Publications

Notes: † indicates equal contributors; * indicates corresponding authors

19. Xin Xu, Teng Cui, Geoff McConohy, Harsh D. Jagad, Samuel S. Lee, Sunny Wang, Celeste Melamed, Yufei Yang, Edward Barks, Emma Kaeli, Leah Narun, Yi Cui, Zewen Zhang, Hye Ryoung Lee, Rong Xu, Melody M. Wang, Levi Hoogendoorn, Ajai Romana, Alexis Geslin, Robert Sinclair, Yi Cui, Yue Qi, X. Wendy Gu, William C. Chueh, “Heterogeneous Doping via Nanoscale Coating Impacts Mechanics of Li Intrusion in Brittle Solid Electrolytes”, Nature Materials (2026), DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02465-7

18. Junghwa Lee, Zhelong Jiang, Nicolas B Liang, Jin Hwan Kwak, Howie Nguyen, Grace M Busse, Yiseul Yoo, Hari Ramachandran, Kipil Lim, Peter M Csernica, Tianyi Li, Xin Xu, Kyung Yoon Chung, Kathrin Michel, Joop E Frerichs, William E Gent, Raphaële J Clément, Jungjin Park, William C Chueh, “Eliminating lattice collapse in dopant-free LiNi0.9Mn0.1O2 cathodes via electrochemically induced partial cation disorder” Nature Energy (2025), DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01910-w

17. Wenbo Wang, Siying Liu, Luyang Liu, Xukun Ma, Cauê Nogueira, Xin Xu, Orit Shefi, Jessica Lancaster, Xiangfan Chen, “Dynamic Fluid‐Assisted Continuous Multimaterial 3D Printing for Seamless Gradient Structures”, Advanced Materials Technologies (2025), 2500621, DOI: 10.1002/admt.202500621

16. Henry L Thaman, Michael Li, Justin Andrew Rose, Swati Narasimhan, Xin Xu, Che-Ning Yeh, Norman Jin, Andrew Akbashev, Isabel Davidoff, Martin Z Bazant, William C Chueh, “Two-Stage Growth of Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Copper: Imaging and Quantification by Operando Atomic Force Microscopy”, ACS Nano (2025), 19, 12, 11949-11960, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c16418

15. Jianbo Wang, Sofia K Catalina, Xin Xu, Zhelong Jiang, Qin Tracy Zhou, William C Chueh, J Tyler Mefford, “Cu substrate as a bi-directional kinetic promoter for high-efficiency four-electron Sn aqueous batteries”, EES Batteries (2025), 1, 1557-1568, DOI: 10.1039/D5EB00176E

14. Jianbo Wang, Sofia K Catalina, Zhelong Jiang, Xin Xu, Qin Tracy Zhou, William C Chueh, J Tyler Mefford, “A Reversible Four-electron Sn Metal Aqueous Battery”, Joule (2024), 8, 12, 3386-3396, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.09.002

13. Yufei Yang, Srija Biswas, Rong Xu, Xin Xiao, Xin Xu, Pu Zhang, Huaxin Gong, Xueli Zheng, Yucan Peng, Junyan Li, Huayue Ai, Yecun Wu, Yusheng Ye, Xin Gao, Chad Serrao, Wenbo Zhang, Philaphon Sayavong, Zhuojun Huang, Zhouyi Chen, Yi Cui, Rafael A Vilá, David T Boyle, Yi Cui, “Capacity recovery by transient voltage pulse in silicon-anode batteries”, Science (2024), 386, 6719, 322-327, DOI: 10.1126/science.adn1749

12. Sunny Wang, Edward Barks, Po-Ting Lin, Xin Xu, Celeste Melamed, Geoff McConohy, Slavomír Nems̆ ák, William Chueh* “Effect of H+ Exchange and Surface Impurities on Bulk and Interfacial Electrochemistry of Garnet Solid Electrolytes”, Chemistry of Materials (2024), 36, 14, 6849–6864 (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c00738

Prior to ASU

Notes: † indicates equal contributors; * indicates corresponding authors

11. Yinxing Ma†, Jiayu Wan†, Xin Xu†, Austin Sendek, Sarah Holmes, Brandi Ransom, Zhelong Jiang, Pu Zhang, Xin Xiao, Wenbo Zhang, Rong Xu, Fang Liu, Yusheng Ye, Emma Kaeli, Evan Reed*, William Chueh*, Yi Cui*. Experimental Discovery of a Fast and Stable Lithium Thioborate Solid Electrolyte, Li6+2x[B10S18]Sx (x ≈ 1). ACS Energy Letters, 2024, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00560

10. Geoff McConohy†*, Xin Xu†*, Cui Teng†, Edward Barks, Sunny Wang, Emma Kaeli, Celeste Melamed, X. Wendy Gu, William Chueh*, Mechanical regulation of lithium intrusion probability in garnet solid electrolytes. Nature Energy, 2023, Cover Article. DOI:10.1038/s41560-022-01186-4

9. Peter M. Csernica, Samanbir S. Kalirai, William E. Gent, Kipil Lim, Young-Sang Yu, Yunzhi Liu, Sung-Jin Ahn, Emma Kaeli, Xin Xu, Kevin H. Stone, Ann F. Marshall, Robert Sinclair, David A. Shapiro*, Michael F. Toney* & William C. Chueh*. Persistent and partially mobile oxygen vacancies in Li-rich layered oxides, Nature Energy, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00832-7

8. Xin Xu*, Connor Carr, Xinqi Chen, Benjamin D. Myers, Ruiyun Huang, Weizi Yuan, Sihyuk Choi, Dezhi Yi, Charudatta Phatak, Sossina Haile*. Local Multimodal Electro-chemical-structural Characterization of Ionic Grain Boundaries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202003309

7. Xin Xu, Yuzi Liu, Jie Wang, Dieter Isheim, Vinayak P. Dravid, Charudatta Phatak, and Sossina M. Haile*. Variability and Origins of Grain Boundary Electric Potential Detected by Electron Holography and Atom-probe Tomography, Nature Materials, 2020. DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-0656-1

6. Xin Xu†*, Frank Barrows†*, Vinayak P. Dravid, Sossina Haile, Charudatta Phatak*, Quantifying Leakage Fields at Ionic Grain Boundaries using Off-axis Electron Holography, Journal of Applied Physics, 2020. DOI: 10.1063/5.0031233

5. Frank Barrows, Xin Xu, Sossina Haile, Charudatta Phatak, and Amanda Petford-Long*. Electron Holography Investigation of Resistive Switching CeO₂ / STO Nanocolumns, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2020. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927620019911

4. Dezhi Yi, Xin Xu, Xuan Meng, Naiwang Liu, and Li Shi*. Synthesis of Core–shell ZSM-5 Zeolite with Passivated External Surface Acidity by B-oriented Thin Silicalite-1 Shell Using a Self-assembly Process, Journal of Porous Materials, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10934-019-00776-0

3. Dezhi Yi, Xuan Meng, Xin Xu, Naiwang Liu, and Li Shi*. Catalytic Performance of Modified ZSM-5 Designed with Selectively Passivated External Surface Acidity by Phosphorus, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00629

2. Xin Xu, Sossina Haile, and Charudatta Phatak*. In-situ Electron Holography Study of Grain Boundaries in Cerium Oxide, Microscopy and Microanalysis. 2018. DOI: 10.1017/S143192761800781X

1. Ho-Il Ji, Xin Xu, and Sossina M. Haile*. Chemical Surface Exchange of Oxygen on CeO_{2− δ} in an O₂/H₂O Atmosphere, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2017. DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05969h