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16. All-solid-state lithium-oxygen batteries with high areal capacity and fast rate capability enabled by amorphous lithium peroxide

S.-T. Ko, Z. Ma, C. Gonsalves, K. A. Salazar, S. Mellado, C. C. Tan, T. Lin, T. Aoki, C. C. Mi, L. Kong*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14, 7421-7433 (2026)

15. Unveiling Coexisting Battery-Type and Pseudocapacitive Intercalation Mechanisms in Lithium Titanate

L. Kong*, P. J. Williams, F. Brushett, J.L.M. Rupp*

Advanced Energy Materials, doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202503080 (2025)

14. Emerging Processing Guidelines for Solid Electrolytes in the Era of Oxide-Based Solid-State Batteries

M. Balaish, K. Kim, H. Chu, Y. Zhu, J. C. G. Rosillo, L. Kong, H. Paik, S. Weinmann, Z. Hood, J. Hinricher, L. Miara, J. L.M. Rupp

Chemical Society Reviews, DOI: 10.1039/D5CS00358J (2025)

13. Thermal Stability and Electrochemical Behavior of Commercial Polycrystalline and Single-crystalline Cathodes Integrated with Cubic Li4La3Zr1.4Ta0.6O12 for All-solid-state Lithium Batteries

Z. Ma, G. LaBriola, K.A. Salazar, C. Mi, L. Kong*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 13, 26647-26659 (2025)

Articles pre-SDSU
  1. Insights into Li+ Storage Mechanisms, Kinetics, and Reversibility of Defect-Engineered and Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Energy Storage

L Kong, Y Zhu, PJ Williams, M Kabbani, F R Brushett, J LM Rupp

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 12, 4299-4311(2024)

  1. High-throughput manufacturing of epitaxial membranes from a single wafer by 2D materials-based layer transfer process

H Kim, Y Liu, K Lu, C S Chang, D Sung, M Akl, K Qiao, K S Kim, B I Park, L Kong…

Nature nanotechnology, 18 (5), 464-470 (2023)

  1. Chip-less wireless electronic skins by remote epitaxial freestanding compound semiconductors

Y Kim, JM Suh, J Shin, Y Liu, H Yeon, K Qiao, HS Kum, C Kim, HE Lee, L Kong…

Science, 377 (6608), 859-864 (2022)

  1. Multiplication of freestanding semiconductor membranes from a single wafer by advanced remote epitaxy

H Kim, Y Liu, K Lu, CS Chang, K Qiao, KS Kim, BI Park, J Jeong, M Zhu, L Kong…

arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.08002 (2022)

  1. Solid-State Li–Metal Batteries: Challenges and Horizons of Oxide and Sulfide Solid Electrolytes and Their Interfaces

K Kun Joong, B Moran, W Masaki, K Lingping, JLM Rupp

Advanced Energy Materials, 2002689 (2020)

  1. Path towards graphene commercialization from lab to market

W Kong, H Kum, SH Bae, J Shim, H Kim, L Kong, Y Meng, K Wang, C Kim, …

Nature nanotechnology, 14 (10), 927-938 (2019)

  1. T-Nb2O5 nanoparticle enabled pseudocapacitance with fast Li-ion intercalation

L Kong, X Liu, J Wei, S Wang, BB Xu, D Long, F Chen

Nanoscale, 10 (29), 14165-14170 (2018)

  1. Revisiting Li+ intercalation into various crystalline phases of Nb2O5 anchored on graphene sheets as pseudocapacitive electrodes

L Kong, X Cao, J Wang, W Qiao, L Ling, D Long

Journal of Power Sources, 309, 42-49 (2016)

  1. Nanoarchitectured Nb2O5hollow, Nb2O5@carbon and NbO2@carbon Core-Shell Microspheres for Ultrahigh-Rate Intercalation Pseudocapacitors

L Kong, C Zhang, J Wang, W Qiao, L Ling, D Long

Scientific reports, 6 (1), 21177 (2016)

  1. Free-Standing T-Nb2O5/Graphene Composite Papers with Ultrahigh Gravimetric/Volumetric Capacitance for Li-Ion Intercalation Pseudocapacitor

L Kong, C Zhang, J Wang, W Qiao, L Ling, D Long

ACS nano, 9 (11), 11200-11208 (2015)

  1. Ultrahigh intercalation pseudocapacitance of mesoporous orthorhombic niobium pentoxide from a novel cellulose nanocrystal template

L Kong, C Zhang, J Wang, D Long, W Qiao, L Ling

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 149, 495-504 (2015)

  1. High-power and high-energy asymmetric supercapacitors based on Li+-intercalation into a T-Nb2O5/graphene pseudocapacitive electrode

L Kong, C Zhang, S Zhang, J Wang, R Cai, C Lv, W Qiao, L Ling, D Long

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2 (42), 17962-17970 (2014)

Patents

5. Advanced Solid-State Lithium–Oxygen Battery Architecture

L. Kong, S. Ko, Z. Ma, C. Gonsalves, M. Gonsalves

Patent SDSU Case No. D-0676 (2026)

4. Nanopore-enriched heteroatom-doped hard-carbon microsphere preparation method and anode material of sodium ion battery

L. Kong, S. Ko, C. Gonsalves, J. Burns, C. Mi

Patent SDSU Case No. D-0628 (2025)

3. Spray Pyrolysis of Li-Salt Films

L. M. Rupp, Y. Zhu, L. Kong, M. Balaish

US Patent App. 18/710,382 (2025)

2. Manufacturing ionically-conductive dense films and related electronic devices

L. Kong, K.A. Salazar, S. Zhang, E. Torresani, T. B. Grippi

Patent SDSU Case No. D-0594 (2024)

1. Fabrication of single-crystalline ionically conductive materials and related articles and systems

J. Kim, W. Kong, S. Bae, L. Kong, H. Kum, Y. Shao-Horn, Y. Yu

WO Patent WO2021/158731A1 (2021)

Book chapters
  1. “Interfaces in oxide-based Li metal batteries” in Transition Metal Oxides for Electrochemical Energy Storage

M. Balaish*, K.J. Kim*, M. Wadaguchi, L. Kong, and J.L.M. Rupp

Nanda, V. Augustyn (Ed.) Wiley-VCH (2022)

* Joint first-authorship

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