Yi Cui

Distinguished Adjunct Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Shanghai Tech University
China

Professor Materials Science
Biography

2010-present Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University. 2005-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University. 2003-2005 Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley. 1998-2002 Ph.D, Chemistry, Harvard University. 1993-1998 B.S., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).

Research Intrest

Nano materials design, synthesis and devices for batteries, solar cells, catalysis, water and air cleaning; Two-dimensional layered materialsï¼›topological insulators; nanobiology.

List of Publications
G. Zheng, S. W. Lee, Z. Liang, H.-Y. Lee, K. Yan, H. Yao, H. Wang, W. Li, S. Chu and Y. Cui, "Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes", Nature Nanotechnology 9, 618 (2014).
Z. W. Seh, W. Li, J. J. Cha, G. Zheng, Y. Yang, M. T. McDowell, P.-C. Hsu, and Yi Cui, "Sulphur-TiO2 yolk-shell nanoarchitecture with internal void space for long-cycle lithium-sulphur batteries," Nature Communications 4:1331 (2013).
H. Wu, G. Chan, J. W. Choi, I. Ryu, Y. Yao, M. T. McDowell, S. W. Lee, A. Jackson, Y. Yang, L. Hu and Y. Cui, "Stable cycling of double-walled silicon nanotube battery anodes through solid-electrolyte interphase control," Nature Nanotechnology 7, 310 (2012).
D. Kong, Y. Chen, J. J. Cha, Q. Zhang, J. G. Analytis, K. Lai, Z. Liu, S. S. Hong, K. J. Koski, S. K. Mo, Z. Hussain, I. R. Fisher, Z. X. Shen, and Yi Cui, "Ambipolar field effect in the ternary topological insulator (BixSb1-x)2Te3 by composition tuning" Nature Nanotechnology 6, 705(2011).
C. K. Chan, H. Peng, G. Liu, K. McIlwrath, X. F. Zhang, R. A. Huggins, Y. Cui "High Performance Lithium Battery Anodes Using Silicon Nanowires" Nature Nanotechnology 3, 31 (2008).