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[2] Xiao-Ting Yin, En-Ming You, Ru-Yu Zhou, Li-Hong Zhu, Wei-Wei Wang, Kai-Xuan Li, De-Yin Wu, Yu Gu*, Jian-Feng Li*, Bing-Wei Mao, Jia-Wei Yan*. Unraveling the energy storage mechanism in graphene-based nonaqueous electrochemical capacitors by gap-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 5624.
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[5] Huiqun Wang#, Yuxiang Mao#, Peng Xu, Yu Ding, Huiping Yang, Jian-Feng Li, Yu Gu, Jiajia Han, Li Zhang, Bing-Wei Mao. Scalable copper current collectors with precisely engineered lithiophilic alloy “skins” for durable lithium-metal batteries, Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 2622–2633.
[6] Xin-Tao Yang, Chong Han, Yi-Meng Xie, Rong Fang, Shisheng Zheng, Jing-Hua Tian, Xiu-Mei Lin, Hua Zhang, Bing-Wei Mao, Yu Gu*, Yao-Hui Wang,* and Jian-Feng Li*. Highly Stable Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Tuning the Molecular Polarity of Diluents in Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes. Small, 2024, 20, 2311393.
[7] Yu Gu*, Hao Yan, Wei-Wei Wang, Xia-Guang Zhang, Jiawei Yan, and Bing-Wei Mao*. Unraveling the Mechanism of Very Initial Dendritic Growth Under Lithium Ion Transport Control in Lithium Metal Anodes. Nano Lett,, 2023, 23, 9872−9879.
[8] Xiao-Dong Lin#, Yu Gu#, Xiao-Ru Shen, Wei-Wei Wang, Yu-Hao Hong, Qi-Hui Wu, Zhi-You Zhou, De-Yin Wu, Jeng-Kuei Chang, Ming-Sen Zheng*, Bing-Wei Mao*, Quan-Feng Dong*. An oxygen-blocking oriented multifunctional solid–electrolyte interphase as a protective layer for a lithium metal anode in lithium–oxygen batteries. Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14, 1439–1448.
[9] Yu Gu#, Hong-Yu Xu#, Xia-Guang Zhang#, Wei-Wei Wang, Jun-Wu He, Shuai Tang, Jia-Wei Yan, De-Yin Wu*, Ming-Sen Zheng, Quan-Feng Dong, Bing-Wei Mao*. LithiophilicFaceted Cu(100) Surfaces:High Utilization of Host Surface and Cavities for Lithium Metal Anodes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 3092–3096.
[10] Yu Gu, Wei-Wei Wang, Yi-Juan Li, Qi-Hui Wu, Shuai Tang, Jia-Wei Yan, Ming-Sen Zheng, De-Yin Wu, Chun-Hai Fan, Wei-Qiang Hu, Zhao-Bin Chen, Yuan Fang, Qing-Hong Zhang, Quan-Feng Dong*, Bing-Wei Mao*. Designable ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphases of three alkali metal anodes. Nat. Commun., 2018, 9, 1339.
[11] Yu Gu#*, Shuai Tang#, Jun Yi, Si-Heng Luo, Chao-Yu Li, Guo-Kun Liu, Jia-Wei Yan, Jian-Feng Li, Bing-Wei Mao, Zhong-Qun Tian*. Nanostructure-Based Plasmon-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Strategies for Characterization of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase: Opportunities and Challenges. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2023, 127, 13466–13477.
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