Publications

Key words: Solar Fuels, Electrochemistry, Photocatalysis, Li Battery

ORCID: 0000-0002-9420-0702; Google Scholar

1. W. Yu, D. T. Boyle, M. T. Tang, R. Xu, Z. Yu, Y. Lin, Y. Chen, Z. Huang, L. Michalek, F. Abild-Pedersen, S. J. Harris, Y. Cui*, Z. Bao*, “Chemistry, Formation and Passivation of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase (SEI) from FSI- Breakdown at Li-metal Potential”, 2023, to be submitted.

2. W. Yu, M. H. Richter, P. Buabthong, I. Moreno-Hernandez, C. G. Read, E. Simonoff, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis*, “Investigations of the Stability of Etched or Platinized p-InP(100) Photocathodes for Solar-driven Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic or Alkaline Aqueous Electrolytes”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 6007-6020.

3. W. Yu, Z. Yu, Y. Cui, Z. Bao*, “Degradation and Speciation of Li Salts during XPS analysis for Battery Research”, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 3270-3275.

4. W. Yu, N. S. Lewis, H. B. Gray, N. F. Dalleska*, “Isotopically Selective Quantification by UPLC-MS of Aqueous Ammonia at Submicromolar Concentrations Using Dansyl Chloride Derivatization”, ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 1532-1536.

5. W. Yu*. “Understanding the Stability of Semiconducting Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting”, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023, 39, 101262 (Invited by Electrochemical Materials and Engineering).

6. W. Yu, M. H. Richter, E. Simonoff, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis*, “Investigations of the stability of GaAs for photoelectrochemical H2 evolution in acidic or alkaline aqueous electrolytes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 22958-22972.

7. W. Yu, J. L. Young, T. G. Deutsch, N. S. Lewis*, “Understanding the Stability of Etched or Platinized p-GaInP Photocathodes for Solar-driven H2 Evolution”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 48, 57350–57361.

8. W. Yu, P. Buabthong, J. L. Young, Z. P. Ifkovits, S. T. Byrne, M. A. Steiner, T. G. Deutsch, N. S. Lewis*, “Failure Modes of Platinized pn+-GaInP Photocathodes for Solar-driven H2 Evolution”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 23, 26622–26630.

9. W. Yu, P. Buabthong, C. G. Read, N. Dalleska, N. S. Lewis, H. J. Lewerenz and H. B. Gray*, K. Brinkert*, “Cathodic NH4+ Leaching of Nitrogen Impurities in CoMo Thin-film Electrodes in Aqueous Acidic Solutions”, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, 4, 5080-5087.

10. W. Yu*, H. J. Fu*, T. Mueller, B. S. Brunschwig*, N. S. Lewis*, “Atomic Force Microscopy: Emerging Illuminated and Operando Techniques for Solar Fuel Research”, The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020, 153, 020902. (Invited Perspective)

11. W. Yu*, S. Zhang, J. Chen, P. Xia, M. R. Richter, L. Chen, W. Xu, J. Jin, S. Chen, T. Peng*, “Biomimetic Z-scheme Photocatalyst with a Tandem Solid-state Electron Flow Catalyzing H2 Evolution”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 15668-15674. 

12. W. Yu*, J. Chen, T. Shang, L. Chen, L. Gu*, T. Peng. “Direct Z-scheme g-C3N4/WO3 photocatalyst with atomically defined junction for H2 production”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2017, 219, 693-227. 

13. W. Yu*, D. Xu, T. Peng*. “Enhanced photocatalytic activity of g-C3N4 for selective CO2 reduction to CH3OH via facile coupling of ZnO: a direct Z-scheme mechanism”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 19936-19947.

14. W. Yu*, J. Zhang, T. Peng*. “New insight into the enhanced photocatalytic activity of N-, C- and S-doped ZnO photocatalyst”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2016, 181, 220-227. 

15. W. Yu, S. Li, C. Huang*, “Phase evolution and crystal growth of VO2 nanostructures under hydrothermal reactions”, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 7113-7120.  

16. Z. Yu, W. Yu, Y. Chen, L. Mondonico, X. Xiao, Y. Zheng, F. Liu, S. Hung, Y. Cui, Z. Bao, “Tuning fluorination of linear carbonate for lithium-ion batteries”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169, 040555. (In honor of Prof. John B. Goodenough, 2019 Nobel laureate)

17. H. Dong, W. Yu, M. R. Hoffman, “Mixed Metal Oxide Electrodes and the Chlorine Evolution Reaction”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 38, 20745–20761. (Invitation to celebrate 125 years of The Journal of Physical Chemistry)

18. P. A. Kempler, Z. P. Ifkovits, W. Yu, A. I. Carim, N. S. Lewis, “Optical and Electrochemical Effects of H2 and O2 Bubbles at Upward-facing Si Photoelectrodes”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 414-423.

19. P. Nunez, M. Caban-Acevedo, W. Yu, M. H. Richter, K. Kennedy, A. M. Villarino, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis, “Origin of the Electrical Barrier in Electrolessly Deposited Platinum Nanoparticles on p-Si Surfaces”, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2021, 125, 32, 17660–17670.

20. H. J. Fu, P. Buabthong, Z. P. Ifkovits, W. Yu, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis, “Catalytic open-circuit passivation by thin metal oxide films of p-Si anodes in aqueous alkaline electrolytes”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 334.

21. J. Zhang, W. Yu, J. Liu, B. Liu. “Illustration of high-active Ag2CrO4 photocatalyst from the first-principle calculation of electronic structures and carrier effective mass”, Applied Surface Science, 2015, 358, 457-462. 

22. P. Zhou, J. Wu, W. Yu, G. Zhao, G. Fang, S. Cao. “Vectorial doping-promoting charge transfer in anatase TiO2 {001} surface”, Applied Surface Science, 2014, 319, 167-172.