Our Papers and Patents

 

2023-24

Papers

  • Baniya, A. ; Saud M. B. ; Li, H. ; Faheem, M. B. ; Zhang, Y. ; Thapa, A. ; Bobba, R. S. ; Kaswekar, P. I. ; Qiao, Q. Electrolyte Tuning with Low Concentrations of Additive for Dendrite Suppression in Lithium Metal Anodes Sustainable Energy Fuels 2024 [Download]

  • Dai, H ; Gomes, L. ; Maxwell, D. ; Zamani, S. ; Yang, K. ; Atienza, D. ; Dale, N. ; Mukerjee, S. Exploring the Role of an Electrolyte Additive in Suppressing Surface Reconstruction of a Ni-Rich NMC Cathode at Ultrahigh Voltage via Enhanced In Situ and Operando Characterization Methods ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2024 [Download]

  • Watson, B. ; Carlson, B. ; Smirnova, A. Innovative methodology for advanced battery recycling research demonstrated with electrochemical extraction, Journal of Power Sources 2024. 594 234025. [Download]

  • Bahmani, F. ; Rodmyre, C. ; Ly, K. ; Mack, P. ; Smirnova, A. In-Situ/Operando Techniques of Unraveling Mechanisms for Ionic Transport in Solid-State Lithium Indium Halide Electrolyte Batteries 2024, 10, 21. [Download]

  • Lama B. ; Smirnova A. ; Paudel T. R. Enhanced Li-Ion Diffusivity of LiFePO4 by Ru Doping: Ab Initio and Machine Learning Force Field Results. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2023, 6, 20, 10424-10431. [Download]

Patents

  • Smirnova, A. ; Numan-Al-Mobin A. M. Cathode structure functionalization with polyoxometalates in contact with solid-state electrolyte for improved all-solid-state lithium-ion battery performance. U.S. Patent 11,955,626 B2 [Download]

  • Salem, D. R. ; Chen, C. ; Hussien, A. Layered high capacity electrodes. U.S. Patent 11,824,189 [Download]

  • Hong, H. ; Salem, D. R. ; Christensen, G. L. ; Yang, R. ; Younes, H. A. High capacity electrodes. U.S. Patent 11,626,584 [Download]

2022

Books

  • Smirnova, A.; Numan-Al-Mobin, A.; Inamuddin. Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Solid-State Energy Storage - A Path to Environmental Sustainability, Elsevier Science, 2022. [Download]

Papers

  • Abu Md Numan-Al-Mobin, Ben Schmidt, Armand Lannerd, Mark Viste, Quinn Qiao, Alevtina L Smirnova, “Interdigitated Cathode-Electrolyte Architectural Design for Fast-Charging Lithium Metal Battery with Lithium Oxyhalide Solid-State Electrolyte”, Materials Advances, DOI: 10.1039/D2MA00512C, 2022 [Download]

  • Baniya, A., A. Gurung, J. Pokharel, K. Chen, R. Pathak, B.S. Lamsal, N. Ghimire, R.S. Bobba, S.I. Rahman, and S. Mabrouk, “Mitigating Interfacial Mismatch between Lithium Metal and Garnet-Type Solid Electrolyte by Depositing Metal Nitride Lithiophilic Interlayer”. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 1, 648–657. [Download]

  • He, W., K. Chen, R. Pathak, M. Hummel, K.M. Reza, N. Ghimire, J. Pokharel, S. Lu, Z. Gu, and Q. Qiao, “High-mass-loading Sn-based anode boosted by pseudocapacitance for long-life sodium-ion batteries”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021. 414: p. 128638. [Download]

  • Yifan Wang, Michael B Price, Raja Sekhar Bobba, Heng Lu, Jingwei Xue, Yilin Wang, Mengyang Li, Aleksandra Ilina, Paul A Hume, Boyu Jia, Tengfei Li, Yuchen Zhang, Nathaniel JLK Davis, Zheng Tang, Wei Ma, Quinn Qiao, Justin M Hodgkiss, Xiaowei Zhan, “Quasi‐Homojunction Organic Nonfullerene Photovoltaics Featuring Fundamentals Distinct from Bulk Heterojunctions”, Advanced Materials, 2206717, 2022. [Download]

  • Heng Lu, Kai Chen, Raja Sekhar Bobba, Jiangjian Shi, Mengyang Li, Yilin Wang, Jingwei Xue, Peiyao Xue, Xiaojian Zheng, Karen E Thorn, Isabella Wagner, Chao‐Yang Lin, Yin Song, Wei Ma, Zheng Tang, Qingbo Meng, Quinn Qiao, Justin M Hodgkiss, Xiaowei Zhan, “Simultaneously Enhancing Exciton/Charge Transport in Organic Solar Cells by Organoboron Additive”, Advanced Materials, 2205926, 2022. [Download]

Patents

  • Smirnova, A.; Dondelinger, M.; Swanson, J. Solid-state electrolytes based on lithium halides for all-solid-state lithium-ion battery operating at elevated standard temperatures. US Patent 2022/0158231 A1, May 19, 2022. [Download]

  • Smirnova, A.; Dondelinger, M.; Swanson, J. Solid-state electrolytes based on lithium halides for all-solid-state lithium-ion battery operating at elevated temperatures. US Patent 11,276,880 B2, March 15, 2022. [Download]

2021

Papers

  • 6.  Pathak, R., K. Chen, F. Wu, A.U. Mane, R.V. Bugga, J.W. Elam, Q. Qiao, and Y. Zhou, “Advanced Strategies for the Development of Porous Carbon as a Li Host/Current Collector for Lithium Metal Batteries”. Energy Storage Materials, 2021. [Download]

  • Sobhan, A., K. Muthukumarappan, L. Wei, Q. Qiao, M.T. Rahman, and N. Ghimire, “Development and characterization of a novel activated biochar-based polymer composite for biosensors”. International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, 2021: p. 1-17. [Download]

  •   Zhao, Z., Z. Yi, H. Li, R. Pathak, X. Cheng, J. Zhou, X. Wang, and Q. Qiao, “Understanding the modulation effect and surface chemistry in a heteroatom incorporated graphene-like matrix toward high-rate lithium–sulfur batteries”. Nanoscale, 2021. 13(35): p. 14777-14784. [Download]

Patents

  • Haiping Hong, David R. Salem, Gregory Lee Christensen, Ruidong Yang. “High capacity electrodes”. US Patent 10950847, issued March 16, 2021. [Download]

  • Qiquan Qiao, Behzad Bahrami, Ashraful Haider Chowdhury, Atomic force microscope-based instrumentation for probing nanoscale charge carrier dynamics with improved temporal and spatial resolution, US11016118B2, 2021.

  • Quinn Qiao, Abiral Baniya, Low-concentration electrolyte for suppressing dendrite growth in lithium metal, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 63/220,29com9, 2021

  • Quinn Qiao, Abiral Baniya, Silicon nitride stabilized interface between lithium metal and solid electrolyte for high performance lithium metal batteries, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 63/279,336, 2021.

  • Quinn Qiao, Sally Mabrouk, Ashim Gurung, Photo-Rechargeable Battery for Greater Convenience, Lower Cost and Higher Reliability Solar Energy Utilization, U.S. Provisional Patent Application Number 63/298,330, 2021

  • Smirnova A, McGraw M, Kolla P, inventors; South Dakota Board of Regents, assignee. “Self-organized and electrically conducting pedot polymer matrix for applications in sensors and energy generation and storage.” U.S. patent US 11,111,586 B2, issued Sep. 7, 2021. [Download]

  • Smirnova, Alevtina, Matthew Dondelinger, and Joel Swanson. "Solid-state electrolytes based on lithium halides for all-solid-state lithium-ion battery operating at elevated temperatures." U.S. Patent 10,991,976, issued April 27, 2021. [Download]

2020

  • Hou, Yi, Erkan Aydin, Michele De Bastiani, Chuanxiao Xiao, Furkan H. Isikgor, Ding-Jiang Xue, Bin Chen, Hao Chen, Behzad Bahrami, Ashraful H. Chowdhury, Andrew Johnston, Se-Woong Baek, Ziru Huang, Mingyang Wei, Yitong Dong, Joel Troughton, Rawan Jalmood, Alessandro J. Mirabelli, Thomas G. Allen, Emmanuel Van Kerschaver, Makhsud I. Saidaminov, Derya Baran, Qiquan Qiao, Kai Zhu, Stefaan De Wolf, Edward H. Sargent. "Efficient tandem solar cells with solution-processed perovskite on textured crystalline silicon." Science 367, no. 6482 (2020): 1135-1140. [Download]

2019

Papers

  • Yang Zhou, Jie Liu, Xinping Hu, David R. Salem, and Baojin Chu. “Apparent piezoelectric response from the bending of non-poled PVDF” Applied Physics Express 12, 061006 [Download]

  • Smirnova A, Dondelinger M, Swanson J, inventors; South Dakota Board of Regents, assignee. Solid-State Electrolytes Based on Lithium Halides for All-Solid-State Lithium-ion Battery Operating at Elevated Temperatures. United States patent application US 16/413,290. 2019 Nov 21. [Download]

  • Dondelinger, Matthew, Joel Swanson, Golibsho Nasymov, Christopher Jahnke, Qiquan Qiao, James Wu, Christian Widener, Abu Md Numan-Al-Mobin, and Alevtina Smirnova. "Electrochemical Stability of Lithium Halide Electrolyte with Antiperovskite Crystal Structure." Electrochimica Acta (2019). [Download]

  • Ma, Xiaojing, Alevtina L. Smirnova, and Hao Fong. "Flexible lignin-derived carbon nanofiber substrates functionalized with iron (III) oxide nanoparticles as lithium-ion battery anodes." Materials Science and Engineering: B (2019). [Download]

  • Ke Chen, Rajesh Pathak, Ashim Gurung, Ezaldeen A. Adhamash, Behzad Bahrami, Qingquan He, Hui Qiao, Alevtina L. Smirnova, James J. Wu, Qiquan Qiao*, Yue Zhou*. "Flower-Shaped Lithium Nitride as a Protective Layer via Facile Plasma Activation for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes." Energy Storage Materials, 18, 389-396, 2019. [Download]

  • Wu, Yilei, Sebastian Schneider, Christopher Walter, Ashraful Haider Chowdhury, Behzad Bahrami, Hung-Chin Wu, Qiquan Qiao, Michael F. Toney, and Zhenan Bao. "Fine-Tuning Semiconducting Polymer Self-Aggregation and Crystallinity Enables Optimal Morphology and High-Performance Printed All-Polymer Solar Cells." Journal of the American Chemical Society (2019). [Download]

Patents

  • David R. Salem, Chunhui Chen, Abdulmenan Hussein. “Layered high capacity electrodes”. US Patent 10468674. Issued November 5, 2019. [Download]

2018

Papers

  • Sheng Liu, Wanwan Lei, Yan Liu, Qiquan Qiao*, and Wen-Hua Zhang*. "Hierarchical Nanosheet-Based MS2 (M= Re, Mo, W) Nanotubes Prepared by Templating Sacrificial Te Nanowires with Superior Lithium and Sodium Storage Capacity." ACS applied materials & interfaces 10, no. 43 (2018): 37445-37452. [Download]

  • Ashim Gurung, Qiquan Qiao*, Solar Charging Batteries: Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities, Joule, 2 (7), 1217-1230, 2018. [Download]

  • Rajesh Pathak, Ashim Gurung, Hytham Elbohy, Ke Chen, Khan Mamun Reza, Behzad Bahrami, Sally Mabrouk, Raju Ghimire, Matthew Hummel, Zhengrong Gu, Xiaoming Wang,* Yucheng Wu,* Yue Zhou* and Qiquan Qiao*, Self-recovery in Li-metal hybrid lithium-ion batteries via WO3 reduction, Nanoscale, 10, 15956-15966, 2018.  [Download]

  • Sun, C. Z.; Cheng, L. J.; Qiao, Y.; Zhang, L. Y.; Chen, Z. N.; Dai, F. R.; Lin, W.; Wang, Z., Stimuli-responsive metal-organic supercontainers as synthetic proton receptors. Dalton Trans. 2018, 47 (30), 10256-10263. [Download]

Patents

  • Hong, H. ; Peterson, G. P. B. ; Salem, D. R. Composite materials with magnetically aligned carbon nanoparticles and methods of preparation. U.S. Patent 9,892,835 [Download]

2017

Papers

  • Ma, Xiaojing, Praveen Kolla, Ruidong Yang, Zhao Wang, Yong Zhao, Alevtina L. Smirnova, and Hao Fong. "Electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous membranes with varied fiber diameters and different membrane porosities as lithium-ion battery separators." Electrochimica Acta 236 (2017): 417-423. [Download]

  • Roya Naderi, Ashim Gurung, Zhengping Zhou, Geetha Varnekar, Ke Chen, Jiantao Zai*, Xuefeng Qian*, Qiquan Qiao*, Activation of passive nano-fillers in composite polymer electrolyte for higher performance lithium ion batteries, Advanced Sustainable Systems, 1. 8, 1700043, 2017. [Download]

  • Shelton J. P. Varapragasam, Choumini Balasanthiran, Ashim Gurung, Qiquan Qiao, Robert M. Rioux, James D. Hoefelmeyer, Kirkendall Growth of Hollow Mn3O4 Nanoparticles Upon Galvanic Reaction of MnO with Cu2+ and Evaluation as Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (21), 11089-11099. [Download]

  • Zhengping Zhou, Hua Zhang, Yan Zhou, Hui Qiao, Ashim Gurung, Roya Naderi , Hytham Elbohy, Alevtina L. Smirnova, Huitian Lu, Shuiliang Chen, and Qiquan Qiao*, Binder Free Hierarchical Mesoporous Carbon Foam for High Performance Lithium Ion Battery, Scientific Reports, 7, 1440, 2017. [Download]

  • Ashim Gurung, Ke Chen, Geetha Varnekar, Reza Khan, Salem Saad Abdulkarim, Rajesh Pathak, Roya Naderi, Qiquan Qiao*, Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cell Photo-Charging of Lithium Ion Battery using DC-DC Booster, Advanced Energy Materials, 1602105 (1-8), 2017. [Download]

  • Hui Qiao, Zhaokang Xia, Yanhua Liu, Rongrong Cui, Yaqian Fei, Yibing Cai, Qufu Wei, Qingxia Yao, Qiquan Qiao*, Sonochemical synthesis and high lithium storage properties of ordered Co/CMK-3 nanocomposites, Applied Surface Science, 400, 492-497, 2017. [Download]

  • Netzer, N. L.; Must, I.; Qiao, Y.; Zhang, S. L.; Wang, Z.; Zhang, Z., Biomimetic supercontainers for size-selective electrochemical sensing of molecular ions. Sci. Rep. 2017, 7, 45786. [Download]

Patents

  • Hong, H. ; Salem, D. R. ; Christensen, G. L. ; Yang, R. High capacity electrodes. U.S. Patent 9,666,861 [Download]

  • Smirnova A, McGraw M, Kolla P, inventors; South Dakota Board of Regents, assignee. Self-organized and electrically conducting pedot polymer matrix for applications in sensors and energy generation and storage. United States patent application US 15/439,585. 2017 Aug 24. [Download]

2016

Papers

  • Ma, Xiaojing, Praveen Kolla, Yong Zhao, Alevtina L. Smirnova, and Hao Fong. "Electrospun lignin-derived carbon nanofiber mats surface-decorated with MnO2 nanowhiskers as binder-free supercapacitor electrodes with high performance." Journal of Power Sources 325 (2016): 541-548. [Download]

  • McGraw, Mike, Praveen Kolla, Bin Yao, Robert Cook, Q. Quiao, J. Wu, and A. Smirnova. "One-step solid-state in-situ thermal polymerization of silicon-PEDOT nanocomposites for the application in lithium-ion battery anodes." Polymer 99 (2016): 488-495. [Download]

  • Ashim Gurung, Roya Naderi, Bjorn Vaagensmith, Geetha Vernakar, Zhengping Zhou, Hytham Elbohy, Qiquan Qiao*, Tin Selenide - Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Hybrid Anodes for Higher Performance Lithium-Ion Batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 211, 720-725, 2016. [Download]

  • Qiao, Y.; Zhang, L.; Li, J.; Lin, W.; Wang, Z., Switching on Supramolecular Catalysis via Cavity Mediation and Electrostatic Regulation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 12778-12782. [Download]

  • Dai, F.-R.; Qiao, Y.; Wang, Z., Designing structurally tunable and functionally versatile synthetic supercontainers. Inorg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 243-249. [Download]

Patents

  • Hong, H. ; Peterson, G. P. B. ; Salem, D. R. Composite Materials with Magnetically Aligned Carbon Nanoparticles having Enhanced Electrical Properties and Methods of Preparation. U.S. Patent 9,312,046 [Download]

2015

  • McGraw, Michael, Praveen Kolla, Alevtina Smirnova, Rob Cook, James Wu, and Vadim Lvovich. "COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THERMALLY TREATED SILICON ANODE NANOSTRUCTURES BASED ON POLYACRYLIC ACID AND POLYANILINE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY APPLICATION." In Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, vol. 94. 2015. [Download]

  • Kolla, Praveen, and Alevtina Smirnova. "Methanol oxidation and oxygen reduction activity of PtIrCo-alloy nanocatalysts supercritically deposited within 3D carbon aerogel matrix." Electrochimica Acta 182 (2015): 20-30. [Download]

  • Ates, Mehmet Nurullah, Sanjeev Mukerjee, and K. M. Abraham. "A high rate Li-rich layered MNC cathode material for lithium-ion batteries." RSC Advances 5, no. 35 (2015): 27375-27386. [Download]

  • Ates, Mehmet Nurullah, Sanjeev Mukerjee, and K. M. Abraham. "A search for the optimum lithium rich layered metal oxide cathode material for Li-ion batteries." Journal of The Electrochemical Society 162, no. 7 (2015): A1236-A1245. [Download]

  • Ates, Mehmet Nurullah. High Energy Density Cathode Active Materials for Lithium-ion Batteries. Northeastern University, 2015. [Download]