li-ion battery recycling challenges." Chem 7 (11), 2843- 2847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2021.09.013

Zhang, R., Zheng, Y., Vanaphuti, P., Liu, Y., Fu, J., Yao, Z., Ma, X., Chen, M., Yang, Z., Lin, Y., Wen, J., Wang, Y., Valence effects of Fe impurity for recovered LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode materials, ACS Applied Energy Materials 4(9), 10356-10367. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.1c02281

Ma, X. †, Vanaphuti, P. †, Fu, J. †, Hou, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, R., Bong, S., Yao, Z., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y., A Universal Etching Method for Synthesizing High-Performance Single Crystal Cathode Materials. Nano Energy, p.106194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106194

† Equal contribution.

Vanaphuti, P., Liu, Y., Ma, X., Fu, J., Lin, Y., Wen, J., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y.,  Stabilized Lithium, Manganese-Rich Layered Cathode Materials Enabled by Integrating Co-Doping and Nanocoating. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13(19), 22597-22607. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04718

Yao, Z., Fu, J., Liu, Y., Hou, J., Vanaphuti, P., Ma, X., Zhang, R., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y., Building a Spontaneously Formed and Self-healing Protective Layer with a F-rich Electrochemically Active Organic Molecule for Ultra-stable Li Metal Batteries. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 5 (21), 5574-5580.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SE01161H

Azhari, L., Bong, S., Ma, X. and Wang, Y., Recycling for All Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries. Matter, 3(6), pp.1845-1861. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2020.10.027

Zhang, R.†, Meng, Z.†, Ma, X., Chen, M., Chen, B., Zheng, Y., Yao, Z., Vanaphuti, P., Bong, S., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y., Understanding fundamental effects of Cu impurity in different forms for recovered LiNi0. 6Co0. 2Mn0. 2O2 cathode materials. Nano Energy, p.105214.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105214

† Equal contribution.

Zhang, R., Zheng, Y., Yao, Z., Vanaphuti, P., Ma, X., Bong, S., Chen, M., Liu, Y., Cheng, F., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y., Systematic study of Al impurity for NCM622 cathode materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 (26), 9875-9884. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02965

Zhang, R., Zheng, Y., Yao, Z., Vanaphuti, P., Ma, X., Bong, S., Chen, M., Liu, Y., Cheng, F., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y., Systematic study of Al impurity for NCM622 cathode materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 8 (26), 9875-9884. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02965

Ma, X., Chen, M., Chen, B., Meng, Z. and Wang, Y., 2019. High-Performance Graphite Recovered from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(24), pp.19732-19738.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05003

Chen, B.†, Ma, X.†, Chen, M.†, Bullen, D., Wang, J., Arsenault, R. and Wang, Y., Systematic Comparison of Al3+ Modified LiNi0. 6Mn0. 2Co0. 2O2 Cathode Material from Recycling Process. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(12), pp.8818-8825. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01814
† Equal contribution.

Chen, M., Ma, X., Chen, B., Arsenault, R., Karlson, P., Simon, N. and Wang, Y., Recycling End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Batteries. Joule, 3(11), pp.2622-2646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.09.014

Chen, M., Ma, X., Chen, B., Arsenault, R., Karlson, P., Simon, N. and Wang, Y., Recycling End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Batteries. Joule, 3(11), pp.2622-2646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.09.014

Chen, M., Zheng, Z., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Ma, X., Shen, C., Xu, D., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Gionet, P., O’Connor, I., Pinnell, L., Wang, J., Gratz, E., Arsenault, R., and Wang, Y., Closed loop recycling of electric vehicle batteries to enable ultra-high quality cathode powder. Scientific reports, 9(1), pp.1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38238-3

Chen, M., Zheng, Z., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Ma, X., Shen, C., Xu, D., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Gionet, P., O’Connor, I., Pinnell, L., Wang, J., Gratz, E., Arsenault, R., and Wang, Y., Closed loop recycling of electric vehicle batteries to enable ultra-high quality cathode powder. Scientific reports, 9(1), pp.1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38238-3

Zheng, Z., Chen, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Ma, X., Shen, C., Xu, D., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Gionet, P. and O’Connor, I., Pinnell, L., Wang, J., Gratz, E., Arsenault, R., and Wang, Y., High performance cathode recovery from different electric vehicle recycling streams. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(11), pp.13977-13982. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b02405

Patents

Wang, Y., Ma, X., "Direct upcycling of mixed Ni-lean polycrystals to single-crystal Ni-rich cathode materials.", pending

Wang, Y., Hou, J., Ma, X., Fu, J., "A high efficient and low cost lithium recovery process.", pending

Wang, Y., Ma, X., Fu, J., Vanaphuti, P., US patent 20210372001A1 "Facile etching for single crystal cathode materials"

Wang, Y., Ma, X., US patent 20180261894A1 “Method and apparatus for recycling lithium iron phosphate batteries”.

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