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Research Yang GroupEnergy Materials LabThe 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 AreasAlkali metal plasmonics Related PapersLow-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 Related PapersElectrochemical 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 Related PapersReal-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 Related PapersReversible 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) Meet Our Sponsors |