Research Interests

• Electrolyte and electrode developments for rechargeable lithium ion batteries and multivalent ion batteries

• Syntheses and materials characterization of other energy storage systems

Appointments

• May 2022-present                 Senior Scientist, (Consortium for Advanced Science and Engineering, CASE), Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME), University of Chicago

• Sep 2018 – Present               Chemist, Argonne National Laboratory

• Dec 2013 – Sep 2018           Assistant Chemist, Argonne National Laboratory

• Nov 2010 – Oct 2013           Postdoctoral Appointee, Oak Ridge National Lab

• Jun 2008 – Nov 2010           Postdoctoral Appointee, University of Florida, Department of Chemistry

Professional Preparation

Nov 2018        Executive Education, University of Chicago Booth Business School

May 2008        Ph.D., Physical Organic Chemistry, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

July 2002         B.S., Polymer Sciences and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Publications (80+ publications in professional journals, 13 US Patents, corresponding author in *):

(1)        Yang, J.; Rodrigues, M.-T. F.; Yu, Z.; Son, S.-B.; Liu, K.; Dietz-Rago, N. L.; Cheng, L.; Zhang, Z.; Abraham, D. P.; Liao, C. * Design of a Scavenging Pyrrole Additive for High Voltage Lithium-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2022.

            (2)        Leon, N. J.; Xie, X.; Yang, M.; Driscoll, D. M.; Connell, J. G.; Kim, S.; Seguin, T.; Vaughey, J. T.; Balasubramanian, M.; Persson, K. A., Liao, C., * Room-Temperature Calcium Plating and Stripping Using a Perfluoroalkoxyaluminate Anion Electrolyte. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022. (Supplementary Journal Cover)

            (3)        Leon, N. J.; He, M.; Liao, C. * Solvation, Rational Design, and Interfaces: Development of Divalent Electrolytes. Frontiers in Energy Research 2022, 9.

            (4)        Kwon, B. J.; Yin, L.; Roy, I.; Leon, N. J.; Kumar, K.; Kim, J. J.; Han, J.; Gim, J.; Liao, C.; Lapidus, S. H. Facile Electrochemical Mg-Ion Transport in a Defect-Free Spinel Oxide. Chemistry of Materials 2022, 34, 3789-3797.

            (5)        Kwon, B. J.; Yin, L.; Roy, I.; Leon, N. J.; Kumar, K.; Kim, J. J.; Han, J.; Gim, J.; Liao, C.; Lapidus, S. H. Facile Electrochemical Mg-Ion Transport in a Defect-Free Spinel Oxide. Chemistry of Materials 2022.

            (6)        Dose, W. M.; Peebles, C.; Blauwkamp, J.; Jansen, A. N.; Liao, C.; Johnson, C. S. Synthesis of high-density olivine LiFePO4 from paleozoic siderite FeCO3 and its electrochemical performance in lithium batteries. APL Materials 2022, 10, 041113.

            (7)        Yin, L.; Kwon, B. J.; Choi, Y.; Bartel, C. J.; Yang, M.; Liao, C.; Key, B.; Ceder, G.; Lapidus, S. H. Operando X-ray Diffraction Studies of the Mg-Ion Migration Mechanisms in Spinel Cathodes for Rechargeable Mg-Ion Batteries. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2021, 143, 10649-10658.

            (8)        Yang, J.; Liu, Q.; Pupek, K. Z.; Dzwiniel, T. L.; Dietz Rago, N. L.; Cao, J.; Dandu, N.; Curtiss, L.; Liu, K.; Liao, C.  Molecular Engineering to Enable High-Voltage Lithium-Ion Battery: From Propylene Carbonate to Trifluoropropylene Carbonate. ACS Energy Letters 2021, 6, 371-378.

            (9)        Yang, J.; Fonseca Rodrigues, M.-T.; Son, S.-B.; Garcia, J. C.; Liu, K.; Gim, J.; Iddir, H.; Abraham, D. P.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Dual-Salt Electrolytes to Effectively Reduce Impedance Rise of High-Nickel Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 40502-40512.

            (10)      Shi, B.; Liu, K.; Lee, E.; Liao, C.: Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry (DEMS) for batteries. In Batteries Materials principles and characterization methods; IOP publishing, 2021; pp https://​iop​science​.iop​.org/​b​o​o​k​/​9​7​8​-​9​7​0-975.

            (11)      Liu, K.; Xie, Y.; Yang, Z.; Kim, H.-K.; Dzwiniel, T. L.; Yang, J.; Xiong, H.; Liao, C. * Design of a Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Electrolyte for Sodium-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2021, 168, 120543.

            (12)      Liu, K.; Li, X.; Cai, J.; Yang, Z.; Chen, Z.; Key, B.; Zhang, Z.; Dzwiniel, T. L.; Liao, C. * Design of High-Voltage Stable Hybrid Electrolyte with an Ultrahigh Li Transference Number. ACS Energy Letters 2021, 6, 1315-1323. (Supplementary Journal Cover)

            (13)      Liao, C.*: Batteries Materials principles and characterization methods. IOP Publishing, 2021. https://​iop​science​.iop​.org/​b​o​o​k​/​e​d​i​t​/​9​7​8​-​0​-​7​5​0​3​-​2​682-7

            (14)      Liao, C.* Fundamentals of rechargeable lithium ion and beyond lithium ion batteries. Batteries 2021, 1-1.

            (15)      Han, B.; Zhang, Y.; Liao, C.; Trask, S. E.; Li, X.; Uppuluri, R.; Vaughey, J. T.; Key, B.; Dogan, F. Probing the Reactivity of the Active Material of a Li-Ion Silicon Anode with Common Battery Solvents. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021.

            (16)      Yang, M.; Leon, N.; Pan, B.; Yu, Z.; Cheng, L.; Liao, C. * Mechanistic Insights in Quinone-Based Zinc Batteries with Nonaqueous Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2020, 167, 100536.

            (17)      Yang, M.; Driscoll, D. M.; Balasubramanian, M.; Liao, C. * Solvation Structure and Electrochemical Properties of a New Weakly Coordinating Aluminate Salt as a Nonaqueous Electrolyte for Zinc Batteries. Journal of the Electrochemical Society 2020, 167, 160529.

            (18)      Yang, J.; Shkrob, I.; Liu, K.; Connell, J.; Dietz Rago, N. L.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * 4-(Trimethylsilyl) Morpholine as a Multifunctional Electrolyte Additive in High Voltage Lithium Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2020, 167, 070533.

            (19)      Liu, K.; Jiang, S.; Dzwiniel, T. L.; Kim, H.-K.; Yu, Z.; Dietz Rago, N. L.; Kim, J. J.; Fister, T. T.; Yang, J.; Liu, Q.; Gilbert, J.; Cheng, L.; Srinivasan, V.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Molecular Design of a Highly Stable Single-Ion Conducting Polymer Gel Electrolyte. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 29162-29172. (Supplementary Journal Cover)

            (20)      Liao, C. Electrolytes and additives for batteries Part I: fundamentals and insights on cathode degradation mechanisms. eTransportation 2020, 5, 100068. (invited)

            (21)      Kwon, B. J.; Yin, L.; Park, H.; Parajuli, P.; Kumar, K.; Kim, S.; Yang, M.; Murphy, M.; Zapol, P.; Liao, C.; Fister, T. T.; Klie, R. F.; Cabana, J.; Vaughey, J. T.; Lapidus, S. H.; Key, B. High Voltage Mg-Ion Battery Cathode via a Solid Solution Cr–Mn Spinel Oxide. Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 6577-6587.

            (22)      Kwon, B. J.; Lau, K.-C.; Park, H.; Wu, Y. A.; Hawthorne, K. L.; Li, H.; Kim, S.; Bolotin, I. L.; Fister, T. T.; Zapol, P.; Klie, R. F.; Cabana, J.; Liao, C.; Lapidus, S. H.; Key, B.; Vaughey, J. T. Probing Electrochemical Mg-Ion Activity in MgCr2–xVxO4 Spinel Oxides. Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 1162-1171.

            (23)      Kwon, B. J.; Kim, C.; Jokisaari, J. R.; Yoo, H. D.; Han, S.-D.; Kim, S.; Lau, K.-C.; Liao, C.; Liu, Y.-S.; Guo, J.; Key, B.; Klie, R. F.; Cabana, J. Intercalation of Mg into a Few-Layer Phyllomanganate in Nonaqueous Electrolytes at Room Temperature. Chemistry of Materials 2020, 32, 6014-6025.

            (24)      Connell, J. G.; Zorko, M.; Agarwal, G.; Yang, M.; Liao, C.; Assary, R. S.; Strmcnik, D.; Markovic, N. M. Anion Association Strength as a Unifying Descriptor for the Reversibility of Divalent Metal Deposition in Nonaqueous Electrolytes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12, 36137-36147.

            (25)      Chen, Z.; Liao, C.; Price, R.; Hsu, H.-Y.; Younus, M.; Schanze, K. S. Polymeric Nonlinear Absorption Chromophore Array from Controlled Radical Polymerization and ​“Click” Chemistry. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2020, 2, 4570-4580.

            (26)      Yang, M.; Liu, K.; Shkrob, I. A.; Liao, C. * Redox-active polymers (redoxmers) for electrochemical energy storage. MRS Communications 2019, 9, 1151-1167.

            (27)      Yang, J.; Shkrob, I.; Liu, Q.; Dietz Rago, N. L.; Liu, Y.; Liu, K.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Structural underpinnings of cathode protection by in situ generated lithium oxyfluorophosphates. Journal of Power Sources 2019, 438, 227039.

            (28)      Tornheim, A.; Kirner, J.; Sahore, R.; Lau, K.-C.; O’Hanlon, D. C.; Dose, W. M.; Lee, C.-W.; Liao, C.; Zhang, Z.; Balasubramanian, M.; Croy, J. R. Communication—Ligand-Dependent Electrochemical Activity for Mn2+ in Lithium-Ion Electrolyte Solutions. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166, A2264-A2266.

            (29)      Shkrob, I. A.; Han, B.; Sahore, R.; Tornheim, A. P.; Zhang, L.; Abraham, D. P.; Dogan, F.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Facile in Situ Syntheses of Cathode Protective Electrolyte Additives for High Energy Density Li-Ion Cells. Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 2459-2468.

            (30)      Rodrigues, M.-T. F.; Liao, C.; Kalaga, K.; Shkrob, I. A.; Abraham, D. P. Dehydration Rather Than HF Capture Explains Performance Improvements of Li-Ion Cells by Ceramic Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Energy Materials 2019, 2, 5380-5385.

            (31)      Lau, K.-C.; Seguin, T. J.; Carino, E. V.; Hahn, N. T.; Connell, J. G.; Ingram, B. J.; Persson, K. A.; Zavadil, K. R.; Liao, C. * Widening Electrochemical Window of Mg Salt by Weakly Coordinating Perfluoroalkoxyaluminate Anion for Mg Battery Electrolyte. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166, A1510-A1519.

            (32)      Lau, K.-C.; Rago, N. L. D.; Liao, C. * Lipophilic Additives for Highly Concentrated Electrolytes in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2019, 166, A2570-A2573.

            (33)      Kwon, B. J.; Lau, K.-C.; Park, H.; Wu, Y. A.; Hawthorne, K. L.; Li, H.; Kim, S.; Bolotin, I. L.; Fister, T. T.; Zapol, P.; Klie, R. F.; Cabana, J.; Liao, C.; Lapidus, S. H.; Key, B.; Vaughey, J. T. Probing Electrochemical Mg-ion Activity in MgCr2-xVxO4 Spinel Oxides. Chemistry of Materials 2019.

            (34)      Hu, B.; Jiang, S.; Shkrob, I. A.; Zhang, J.; Trask, S. E.; Polzin, B. J.; Jansen, A.; Chen, W.; Liao, C.; Zhang, Z.; Zhang, L. Understanding of pre-lithiation of poly(acrylic acid) binder: Striking the balances between the cycling performance and slurry stability for silicon-graphite composite electrodes in Li-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources 2019, 416, 125-131.

            (35)      Han, B.; Liao, C.; Dogan, F.; Trask, S. E.; Lapidus, S. H.; Vaughey, J. T.; Key, B. Using Mixed Salt Electrolytes to Stabilize Silicon Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries via in Situ Formation of Li–M–Si Ternaries (M = Mg, Zn, Al, Ca). ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11, 29780-29790.

            (36)      Peebles, C.; Garcia, J.; Tornheim, A. P.; Sahore, R.; Bareño, J.; Liao, C.; Shkrob, I. A.; Iddir, H. H.; Abraham, D. P. J. T. J. o. P. C. C. Chemical ​“Pickling” of Phosphite Additives Mitigates Impedance Rise in Li Ion Batteries. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 9811-9824.

            (37)      Hahn, N. T.; Seguin, T. J.; Lau, K.-C.; Liao, C.; Ingram, B. J.; Persson, K. A.; Zavadil, K. R. Enhanced Stability of the Carba-closo-dodecaborate Anion for High-Voltage Battery Electrolytes through Rational Design. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140, 11076-11084.

            (38)      Zhang, J.; Yang, Z.; Shkrob, I. A.; Assary, R. S.; Silcox, B.; Duan, W.; Zhang, J.; Su, C. C.; Hu, B.; Pan, B. Annulated Dialkoxybenzenes as Catholyte Materials for Non‐aqueous Redox Flow Batteries: Achieving High Chemical Stability through Bicyclic Substitution. Advanced Energy Materials 2017.

            (39)      Tornheim, A.; Peebles, C.; Gilbert, J. A.; Sahore, R.; Garcia, J. C.; Bareño, J.; Iddir, H.; Liao, C.; Abraham, D. P. Evaluating electrolyte additives for lithium-ion cells: A new Figure of Merit approach. Journal of Power Sources 2017, 365, 201-209.

            (40)      Su, C.-C.; He, M.; Peebles, C.; Zeng, L.; Tornheim, A.; Liao, C.; Zhang, L.; Wang, J.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Z. Functionality Selection Principle for High Voltage Lithium-ion Battery Electrolyte Additives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 30686-30695.

            (41)      Su, C.-C.; He, M.; Peebles, C.; Zeng, L.; Tornheim, A.; Liao, C.; Zhang, L.; Wang, J.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Z. On the Functionality Selection Principle for High Voltage Lithium-ion Battery Electrolyte Additives. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017.

            (42)      Peebles, C.; Sahore, R.; Gilbert, J. A.; Garcia, J. C.; Tornheim, A.; Bareño, J.; Iddir, H.; Liao, C.; * Abraham, D. P. Tris(trimethylsilyl) Phosphite (TMSPi) and Triethyl Phosphite (TEPi) as Electrolyte Additives for Lithium Ion Batteries: Mechanistic Insights into Differences during LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2-Graphite Full Cell Cycling. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2017, 164, A1579-A1586.

            (43)      Peebles, C.; He, M.; Feng, Z.; Su, C.-C.; Zeng, L.; Bedzyk, M. J.; Fenter, P.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Investigation of Glutaric Anhydride as an Electrolyte Additive for Graphite/LiNi0. 5Mn0. 3Co0. 2O2 Full Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2017, 164, A173-A179.

            (44)      Pan, B.; Lau, K.-C.; Vaughey, J. T.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Ionic Liquid as an Effective Additive for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2017, 164, A902-A906.

            (45)      Lipson, A. L.; Kim, S.; Pan, B.; Liao, C.; Fister, T. T.; Ingram, B. J. Calcium intercalation into layered fluorinated sodium iron phosphate. Journal of Power Sources 2017, 369, 133-137.

            (46)      Lau, K.-C.; Shkrob, I. A.; Dietz Rago, N. L.; Connell, J. G.; Phelan, D.; Hu, B.; Zhang, L.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Improved performance through tight coupling of redox cycles of sulfur and 2,6-polyanthraquinone in lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2017, 5, 24103-24109.

            (47)      Duan, W.; Huang, J.; Kowalski, J. A.; Shkrob, I. A.; Vijayakumar, M.; Walter, E.; Pan, B.; Yang, Z.; Milshtein, J. D.; Li, B. ​“Wine-Dark Sea” in An Organic Flow Battery: Storing Negative Charge in 2, 1, 3-Benzothiadiazole Radicals Leads to Improved Cyclability. ACS Energy Letters 2017.

            (48)      Bonnick, P.; Sun, X.; Lau, K.-C.; Liao, C.; Nazar, L. F. Monovalent vs Divalent Cation Diffusion in Thiospinel Ti2S4. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017.

            (49)      Su, C. C.; He, M.; Redfern, P.; Curtiss, L. A.; Liao, C.; Zhang, L.; Burrell, A. K.; Zhang, Z. Alkyl Substitution Effect on Oxidation Stability of Sulfone‐Based Electrolytes. ChemElectroChem 2016.

            (50)      Sa, N.; Pan, B.; Saha-Shah, A.; Hubaud, A. A.; Vaughey, J. T.; Baker, L. A.; Liao, C.; Burrell, A. K. Role of Chloride for a Simple, Non-Grignard Mg Electrolyte in Ether-Based Solvents. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 16002-16008.

            (51)      Proffit, D. L.; Fister, T. T.; Kim, S.; Pan, B.; Liao, C.; Vaughey, J. T. Utilization of Ca K-Edge X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure to Identify Intercalation in Potential Multivalent Battery Materials. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2016, 163, A2508-A2514.

            (52)      Pan, B.; Zhou, D.; Huang, J.; Zhang, L.; Burrell, A. K.; Vaughey, J. T.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * 2, 5-Dimethoxy-1, 4-Benzoquinone (DMBQ) as Organic Cathode for Rechargeable Magnesium-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2016, 163, A580-A583.

            (53)      Pan, B.; Huang, J.; Sa, N.; Brombosz, S. M.; Vaughey, J. T.; Zhang, L.; Burrell, A. K.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * MgCl2: The Key Ingredient to Improve Chloride Containing Electrolytes for Rechargeable Magnesium-Ion Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2016, 163, A1672-A1677.

            (54)      Pan, B.; Huang, J.; He, M.; Brombosz, S. M.; Vaughey, J. T.; Zhang, L.; Burrell, A. K.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * The Role of MgCl2 as a Lewis Base in ROMgCl–MgCl2 Electrolytes for Magnesium‐Ion Batteries. ChemSusChem 2016.

            (55)      Pan, B.; Huang, J.; Feng, Z.; Zeng, L.; He, M.; Zhang, L.; Vaughey, J. T.; Bedzyk, M. J.; Fenter, P.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Polyanthraquinone‐Based Organic Cathode for High‐Performance Rechargeable Magnesium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials 2016, 6, 1600140.

            (56)      Pan, B.; Feng, Z.; Sa, N.; Han, S.-D.; Ma, Q.; Fenter, P.; Vaughey, J. T.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * Advanced hybrid battery with a magnesium metal anode and a spinel LiMn2O4 cathode. Chemical Communications 2016, 52, 9961-9964.

            (57)      Lipson, A. L.; Han, S.-D.; Pan, B.; See, K. A.; Gewirth, A. A.; Liao, C.; Vaughey, J. T.; Ingram, B. J. Practical Stability Limits of Magnesium Electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society 2016, 163, A2253-A2257.

            (58)      Lipson, A. L.; Han, S.-D.; Kim, S.; Pan, B.; Sa, N.; Liao, C.; Fister, T. T.; Burrell, A. K.; Vaughey, J. T.; Ingram, B. J. Nickel hexacyanoferrate, a versatile intercalation host for divalent ions from nonaqueous electrolytes. Journal of Power Sources 2016, 325, 646-652.

            (59)      Huang, J.; Pan, B.; Duan, W.; Wei, X.; Assary, R. S.; Su, L.; Brushett, F. R.; Cheng, L.; Liao, C.; Ferrandon, M. S.; Wang, W.; Zhang, Z.; Burrell, A. K.; Curtiss, L. A.; Shkrob, I. A.; Moore, J. S.; Zhang, L. The lightest organic radical cation for charge storage in redox flow batteries. Scientific Reports 2016, 6, 32102.

            (60)      He, M.; Su, C.-C.; Peebles, C.; Feng, Z.; Connell, J. G.; Liao, C.; Wang, Y.; Shkrob, I. A.; Zhang, Z. Mechanistic Insight in the Function of Phosphite Additives for Protection of LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 Cathode in High Voltage Li-Ion Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 11450-11458.

            (61)      Han, S.-D.; Rajput, N. N.; Qu, X.; Pan, B.; He, M.; Ferrandon, M. S.; Liao, C.; Persson, K. A.; Burrell, A. K. Origin of Electrochemical, Structural, and Transport Properties in Nonaqueous Zinc Electrolytes. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2016, 8, 3021-3031.

            (62)      Wang, H.; Senguttuvan, P.; Proffit, D. L.; Pan, B.; Liao, C.; Burrell, A. K.; Vaughey, J. T.; Key, B. Formation of MgO during Chemical Magnesiation of Mg-Ion Battery Materials. ECS Electrochem. Lett. 2015, 4, A90-A93.

            (63)      Pan, B.; Zhang, J.; Huang, J.; Vaughey, J. T.; Zhang, L.; Han, S.-D.; Burrell, A. K.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C. * A Lewis acid-free and phenolate-based magnesium electrolyte for rechargeable magnesium batteries. Chem. Commun. (Cambridge, U. K.) 2015, 51, 6214-6217.

            (64)      Lipson, A. L.; Proffit, D. L.; Pan, B.; Fister, T. T.; Liao, C.; Burrell, A. K.; Vaughey, J. T.; Ingram, B. J. Current Collector Corrosion in Ca-Ion Batteries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2015, 162, A1574-A1578.

            (65)      Lipson, A. L.; Pan, B.; Lapidus, S. H.; Liao, C.; Vaughey, J. T.; Ingram, B. J. Rechargeable Ca-Ion Batteries: A New Energy Storage System. Chemistry of Materials 2015, 27, 8442-8447.

            (66)      Liao, C.; * Sa, N.; Key, B.; Burrell, A. K.; Cheng, L.; Curtiss, L. A.; Vaughey, J. T.; Woo, J.-J.; Hu, L.; Pan, B. The unexpected discovery of the Mg (HMDS) 2/MgCl 2 complex as a magnesium electrolyte for rechargeable magnesium batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015, 3, 6082-6087.

            (67)      Liao, C.; * Guo, B.; Sun, X.-G.; Dai, S. Synergistic effects of mixing sulfone and ionic liquid as safe electrolytes for lithium sulfur batteries. ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 353-360.

            (68)      Incorvati, J. T.; Wan, L. F.; Key, B.; Zhou, D.; Liao, C.; Fuoco, L.; Holland, M.; Wang, H.; Prendergast, D.; Poeppelmeier, K. R. Reversible Magnesium Intercalation into a Layered Oxyfluoride Cathode. Chemistry of Materials 2015, 28, 17-20.

            (69)      Huang, J.; Shkrob, I. A.; Wang, P.; Cheng, L.; Pan, B.; He, M.; Liao, C.; Zhang, Z.; Curtiss, L. A.; Zhang, L. 1,4-Bis(trimethylsilyl)-2,5-dimethoxybenzene: a novel redox shuttle additive for overcharge protection in lithium-ion batteries that doubles as a mechanistic chemical probe. J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 7332-7337.

            (70)      Xing, H.; Liao, C.; Yang, Q.; Veith, G. M.; Guo, B.; Sun, X.-G.; Ren, Q.; Hu, Y.-S.; Dai, S. Ambient lithium-SO2 batteries with ionic liquids as electrolytes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014, 53, 2099-2103.

            (71)      Sun, X.-G.; Liao, C.; Baggetto, L.; Guo, B.; Unocic, R. R.; Veith, G. M.; Dai, S. Bis(fluoromalonato)borate (BFMB) anion based ionic liquid as an additive for lithium-ion battery electrolytes. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 7606-7614.

            (72)      Liao, C.; Han, K. S.; Baggetto, L.; Hillesheim, D. A.; Custelcean, R.; Lee, E.-S.; Guo, B.; Bi, Z.; Jiang, D.-e.; Veith, G. M.; Hagaman, E. W.; Brown, G. M.; Bridges, C.; Paranthaman, M. P.; Manthiram, A.; Dai, S.; Sun, X.-G. Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium Bis(fluoromalonato)borate for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications. Adv. Energy Mater. 2014, 4, 1301368/1301361-1301368/1301312.

            (73)      Liao, C.; Guo, B.; Jiang, D.-e.; Custelcean, R.; Mahurin, S. M.; Sun, X.-G.; Dai, S. Highly soluble alkoxide magnesium salts for rechargeable magnesium batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 581-584.

            (74)      Clennan, E. L.; Liao, C. Synthesis, characterization, photophysics and photochemistry of pyrylogen electron transfer sensitizers. Photochem. Photobiol. 2014, 90, 344-357.

            (75)      Sun, X.-G.; Liao, C.; Shao, N.; Bell, J. R.; Guo, B.; Luo, H.; Jiang, D.-e.; Dai, S. Bicyclic imidazolium ionic liquids as potential electrolytes for rechargeable lithium ion batteries. J. Power Sources 2013, 237, 5-12.

            (76)      Liao, C.; Sun, X.-G.; Dai, S. Crosslinked gel polymer electrolytes based on polyethylene glycol methacrylate and ionic liquid for lithium ion battery applications. Electrochim. Acta 2013, 87, 889-894.

            (77)      Guo, B.; Sun, X.-G.; Veith, G. M.; Bi, Z.; Mahurin, S. M.; Liao, C.; Bridges, C.; Paranthaman, M. P.; Dai, S. Nitrogen-enriched carbons from alkali salts with high coulombic efficiency for energy storage applications. Adv. Energy Mater. 2013, 3, 708-712.

            (78)      Yoon, S.; Liao, C.; Sun, X.-G.; Bridges, C. A.; Unocic, R. R.; Nanda, J.; Dai, S.; Paranthaman, M. P. Conductive surface modification of LiFePO4 with nitrogen-doped carbon layers for lithium-ion batteries. J. Mater. Chem. 2012, 22, 4611-4614.

            (79)      Li, S.; Feng, G.; Cummings, P. T.; Fulvio, P. F.; Hillesheim, P. C.; Liao, C.; Dai, S. Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Capacitive Performance of a Binary Mixture of Ionic Liquids near an Onion-like Carbon Electrode. J Phys Chem Lett 2012, 3, 2465-2469.

            (80)      Liao, C.; Zhu, X.; Sun, X.-G.; Dai, S. Investigation of carbon-2 substituted imidazoles and their corresponding ionic liquids. Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 5308-5310.

            (81)      Liao, C.; Shelton, A. H.; Kim, K.-Y.; Schanze, K. S. Organoplatinum chromophores for application in high-performance nonlinear absorption materials. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2011, 3, 3225-3238.

            (82)      Liao, C.; Shao, N.; Han, K. S.; Sun, X.-G.; Jiang, D.-E.; Hagaman, E. W.; Dai, S. Physicochemical properties of imidazolium-derived ionic liquids with different C-2 substitutions. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 21503-21510.

            (83)      Liao, C.; Yarnell, J. E.; Glusac, K. D.; Schanze, K. S. Photoinduced charge separation in platinum acetylide oligomers. J Phys Chem B 2010, 114, 14763-14771.

            (84)      Liao, C.; Zhang, S.-Z.; Block, E.; Clennan, E. L. Photooxygenation of 1,5-thiaselenocane. J Org Chem 2008, 73, 8587-8590.

            (85)      Clennan, E. L.; Liao, C.; Ayokosok, E. Pyrylogens: Synthesis, Structural, Electrochemical, and Photophysical Characterization of a New Class of Electron Transfer Sensitizers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 7552-7553.

            (86)      Clennan, E. L.; Liao, C. Role of Sulfide Radical Cations in Electron Transfer Promoted Molecular Oxygenations at Sulfur. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 4057-4068.

            (87)      Zhang, D.; Telo, J. P.; Liao, C.; Hightower, S. E.; Clennan, E. L. Experimental and computational studies of nuclear substituted 1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridinium tetrafluoroborates. J Phys Chem A 2007, 111, 13567-13574.

            (88)      Clennan, E. L.; Liao, C. The hydroperoxysulfonium ylide. An aberration or a ubiquitous intermediate? Tetrahedron 2006, 62, 10724-10728.

Patents

 

1.         Burrell, A. K.;  Sa, N.;  Proffit, D. L.;  Lipson, A.;  Liao, C.;  Vaughey, J. T.; Ingram, B. J., Electrolytes for magnesium electrochemical cells. US Patent 9,698,448: 2017.

2.         Dai, S.;  Sun, X.-G.;  Liao, C.; Guo, B., Alkoxide-based magnesium electrolyte compositions for magnesium batteries. US Patent 9,882,245: 2018.

3.         Ka-Cheong, L.; Liao, C., Electrolyte salts for rechargeable magnesium-ion batteries. US Patent 10,868,335: 2020.

4.         Liao, C.;  Dzwiniel, T. L.;  Baofei, P.;  Sang-Don, H.; Burrell, A., Salts for multivalent ion batteries. US Patent 10,020,538: 2018.

5.         Liao, C.; Ka-Cheong, L., Lithium-sulfur battery with polyanthraquinone binder. US Patent 10,680,234: 2020.

6.         Liao, C.;  Peebles, C.;  Abraham, D.; Zhang, Z., Electrolyte additives for lithium-ion batteries under high-voltage operation. US Patent 10,461,364: 2019.

7.         Liao, C.;  Shkrob, I. A.;  Abraham, D.; Zhang, Z., Additives for lithium batteries and methods. US Patent 10,847,840: 2020.

8.         Liao, C.;  Zhang, Z.;  Burrell, A.; Vaughey, J. T., Electrolytes comprising metal amide and metal chlorides for multivalent battery. US Patent 9,601,801: 2017.

9.         Peebles, C.;  Shkrob, I. A.;  Liao, C.;  Abraham, D.;  Iddir, H.; Garcia, J., Additives for high voltage lithium ion batteries. US Patent 10,840,552: 2020.

10.       Vaughey, J. T.;  Binghong, H.;  Key, B.;  Key, F. D.; Liao, C., Electrolyte compositions for stabilizing silicon electrodes in lithium batteries. US Patent App. 16/375,431: 2020.

11.       Dai, S.;  Sun, X.-G.;  Liao, C.; Guo, B. Alkoxide-based magnesium electrolyte compositions for magnesium batteries. US20150056499A1, 2015.

12.       Sun, X.-G.;  Dai, S.; Liao, C. Electrolyte compositions for lithium ion batteries. US20140113202A1, 2014.

13.       Liao, C.;  Dzwiniel, T. L.;  Pan, B.;  Han, S.-D.; Burrell, A. K. Salts for multivalent ion batteries; Argonne National Lab.(ANL), Argonne, IL (United States): 2020.