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Overview

Yi-Chun Lu is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their academic work is primarily situated within the field of Engineering, with a focused specialization in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their contributions also encompass subfields such as Automotive Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment, as well as Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

Their research addresses several main topics including:

  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Yi-Chun Lu has published extensively in multiple scientific venues. The most frequent platforms for their work include:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Nature Energy
  • Energy storage materials

Several papers authored by Yi-Chun Lu reflect their research interests. Notable recent publications include:

  • "A retrospective on lithium-ion batteries", 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Molecular crowding electrolytes for high-voltage aqueous batteries", 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Assessment methods and performance metrics for redox flow batteries", 2021, Nature Energy
  • "Hydrotropic solubilization of zinc acetates for sustainable aqueous battery electrolytes", 2023, Nature Sustainability
  • "Material Design of Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries: Fundamental Challenges and Mitigation Strategies", 2020, Advanced Materials

Collaboration is an important aspect of their research output. Frequent coauthors include Wanwan Wang, Jing Xie, Jiafeng Lei, Zhuojian Liang, and Fei Ai, with whom they have published multiple works.

Best Publications

  • Platinum−Gold Nanoparticles: A Highly Active Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Lithium−Air Batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;Zhichuan Xu;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Shuo Chen

  • A retrospective on lithium-ion batteries.

    Jing Xie;Yi-Chun Lu

  • Lithium–oxygen batteries: bridging mechanistic understanding and battery performance

    Yi-Chun Lu;Betar M. Gallant;David G. Kwabi;Jonathon R. Harding

  • Molecular crowding electrolytes for high-voltage aqueous batteries

    Jing Xie;Zhuojian Liang;Yi-Chun Lu

  • Catalytic activity trends of oxygen reduction reaction for nonaqueous Li-air batteries.

    Yi-Chun Lu;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Yang Shao-Horn

  • The Influence of Catalysts on Discharge and Charge Voltages of Rechargeable Li–Oxygen Batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Michael C. Parent;Vazrik Chiloyan

  • The discharge rate capability of rechargeable Li–O2 batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;David G. Kwabi;Koffi P. C. Yao;Jonathon R. Harding

  • Assessment methods and performance metrics for redox flow batteries

    Yanxin Yao;Jiafeng Lei;Yang Shi;Fei Ai

  • Solvent-Dictated Lithium Sulfur Redox Reactions: An Operando UV–vis Spectroscopic Study

    Qingli Zou;Yi-Chun Lu

  • Probing the Reaction Kinetics of the Charge Reactions of Nonaqueous Li–O2 Batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;Yang Shao-Horn

  • Solvent-Mediated Li2S Electrodeposition: A Critical Manipulator in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Zhejun Li;Yucun Zhou;Yu Wang;Yi-Chun Lu

  • Probing the Origin of Enhanced Stability of AlPO4 Nanoparticle Coated LiCoO2 during Cycling to High Voltages: Combined XRD and XPS Studies

    Yi-Chun Lu;Azzam N. Mansour;Naoaki Yabuuchi;Yang Shao-Horn

  • Self-assembly of hierarchical MoSx/CNT nanocomposites (2<x<3): towards high performance anode materials for lithium ion batteries.

    Yumeng Shi;Ye Wang;Jen It Wong;Alex Yuan Sheng Tan

  • Thermal Stability of Li2O2 and Li2O for Li-Air Batteries: In Situ XRD and XPS Studies

    Koffi P. C. Yao;David G. Kwabi;Ronald A. Quinlan;Azzam N. Mansour

  • Hydrotropic solubilization of zinc acetates for sustainable aqueous battery electrolytes

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  • Electrocatalytic Activity Studies of Select Metal Surfaces and Implications in Li-Air Batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Hubert A. Gasteiger;Ethan Crumlin;Robert McGuire

  • Critical Role of Redox Mediator in Suppressing Charging Instabilities of Lithium–Oxygen Batteries

    Zhuojian Liang;Yi-Chun Lu

  • Unlocking the capacity of iodide for high-energy-density zinc/polyiodide and lithium/polyiodide redox flow batteries

    Guo-Ming Weng;Zhejun Li;Guangtao Cong;Yucun Zhou

  • Probing the Lithium−Sulfur Redox Reactions: A Rotating-Ring Disk Electrode Study

    Yi-Chun Lu;Yi-Chun Lu;Qi He;Hubert A. Gasteiger

  • Recent progress in organic redox flow batteries: Active materials, electrolytes and membranes

    Hongning Chen;Guangtao Cong;Yi-Chun Lu

  • Evidence of catalyzed oxidation of Li2O2 for rechargeable Li–air battery applications

    Jonathon R. Harding;Yi-Chun Lu;Yasuhiro Tsukada;Yang Shao-Horn

  • Electrocatalytic Activity Studies of Select Metal Surfaces and Implications in Li-Air Batteries

    Yi-Chun Lu;Hubert Gasteiger;Yang Shao-Horn

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubert A. Gasteiger
Hubert A. Gasteiger Technical University of Munich
Naoaki Yabuuchi
Naoaki Yabuuchi Yokohama National University
Ethan J. Crumlin
Ethan J. Crumlin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gabriel M. Veith
Gabriel M. Veith Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Zhi Liu
Zhi Liu ShanghaiTech University
Quan Li
Quan Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tianshou Zhao
Tianshou Zhao Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Nancy J. Dudney
Nancy J. Dudney Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chung-Li Dong
Chung-Li Dong Tamkang University

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