Research Yang Group
Energy Materials Lab
The Energy Materials Lab led by Dr. Ankun Yang seeks to develop novel materials and designs for use in next-generation energy storage devices.
The lab focuses on nanoscale fundamentals, scalable processes and applications.
Research Areas
Alkali metal plasmonics
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Related Papers
Low-loss plasmonics with nanostructured potassium and sodium-potassium liquid alloys [PDF][SI]Z. Gao, A. Wildenborg, C.A.Kocoj, E. Liu, C. Sheofsky, A. Rawashdeh, H. Qu, P. Guo, J.Y. Suh, A. Yang
Nano Letters 23 (15), 7150-7156 (2023)
High-quality surface plasmon polaritons in large-area sodium nanostructures [PDF][SI]
A. Rawashdeh*, A. Wildenborg*, E. Liu, Z. Gao, D.A. Czaplewski, H. Qu, J.Y. Suh, A. Yang
Nano Letters 23 (2), 469-475 (2023)
Sodium surface lattice plasmons [PDF][SI]
A. Rawashdeh, S. Lupa, W. Welch and A. Yang
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 125, 25148 (2021)
Energy Storage
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Electrochemical generation of liquid and solid sulfur on two-dimensional layered materials with distinct areal capacitiesA. Yang*, G. Zhou*, X. Kong, R.A. Vila, A. Pei, Y. Wu, X. Yu, X. Zheng, C.-L. Wu, B. Liu, H. Chen, Y. Xu, D. Chen, Y. Li, S. Fakra, H.Y. Hwang, J. Qin, S. Chu, Y. Cui
Nature Nanotechnology 15, 231-237 (2020)
See also:
D. Zhou, G. Wang, Supercool Sulfur
A. Yang, Liquid or solid sulfur matters
Supercooled liquid sulfur maintained in three-dimensional current collector for high-performance Li-S batteries
G. Zhou*, A. Yang*, G. Gao*, X. Yu, J. Xu, C. Liu, Y. Ye, A. Pei, Y. Wu, Y. Peng, Y. Li, Z. Liang, K. Liu, L.-W. Wang, Y. Cui
Science Advances 6, 21, eaay5098 (2020)
Electrotunable liquid sulfur microdroplets
G. Zhou*, A. Yang*, Y. Wang, G. Gao, A. Pei, X. Yu, Y. Zhu, L. Zong, B. Liu, J. Xu, N. Liu, J. Zhang, Y. Li, L.-W. Wang, H.Y. Hwang, M.L. Brongersma, S. Chu, Y. Cui
Nature Communications 11, 606 (2020)
Direct electrochemical generation of super-cooled sulphur microdroplets well below its melting temperature
N. Liu*, G. Zhou*, A. Yang, X. Yu, F. Shi, J. Sun, J. Zhang, B. Liu, C.-L. Wu, X. Tao, Y. Sun, Y. Cui, S. Chu
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(3), 765-770 (2019)
Photonics
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Real-time tunable lasing from plasmonic nanocavity arraysA. Yang, T.B. Hoang, M. Dridi, C. Deeb, M.H. Mikkelsen, G.C. Schatz, T.W. Odom
Nature Communications 6, 6939 (2015)
Unidirectional lasing from template-stripped two-dimensional plasmonic crystals
A. Yang, Z. Li, M. Knudson, A.J. Hryn, W. Wang, K. Aydin, T.W. Odom
ACS Nano 9, 11582-11588 (2015)
Band-edge engineering for controlled multi-modal nanolasing in plasmonic superlattices
D. Wang, A. Yang, W. Wang, Y. Hua, R.D. Schaller, G.C. Schatz, T.W. Odom
Nature Nanotechnology 12, 889-894 (2017)
Hetero-oligomer nanoparticle arrays for plasmon-enhanced hydrogen sensing
A. Yang, M.D. Huntington, M.F. Cardinal, S.S. Masango, R.P. Van Duyne, T.W. Odom
ACS Nano 8, 7639-7647 (2014)
Programmable and reversible plasmon mode engineering
A. Yang, A.J. Hryn, M.R. Bourgeois, W.K. Lee, J. Hu, G.C. Schatz, T.W. Odom
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 14201-14206 (2016)
Others: 2D Materials and thermal management
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Reversible and selective intercalation through the top surface of few-layer MoS2J. Zhang*, A. Yang*, X. Wu*, J. Groep, P. Tang, S. Li, B. Liu, F. Shi, J. Wan, Q. Li, Y. Sun, Z. Lu, X. Zheng, G. Zhou, C.-L. Wu, S.-C. Zhang, M.L. Brongersma, J. Li, Y. Cui
Nature Communications 9, 5289 (2018)
Thermal management in nanofiber-based face mask
A. Yang, L. Cai, R. Zhang, J. Wang, P.-C. Hsu, H. Wang, G. Zhou, J. Xu, Y. Cui
Nano Letters 17(6), 3506-3510 (2017)