2026
1. Ali Yaghtin, Atiyeh Nekahi, Jeremy Dawkins, Xia Li*, Karim Zaghib*, Sixu Deng*; Advancing high-safety and low-cost all-solid-state batteries with polyanion cathodes: Challenges and recent progress; Nano Energy, 2026, 148, 111638.
2025
7. Yu Dou^, Shiyuan Zhou^, Jeremy Dawkins, Karim Zaghib, Gui-Liang Xu*, Sixu Deng*; Manganese-based spinel cathodes: A promising frontier for solid-state lithium-ion batteries; Advanced Materials, 2025, e14126.
6. César Coello-Mauleón, Carlos M Ramos-Castillo, Alejandro Arredondo-Espínola, Lorena Álvarez Contreras, Minerva Guerra-Balcázar, Ning Chen, Sixu Deng, Noé Arjona; Single-atom catalyst with optimized Ni content in a flexible Zn-air battery operated at a wide temperature range; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2025, 17, 56175.
5. Qihang Yu, Yang Hu, Sixu Deng, Mohsen Shakouri, Jingye Chen, Vinicius Martins, Heng-Yong Nie, Yining Huang, Yang Zhao, Karim Zaghib, Tsun-Kong Sham, Xia Li; An active bifunctional natural dye for stable all-solid-state organic batteries; Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 8364.
4. Yang Hu, Han Su, Jiamin Fu, Jing Luo, Qihang Yu, Feipeng Zhao, Weihan Li, Sixu Deng, Yu Liu, Yi Yuan, Yi Gan, Yijia Wang, Jung Tae Kim, Ning Chen, Mohsen Shakouri, Xiaoge Hao, Yingjie Gao, Tianlu Pang, Nian Zhang, Ming Jiang, Xia Li, Yang Zhao, Jiangping Tu, Changhong Wang, Xueliang Sun; Solid solvation structure design improves all-solid-state organic batteries; Nature Chemistry, 2025, 1.
3. Atiyeh Nekahi, MR Anil Kumar, Sixu Deng, Xia Li, Apostolos Petropoulos, Jagjit Nanda, Karim Zaghib; Toward green renewable energies and energy storage for the sustainable decarbonization and electrification of society; Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2025, 8, 12.
2. Mina Rezaei, Atiyeh Nekahi, Anil Kumar MR, Ameer Nizami, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Jagjit Nanda, Karim Zaghib; A review of lithium-ion battery recycling for enabling a circular economy; Journal of Power Sources, 2025, 630, 236157.
1. Atiyeh Nekahi, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Karim Zaghib; Rechargeable batteries for the electrification of society: past, present, and future; Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2025, 8, 1.
2024
8. Gary Vegh, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Tongchao Liu, Khalil Amine, Karim Zaghib, North America’s potential for an environmentally sustainable nickel, manganese, and cobalt battery value chain; Batteries, 2024, 10, 377.
7. Ebrahim Feyzi, Anil Kumar MR, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Jagjit Nanda, Karim Zaghib; A comprehensive review of silicon anodes for high-energy lithium-ion batteries: Challenges, latest developments, and perspectives; Next Energy, 2024, 5, 100176.
6. Atiyeh Nekahi, Mehrdad Dorri, Mina Rezaei, Mohamed Djihad Bouguern, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Karim Zaghib; Comparative issues of metal-ion batteries toward sustainable energy storage: lithium vs. sodium; Batteries, 2024, 10, 279.
5. Yingjie Gao, Jiamin Fu, Yang Hu, Feipeng Zhao, Weihan Li, Sixu Deng, Yipeng Sun, Xiaoge Hao, Jinjin Ma, Xiaoting Lin, Changhong Wang, Ruying Li, Xueliang Sun; Reviving cost-effective organic cathodes in halide-based all-solid-state lithium batteries; Angewandte Chemie, 2024, e202403331.
4. Atiyeh Nekahi, Anil Kumar M.R., Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Karim Zaghib; Sustainable LiFePO4 and LiMnxFe1-xPO4 (x=0.1-1) cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries: A systematic review from mine to chassis; Materials Science &Engineering R: Reports, 2024, 159, 100797.
3. Yingjie Gao, Shumin Zhang, Feipeng Zhao, Jian Wang, Jigang Zhou, Weihan Li, Sixu Deng, Jiamin Fu, Xiaoge Hao, Ruying Li, Xueliang Sun; Fluorinated superionic oxychloride solid electrolytes for high-voltage all-solid-state lithium batteries; ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 9, 1735.
2. Mohamed Djihad Bouguern, Anil Kumar Madikere Raghunatha Reddy, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Harriet Laryea, Karim Zaghib; Engineering dry electrode manufacturing for sustainable lithium-ion batteries; Batteries, 2024, 10, 39.
1. Kieran Doyle-Davis, Keegan Adair, Changhong Wang, Feipeng Zhao, Sixu Deng, Xueliang Sun; Atomic layer deposition niobium oxide and lithium niobium oxide as a protection technique for anode-free batteries; Battery Energy, 2024, 3, 20230051.
2023
6. Shuo Wang, Jiamin Fu, Yunsheng Liu, Ramanuja Srinivasan Saravanan, Jing Luo, Sixu Deng, Tsun-Kong Sham, Xueliang Sun, Yifei Mo; Design principles for sodium superionic conductors; Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 7615.
5. Jung Tae Kim, Adwitiya Rao, Heng-Yong Nie, Yang Hu, Weihan Li, Feipeng Zhao, Sixu Deng, Xiaoge Hao, Jiamin Fu, Jing Luo, Hui Duan, Changhong Wang, Chandra Veer Singh, Xueliang Sun; Manipulating Li2S2/Li2S mixed discharge products of all-solid-state lithium sulfur batteries for improved cycle life; Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 6404.
4. Jing Luo, Qian Sun, Jianwen Liang, Keegan Adair, Feipeng Zhao, Sixu Deng, Yang Zhao, Ruying Li, Huan Huang, Rong Yang, Shangqian Zhao, Jiantao Wang, Xueliang Sun; Rapidly in situ cross-linked poly (butylene oxide) electrolyte interface enabling halide-based all-solid-state lithium metal batteries; ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 3676.
3. Ameer Nizami, Zhao Yang, Sixu Deng, Ruying Li, Xia Li, Xueliang Sun; Catalytic conversion of polysulfides by atomic layer deposition derived titanium nitride for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries; Electrochemical Science Advances, 2023, e2200013.
2. Hui Duan, Changhong Wang, Ruizhi Yu, Weihan Li, Jiamin Fu, Xiaofei Yang, Xiaoting Lin, Matthew Zheng, Xiaona Li, Sixu Deng, Xiaoge Hao, Ruying Li, Jiantao Wang, Huan Huang, Xueliang Sun; In situ constructed 3D lithium anodes for long-cycling all-solid-state batteries; Advanced Energy Materials, 2023, 2300815.
1. Jianwen Liang, Yuanmin Zhu, Xiaona Li, Jing Luo, Sixu Deng, Yang Zhao, Yipeng Sun, Duojie Wu, Yongfeng Hu, Weihan Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Ruying Li, Meng Gu, Xueliang Sun; A gradient oxy-thiophosphate-coated Ni-rich layered oxide cathode for stable all-solid-state Li-ion batteries; Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 146.
2022
3. Sixu Deng, Ming Jiang, Ning Chen, Weihan Li, Matthew Zheng, Weifeng Chen, Ruying Li, Huan Huang, Jiantao Wang, Chandra Veer Singh, Xueliang Sun; Regulating electronic conductivity at cathode interface for low-temperature halide-based all-solid-state batteries; Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2205594. (Highlighted by “Energist”, “Rationalscience”, “Batteryfuture”, Scibiubiubiu)
2. Sixu Deng, Ming Jiang, Adwitiya Rao, Xiaoting Lin, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Jianwen Liang, Chuang Yu, Ruying Li, Shangqian Zhao, Li Zhang, Huan Huang, Jiantao Wang, Chandra Veer Singh, Xueliang Sun; Fast-charging halide-based all-solid-state batteries by manipulation of current collector interface; Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 2200767. (Highlighted by “ElectrochemEnerg”, “Energist”, “V-suan”, “Wxkol”)
1. Ruizhi Yu, Changhong Wang, Hui Duan, Ming Jiang, Anbang Zhang, Adam Fraser, Jiaxuan Zuo, Yanlong Wu, Yipeng Sun, Yang Zhao, Jianwen Liang, Jiamin Fu, Sixu Deng, Zhimin Ren, Guohua Li, Huan Huang, Ruying Li, Ning Chen, Jiantao Wang, Xifei Li, Chandra Veer Singh, Xueliang Sun; Manipulating charge-transfer kinetics of lithium-rich layered oxide cathodes in halide all-solid-state batteries; Advanced Materials, 2022, 2207234.
2021 - 2017
22. Sixu Deng, Qian Sun, Minsi Li, Keegan Adair, Chuang Yu, Junjie Li, Weihan Li, Jiamin Fu, Xia Li, Ruying Li, Yongfeng Hu, Ning Chen, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Shangqian Zhao, Shigang Lu, Xueliang Sun; Insight into cathode surface to boost the performance of solid-state batteries; Energy Storage Materials, 2021, 35, 661. (Highlighted by “V-suan”)
21. Matthew Zheng, Xuejie Gao, Yipeng Sun, Keegan Adair, Minsi Li, Jianneng Liang, Xiaona Li, Jianwen Liang, Sixu Deng, Xiaofei Yang, Qian Sun, Yongfeng Hu, Qunfeng Xiao, Ruying Li, Xueliang Sun; Realizing high-performance Li-S batteries through additive manufactured and chemically enhanced cathodes; Small Methods, 2021, 5, 2100176.
20. Sixu Deng, Yipeng Sun, Xia Li, Zhouhong Ren, Jianwen Liang, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Jianneng Liang, Weihan Li, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Qian Sun, Ruying Li, Yongfeng Hu, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Shigang Lu, Jun Luo, Xueliang Sun; Eliminating the detrimental effects of conductive agents in sulfide-based solid-state batteries; ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 1243. (Highlighted by “InfoMat”, “Nanoer”)
19. Sixu Deng, Xia Li, Zhouhong Ren, Weihan Li, Jing Luo, Jianwen Liang, Jianneng Liang, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Minsi Li, Yang Zhao, Xiaona Li, Changhong Wang, Yipeng Sun, Qian Sun, Ruying Li, Yongfeng Hu, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Shigang Lu, Jun Luo, Xueliang Sun; Dual-functional interfaces for highly stable Ni-rich layered cathodes in sulfide all-solid-state batteries; Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 27, 117. (Highlighted by “Nanoer”)
18. Changtai Zhao, Qian Sun, Jing Luo, Jianneng Liang, Yulong Liu, Lei Zhang, Jiwei Wang, Sixu Deng, Xiaoting Lin, Xiaofei Yang, Huan Huang, Shangqian Zhao, Li Zhang, Shigang Lu, Xueliang Sun; 3D porous garnet/gel polymer hybrid electrolyte for safe solid-state Li-O2 batteries with long lifetimes; Chemistry of Materials, 2020, 32, 10113.
17. Feipeng Zhao, Jianwen Liang, Chuang Yu, Qian Sun, Xiaona Li, Keegan Adair, Changhong Wang, Yang Zhao, Shumin Zhang, Weihan Li, Sixu Deng, Ruying Li, Yining Huang, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Shangqian Zhao, Shigang Lu, Xueliang Sun; A versatile Sn-substituted argyrodite sulfide electrolyte for all-solid-state Li metal batteries; Advanced Energy Materials, 2020, 10, 1903422.
16. Chuang Yu, Yong Li, Keegan R Adair, Weihan Li, Kees Goubitz, Yang Zhao, Mathew J Willans, Michel A Thijs, Changhong Wang, Feipeng Zhao, Qian Sun, Sixu Deng, Jianwen Liang, Xiaona Li, Ruying Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Huan Huang, Shigang Lu, Shangqian Zhao, Li Zhang, Lambert van Eijck, Yining Huang, Xueliang Sun; Tuning ionic conductivity and electrode compatibility of Li3YBr6 for high-performance all solid-state Li batteries; Nano Energy, 2020, 77, 105097.
15. Chuang Yu, Yong Li, Weihan Li, Keegan R Adair, Feipeng Zhao, Mathew Willans, Jianwen Liang, Yang Zhao, Changhong Wang, Sixu Deng, Ruying Li, Huan Huang, Shigang Lu, Tsun-Kong Sham, Yining Huang, Xueliang Sun; Enabling ultrafast ionic conductivity in Br-based lithium argyrodite electrolytes for solid-state batteries with different anodes; Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 30, 238.
14. Hanyu Huo, Xiaona Li, Yue Chen, Jianneng Liang, Sixu Deng, Xuejie Gao, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Ruying Li, Xiangxin Guo, Yang Shen, Ce-Wen Nan, Xueliang Sun; Bifunctional composite separator with a solid-state-battery strategy for dendrite-free lithium metal batteries; Energy Storage Materials, 2020, 29, 361.
13. Changhong Wang, Jianwen Liang, Sooyeon Hwang, Xiaona Li, Yang Zhao, Keegan Adair, Changtai Zhao, Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Xiaoting Lin, Xiaofei Yang, Ruying Li, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Shigang Lu, Dong Su, Xueliang Sun; Unveiling the critical role of interfacial ionic conductivity in all-solid-state lithium batteries; Nano Energy, 2020, 72, 104686.
12. Chuang Yu, Yong Li, Mathew Willans, Yang Zhao, Keegan R Adair, Feipeng Zhao, Weihan Li, Sixu Deng, Jianwen Liang, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Ruying Li, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Rong Yang, Shigang Lu, Yining Huang, Xueliang Sun; Superionic conductivity in lithium argyrodite solid-state electrolyte by controlled Cl-doping; Nano Energy, 2020, 69, 104396.
11. Sixu Deng, Biqiong Wang, Yifei Yuan, Xia Li, Qian Sun, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Jianneng Liang, Yang Zhao, Junjie Li, Ruying Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Hao Wang, Mei Cai, Jun Lu, Xueliang Sun; Manipulation of an ionic and electronic conductive interface for highly-stable high-voltage cathodes; Nano Energy, 2019, 65, 103988. (Highlighted by “Energist”)
10. Xifei Li, Wen Liu, Huari Kou, Hirbod Maleki Kheimeh Sari, Xiaosheng Song, Jianwei Li, Shuming Dou, Xiaojing Liu, Sixu Deng, Dejun Li, Xueliang Sun; ALD derived Fe3+-doping toward high performance P2-Na0.75Ni0.2Co0.2Mn0.6O2 cathode material for sodium ion batteries; Materials Today Energy, 2019, 14, 100353.
9. Changhong Wang, Xia Li, Yang Zhao, Mohammad N Banis, Jianwen Liang, Xiaona Li, Yipeng Sun, Keegan R Adair, Qian Sun, Yulong Liu, Feipeng Zhao, Sixu Deng, Xiaoting Lin, Ruying Li, Yongfeng Hu, Tsun-Kong Sham, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Rong Yang, Shigang Lu, Xueliang Sun; Manipulating interfacial nanostructure to achieve high-performance all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries; Small Methods, 2019, 1900261.
8. Xia Li, Sixu Deng, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Dongxing Zhang, Tengyuan Zhang, Jun Yang, Ranjith Divigalpitiya, Frank Brandys, Ruying Li, Xueliang Sun; Suppressing corrosion of aluminum foils via highly conductive graphene-like carbon coating in high-performance lithium-based batteries; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 32826.
7. Xia Li, Zhouhong Ren, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Sixu Deng, Yang Zhao, Qian Sun, Changhong Wang, Xiaofei Yang, Weihan Li, Jianwen Liang, Xiaona Li, Yipeng Sun, Keegan Adair, Ruying Li, Yongfeng Hu, Tsun-Kong Sham, Huan Huang, Li Zhang, Shigang Lu, Jun Luo, Xueliang Sun; Unravelling the chemistry and microstructure evolution of a cathodic interface in sulfide-based all-solid-state Li-ion batteries; ACS Energy Letters, 2019, 4, 2480.
6. Zhendong Hao, Xiaolong Xu, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; In situ growth of Co3O4 coating layer derived from MOFs on LiNi0.8Co0.15Al0.05O2 cathode materials; Ionics, 2019, 25, 2469.
5. Hang Dong, Guobiao Liu, Shaomin Li, Sixu Deng, Yanhua Cui, Heng Liu, Hao Liu, Xueliang Sun; Design of a 3D-porous structure with residual carbon for high-performance Ni-rich cathode materials; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 2500.
4. Xiaona Li, Jianwen Liang, Jing Luo, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Changhong Wang, Weihan Li, Sixu Deng, Chuang Yu, Feipeng Zhao, Yongfeng Hu, Tsun-Kong Sham, Li Zhang, Shangqian Zhao, Shigang Lu, Huan Huang, Ruying Li, Keegan R Adair, Xueliang Sun; Air-stable Li3InCl6 electrolyte with high voltage compatibility for all-solid-state batteries; Energy & Environmental Science, 2019, 12, 2665.
3. Tengyuan Zhang, Xia Li, Eaton Asher, Sixu Deng, Xueliang Sun, Jun Yang; Paper with power: engraving 2D materials on 3D structures for printed, high-performance, binder-free, and all-solid-state supercapacitors; Advanced Functional Materials, 2018, 28, 1803600.
2. Sixu Deng, Biwei Xiao, Biqiong Wang, Xia Li, Karthikeyan Kaliyappan, Yang Zhao, Andrew Lushington, Ruying Li, Tsun-Kong Sham, Hao Wang, Xueliang Sun; New insight into atomic-scale engineering of electrode surface for long-life and safe high voltage lithium ion cathodes; Nano Energy, 2017, 38, 19.
1. Xiaolong Xu, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Research progress in improving the cycling stability of high voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathode in lithium-ion battery; Nano-Micro Letters, 2017, 7, 22.
2016 - 2013
12. Sixu Deng, Duolu Mao, Hao Wang, Bo Wang, Jingbing Liu, Yuanliang Ma, Hui Yan; Preparation and electrochemical properties of double-shell LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 hollow microspheres as cathode materials for Li-ion batteries; RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 45369.
11. Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Hao Liu, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Research progress in improving the rate performance of LiFePO4 cathode materials; Nano-Micro Letters, 2014, 6, 209. (Invited review)
10. Sixu Deng, Jingwen Li, Shibing Sun, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Synthesis and electrochemical properties of Li4Ti5O12 spheres and its application for hybrid supercapacitors; Electrochimica Acta, 2014, 146, 37.
9. Yazhou Wang, Shaohua Xie, Jiguang Deng, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Hui Yan, Hongxing Dai; Morphologically controlled synthesis of porous spherical and cubic LaMnO3 with high activity for the catalytic removal of toluene; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 20, 17394.
8. Chunhui Wu, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Yuxiu Sun, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Preparation of novel three-dimensional NiO/ultrathin derived graphene hybrid for supercapacitor applications; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6, 1106.
7. Chunhui Wu, Qiang Shen, Rui Mi, Sixu Deng, Yingqi Shu, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Three-dimensional Co3O4/flocculent graphene hybrid on Ni foam for supercapacitor applications; Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 15987.
6. Sixu Deng, Dan Sun, Chunhui Wu, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Yuxiu Sun, Hui Yan; Synthesis and electrochemical properties of MnO2 nanorods/graphene composites for supercapacitor applications; Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 111, 707.
5. Qi Wang, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Ming Xie, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Hydrothermal synthesis of hierarchical LiFePO4 microspheres for lithium ion battery; Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2013, 553, 69.
4. Ming Xie, Xiaoxue Zhang, Yazhou Wang, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan, Jarmo Laakso, Erkki Levänen; A template-free method to prepare porous LiFePO4 via supercritical carbon dioxide; Electrochimica Acta, 2013, 94, 16.
3. Yazhou Wang, Xuan Shao, Haiyan Xu, Ming Xie, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Facile synthesis of porous LiMn2O4 spheres as cathode materials for high-power lithium ion batteries; Journal of Power Sources, 2013, 226, 140.
2. Yazhou Wang, Xuan Shao, Ming Xie, Sixu Deng, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan; Porous LiMn2O4 spheres synthesized by topochemical route using the porous Mn2O3 as precursor; Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2013, 291, 708.
1. Ming Xie, Xiaoxue Zhang, Sixu Deng, Yazhou Wang, Hao Wang, Jingbing Liu, Hui Yan, Jarmo Laakso, Erkki Levänen; The effects of supercritical carbon dioxide treatment on the morphology and electrochemical performance of LiFePO4 cathode materials; RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 12786.