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2018

Kim, Youngsang, Erin B Creel, Elizabeth R Corson, Bryan D McCloskey, Jeffrey J Urban, and Robert Kostecki."Surface-Plasmon-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO₂ and NO₃⁻on Nanostructured Silver Electrodes."Advanced Energy Materials 8.22 (2018) 1800363. DOI

Corson, Elizabeth R, Erin B Creel, Youngsang Kim, Jeffrey J Urban, Robert Kostecki, and Bryan D McCloskey."A temperature-controlled photoelectrochemical cell for quantitative product analysis."Review of Scientific Instruments 89.5 (2018) 055112. DOI

Haregewoin, Atetegeb Meazah, Lydia Terborg, Liang Zhang, Sunhyung Jurng, Brett L Lucht, Jinghua Guo, Philip N Ross, and Robert Kostecki."The electrochemical behavior of poly 1-pyrenemethyl methacrylate binder and its effect on the interfacial chemistry of a silicon electrode."Journal of Power Sources 376 (2018) 152 - 160. DOI

2017

Cheng, Lei, Huaming Hou, Simon F Lux, Robert Kostecki, Ryan Davis, Vassilia Zorba, Apurva Mehta, and Marca M Doeff."Enhanced lithium ion transport in garnet-type solid state electrolytes."Journal of Electroceramics 38.2-4 (2017) 168 - 175. DOI

Xu, Jing, Min Ling, Lydia Terborg, Hui Zhao, Fen Qiu, Jeffrey J Urban, Robert Kostecki, Gao Liu, and Wei Tong."Facile Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Si-Sn-C Nanocomposites for High-Energy Li-Ion Batteries."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 164.7 (2017) A1378 - A1383. DOI

2015

Vogl, Ulrike S, Simon F Lux, Prodip K Das, Adam Z Weber, Tobias Placke, Robert Kostecki, and Martin Winter."The Mechanism of SEI Formation on Single Crystal Si(100), Si(110) and Si(111) Electrodes."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 162.12 (2015) A2281 - A2288. DOI

Cheng, Lei, Cheng Hao Wu, Angelique Jarry, Wei Chen, Yifan Ye, Junfa Zhu, Robert Kostecki, Kristin A Persson, Jinghua Guo, Miquel Salmeron, Guoying Chen, and Marca M Doeff."Interrelationships among Grain Size, Surface Composition, Air Stability, and Interfacial Resistance of Al-Substituted LiLa...."ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7.32 (2015) 17649 - 17655. DOI

Ayache, Maurice, Simon F Lux, and Robert Kostecki."IR Near-Field Study of the Solid Electrolyte Interphase on a Tin Electrode."The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6 (2015) 1126-1129. DOI

Wong, Dominica H. C, Alessandra Vitale, Didier H Devaux, Austria Taylor, Ashish A Pandya, Daniel T Hallinan, Jacob L Thelen, Sue J Mecham, Simon F Lux, Alexander M Lapides, Paul R Resnick, Thomas J Meyer, Robert Kostecki, Nitash P Balsara, and Joseph M DeSimone."Phase Behavior and Electrochemical Characterization of Blends of Perfluoropolyether, Poly (ethylene glycol), and a Lithium Salt."Chemistry of Materials 27 (2015) 597-603. DOI

Vogl, Ulrike S, Simon F Lux, Ethan J Crumlin, Zhi Liu, Lydia Terborg, Martin Winter, and Robert Kostecki."The Mechanism of SEI Formation on a Single Crystal Si(100) Electrode."Journal of The Electrochemical Society 162.4 (2015) A603-A607. DOI

2014

Lux, Simon F, Elad Pollak, Ulrike Boesenberg, Thomas J Richardson, and Robert Kostecki."Electrochemical reactivity of pyrolytic carbon film electrodes in organic carbonate electrolytes."Electrochemistry Communications (2014). DOI

Cheng, Lei, Ethan J Crumlin, Chen Wei, Ruimin Qiao, Hou Huaming, Simon F Lux, Vassilia Zorba, Richard E Russo, Robert Kostecki, Zhi Liu, Kristin A Persson, Wanli Yang, Jordi Cabana, Thomas J Richardson, Guoying Chen, and Marca M Doeff."The origin of high electrolyte–electrode interfacial resistances in lithium cells containing garnet type solid electrolytes."Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 16.34 (2014) 18294-18300. DOI

Vogl, Ulrike S, Prodip K Das, Adam Z Weber, Martin Winter, Robert Kostecki, and Simon F Lux."The mechanism of interactions between CMC binder and Si single crystal facets."Langmuir (2014). DOI

Qiao, Ruimin, Ivan T Lucas, Altaf Karim, Jaroslaw S Syzdek, Xiaosong Liu, Wei Chen, Kristin A Persson, Robert Kostecki, and Wanli Yang."Distinct Solid-Electrolyte-Interphases on Sn (100) and (001) Electrodes Studied by Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy."Advanced Materials Interfaces (2014). DOI

Syzdek, Jaroslaw S, Marek Marcinek, and Robert Kostecki."Electrochemical activity of carbon blacks in LiPF_6-based organic electrolytes."Journal of Power Sources 245 (2014) 739-744. DOI

Pascal, Tod A, Ulrike Boesenberg, Robert Kostecki, Thomas J Richardson, Tsu-Chien Weng, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Dennis Nordlund, Eamon McDermott, Alexander Moewes, Jordi Cabana, and David G Prendergast."Finite temperature effects on the X-ray absorption spectra of lithium compounds: First-principles interpretation of X-ray Raman measurements."The Journal of Chemical Physics 140.3 (2014). DOI

Imholt, Laura, Simon F Lux, Hinrich W Meyer, Martin Winter, and Robert Kostecki."The Effect of Linear Carbonates on HF Formation in LiPF₆-based Electrolytes."ECS Transactions 58.15 (2014) 1-5. DOI

2013

Lux, Simon F, Julie S Chevalier, Ivan T Lucas, and Robert Kostecki."HF Formation in LiPF₆-Based Organic Carbonate Electrolytes."ECS Electrochemistry Letters 2.12 (2013) A121-A123. DOI

Norberg, Nick S, Simon F Lux, and Robert Kostecki."Interfacial side-reactions at a LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ electrode in organic carbonate-based electrolytes."Electrochemistry Communications 34 (2013) 29-32. DOI

Amrose, Susan, Ashok J Gadgil, Venkat Srinivasan, Kristin Kowolik, Marc F Müller, Jessica Huang, and Robert Kostecki."Arsenic Removal from Groundwater Using Iron Electrocoagulation: Effect of Charge Dosage Rate."Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering 48.9 (2013) 1019-1030. DOI

Kim, Chunjoong, Nick S Norberg, Caleb T Alexander, Robert Kostecki, and Jordi Cabana."Mechanism of Phase Propagation During Lithiation in Carbon-Free Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ Battery Electrodes."Advanced Functional Materials 23.9 (2013) 1214-1222. DOI

Boesenberg, Ulrike, Florian Meirer, Yijin Liu, Alpesh K Shukla, Rossana Dell’Anna, Tolek Tyliszczak, Guoying Chen, Joy C Andrews, Thomas J Richardson, Robert Kostecki, and Jordi Cabana."Mesoscale phase distribution in single particles of LiFePO₄ following lithium deintercalation."Chemistry of Materials 25.9 (2013) 1664-1672. DOI

Lux, Simon F, Ivan T Lucas, Julie S Chevalier, Thomas J Richardson, and Robert Kostecki."Time-Dependent Determination of HF Formation in LiPF₆-Containing Electrolytes in Different Cell Types by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry."ECS Transactions 50.1 (2013) 27-30. DOI

Syzdek, Jaroslaw S, Vassilia Zorba, Xianglei Mao, Richard E Russo, and Robert Kostecki."Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy of Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces."ECS Transactions 50.1 (2013) 39-48. DOI

2012

Zhang, Liang, Elad Pollak, Wei-Cheng Wang, Peng Jiang, Per-Anders Glans, Yuegang Zhang, Jordi Cabana, Robert Kostecki, Chinglin Chang, Miquel Salmeron, Junfa Zhu, and Jinghua Guo."Electronic structure study of ordering and interfacial interaction in graphene/Cu composites."Carbon 50.14 (2012) 5316-5322. DOI