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Operando Echem
A Haiku from Prof. Tobias Hanrath

Multimodal operando X-ray methods

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Yao Yang Group: Watching Electrochemistry in Action
Operando Electrochemistry at Energy Material Interfaces

Mission Statement:
The Yang group focuses on developing operando electrochemical liquid-cell scanning transmission electron microscopy (EC-STEM) and correlative synchrotron based X-ray methods to probe electrochemical dynamics of energy materials at solid-liquid interfaces across multiple spatiotemporal scales.
We are "movie makers" and "indoor photographers". The joy and passion of our group lie in capturing real-time “movies” of electrochemical dynamics of energy materials i.e. “watching chemistry in action”.
We are an interdisciplinary group where we bridge the knowledge among electrochemistry, solid-state energy materials and advanced characterizations.

Seeing is Believing

News and Events
June 19, 2025
As a way to reflect our interdisciplinary research and broad interest of our group members, Yao was appointed as graduate field faculty in both Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering!
May 26, 2025
We appear on Cornell Chronicle. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/05/moving-pictures-researchers-use-movies-diagnose-ev-battery-failure
May 23, 2025
New publication alert! "Operando Heating and Cooling Electrochemical 4D-STEM ProbingNanoscale Dynamics at Solid−Liquid Interfaces" is just out in online! This work was co-led by Sungin and Valentin and has contributions from the whole group.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c05005
March 23, 2025
Congratulations to the Yang group on winning the 2025 Kavli Institute at Cornell Instrumentation Grant and to Prof. Yang on winning the Materials and Interfaces Outstanding Presentations by Young Investigators Award!
March 15, 2025
Anja Minty won the Cornell Chemistry Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) and Himani Mishra won the Cornell Nanoscale Facility REU Fellowship. Congratulations!
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