Peer-Reviewed Publications
- M. D. Regulacio*, D.-T. Nguyen, R. Horia, Z. W. Seh*, “Designing Nanostructured Metal Chalcogenides as Cathode Materials for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries.” Small 2021, 17, 2007683
- X. Wang, L. Fu, R. Zhan, L. Wang, G. Li, M. Wan, X.-L. Wu, Z. W. Seh, L. Wang, Y. Sun*, “Addressing the Low Solubility of a Solid Electrolyte Interphase Stabilizer in an Electrolyte by Composite Battery Anode Design.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 13354-13361
- S. N. Steinmann*, Z. W. Seh*, “Understanding Electrified Interfaces.” Nat. Rev. Mater. 2021, 6, 289-291
- L. Fu, X. Wang, L. Wang, M. Wan, Y. Li, Z. Cai, Y. Tan, G. Li, R. Zhan, Z. W. Seh, Y. Sun*, “A Salt-in-Metal Anode: Stabilizing the Solid Electrolyte Interphase to Enable Prolonged Battery Cycling.” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2021, 31, 2010602
- A. Y. S. Eng, V. Kumar, Y. Zhang, J. Luo, W. Wang, Y. Sun, W. Li*, Z. W. Seh*, “Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries and Beyond: Realizing Practical High Energy Systems through Anode, Cathode, and Electrolyte Engineering.” Adv. Energy. Mater. 2021, 11, 2003493
- Z. Cai, Y. Ou, B. Zhang, J. Wang, L. Fu, M. Wan, G. Li, W. Wang, L. Wang, J. Jiang, Z. W. Seh, E. Hu, X.-Q. Yang, Y. Cui*, Y. Sun*, “A Replacement Reaction Enabled Interdigitated Metal/Solid Electrolyte Architecture for Battery Cycling at 20 mA cm−2 and 20 mAh cm−2.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 3143-3152
- G. Li, Q. Yang, J. Chao, B. Zhang, M. Wan, X. Liu, E. Mao, L. Wang, H. Yang, Z. W. Seh, J. Jiang, Y. Sun*, “Enhanced Processability and Electrochemical Cyclability of Metallic Sodium at Elevated Temperature using Sodium Alloy Composite.” Energy Storage Mater. 2021, 35, 310-316
- D.-T. Nguyen, R. Horia, A. Y. S. Eng, S.-W. Song*, Z. W. Seh*, “Material Design Strategies to Improve the Performance of Rechargeable Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries.” Mater. Horiz. 2021, 8, 830-853
- N. Abidi, K. R. G. Lim, Z. W. Seh, S. N. Steinmann*, “Atomistic Modeling of Electrocatalysis: Are we there yet?” WIREs Comput. Mol. Sci. 2021, 11, e1499
- D.-T. Nguyen, A. Y. S. Eng, M.-F. Ng, V. Kumar, Z. Sofer, A. D. Handoko, G. S. Subramanian, Z. W. Seh*, “A High-Performance Magnesium Triflate-Based Electrolyte for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries.” Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2020, 1, 100265
- K. R. G. Lim, A. D. Handoko, L. R. Johnson, X. Meng, M. Lin, G. S. Subramanian, B. Anasori, Y. Gogotsi*, A. Vojvodic*, Z. W. Seh*, “2H-MoS2 on Mo2CTx MXene Nanohybrid for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.” ACS Nano 2020, 14, 16140-16155
- A. Y. S. Eng, D.-T. Nguyen, V. Kumar, G. S. Subramanian, M.-F. Ng, Z. W. Seh*, “Tailoring Binder–Cathode Interactions for Long-Life Room-Temperature Sodium–Sulfur Batteries.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2020, 8, 22983-22997
- H. Chen, A. D. Handoko, T. Wang, J. Qu, J. Xiao, X. Liu, D. Legut, Z. W. Seh*, Q. Zhang*, “Defect-Enhanced CO2 Reduction Catalytic Performance in O-Terminated MXenes.” ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 5690-5698
- K. R. G. Lim, A. D. Handoko, S. K. Nemani, B. Wyatt, H.-Y. Jiang, J. Tang, B. Anasori*, Z. W. Seh*, “Rational Design of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride (MXene) Hybrids and Nanocomposites for Catalytic Energy Storage and Conversion.” ACS Nano 2020, 14, 10834-10864
- Y. Li, J. Wu, B. Zhang, W. Wang, G. Zhang, Z. W. Seh, N. Zhang, J. Sun, L. Huang*, J. Jiang, J. Zhou, Y. Sun*, “Fast Conversion and Controlled Deposition of Lithium (Poly)Sulfides in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Using High-Loading Cobalt Single Atoms.” Energy Storage Mater. 2020, 30, 250-259
- A. D. Handoko, H. Chen, Y. Lum, Q. Zhang*, B. Anasori*, Z. W. Seh*, “Two-Dimensional Titanium and Molybdenum Carbide MXenes as Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction.” iScience 2020, 23, 101181
- X. Liu, Y. Tan, W. Wang, C. Li, Z. W. Seh, L. Wang, Y. Sun*, “Conformal Prelithiation Nanoshell on LiCoO2 Enabling High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries.” Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 4558-4565
- Z. Sun, S. Vijay, H. H. Heenen, A. Y. S. Eng, W. Tu, Y. Zhao, S. W. Koh, P. Gao, Z. W. Seh, K. Chan*, H. Li*, “Catalytic Polysulfide Conversion and Physiochemical Confinement for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries.” Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10, 1904010
- V. Kumar, Y. Wang, A. Y. S. Eng, M.-F. Ng, Z. W. Seh*, “A Biphasic Interphase Design Enabling High Performance in Room Temperature Sodium-Sulfur Batteries.” Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2020, 1, 100044
- V. Kumar, A. Y. S. Eng, Y. Wang, D.-T. Nguyen, M.-F. Ng, Z. W. Seh*, “An Artificial Metal-Alloy Interphase for High-Rate and Long-Life Sodium–Sulfur Batteries.” Energy Storage Mater. 2020, 29, 1-8
- M.-F. Ng, J. Zhao, Q. Yan*, G. J. Conduit*, Z. W. Seh*, “Predicting the State of Charge and Health of Batteries using Data-Driven Machine Learning.” Nat. Mach. Intell. 2020, 2, 161-170
- Y. Li, C. Wang, W. Wang, A. Y. S. Eng, M. Wan, L. Fu, E. Mao, G. Li, J. Tang, Z. W. Seh, Y. Sun*, “Enhanced Chemical Immobilization and Catalytic Conversion of Polysulfide Intermediates Using Metallic Mo Nanoclusters for High-Performance Li–S Batteries.” ACS Nano 2020, 14, 1148-1157
- J. Du, W. Wang, A. Y. S. Eng, X. Liu, M. Wan, Z. W. Seh, Y. Sun*, “Metal/LiF/Li2O Nanocomposite for Battery Cathode Prelithiation: Trade-off between Capacity and Stability.” Nano Lett. 2020, 20, 546-552
- H. Chen, A. D. Handoko, J. Xiao, X. Feng, Y. Fan, T. Wang, D. Legut, Z. W. Seh*, Q. Zhang*, “Catalytic Effect on CO2 Electroreduction by Hydroxyl-Terminated Two-Dimensional MXenes.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11, 36571-36579
- Y. He, Q. He, L. Wang, C. Zhu, P. Golani, A. D. Handoko, X. Yu, C. Gao, M. Ding, X. Wang, F. Liu, Q. Zeng, P. Yu, S. Guo, B. I. Yakobson, L. Wang, Z. W. Seh, Z. Zhang, M. Wu, Q. J. Wang*, H. Zhang*, Z. Liu*, "Self-Gating in Semiconductor Electrocatalysis." Nat. Mater. 2019, 18, 1098-1104
- B. Tang, J. Yang, Z. Kou, L. Xu, H. L. Seng, Y. Xie, A. D. Handoko, X. Liu, Z. W. Seh, H. Kawai, H. Gong*, W. Yang*, “Surface-Engineered Cobalt Oxide Nanowires as Multifunctional Electrocatalysts for Efficient Zn-Air Batteries-Driven Overall Water Splitting.” Energy Storage Mater. 2019, 23, 1-7
- Y. Li, W. Wang, X. Liu, E. Mao, M. Wang, G. Li, L. Fu, Z. Li, A. Y. S. Eng, Z. W. Seh, Y. Sun*, “Engineering Stable Electrode-Separator Interfaces with Ultrathin Conductive Polymer Layer for High-Energy-Density Li-S Batteries.” Energy Storage Mater. 2019, 23, 261-268
- B. Tang, Z. G. Yu*, Y. Zhang, C. Tang, H. L. Seng, Z. W. Seh, Y.-W. Zhang, S. J. Pennycook, H. Gong*, W. Yang*, “Metal–Organic Framework-Derived Hierarchical MoS2/CoS2 Nanotube Arrays as pH-Universal Electrocatalysts for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2019, 7, 13339-13346
- A. D. Handoko, S. N. Steinmann, Z. W. Seh*, “Theory-Guided Materials Design: Two-Dimensional MXenes in Electro- and Photocatalysis.” Nanoscale Horiz. 2019, 4, 809-827
- A. D. Handoko, F. Wei, Jenndy, B. S. Yeo, Z. W. Seh*, “Understanding Heterogeneous Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction through Operando Techniques.” Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 922-934
- A. D. Handoko, K. H. Khoo, T. L. Tan, H. Jin*, Z. W. Seh*, “Establishing New Scaling Relations on Two-Dimensional MXenes for CO2 Electroreduction.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 21885-21890
- Y. Deng, Y. Huang, D. Ren, A. D. Handoko, Z. W. Seh, P. Hirunsit*, B. S. Yeo*, “On the Role of Sulfur for the Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Formate on CuSx Catalysts.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 28572-28581
- M. D. Regulacio*, Y. Wang, Z. W. Seh, M.-Y. Han, “Tailoring Porosity in Copper-Based Multinary Sulfide Nanostructures for Energy, Biomedical, Catalytic, and Sensing Applications.” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2018, 1, 3042-3062
- J. Di, C. Yan, A. D. Handoko, Z. W. Seh*, H. Li*, Z. Liu*, “Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Materials for Photo- and Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.” Mater. Today 2018, 21, 749-770
- P. Li, J. Zhu, A. D. Handoko, R. Zhang, H. Wang, D. Legut, X. Wen, Z. Fu, Z. W. Seh, Q. Zhang*, “High-Throughput Theoretical Optimization of the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction on MXenes by Transition Metal Modification.” J. Mater. Chem. A 2018, 6, 4271-4278
- A. D. Handoko, K. D. Fredrickson, B. Anasori, K. W. Convey, L. R. Johnson, Y. Gogotsi*, A. Vojvodic*, Z. W. Seh*, “Tuning the Basal Plane Functionalization of Two-Dimensional Metal Carbides (MXenes) to Control Hydrogen Evolution Activity.” ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2018, 1, 173-180
- Z. W. Seh, J. Kibsgaard, C. F. Dickens, I. Chorkendorff, J. K. Norskov, T. F. Jaramillo*, “Combining Theory and Experiment in Electrocatalysis: Insights into Materials Design.” Science 2017, 355, eaad4998
- H. Tian, Z. W. Seh, K. Yan, Z. Fu, P. Tang, Y. Lu, R. Zhang, D. Legut, Y. Cui*, Q. Zhang*, “Theoretical Investigation of 2D Layered Materials as Protective Films for Lithium and Sodium Metal Anodes.” Adv. Energy Mater. 2017, 7, 1602528
- G. Zhou, H. Tian, Y. Jin, X. Tao, B. Liu, R. Zhang, Z. W. Seh, D. Zhuo, Y. Liu, J. Sun, J. Zhao, C. Zu, D. S. Wu, Q. Zhang*, Y. Cui*, “Catalytic Oxidation of Li2S on the Surface of Metal Sulfides for Li–S Batteries.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2017, 114, 840-845
- K. D. Fredrickson, B. Anasori, Z. W. Seh, Y. Gogotsi, A. Vojvodic*, “Effects of Applied Potential and Water Intercalation on the Surface Chemistry of Ti2C and Mo2C MXenes.” J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 28432-28440
- Z. W. Seh, K. D. Fredrickson, B. Anasori, J. Kibsgaard, A. L. Strickler, M. R. Lukatskaya, Y. Gogotsi*, T. F. Jaramillo*, A. Vojvodic*, “Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Carbide (MXene) as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution.” ACS Energy Lett. 2016, 1, 589-594
- Z. W. Seh, Y. Sun, Q. Zhang, Y. Cui*, “Designing High-Energy Lithium–Sulfur Batteries.” Chem. Soc. Rev. 2016, 45, 5605-5634
- Y. Sun, G. Zheng, Z. W. Seh, N. Liu, S. Wang, J. Sun, H. R. Lee, Y. Cui*, “Graphite-Encapsulated Li-Metal Hybrid Anodes for High-Capacity Li Batteries.” Chem 2016, 1, 287-297
- X. Tao, J. Wang, C. Liu, H. Wang, H. Yao, G. Zheng, Z. W. Seh, Q. Cai, W. Li, G. Zhou, C. Zu, Y. Cui*, “Balancing Surface Adsorption and Diffusion of Lithium-Polysulfides on Nonconductive Oxides for Lithium–Sulfur Battery Design.” Nat. Commun. 2016, 7, 11203
- Y. Sun, H.-W. Lee, Z. W. Seh, G. Zheng, J. Sun, Y. Li, Y. Cui*, “Lithium Sulfide/Metal Nanocomposite as a High-Capacity Cathode Prelithiation Material.” Adv. Energy Mater. 2016, 6, 1600154
- Y. Sun, H.-W. Lee, G. Zheng, Z. W. Seh, J. Sun, Y. Li, Y. Cui*, “In Situ Chemical Synthesis of Lithium Fluoride/Metal Nanocomposite for High Capacity Prelithiation of Cathodes.” Nano Lett. 2016, 16, 1497-1501
- Y. Sun, H.-W. Lee, Z. W. Seh, N. Liu, J. Sun, Y. Li, Y. Cui*, “High-Capacity Battery Cathode Prelithiation to Offset Initial Lithium Loss.” Nat. Energy 2016, 1, 15008
- Z. W. Seh, J. Sun, Y. Sun, Y. Cui*, “A Highly Reversible Room-Temperature Sodium Metal Anode.” ACS Cent. Sci. 2015, 1, 449-455
- Y. Qiu, G. Rong, J. Yang, G. Li, S. Ma, X. Wang, Z. Pan, Y. Hou, M. Liu, F. Ye, W. Li, Z. W. Seh, X. Tao, H. Yao, N. Liu, R. Zhang, G. Zhou, J. Wang, S. Fan, Y. Cui*, Y. Zhang*, “Highly Nitridated Graphene–Li2S Cathodes with Stable Modulated Cycles.” Adv. Energy Mater. 2015, 5, 1501369
- W. Li, Z. Liang, Z. Lu, H. Yao, Z. W. Seh, K. Yan, G. Zheng, Y. Cui*, “A Sulfur Cathode with Pomegranate-Like Cluster Structure.” Adv. Energy Mater. 2015, 5, 1500211
- Y. Sun, R. B. Sills, X. Hu*, Z. W. Seh, X. Xiao, H. Xu, W. Luo, H. Jin, Y. Xin, T. Li, Z. Zhang, J. Zhou, W. Cai, Y. Huang*, Y. Cui*, “A Bamboo-Inspired Nanostructure Design for Flexible, Foldable, and Twistable Energy Storage Devices.” Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 3899-3906
- Q. Zhang*, Y. Wang, Z. W. Seh, Z. Fu, R. Zhang, Y. Cui*, “Understanding the Anchoring Effect of Two-Dimensional Layered Materials for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries.” Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 3780-3786
- Y. Sun, Z. W. Seh, W. Li, H. Yao, G. Zheng, Y. Cui*, “In-Operando Optical Imaging of Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Polysulfides in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries.” Nano Energy 2015, 11, 579-586
- H. Yao, K. Yan, W. Li, G. Zheng, D. Kong, Z. W. Seh, V. K. Narasimhan, Z. Liang, Y. Cui*, “Improved Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with a Conductive Coating on the Separator to Prevent the Accumulation of Inactive S-related Species at the Cathode–Separator Interface.” Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7, 3381-3390
- Z. W. Seh, J. H. Yu, W. Li, P.-C. Hsu, H. Wang, Y. Sun, H. Yao, Q. Zhang*, Y. Cui*, “Two-Dimensional Layered Transition Metal Disulphides for Effective Encapsulation of High-Capacity Lithium Sulphide Cathodes.” Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 5017
- H. Yao, G. Zheng, P.-C. Hsu, D. Kong, J. J. Cha, W. Li, Z. W. Seh, M. T. McDowell, K. Yan, Z. Liang, V. K. Narasimhan, Y. Cui*, “Improving Lithium–Sulphur Batteries through Spatial Control of Sulphur Species Deposition on a Hybrid Electrode Surface.” Nat. Commun. 2014, 5, 3943
- Z. Liang, G. Zheng, W. Li, Z. W. Seh, H. Yao, K. Yan, D. Kong, Y. Cui*, “Sulfur Cathodes with Hydrogen Reduced Titanium Dioxide Inverse Opal Structure.” ACS Nano 2014, 8, 5249-5256
- Z. W. Seh, H. Wang, N. Liu, G. Zheng, W. Li, H. Yao, Y. Cui*, “High-Capacity Li2S–Graphene Oxide Composite Cathodes with Stable Cycling Performance.” Chem. Sci. 2014, 5, 1396-1400
- Z. W. Seh, H. Wang, P.-C. Hsu, Q. Zhang, W. Li, G. Zheng, H. Yao, Y. Cui*, “Facile Synthesis of Li2S–Polypyrrole Composite Structures for High-Performance Li2S Cathodes.” Energy Environ. Sci. 2014, 7, 672-676
- W. Li, Q. Zhang, G. Zheng, Z. W. Seh, H. Yao, Y. Cui*, “Understanding the Role of Different Conductive Polymers in Improving the Nanostructured Sulfur Cathode Performance.” Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 5534-5540
- Z. W. Seh, Q. Zhang, W. Li, G. Zheng, H. Yao, Y. Cui*, “Stable Cycling of Lithium Sulfide Cathodes through Strong Affinity with a Bifunctional Binder.” Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3673-3677
- H. Yao, G. Zheng, W. Li, M. T. McDowell, Z. W. Seh, N. Liu, Z. Lu, Y. Cui*, “Crab Shells as Sustainable Templates From Nature for Nanostructured Battery Electrodes.” Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 3385-3390
- W. Li, G. Zheng, Y. Yang, Z. W. Seh, N. Liu, Y. Cui*, “High-Performance Hollow Sulfur Nanostructured Battery Cathode through a Scalable, Room Temperature, One-Step, Bottom-Up Approach.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2013, 110, 7148-7153
- G. Zheng, Q. Zhang, J. J. Cha, Y. Yang, W. Li, Z. W. Seh, Y. Cui*, “Amphiphilic Surface Modification of Hollow Carbon Nanofibers for Improved Cycle Life of Lithium Sulfur Batteries.” Nano Lett. 2013, 13, 1265-1270
- Z. W. Seh, W. Li, J. J. Cha, G. Zheng, Y. Yang, M. T. McDowell, P.-C. Hsu, Y. Cui*, “Sulphur–TiO2 Yolk-Shell Nanoarchitecture with Internal Void Space for Long-Cycle Lithium–Sulphur Batteries.” Nat. Commun. 2013, 4, 1331
- E. Asenath-Smith, H. Li, E. C. Keene, Z. W. Seh, L. A. Estroff*, “Crystal Growth of Calcium Carbonate in Hydrogels as a Model of Biomineralization.” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2012, 22, 2891-2914
- Z. W. Seh, S. Liu, M.-Y. Han*, “Titania-Coated Metal Nanostructures.” Chem. Asian J. 2012, 7, 2174-2184
- Z. W. Seh, S. Liu, M. Low, S.-Y. Zhang, Z. Liu*, A. Mlayah*, M.-Y. Han*, “Janus Au–TiO2 Photocatalysts with Strong Localization of Plasmonic Near-Fields for Efficient Visible-Light Hydrogen Generation.” Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 2310-2314
- Z. W. Seh, S. Liu, S.-Y. Zhang, M. S. Bharathi, H. Ramanarayan, M. Low, K. W. Shah, Y.-W. Zhang*, M.-Y. Han*, “Anisotropic Growth of Titania onto Various Gold Nanostructures: Synthesis, Theoretical Understanding, and Optimization for Catalysis.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50, 10140-10143
- Z. W. Seh, S. Liu, S.-Y. Zhang, K. W. Shah, M.-Y. Han*, “Synthesis and Multiple Reuse of Eccentric Au@TiO2 Nanostructures as Catalysts.” Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 6689-6691