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Collaborations & Publications

Collaborators

worked with

Jeffrey T. Miller (Purdue University, USA)
 

Chia-Chin Chen (National Taiwan University)

Frank Abild-Pedersen (Stanford SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, USA)

Kang Xu (SES AI)

Marshall Schroeder / Travis P. Pollard/ Oleg A. Borodin (DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, USA)

Shelly Kelly / John W. Freeland / Chengjun Sun / Zhan Zhang (Advanced Photon Source/Argonne National Laboratory, USA)

Yingge Du / Zihua Zhu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)

Steven Harvey (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

H-index: 30, Total Citation: 5135 (Last update: November 2024), Source: Google Scholar 

ORCID#: 0000-0003-1658-5376

43) Solvent-mediated Oxide Hydrogenation in Delithiated Cathodes (Highlighted by Argonne National Laboratory, Stanford University, and Sciencenews)

G. Wan, T. P. Pollard, L. Ma, M. A. Schroeder, C.-C. Chen, Z. Zhu, Z. Zhang, C.J. Sun, H. L. Thaman, A. Vailionis, H. Li, S. Kelly, Z. Feng, J. Franklin, S. P. Harvey, Y. Zhang, Y. Du, Z. Chen, C. J. Tassone, H.-G. Steinrück, K. Xu, O. Borodin, M. F. Toney 

Science, 385 (6714),1230-1236 (2024)

42) Intercalation of Hydrogen in Perovskite Oxide for Pseudocapacitive Energy Storage
M. H. Lin, M. Y. Lu, H. L. Chou, G. Wan, C. C. Chen
Chemistry of Materials, 35 (24), 10487-10494 (2023)

41) Low Temperature CO2 Conversion via Reverse Water-Gas Shift Thermochemical Looping with Supported Iron Oxide
E. Sun, G. Wan, V. Haribal, M. Gigantino, S. Marin-Quiros, J. Oh, A. Vailionis, A. Tong, R. Randall, J. Rojas, R. Gupta, A. Majumdar
Cell Reports Physical Science, 4 (9), 10581 (2023)

40) Intermittent Defect Fluctuations in Oxide Heterostructures (
Selected as Frontispiece)
Q. Zhang†, G. Wan†, V. Starchenko† , G. Hu†, E. M. Dufresne, H. Zhou, H. Jeen, I. Calvo Almazan, Y.Q. Dong, H.J. Liu, A. R. Sandy, G. E. Sterbinsky, H. N. Lee, P. Ganesh, D. D. Fong

(† denotes equal first authorship)
Advanced Materials, 35 (42), 2305383-2370391 (2023)

39) Dynamic and Reversible Transformations of Sub-nanometer-sized Palladium on Ceria for Efficient Methane Removal (
Highlighted by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
D. Jiang†, G. Wan†, J. H. Stenlid†, C. E. García-Vargas, J. B. Zhang, C.-J. Sun, J. R. Li, F. Abild-Pedersen, C. J. Tassone, Y. Wang

(† denotes equal first authorship)
Nature Catalysis, 6 (7), 618-627 (2023)

38) Transport Mediating Core-Shell Photocatalyst Architecture for Selective Alkane Oxidation
C. Xie, E. Sun, G. Wan, J. Zheng, R. Gupta, A. Majumdar
Nano Letters, 23 (5), 2039–2045 (2023)

37) Iron-poor Ferrites for Low Temperature CO2 Conversion via Reverse Water-Gas Shift Thermochemical Looping
J. Rojas†, E. Sun†, G. Wan, J. Oh, R. Randall, V. Haribal, I-H. Jung, R. Gupta, A. Majumdar
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 10 (37), 12252–12261 (2022)

36) Phase Transition Dynamics in a Complex Oxide Heterostructure
Q. Zhang†, G. Hu†, V. Starchenko†, G. Wan, E. M. Dufresne, Y. Dong, H. Liu, H. Zhou, H. Jeen, K. Saritas, J. T. Krogel, F. A. Reboredo, H. N. Lee, A. R. Sandy, I. C. Almazan, P. Ganesh, D. D. Fong

(† denotes equal first authorship)
Physical Review Letters, 129, 235701-23706 (2022)

35) Reaction-mediated Transformation of Working Catalyst
G. Wan, G. H. Zhang, J. Z. Chen, M. F. Toney, J. T. Miller, C. J. Tassone
ACS Catalysis 12 (13), 8007-8018 (2022)

34) More Powerful Twistron Carbon Nanotube Yarn Mechanical Energy Harvesters
Z. Wang, T.J. Mun, F. M. Machado, J. H. Moon, S. Fang, A. E. Aliev, M. Zhang, W. Cai, J. Mu, J. S. Hyeon, J. W. Park, P. Conlin, K. Cho, E. Gao, G. Wan, C. Huynh, A. A. Zakhidov, S. J. Kim, R. H. Baughman
Advanced Materials 34 (27), 2201826-2201835 (2022)

33) A Reconfigurable Crosslinking System Via an Asymmetric Metal–Ligand Coordination Strategy
X. An, Y. Li, M. Xu, Z. Xu, W. Ma, R. Du, G. Wan, H. Yan, Y. Cao, D. Ma, Q. Zhang
Polymer Chemistry 13, 2531-2537 (2022)

32) Water or Anion? Uncovering the Zn2+ Solvation Environment in Mixed Zn(TFSI)2 and LiTFSI Water-in-Salt Electrolytes 

Y. Zhang†, G. Wan†, N. H. C. Lewis†, J. Mars, S. Bone, H.-G. Steinrück, M. R. Lukatskaya, N. J. Weadock, M. Bajdich, O. Borodin, A. Tokmakoff, M. F. Toney, E. J. Maginn

(† denotes equal first authorship)
ACS Energy Letters 6 (10), 3458–3463 (2021)

31) A General Strategy to Immobilize Single-Atom Catalysts in Metal–Organic Frameworks for Enhanced Photocatalysis
J. Sui, H. Liu, S. Hu, K. Sun, G. Wan, H. Zhou, X. Zheng, H-L Jiang
Advanced Materials 34 (6), 2109203-2109210 (2021)

30) Direct Methane Activation by Atomically Thin Platinum Nanolayers on Two-dimensional Metal Carbides (
Highlighted by Iowa State University)
Z. Li, Y. Xiao, P. R. Chowdhury, Z. Wu, T. Ma, J. Z. Chen, G. Wan, T-H Kim, D. Jing, P. He, P. J. Potdar, L. Zhou, Z. Zeng, X. Ruan, J. T. Miller, J. P. Greeley, Y. Wu, and A. Varma
Nature Catalysis 4 (10), 882–891 (2021)

29) Tailoring the Local Environment of Platinum in Single-Atom Pt1/CeO2 Catalysts for Robust Low-Temperature CO Oxidation 

D. Jiang, Y. Yao, T. Li, G. Wan, X. I. P-H., Y. Lu, J. Tian, K. Khivantsev, M. H. Engelhard, C-J Sun, C. E. G-V., A. S. Hoffman, S. R. Bare, A. K. Datye, L. Hu, Y. Wang
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60 (50), 26054-26062 (2021)

28) Defect-Driven Oxide Transformations and the Electrochemical Interphase
G. Wan, C-J Sun, J. W. Freeland, D. D. Fong
Accounts of Chemical Research 54 (15), 3039–3049 (2021)

27) Amorphization Mechanism of SrIrO3 Electrocatalyst: How Oxygen Redox Initiates Ionic Diffusion and Structural Reorganization
(
Highlighted by UCLouvain; France Science; Nature Catalysis)
G. Wan, J. W. Freeland, J. Kloppenburg, G. Petretto, J. N. Nelson, D. Y. Kuo, C-J Sun, J. G. Wen, J. T. Diulus, G. S. Herman, Y. Q. Dong, R. H. Kou, J. Sun, S. Chen, K. M. Shen, D. G. Schlom, G-M. Rignanese, G. Hautier, D. D. Fong, Z. X. Feng, H. Zhou & J. Suntivich
Science Advances 7 (2), eabc7323 (2021)

26) Water-in-Salt LiTFSI Aqueous Electrolytes (I): Liquid Structure from Combined Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Studies
Y. Zhang, N. H. C. Lewis, J. E. Mars, G. Wan, N. J. Weadock, C. J. Takacs, M. R. Lukatskaya, H.-G. Steinrueck, M. F. Toney, A. Tokmakoff, E. J. Maginn
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 125 (17), 4501–4513 (2021)

25) Bioorthogonal Catalytic Patch
Z. Chen, H. Li, Y. Bian, Z. Wang, G. Chen, X. Zhang, Y. Miao, D. Wen, J. Wang, G. Wan, Y. Zeng, P. Abdou, J. Fang, S. Li, C-J Sun & Z. Gu
Nature Nanotechnology, 16, 933–941 (2021)

24) Oxygen Evolution Reaction over Catalytic Single-Site Co in Well-Defined Brookite TiO2 Nanorod Surface 

C. Liu, J. Qian, Y. F. Ye, H. Zhou, C-J Sun, C. Sheehan, Z. Y. Zhang, G. Wan, Y-S Liu, J. H. Guo, S. Li, H-Y Shin, S. Hwang, T. B. Gunnoe, William A. Goddard III, S. Zhang
Nature Catalysis 4, 36-45 (2021)

23) Stepwise Drug Release from A Nanoplatform under MR-assisted Focused Ultrasound Stimulation
T. Liu, Q. Wan, C. Zou, M. J. Chen, G. Wan, X. Liu, H.R. Chen
Chemical Engineering Journal 417 (1), 128004 (2020)

22) Operando Tailoring Defects and Strains in Corrugated β-Ni(OH)2 Nanosheets for Stable and High-rate Energy Storage
S. Li, N. Sharma, C. Yu, Y. Zhang, G. Wan, R. Fu, H. L. Huang, X. L. Sun, S-J Lee, J-S Lee, D. Nordlund, P. Pianetta, K. Zhao, Y. J. Liu, J. S. Qiu
Advanced Materials 33 (22), 2006147-2006156 (2020)

21) Interfacial Speciation Determines Interfacial Chemistry: X‐ray‐Induced Lithium Fluoride Formation from Water‐in‐salt Electrolytes on Solid Surfaces
H.-G. Steinrueck, C. Cao, M. Lukatskaya, C. Takacs, G. Wan, D. Mackanic, Y. Tsao, J. Zhao, B. Helms, K. Xu, O. Borodin, J. F. Wishart, M. F. Toney
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (51), 23180-23187 (2020)

20) Elucidation of the Active Sites in Single-Atom Pd1/CeO2 Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation
D. Jiang, G. Wan, C. E. G. Vargas, L. Li, X. I. P. Hernandez, C. Wang, Y. Wang
ACS Catalysis 10 (19), 11356–11364 (2020)

19) Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts from Multivariate MOFs for Highly Selective Reduction of CO2 at Low Pressure (
Very Important Paper)
L. Jiao, W. J. Yang, G. Wan, R. Zhang, X. S. Zheng, H. Zhou, S-H. Yu, H-L. Jiang
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (46), 20589-20596 (2020)

18) Perovskite‐Type Solid Solution Nano‐Electrocatalysts Enable Simultaneously Enhanced Activity and Stability for Oxygen Evolution
X. Liang, L. Shi, R. Cao, G. Wan, W. Yan, H. Chen, Y. Liu, X. Zou
Advanced Materials 32 (34), 2001430-2001437 (2020)

 

17) Nanocasting SiO2 into Metal-Organic Frameworks Imparts Dual Protection to High-Loading Fe Single-Atom Electrocatalysts
L. Jiao†, R. Zhang†, G. Wan†, W. Yang, X. Wan, H. Zhou, J. Shui, S-H. Yu & H-L. Jiang

(†: denote equal first authorship)
Nature Communications 11, 2831-2837 (2020)

16) Reversible Manipulation of the Magnetic State in SrRuO3 through Electric-Field Controlled Proton Evolution
Z. Li, S. Shen, Z. Tian, K. Hwangbo, M. Wang, Y. Wang, F. M. Bartram, L. He, Y. Lyu, Y. Dong, G. Wan, H. Li, N. Lu, J. Zang, H. Zhou, E. Arenholz, Q. He, L. Yang, W. Luo & P. Yu
Nature Communications 11, 184-192 (2020)

15) NASICON Na3V2(PO4)3 Enables Quasi-Two-Stage Na+ and Zn2+ Intercalation for Multivalent Zinc Batteries
J. S. Ko, P. P. Paul, G. Wan, N. Seitzman, R. H. DeBlock, B. S. Dunn, M. F. Toney, J. N. Weker
Chemistry of Materials 32 (7), 3028-3035 (2020)

14) A facile Sulfur-Assisted Method to Synthesize Porous Alveolate Fe/g-C3N4 Catalysts with Ultra-small Cluster and Atomically Dispersed Fe Sites
S. An, G. Zhang, J. Liu, K. Li, G. Wan, Y. Liang, D. Ji, J. T. Miller, C. Song, W. Liu, Z. Liu, X. Guo
Chinese Journal of Catalysis 41 (8), 1198-1207 (2020)

13) Engineering Active Fe Sites on Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide through Component Segregation for Oxygen Evolution Reaction (Very Important Paper)
C. Peng, N. Ran, G. Wan, W. Zhao, Z. Kuang, Z. Lu, C-J Sun, J. Liu, L. Wang, H. Chen
ChemSusChem 13 (4), 811-818 (2020)

12) Towards Efficient Carbon and Water Cycle: Emerging Opportunities with Single-Site Catalysts Made of 3d Transition Metals (
Progress Report)
G. Wan, G. Zhang, X-M. Lin
Advanced Materials 32 (2), 1905548-1905566 (2020)

11) Turning on Visible-light Photocatalytic C-H Oxidation Over Metal-Organic Frameworks by Introducing Metal-to-Cluster Charge Transfer
C. Xu, Y. Pan, G. Wan, H. Liu, L. Wang, H. Zhou, S. H. Yu, H. L. Jiang
Journal of the American Chemical Society 141 (48), 19110-19117 (2019)

10) Single-Atom Catalysts Templated by Metal-Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction (
2019 Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers)
R. Zhang, L. Jiao, W. Yang, G. Wan, H. Jiang
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, 26371-26377 (2019)

9) Tuning the Performance of Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Support-Induced Structural Reconstruction
G. Wan, X-M. Lin, J. Wen, W. Zhao, L. Pan, J. Tian, T. Li, H. Chen, J. Shi
Chemistry of Materials 30 (21), 7494–7502 (2018)

8) Engineering Single-Atom Cobalt Catalysts toward Improved Electrocatalysis
G. Wan, P. Yu, H. Chen, J. Wen, C-J Sun, H. Zhou, N. Zhang, Q. Li, W. Zhao, B. Xie, T. Li, and J. Shi
Small 14 (15), 1704319-1704325 (2018)

7) From MOFs to Single Fe Atoms Implanted N-doped Porous Carbons: Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media
L. Jiao†, G. Wan†, R. Zhang, S.-H. Yu, H. Jiang

(†: Equal Contributions)
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (28), 8525–8529 (2018)

6) Probing Nitrogen-Doping Effects in the Core-Shell Structured Catalysts for Bifunctional Electrocatalysis
Q. Li†, G. Wan†, W. Zhao, C. Yang, C. Peng, Z. Duan, H. Chen

(†: Equal Contributions)
ChemCatChem 10 (19), 4248–4252 (2018)

5) Effect of Cation -π Interaction on the Macroionic Self-Assembly
J. Luo, K. Chen, P. Yin, T. Li, G. Wan, J. Zhang, S. Ye, X. Bi, Y. Pang, Y. Wei and T. Liu
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (15), 4067–4072 (2018)

4) Hierarchically Porous M–N–C (M= Co and Fe) Single‐Atom Electrocatalysts with Robust MNx Active Moieties Enable Enhanced ORR Performance
C. Zhu, Q. Shi, B. Z. Xu, S. Fu, G. Wan, Ce Yang, S. Yao, J. Song, H. Zhou, D. Du, S. P. Beckman, D. Su, Y. Lin
Advanced Energy Materials 8 (29), 1801956-1801963 (2018) (Highlighted by ScienceDaily)

3) Layer-by-Layer Epitaxial Growth of Defect-Engineered Strontium Cobaltites
T. K. Andersen, S. Cook, G. Wan, H. Hong, L. D. Marks, and D. D. Fong
ACS Applied Materials & Interface 10 (6) 5949-5958 (2018)

2) Anion‐Regulated Selective Generation of Cobalt Sites in Carbon: Toward Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalysis
G. Wan, C. Yang, W. Zhao, Q. Li, N. Wang, T. Li, H. Zhou, H. Chen, J. Shi
Advanced Materials 29 (47), 1703436-1703443 (2017)

1) A 3D Hierarchical Assembly of Optimized Heterogeneous Carbon Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Electrocatalysis
G. Wan, M. Ma, A. Jia, L. Chen, Y. Chen, X. Cui, H. Chen, J. Shi
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 4, 11625-11629 (2016)

Invited Presentations & Talks

15) G. Wan, 24th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-24), Presentation, London, UK, 07/17/2024

14) G. Wan et al., Stanford Sustainability Accelerator Greenhouse Gas Removal Program Kick-off Meeting, Poster, Stanford, CA, 05/13/2024

13) G. Wan et al., ACS Spring 2024, Presentation, New Orleans, LA, 03/17/2024

12) G. Wan et al., Transport Mediated Selective Oxidation of Methane through Photocatalysis, The 10th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, Poster, San Diego, CA, 07/17/2023

11) G. Wan et al., When Free Radicals Meet Solids, Ions, and Gases in Methane Oxidation, 2023 MRS Spring, Presentation, San Francisco, CA, 04/13/2023

10) G. Wan et al., When Free Radicals Meet Solids, Ions, and Gases in Methane Oxidation, ACS Spring 2023, Presentation, Indianapolis, IN, 03/29/2023

9) G. Wan et al., Resource Sustainability Annual Project Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2022

8) G. Wan, 23th International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-23), Boston, MA, 2022

7) G. Wan, Dynamic Transformation to Tailor the Conversion Pathway, Photon Science Seminar, Presentation, SLAC/Stanford, 08/25/2021

6) G. Wan et al., X-ray scattering and spectroscopy studies of Zn solvation in aqueous electrolytes, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR) Biweekly Meeting, Presentation, Virtual, 03/22/2021

5) G. Wan et al., Interfacial Evolution of Layered Oxides in Li-Ion Batteries: Chemical Transformation of Thin-Film Cathodes, PRiME 2020 (ECS, ECSJ, & KECS Joint Meeting), Presentation, Virtual, 10/08/2020

4) G. Wan, Interfacial Evolution in Oxide Thin Films: A Look into Coupled Diffusion and Transformation, Photon Science Seminar, Presentation, SLAC/Stanford, 05/08/2019

3) G. Wan et al., How the Solid-Liquid Interface Activates and Stabilizes SrIrO3/DyScO3 Films for Oxygen Electrocatalysis, 2018 MRS Spring Meeting, Presentation, Phoenix, AZ, 04/04/2018

2) G. Wan et al., On the Structural Reconstruction and Catalytic Origins of Electrocatalytic Single-Atom Catalysts, 255th ACS National Meeting, Presentation, New Orleans, LA, 03/22/2018

1) G. Wan et al., International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (iWOE-24), Poster, Chicago, IL, 09/25/2017

Other Important Presentations
Engagement with Funding Agencies

2) I presented research on methane removal to the leadership of Methane Mitigation at National Energy Technology Laboratory (08/05/2024)

 

1) I presented research on methane oxidation to Mr. Bill Gates and the leader team in Breakthrough Energy (10/13/2023)

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