ESC

Publications

2026
01

Coupled Interfacial Kinetics and Transport Resistances Govern High-Current Behavior in Bipolar Membranes

Claudio Adrian Ruiz Torres, Yaguang Zhu, Olivia Vulpin, Yifan Wu, Zhuo Li, Michael Drakopoulos, Nghia T. Vo, Shannon W. Boettcher, Marta C. Hatzell, Kelsey B. Hatzell

ACS Energy Letters · DOI ↗
02

Nanoscale CO₂ Interfacial Reactions and Their Impacts on Sustainable Carbon Management

Young-Shin Jun, Minkyoung Jung, Ying Wang, Yaguang Zhu, Xueyi Liu, Chelsea W. Neil, Zixuan Xie, Gun Yi Park, Claire Throckmorton

Chemical Reviews · DOI ↗
03

Electro-chemo-mechanically Driven Ni Exsolution from (Pr, Ce, Ni)O₂−δ: Controlled Nucleation Density and Enhanced Electrode Kinetics

Zhang Sipei, Lin Lin, Yaguang Zhu, Yong-Yun Hsiau, Iradwikanari Waluyo, Adrian Hunt, Kelsey B. Hatzell, Nicola H. Perry

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI ↗
04

Impact of interposer microstructure on ionic transport in liquid-phase bicarbonate electrolysis

Elizabeth Dentzer, Hanwoong Kim, Yaguang Zhu, Hakhyeon Song, Nicole Callen, Claudio A. Ruiz Torres, Hyeonuk Choi, Jihun Oh, Marta C. Hatzell, Kelsey B. Hatzell

ACS Electrochemistry · DOI ↗
05

Low-voltage syngas synthesis via BPM electrolysis of CO₂ capture and aldehyde solution

Po-Wei Huang, Hyeonuk Choi, Anush Venkataraman, Olivia Vulpin, Claudio A. Ruiz Torres, Danae A. Chipoco Haro, Yaguang Zhu, Erika R. Yamazaki, Kelsey B. Hatzell, Shannon W. Boettcher, Sankar Nair, Jihun Oh, Hakhyeon Song, Marta C. Hatzell

Energy & Environmental Science · DOI ↗
2025
06

From Molecules to Modules: Advanced Characterization of Membrane Systems

Yaguang Zhu, Austin J. Booth, Jamila G. Eatman, Mina Kim, Yining Liu, Bidushi Sarkar, Bratin Sengupta, Xiaolin Yue, Chibueze V. Amanchukwu, Seth B. Darling, Jeffrey W. Elam, Paul Fenter, Chong Liu, Kelsey B. Hatzell

Advanced Materials · DOI ↗
07

Water content modulation enables selective ion transport in 2D MXene membranes

Yaguang Zhu, Qinsi Xiong, WooCheol Jeon, Monika Blum, Fernando Camino, George Schatz, Kelsey B. Hatzell

PNAS · DOI ↗
08

Soft Nanoconfinement Nucleates and Stabilizes Ultrasmall Amorphous Calcium Carbonate from Aggregation

Ying Wang, Yaguang Zhu, Xiaobing Zuo, Lilin He, Young-Shin Jun

Crystal Growth & Design · DOI ↗
09

Bicarbonate Concentrations Affect Arsenic Release from Arsenopyrite and Nanoscale Iron (III)(Hydr)oxide Formation: Importance of Unconfined Aquifer Carbonate Chemistry

Ping I Chou, Xuanhao Wu, Zhenwei Gao, Yaguang Zhu, Young-Shin Jun

Environmental Science: Nano · DOI ↗
10

Chemical Functional Groups Regulate Ion Concentrations and pHs in Nanopores

Yaguang Zhu, Prashant Gupta, Hamed Gholami Derami, Srikanth Singamaneni, Young-Shin Jun

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI ↗
11

Sulfate Promotes Compact CaCO₃ Formation and Protects Portland Cement from Supercritical CO₂ Attack

Yaguang Zhu, Lolya McWest, Carl I. Steefel, Qingyun Li, Zhenwei Gao, Jiumei Yang, Young-Shin Jun

Environmental Science & Technology · DOI ↗
2024
12

Impact of Asymmetric Microstructure on Ion Transport in Ti₃C₂Tₓ Membranes

Kimberly Ventura-Martinez, Yaguang Zhu, Austin Booth, Kelsey B. Hatzell

Nano Letters · DOI ↗
13

In Situ Monitoring the Nucleation and Growth of Nanoscale CaCO₃ at the Oil–Water Interface

Yaguang Zhu, Ying Wang, Zhenwei Gao, Prashant Gupta, Srikanth Singamaneni, Xiaobing Zuo, Young-Shin Jun

ACS Nano · DOI ↗
14

The Roles of the Oil-Water Interface in Forming Ultra-Small CaSO₄ Nanoparticles

Ying Wang, Yaguang Zhu, Prashant Gupta, Srikanth Singamaneni, Byeongdu Lee, Young-Shin Jun

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI ↗
15

Confinement Effects on Moisture-Swing Direct Air Capture

Yaguang Zhu, Austin Booth, Kelsey B. Hatzell

Environmental Science & Technology Letters · DOI ↗
2023
16

Effects of Sodium and Magnesium Ions on the Photochemically Induced Heterogeneous Formation of Manganese Oxides and Their Structural Evolution

Zhenwei Gao, Ping-I. Chou, Byeongdu Lee, Yaguang Zhu, Deoukchen Ghim, Young-Shin Jun

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · DOI ↗
17

Supercritical Carbon Dioxide/Nitrogen/Air Extraction with Multistage Stripping Enables Selective Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ashes

Yaguang Zhu, Guangcheng Wang, Young-Shin Jun

RSC Sustainability · DOI ↗
2022
18

Oxidative Roles of Polystyrene Based Nanoplastics in Inducing Manganese Oxide Formation under Light Illumination

Zhenwei Gao, Ping-I. Chou, Jing Liu, Yaguang Zhu, Young-Shin Jun

ACS Nano · DOI ↗
19

Ionic surface propensity controls pH in nanopores

Yaguang Zhu, Hamed Gholami Derami, Prashant Gupta, Rohit Gupta, Srikanth Singamaneni, Young-Shin Jun

Chem · DOI ↗
20

Photochemical Reactions of Dissolved Organic Matter and Bromide Ions Facilitate Abiotic Formation of Manganese Oxides

Zhenwei Gao, Jing Liu, Charlie Skurie, Yaguang Zhu, Young-Shin Jun

Water Research · DOI ↗
21

Process-Specific Effects of Sulfate on CaCO₃ Formation in Environmentally Relevant Systems

Yaguang Zhu, Zhenwei Gao, Byeongdu Lee, Young-Shin Jun

Environmental Science & Technology · DOI ↗
2021
22

A Biosynthetic Hybrid Spidroin-Amyloid-Mussel Foot Protein for Underwater Adhesion on Diverse Surfaces

Eugene Kim, Juya Jeon, Yaguang Zhu, Ethan D. Hoppe, Young-Shin Jun, Guy M. Genin, Fuzhong Zhang

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · DOI ↗
23

Classical and Nonclassical Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms for Understanding Nanoparticle Formation

Young-Shin Jun, Yaguang Zhu, Ying Wang, Deoukchen Ghim, Xuanhao Wu, Doyoon Kim, Haesung Jung

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry · DOI ↗
24

MXene Aerogel for Efficient Photothermally-Driven Membrane Distillation with Dual-Mode Antimicrobial Capability

Sisi Cao, Xuanhao Wu, Yaguang Zhu, Prashant Gupta, Adrian Martinez, Yunzhu Zhang, Deoukchen Ghim, et al.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · DOI ↗
25

Sulfate-Controlled Heterogeneous CaCO₃ Nucleation and Its Non-linear Interfacial Energy Evolution

Yaguang Zhu, Qingyun Li, Doyoon Kim, Yujia Min, Byeongdu Lee, Young-Shin Jun

Environmental Science & Technology · DOI ↗
26

Microbial production of megadalton titin yields fibers with advantageous mechanical properties

Christopher H. Bowen, Cameron J. Sargent, Ao Wang, Yaguang Zhu, Xinyuan Chang, Jingyao Li, Xinyue Mu, Jonathan Galazka, Young-Shin Jun, Sinan Keten, Fuzhong Zhang

Nature Communications · DOI ↗
27

Microbially Synthesized Polymeric Amyloid Fiber Promotes β-Nanocrystal Formation and Displays Gigapascal Tensile Strength

Jingyao Li, Yaguang Zhu, Han Yu, Bin Dai, Young-Shin Jun, Fuzhong Zhang

ACS Nano · DOI ↗
2020
28

Polydopamine/hydroxyapatite nanowire-based bilayered membrane for photothermal-driven membrane distillation

Sisi Cao, Xuanhao Wu, Yaguang Zhu, Rohit Gupta, Albern Tan, Zhongyang Wang, Young-Shin Jun, Srikanth Singamaneni

Journal of Materials Chemistry A · DOI ↗
2019
29

Effects of sulfate on biotite interfacial reactions under high temperature and high CO₂ pressure

Lijie Zhang, Yaguang Zhu, Xuanhao Wu, Young-Shin Jun

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · DOI ↗