2026

36. B. Liu, C. Fang*, “From mechanism to metrics: quantitative insights into moisture stability of solid-state electrolytes”, ACS Energy Letters, 2026. Link

35. R. Kuphal, J.J. Liu, L. Yang, N.M. Hagh, U. Janakiraman, C. Fang*, “Quantifying capacity loading - cycle life relationship in lithium metal batteries”, Nano Energy, 2026. Link

2025

34. H. Jia, J.J. Liu, B. Liu, R. Kuphal, V. Mottini, P. Monday, M. Ball, J. Li, M. Nejad, C. Fang*, “Lignin-Based Separators for Lithium-Ion Batteries via a Dry Fibrillation Method”, Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2419694 (Rising Stars). Link

33. X. Huang, J. Shea, J. Liu, N. M. Hagh, S. Nageswaran, J.Wang, X.g Wu, G. Kwon, S.-B. Son, T. Liu, J. Gim, C.-C. Su, P. Dong, C. Fang, M.Li, K. Amine, U. Jankairaman, “Comparative Study of Vinylene Carbonate and Lithium Difluoro(oxalate)borate Additives in a SiOx/Graphite Anode Lithium-Ion Battery in the Presence of Fluoroethylene Carbonate”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17, 7648−7656. Link

32. K. Wang, V. Koverga, N. Maslekar, F. Wu, R. Kuphal, X. Lyu, P. Deshpande, H. Guo, H. Seol, W. Degraff, J. L Schaefer, C. Fang, T. Li, G.Cheng, A. T Ngo, S. Kim, “Novel Zwitterionic Polyurethane-in-Salt Electrolytes with High Ion Conductivity, Elasticity, and Adhesion for High-Performance Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2025, 2405676. Link

2024

31. J. Liu, H. Jia, D. Nguyen, J.J. Liu, C. Fang*, “Fabricating ultralight and ultrathin copper current collectors for high-energy batteries”, eScience, 2024, 4, 100271. Link

30.  J. Liu, D. Nguyen, J. Wang, R. Kuphal, L. Xie, C. Fang*, “Reevaluate low-concentration ether-based electrolytes for lithium metal batteries”, Nano Energy, 2024, 124, 109492. Link

2023

29. R. Kuphal, C. Fang*, “Toward fast-charging lithium-ion batteries: Quantitatively tracking lithium plating on graphite”, Matter, 2023, 6 (8), 2547 - 2549. Link

28. J. Liu, S. Ihuaenyi, R. Kuphal, J. Salinas, L. Xie, L. Yang, U. Janakiraman, M.E. Fortier, C. Fang*, “A Comparison of Carbonate-Based and Ether-Based Electrolyte Systems for Lithium Metal Batteries“, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2023, 170, 010535. Link

2022

27. B. Lu, W. Li, D. Cheng, B. Bhamwala, M. Ceja, W. Bao., C. Fang*, Y. S. Meng, “Suppressing Chemical Corrosions of Lithium Metal Anodes”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2022, 12 (48), 2202012. Link

26. B. Liaw, G. Pawar, Y.S. Meng, C. Fang, B. Lu, “Perspective—Lithium Metal Nucleation and Growth on Conductive Substrates: A Multi-Scale Understanding from Atomistic, Nano-, Meso-, to Micro-Scales”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169 (11), 112505. Link

25. B. Lu, W. Bao, W. Yao, J.-M. Doux, C. Fang*, Y. S. Meng, “Editors’ Choice—Methods—Pressure Control Apparatus for Lithium Metal Batteries”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169, 070537. Link

2021

24. “35 challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35(ish) in 2021”, Matter, 2021, 4, 3804-3810. Link

23. C. Fang*, B. Lu, G. Pawar, M. Zhang, D. Cheng, S. Chen, M. Ceja, J.-M. Doux, H. Musrock, M. Cai, B. Liaw, Y. S. Meng, “Pressure-tailored lithium deposition and dissolution in lithium metal batteries”, Nature Energy, 2021, 6, 987–994. Link

22. W. Bao, C. Fang, D. Cheng, Y. Zhang, B. Lu, D.H.S. Tan, R. Shimizu, B. Sreenarayanan, S. Bai, W. Li, M. Zhang, Y.S. Meng, “Quantifying lithium loss in amorphous silicon thin-film anodes via titration-gas chromatography”, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2021. Link

21. B. Lu, E. Olivera, J. Scharf, M. Chouchane, C. Fang, M. Ceja, L.E. Pangilinan, S. Zheng, A. Dawson, D. Cheng, W. Bao, O. Arcelus, A.A. Franco, X. Li, S.H. Tolbert, Y.S. Meng, “Quantitatively designing porous copper current collectors for lithium metal anodes”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 6454−6465. Link

Before joining MSU

20. N. Gao, A. W. Abboud, G. S. Mattei, Z. Li, A. A. Corrao, C. Fang, B. Liaw, Y. S. Meng, P. G. Khalifah, E. J. Dufek and B. Li, “Fast Diagnosis of Failure Mechanisms and lifetime prediction of Li metal batteries“, Small Methods, 2020, 2000807. Link

19. D. Cheng, T. A. Wynn, X. Wang, S. Wang, M. Zhang, R. Shimizu, S. Bai, H. Nguyen, C. Fang, M. Kim, W. Li, B. Lu, S. J. Kim and Y. S. Meng, “Unveiling the stable nature of the solid electrolyte interphase between lithium metal and LiPON via cryogenic electron microscopy“, Joule, 2020, 4, 1–17. Link

18. A. Banerjee, X. Wang, C. Fang, E. A. Wu, Y. S. Meng, “Interfaces and interphases in all-solid-state batteries with inorganic solid electrolytes”, Chemical Reviews, 2020, 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00101. Link

17. J. Gu, F. Yang, W. Hu, C. Yang, M. Patrick, A. L. Cooksy, J. Zhang, J. A. Aguiar, C. Fang, Y. Zhou, Y. S. Meng, J. Huang, “Tuning internal strain in metal‐organic frameworks via vapor phase infiltration for CO2 reduction”, Angewandte Chemie, 2020, 132, 4602-4610. Link

16. L. Yin, Z. Li, G. S. Mattei, Ji. Zheng, W. Zhao, F. Omenya, C. Fang, W. Li, J. Li, Q. Xie, E. M. Erickson, J. Zhang, M. S. Whittingham, Y. S. Meng, A. Manthiram, P. G. Khalifah, “Thermodynamics of anti-site defects in layered NMC cathodes: systematic insights from high-precision powder diffraction analyses”, Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 1002-1010. Link

15. C. Fang, J. Li, M. Zhang, Y. Zhang, F. Yang, J. Z. Lee, M.H. Lee, J. Alvarado, Y. Yang, L. Yang, M. Cai, J. Gu, K. Xu, and Y. S. Meng, “Quantifying inactive lithium in lithium metal batteries”, Nature, 2019, 572, 511–515. Link | PDF

14. C. Fang, X. Wang, Y.S. Meng, “Key issues hindering a practical lithium-metal battery”, Trends in Chemistry, 2019, 1, 152-158. Link | PDF

13. Y. Yang, D. M Davies, Y. Yin, O. Borodin, J. Z Lee, C. Fang, M. Olguin, Y. Zhang, E. S Sablina, X. Wang, C. S Rustomji, Y.S. Meng, “High-efficiency lithium-metal anode enabled by liquefied gas electrolytes”, Joule, 2019, 3, 1986-2000. Link

12. T.A. Wynn*, C. Fang*, M. Zhang, H. Liu, D.M. Davies, X. Wang, D. Lau, J.Z. Lee, K.Z. Fung and Y.S. Meng, “Mitigating oxygen release in anionic-redox-active cathode materials by cationic substitution through rational design”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 24651. Link | PDF

11. S. M. Wood, C. Fang, E. J. Dufek, S. C. Nagpure, S. V. Sazhin, B. Liaw, Y. S. Meng, “Predicting calendar aging in lithium metal secondary batteries: the impacts of solid electrolyte interphase composition and stability”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8, 1801427. Link

10. Y. Shi, M. Zhang, C. Fang and Y.S. Meng, “Urea-based hydrothermal synthesis of LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 cathode material for Li-ion battery”, Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 394, 114-121. Link

9. L. Yin, G. Mattei, Z. Li, J. Zheng, W. Zhao, F. Omenya, C. Fang, W. Li, J. Li, Q. Xie, J. Zhang, M. S. Whittingham, Y. S. Meng, A. Manthiram, and P.G. Khalifah, “Extending the limits of powder diffraction data: diffraction parameter space, occupancy defects, and atomic form factors”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 2018, 89 (9), 093002. Link

8. M. Zhang, H. Liu, Z. Liu, C. Fang and Y.S. Meng, “Modified co-precipitation synthesis of meso-structure controlled Li-rich layered oxides for minimizing voltage degradation”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018, 1, 3369. Link

7. A. Singer, S. Hy, M. Zhang, D. Cela, C. Fang, B. Qiu, Y. Xia, Z. Liu, A. Ulvestad, N. Hua, J. Wingert, H. Liu, M. Sprung, A.V. Zozulya, E. Maxey, R. Harder, Y.S. Meng, O.G. Shpyrko, “Nucleation of dislocations and their dynamics in layered oxides cathode materials during battery charging”, Nature Energy, 2018, 3, 641-674. Link

6. C. Chen, X. Chang, H. Teymourian, D. E. Ramírez‐Herrera, B. Esteban‐Fernández de Ávila, Xi. Lu, J. Li, S. He, C. Fang, Y. Liang, F. Mou, J. Guan, J. Wang, “Bioinspired chemical communication between synthetic nanomotors”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57, 241-245. Link

5. M.D. Radin, S. Hy, M. Sina, C. Fang, H. Liu, J. Vinckeviciute, M. Zhang, M. S. Whittingham, Y. S. Meng, A. Van der Ven, “Narrowing the gap between theoretical and practical capacities in Li-ion layered oxide cathode materials”, Advanced Energy Materials, 2017, 7, 1602888. Link

4. H. Liu, J. Huang, D. Qian, S. Hy, C. Fang, J. Luo and Y.S. Meng, “Enhancing the electrochemical performance of Lithium-excess layered oxide Li1.13Ni0.3Mn0.57O2 via a facile nanoscale surface modification”, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2016, 163 (6), A971. Link

3. Y. Deng, C. Fang, G. Chen, “The developments of SnO2/graphene nanocomposites as anode materials for high performance lithium ion batteries: A review”, Journal of Power Source, 2016, 304, 81-101. Link

2. C. Fang, Y. Deng, Y. Xie, J. Su, and G. Chen, “Improving the electrochemical performance of Si nanoparticle anode material by synergistic strategies of polydopamine and graphene oxide coating”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C,  2015, 119 (4), 1720–1728. Link | PDF

1. S. Liu, J. Xie, C. Fang, G. Cao, T. Zhu, and X.B Zhao, “Self-assembly of a CoFe2O4/graphene sandwich by a controllable and general route: towards a high-performance anode for Li-ion batteries”, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2012, 22, 19738–19743. Link

Patent

2. Y.S. Meng, C. Fang, W. Bao, X. Wang, Titration-gas chromatography method and system for anode detection and quantification in energy storage devices, US20230251236A1. Link

1. Y.S. Meng, M. Zhang, H. Liu, D. Qian, C. Fang, Lithium-excess cathode material and co-precipitation formation method, US20180331360A1. Link