
Publications
(†Equal contributions, *Corresponding authors)
For a complete list, see: Google Scholar
Independent publications since the Yang group established in 2024
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The best is yet to come

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The (mis)uses of Tafel slope
Valentin Briega-Martos, Rafael Guzman-Soriano, Jiahong Jiang, Sungin Kim, Shikai Liu, Juhyung Choi, Wenqi Li, Zhijing Zhang, Haichuan Zhang, Yao Yang*
Nature Catalysis 2025 (Invited Review).

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Operando Heating and Cooling Electrochemical 4D-STEM at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
Sungin Kim†, Shikai Liu†, Valentin Briega-Martos†, Chuqiao Shi†, Katherine Marusak Stephens, Steven E. Zeltmann, Rafael Guzman-Soriano, Wenqi Li, Jiahong Jiang, Zhijing Zhang, Juhyung Choi, Franklin S. Walden II, Nelson L. Marthe Jr., Patrick S. Wellborn, Yaofeng Guo, John Damiano, Yimo Han, Yao Yang*
Journal of the American Chemical Society Under Review

Publications in transition from Post-doc. to Principal Inverstigator
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Operando Methods: A New Era of Electrochemistry
Yao Yang*, Julian Feijóo, Valentín Briega-Martos, Qihao Li, Mihail Krumov , Stefan Merkens, Giuseppe De Salvo, Andrey Chuvilin, Jianbo Jin, Haowei Huang, Christopher J. Pollock , Miquel B. Salmeron, Cheng Wang, David A. Muller, Héctor D. Abruña, and Peidong Yang
Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 2023, 42, 101403.

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Operando Electrochemical Liquid-Cell Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (EC-STEM) Studies of Evolving Cu Nanocatalysts for CO2 Electroreduction
Yao Yang*, Yu-Tsun Shao, Jianbo Jin, Julian Feijóo, Inwhan Roh, Sheena Louisia, Sunmoon Yu, Maria V. Fonseca Guzman, Chubai Chen, David A. Muller, Héctor D. Abruña*, and Peidong Yang*
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023, 11, 4119 (Cover Story).

Selected Publications and Patents during PhD/Post-doc.
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Operando Studies Reveal Active Cu Nanograins for CO2 Electroreduction.
Yao Yang, Sheena Louisia, Sunmoon Yu, Jianbo Jin, Inwhan Roh, Chubai Chen, Maria V Fonseca Guzman, Julian Feijóo, Peng-Cheng Chen, Hongsen Wang, Christopher J Pollock, Xin Huang, Yu-Tsun Shao, Cheng Wang, David A Muller, Héctor D Abruña, Peidong Yang*
Nature 2023, 614, 262,

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Operando Probing Dynamic Migration of Copper Carbonyl
During CO2 Reduction
YaoYang, Julian Feijóo, Marc Figueras-Valls, Chubai Chen,
Chuqiao Shi, Maria V. Fonseca Guzman, Yves Murhabazi Maombi, Shikai
Liu, Pulkit Jain, Valentín Briega-Martos, Zhengxing Peng, Yu Shan, Geonhui
Lee, Michael Rebarchik, Lang Xu, Christopher J. Pollock, Jianbo Jin, Cheng
Wang, Miquel B. Salmeron, Zhu Chen, Yimo Han, Manos Mavrikakis,
Peidong Yang
Nature Catalysis 2025, Accepted in Principle.

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Inverse kinetic isotope effects in the oxygen reduction reaction at platinum single crystals
Yao Yang, Rishi G Agarwal, Phillips Hutchison, Rubén Rizo, Alexander V Soudackov, Xinyao Lu, Enrique Herrero*, Juan M Feliu*, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*, James M Mayer*, Héctor D Abruña*
Nature Chemistry 2023, 15, 271.

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Yao Yang, Yin Xiong, Megan E Holtz, Xinran Feng, Rui Zeng, Gary Chen, Francis J DiSalvo, David A Muller, Héctor D Abruña
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019, 116, 244425.

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A Completely Precious-Metal-Free Alkaline Fuel Cell with Enhanced Performance Using a Carbon-Coated Nickel Anode
Yunfei Gao†, Yao Yang†, Roberto Schimmenti, Ellen Murray, Hanqing Peng, Yingming Wang, Chuangxin Ge, Wenyong Jiang, Gongwei Wang, Francis J DiSalvo, David A Muller, Manos Mavrikakis, Li Xiao*, Héctor D Abruña*, Lin Zhuang*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022, 119, e2119883119.

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Revealing the Atomic Ordering of Binary Intermetallics Using In Situ Heating Techniques at Multilength Scales
Yin Xiong†, Yao Yang†, Howie Joress, Elliot Padgett, Unmukt Gupta, Venkata Yarlagadda, David N Agyeman-Budu, Xin Huang, Thomas E Moylan, Rui Zeng, Anusorn Kongkanand, Fernando A Escobedo, Joel D Brock, Francis J DiSalvo*, David A Muller*, Héctor D Abruña*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019, 116, 1974.

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In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of a Synergistic Co−Mn Oxide Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Yao Yang, Ying Wang, Yin Xiong, Xin Huang, Luxi Shen, Rong Huang, Hongsen Wang, James P Pastore, Seung-Ho Yu, Li Xiao, Joel D Brock, Lin Zhuang*, Héctor D Abruña*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2019, 141, 1463.

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Operando Resonant Soft X‑ray Scattering Studies of Chemical Environment and Interparticle Dynamics of Cu Nanocatalysts for CO2 Electroreduction
Yao Yang, Inwhan Roh, Sheena Louisia, Chubai Chen, Jianbo Jin, Sunmoon Yu, Miquel B Salmeron, Cheng Wang*, Peidong Yang*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 8927.

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Synergistic Mn-Co Catalyst Outperforms Pt on High-Rate Oxygen Reduction for Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Ying Wang, Yao Yang, Shuangfeng Jia, Xiaoming Wang, Kangjie Lyu, Yanqiu Peng, He Zheng, Xing Wei, Huan Ren, Li Xiao*, Jianbo Wang, David A Muller, Héctor D Abruña*, Bing Joe Hwang, Juntao Lu, Lin Zhuang*
Nature Communications 2019, 10, 1506.

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Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline-Based Energy Technologies
Yao Yang, Cheyenne R Peltier, Rui Zeng, Roberto Schimmenti, Qihao Li, Xin Huang, Zhifei Yan, Georgia Potsi, Ryan Selhorst, Xinyao Lu, Weixuan Xu, Mariel Tader, Alexander V Soudackov, Hanguang Zhang, Mihail Krumov, Ellen Murray, Pengtao Xu, Jeremy Hitt, Linxi Xu, Hsin-Yu Ko, Brian G Ernst, Colin Bundschu, Aileen Luo, Danielle Markovich, Meixue Hu, Cheng He, Hongsen Wang, Jiye Fang, Robert A DiStasio Jr, Lena F Kourkoutis, Andrej Singer, Kevin JT Noonan, Li Xiao, Lin Zhuang, Bryan S Pivovar, Piotr Zelenay, Enrique Herrero, Juan M Feliu, Jin Suntivich, Emmanuel P Giannelis, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Tomás Arias, Manos Mavrikakis, Thomas E Mallouk, Joel D Brock, David A Muller, Francis J DiSalvo, Geoffrey W Coates, Héctor D Abruña*
Chemical Reviews 2021, 122, 6117-6321.
