Yi Cui
Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Shanghai Tech University
China
Biography
2010-present Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University. 2005-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University. 2003-2005 Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. 1998-2002 Ph.D, Chemistry, Harvard University. 1993-1998 B.S., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
Research Interest
Nano materials design, synthesis and devices for batteries, solar cells, catalysis, water and air cleaning; Two-dimensional layered materialsï¼›topological insulators; nanobiology.
Publications
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G. Zheng, S. W. Lee, Z. Liang, H.-Y. Lee, K. Yan, H. Yao, H. Wang, W. Li, S. Chu and Y. Cui, "Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes", Nature Nanotechnology 9, 618 (2014).
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Z. W. Seh, W. Li, J. J. Cha, G. Zheng, Y. Yang, M. T. McDowell, P.-C. Hsu, and Yi Cui, "Sulphur-TiO2 yolk-shell nanoarchitecture with internal void space for long-cycle lithium-sulphur batteries," Nature Communications 4:1331 (2013).
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H. Wu, G. Chan, J. W. Choi, I. Ryu, Y. Yao, M. T. McDowell, S. W. Lee, A. Jackson, Y. Yang, L. Hu and Y. Cui, "Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid-electrolyte interphase control," Nature Nanotechnology 7, 310 (2012).
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D. Kong, Y. Chen, J. J. Cha, Q. Zhang, J. G. Analytis, K. Lai, Z. Liu, S. S. Hong, K. J. Koski, S. K. Mo, Z. Hussain, I. R. Fisher, Z. X. Shen, and Yi Cui, "Ambipolar field effect in the ternary topological insulator (BixSb1-x)2Te3 by composition tuning" Nature Nanotechnology 6, 705(2011).
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C. K. Chan, H. Peng, G. Liu, K. McIlwrath, X. F. Zhang, R. A. Huggins, Y. Cui "High Performance Lithium Battery Anodes Using Silicon Nanowires" Nature Nanotechnology 3, 31 (2008).
