v Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Digen Ruan, Yecheng Li, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zihong Wang, Qi Dong, Jiajia Fan, Jinyu Jiang, Jun Ma, Zhihao Ma, Dazhuang Wang, Xiaodi Ren*

Highly reversible zinc metal anode enabled by strong Brønsted acid and hydrophobic interfacial chemistry

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4303.

v Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zhuangzhuang Jia, Digen Ruan, Qingshun Nian, Jiajia Fan, Shunqiang Chen, Zixu He, Dazhuang Wang, Jinyu Jiang, Jun Ma, Xing Ou, Shuhong Jiao, Qingsong Wang*, Xiaodi Ren*

Molecular Anchoring of Free Solvents for High-Voltage and High-Safety Lithium Metal Batteries

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2033.

v Tianjiang Sun#, Qingshun Nian#, Xiaodi Ren*, Zhanliang Tao*

Hydrogen-bond chemistry in rechargeable batteries

Joule, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.10.010

v Shunqiang Chen, JiaJia Fan, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Lijiang Tan, Digen Ruan, Xin Zhao, Jinyu Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Unveiling the Critical Role of Ion Coordination Configuration of Ether Electrolytes for High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202219310.

v Zihong Wang, Yecheng Li, Xin Zhao, Shunqiang Chen, Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Jiajia Fan, Digen Ruan, Bing-Qing Xiong, Xiaodi Ren*

Localized Alkaline Environment via in situ Electrostatic Confinement for Enhanced CO2-to-ethylene Conversion in Neutral Medium

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13384.

v Digen Ruan#, Lijiang Tan#, Shunqiang Chen, Jiajia Fan, Qingshun Nian, Li Chen, Zihong Wang, Xiaodi Ren* 

Solvent versus Anion Chemistry: Unveiling the Structure-Dependent Reactivity in Tailoring Electrochemical Interphases for Lithium Metal Batteries.

JACS Au, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00035.

v Qingshun Nian, Tianjiang Sun, Yecheng Li, Song Jin, Shuang Liu, Xuan Luo, Zihong Wang, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Digeng Ruan, Hengxing Ji, Zhanliang Tao*, and Xiaodi Ren*

Regulating Frozen Electrolyte Structure with Colloidal Dispersion for Low Temperature Aqueous Batteries

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217671. (Hot paper)

v Bing-Qing Xiong, Qingshun Nian, Xin Zhao, Yawei Chen, Yecheng Li, Jinyu Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaowen Zhan, Xiaodi Ren*

Transforming Interface Chemistry throughout Garnet Electrolyte for Dendrite-Free Solid-State Batteries

ACS Energy Letters,  2023, 8, 537–544.

v Lijiang Tan, Shunqiang Chen, Yawei Chen, Jiajia Fan, Digen Ruan, Qingshun Nian, Li Chen, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Intrinsic Nonflammable Ether Electrolytes for Ultrahigh-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Chlorine Functionality

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203693. (Hot paper)

v Xiaodi Ren#, Xianhui Zhang#, Zulipiya Shadike, Lianfeng Zou, Hao Jia, Xia Cao, Mark Engelhard, Bethany Matthews, Chongmin Wang, Bruce Arey, Xiao-Qing Yang, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu* 

Designing Advanced In Situ Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases for Wide Temperature Operation of 4.5 V Li||LiCoO2 Batteries.

Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(49): 2004898.

v  Xiaodi Ren#, Peiyuan Gao#, Lianfeng Zou, Shuhong Jiao, Xia Cao, Xianhui Zhang, Hao Jia, Mark Engelhard, Bethany Matthews, Haiping Wu, Hongkyung Lee, 

Chaojiang Niu, Chongmin Wang, Bruce Arey, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu* 

Role of inner solvation sheath within salt-solvent complexes in tailoring electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2020, 117(46): 28603-28613.

v Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou, Xia Cao, Mark Engelhard, Wen Liu, Sarah Burton, Hongkyung Lee, Chaojiang Niu, Bethany Matthews, Zihua Zhu, Chongmin Wang, Bruce Arey, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu*

Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions

Joule, 2019, 3(7): 1662-1676.

v Xiaodi Ren, Shuru Chen, Hongkyung Lee, Donghai Mei, Mark H. Engelhard, Sarah D. Burton, Wengao Zhao, Jianming Zheng, Qiuyan Li, Michael S. Ding, Marshall Schroeder, Judith Alvarado, Kang Xu, Y. Shirley Meng, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu*

Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries

Chem, 2018, 4(8): 1877-1892.

v Shuhong Jiao#, Xiaodi Ren#, Ruiguo Cao, Mark Engelhard, Yuzi Liu, Dehong Hu, Donghai Mei, Jianming Zheng, Wengao Zhao, Qiuyan Li, Ning Liu, Brian D Adams, Cheng Ma, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu*

Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes

Nature Energy, 2018, 3(9): 739-746.