Selected Pulications

v Zhuangzhuang Cui, Dazhuang Wang, Jun Ma, Jiasen Guo, Liang Li, Qingshun Nian, Digen Ruan, Binjie Zhong, Jiajia Fan, Zihong Wang, Jiacheng Yang, Xuan Luo, Qi Dong, Xing Ou, Shuhong Jiao, Ruiguo Cao, Xiaodi Ren*

Harnessing Rapid Li⁺/H^δ+ Exchange within the Electric Double Layer for High Performance Li-Ion Batteries

Adv. Mater., 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202509735

v Digen Ruan, Yanru Wang, Jiasen Guo, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Qingshun Nian, Zhihao Ma, Dazhuang Wang, Jiajia Fan, Jun Ma, Bingqing Xiong, Qi Dong, Ruiguo Cao, Shuhong Jiao, and Xiaodi Ren*

Oscillating lithium ion-acceptor fluorine-donor electrolyte for practical fast-charging high-energy lithium metal pouch cells

Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, DOI:10.1039/D5EE00227C

v Zhihao Ma, Digen Ruan, Dazhuang Wang, Zongbin Lu, Zixu He, Jiasen Guo, Jiajia Fan, Jinyu Jiang, Zihong Wang, Xuan Luo, Jun Ma, Ze Zhang, Yezi You, Shuhong Jiao*, Ruiguo Cao*, Xiaodi Ren*
Selective Methylation of Cyclic Ether Towards Highly Elastic Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Silicon-based Anodes

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, 2, e202414859. (VIP papers)

v Bing-Qing Xiong, Jianwei Zhang, Qingshun Nian, Xiaoye Liu, Jinyu Jiang, Zihong Wang, Zhenzhong Yang*, Xiaodi Ren*

Long-Life All-Solid-State Batteries Enabled by Cold-Pressed Garnet Composite Electrolytes with Enhanced Li+ Conduction

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, 1, e202413502.

v Zhuangzhuang Cui, Dazhuang Wang, Jiasen Guo, Qingshun Nian, Digen Ruan, Jiajia Fan, Jun Ma, Liang Li, Qi Dong, Xuan Luo, Zihong Wang, Xing Ou, Ruiguo Cao, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Push–Pull Electrolyte Design Strategy Enables High-Voltage Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09027

v Bing-Qing Xiong, Xiaoye Liu, Qingshun Nian, Zihong Wang,Yuhong Zhu, Xuan Luo, Jinyu Jiang, Digen Ruan, Jun Ma, Junhao Jiang, Yi-Feng Cheng, Changhao Li, Xiaodi Ren*

Field-Responsive Grain Boundary Against Dendrite Penetration for All-Solid-State Batteries

Energy Environ. Sci. 2024, 17, 6707-6716.

v Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Digen Ruan, Yecheng Li, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zihong Wang, Qi Dong, Jiajia Fan, Jinyu Jiang, Jun Ma, Zhihao Ma, Dazhuang Wang, Xiaodi Ren*

Highly reversible zinc metal anode enabled by strong Brønsted acid and hydrophobic interfacial chemistry

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4303.

v Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zhuangzhuang Jia, Digen Ruan, Qingshun Nian, Jiajia Fan, Shunqiang Chen, Zixu He, Dazhuang Wang, Jinyu Jiang, Jun Ma, Xing Ou, Shuhong Jiao, Qingsong Wang*, Xiaodi Ren*

Molecular Anchoring of Free Solvents for High-Voltage and High-Safety Lithium Metal Batteries

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2033.

v Tianjiang Sun#, Qingshun Nian#, Xiaodi Ren*, Zhanliang Tao*

Hydrogen-bond chemistry in rechargeable batteries

Joule, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.10.010

v Shunqiang Chen, JiaJia Fan, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Lijiang Tan, Digen Ruan, Xin Zhao, Jinyu Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Unveiling the Critical Role of Ion Coordination Configuration of Ether Electrolytes for High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202219310.

v Zihong Wang, Yecheng Li, Xin Zhao, Shunqiang Chen, Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Jiajia Fan, Digen Ruan, Bing-Qing Xiong, Xiaodi Ren*

Localized Alkaline Environment via in situ Electrostatic Confinement for Enhanced CO2-to-ethylene Conversion in Neutral Medium

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13384.

v Digen Ruan#, Lijiang Tan#, Shunqiang Chen, Jiajia Fan, Qingshun Nian, Li Chen, Zihong Wang, Xiaodi Ren* 

Solvent versus Anion Chemistry: Unveiling the Structure-Dependent Reactivity in Tailoring Electrochemical Interphases for Lithium Metal Batteries.

JACS Au, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00035.

v Qingshun Nian, Tianjiang Sun, Yecheng Li, Song Jin, Shuang Liu, Xuan Luo, Zihong Wang, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Digeng Ruan, Hengxing Ji, Zhanliang Tao*, and Xiaodi Ren*

Regulating Frozen Electrolyte Structure with Colloidal Dispersion for Low Temperature Aqueous Batteries

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217671. (Hot paper)

v Bing-Qing Xiong, Qingshun Nian, Xin Zhao, Yawei Chen, Yecheng Li, Jinyu Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaowen Zhan, Xiaodi Ren*

Transforming Interface Chemistry throughout Garnet Electrolyte for Dendrite-Free Solid-State Batteries

ACS Energy Letters,  2023, 8, 537–544.

v Lijiang Tan, Shunqiang Chen, Yawei Chen, Jiajia Fan, Digen Ruan, Qingshun Nian, Li Chen, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Intrinsic Nonflammable Ether Electrolytes for Ultrahigh-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Chlorine Functionality

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203693. (Hot paper)

v Xiaodi Ren#, Xianhui Zhang#, Zulipiya Shadike, Lianfeng Zou, Hao Jia, Xia Cao, Mark Engelhard, Bethany Matthews, Chongmin Wang, Bruce Arey, Xiao-Qing Yang, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu* 

Designing Advanced In Situ Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases for Wide Temperature Operation of 4.5 V Li||LiCoO2 Batteries.

Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(49): 2004898.

v  Xiaodi Ren#, Peiyuan Gao#, Lianfeng Zou, Shuhong Jiao, Xia Cao, Xianhui Zhang, Hao Jia, Mark Engelhard, Bethany Matthews, Haiping Wu, Hongkyung Lee, 

Chaojiang Niu, Chongmin Wang, Bruce Arey, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu* 

Role of inner solvation sheath within salt-solvent complexes in tailoring electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2020, 117(46): 28603-28613.

v Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou, Xia Cao, Mark Engelhard, Wen Liu, Sarah Burton, Hongkyung Lee, Chaojiang Niu, Bethany Matthews, Zihua Zhu, Chongmin Wang, Bruce Arey, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu*

Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions

Joule, 2019, 3(7): 1662-1676.

v Xiaodi Ren, Shuru Chen, Hongkyung Lee, Donghai Mei, Mark H. Engelhard, Sarah D. Burton, Wengao Zhao, Jianming Zheng, Qiuyan Li, Michael S. Ding, Marshall Schroeder, Judith Alvarado, Kang Xu, Y. Shirley Meng, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu*

Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries

Chem, 2018, 4(8): 1877-1892.

v Shuhong Jiao#, Xiaodi Ren#, Ruiguo Cao, Mark Engelhard, Yuzi Liu, Dehong Hu, Donghai Mei, Jianming Zheng, Wengao Zhao, Qiuyan Li, Ning Liu, Brian D Adams, Cheng Ma, Jun Liu, Ji-Guang Zhang*, Wu Xu*

Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes

Nature Energy, 2018, 3(9): 739-746. 

Recent Publications

(86) Zhuangzhuang Cui, Dazhuang Wang, Jiasen Guo, Qingshun Nian, Digen Ruan, Jiajia Fan, Jun Ma, Liang Li, Qi Dong, Xuan Luo, Zihong Wang, Xing Ou, Ruiguo Cao, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Push–Pull Electrolyte Design Strategy Enables High-Voltage Low-Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09027

(85) Zhihao Ma, Digen Ruan, Dazhuang Wang, Zongbin Lu, Zixu He, Jiasen Guo, Jiajia Fan, Jinyu Jiang, Zihong Wang, Xuan Luo, Jun Ma, Ze Zhang, Yezi You, Shuhong Jiao*, Ruiguo Cao*, Xiaodi Ren*
Selective Methylation of Cyclic Ether Towards Highly Elastic Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Silicon-based Anodes

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202414859

(84) Qi Dong, Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Jiajia Fan, Jinyu Jiang, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Digen Ruan, Xiaodi Ren*

Biomimetic Proton Pocket and Effective Interfacial Modulation for Zinc Metal Anode

SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry, 2024, DOI: 10.1007/s11426-024-2323-8. (Invited Contribution)

(83) Bing-Qing Xiong, Jianwei Zhang, Qingshun Nian, Xiaoye Liu, Jinyu Jiang, Zihong Wang, Zhenzhong Yang*, Xiaodi Ren*

Long-Life All-Solid-State Batteries Enabled by Cold-Pressed Garnet Composite Electrolytes with Enhanced Li+ Conduction

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, DOI:10.1002.anie202413502.

(82) Bing-Qing Xiong, Xiaoye Liu, Qingshun Nian, Zihong Wang,Yuhong Zhu, Xuan Luo, Jinyu Jiang, Digen Ruan, Jun Ma, Junhao Jiang, Yi-Feng Cheng, Changhao Li, Xiaodi Ren*

Field-Responsive Grain Boundary Against Dendrite Penetration for All-Solid-State Batteries

Energy Environ. Sci. 2024, 17, 6707-6716.

(81) Zihong Wang, Yecheng Li, Zhihao Ma, Dazhuang Wang, Xiaodi Ren

Strategies for overcoming challenges in selective electrochemical CO2 conversion to ethanol

iScience, 2024, 27, 8, 110437. (Invited Contribution)

(80) Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Digen Ruan, Yecheng Li, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zihong Wang, Qi Dong, Jiajia Fan, Jinyu Jiang, Jun Ma, Zhihao Ma, Dazhuang Wang, Xiaodi Ren*

Highly reversible zinc metal anode enabled by strong Brønsted acid and hydrophobic interfacial chemistry

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4303.

(79) Zhuangzhuang Cui, Zhuangzhuang Jia, Digen Ruan, Qingshun Nian, Jiajia Fan, Shunqiang Chen, Zixu He, Dazhuang Wang, Jinyu Jiang, Jun Ma, Xing Ou, Shuhong Jiao, Qingsong Wang*, Xiaodi Ren*

Molecular Anchoring of Free Solvents for High-Voltage and High-Safety Lithium Metal Batteries

Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 2033.

(78) Digen Ruan, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Jiajia Fan, Dazhuang Wang, Yiying Wu*, Xiaodi Ren*

Recent Advances in Electrolyte Molecular Design for Alkali Metal Batteries

Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 4238-4274. (Invited Contribution)

(77) Tianjiang Sun#, Qingshun Nian#, Xiaodi Ren*, Zhanliang Tao*

Hydrogen-bond chemistry in rechargeable batteries

Joule, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.10.010

(76) Yawei Chen, Menghao Li, Yue Liu, Yulin Jie, Wanxia Li, Fanyang Huang, Xinpeng Li, Zixu He, Xiaodi Ren, Yunhua Chen, Xianhui Meng, Tao Cheng*, Meng Gu*, Shuhong Jiao*, Ruiguo Cao*

Origin of dendrite-free lithium deposition in concentrated electrolytes

Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 2655.

(75) Zhuangzhuang Cui, Xiao Li, Xiaoyu Bai, Xiaodi Ren*, Xing Ou*

A comprehensive review of foreign-ion doping and recent achievements for nickel-rich cathode materials

Energy Storage Mater.2023, 57, 14-43.

(74) Le Xiang, Daochuan Jiang, Yue Gao, Chaofeng Zhang*, Xiaodi Ren, Lingyun Zhu, Shan Gao*, Xiaowen Zhan*

Self‐Formed Fluorinated Interphase with Fe Valence Gradient for Dendrite‐Free Solid‐State Sodium‐Metal Batteries

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202301670

(73) Shunqiang Chen, JiaJia Fan, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Lijiang Tan, Digen Ruan, Xin Zhao, Jinyu Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Unveiling the Critical Role of Ion Coordination Configuration of Ether Electrolytes for High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202219310.

(72) Zihong Wang, Yecheng Li, Xin Zhao, Shunqiang Chen, Qingshun Nian, Xuan Luo, Jiajia Fan, Digen Ruan, Bing-Qing Xiong, Xiaodi Ren*

Localized Alkaline Environment via in situ Electrostatic Confinement for Enhanced CO2-to-ethylene Conversion in Neutral Medium

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13384.

(71) Shunqiang Chen#, Weiduo Zhu#, Lijiang Tan, Digen Ruan, JiaJia Fan, Yunhua Chen, Xianhui Meng, Qingshun Nian, Xin Zhao, Jinyu Jiang, Zihong Wang, Shuhong Jiao*, Xiaojun Wu*, Xiaodi Ren*

Strongly Solvating Electrolytes for Enhanced Performance of High Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c00165

(70) Digen Ruan#, Lijiang Tan#, Shunqiang Chen, Jiajia Fan, Qingshun Nian, Li Chen, Zihong Wang, Xiaodi Ren*

Solvent versus Anion Chemistry: Unveiling the Structure-Dependent Reactivity in Tailoring Electrochemical Interphases for Lithium Metal Batteries.

JACS Au, 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00035.

(69) Qingshun Nian, Tianjiang Sun, Yecheng Li, Song Jin, Shuang Liu, Xuan Luo, Zihong Wang, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Digeng Ruan, Hengxing Ji, Zhanliang Tao*, and Xiaodi Ren*

Regulating Frozen Electrolyte Structure with Colloidal Dispersion for Low Temperature Aqueous Batteries

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217671

(68) Li Chen, Qingshun Nian, Digen Ruan, Jiajia Fan, Shunqiang Chen, Lijiang Tan, Yecheng Li, Xuan Luo, Zhuangzhuang Cui, Yifeng Cheng, Changhao Li, Xiaodi Ren*

High-Safety and High-Efficiency Electrolyte Design for 4.6 V-class Lithium-Ion Batteries with Non-Solvating Flame-Retardant

Chemical Science, 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D2SC05723A 

(67) Bing-Qing Xiong, Qingshun Nian, Xin Zhao, Yawei Chen, Yecheng Li, Jinyu Jiang, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaowen Zhan, Xiaodi Ren*

Transforming Interface Chemistry throughout Garnet Electrolyte for Dendrite-Free Solid-State Batteries

ACS Energy Letters,  2023, 8, 537–544.

(66) Chengyu Qiu#, Jinyu Jiang#, Xin Zhao, Shunqiang Chen, Xiaodi Ren*, Yiying Wu*

Hybrid-Solvent Electrolytes for Enhanced Potassium–Oxygen Battery Performance

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 50, 55719–55726

(65) Xuan Luo, Qingshun Nian, Zihong Wang, Bing-Qing Xiong, Shunqiang Chen, Yecheng Li, Xiaodi Ren*

Building a seamless water-sieving MOF-based interphase for highly reversible Zn metal anodes

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 140510

(64) Jun Yang, Xing Li, Ke Qu, Yixian Wang, Kangqi Shen, Changhuan Jiang, Bo Yu, Pan Luo, Zhuangzhi Li, Mingyang Chen, Bingshu Guo, Mingshan Wang, Junchen Chen, Zhiyuan Ma, Yun Huang, Zhenzhong Yang, Pengcheng Liu, Rong Huang, Xiaodi Ren, David Mitlin.

Concentrated ternary ether electrolyte allows for stable cycling of a lithium metal battery with commercial mass loading high‐nickel NMC and thin anodes

Carbon Energy, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/cey2.275

(63)Yulin Jie, Yaolin Xu, Yawei Chen, Miao Xie, Yue Liu, Fanyang Huang, Zdravko Kochovski, Zhanwu Lei, Lei Zheng, Pengduo Song, Chuansheng Hu, Zeming Qi, Xinpeng Li, Shiyang Wang, Yanbin Shen, Liwei Chen, Yezi You, Xiaodi Ren, William A Goddard III, Ruiguo Cao, Yan Lu*, Tao Cheng*, Kang Xu*, Shuhong Jiao*.

Molecular understanding of interphase formation via operando polymerization on lithium metal anode

Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022, 3, 101057.

(62) Youngseong Jo, Dahee Jin, Minhong Lim, Hyuntae Lee, Hyeongguk An, Jiyeon Seo, Gunyoung Kim, Xiaodi Ren, Yong Min Lee*, Hongkyung Lee*. 

Structural and Chemical Evolutions of Li/Electrolyte Interfaces in Li‐Metal Batteries: Tracing Compositional Changes of Electrolytes under Practical Conditions. 

Advanced Science, 2022, 2204812.

(61) Chenbo Yuan, Liwen Yin, Peng Du, Yu Yu, Kaifu Zhang, Xiaodi Ren, Xiaowen Zhan*, Shan Gao*. 

Microgroove-patterned Zn metal anode enables ultra-stable and low-overpotential Zn deposition for long-cycling aqueous batteries. 

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 442, 136231.

(60) Rui Li, Daochuan Jiang, Peng Du, Chenbo Yuan, Xiaoyu Cui, Qichen Tang, Jian Zheng, Yecheng Li, Ke Lu*, Xiaodi Ren, Shan Gao*, Xiaowen Zhan*. 

Negating Na‖ Na3Zr2Si2PO12 interfacial resistance for dendrite-free and “Na-less” solid-state batteries. 

Chemical Science, 2022, 13, 14132-14140.

(59) Fanyang Huang, Xinpeng Li, Yuchen Zhang, Yulin Jie, Xulin Mu, Chaoran Yang, Wanxia Li, Yawei Chen, Yang Liu, Shuai Wang, Binghui Ge, Ruiguo Cao, Xiaodi Ren, Pengfei Yan, Qi Li, Dongsheng Xu, Shuhong Jiao* 

Surface Transformation Enables a Dendrite‐Free Zinc‐Metal Anode in Nonaqueous Electrolyte.

Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2203710.

(58) Jinting Xu, Nannan Sun, Jiahe Chen, Zhendong Li, Xinyan Liu, Xiaodi Ren, Xiayin Yao, Hong‐Jie Peng*, Zhe Peng*

Stabilizing Lithiophilic Sites Via Bimetallic Oxide Heterointerfaces

Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2022, 9, 2200750.

(57) Lijiang Tan, Shunqiang Chen, Yawei Chen, Jiajia Fan, Digen Ruan, Qingshun Nian, Li Chen, Shuhong Jiao, Xiaodi Ren*

Intrinsic Nonflammable Ether Electrolytes for Ultrahigh-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Chlorine Functionality,

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203693. (Hot Paper)

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(56) Bing-Qing Xiong, Shunqiang Chen, Xuan Luo, Qingshun Nian, Xiaowen Zhan, Chengwei Wang, Xiaodi Ren*

Plastic Monolithic Mixed-Conducting Interlayer for Dendrite-Free Solid-State Batteries,

Advanced Science, 2022, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202105924.

(55) Peng Du, Chenbo Yuan, Xiaoyu Cui, Kaifu Zhang, Yu Yu, Xiaodi Ren, Xiaowen Zhan*, Shan Gao*

A dendrite-suppressed and utilization-improved metallic Li anode enabled by lithiophilic nano-Pb decoration on carbon cloth.

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 8424-8431.

(54) Qingshun Nian, Weiduo Zhu, Shibing Zheng, Shunqiang Chen, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zihong Wang, Xiaojun Wu*, Zhanliang Tao*, Xiaodi Ren*.

An Overcrowded Water-Ion Solvation Structure for a Robust Anode Interphase in Aqueous Lithium-Ion Batteries.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 43, 51048-51056.

(53) Chenbo Yuan, Liwen Yin, Peng Du, Yu Yu, Kaifu Zhang, Xiaodi Ren, Xiaowen Zhan*, Shan Gao*

Microgroove-patterned Zn metal anode enables ultra-stable and low-overpotential Zn deposition for long-cycling aqueous batteries.

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 442, 136231.

(52) Shunqiang Chen, Qingshun Nian, Lei Zheng, Bing-Qing Xiong, Zihong Wang, Yanbin Shen*, Xiaodi Ren*. 

Highly Reversible Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries Enabled by Fluorinated Interphases in Localized High Concentration Electrolytes.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021, 9, 22347-22352.

(51) Nian, Qingshun; Zhang, Xiaoren; Feng, Yazhi; Liu, Shuang; Sun, Tianjiang; Zheng, Shibing; Ren, Xiaodi*; Tao, Zhanliang*; Zhang, Donghui; Chen, Jun; 

Designing Electrolyte Structure to Suppress Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Aqueous Batteries, 

ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6(6): 2174-2180. (Monthly Most Read Articles)

(50) Mingming Ma, Chaoqi Dai, Kailin Luo, Shun Li, Jiahe Chen, Zhendong Li, Xiaodi Ren, Deyu Wang, Haiyong He, Mingzhi Dai, Zhe Peng;

Magnetohydrodynamic Interface‐Rearranged Lithium Ions Distribution for Uniform Lithium Deposition and Stable Lithium Metal Anode.

ChemPhysChem, 2021, 22, 1027-1033.

(49) QingshunNian; Tianjiang Sun; Shuang Liu; Haihui Du; Xiaodi Ren*; Zhanliang Tao*;

Issues and opportunities on low-temperature aqueous batteries, 

Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 423: 130253.

(48) Xia Cao, Peiyuan Gao, Xiaodi Ren, Lianfeng Zou, Mark H Engelhard, Bethany E Matthews, Jiangtao Hu, Chaojiang Niu, Dianying Liu, Bruce W Arey, Chongmin Wang, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Wu Xu, Ji-Guang Zhang; 

Effects of fluorinated solvents on electrolyte solvation structures and electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 118(9), DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020357118.

(47) Ren, Xiaodi#; Zhang, Xianhui#; Shadike, Zulipiya; Zou, Lianfeng; Jia, Hao; Cao, Xia; Engelhard, Mark H; Matthews, Bethany E; Wang, Chongmin; Arey, Bruce W; Yang, Xiao-Qing; Liu, Jun; Zhang, Ji-Guang*; Xu, Wu*; 

Designing Advanced In Situ Electrode/Electrolyte Interphases for Wide Temperature Operation of 4.5 V Li||LiCoO(2) Batteries.

Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(49): 2004898.

(46) Xuefeng Wang; Gorakh Pawar; Yejing,Li; Xiaodi Ren; Minghao Zhang; Bingyu Lu; Abhik Banerjee; Ping Liu; Eric J. Dufek; Ji-Guang Zhang; Jie Xiao; Jun Liu; Ying Shirley Meng; Boryann Liaw; 

Glassy Li metal anode for high-performance rechargeable Li batteries,

Nature Materials, 2020, 19(12), 1339-1345.

(45) Ren, Xiaodi#; Gao, Peiyuan#; Zou, Lianfeng; Jiao, Shuhong; Cao, Xia; Zhang, Xianhui; Jia, Hao; Engelhard, Mark H.; Matthews, Bethany E.; Wu, Haiping; Lee, Hongkyung; Niu, Chaojiang; Wang, Chongmin; Arey, Bruce W.; Xiao, Jie; Liu, Jun; Zhang, Ji-Guang*; Xu, Wu*; 

Role of inner solvation sheath within salt-solvent complexes in tailoring electrode/electrolyte interphases for lithium metal batteries, 

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2020, 117(46): 28603-28613.

(44) Xia Cao, Lianfeng Zou, Bethany E. Matthews, Linchao Zhang, Xinzi He, Xiaodi Ren, Mark H. Engelhard, Sarah D. Burton, Patrick Z. El-Khoury, Hyung-Seok Lim, Chaojiang Niu, Hongkyung Lee, Chunsheng Wang, Bruce W. Arey, Chongmin Wang, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Wu Xu, Ji-Guang Zhang; 

Optimization of Fluorinated orthoformate based electrolytes for practical high-voltage lithium metal batteries, 

Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 34, 76-84.

(43) Jinhong Lee; Hyung-Seok Lim; Xia Cao; Xiaodi Ren; Won-Jin Kwak; Ismael A. Rodríguez-Pérez; Ji-Guang Zhang; Hongkyung Lee; Hee-Tak Kim; 

Lithium Dendrite Suppression with a Silica Nanoparticle-Dispersed Colloidal Electrolyte, 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12(33): 37188-37196.

(42) Jie, Yulin; Tan, Yunshu; Li, Linmei; Han, Yehu; Xu, Shutao; Zhao, Zhenchao; Cao, Ruiguo; Ren, Xiaodi; Huang, Fanyang; Lei, Zhanwu; Tao, Guohua; Zhang, Genqiang; Jiao, Shuhong;

Electrolyte Solvation Manipulation Enables Unprecedented Room‐Temperature Calcium‐Metal Batteries, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 132(31): 12789-12793.

(41) Zhe Peng, Xia Cao, Peiyuan Gao, Haiping Jia, Xiaodi Ren, Swadipta Roy, Zhendong Li, Yun Zhu, Weiping Xie, Dianying Liu, Qiuyan Li, Deyu Wang, Wu Xu, Ji‐Guang Zhang; 

High-Power Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by High-Concentration Acetonitrile-Based Electrolytes with Vinylene Carbonate Additive,

Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(24), 2001285.

(40) Xianhui Zhang, Lianfeng Zou, Yaobin Xu, Xia Cao, Mark H Engelhard, Bethany E Matthews, Lirong Zhong, Haiping Wu, Hao Jia, Xiaodi Ren, Peiyuan Gao, Zonghai Chen, Yan Qin, Christopher Kompella, Bruce W Arey, Jun Li, Deyu Wang, Chongmin Wang, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Wu Xu;

Advanced Electrolytes for Fast-Charging High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries in Wide-Temperature Range,

Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10(22), 2000368.

(39) Yulin Jie#; Xiaodi Ren#; Ruiguo Cao; Wenbin Cai; Shuhong Jiao*; 

Advanced Liquid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Li Metal Batteries, 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(25): 1910777.

(38) Wang, Shiyang; Chen, Yawei; Jie, Yulin; Lang, Shuangyan; Song, Junhua; Lei, Zhanwu; Wang, Shuai; Ren, Xiaodi; Wang, Dong; Li, Xiaolin; Cao, Ruiguo; Zhang, Genqiang; Jiao, Shuhong; 

Stable Sodium Metal Batteries via Manipulation of Electrolyte Solvation Structure, 

Small Methods, 2020, 4(5): 1900856.

(37) Zhou, Yufan; Su, Mao; Yu, Xiaofei; Zhang, Yanyan; Wang, Jun-Gang; Ren, Xiaodi; Cao, Ruiguo; Xu, Wu; Baer, Donald R.; Du, Yingge; Borodin, Oleg; Wang, Yanting; Wang, Xue-Lin; Xu, Kang*; Xu, Zhijie*; Wang, Chongmin*; Zhu, Zihua*; 

Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid-electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery, 

Nature Nanotechnology, 2020, 15(3): 224-230. (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(36) Lili Shi, Seong-Min Bak, Zulipiya Shadike, Chengqi Wang, Chaojiang Niu, Paul Northrup, Hongkyung Lee, Arthur Y Baranovskiy, Cassidy S Anderson, Jian Qin, Shuo Feng, Xiaodi Ren, Dianying Liu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Fei Gao, Dongping Lu, Jie Xiao, Jun Liu; 

Reaction Heterogeneity in Practical High-Energy Lithium-Sulfur Pouch Cells,

Energy & Environmental Science, 13(10), 3620-3632.

(35) He, Yang; Ren, Xiaodi; Xu, Yaobin; Engelhard, Mark H; Li, Xiaolin; Xiao, Jie; Liu, Jun; Zhang, Ji-Guang; Xu, Wu*; Wang, Chongmin*;

Origin of lithium whisker formation and growth under stress, 

Nature Nanotechnology, 2019, 14(11): 1042-1047. (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(34) Peng, Zhe; Cao, Xia; Gao, Peiyuan; Jia, Haiping; Ren, Xiaodi; Roy, Swadipta; Li Zhendong; Zhu, Yun; Xie, Weiping; Liu, Dianying; Li, Qiuyan; Wang, Deyu; Xu, Wu; Zhang, Ji-Guang;

High-Power Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by High-Concentration Acetonitrile-Based Electrolytes with Vinylene Carbonate Additive, 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30(24): 2001285.

(33) Haiping Wu, Yaobin Xu, Xiaodi Ren, Bin Liu, Mark H Engelhard, Michael S Ding, Patrick Z El‐Khoury, Linchao Zhang, Qiuyan Li, Kang Xu, Chongmin Wang, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Wu Xu; 

Polymer‐in‐“Quasi‐Ionic Liquid” Electrolytes for High‐Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9(41), 1902108.

(32) Han, Yehu; Jie, Yulin; Huang, Fanyang; Chen, Yawei; Lei, Zhanwu; Zhang, Genqiang; Ren, Xiaodi; Qin, Lianjie; Cao, Ruiguo; Jiao, Shuhong*; 

Enabling Stable Lithium Metal Anode through Electrochemical Kinetics Manipulation, 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29(46): 1904629.

(31) Cao, Xia; Xu, Yaobin; Zhang, Linchao; Engelhard, Mark H.; Zhong, Lirong; Ren, Xiaodi; Jia, Haiping; Liu, Bin; Niu, Chaojiang; Matthews, Bethany E.; Wu, Haiping; Arey, Bruce W.; Wang, Chongmin; Zhang, Ji-Guang*; Xu, Wu*; 

Nonflammable Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries Enabled by Ultraconformal Passivation Interphases, 

ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4(10): 2529-2534.

(30) Cao, Xia,; Ren, Xiaodi; Zou, Lianfeng; Engelhard, Mark H.; Huang, William; Wang, Hansen; Matthews, Bethany E.; Lee, Hongkyung; Niu, Chaojiang; Arey, Bruce W.; Cui, Yi; Wang, Chongmin; Xiao, Jie; Liu, Jun; Xu, Wu*; Zhang, Ji-Guang*; 

Monolithic solid–electrolyte interphases formed in fluorinated orthoformate-based electrolytes minimize Li depletion and pulverization, 

Nature Energy, 2019, 4(9): 796-805. (Top 0.1% Hot Papers)

(29) Byeolhee Yoon; Jinkyu Park; Jinhong Lee; Seokwoo Kim; Xiaodi Ren; Yong Min Lee; Hee-Tak Kim; Hongkyung Lee; Myung-Hyun Ryou; 

High-Rate Cycling of Lithium-Metal Batteries Enabled by Dual-Salt Electrolyte-Assisted Micropatterned Interfaces, 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11(35): 31777-31785.

(28) Haiping Jia, Lianfeng Zou, Peiyuan Gao, Xia Cao, Wengao Zhao, Yang He, Mark H Engelhard, Sarah D Burton, Hui Wang, Xiaodi Ren, Qiuyan Li, Ran Yi, Xin Zhang, Chongmin Wang, Zhijie Xu, Xiaolin Li, Ji‐Guang Zhang, Wu Xu; 

High‐performance silicon anodes enabled by nonflammable localized high‐concentration electrolytes, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9(31), 190084.

(27) Xiaodi Ren; Lianfeng Zou; Xia Cao; Mark H. Engelhard; Wen Liu; Sarah D. Burton; Hongkyung Lee; Chaojiang Niu; Bethany E. Matthews; Zihua Zhu; Chongmin Wang; Bruce W. Arey; Jie Xiao; Jun Liu; Ji-Guang Zhang*; Wu Xu*; 

Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions, 

Joule, 2019, 3(7): 1662-1676. (Top 0.1% Hot Papers)

(26) Bin Liu; Wu Xu; Langli Luo; Jianming Zheng; Xiaodi Ren; Hui Wang; Mark H. Engelhard; Chongmin Wang; Ji‐Guang Zhang; 

Highly Stable Oxygen Electrodes Enabled by Catalyst Redistribution through an In Situ Electrochemical Method, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2019, 9(15): 1803598.

(25) Ren, Xiaodi; Zou, Lianfeng; Jiao, Shuhong; Mei, Donghai; Engelhard, Mark H; Li, Qiuyan; Lee, Hongkyung; Niu, Chaojiang; Adams, Brian D; Wang, Chongmin; Liu, Jun; Zhang, Ji Guang*; Xu, Wu*; 

High-Concentration Ether Electrolytes for Stable High-Voltage Lithium Metal Batteries, 

ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4(4): 896-902.  (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(24) Hongkyung Lee; Hyung-Seok Lim; Xiaodi Ren; Lu Yu; Mark H. Engelhard; Kee Sung Han; Jinhong Lee; Hee-Tak Kim; Jie Xiao; Jun Liu; Wu Xu; Ji-Guang Zhang; 

Detrimental Effects of Chemical Crossover from the Lithium Anode to Cathode in Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries, 

ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3(12): 2921-2930.

(23) Hongkyung, Lee; Shuru, Chen; Xiaodi, Ren; Abraham, Martinez; Vaithiyalingam, Shutthanandan; Murugesan, Vijayakumar; Kee Sung, Han; Qiuyan, Li; Jun, Liu; Wu, Xu; Ji-Guang, Zhang; 

Electrode Edge Effects and the Failure Mechanism of Lithium-Metal Batteries, 

Chemsuschem, 2018, 11(21): 3821-3828.

(22) Neng Xiao; Xiaodi Ren; William D McCulloch; Gerald Gourdin; Yiying Wu; 

Potassium Superoxide: A Unique Alternative for Metal–Air Batteries, 

Accounts of Chemical Research, 2018, 51(9): 2335-2343.

(21) Shuru Chen; Jianming Zheng; Lu Yu; Xiaodi Ren; Mark H. Engelhard; Chaojiang Niu; Hongkyung Lee; Wu Xu; Jie Xiao; Jun Liu; Ji-Guang Zhang; 

High-Efficiency Lithium Metal Batteries with Fire-Retardant Electrolytes, 

Joule, 2018, 2(8): 1548-1558. (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(20) Xiaodi Ren; Shuru Chen; Hongkyung Lee; Donghai Mei; Mark H. Engelhard; Sarah D. Burton; Wengao Zhao; Jianming Zheng; Qiuyan Li; Michael S. Ding; Marshall Schroeder; Judith Alvarado; Kang Xu; Y. Shirley Meng; Jun Liu; Ji-Guang Zhang*; Wu Xu*; 

Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries, 

Chem, 2018, 4(8): 1877-1892.  (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(19) Shuhong Jiao#; Xiaodi Ren#; Ruiguo Cao; Mark H Engelhard; Yuzi Liu; Dehong Hu; Donghai Mei; Jianming Zheng; Wengao Zhao; Qiuyan Li; Ning Liu; Brian D Adams; Cheng Ma; Jun Liu; Ji-Guang Zhang*; Wu Xu*; 

Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes, 

Nature Energy, 2018, 3(9): 739-746.  (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(18) Li, Xing; Zheng, Jianming; Ren, Xiaodi; Engelhard, Mark H.; Zhao, Wengao; Li, Qiuyan; Zhang, Ji-Guang*; Xu, Wu*; 

Dendrite-Free and Performance-Enhanced Lithium Metal Batteries through Optimizing Solvent Compositions and Adding Combinational Additives, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8(15): 1703022.

(17) Lu Yu; Nathan L Canfield; Shuru Chen; Hongkyung Lee; Xiaodi Ren; Mark H Engelhard; Qiuyan Li; Jun Liu; Wu Xu; Ji Guang Zhang; 

Enhanced Stability of Lithium Metal Anode by using a 3D Porous Nickel Substrate, 

ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5(5): 761-769.

(16) Adams, Brian D; Zheng, Jianming; Ren, Xiaodi; Xu, Wu; Zhang, Ji-Guang; 

Accurate Determination of Coulombic Efficiency for Lithium Metal Anodes and Lithium Metal Batteries, 

Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8(7): 1702097. (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(15) Lee, Hongkyung; Ren, Xiaodi; Niu, Chaojiang; Yu, Lu; Engelhard, Mark H; Cho, Inseong; Ryou, Myung Hyun; Jin, Hyun Soo; Kim, Hee Tak; Liu, Jun; Xu, Wu; Zhang, Ji-Guang; 

Suppressing Lithium Dendrite Growth by Metallic Coating on a Separator, 

Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27(45): 1704391.

(14) Ren, Xiaodi#; Zhang Yaohui#; Engelhard Mark H; Li Quyan; Zhang Ji-Guang*; Xu Wu*; 

Guided Lithium Metal Deposition and Improved Lithium Coulombic Efficiency through Synergistic Effects of LiAsF6 and Cyclic Carbonate Additives, 

ACS Energy Letters, 2018, 3(1): 14-19.

(13) Ren, Xiaodi; Zhao Qiang; McCulloch William D; Wu Yiying*; 

MoS2 as a long-life host material for potassium ion intercalation,

Nano Research, 2017, 10(4): 1313-1321.  (Nano Research Top Papers Award, Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)

(12) Xiao, Neng; Ren, Xiaodi; He, Mingfu; McCulloch, William D; Wu, Yiying*; 

Probing Mechanisms for Inverse Correlation between Rate Performance and Capacity in K-O-2 Batteries, 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(5): 4301-4308.

(11) Ren, Xiaodi; He, Mingfu; Xiao, Neng; McCulloch, William D; Wu, Yiying*; 

Greatly Enhanced Anode Stability in K-Oxygen Batteries with an In Situ Formed Solvent- and Oxygen-Impermeable Protection Layer,

Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7(1): 1601080.

(10) He Mingfu; Lau Kah Chun*; Ren Xiaodi; Xiao Neng; McCulloch William D; Curtiss Larry A; Wu Yiying*; 

Concentrated Electrolyte for the Sodium-Oxygen Battery: Solvation Structure and Improved Cycle Life, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55(49): 15310-15314.

(9) McCulloch, William D; Ren, Xiaodi; Yu, Mingzhe; Huang, Zhongjie; Wu, Yiying*; 

Potassium-Ion Oxygen Battery Based on a High Capacity Antimony Anode, 

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7(47): 26158-26166.

(8) Huang,zhongjie; Luo, Wenjia; Ma, Lu; Yu, Mingzhe; Ren, Xiaodi; He, Mingfu; Polen, Shane; Click, Kevin; Garrett, Benjamin; Lu, Jun; Amine, Khalil; Hadad, Christopher; Chen, Weilin*; Asthagiri, Aravind*; Wu, Yiying*; 

Dimeric [Mo2S12](2-) Cluster: A Molecular Analogue of MoS2 Edges for Superior Hydrogen-Evolution Electrocatalysis,

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2015, 54(50): 15181-15185.

(7) Yu, Mingzhe; McCulloch, William D; Beauchamp, Damian R; Huang, Zhongjie; Ren, Xiaodi; Wu, Yiying*; 

Aqueous Lithium-Iodine Solar Flow Battery for the Simultaneous Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, 

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2015, 137(26): 8332-8335.

(6) Bi, Xuanxuan; Ren, Xiaodi; Huang, Zhongjie; Yu, Mingzhe; Kreidler, Eric; Wu, Yiying*; 

Investigating dendrites and side reactions in sodium-oxygen batteries for improved cycle lives, 

Chemical Communications, 2015, 51(36): 7665-7668.

(5) Ren, Xiaodi; Lau, Kah Chun; Yu, Mingzhe; Bi, Xuanxuan; Kreidler, Eric; Curtiss, Larry A; Wu, Yiying*; 

Understanding Side Reactions in K-O-2 Batteries for Improved Cycle Life,

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6(21): 19299-19307.

(4) Yu, Mingzhe; Ren, Xiaodi; Ma, Lu; Wu, Yiying*; 

Integrating a redox-coupled dye-sensitized photoelectrode into a lithium-oxygen battery for photoassisted charging, 

Nature Communications, 2014, 5(1): 5111.

(3) Liu, Zilong; Wang, Kexin; Xiao, Li; Chen, Xuejiao; Ren, Xiaodi; Lu, Juntao; Zhuang, Lin*; 

A morphology effect of hematite photoanode for photoelectrochemical water oxidation, 

RSC Advances, 2014, 4(71): 37701-37704.

(2) Xuejiao Chen; Xiaodi Ren; Zilong Liu; Lin Zhuang*; Juntao Lu; 

Promoting the photoanode efficiency for water splitting by combining hematite and molecular Ru catalysts, 

Electrochemistry Communications, 2013, 27: 148-151.

(1) Ren, Xiaodi; Wu, Yiying*;

A Low-Overpotential Potassium-Oxygen Battery Based on Potassium Superoxide, 

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2013, 135(8): 2923-2926. (Top 1% Highly Cited Papers)