38. Y. Wang, G. Tang, X. Xiang, M. Qin, Y. Qiu, J. Lai, Y. Peng*. "Self‐Stratifying Colorful Low‐Emissivity Paint for Thermal Regulation and Energy Saving", Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 7409 (2025).

37. G. Tang, L. Men, Y. Wang, R. Xu, Y. Peng*. “Lithium Deposition Mechanism under Different Thermal Conditions Unraveled via an Optimized Phase Field Model”, Nano Letters, 25, 2561 (2025).

36. Y. Ding, G. Tang, H. Zhao, J. Liu, T. Fan, Y. Peng, P. J. Ker, D. Geng. “ Scalable, Flexible, and UV-Resistant Bacterial Cellulose Composite Film for Daytime Radiative Cooling”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 17, 6857 (2025).

35. X. Xiao, L. C. Greenburg, Y. Li, M. Yang, Y.-K. Tzeng, C. Sui, Y. Peng, Y. Wu, Z. Zhang, X. Gao, R. Xu, Y. Ye, P. Zhang, Y. Yang, A. Vailionis, P.-C. Hsu, J. Qin, Y. Cui. “Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Zinc on Different Single Crystal Copper Substrates for High Performance Aqueous Batteries”, Nano Letters, 25, 1305 (2025).

34. Y. Yang, S. Biswas, R. Xu, X. Xiao, X. Xu, P. Zhang, H. Gong, X. Zheng, Y. Peng, J. Li, H. Ai, Y. Wu, Y. Ye, X. Gao, C. Serrao, W. Zhang, P. Sayavong, Z. Huang, Z. Chen, Y. Cui, R. A. Vilá, D. T. Boyle, Y. Cui*. “Capacity recovery by transient voltage pulse in silicon-anode batteries”, Science, 386, 322 (2024).

33. Y. Peng*, Y. Cui*. “Thermal Management with Innovative Fibers and Textiles: Manipulating Heat Transport, Storage and Conversion”, National Science Review, 11, nwae295 (2024).

32. Y. Li, Y. Liu, Z. Zhang, W. Zhou, J. Xu, Y. Ye, Y. Peng, X. Xiao, W. Chiu, R. Sinclair, Y. Li, Y. Cui. “Electrified Operando-Freezing of Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction Cells for Cryogenic Electron Microscopy”, Nano Letters, 24, 10409 (2024).

31. Y. Ye, R. Xu, W. Huang, H. Ai, W. Zhang, J. O. Affeld, A. Cui, F. Liu, X. Gao, Z. Chen, T. Li, X. Xiao, Z. Zhang, Y. Peng, R. A. Vila, Y. Wu. S. T. Oyakhire, H. Kuwajima, Y. Suzuki, R. Matsumoto, Y. Masuda, T. Yuuki, Y. Nakayama, Y. Cui. “Quadruple the rate capability of high-energy batteries through a porous current collector design”, Nature Energy, 9, 643 (2024).

30. J. Zhou, T. G. Chen, Y. Tsurimaki, A. Hajj-Ahmad, L. Fan, Y. Peng, R. Xu, Y. Wu, S. Assawaworrarit, S. Fan, M. R. Curkosky, Y. Cui. “Angle-selective thermal emitter for directional radiative cooling and heating”, Joule, 7, 2830 (2023).

29. H. Gong, D. U. Patino, J. Ilavsky, I. Kuzmenko, A. E. Pena-Alcantara, C. Zhu, A. H. Coffey, L. Michalek, A. Elabd, X. Gao, S. Chen, C. Xu, H. Yan, Y. Jiang, W. Wang, Y. Peng, Y. Zeng, H. Lyu, H. Moon, Z. Bao. “Tunable 1D and 2D polyacrylonitrile nanosheet superstructures”, ACS Nano, 17, 18392 (2023).

28. Y. Peng^†, J. Lai^†, X. Xiao, W. Jin, J. Zhou, Y. Yang, X. Gao, J. Tang, L. Fan, S. Fan, Z. Bao, and Y. Cui. “Colorful low-emissivity paints for space heating and cooling energy savings”, PNAS, 120, e2300856120 (2023).

Highlighted by Nature Materials (“Painting the town”, Nat. Mater. 22, 1048, 2023)

27. Y. Yang, J. Wang, S. C. Kim, W. Zhang, Y. Peng, P. Zhang, R. A. Vila, Y. Ma, Y. K. Jeong, Y. Cui. “In situ prelithiation by direct integration of lithium mesh into battery cells”, Nano Letters, 23, 5042 (2023).

26. J. Zhou, Y. Peng, J. Xu, Y. Wu, Z. Huang, X. Xiao, Y. Cui. “Vacuum insulation arrays (VIA) as damage-resilient thermal superinsulation materials for energy saving”, Joule, 6, 2358 (2022).

25. Y. Ye, W. Huang, R. Xu, X. Xiao, W. Zhang, H. Chen, J. Wan, F. Liu, H. K. Lee, J. Xu, Z. Zhang, Y. Peng, H. Wang, X. Gao, Y. Wu, G. Zhou, Y. Cui. “Cold-Starting All-Solid-State Batteries from Room Temperature by Thermally Modulated Current Collector in Sub-Minute”, Advanced Materials, 2202848 (2022).

24. H. Mao, J. Tang, G. S. Day, Y. Peng, D. M. Halat, X. Lv, H. C. Zhou, Y. Cui and J. A. Reimer, “A scalable solid-state nanoporous network with atomic-level interaction design for carbon dioxide capture”, Science Advances, 8, eabo6849 (2022).

23. L. Fan^†, Y. Peng^†, W. Jin^†, Y. Cui and S. Fan. “Large-Scale Annual Modeling of Low-Emissivity Films for Energy-Saving Buildings”, CLEO: Applications and Technology, JW3A, 12 (2022).

22. Y. Peng^†, L. Fan^†, W. Jin^†, Y. Ye, R. Huang, S. Zhai, X. Luo, J. Zhou, J. Tang, Y. Ma, L. C. Greenburg, A. Majumdar, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Colored low-emissivity films for building envelopes for year-round energy savings”, Nature Sustainability, 5, 339 (2022).

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21. Y. Peng, H. K. Lee, D. S. Wu and Y. Cui. “Bifunctional asymmetric textile with tailored heat conduction and radiation for human body heating and cooling”, Engineering, 10, 167 (2022).

20. Y. Yang, H. Chen, J. Wan, R. Xu, P. Zhang, W. Zhang, S. T. Oyakhire, S. C. Kim, D. T. Boyle, Y. Peng, Y. Ma, Y. Cui. “An Interdigitated Li-Solid Polymer Electrolyte Framework for Interfacial Stable All-Solid-State Batteries”, Advanced Energy Materials, 12, 2201160 (2022).

19. Y. Peng, J. Zhou, Y. Yang, J. Lai, Y. Ye and Yi Cui. “Integrated Three-dimensional Hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity Design for Artificial Sweating Skin (i-TRANS) Mimicking Human Body Perspiration”, Advanced Materials, 34, 2204168 (2022).

18. Y. Peng^†, W. Li^†, B. Liu, W. Jin, J. Schaadt, J. Tang, G. Zhou, Y. Zhu, G. Wang, W. Huang, C. Zhang, T. Wu, C. Dames, R. Prasher, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Integrated cooling (i-Cool) textile of heat conduction and sweat transportation for personal perspiration management”, Nature Communications, 12, 6122 (2021).

Highlighted by Science (“Keeping the sweat off”, Science, 375, 6580, 2022)

17. H. K. Lee, W. Huang, Y. Ye, J. Xu, Y. Peng, T. Wu, A. Yang, L.-Y. Chou, X. Xiao, X. Gao, F. Liu, H. Wang, B. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Cui. “Sensitive portable heavy metal ions detection by sulfidation method on superhydrophobic concentrator (SPOT)”, One Earth, 4, 756 (2021).

16. H. Mao, J. Tang, J. Xu, Y. Peng, S. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Cui and J. Reimer. “Revealing molecular mechanisms of high performance organics removal with bioinspired hierarchical nanoporous carbon by nuclear magnetic resonance”, Matter, 3, 2093-2107 (2020).

15. X. Li, B. Sun, C. Sui, N. Ankita, H. Fang, Y. Peng, Gang Tan and P.-C. Hsu. “Integration of radiative cooling and solar heating for year-round energy saving of smart building envelopes”, Nature Communications, 11, 1-9 (2020).

14. H. Mao, J. Tang, J. Chen, J. Wan, K. Hou, Y. Peng, D. Halat, L. Xiao, R. Zhang, X. Lv, A. Yang, Y. Cui and J. Reimer. “Designing sustainably hierarchical membranes for highly efficient gas separation and storage”, Science Advances, 6, eabb0694 (2020).

13. G. Zhou, A. Yang, G. Gao, X. Yu, J. Xu, C. Liu, Y. Ye, A. Pei, Y. Wu, Y. Peng, Y. Li, Z. Liang, K. Liu, L. -W. Wang and Y. Cui. “Super-cooled liquid sulfur maintained in three-dimensional current collector for high performance Li-S batteries”, Science Advances, 6, eaay5098 (2020).

12. Y. Peng and Y. Cui. “Advanced textiles for personal thermal management and energy”, Joule, 4, 724 (2020).

11. G. Zhou, S. Zhao, T. Wang, S. Yang, B. Johannessen, H. Chen, C. Liu, Y. Ye, Y. Wu, Y. Peng, C. Liu, S. P. Jiang, Q. Zhang and Y. Cui. “Theoretical calculation guided design of single-atom catalysts towards fast kinetic and long-life Li-S batteries”, Nano Letters, 20, 1252 (2020).

10. L. Cai^†, Y. Peng^†, J. Xu, C. Zhou, C. Zhou, P. Wu, D. Lin, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Temperature regulation in colored infrared-transparent polyethylene textiles”, Joule, 3, 1478 (2019).

9. J. Li, Y. Zhu, W. Chen, Z. Lu, J. Xu, A. Pei, Y. Peng, X. Zheng, Z. Zhang, S. Chu and Y. Cui. “Breathing-mimicking electrocatalysis for oxygen evolution and reduction”, Joule, 3, 557 (2019).

8. L. Cai, A. Y. Song, W. Li, P.‐C. Hsu, D. Lin, P. B. Catrysse, Y. Liu, Y. Peng, J. Chen, H. Wang, J. Xu, A. Yang, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Spectrally selective nanocomposite textile for outdoor personal cooling”, Advanced Materials, 30, 1802152 (2018).

7. D. S. Wu, F. Shi, G. Zhou, C. Zu, C. Liu, K. Liu, Y. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Peng and Y. Cui. “Quantitative investigation of polysulfide adsorption capability of candidate materials for Li-S batteries”, Energy Storage Materials, 13, 241 (2018).

6. H. Zhu, J. Ge, Y. Peng, H. Zhao, L. Shi, S.-H. Yu. “Dip-coating processed sponge-based electrodes for stretchable Zn-MnO2 batteries”, Nano Research, 11, 1554 (2018).

5. Y. Peng^†, J. Chen^†, A. Y. Song^†, P. B. Catrysse^†, P.-C. Hsu, L. Cai, B. Liu, Y. Zhu, G. Zhou, D. S. Wu, H. R. Lee, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Nanoporous polyethylene microfibres for large-scale radiative cooling fabric”, Nature Sustainability, 1, 105 (2018).

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4. P.-C. Hsu, C. Liu, A. Y. Song, Z. Zhang, Y. Peng, J. Xie, K. Liu, C.-L. Wu, P. B. Catrysse, L. Cai, S. Zhai, A. Majumdar, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “A dual-mode textile for human body radiative heating and cooling”, Science Advances, 3, e1700895 (2017).

3. L. Cai, A. Y. Song, P. Wu, P.-C. Hsu, Y. Peng, J. Chen, C. Liu, P. B. Catrysse, Y. Liu, A. Yang, C. Zhou, C. Zhou, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Warming up human body by nanoporous metallized polyethylene textile”, Nature Communications, 8, 496 (2017).

2. P.-C. Hsu, A. Y. Song, P. B. Catrysse, C. Liu, Y. Peng, J. Xie, S. Fan and Y. Cui. “Radiative human body cooling by nanoporous polyethylene textile”, Science, 353, 1019 (2016).

1. J. Ge, X. Wang, H.-B. Yao, H.-W. Zhu, Y. Peng and S.-H. Yu. “Durable Ag/AgCl nanowires assembled in a sponge for continuous water purification under sunlight”, Materials Horizons, 2, 509 (2015).