Publications

32. Battery Charging Goes Quantum

Robert E. Warburton*

Science 2025, 390, 27–28.

31. Modeling Hydrogen Atom Transfer Rate Constants in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Noah South and Robert E. Warburton*

ACS Catalysis 2025, 15, 14895–14907

30. Celebrating the Legacy of Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

Robert F. Savinell*, Burcu Gurkan, Robert E. Warburton

Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2025, 172, 050001

29. Low-temperature Direct Oxidation of Propane to Propylene Oxide Using Supported subnanometer Cu clusters

Avik Halder‡, Robert E. Warburton‡, Geng Sun‡, Lei Cheng, Rajeev S. Assary, Soenke Seifert, Michaela Homer, Jeffrey Greeley, Anastassia N. Alexandrova*, Philippe Sautet*, Larry A. Curtiss*, Stefan Vajda*

ACS Catalysis 2025, 15, 5760–5769

28. Integrated Carbon Dioxide Capture by Amines and Conversion to Methane on Single-Atom Nickel Catalysts

Tomaz Neves-Garcia, Mahmudul Hasan, Quansong Zhu, Jing Li, Zhan Jiang, Yongye Liang, Hailiang Wang*, Liane M. Rossi*, Robert E. Warburton*, L. Robert Baker*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 31633–31646.

27. Interfacial Electric Fields Drive Rearrangement of Adsorbed Cysteine and Electrolyte Ions on Au Electrodes

Hari R. Sudhakar, Julie N. Renner, Robert E. Warburton*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128, 18063–18073.

26. On the Characterization of γ-Graphyne

William B. Martin, Robert E. Warburton, Shane M. Parker, Valentin Rodionov*

Nature Synthesis 2024, 3, 1208–1211. ChemRxiv

25. Synergistic Effects of the Electric Field Induced by Imidazolium Rotation and Hydrogen Bonding in Electrocatalysis of CO2

Oguz K. Coskun, Zeynep Bagbudar, Vaishali Khokhar, Saudagar Dongare, Robert E. Warburton, Burcu Gurkan

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 23775–23785.

24. Interfacial Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer via Localized Trap States on Metal Oxide Surfaces

Robert E. Warburton*, Alexander V. Soudackov, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128, 7903–7912.

23. Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes

Nicholas J. Williams*, Robert E. Warburton, Ieuan D. Seymour, Alexander E. Cohen, Martin Z. Bazant, Stephen J. Skinner

The Journal of Chemical Physics 2023, 158, 244107.

22.  Inductive Effect Alone Cannot Explain Lewis Adduct Formation and Dissociation at Electrode Interfaces

Sevan Menachekanian, Matthew J. Voegtle, Robert E. Warburton, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Jahan M. Dawlaty*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 5759–5768.

21.  Correlation between Electronic Descriptor and Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Thermodynamics in Doped Graphite-Conjugated Catalysts

Phillips Hutchison, Robert E. Warburton, Yogesh Surendranath, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2022, 13, 11216–11222.

20.  Multilevel Computational Studies Reveal Importance of Axial Ligand for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Fe–N–C Materials

Phillips Hutchison‡, Peter S. Rice‡, Robert E. Warburton, Simone Raugei*, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 16524–16534

19.  Modification of LiMn2O4 Surfaces by Controlling the Acid–Base Chemistry of Atomic Layer Deposition

Donghyeon Kang‡, Robert E. Warburton‡, Anil U. Mane, Jeffrey Greeley*, Jeffrey W. Elam*

Applied Surface Science 2022, 599, 153329

18.  Theoretical Modeling of Electrochemical Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer

Robert E. Warburton, Alexander V. Soudackov, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

Chemical Reviews 2022, 122, 10599–10650

* Featured in special thematic issue on Computational Electrochemistry

17.  Understanding the Solid-State Electrode–Electrolyte Interface of a Model System Using First-Principles Statistical Mechanics and Thin-Film X-ray Characterization

Jason D. Howard*, Guennadi Evmenenko, Jae Jin Kim, Robert E. Warburton, Shane Patel, Timothy T. Fister, D. Bruce Buchholz, Jeffrey Greeley, Larry A. Curtiss, Paul Fenter

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 7428–7439

16.  Understanding Hydrogen Atom and Hydride Transfer Processes during Electrochemical Alcohol and Aldehyde Oxidation

Michael T. Bender‡, Robert E. Warburton‡, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*, Kyoung-Shin Choi*

ACS Catalysis 2021, 11, 15110–15124

15.  Tailoring Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries Using Interfacial Themochemistry and Band Alignment

Robert E. Warburton*, Jae Jin Kim, Shane Patel, Jason D. Howard, Larry A. Curtiss, Chris Wolverton, D. Bruce Buchholz, John T. Vaughey, Paul Fenter, Timothy T. Fister, Jeffrey Greeley*

Chemistry of Materials 2021, 33, 8447–8459

14.  Proton-Coupled Defects Impact O–H Bond Dissociation Free Energies on Metal Oxide Surfaces

Robert E. Warburton, James M. Mayer, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2021, 12, 9761–9767

13.  Multicapacitor Approach to Interfacial Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Thermodynamics at Constant Potential

Phillips Hutchison, Robert E. Warburton, Alexander Soudackov, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125, 21891–21901

12.  Mechanistic Insights about Interfacial Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Derived from a Vibrational Probe

Sohini Sarkar, Anwesha Maitra, William R. Lake, Robert E. Warburton, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Jahan M. Dawlaty*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 8381–8390

11.  Interfacial Field-Driven Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at Graphite-Conjugated Organic Acids

Robert E. Warburton, Phillips Hutchison, Megan N. Jackson, Michael L. Pegis, Yogesh Surendranath, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2020, 142, 20855–20864

10.  Oriented LiMn2O4 Particle Fracture from Delithiation-Driven Surface Stress

Robert E. Warburton, Fernando C. Castro, Siddharth Deshpande, Kenneth E. Madsen, Kimberly L. Bassett, Andrew A. Gewirth, Vinayak P. Dravid, Jeffrey Greeley*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 49182–49191

9.  Highly Active Rhenium, Ruthenium and Iridium-based Dichalcogenide Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution Reactions in Aprotic Media

Leily Majidi, Zahra Hemmat, Robert E. Warburton, Khagesh Kumar, Alireza Ahmadiparidari, Liang Hong, Jinglong Guo, Peter Zapol, Robert F. Klie, Jordi Cabana, Jeffrey Greeley, Larry A. Curtiss*, Amin Salehi-Khojin*

Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 2764–2773

8.  Descriptor-Based Analysis of Atomic Layer Deposition on Spinel LiMn2O4 Lithium Ion Battery Cathodes

Robert E. Warburton, Matthias J. Young, Steven Letourneau, Jeffrey W. Elam, Jeffrey Greeley*

Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 1794–1806

7.  High Rate Spinel LiMn2O4 (LMO) Following Carbonate Removal and Formation of Li-rich Interface by ALD Treatment

Matthias J. Young, Steven Letourneau, Robert E. Warburton, Wesley M. Dose, Christopher S. Johnson, Jeffrey P. Greeley, Jeffrey W. Elam*

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2019, 123, 23783–23790

6.  A Long Cycle Life Lithium–CO2 Battery with Carbon Neutrality

Alireza Ahmadiparidari‡, Robert E. Warburton‡, Leily Majidi‡, Mohammad Asadi‡, Amir Chamaani, Jacob R. Jokisaari, Sina Rastegar, Zahra Hemmat, Baharak Sayahpour, Rajeev S. Assary, Badri Narayanan, Pedram Abbasi, Paul C. Redfern, Ahn Ngo, Márton Vörös, Jeffrey Greeley, Robert Klie, Larry A. Curtiss*, Amin Salehi-Khojin*

Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1902518

5.  Understanding the Role of Overpotentials in Lithium Ion Conversion Reactions: Visualizing the Interface

Guennadi Evmenenko, Robert E. Warburton, Handan Yildirim, Jeffrey P. Greeley, Maria K. Y. Chan, D. Bruce Buchholz, Paul Fenter, Michael J. Bedzyk, Timothy T. Fister*

ACS Nano 2019, 13, 7825–7832

4.  Operando Observations and First-Principles Calculations of Reduced Bulk Lithium Insertion in Au-Coated LiMn2O4 

Kimberly L. Bassett‡,  Robert E. Warburton‡, Siddharth Deshpande, Timothy T. Fister, Kim Ta, Jennifer L. Esbenshade, Alper Kinaci, Maria K. Y. Chan, Kamila M. Wiaderek, Karena W. Chapman, Jeffrey P. Greeley*, Andrew A. Gewirth*

Advanced Materials Interfaces 2019, 6, 1801923

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3.  New Class of Electrocatalysts Based on 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides in Ionic Liquid

Leily Majidi, Poya Yasaei, Robert E. Warburton, Shadi Fuladi, John Cavin, Xuan Hu, Zahra Hemmat, Sung Beom Cho, Pedram Abbasi, Márton Vörös, Lei Cheng, Baharak Sayahpour, Igor L. Bolotin, Peter Zapol, Jeffrey Greeley, Robert F. Klie, Rohan Mishra, Fatemah Khalili-Araghi, Larry A. Curtiss*, Amin Salehi-Khojin*

Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1804453 (2019)

2.  Mechanism for Al2O3 Atomic Layer Deposition on LiMn2O4 from In Situ Measurements and Ab Initio Calculations

Lin Chen, Robert E. Warburton, Kan-Sheng Chen, Joseph A. Liberia, Christopher Johnson, Zhenzhen Yang, Mark C. Hersam, Jeffrey P. Greeley*, Jeffrey W. Elam*

Chem 2018, 4, 2418–2435

1.  Thermodynamic Stability of Low- and High-Index Spinel LiMn2O4 Surface Terminations

Robert E. Warburton, Hakim Iddir, Larry A. Curtiss, Jeffrey Greeley*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 11108–11121