Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
[J31] Hou, J.鈥, Wang, Z.鈥, Meng, Z., Fu, J., Yao, Z., Jin, W., Ma, X., Yang, Z., Wang, Y.*, 2025, Ultra-High Efficient Lithium Recovery via Terephthalic Acid from Spent Lithium-ion Batteries, Green Chemistry, under review.
[J30] Ma, X.鈥, Hou, J.鈥, Meng, Z.鈥, Chan, K., Wang, Z., Gratz, E., Yang, Z., Sultanov, M., Akin, M., Thakur, M., Wang, Y.*, 2025, A Closed-Loop Hydrometallurgical based Upcycling Strategy Enabling Upgrade Mixed Ni-lean Cathode materials to Ni-rich cathode materials, Journal of Power Sources, under review.
[J29] Meng, Z.鈥, Ma, X.鈥, Hou, J., Zheng, Y., Wang, Y.*, 2025, Impurity Impacts of Recycling NMC Cathodes, Advanced Energy Materials, accepted.
[J28] Ma, X.鈥, Meng, Z.鈥, Spangenberger J., Harper G., Gratz E., Olivetti E., Arsenault R. and Wang Y.*, 2025, Evolution of Li-ion Battery Recycling for Sustainable Future, Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 1, 75-94.
[J27] Yao, Z., Ma, X., Wang, R., Hou, J., Meng, Z., Fu, J., Thanwisai, P., Yang, Z., Wang, Y.*, 2025. Improving Rate Performance of Recycled High-Purity Graphite through Scalable Surface Modification Techniques, Journal of Power Sources, 625, 235738.
[J26] Wang, O., Ma, X.*, 2024, Innovating the Recycling of Solar Panels with an Eco-friendly Alkaline Leaching Process, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 211, 107887.
[J25] Ma, X., Meng, Z., Hou, J., Dogan Key, F., Yang, Z., Sultanov M., Gao, G., Guo, H., Vanaphuti, P., Yao, Z., Fu, J., Liu, Y., Han, Y., Wang, Y.*, 2024, Acid Etching-Driven Self-Assembly of Mn Coating Shell During Synthesis of Single-Crystal Ni-Rich Cathodes, Batteries & Supercaps, e202400501.
[J24] Meng, Z.鈥, Hou, J.鈥, Thanwisai, P., Fu, J., Yao, Z., Zheng, Y., Jin, W., Wang, Z., Yang, Z., Ma, X.*, Wang, Y.*, 2024. Understanding the effects of Bi2O3 modification on the properties of Ni-rich cathodes, Batteries & Supercaps, e202400107.
[J23] Thanwisai, P., Vanaphuti, P., Yao, Z., Hou, J., Meng, Z., Ma, X., Huo, G., Gao, G., Yang, Z., Wang, Y.*, 2024. Regulating Anionic Redox via Mg Substitution in Mn-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes Enabling High Electrochemical Stability for Sodium-Ion Batteries, Small, 20(9), 2306465.
[J22] Wang, O., Chen, Z., Ma, X.*, 2023. Advancing Sustainable End-of-Life Strategies for Photovoltaic Modules with Silicon Reclamation for Lithium-ion Battery Anodes, Green Chemistry, 211, 107887.
[J21] Meng, Z.鈥, Ma, X.鈥, Azhari, L., Hou, J., Wang, Y.*, 2023. Tuning Ternary Layered Oxide Cathode Properties Through Process-Controlled Morphology, Communication Materials, 4(1), 90.
[J20] Liu, Y., Gong, X., Podder, C., Wang, F., Li, Z., Liu, J., Fu, J., Ma, X., Vanaphuti, P., Wang, R., Hitt, A., Savsatli, Y., Yang, Z., Ge, M., Lee, W., Yonemoto, B., Tang, M., Pan, H., Wang, Y., 2023. Roll-to-roll solvent-free manufactured electrodes for fast-charging batteries. Joule, 7(5), pp.952-970.
[J19] Ma, X., Hou, J., Vanaphuti, P., Yao, Z., Fu, J., Azhari, L., Liu, Y., Wang, Y.*, 2022. Direct Upcycling of Mixed Ni-lean Polycrystals to Single-crystal Ni-rich Cathode Materials, Chem, 8(7), p1944-1955.
[J18] Hou, J.鈥, Ma, X.鈥, Fu, J., Vanaphuti, P., Yao, Z., Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, Y.*, 2022. Green Closed-Loop Process for Selective Recycling of Lithium from Spent Lithium-ion Batteries, Green Chemistry, 24(8), pp.7049-7060.
[J17] Fu, J.鈥, Yang, S.鈥, Hou, J., Azhari, L., Yao, Z., Ma, X., Liu, Y., Vanaphuti, P., Meng, Z., Yang, Z., Zhong, Y., Wang, Y.*, 2022. Modeling Assisted Synthesis of Zr-doped Li3-xIn1-xZrxCl6 with Ultrahigh Ionic Conductivity for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Journal of Power Sources, 556, p.232465.
[J16] Vanaphuti, P., Yao, Z., Liu Y., Lin, Y., Wen, J., Yang, Z., Feng, Z., Ma, X., Zauha, A., Wang, Y., Wang, Y.*, 2022. Achieving High Stability and Performance in P2鈥怲ype Mn鈥怋ased Layered Oxides with Tetravalent Cations for Sodium鈥怚on Batteries, Small, 18(19), p2201086.
[J15] Vanaphuti, P., Azhari, L., Ma, X., Liu, Y., Hou, J., Tompsett, G., Yang, Z., Wang, Y.*, 2022. Upgrading the Performance and Stability of Lithium, Manganese鈥怰ich Layered Oxide Cathodes with Combined鈥怓ormic Acid and Spinel Coating Treatment, Batteries & Supercaps 5(4), e202100377.
[J14] Ma, X.鈥, Chen, M.鈥, Zheng, Z.鈥, Bullen, D., Wang, J., Harrison, C., Gratz, E., Lin, Y., Yang Z., Zhang Y., Wang, F., Robertson, D., Son, S., Bloom, I., Wen, J., Ge, M., Xiao, X., Lee, W., Tang, M., Wang, Q., Fu, J., Zhang, Y., Sousa, B., Arsenault, R., Karlson, P., Simon, N., Wang, Y.*, 2021. Recycled Cathode Materials Enabled Superior Performance for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Joule 5(11), 2955-2970.
[J13] Ma, X., Azhari, L. and Wang, Y.*, 2021. Li-Ion Battery Recycling Challenges, Chem 7(11), 2843-2847.
[J12] Ma, X. 鈥, Vanaphuti, P. 鈥, Fu, J. 鈥, Hou, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, R., Bong, S., Yao, Z., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y.*, 2021. A Universal Etching Method for Synthesizing High-Performance Single Crystal Cathode Materials. Nano Energy, 87, p.106194.
[J11] Yao, Z., Fu, J., Liu, Y., Hou, J., Vanaphuti, P., Ma, X., Zhang, R., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y.*, 2021. Building a Spontaneously Formed and Self-healing Protective Layer with a F-rich Electrochemically Active Organic Molecule for Ultra-stable Li Metal Batteries. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 5(21),5574-5580.
[J10] Zhang, R., Zheng, Y., Vanaphuti, P., Liu, Y., Fu, J., Yao, Z., Ma, X., Chen, M., Yang, Z., Lin, Y., Wen, J., Wang, Y.*, 2021. Valence effects of Fe impurity for recovered LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode materials, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4(9), pp.10356-10367.
[J09] Vanaphuti, P., Liu, Y., Ma, X., Fu, J., Lin, Y., Wen, J., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y.*, 2021. Stabilized Lithium, Manganese-Rich Layered Cathode Materials Enabled by Integrating Co-Doping and Nanocoating. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 13(19), pp.22597-22607.
[J08] Azhari, L., Bong, S., Ma, X. and Wang, Y.*, 2020. Recycling for All Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries. Matter, 3(6), pp.1845-1861.
[J07] Zhang, R.鈥, Meng, Z.鈥, Ma, X., Chen, M., Chen, B., Zheng, Y., Yao, Z., Vanaphuti, P., Bong, S., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y.*, 2020. Understanding fundamental effects of Cu impurity in different forms for recovered LiNi0. 6Co0. 2Mn0. 2O2 cathode materials. Nano Energy, 78, p.105214.
[J06] Zhang, R., Zheng, Y., Yao, Z., Vanaphuti, P., Ma, X., Bong, S., Chen, M., Liu, Y., Cheng, F., Yang, Z. and Wang, Y.*, 2020. Systematic study of Al impurity for NCM622 cathode materials. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8(26), pp.9875-9884.
[J05] Ma, X., Chen, M., Chen, B., Meng, Z. and Wang, Y.*, 2019. High-Performance Graphite Recovered from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(24), pp.19732-19738.
[J04] Chen, B.鈥, Ma, X.鈥, Chen, M.鈥, Bullen, D., Wang, J., Arsenault, R. and Wang, Y.*, 2019. Systematic Comparison of Al3+ Modified LiNi0. 6Mn0. 2Co0. 2O2 Cathode Material from Recycling Process. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2(12), pp.8818-8825.
[J03] Chen, M., Ma, X., Chen, B., Arsenault, R., Karlson, P., Simon, N. and Wang, Y.*, 2019. Recycling End-of-Life Electric Vehicle Lithium-Ion Batteries. Joule, 3(11), pp.2622-2646.
[J02] Chen, M., Zheng, Z., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Ma, X., Shen, C., Xu, D., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Gionet, P., O'Connor, I., Pinnell, L., Wang, J., Gratz, E., Arsenault, R., Wang, Y.*, 2019. Closed loop recycling of electric vehicle batteries to enable ultra-high quality cathode powder. Scientific reports, 9(1), pp.1-9.
[J01] Zheng, Z., Chen, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Ma, X., Shen, C., Xu, D., Liu, J., Liu, Y., Gionet, P., O'Connor, I., Pinnell, L., Wang, J., Gratz, E., Arsenault, R., Wang, Y.*, 2018. High performance cathode recovery from different electric vehicle recycling streams. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 6(11), pp.13977-13982.