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Electrochemistry Water–Solid Interface Electrode Degradation & Aging Reactivity & Impurity Tuning Bifunctional Electrocatalysts
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Energy Storage Li–S Batteries Zinc–Air Batteries Electrolyte Engineering

2026

  1. Ag Amination
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    Electrochemical Amination of Acetone using Ag as Cathode: Mechanism and Role of Pb Impurities for Hydrogen Transfer
    Yani Guan, Justus Kümper, Angelina Cuomo, and 6 more authors
    Catalysis Science & Technology, 2026
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2025

  1. EDLC
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    Probing the Electric Double-Layer Capacitance to Understand the Reaction Environment in Conditions of Electrochemical Amination of Acetone
    Yani Guan, Justus Kümper, Simran Kumari, and 6 more authors
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025
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2024

  1. DFT-KMC
    First-principles-based kinetic monte carlo model of hydrogen evolution reaction under realistic conditions: solvent, hydrogen coverage and electric field effects
    Yuhong Luo, Yani Guan, Guihua Liu, and 3 more authors
    ACS Catalysis, 2024
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  2. Cu Dissolution
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    Origin of copper dissolution under electrocatalytic reduction conditions involving amines
    Yani Guan, Justus Kümper, Sonja D Mürtz, and 4 more authors
    Chemical Science, 2024
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    Metallic Impurities in Electrolysis: Catalytic Effect of Pb Traces in Reductive Amination and Acetone Reduction
    Justus Kümper, Sonja D Mürtz, Yani Guan, and 5 more authors
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024
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  4. Metallische Verunreinigungen in der Elektrolyse: Katalytische Wirkung von Pb-Spuren in der reduktiven Aminierung und Acetonreduktion
    Justus Kümper, Sonja D Mürtz, Yani Guan, and 5 more authors
    Angewandte Chemie, 2024
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  5. Origin of Copper Dissolution in Electrocatalytic Reduction Conditions Involving Amines
    Yani Guan and Philippe Sautet
    In Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts prime2024, 2024
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  6. Modeling the Electrocatalytic Interface in the Conditions of Electrochemical Amination of Acetone with Methylamine as Nitrogen Source
    Yani Guan
    University of California, Los Angeles, 2024
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2022

  1. Li-S Battery
    Ordered macroporous V-doped ZnO framework impregnated with microporous carbon nanocages as multifunctional sulfur reservoir in lithium-sulfur batteries
    Ximeng Zhao, Yani Guan, Xiaohang Du, and 3 more authors
    Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022
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  2. ML for Catalysis
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    Machine learning in solid heterogeneous catalysis: Recent developments, challenges and perspectives
    Yani Guan, Donovan Chaffart, Guihua Liu, and 5 more authors
    Chemical Engineering Science, 2022
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2021

  1. A conductive and ordered macroporous structure design of titanium oxide-based catalytic cathode for lithium–sulfur batteries
    Fan Liu, Yani Guan, Xiaohang Du, and 3 more authors
    Nanotechnology, 2021
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  2. Zn-Air Battery
    A macroporous titanium oxynitride-supported bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst for zinc–air batteries
    Weixing Niu, Yani Guan, Yuhong Luo, and 2 more authors
    Catalysis Science & Technology, 2021
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  3. CO2 DFT
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    Insights on the catalytic active site for CO2 reduction on copper-based catalyst: a DFT study
    Yani Guan, Wei Suo, Zisheng Zhang, and 3 more authors
    Molecular Catalysis, 2021
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2020

  1. Nanoscale melamine-based porous organic frameworks as host material for efficient polysulfides chemisorption in lithium–sulfur batteries
    Miao Sun, Haifeng Ji, Yani Guan, and 5 more authors
    Nanotechnology, 2020
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2019

  1. Bifunc. Catalyst
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    Surface-engineered cobalt nitride composite as efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst
    Yani Guan, Guihua Liu, Jingde Li, and 2 more authors
    Nanotechnology, 2019
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