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Yang Shao-Horn

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Research Interests:
Electrochemical energy conversion and storage technologies, Catalysis, electrocatalysis, ehotoelectrocatalysis
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Related publications

The Future of Energy Storage

May 2022

Activating lattice oxygen redox reactions in metal oxides to catalyse oxygen evolution

January 2017

Electrocatalytic Activity Studies of Select Metal Surfaces and Implications in Li-Air Batteries

July 2010

Research

The Future of Energy Storage

Better catalysts for energy storage devices

Providing a new understanding of catalysts

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