Publications

ORCID: 0000-0002-9420-0702; Google Scholar

Feature Publications: 

1.  W. Yu*, “Reactive Electrochemical Interphases (REI) as Active Materials: From Passive to Programmable Interfaces”, Acc. Mater. Res., 2026, https://doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.6c00033. (Invited Perspective)

2.  W. Yu, H. Lyu, D. Li, K.-Y. Lin, J. Florian, Y. Cho, X. Xu, Y. Chen, H. Hao, C. Xu, D. Nordlund, J. Nanda, J. Qin, Y. Cui*, Z. Bao*, “Spatiochemical Segregation in Porous Lithium–Metal Interphases”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2026, 148, 23, 24084–24095, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c04430.

3. W. Yu, N. S. Lewis*, “Front-Surface Potential of Platinized p-InP Photocathodes Probed by Dual-Working-Electrode Measurements”, ACS Energy Lett., 2026, 11, 2, 1601–1604.

4. W. Yu, K.-Y. Lin, D. T. Boyle, M. T. Tang, Y. Cui, Y. Chen, Z. Yu, R. Xu, Y. Lin, G. Feng, Z. Huang, L. Michalek, W. Li, S. J. Harris, J.-C. Jiang, F. Abild-Pedersen, J. Qin, Y. Cui*, Z. Bao*, “Electrochemical Formation of Bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide-derived Solid-Electrolyte Interphase at Li-metal Potential”, Nature Chemistry, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01689-5. 

5. W. Yu*. “Understanding the Stability of Semiconducting Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting”, Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2023, 39, 101262. 

6. W. Yu, Z. Yu, Y. Cui, Z. Bao*, “Degradation and Speciation of Li Salts during XPS analysis for Battery Research”, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7, 3270-3275.

7. W. Yu, P. Buabthong, J. L. Young, Z. P. Ifkovits, S. T. Byrne, M. A. Steiner, T. G. Deutsch, N. S. Lewis*, “Failure Modes of Platinized pn+-GaInP Photocathodes for Solar-driven H2 Evolution”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 23, 26622–26630.

8. W. Yu, M. H. Richter, P. Buabthong, I. Moreno-Hernandez, C. G. Read, E. Simonoff, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis*, “Investigations of the Stability of Etched or Platinized p-InP(100) Photocathodes for Solar-driven Hydrogen Evolution in Acidic or Alkaline Aqueous Electrolytes”, Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14, 6007-6020.

9. W. Yu, M. H. Richter, E. Simonoff, B. S. Brunschwig, N. S. Lewis*, “Investigations of the stability of GaAs for photoelectrochemical H2 evolution in acidic or alkaline aqueous electrolytes”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 22958-22972.

10. W. Yu, J. L. Young, T. G. Deutsch, N. S. Lewis*, “Understanding the Stability of Etched or Platinized p-GaInP Photocathodes for Solar-driven H2 Evolution”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 48, 57350–57361.

11. W. Yu, N. S. Lewis, H. B. Gray, N. F. Dalleska*, “Isotopically Selective Quantification by UPLC-MS of Aqueous Ammonia at Submicromolar Concentrations Using Dansyl Chloride Derivatization”, ACS Energy Letters, 2020, 5, 1532-1536.