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Yuan Yang is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science
and Engineering at Columbia University. He received his
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford
University in 2012. His research interests include
nanomaterials and optoelectronic devices. He has published
over 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals and has been
awarded several patents.
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Yuan Yang
Assistant Professor at Columbia University
Research Expertise
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Biochemistry
Catalysis
Materials Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Condensed Matter Physics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Biomaterials
Bioengineering
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Fuel Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Building and Construction
Civil and Structural Engineering
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Polymers and Plastics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Pharmaceutical Science
Pollution
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Spectroscopy
Filtration and Separation
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Metals and Alloys
Ceramics and Composites
Biomedical Engineering
About
Yuan Yang is an Assistant Professor of
Materials Science and Engineering at Columbia
University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials
Science and Engineering from Stanford
University in 2012. His research interests
include nanomaterials and optoelectronic
devices. He has published over 50 papers in
peer-reviewed journals and has been awarded
several patents.
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(Invited) Mechanically Extreme Batteries:
From Flexible to Structural
ECS Meeting Abstracts
2022
Stabilizing lithium plating in polymer
electrolytes by
concentration-polarization-induced phase
transformation
Joule
2022
Iterative Synthesis of Contorted
Macromolecular Ladders for Fast-Charging
and Long-Life Lithium Batteries
Journal of the American Chemical
Society
2022
Modeling Isotope Separation in
Electrochemical Lithium Deposition
Journal of The Electrochemical
Society
2022
Passive daytime radiative cooling:
Fundamentals, material designs, and
applications
EcoMat
2021
Chemical Heterogeneity in PAN/LLZTO
Composite Electrolytes by Synchrotron
Imaging
Journal of The Electrochemical
Society
2021
High-performance organic pseudocapacitors
via molecular contortion
Nature Materials
2021
Bioinspired, Tree‐Root‐Like Interfacial
Designs for Structural Batteries with
Enhanced Mechanical Properties
Advanced Energy Materials
2021
Scalable Aqueous Processing‐Based Passive
Daytime Radiative Cooling Coatings
Advanced Functional Materials
2021
Emerging applications of stimulated Raman
scattering microscopy in materials science
Matter
2021
Bismuth Oxychloride Nanowires for
Photocatalytic Decomposition of Organic
Dyes
ACS Applied Nano Materials
2021
Designing Mesoporous Photonic Structures
for High-Performance Passive Daytime
Radiative Cooling
Nano Letters
2021
Enhancing Electrode/Electrolyte
Interfacial Stability in Solid State
Lithium Batteries By Surface Coating
ECS Meeting Abstracts
2020
Visualization of Ion Transport and
Electrode/Electrolyte Interaction in
Electrolytes for Lithium Metal Batteries
ECS Meeting Abstracts
2020
Mitigating Interfacial Instability in
Polymer Electrolyte-Based Solid-State
Lithium Metal Batteries with 4 V Cathodes
ACS Energy Letters
2020
(Invited) Characterization and Design of
Solid Polymer-Based High Voltage Lithium
Batteries
ECS Meeting Abstracts
2020
Nanomaterials for implantable batteries to
power cardiac devices
Materials Today Nano
2020
Colored and paintable bilayer coatings
with high solar-infrared reflectance for
efficient cooling
Science Advances
2020
Design and experiment of a sun-powered
smart building envelope with automatic
control
Energy and Buildings
2020
Determining the Length Scale of Transport
Impedances in Li-Ion Electrodes:
Li(Ni0.33Mn0.33Co0.33)O2
Journal of The Electrochemical
Society
2020
Engineering interfacial adhesion for
high-performance lithium metal anode
Nano Energy
2020
FeOF/TiO2 Hetero-Nanostructures
for High-Areal-Capacity Fluoride Cathodes
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2020
Insights into interfacial effect and local
lithium-ion transport in polycrystalline
cathodes of solid-state batteries
Nature Communications
2020
Interfacial engineering for stabilizing
polymer electrolytes with 4V cathodes in
lithium metal batteries at elevated
temperature
Nano Energy
2020
Mechanically-robust structural
lithium-sulfur battery with high energy
density
Energy Storage Materials
2020
Multi-scale stabilization of high-voltage
LiCoO2 enabled by nanoscale solid
electrolyte coating
Energy Storage Materials
2020
Nacre‐Inspired Composite Electrolytes for
Load‐Bearing Solid‐State Lithium‐Metal
Batteries
Advanced Materials
2019
Nanocable with thick active intermediate
layer for stable and high-areal-capacity
sodium storage
Nano Energy
2020
Paints as a Scalable and Effective
Radiative Cooling Technology for Buildings
Joule
2020
Single-atom Catalytic Materials for
Lean-electrolyte Ultrastable
Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Nano Letters
2020
Transport and Morphology of a Proton
Exchange Membrane Based on a Doubly
Functionalized Perfluorosulfonic Imide
Side Chain Perflourinated Polymer
Chemistry of Materials
2019
New Insights into Nail Penetration of
Li‐Ion Batteries: Effects of Heterogeneous
Contact Resistance
Batteries & Supercaps
2019
A Scalable Dealloying Technique To Create
Thermally Stable Plasmonic Nickel
Selective Solar Absorbers
ACS Applied Energy Materials
2019
Direct thermal charging cell for
converting low-grade heat to electricity
Nature Communications
2019
Ultra-Thin Conductive Graphitic Carbon
Nitride Assembly through van der Waals
Epitaxy toward High-Energy-Density
Flexible Supercapacitors
Nano Letters
2019
Microporous Battery Electrodes from
Molecular Cluster Precursors
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2019
Designing Flexible Lithium-Ion Batteries
by Structural Engineering
ACS Energy Letters
2019
A CoHCF system with enhanced energy
conversion efficiency for low-grade heat
harvesting
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2019
Accordion-like stretchable Li-ion
batteries with high energy density
Energy Storage Materials
2019
Degradation mechanisms of high capacity
18650 cells containing Si-graphite anode
and nickel-rich NMC cathode
Electrochimica Acta
2019
Full Dissolution of the Whole Lithium
Sulfide Family (Li
2
S
8
to Li
2
S) in a Safe Eutectic Solvent for
Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Batteries
Angewandte Chemie International
Edition
2019
High‐Energy‐Density Foldable Battery
Enabled by Zigzag‐Like Design
Advanced Energy Materials
2018
LayerCode
ACM Transactions on Graphics
2019
Nonflammable, Low-Cost, and Fluorine-Free
Solvent for Liquid Electrolyte of
Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2019
Porous Polymers with Switchable Optical
Transmittance for Optical and Thermal
Regulation
Joule
2019
Porous insulating matrix for lithium metal
anode with long cycling stability and high
power
Energy Storage Materials
2019
Rechargeable solid-state lithium metal
batteries with vertically aligned ceramic
nanoparticle/polymer composite electrolyte
Nano Energy
2019
Stabilizing Polyether Electrolyte with a 4
V Metal Oxide Cathode by Nanoscale
Interfacial Coating
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2019
Stabilizing Solid Electrolyte-Anode
Interface in Li-Metal Batteries by Boron
Nitride-Based Nanocomposite Coating
Joule
2019
Structured Polymers for High-Performance
Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling
Conference on Lasers and
Electro-Optics
2019
The impact of alkyl tri‐methyl ammonium
side chains on perfluorinated ionic
membranes for electrochemical applications
Journal of Polymer Science Part B:
Polymer Physics
2019
Thermally stable, nano-porous and
eco-friendly sodium alginate/attapulgite
separator for lithium-ion batteries
Energy Storage Materials
2019
Vertically-aligned nanostructures for
electrochemical energy storage
Nano Research
2019
Hierarchically porous polymer coatings for
highly efficient passive daytime radiative
cooling
Science
2018
Li
4
Ti
5
O
12
: A Visible‐to‐Infrared Broadband
Electrochromic Material for Optical and
Thermal Management
Advanced Functional Materials
2018
Designing Three-Dimensional Architectures
for High-Performance Electron Accepting
Pseudocapacitors
Journal of the American Chemical
Society
2018
Rate-Limiting Step in Batteries with Metal
Oxides as the Energy Materials
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2018
Bioinspired, Spine‐Like, Flexible,
Rechargeable Lithium‐Ion Batteries with
High Energy Density
Advanced Materials
2018
Characterization of Water Self-Diffusion
in Human Stratum Corneum
Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
2018
Heteropoly acid functionalized
fluoroelastomer with outstanding chemical
durability and performance for vehicular
fuel cells
Energy & Environmental
Science
2018
Nanostructured fibers as a versatile
photonic platform: radiative cooling and
waveguiding through transverse Anderson
localization
Light: Science & Applications
2018
Operando and three-dimensional
visualization of anion depletion and
lithium growth by stimulated Raman
scattering microscopy
Nature Communications
2018
PVDF/Palygorskite Nanowire Composite
Electrolyte for 4 V Rechargeable Lithium
Batteries with High Energy Density
Nano Letters
2018
Solvation Dynamics of HEHEHP Ligand at the
Liquid–Liquid Interface
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
B
2018
Visualizing ion diffusion in battery
systems by fluorescence microscopy: A case
study on the dissolution of LiMn2O4
Nano Energy
2018
Molecular Materials for Nonaqueous Flow
Batteries with a High Coulombic Efficiency
and Stable Cycling
Nano Letters
2017
Scalable, “Dip‐and‐Dry” Fabrication of a
Wide‐Angle Plasmonic Selective Absorber
for High‐Efficiency Solar–Thermal Energy
Conversion
Advanced Materials
2017
Selective Solar Absorbers: Scalable,
“Dip-and-Dry” Fabrication of a Wide-Angle
Plasmonic Selective Absorber for
High-Efficiency Solar-Thermal Energy
Conversion (Adv. Mater. 41/2017)
Advanced Materials
2017
Thermally Regenerative Electrochemical
Cycle for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting
ACS Energy Letters
2017
A Flexible Solid Composite Electrolyte
with Vertically Aligned and Connected
Ion-Conducting Nanoparticles for Lithium
Batteries
Nano Letters
2017
12-Silicotungstic Acid Doped Phosphoric
Acid Imbibed Polybenzimidazole for
Enhanced Protonic Conductivity for High
Temperature Fuel Cell Applications
Journal of The Electrochemical
Society
2017
Nanoporous Hybrid Electrolytes for
High‐Energy Batteries Based on Reactive
Metal Anodes
Advanced Energy Materials
2017
The structure of tributyl phosphate
solutions: Nitric acid, uranium (VI), and
zirconium (IV)
Journal of Molecular Liquids
2017
Understanding Anion, Water, and Methanol
Transport in a
Polyethylene-b-poly(vinylbenzyl
trimethylammonium) Copolymer
Anion-Exchange Membrane for
Electrochemical Applications
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2017
Ambient-Air Stable Lithiated Anode for
Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries with High
Energy Density
Nano Letters
2016
Sea urchin-like NiCoO2@C nanocomposites
for Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors
Nano Energy
2016
Thermally conductive separator with
hierarchical nano/microstructures for
improving thermal management of batteries
Nano Energy
2016
A Highly Hydroxide Conductive, Chemically
Stable Anion Exchange Membrane, Poly(2,6
dimethyl 1,4 phenylene
oxide)-b-Poly(vinyl benzyl
trimethyl ammonium), for Electrochemical
Applications
Journal of The Electrochemical
Society
2016
Anion exchange membranes composed of a
poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)
random copolymer functionalized with a
bulky phosphonium cation
Journal of Membrane Science
2016
Characterization of Water and a Model
Lipophilic Compound in Human Stratum
Corneum by NMR Spectroscopy and
Equilibrium Sorption
Journal of Pharmaceutical
Sciences
2016
Novel Processing of a Poly(phenyleneoxide)
−b–Poly(vinylbenzyltrimethylammonium)
Copolymer Anion Exchange Membrane; The
Effect On Mechanical And Transport
Properties
Electrochimica Acta
2016
Surface Modification of Gd Nanoparticles
with pH-Responsive Block Copolymers for
Use As Smart MRI Contrast Agents
ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces
2016
Tributyl Phosphate Aggregation in the
Presence of Metals: An Assessment Using
Diffusion NMR Spectroscopy
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
B
2016
“Thermal Charging” Phenomenon in
Electrical Double Layer Capacitors
Nano Letters
2015
Slurryless Li2S/Reduced
Graphene Oxide Cathode Paper for
High-Performance Lithium Sulfur Battery
Nano Letters
2015
Hydroxide Transport in Next Generation
Anion Exchange Membranes
ECS Transactions
2015
Interplay between water uptake, ion
interactions, and conductivity in an
e-beam grafted
poly(ethylene-co-tetrafluoroethylene)
anion exchange membrane
Physical Chemistry Chemical
Physics
2015
Random and Block Sulfonated Polyaramides
as Advanced Proton Exchange Membranes
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2015
Thermodynamically Favorable Conversion of
Hydrogen Sulfide into Valuable Products
through Reaction with Sodium Naphthalenide
ChemPlusChem
2015
Charging-free electrochemical system for
harvesting low-grade thermal energy
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
2014
Membrane-Free Battery for Harvesting
Low-Grade Thermal Energy
Nano Letters
2014
An electrochemical system for efficiently
harvesting low-grade heat energy
Nature Communications
2014
A Combined Theoretical and Experimental
Investigation of the Transport Properties
of Water in a Perfluorosulfonic Acid
Proton Exchange Membrane Doped with the
Heteropoly Acids,
H3PW12O40
or H4SiW12O40
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2013
Anion Transport in a Chemically Stable,
Sterically Bulky α-C Modified Imidazolium
Functionalized Anion Exchange Membrane
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2014
Chloride Enhances Fluoride Mobility in
Anion Exchange Membrane/Polycationic
Systems
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2013
Fast Proton Conduction Facilitated by
Minimum Water in a Series of
Divinylsilyl-11-silicotungstic
Acid-co-Butyl
Acrylate-co-Hexanediol Diacrylate
Polymers
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2013
Insights into the Transport of Aqueous
Quaternary Ammonium Cations: A Combined
Experimental and Computational Study
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
B
2014
Lithium Silicide Nanocrystals: Synthesis,
Chemical Stability, Thermal Stability, and
Carbon Encapsulation
Inorganic Chemistry
2014
High-performance hollow sulfur
nanostructured battery cathode through a
scalable, room temperature, one-step,
bottom-up approach
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
2013
Amphiphilic Surface Modification of Hollow
Carbon Nanofibers for Improved Cycle Life
of Lithium Sulfur Batteries
Nano Letters
2013
Sulphur–TiO2 yolk–shell nanoarchitecture
with internal void space for long-cycle
lithium–sulphur batteries
Nature Communications
2013
A membrane-free lithium/polysulfide
semi-liquid battery for large-scale energy
storage
Energy & Environmental
Science
2013
Correlation of chemical and physical
properties of an Alaska heavy oil from the
Ugnu formation
Fuel
2013
Identifying and managing radiation damage
during in situ transmission x-ray
microscopy of Li-ion batteries
SPIE Proceedings
2013
Imaging state of charge and its
correlation to interaction variation in an
LiMn0.75Fe0.25PO4 nanorods–graphene hybrid
Chemical Communications
2013
Nanostructured sulfur cathodes
Chemical Society Reviews
2013
Preparation and characterization of an
alkaline anion exchange membrane from
chlorinated poly(propylene) aminated with
branched poly(ethyleneimine)
Electrochimica Acta
2013
Synthesis and characterization of
perfluoro quaternary ammonium anion
exchange membranes
Journal of Polymer Science Part B:
Polymer Physics
2012
Understanding anion transport in an
aminated trimethyl polyphenylene with high
anionic conductivity
Journal of Polymer Science Part B:
Polymer Physics
2012
High-Capacity Micrometer-Sized
Li2S Particles as Cathode
Materials for Advanced Rechargeable
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Journal of the American Chemical
Society
2012
Passivation Coating on Electrospun Copper
Nanofibers for Stable Transparent
Electrodes
ACS Nano
2012
In Operando X-ray Diffraction and
Transmission X-ray Microscopy of Lithium
Sulfur Batteries
Journal of the American Chemical
Society
2012
Stable cycling of double-walled silicon
nanotube battery anodes through
solid–electrolyte interphase control
Nature Nanotechnology
2012
Engineering Empty Space between Si
Nanoparticles for Lithium-Ion Battery
Anodes
Nano Letters
2012
A Hybrid Organic/Inorganic Ionomer from
the Copolymerization of Vinylphosphonic
Acid and Zirconium Vinylphosphonate
Macromolecules
2012
Advanced Hybrid Super Acidic
Inorganic-Organic PEMs for Hotter and
Drier Operation
ECS Transactions
2013
Rechargeable Li–O2 batteries with a
covalently coupled MnCo2O4–graphene hybrid
as an oxygen cathode catalyst
Energy & Environmental
Science
2012
Improving the Performance of
Lithium–Sulfur Batteries by Conductive
Polymer Coating
ACS Nano
2011
Symmetrical MnO2–Carbon
Nanotube–Textile Nanostructures for
Wearable Pseudocapacitors with High Mass
Loading
ACS Nano
2011
Enhancing the Supercapacitor Performance
of Graphene/MnO2 Nanostructured
Electrodes by Conductive Wrapping
Nano Letters
2011
Hollow Carbon Nanofiber-Encapsulated
Sulfur Cathodes for High Specific Capacity
Rechargeable Lithium Batteries
Nano Letters
2011
Oxide Nanostructures for Energy Storage
Functional Metal Oxide
Nanostructures
2011
Graphene-Wrapped Sulfur Particles as a
Rechargeable Lithium–Sulfur Battery
Cathode Material with High Capacity and
Cycling Stability
Nano Letters
2011
Transparent lithium-ion batteries
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
2011
LiMn1−xFexPO4 Nanorods Grown on Graphene
Sheets for Ultrahigh-Rate-Performance
Lithium Ion Batteries
Angewandte Chemie International
Edition
2011
Compressional Behavior of Bulk and Nanorod
LiMn2O4 under
Nonhydrostatic Stress
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
C
2011
New Nanostructured Li2S/Silicon
Rechargeable Battery with High Specific
Energy
SciVee
2011
Nano-structured textiles as
high-performance aqueous cathodes for
microbial fuel cells
Energy & Environmental
Science
2011
Electrospun Metal Nanofiber Webs as
High-Performance Transparent Electrode
Nano Letters
2010
Mn3O4−Graphene
Hybrid as a High-Capacity Anode Material
for Lithium Ion Batteries
Journal of the American Chemical
Society
2010
Thin, Flexible Secondary Li-Ion Paper
Batteries
ACS Nano
2010
New Nanostructured Li2S/Silicon
Rechargeable Battery with High Specific
Energy
Nano Letters
2010
Carbon−Silicon Core−Shell Nanowires as
High Capacity Electrode for Lithium Ion
Batteries
Nano Letters
2009
Carbon nanofiber supercapacitors with
large areal capacitances
Applied Physics Letters
2009
Highly conductive paper for energy-storage
devices
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
2009
Phase transformations in one-dimensional
materials: applications in electronics and
energy sciences
Journal of Materials Chemistry
2009
Single Nanorod Devices for Battery
Diagnostics: A Case Study on
LiMn2O4
Nano Letters
2009
Spinel LiMn2O4
Nanorods as Lithium Ion Battery Cathodes
Nano Letters
2008
[0001] Oriented Aluminum Nitride
One-Dimensional Nanostructures: Synthesis,
Structure Evolution, and Electrical
Properties
ACS Nano
2008
Nanowire batteries for next generation
electronics
2008 IEEE International Electron
Devices Meeting
2008
Mn-doped AlN nanowires with room
temperature ferromagnetic ordering
Applied Physics Letters
2007
Education
Stanford University
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering / June, 2012
Stanford, California, United States
of America
Peking University
B.S., Physics / July, 2007
Beijing
Experience
Columbia University
Assistant Professor / July, 2012 — Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoc / July, 2012 — June, 2015
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