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  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
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  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2020 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For outstanding contributions to advanced materials design, synthesis and characterization for energy storage, particularly Li battery technologies
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2010 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Yi Cui is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and contributes extensively to the fields of materials science, engineering, and energy. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, catalysis, and organic chemistry.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Graphene Research and Applications
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Yi Cui has published significant research papers in notable venues. Among the recent publications are:

  • Unraveling oxygen vacancy site mechanism of Rh-doped RuO2 catalyst for long-lasting acidic water oxidation, 2023, Nature Communications
  • A Twin S-Scheme Artificial Photosynthetic System with Self-Assembled Heterojunctions Yields Superior Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Rate, 2022, Advanced Materials
  • Nano-crumples induced Sn-Bi bimetallic interface pattern with moderate electron bank for highly efficient CO2 electroreduction, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Silica accelerates the selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol on cobalt catalysts, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Distinct Crystal-Facet-Dependent Behaviors for Single-Atom Palladium-On-Ceria Catalysts: Enhanced Stabilization and Catalytic Properties, 2022, Advanced Materials

The venues where Yi Cui frequently publishes include:

  • Nature Communications (16 publications)
  • ACS Catalysis (10 publications)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (6 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (5 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (5 publications)

Frequent collaborators in their research are:

  • Yifan Li (27 publications)
  • Zhongmiao Gong (21 publications)
  • Rong Huang (12 publications)
  • Zhiyun Li (10 publications)
  • Wei Wei (10 publications)

Yi Cui has been recognized with several awards over their career:

  • MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 2020, for contributions to advanced materials design, synthesis, and characterization for energy storage, particularly lithium battery technologies
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2016
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2010

Best Publications

  • High-performance lithium battery anodes using silicon nanowires

    Candace K. Chan;Hailin Peng;Gao Liu;Kevin McIlwrath

  • Nanowire Nanosensors for Highly Sensitive and Selective Detection of Biological and Chemical Species

    Yi Cui;Qingqiao Wei;Hongkun Park;Charles M. Lieber

  • Reviving the lithium metal anode for high-energy batteries

    Dingchang Lin;Yayuan Liu;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities in Two-Dimensional Materials Beyond Graphene

    Sheneve Z. Butler;Shawna M. Hollen;Linyou Cao;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • The path towards sustainable energy

    Steven Chu;Yi Cui;Nian Liu

  • Functional nanoscale electronic devices assembled using silicon nanowire building blocks.

    Yi Cui;Charles M. Lieber

  • Indium phosphide nanowires as building blocks for nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices

    Xiangfeng Duan;Yu Huang;Yi Cui;Jianfang Wang

  • Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

    Jun Liu;Zhenan Bao;Yi Cui;Eric J. Dufek

  • Multiplexed electrical detection of cancer markers with nanowire sensor arrays.

    Gengfeng Zheng;Fernando Patolsky;Yi Cui;Wayne U Wang

  • High Performance Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Transistors

    Yi Cui;Zhaohui Zhong;Deli Wang;Wayne U. Wang

  • Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid-electrolyte interphase control

    Hui Wu;Gerentt Chan;Jang Wook Choi;Jang Wook Choi;Ill Ryu

  • A pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes

    Nian Liu;Zhenda Lu;Jie Zhao;Matthew T. McDowell

  • Designing nanostructured Si anodes for high energy lithium ion batteries

    Hui Wu;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Designing high-energy lithium–sulfur batteries

    Zhi Wei Seh;Yongming Sun;Qianfan Zhang;Yi Cui;Yi Cui

  • Graphene-Wrapped Sulfur Particles as a Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Battery Cathode Material with High Capacity and Cycling Stability

    Hailiang Wang;Yuan Yang;Yongye Liang;Joshua Tucker Robinson

  • Scalable Coating and Properties of Transparent, Flexible, Silver Nanowire Electrodes

    Liangbing Hu;Han Sun Kim;Jung-Yong Lee;Peter Peumans

  • Synthesis of MoS2 and MoSe2 Films with Vertically Aligned Layers

    Desheng Kong;Haotian Wang;Judy J. Cha;Mauro Pasta

  • Highly polarized photoluminescence and photodetection from single indium phosphide nanowires.

    Jianfang Wang;Mark S. Gudiksen;Xiangfeng Duan;Yi Cui

  • Sulphur–TiO2 yolk–shell nanoarchitecture with internal void space for long-cycle lithium–sulphur batteries

    Zhi Wei Seh;Weiyang Li;Judy J. Cha;Guangyuan Zheng

  • Solution-processed metal nanowire mesh transparent electrodes.

    Jung-Yong Lee;Stephen T. Connor;Yi Cui;Peter Peumans

Frequent Co-Authors

Nian Liu
Nian Liu Georgia Institute of Technology
Yuan Yang
Yuan Yang Columbia University
Zhenan Bao
Zhenan Bao Stanford University
Po-Chun Hsu
Po-Chun Hsu Duke University
Guangyuan Zheng
Guangyuan Zheng National University of Singapore
Yayuan Liu
Yayuan Liu Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Desheng Kong
Desheng Kong Nanjing University
Hyun-Wook Lee
Hyun-Wook Lee Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Dingchang Lin
Dingchang Lin Johns Hopkins University
Allen Pei
Allen Pei Tesla (United States)

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