Publications
Summary: Total Citation: 7218; H-index: 33 (Last Update: September 2026).
First-Author and/or Corresponding-Author Publications
17) Cooperativity Between Free Radicals Promotes Selective Methane Oxidation
Joule (2026)
G. Wan*, A. J. Heyer, E. Sun, C. Xie, E. I. Solomon, A. Majumdar*
[* denotes corresponding authorship]
16) A Humid-Tolerant Photocatalyst for Methane Removal
Environmental Science & Technology (2026)
M. I. Kessler, R. Randall, G. Wan*, K. Xu, Y. Zhang, J. A. Dionne, R. B. Jackson, A. Majumdar*
[* denotes corresponding authorship]
15) Hydrogenation of Oxides in Nonaqueous Battery Electrolytes and Beyond (Invited Perspective)
ACS Energy Letters (2025)
G. Wan*, O. Borodin, T. Norby, T. P. Pollard, M. A. Schroeder, C.-C. Chen*, A. Majumdar, K. Xu*
[* denotes corresponding authorship]
14) Solvent-mediated Oxide Hydrogenation in Layered Cathodes
Science (2024)
(Highlighted by Nature Chemistry (News & Views), Argonne National Laboratory, Stanford University, ScienceNews, Advanced Photon Source)
G. Wan*, T. P. Pollard, L. Ma, M. A. Schroeder, C. C. Chen, Z. Zhu, Z. Zhang, C.-J. Sun, J. Cai, 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. Steinrück, K. Xu*, O. Borodin*, M. Toney*
[* denotes corresponding authorship]
13) Intermittent Defect Fluctuations in Oxide Heterostructures (Selected as Frontispiece)
Advanced Materials (2023)
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]
12) Dynamic and Reversible Transformations of Sub-nanometer-sized Palladium on Ceria for Efficient Methane Removal
Nature Catalysis (2023)
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]
11) Reaction-mediated Transformation of Working Catalyst
ACS Catalysis (2022)
G. Wan*, G. H. Zhang, J. Z. Chen, M. Toney, J. T. Miller*, C. J. Tassone*
[* denotes corresponding authorship]
10) Water or Anion? Uncovering the Zn2+ Solvation Environment in Mixed Zn(TFSI)2 and LiTFSI Water-in-Salt Electrolytes
ACS Energy Letters (2021)
Y. Zhang†, G. Wan†, N. H. C. Lewis†, J. Mars, S. Bone, H. Steinrück, M. R. Lukatskaya, N. J. Weadock, M. Bajdich, O. Borodin, A. Tokmakoff, M. Toney, E. J. Maginn
[† denotes equal first authorship]
9) Defect-Driven Oxide Transformations and the Electrochemical Interphase
Accounts of Chemical Research (2021)
G. Wan*, C-J Sun, J. W. Freeland, D. D. Fong*
[* denotes corresponding authorship]
8) Amorphization Mechanism of SrIrO3 Electrocatalyst: How Oxygen Redox Initiates Ionic Diffusion and Structural Reorganization
Science Advances (2021)
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
7) Towards Efficient Carbon and Water Cycle: Emerging Opportunities with Single-Site Catalysts Made of 3d Transition Metals (Progress Report)
Advanced Materials (2020)
G. Wan, G. Zhang, X-M. Lin
6) Nanocasting SiO2 into Metal-Organic Frameworks Imparts Dual Protection to High-Loading Fe Single-Atom Electrocatalysts
Nature Communications (2020)
L. Jiao†, R. Zhang†, G. Wan†, W. Yang, X. Wan, H. Zhou, J. Shui, S-H. Yu, H-L. Jiang
[† denotes equal first authorship]
5) Tuning the Performance of Single-Atom Electrocatalyst: Support-Induced Structural Reconstruction
Chemistry of Materials (2018)
G. Wan, X-M. Lin, J. Wen, W. Zhao, L. Pan, J. Tian, T. Li, H. Chen, J. Shi
4) Engineering Single-Atom Cobalt Catalysts toward Improved Electrocatalysis
Small (2018)
G. Wan, P. Yu, H. Chen, J. Wen, C-J Sun, H. Zhou, N. Zhang, Q. Li, W. Zhao, B. Xie, T. Li, J. Shi
3) From MOFs to Single Fe Atoms Implanted N-doped Porous Carbons: Efficient Oxygen Reduction in Both Alkaline and Acidic Media
Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2018)
L. Jiao†, G. Wan†, R. Zhang, S.-H. Yu, H. Jiang
[† denotes equal first authorship]
2) Probing Nitrogen-Doping Effects in the Core-Shell Structured Catalysts for Bifunctional Electrocatalysis
ChemCatChem (2018)
Q. Li†, G. Wan†, W. Zhao, C. Yang, C. Peng, Z. Duan, H. Chen
[† denotes equal first authorship]
1) Anion‐Regulated Selective Generation of Cobalt Sites in Carbon: Toward Superior Bifunctional Electrocatalysis
Advanced Materials (2017)
G. Wan, C. Yang, W. Zhao, Q. Li, N. Wang, T. Li, H. Zhou, H. Chen, J. Shi
Highlighted Co-Author Publications in Materials Physics and X-ray Science
6) Strain Tuning the Kinetics of Topotactic Phase Transitions in Epitaxial Oxide Films
Small Science (2026)
T. B. Reta, Y. Li, Q. Zhang, H. Jeen, I. C. Almazan, G. Wan, Y.Q. Dong, H.J. Liu, S. Gruber, G. Hu, E. M. Dufresne, A. R. Sandy, S. Guha, H. Zhou, H.N. Lee, V. Starchenko, P. Ganesh, D. D. Fong
5) Atomic-Scale Moiré and Electronic Structure Analysis of Twisted Epitaxial MoS2–Au–MoS2 Heterostructures
Nano Letters (2026)
Y. Cui, K. Xu, P. Ren, L. Yuan, P. Czaja, A. Barnum, P. Sarkar, A. Altman, K. Bustillo, S. Kundu, A. Ramdas, X. Wang, G. Wan, Y. Wang, J. Wang, C. Song, C. Lim, Q. Zheng, H. Yao, T. Heinz, H. Y. Hwang, A. Majumdar, J. A. Dionne, C. Ophus, F. H. da Jornada, R. Sinclair, Y. Cui
4) Thickness-dependent Polaron Crossover in Tellurene
Science Advances (2025)
K. Zhang, C. Fu, S. Kelly, L. Liang, S.-H. Kang, J. Jiang, R. Zhang, Y. Wang, G. Wan, P. Siriviboon, M. Yoon, P. D. Ye, W. Wu, M. Li, S. Huang
3) Phase Transition Dynamics in a Complex Oxide Heterostructure
Physical Review Letters (2022)
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
2) Reversible Manipulation of the Magnetic State in SrRuO3 through Electric-Field Controlled Proton Evolution
Nature Communications (2020)
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
1) Layer-by-Layer Epitaxial Growth of Defect-Engineered Strontium Cobaltites
ACS Applied Materials & Interface (2018)
T. K. Andersen, S. Cook, G. Wan, H. Hong, L. D. Marks, and D. D. Fong
Highlighted Co-Author Publications in Energy Storage and Conversion
1) Intercalation of Hydrogen in Perovskite Oxide for Pseudocapacitive Energy Storage
Chemistry of Materials (2023)
M. H. Lin, M. Y. Lu, H. L. Chou, G. Wan, C. C. Chen
Highlighted Co-Author Publications in Catalytic Systems
8) Transformation of CeO2 Nanoparticles into Atomically Dispersed Ce Cations Leads to Enhanced Reactivity for Automotive Emissions Control
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026)
D. Jiang, H. N. Pham, Y. Li, Y. Lu, W. Hu, G. Wan, C. Dun, J. Li, C. E. García-Vargas, Y. Sun, A. Savoy, W. Huang, R. Zhang, A. T. DeLaRiva, R. S. Kim, X. Li, J. J. Urban, J. Yano, S. Kelly, C-J Sun, K. Khivantsev, C. J. Tassone, J. Hu, J. Szanyi, A. K. Datye, Y. Wang
7) Low Temperature CO2 Conversion via Reverse Water-Gas Shift Thermochemical Looping with Supported Iron Oxide
Cell Reports Physical Science (2023)
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
6) Transport Mediating Core-Shell Photocatalyst Architecture for Selective Alkane Oxidation
Nano Letters (2023)
C. Xie, E. Sun, G. Wan, J. Zheng, R. Gupta, A. Majumdar
5) Iron-poor Ferrites for Low Temperature CO2 Conversion via Reverse Water-Gas Shift Thermochemical Looping
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022)
J. Rojas, E. Sun, G. Wan, J. Oh, R. Randall, V. Haribal, I-H. Jung, R. Gupta, A. Majumdar
4) Direct Methane Activation by Atomically Thin Platinum Nanolayers on Two-dimensional Metal Carbides
Nature Catalysis (2021)
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
3) Oxygen Evolution Reaction over Catalytic Single-Site Co in Well-Defined Brookite TiO2 Nanorod Surface
Nature Catalysis (2021)
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
2) Elucidation of the Active Sites in Single-Atom Pd1/CeO2 Catalysts for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation
ACS Catalysis (2020)
D. Jiang, G. Wan, C. E. G. Vargas, L. Li, X. I. P. Hernandez, C. Wang, Y. Wang
1) Turning on Visible-light Photocatalytic C-H Oxidation Over Metal-Organic Frameworks by Introducing Metal-to-Cluster Charge Transfer
Journal of the American Chemical Society (2019)
C. Xu, Y. Pan, G. Wan, H. Liu, L. Wang, H. Zhou, S. H. Yu, H. L. Jiang
Talks
19) 18th International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering, Argonne National Laboratory, IL, 2026.
18) 25th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, Singapore, 2026
(Winning the 8th Young Scientist Award (YSA) Selected by the International Society for Solid State Ionics (ISSI) in the Finalist Competition Presentation Session);
17) Thermofluids, Energy, and Propulsion Research Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, 2025;
16) ACS Fall 2025, Washington DC, 2025;
15) ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, Westminster, CO, 2025;
14) 24th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, London, UK, 2024;
13) 245th ECS Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2024 (Invited 40-minute talk);
12) The 10th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, San Diego, CA, 2023;
11) 2023 MRS Spring, San Francisco, CA, 2023;
10) ACS Spring 2023, Indianapolis, IN, 2023;
9) Resource Sustainability Annual Project Review Meeting, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2022;
8) International Conference on Solid State Ionics (SSI-23), Boston, MA, 2022;
7) Photon Science Seminar, Presentation, SLAC/Stanford, 2021;
6) Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), 2021;
5) PRiME 2020 (ECS, ECSJ, & KECS Joint Meeting), 2020;
4) Photon Science Seminar, SLAC/Stanford, 2019;
3) MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2018;
2) 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2018;
1) International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (iWOE-24), Chicago, IL, 2017.