Tailoring grain growth and densification toward a high-performance solid-state electrolyte membrane

Min Hong#, Qi Dong#, Hua Xie#, Xizheng Wang, Alexandra H. Brozena, Jinlong Gao, Chengwei Wang, Chaoji Chen, Jiancun Rao, Jian Luo, Liangbing Hu*

Materials Today,2020

Scalable aesthetic transparent wood for energy efficient buildings

Ruiyu Mi#, Chaoji Chen#, Tobias Keplinger, Yong Pei, Shuaiming He, Dapeng Liu, Jianguo Li, Jiaqi Dai, Emily Hitz, Bao Yang, Ingo Burgert & Liangbing Hu*

Nature Communications,2020

Highly Elastic Hydrated Cellulosic Materials with Durable Compressibility and Tunable Conductivity

Chaoji Chen#, Jianwei Song#, Jian Cheng#, Zhenqian Pang, Wentao Gan, Gegu Chen, Yudi Kuang, Hao Huang, Upamanyu Ray, Teng Li*, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2020

A Clear, Strong, and Thermally Insulated Transparent Wood for Energy Efficient Windows

Ruiyu Mi#,Tian Li#,Daniel Dalgo,Chaoji Chen,Yudi Kuang,Shuaiming He,Xinpeng Zhao,Weiqi Xie,Wentao Gan,Junyong Zhu,Jelena Srebric,Ronggui Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2020

All-Natural, Degradable, Rolled-Up Straws Based on Cellulose Micro- and Nano-Hybrid Fibers

Xizheng Wang#,Zhenqian Pang#,Chaoji Chen,Qinqin Xia,Yubing Zhou,Shuangshuang Jing,Ruiliu Wang,Upamanyu Ray,Wentao Gan,Claire Li,Gegu Chen,Bob Foster,Teng Li*,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2020

Conductive Wood for High-Performance Structural Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

Wentao Gan#, Chaoji Chen#, Michael Giroux#, Geng Zhong, Mukund Madhav Goyal, Yilin Wang, Weiwei Ping, Jianwei Song, Shaomao Xu, Shuaiming He, Miaolun Jiao, Chao Wang*, and Liangbing Hu*

Chemistry Of Materials,2020

Thermal Shock Synthesis of Nanocatalyst by 3D-Printed Miniaturized Reactors

Yun Qiao#,Yonggang Yao#,Yang Liu#,Chaoji Chen,Xizheng Wang,Geng Zhong,Dapeng Liu,Liangbing Hu*

Small,2020

Structure–property–function relationships of natural and engineered wood

Chaoji Chen, Yudi Kuang, Shuze Zhu, Ingo Burgert, Tobias Keplinger, Amy Gong, Teng Li, Lars Berglund, Stephen J. Eichhorn & Liangbing Hu*

Nature Reviews Materials,2020

Rapid Processing of Whole Bamboo with Exposed, Aligned Nanofibrils toward a High-Performance Structural Material

Chaoji Chen#, Zhihan Li#, Ruiyu Mi, Jiaqi Dai, Hua Xie, Yong Pei, Jianguo Li, Haiyu Qiao, Hu Tang, Bao Yang, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2020

Highly Efficient Water Treatment via a Wood-Based and Reusable Filter

Miaolun Jiao#, Yonggang Yao#, Chaoji Chen#, Bo Jiang, Glenn Pastel, Zhiwei Lin, Qingyun Wu, Mingjin Cui, Shuaiming He, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Materials Letters,2020

Strong and Superhydrophobic Wood with Aligned Cellulose Nanofibers as a Waterproof Structural Material

Yongfeng Li,Chaoji Chen,Jianwei Song,Chunpeng Yang,Yudi Kuang,Azhar Vellore,Emily Hitz,Mingwei Zhu,Feng Jiang,Yonggang Yao,Amy Gong,Ashlie Martini,Liangbing Hu*

Chinese Journal of Chemistry,2020

A Strong, Tough, and Scalable Structural Material from Fast-Growing Bamboo

Zhihan Li#,Chaoji Chen#,Ruiyu Mi#,Wentao Gan,Jiaqi Dai,Miaolun Jiao,Hua Xie,Yonggang Yao,Shaoliang Xiao,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2020

Fire-Resistant Structural Material Enabled by an Anisotropic Thermally Conductive Hexagonal Boron Nitride Coating

Wentao Gan#,Chaoji Chen#,Zhengyang Wang#,Yong Pei,Weiwei Ping,Shaoliang Xiao,Jiaqi Dai,Yonggang Yao,Shuaiming He,Beihan Zhao,Siddhartha Das,Bao Yang,Peter B. Sunderland,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2020

High-Performance, Scalable Wood-Based Filtration Device with a Reversed-Tree Design

Shuaiming He#, Chaoji Chen#, Guang Chen, Fengjuan Chen, Jiaqi Dai, Jianwei Song, Feng Jiang, Chao Jia, Hua Xie, Yonggang Yao, Emily Hitz, Gegu Chen, Ruiyu Mi, Miaolun Jiao, Siddhartha Das, and Liangbing Hu*

Chemistry of Materials,2020

Holey three-dimensional wood-based electrode for vanadium flow batteries

Miaolun Jiao#, Tao Liu#*, Chaoji Chen#, Meng Yue, Glenn Pastel, Yonggang Yao, Hua Xie, Wentao Gan, Amy Gong, Xianfeng Li, Liangbing Hu*

Energy Storage Materials,2020

Lignin as a Wood-Inspired Binder Enabled Strong, Water Stable, and Biodegradable Paper for Plastic Replacement

Bo Jiang#,Chaoji Chen#,Zhiqiang Liang#,Shuaiming He,Yudi Kuang,Jianwei Song,Ruiyu Mi,Gegu Chen,Miaolun Jiao,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2020

A Clear, Strong, and Thermally Insulated Transparent Wood for Energy Efficient Windows

Ruiyu Mi#,Tian Li#,Daniel Dalgo,Chaoji Chen,Yudi Kuang,Shuaiming He,Xinpeng Zhao,Weiqi Xie,Wentao Gan,Junyong Zhu,Jelena Srebric,Ronggui Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2020

An Energy-Efficient, Wood-Derived Structural Material Enabled by Pore Structure Engineering towards Building Efficiency

Shuaiming He#,Chaoji Chen#,Tian Li,Jianwei Song,Xinpeng Zhao,Yudi Kuang,Yang Liu,Yong Pei,Emily Hitz,Weiqing Kong,Wentao Gan,Bao Yang,Ronggui Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Small,2019

A Dynamic Gel with Reversible and Tunable Topological Networks and Performances

Dawei Zhao, Ying Zhu, Wanke Cheng, Guangwen Xu, Qingwen Wang, Shouxin Liu, Jian Li, Chaoji Chen*, Haipeng Yu*, Liangbing Hu*

Matter,2019

Precision Imprinted Nanostructural Wood

Dafang Huang#,Jiayang Wu#,Chaoji Chen#,Xinxin Fu,Alexandra H. Brozena,Yan Zhang,Ping Gu,Chen Li,Changsheng Yuan,Haixiong Ge,Minghui Lu,Mingwei Zhu*,Liangbing Hu*,Yanfeng Chen

Advanced Materials,2019

Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles by Rapid, High-Temperature 3D Microwave Heating

Geng Zhong#,Shaomao Xu#,Chaoji Chen#,Dylan Jacob Kline,Michael Giroux,Yong Pei,Miaolun Jiao,Dapeng Liu,Ruiyu Mi,Hua Xie,Bao Yang,Chao Wang,Michael R. Zachariah,Liangbing Hu*

Salinity-Gradient Power Generation with Ionized Wood Membranes

Qing-Yun Wu#,Chengwei Wang#,Ruiliu Wang#,Chaoji Chen,Jinlong Gao,Jiaqi Dai,Dapeng Liu,Zhiwei Lin,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2019

Single-digit-micrometer thickness wood speaker

Wentao Gan#, Chaoji Chen#, Hyun-Tae Kim#, Zhiwei Lin, Jiaqi Dai, Zhihua Dong, Zhan Zhou, Weiwei Ping, Shuaiming He, Shaoliang Xiao, Miao Yu* & Liangbing Hu*

Nature Communications,2019

Shape-driven arrest of coffee stain effect drives the fabrication of carbon-nanotube-graphene-oxide inks for printing embedded structures and temperature sensors

Beihan Zhao,Yanbin Wang#,Shayandev Sinha,Chaoji Chen#,Dapeng Liu,Abhijit Dasgupta,Liangbing Hu and Siddhartha Das*

Namoscale,2019

A Highly Conductive Cationic Wood Membrane

Gegu Chen#,Tian Li#,Chaoji Chen#,Chengwei Wang,Yang Liu,Weiqing Kong,Dapeng Liu,Bo Jiang,Shuaiming He,Yudi Kuang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2019

Strong, Water-Stable Ionic Cable from Bio-Hydrogel

Weiqing Kong#, Tian Li#, Chaoji Chen#, Gegu Chen, Alexandra H. Brozena, Dapeng Liu, Yang Liu, Chengwei Wang, Wentao Gan, Sha Wang, Shuaiming He, and Liangbing Hu*

Chemistry of Materials,2019

Decoupling Ionic and Electronic Pathways in Low-Dimensional Hybrid Conductors

Yubing Zhou#, Chaoji Chen#, Xin Zhang#, Dapeng Liu, Lisha Xu, Jiaqi Dai, Sz-Chian Liou, Yilin Wang, Claire Li, Hua Xie, Qingyun Wu, Bob Foster, Teng Li, Robert M. Briber, and Liangbing Hu*

Journal of the American Chemical Society,2019

A strong, flame-retardant, and thermally insulating wood laminate

Gegu Chen#, Chaoji Chen#, Yong Pei, Shuaiming He, Yang Liu, Bo Jiang, Miaolun Jiao, Wentao Gan, Dapeng Liu, Bao Yang, Liangbing Hu*

Chemical Engineering Journal,2019

General, Vertical, Three-Dimensional Printing of Two- Dimensional Materials with Multiscale Alignment

Zhiqiang Liang#, Yong Pei#, Chaoji Chen#, Bo Jiang, Yonggang Yao, Hua Xie, Miaolun Jiao, Gegu Chen, Tangyuan Li, Bao Yang, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2019

Clear Wood toward High-Performance Building Materials

Chao Jia#, Chaoji Chen#, Ruiyu Mi#, Tian Li, Jiaqi Dai, Zhi Yang, Yong Pei, Shuaiming He, Huiyang Bian, Soo-Hwan Jang, J. Y. Zhu, Bao Yang, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2019

Uniform, Scalable, High-Temperature Microwave Shock for Nanoparticle Synthesis through Defect Engineering

Shaomao Xu#, Geng Zhong#, Chaoji Chen#, Min Zhou, Dylan J. Kline, Rohit Jiji Jacob, Hua Xie, Shuaiming He, Zhennan Huang, Jiaqi Dai, Alexandra H. Brozena, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Michael R. Zachariah, Steven M. Anlage, Liangbing Hu*

Matter,2019

Flexible Solid-State Electrolyte with Aligned Nanostructures Derived from Wood

Jiaqi Dai#, Kun Fu#, Yunhui Gong#, Jianwei Song, Chaoji Chen, Yonggang Yao, Glenn Pastel, Lei Zhang, Eric Wachsman*, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Materials Letters,2019

Nanocellulose-based films and their emerging applications

Zhiqiang Fang*, Gaoyuan Hou, Chaoji Chen, Liangbing Hu*

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science,2019

Thick Electrode Batteries: Principles, Opportunities, and Challenges

Yudi Kuang,Chaoji Chen*,Dylan Kirsch,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2019

Super Elastic and Thermally Insulating Carbon Aerogel: Go Tubular Like Polar Bear Hair

Chaoji Chen,Liangbing Hu*

Matter,2019

A High-Performance Self-Regenerating Solar Evaporator for Continuous Water Desalination

Yudi Kuang#,Chaoji Chen#,Shuaiming He,Emily M. Hitz,Yilin Wang,Wentao Gan,Ruiyu Mi,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2019

A radiative cooling structural material

Tian Li#, Yao Zhai#, Shuaiming He#, Wentao Gan, Zhiyuan Wei, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Daniel Dalgo, Ruiyu Mi, Xinpeng Zhao, Jianwei Song, Jiaqi Dai, Chaoji Chen, Ablimit Aili, Azhar Vellore, Ashlie Martini, Ronggui Yang, Jelena Srebric, Xiaobo Yin*, Liangbing Hu*

SCIENCE,2019

A printed, recyclable, ultra-strong, and ultra-tough graphite structural material

Yubing Zhou#, Chaoji Chen#, Shuze Zhu#, Chao Sui, Chao Wang, Yudi Kuang, Upamanyu Ray, Dapeng Liu, Alexandra Brozena, Ulrich H. Leiste, Nelson Quispe, Hua Guo, Azhar Vellore, Hugh A. Bruck, Ashlie Martini, Bob Foster, Jun Lou, Teng Li*, Liangbing Hu*

Materials Today,2019

Selectively aligned cellulose nanofibers towards high-performance soft actuators

Yudi Kuang#, Chaoji Chen#, Jian Cheng#, Glenn Pastel, Tian Li, Jianwei Song, Feng Jiang, Yiju Li, Ying Zhang, Soo-Hwan Jang, Gang Chen, Teng Li*, Liangbing Hu*

Extreme Mechanics Letters,2019

Bioinspired Solar-Heated Carbon Absorbent for Efficient Cleanup of Highly Viscous Crude Oil

Yudi Kuang#,Chaoji Chen#,Guang Chen,Yong Pei,Glenn Pastel,Chao Jia,Jianwei Song,Ruiyu Mi,Bao Yang,Siddhartha Das,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2019

Nature-inspired salt resistant bimodal porous solar evaporator for efficient and stable water desalination

Shuaiming He#,Chaoji Chen#,Yudi Kuang,Ruiyu Mi,Yang Liu,Yong Pei,Weiqing Kong,Wentao Gan,Hua Xie,Emily Hitz,Chao Jia,Xi Chen,Amy Gong,Jianming Liao,Jun Li,Zhiyong Jason Ren,Bao Yang,Siddhartha Das and Liangbing Hu*

Energy & Environmental Science,2019

Dense, Self-Formed Char Layer Enables a Fire-Retardant Wood Structural Material

Wentao Gan#,Chaoji Chen#,Zhengyang Wang#,Jianwei Song,Yudi Kuang,Shuaiming He,Ruiyu Mi,Peter B. Sunderland,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2019

Challenges and Opportunities for Solar Evaporation

Chaoji Chen#, Yudi Kuang#, Liangbing Hu*

Joule,2019

A nanofluidic ion regulation membrane with aligned cellulose nanofibers

Tian Li,Sylvia Xin Li,Weiqing Kong,Chaoji Chen,Emily Hitz,Chao Jia,Jiaqi Dai,Xin Zhang,Robert Briber,Zuzanna Siwy,Mark Reed,Liangbing Hu*

Science Advances,2019

Transient, in situ synthesis of ultrafine ruthenium nanoparticles for a high-rate Li–CO2 battery

Yun Qiao#, Shaomao Xu#, Yang Liu, Jiaqi Dai, Hua Xie, Yonggang Yao, Xiaowei Mu, Chaoji Chen, Dylan J. Kline, Emily M. Hitz, Boyang Liu,Jianwei Song, Ping He, Michael R. Zachariah and Liangbing Hu*

Energy & Environmental Science,2019

Nature-Inspired Tri-Pathway Design Enabling High-Performance Flexible Li–O2 Batteries

Chaoji Chen#,Shaomao Xu#,Yudi Kuang#,Wentao Gan,Jianwei Song,Gegu Chen,Glenn Pastel,Boyang Liu,Yiju Li,Hao Huang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2019

Nanocellulose-Enabled, All-Nanofiber, High-Performance Supercapacitor

Qi Zhang#, Chaoji Chen#, Wenshuai Chen, Glenn Pastel, Xiaoyu Guo, Shouxin Liu, Qingwen Wang, Yixing Liu, Jian Li, Haipeng Yu*, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2019

One-Step, Catalyst-Free, Scalable in Situ Synthesis of Single-Crystal Aluminum Nanowires in Confined Graphene Space

Yanan Chen#, Yanbin Wang#, Shuze Zhu, Chaoji Chen, Valencia A. Danner, Yiju Li, Jiaqi Dai, Hongbian Li, Kun Kevin Fu, Teng Li, Yang Liu, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2019

3D-Printed Graphene Oxide Framework with Thermal Shock Synthesized Nanoparticles for Li-CO2 Batteries

Yun Qiao#,Yang Liu#,Chaoji Chen,Hua Xie,Yonggang Yao,Shuaiming He,Weiwei Ping,Boyang Liu,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2018

Catalyst-Free In Situ Carbon Nanotube Growth in Confined Space via High Temperature Gradient

Chaoji Chen#,Yanan Chen#,Shuze Zhu#,Jiaqi Dai,Glenn Pastel,Yonggang Yao,Dapeng Liu,Yanbin Wang,Jiayu Wan,Teng Li,Wei Luo*,and Liangbing Hu*

Research,2018

Conductive Cellulose Nanofiber Enabled Thick Electrode for Compact and Flexible Energy Storage Devices

Yudi Kuang#,Chaoji Chen#,Glenn Pastel#,Yiju Li,Jianwei Song,Ruiyu Mi,Weiqing Kong,Boyang Liu,Yingqi Jiang,Ken Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2018

Nanocellulose toward Advanced Energy Storage Devices: Structure and Electrochemistry

Chaoji Chen and Liangbing Hu*

Accounts of Chemical Research,2018

Flexible lithium–CO2 battery with ultrahigh capacity and stable cycling

Shaomao Xu#, Chaoji Chen#, Yudi Kuang#, Jianwei Song, Wentao Gan, Boyang Liu, Emily M. Hitz, John W. Connell, Yi Lin and Liangbing Hu*

Energy & Environmental Science,2018

Architecting a Floatable, Durable, and Scalable Steam Generator: Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Bifunctional Structure for Solar Evaporation Enhancement

Tingting Gao#,Yiju Li#,Chaoji Chen,Zhi Yang,Yudi Kuang,Chao Jia,Jianwei Song,Emily M. Hitz,Boyang Liu,Hao Huang,Jianyong Yu,Bao Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Small Methods,2018

Narrow bandgap semiconductor decorated wood membrane for high-efficiency solar-assisted water purification

Hanwen Liu#, Chaoji Chen#, Huang Wen, Ruixue Guo, Nick A. Williams, Baodui Wang, Fengjuan Chen* and Liangbing Hu*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2018

Muscle-Inspired Highly Anisotropic, Strong, Ion-Conductive Hydrogels

Weiqing Kong#,Chengwei Wang#,Chao Jia#,Yudi Kuang,Glenn Pastel,Chaoji Chen,Gegu Chen,Shuaiming He,Hao Huang,Jianhua Zhang,Sha Wang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2018

Sandwich-like Ni2P nanoarray/nitrogen-doped graphene nanoarchitecture as a high-performance anode for sodium and lithium ion batteries

Caifu Dong, Lijun Guo, Yanyan He, Chaoji Chen, Yitai Qian, Yanan Chen*, Liqiang Xu*

Energy Storage Materials,2018

All-in-one lithium-sulfur battery enabled by a porous-dense-porous garnet architecture

Shaomao Xu#, Dennis W. McOwen#, Lei Zhang, Greg T. Hitz, Chengwei Wang, Zhaohui Ma, Chaoji Chen, Wei Luo, Jiaqi Dai, Yudi Kuang, Emily M. Hitz, Kun Fu, Yunhui Gong, Eric D. Wachsman*, Liangbing Hu*

Energy Storage Materials,2018

In Situ“Chainmail Catalyst”Assembly in Low-Tortuosity, Hierarchical Carbon Frameworks for Efficient and Stable Hydrogen Generation

Yiju Li#,Tingting Gao#,Yonggang Yao#,Zhenyu Liu,Yudi Kuang,Chaoji Chen,Jianwei Song,Shaomao Xu,Emily M. Hitz,Boyang Liu,Rohit J. Jacob,Michael R. Zachariah,Guofeng Wang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2018

Transparent, Anisotropic Biofilm with Aligned Bacterial Cellulose Nanofibers

Sha Wang#,Tian Li#,Chaoji Chen#,Weiqing Kong#,Shuze Zhu,Jiaqi Dai,Alfredo J. Diaz,Emily Hitz,Santiago D. Solares,Teng Li,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2018

All Natural, High Efficient Groundwater Extraction via Solar Steam/Vapor Generation

Yilin Wang#,He Liu#,Chaoji Chen#,Yudi Kuang,Jianwei Song,Hua Xie,Chao Jia,Spencer Kronthal,Xu Xu,Shuaiming He,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Sustainable Systems,2018

From Wood to Textiles: Top-Down Assembly of Aligned Cellulose Nanofibers

Chao Jia#,Chaoji Chen#,Yudi Kuang#,Kun Fu,Yilin Wang,Yonggang Yao,Spencer Kronthal,Emily Hitz,Jianwei Song,Fujun Xu,Boyang Liu,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2018

Facile synthesis of bimodal porous graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets as efficient photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution

Pei Hu, Chaoji Chen*, Rui Zeng, Jingwei Xiang, Ying Huang, Dongfang Hou, Qing Li*, Yunhui Huang*

Nano Energy,2018

Three-Dimensional, Solid-State Mixed Electron–Ion Conductive Framework for Lithium Metal Anode

Shaomao Xu#, Dennis W. McOwen#, Chengwei Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei Luo, Chaoji Chen, Yiju Li, Yunhui Gong, Jiaqi Dai, Yudi Kuang, Chunpeng Yang, Tanner R. Hamann, Eric D. Wachsman*, and Liangbing Hu*

Nano Letters,2018

3D Wettable Framework for Dendrite-Free Alkali Metal Anodes

Ying Zhang#,Chengwei Wang#,Glenn Pastel#,Yudi Kuang,Hua Xie,Yiju Li,Boyang Liu,Wei Luo,Chaoji Chen,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2018

Scalable and Highly Efficient Mesoporous Wood-Based Solar Steam Generation Device: Localized Heat, Rapid Water Transport

Tian Li#,He Liu#,Xinpeng Zhao,Guang Chen,Jiaqi Dai,Glenn Pastel,Chao Jia,Chaoji Chen,Emily Hitz,Das Siddhartha,Ronggui Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2018

A self-buffering structure for application in high-performance sodium-ion batteries

Zhiming Liu, Chuang Yue, Chaoji Chen, Juan Xiang, Fang Hu, Dongsoo Lee, Donghyeok Shin, Seho Sun, Liangbing Hu*, Taeseup Song*

Energy Storage Materials,2018

3D lithium metal anodes hosted in asymmetric garnet frameworks toward high energy density batteries

Boyang Liu#, Lei Zhang#, Shaomao Xu#, Dennis W. McOwen, Yunhui Gong, Chunpeng Yang, Glenn R. Pastel, Hua Xie, Kun Fu, Jiaqi Dai, Chaoji Chen, Eric D. Wachsman*, Liangbing Hu*

Energy Storage Materials,2018

Anisotropic, lightweight, strong, and super thermally insulating nanowood with naturally aligned nanocellulose

Tian Li#,Jianwei Song#,Xinpeng Zhao#,Zhi Yang#,Glenn Pastel,Shaomao Xu,Chao Jia,Jiaqi Dai,Chaoji Chen,Amy Gong,Feng Jiang,Yonggang Yao,Tianzhu Fan,Bao Yang,Lars Wågberg,Ronggui Yang*,Liangbing Hu*

Science Advances,2018

Scalable and Sustainable Approach toward Highly Compressible, Anisotropic, Lamellar Carbon Sponge

Chaoji Chen#, Jianwei Song#, Shuze Zhu#, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Jiayu Wan, Dylan Kirsch, Lisha Xu, Yanbin Wang, Tingting Gao, Yilin Wang, Hao Huang, Wentao Gan, Amy Gong, Teng Li*, Jia Xie*, Liangbing Hu*

Chem,2018

Anisotropic, Mesoporous Microfluidic Frameworks with Scalable, Aligned Cellulose Nanofibers

Chao Jia#, Feng Jiang#, Piao Hu, Yudi Kuang, Shuaiming He, Tian Li, Chaoji Chen, Alan Murphy, Chunpeng Yang, Yonggang Yao, Jiaqi Dai, Christopher B. Raub, Xiaolong Luo, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2018

Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material

Jianwei Song#, Chaoji Chen#, Shuze Zhu#, Mingwei Zhu#, Jiaqi Dai, Upamanyu Ray, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Yongfeng Li, Nelson Quispe, Yonggang Yao, Amy Gong, Ulrich H. Leiste, Hugh A. Bruck, J. Y. Zhu, Azhar Vellore, Heng Li, Marilyn L. Minus, Zheng Jia, Ashlie Martini, Teng Li* & Liangbing Hu*

Nature,2018

Highly Compressible, Anisotropic Aerogel with Aligned Cellulose Nanofibers

Jianwei Song#, Chaoji Chen#, Zhi Yang, Yudi Kuang, Tian Li, Yiju Li, Hao Huang, Iain Kierzewski, Boyang Liu, Shuaiming He, Tingting Gao,Sevket U. Yuruker, Amy Gong, Bao Yang, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2017

Textile Inspired Lithium–Oxygen Battery Cathode with Decoupled Oxygen and Electrolyte Pathways

Shaomao Xu,Yonggang Yao,Yuanyuan Guo,Xiaoqiao Zeng,Steven D. Lacey,Huiyu Song,Chaoji Chen,Yiju Li,Jiaqi Dai,Yanbin Wang,Yanan Chen,Boyang Liu,Kun Fu,Khalil Amine,Jun Lu*,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2017

High-Performance Solar Steam Device with Layered Channels: Artificial Tree with a Reversed Design

He Liu#,Chaoji Chen#,Guang Chen,Yudi Kuang,Xinpeng Zhao,Jianwei Song,Chao Jia,Xu Xu,Emily Hitz,Hua Xie,Sha Wang,Feng Jiang,Tian Li,Yiju Li,Amy Gong,Ronggui Yang,Siddhartha Das,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2017

Lightweight, Mesoporous, and Highly Absorptive All-Nanofiber Aerogel for Efficient Solar Steam Generation

Feng Jiang#, He Liu#, Yiju Li, Yudi Kuang, Xu Xu, Chaoji Chen, Hao Huang, Chao Jia, Xinpeng Zhao, Emily Hitz, Yubing Zhou, Ronggui Yang, Lifeng Cui*, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2017

A strategy of selective and dendrite-free lithium deposition for lithium batteries

Jingwei Xiang, Ying Zhao, Lixia Yuan*, Chaoji Chen, Yue Shen, Fei Hu, Zhangxiang Hao, Jing Liu, Baixiang Xu, Yunhui Huang*

Nano Energy,2017

Three-Dimensional Printed Thermal Regulation Textiles

Tingting Gao#, Zhi Yang#, Chaoji Chen#, Yiju Li, Kun Fu, Jiaqi Dai, Emily M. Hitz, Hua Xie, Boyang Liu, Jianwei Song, Bao Yang, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2017

Hierarchically Porous, Ultrathick,“Breathable” Wood-Derived Cathode for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries

Huiyu Song#,Shaomao Xu#,Yiju Li#,Jiaqi Dai,Amy Gong,Mingwei Zhu,Chunliang Zhu,Chaoji Chen,Yanan Chen,Yonggang Yao,Boyang Liu,Jianwei Song,Glenn Pastel,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2017

Cellulose-Nanofiber-Enabled 3D Printing of a Carbon-Nanotube Microfiber Network

Yuanyuan Li#,Hongli Zhu#,Yibo Wang#,Upamanyu Ray#,Shuze Zhu,Jiaqi Dai,Chaoji Chen,Kun Fu,Soo-Hwan Jang,Doug Henderson,Teng Li*,Liangbing Hu*

Small Methods,2017

Highly Anisotropic Conductors

Jiayu Wan#,Jianwei Song#,Zhi Yang#,Dylan Kirsch,Chao Jia,Rui Xu,Jiaqi Dai,Mingwei Zhu,Lisha Xu,Chaoji Chen,Yanbin Wang,Yilin Wang,Emily Hitz,Steven D. Lacey,Yongfeng Li,Bao Yang*,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2017

3D-Printed All-Fiber Li-Ion Battery toward Wearable Energy Storage

Yibo Wang#,Chaoji Chen#,Hua Xie,Tingting Gao,Yonggang Yao,Glenn Pastel,Xiaogang Han,Yiju Li,Jiupeng Zhao*,Kun (Kelvin) Fu*,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Functional Materials,2017

Graphene oxide-based evaporator with one-dimensional water transport enabling high-efficiency solar desalination

Yiju Li#, Tingting Gao#, Zhi Yang, Chaoji Chen, Yudi Kuang, Jianwei Song, Chao Jia, Emily M. Hitz, Bao Yang, Liangbing Hu*

Nano Energy,2017

Superflexible Wood

Jianwei Song#, Chaoji Chen#, Chengwei Wang, Yudi Kuang, Yongfeng Li, Feng Jiang, Yiju Li, Emily Hitz, Ying Zhang, Boyang Liu, Amy Gong, Huiyang Bian, J. Y. Zhu, Jianhua Zhang, Jun Li, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2017

Highly Flexible and Efficient Solar Steam Generation Device

Chaoji Chen#,Yiju Li#,Jianwei Song#,Zhi Yang,Yudi Kuang,Emily Hitz,Chao Jia,Amy Gong,Feng Jiang,J. Y. Zhu,Bao Yang,Jia Xie*,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2017

High Performance, Flexible, Solid-State Supercapacitors Based on a Renewable and Biodegradable Mesoporous Cellulose Membrane

Dawei Zhao,Chaoji Chen,Qi Zhang,Wenshuai Chen,Shouxin Liu,Qingwen Wang,Yixing Liu,Jian Li,Haipeng Yu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2017

Nitrogen-rich hard carbon as a highly durable anode for high-power potassium-ion batteries

Chaoji Chen#, Zhenggang Wang#, Bao Zhang, Ling Miao, Jie Cai, Linfeng Peng, Yangyang Huang, Jianjun Jiang, Yunhui Huang, Lina Zhang*, Jia Xie*

Energy Storage Materials,2017

Highly Conductive, Lightweight, Low-Tortuosity Carbon Frameworks as Ultrathick 3D Current Collectors

Chaoji Chen#,Ying Zhang#,Yiju Li#,Yudi Kuang,Jianwei Song,Wei Luo,Yanbin Wang,Yonggang Yao,Glenn Pastel,Jia Xie*,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Energy Materials,2017

Enabling High-Areal-Capacity Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Designing Anisotropic and Low-Tortuosity Porous Architectures

Yiju Li#, Kun“Kelvin”Fu#, Chaoji Chen, Wei Luo, Tingting Gao, Shaomao Xu, Jiaqi Dai, Glenn Pastel, Yanbin Wang, Boyang Liu, Jianwei Song, Yanan Chen, Chunpeng Yang, and Liangbing Hu*

ACS Nano,2017

3D-Printed, All-in-One Evaporator for High-Efficiency Solar Steam Generation under 1 Sun Illumination

Yiju Li#,Tingting Gao#,Zhi Yang#,Chaoji Chen,Wei Luo,Jianwei Song,Emily Hitz,Chao Jia,Yubing Zhou,Boyang Liu,Bao Yang,Liangbing Hu*

Advanced Materials,2017

Encapsulation of Metallic Na in an Electrically Conductive Host with Porous Channels as a Highly Stable Na Metal Anode

Wei Luo#, Ying Zhang#, Shaomao Xu, Jiaqi Dai, Emily Hitz, Yiju Li, Chunpeng Yang, Chaoji Chen, Boyang Liu, and Liangbing Hu*

Nano Letters,2017

Scalable, anisotropic transparent paper directly from wood for light management in solar cells

Chao Jia#, Tian Li#, Chaoji Chen#, Jiaqi Dai, Iain Michael Kierzewski, Jianwei Song, Yiju Li, Chunpeng Yang, Chengwei Wang, Liangbing Hu*

Nano Energy,2017

Granadilla-Inspired Structure Design for Conversion/Alloy-Reaction Electrode with Integrated Lithium Storage Behaviors

Chaoji Chen, Linfeng Peng, Yiju Li, Lei Zhang, Jingwei Xiang, Pei Hu, Shijie Cheng, Yunhui Huang*, and Jia Xie*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2017

Phase control of TiO2 nanobelts by microwave irradiation as anode materials with tunable Li-diffusion kinetics

Chaoji Chen#, Yueni Mei#, Yunhui Huang, Xianluo Hu*

Materials Research Bulletin,2017

High-capacity, low-tortuosity, and channel-guided lithium metal anode

Ying Zhang, Wei Luo, Chengwei Wang, Yiju Li, Chaoji Chen, Jianwei Song, Jiaqi Dai, Emily M. Hitz, Shaomao Xu, Chunpeng Yang, Yanbin Wang, and Liangbing Hu*

PNAS,2017

Coordination of Surface-Induced Reaction and Intercalation: Toward a High-Performance Carbon Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Weimin Chen,Chaoji Chen,Xiaoqin Xiong,Pei Hu,Zhangxiang Hao,Yunhui Huang*

Advanced Science,2017

A carbon-based 3D current collector with surface protection for Li metal anode

Ying Zhang, Boyang Liu, Emily Hitz, Wei Luo, Yonggang Yao, Yiju Li, Jiaqi Dai, Chaoji Chen, Yanbin Wang, Chunpeng Yang, Hongbian Li & Liangbing Hu*

Nano Research,2017

All-wood, low tortuosity, aqueous, biodegradable supercapacitors with ultra-high capacitance

Chaoji Chen#, Ying Zhang#, Yiju Li, Jiaqi Dai, Jianwei Song, Yonggang Yao, Yunhui Gong, Iain Kierzewski, Jia Xie* and Liangbing Hu*

Energy & Environmental Science,2017

In Operando Mechanism Analysis on Nanocrystalline Silicon Anode Material for Reversible and Ultrafast Sodium Storage

Lei Zhang,Xianluo Hu*,Chaoji Chen,Haipeng Guo,Xiaoxiao Liu,Gengzhao Xu,Haijian Zhong,Shuang Cheng,Peng Wu,Jiashen Meng,Yunhui Huang*,Shixue Dou,Huakun Liu*

Advanced Materials,2016

Synthesis of Hierarchically Porous Sandwich-Like Carbon Materials for High-Performance Supercapacitors

Yiju Li#,Chaoji Chen#,Tingting Gao,Dr. Dongming Zhang,Dr. Xiaomei Huang*,Yue Pan,Dr. Ke Ye,Dr. Kui Cheng,Dr. Dianxue Cao,Dr. Guiling Wang*

Chemistry–A European Journal,2016

Rational synthesis of carbon-coated hollow Ge nanocrystals with enhanced lithium-storage properties

Wei Zhang, Xiaoqing Chu, Chaoji Chen, Jingwei Xiang, Xiaoxiao Liu, Yunhui Huang and Xianluo Hu*

Nanoscale,2016

Integrated Intercalation-Based and Interfacial Sodium Storage in Graphene-Wrapped Porous Li4Ti5O12 Nanofibers Composite Aerogel

Chaoji Chen#,Henghui Xu#,Tengfei Zhou,Zaiping Guo,Lineng Chen,Mengyu Yan,Liqiang Mai,Pei Hu,Shijie Cheng,Yunhui Huang*,Jia Xie*

Advanced Energy Materials,2016

Binding TiO2-B nanosheets with N-doped carbon enables highly durable anodes for lithium-ion batteries

Chaoji Chen, Bao Zhang, Ling Miao, Mengyu Yan, Liqiang Mai, Yunhui Huang* and Xianluo Hu*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2016

A Hierarchical N/S-Codoped Carbon Anode Fabricated Facilely from Cellulose/Polyaniline Microspheres for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries

Dingfeng Xu#,Chaoji Chen#,Jia Xie*,Bao Zhang,Ling Miao,Jie Cai,Yunhui Huang,Lina Zhang*

Advanced Energy Materials,2016

TiN as a simple and efficient polysulfide immobilizer for lithium–sulfur batteries

Zhangxiang Hao, Lixia Yuan*, Chaoji Chen, Jingwei Xiang, Yuyu Li, Zhimei Huang, Pei Hu and Yunhui Huang*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2016

NASICON-Structured NaTi2(PO4)3@C Nanocomposite as the Low Operation-Voltage Anode Material for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries

Dongxue Wang, Qiang Liu, Chaoji Chen, Malin Li, Xing Meng, Xiaofei Bie, Yingjin Wei, Yunhui Huang, Fei Du*, Chunzhong Wang, and Gang Chen

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,2015

3D interconnected porous NiMoO4 nanoplate arrays on Ni foam as high-performance binder-free electrode for supercapacitors

Liang Huang, Jingwei Xiang, Wei Zhang, Chaoji Chen, Henghui Xu and Yunhui Huang*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2015

Na+ intercalation pseudocapacitance in graphene-coupled titanium oxide enabling ultra-fast sodium storage and long-term cycling

Chaoji Chen#, Yanwei Wen#, Xianluo Hu*, Xiulei Ji, Mengyu Yan, Liqiang Mai, Pei Hu, Bin Shan & Yunhui Huang*

Nature Communications,2015

Flexible and Binder-Free Electrodes of Sb/rGO and Na3V2(PO4)3/rGO Nanocomposites for Sodium-Ion Batteries

Wei Zhang,Yangtao Liu,Chaoji Chen,Zhen Li,Yunhui Huang,Xianluo Hu*

Small,2015

Flexible Membranes of MoS2/C Nanofibers by Electrospinning as Binder-Free Anodes for High-Performance Sodium-Ion Batteries

Xiaoqin Xiong, Wei Luo, Xianluo Hu*, Chaoji Chen, Long Qie, Dongfang Hou & Yunhui Huang*

Scientific Reports,2015

Bismuth oxyiodide nanosheets: a novel high-energy anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Chaoji Chen#, Pei Hu#, Xianluo Hu*, Yueni Mei and Yunhui Huang*

Chemical Communications,2015

Architectural design and phase engineering of N/B-codoped TiO2(B)/anatase nanotube assemblies for high-rate and long-life lithium storage

Chaoji Chen, Xianluo Hu*, Bao Zhang, Ling Miao and Yunhui Huang*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2015

Self-assembled 3D hierarchical sheaf-like Nb3O7(OH) nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Pei Hu, Dongfang Hou, Yanwei Wen, Bin Shan, Chaoji Chen, Yunhui Huang* and Xianluo Hu*

Nanoscale,2014

Microwave-assisted synthesis of self-assembled BiO1.84H0.08 hierarchical nanostructures as a new photocatalyst

Pei Hu, Dongfang Hou, Hongyu Shi, Chaoji Chen, Yunhui Huang, Xianluo Hu*

Applied Surface Science,2014

Highly porous Li4Ti5O12/C nanofibers for ultrafast electrochemical energy storage

Henghui Xu, Xianluo Hu*, Yongming Sun, Wei Luo, Chaoji Chen, Yang Liu, Yunhui Huang*

Nano Energy,2014

Controllable growth of TiO2-B nanosheet arrays on carbon nanotubes as a high-rate anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Chaoji Chen, Xianluo Hu*, Zhaohui Wang, Xiaoqin Xiong, Pei Hu, Yang Liu, Yunhui Huang

Carbon,2014

Facile fabrication of CuO nanosheets on Cu substrate as anode materials for electrochemical energy storage

Yang Liu#, Yun Qiao#, Wuxing Zhang*, Pei Hu, Chaoji Chen, Zhen Li, Lixia Yuan, Xianluo Hu, Yunhui Huang*

Journal of Alloys and Compounds,2014

Biomaterial-assisted synthesis of AgCl@Ag concave cubes with efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity

Pei Hu, Xianluo Hu*, Chaoji Chen, Dongfang Hou and Yunhui Huang*

CrystEngComm,2014

TiO2–B Nanosheets/Anatase Nanocrystals Co-Anchored on Nanoporous Graphene: In Situ Reduction–Hydrolysis Synthesis and Their Superior Rate Performance as an Anode Material

Chaoji Chen,Prof. Xianluo Hu*,Yan Jiang,Ze Yang,Pei Hu,Prof. Yunhui Huang*

Chemistry–A European Journal,2014

Ionic-Liquid-Assisted Synthesis of Self-Assembled TiO2-B Nanosheets under Microwave Irradiation and Their Enhanced Lithium Storage Properties

Chaoji Chen,Xianluo Hu*,Pei Hu,Yun Qiao,Long Qie,Yunhui Huang*

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry,2013

Conformal N-doped carbon on nanoporous TiO2 spheres as a high-performance anode material for lithium-ion batteries

Yun Qiao, Xianluo Hu*, Yang Liu, Chaoji Chen, Henghui Xu, Dongfang Hou, Pei Hu and Yunhui Huang*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A,2013