● Salt-in-presalt electrolyte solutions for high-potential non-aqueous sodium metal batteries
Ai-Min Li, Peter Y Zavalij, Fred Omenya, Xiaolin Li, Chunsheng Wang*
Nature Nanotechnology, 2025, 20, 388–396.
● Revitalizing interphase in all-solid-state Li metal batteries by electrophile reduction
Weiran Zhang, Zeyi Wang, Hongli Wan, Ai-Min Li, Yijie Liu, Sz-Chian Liou, Kai Zhang, Yuxun Ren, Chamithri Jayawardana, Brett L Lucht, Chunsheng Wang*
● A Universal Design of Lithium Anode via Dynamic Stability Strategy for Practical All‐solid‐state Batteries
Tao Deng, Changhong Wang, Hongli Wan, Aimin Li, Xinzi He, Zeyi Wang, Longsheng Cao, Xiulin Fan, Chunsheng Wang*
Angewandte Chemie, 2025, e202418811.
● 4.6 V Moisture‐Tolerant Electrolytes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries
Nan Zhang, Ai‐Min Li, Weiran Zhang, Zeyi Wang, Yijie Liu, Xiyue Zhang, Guorui Cai, Hongli Wan, Jijian Xu, Chunsheng Wang*
Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2408039.
● Asymmetric electrolyte design for high-energy lithium-ion batteries with micro-sized alloying anodes
Ai-Min Li, Zeyi Wang, Taeyong Lee, Nan Zhang, Tianyu Li, Weiran Zhang, Chamithri Jayawardana, Munaiah Yeddala, Brett L Lucht, Chunsheng Wang*
Nature Energy, 2024, 9, 1551–1560.
● Methylation enables the use of fluorine-free ether electrolytes in high-voltage lithium metal batteries
Ai-Min Li, Oleg Borodin, Travis P Pollard, Weiran Zhang, Nan Zhang, Sha Tan, Fu Chen, Chamithri Jayawardana, Brett L Lucht, Enyuan Hu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Chunsheng Wang*
Nature Chemistry, 2024, 16, 922-929.
● Single-phase local-high-concentration solid polymer electrolytes for lithium-metal batteries
Weiran Zhang, Volodymyr Koverga, Sufu Liu, Jigang Zhou, Jian Wang, Panxing Bai, Sha Tan, Naveen K Dandu, Zeyi Wang, Fu Chen, Jiale Xia, Hongli Wan, Xiyue Zhang, Haochen Yang, Brett L Lucht, Ai-Min Li, Xiao-Qing Yang, Enyuan Hu, Srinivasa R Raghavan, Anh T Ngo, Chunsheng Wang*
Nature Energy, 2024, 9, 386-400.
● High voltage electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries with micro-sized silicon anodes
Ai-Min Li, Zeyi Wang, Travis P Pollard, Weiran Zhang, Sha Tan, Tianyu Li, Chamithri Jayawardana, Sz-Chian Liou, Jiancun Rao, Brett L Lucht, Enyuan Hu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Oleg Borodin, Chunsheng Wang*
Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 1206.
● Revealing the Anion–Solvent Interaction for Ultralow Temperature Lithium Metal Batteries
Jijian Xu, Volodymyr Koverga, An Phan, Ai Min Li, Nan Zhang, Minsung Baek, Chamithri Jayawardana, Brett L Lucht, Anh T Ngo, Chunsheng Wang*
Advanced Materials, 2024, 36, 2306462.
● Lithium halide cathodes for Li metal batteries
Jijian Xu, Travis P Pollard, Chongyin Yang, Naveen K Dandu, Sha Tan, Jigang Zhou, Jian Wang, Xinzi He, Xiyue Zhang, Ai-Min Li, Enyuan Hu, Xiao-Qing Yang, Anh Ngo, Oleg Borodin, Chunsheng Wang*
● In situ formation of polymer-inorganic solid-electrolyte interphase for stable polymeric solid-state lithium-metal batteries
Tao Deng, Longsheng Cao, Xinzi He, Ai-Min Li, Dan Li, Jijian Xu, Sufu Liu, Panxing Bai, Ting Jin, Lin Ma, Marshall A Schroeder, Xiulin Fan, Chunsheng Wang*
● Contrasting Bonding Extremes in Two [Ge6]n− Complexes: A Wadian Polyhedron (n = 2) versus a Hydrocarbon-like 2c–2e Polygermanide (n = 12)
Ai-Min Li, Yi Wang, Peter Y Zavalij, Yu-Sheng Chen, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Bryan W Eichhorn*
Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 14697-14705.
● Vibrational properties of 1D-and 3D polynuclear spin crossover Fe (II) urea-triazoles polymer chains and quantification of intrachain cooperativity
Juliusz A Wolny,* Tim Hochdörffer, Sakshath Sadashivaiah, Hendrik Auerbach, Kevin Jenni, Lena Scherthan, Ai-Min Li, Christian von Malotki, Hans-Christian Wille, Eva Rentschler, Volker Schünemann
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2020, 33, 034004.
● Endohedral Plumbaspherenes of the Group 9 Metals: Synthesis, Structure and Properties of the [M@Pb12]3− (M = Co, Rh, Ir) Ions
Ai‐Min Li, Yi Wang, Domonique O Downing, Fu Chen, Peter Zavalij, Alvaro Muñoz‐Castro, Bryan W Eichhorn*
Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020, 26, 5824-5833.
● [Cp* RuPb 11] 3− and [Cu@ Cp* RuPb 11] 2−: centered and non-centered transition-metal substituted zintl icosahedra
Ai-Min Li, Yi Wang, Peter Y Zavalij, Fu Chen, Alvaro Muñoz-Castro, Bryan W Eichhorn*
Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 10859-10862.
Before 2020 (selected)
● Nuclear inelastic scattering studies of a 1D-polynuclear spin crossover complex of Fe (II) urea-triazoles
Juliusz A Wolny,* S Sakshath, K Jenni, L Scherthan, H Auerbach, H-C Wille, Ai-Min Li, C von Malotki, Eva Rentschler, Volker Schünemann
Hyperfine Interactions, 2018, 239, 1-7.
● 1, 2, 4-triazole schiff base directed synthesis of polynuclear iron complexes: Investigating the magnetic properties going from a dimer to a 1D chain to a 3D framework
Ai-Min Li, Eva Rentschler*
Polyhedron, 2018, 154, 364-372.
● FeII Complexes with Triple N1,N2‐Triazole Bridge Schiff Base Ligand: Antiferromagnetic Dimer vs. Spin Conversion Trimer
Ai‐Min Li, Tim Hochdörffer, Juliusz A Wolny, Volker Schünemann, Eva Rentschler*
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 37, 4190-4199.
● Abrupt Spin Crossover Behavior in a Linear N1,N2-Triazole Bridged Trinuclear Fe(II) Complex
Ai-Min Li, Tim Hochdörffer, Juliusz A Wolny, Volker Schünemann, Eva Rentschler*
Magnetochemistry, 2018, 4, 34.
● Structure and properties of silver sulfate complexes derived from dipyridyl methylthio ligands with secondary donor site
Wen-Hua Chen, Hao-Jie Yan, Hui Chen, Rui-Heng Liu, Ai-Min Li, Guo Wang, Chong-Qing Wan
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2017, 250, 24-31.
● A series of silver (i) coordination polymers of a new linear 4-((pyridin-4-ylthio) methyl) pyridine ligand: the role of organic and inorganic anions
Chong-Qing Wan,* Xiao-Li Sun, Ai-Min Li, Xin-Zhan Sun, Hung Kay Lee, Hong-Liang Han, Guang-Bo Che
CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 797-806.
● The V-shaped semi-rigid di-4-pyridyl sulfone-N, N′-dioxide ligand and its silver (I), manganese (II) and zinc (II) complexes: Anion tuning and supramolecular assembly
Chong-Qing Wan,* Ai-Min Li, Xin-Zhan Sun, Hao-Jie Yan, Yu-Heng Deng, Sheng-Li Cao
Polyhedron, 2014, 68, 303-311.
● Efficient solvent-controlled crystallization of pure polymorphs of 1-nitro-4-(4-nitrophenylmethylthio) benzene
Chong-Qing Wan,* Ai-Min Li, Shaeel A Al-Thabaiti, El-Sayed H El-Mosslamy, Thomas C. W. Mak*
CrystEngComm, 2014, 16, 8960-8968.
● The silver (I) complexes with non-planar di-2-pyrimidinyl sulfide induced by anion and solvent effect
Chong-Qing Wan,* Ai-Min Li, Xin-Zhan Sun, Hao-Jie Yan, San-Yang Feng, Zi-Jia Wang, Zhi-Wei Wang
Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2013, 407, 108-115.
● Di (4‐pyridyl) Sulfoxide as an Angled Building Block for Zigzag‐Chain Silver (I) Complexes Stabilized by Supramolecular O= S ··· π Interactions
Chong‐Qing Wan,* Zi‐Wei Wang, Guo Wang, Ai‐Min Li, Qiong‐Hua Jin, Yu‐Heng Deng, Thomas C. W. Mak*
European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 14, 2591-2600.
● Group 12 Metal Complexes of Semirigid 2, 6-Pyridinediylbis (3-pyridinyl) methanone: Role of Counteranions and Solvent in Product Formation
Chong-Qing. Wan,* Ai-Min. Li, Shaeel A. Al-Thabaiti, Thomas C. W. Mak*