1. Junxiong Wang#, Haocheng Ji#, Junfeng Li#, Zheng Liang*, Wen Chen, Yanfei Zhu, Guanjun Ji, Ruyu Shi, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Direct recycling of spent cathode material at ambient conditions via spontaneous lithiation, Nature Sustainability, 2024, 7(10), 1283-1293.
2. Junxiong Wang#, Kai Jia#, Jun Ma#, Zheng Liang*, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Yun Zhao, Baohua Li, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Sustainable upcycling of spent LiCoO2 to an ultra-stable battery cathode at high voltage, Nature Sustainability, 2023, 6(7), 797-805.
3. Haocheng Ji#, Junxiong Wang#, Xiao Qiu, Hengyu Ren, Haoyu Xue, Hao Zhang, Guanjun Ji, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Guangmin Zhou*, A universal protocol for ultrafast direct regeneration and upcycling of spent lithium-ion battery cathode materials, Nature Protocols, 2025, 1-35.
4. Junxiong Wang#, Jun Ma#, Zhaofeng Zhuang#, Zheng Liang*, Kai Jia, Guanjun Ji, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Toward direct regeneration of spent lithium-ion batteries: a next-generation recycling method, Chemical Reviews, 2024, 124(5), 2839-2887.
5. Junxiong Wang#, Qi Zhang#, Jinzhi Sheng#, Zheng Liang*, Jun Ma, Yuanmao Chen, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Direct and green repairing of degraded LiCoO2 for reuse in lithium-ion batteries, National Science Review, 2022, 9(8), nwac097.
6. Junxiong Wang#, Guanjun Ji#, Haocheng Ji#, Song Liu, Junfeng Li, Yanfei Zhu, Nengzhan Zheng, Zheng Liang*, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Flexible direct regeneration of heterogeneous cathode materials of spent lithium-ion batteries at industrial scale, National Science Review, 2026, accepted.
7. Junxiong Wang#, Jun Ma#, Kai Jia#, Zheng Liang*, Guanjun Ji, Yun Zhao, Baohua Li, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Efficient extraction of lithium from anode for direct regeneration of cathode materials of spent Li-ion batteries, ACS Energy Letters, 2022, 7(8), 2816-2824.
8. Junxiong Wang, Zheng Liang*, Yun Zhao, Jinzhi Sheng, Jun Ma, Kai Jia, Baohua Li, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Direct conversion of degraded LiCoO2 cathode materials into high-performance LiCoO2: a closed-loop green recycling strategy for spent lithium-ion batteries, Energy Storage Materials, 2022, 45, 768-776.
9. Guanjun Ji#, Haocheng Ji#, Junxiong Wang*, Junfeng Li, Nengzhan Zheng, Jiaxiang Zhao, Yanfei Zhu, Song Liu, Jie Tang, Guangmin Zhou*, Zheng Liang*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Solid-solution phase engineering enables ultrahigh-rate LiFePO4 regeneration from spent batteries, Joule, 2026, accepted.
10. Guanjun Ji#, Di Tang#, Junxiong Wang*, Zheng Liang, Haocheng Ji, Jun Ma, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Song Liu, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Sustainable upcycling of mixed spent cathodes to a high-voltage polyanionic cathode material, Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1), 4086.
11. Jun Ma, Junxiong Wang*, Kai Jia, Zheng Liang, Guanjun Ji, Haocheng Ji, Yanfei Zhu, Wen Chen, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Guangmin Zhou*, Subtractive transformation of cathode materials in spent Li-ion batteries to a low-cobalt 5 V-class cathode material, Nature Communications, 2024, 15(1), 1046.
12. Guanjun Ji#, Junxiong Wang#, Zheng Liang*, Kai Jia, Jun Ma, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Direct regeneration of degraded lithium-ion battery cathodes with a multifunctional organic lithium salt, Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1), 584.
13. Jun Ma#, Junxiong Wang#, Kai Jia#, Zheng Liang*, Guanjun Ji, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Adaptable eutectic salt for the direct recycling of highly degraded layer cathodes, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022, 144(44), 20306-20314.
14. Kai Jia#, Junxiong Wang#, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Zhihong Piao, Mengtian Zhang, Zheng Liang*, Guanjun Ji, Jun Ma, Haocheng Ji, Wenjiao Yao, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Topotactic transformation of surface structure enabling direct regeneration of spent lithium-ion battery cathodes, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145(13), 7288-7300.
15. Nengzhan Zheng#, Haocheng Ji#, Junxiong Wang#, Mengtian Zhang, Linlin Wei, Ruyu Shi, Kai Jia, Xinru Wu, Xiao Xiao, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Bo Li*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Guangmin Zhou*, Surface Catalytic Repair for the Efficient Regeneration of Spent Layered Oxide Cathodes, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146(40), 27819-27829.
16. Kai Jia#, Jun Ma#, Junxiong Wang#, Zheng Liang*, Guanjun Ji, Zhihong Piao, Runhua Gao, Yanfei Zhu, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui‐Ming Cheng*, Long‐Life Regenerated LiFePO4 from Spent Cathode by Elevating the d‐Band Center of Fe, Advanced Materials, 2023, 35(5), 2208034.
17. Zhaofeng Zhuang#, Junxiong Wang#, Kai Jia, Guanjun Ji, Jun Ma, Zhiyuan Han, Zhihong Piao, Runhua Gao, Haocheng Ji, Xiongwei Zhong, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui‐Ming Cheng*, Ultrahigh‐Voltage LiCoO2 at 4.7 V by Interface Stabilization and Band Structure Modification, Advanced Materials, 2023, 35(22), 2212059.
18. Di Tang#, Guanjun Ji#, Junxiong Wang*, Zheng Liang, Wen Chen, Haocheng Ji, Jun Ma, Song Liu, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Guangmin Zhou*, A Multifunctional Amino Acid Enables Direct Recycling of Spent LiFePO4 Cathode Material, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(5), 2309722.
19. Xiaoxue Wu, Yuhang Liu, Junxiong Wang*, Yihong Tan, Zheng Liang*, Guangmin Zhou*, Toward Circular Energy: Exploring Direct Regeneration for Lithium‐Ion Battery Sustainability, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(32), 2403818.
20. Zhaofeng Zhuang#, Junfeng Li#, Haocheng Ji#, Zhihong Piao, Xinru Wu, Guanjun Ji, Song Liu, Jun Ma, Di Tang, Nengzhan Zheng, Junxiong Wang*, Guangmin Zhou*, Fast Li replenishment channels‐assisted recycling of degraded layered cathodes with enhanced cycling performance and thermal stability, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(23), 2313144.
21. Ruyu Shi#, Nengzhan Zheng#, Haocheng Ji#, Mengtian Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Jun Ma, Wen Chen, Junxiong Wang*, Hui‐Ming Cheng*, Guangmin Zhou*, Homogeneous repair of highly degraded Ni‐rich cathode material with spent lithium anode, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(13), 2311553.
22. Haocheng Ji#, Junxiong Wang#, Haotian Qu, Junfeng Li, Wenhai Ji, Xiao Qiu, Yanfei Zhu, Hengyu Ren, Ruyu Shi, Guanjun Ji, Wenguang Zhao, Guangmin Zhou*, Closed‐Loop Direct Upcycling of Spent Ni‐Rich Layered Cathodes into High‐Voltage Cathode Materials, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(36), 2407029.
23. Hao Zhang#, Haocheng Ji#, Haotian Qu, Guanjun Ji, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Junxiong Wang*, Guangmin Zhou*, Multifunctional Spinel Structure for Efficient Direct Recycling of Spent Layered Cathodes into Fast‐Charging Materials, Advanced Materials, 2025, 2420467.
24. Junfeng Li#, Ruyu Shi#, Junxiong Wang#, Yang Cao, Haocheng Ji, Jie Tang, Guanjun Ji, Wen Chen, Mengtian Zhang, Xiao Xiao, Guangmin Zhou*, Interfacial Metal‐Solvent Chelation for Direct Regeneration of LiFePO4 Cathode Black Mass, Advanced Materials, 2025, 2414235.
25. Kai Jia#, Junxiong Wang#, Jun Ma#, Zheng Liang*, Zhaofeng Zhuang, Guanjun Ji, Runhua Gao, Zhihong Piao, Chuang Li, Guangmin Zhou*, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Suppressed Lattice Oxygen Release via Ni/Mn Doping from Spent LiNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 toward High-Energy Layered-Oxide Cathodes, Nano letters, 2022, 22(20), 8372-8380.
26. Zhiyong Wang, Shusheng Wan, Yuanmao Chen, Juntao Ren, Lin Liu, Panpan Yuan, Qiong Luo, Peng Deng, Zheng Liang, Xinyang Yue*, Junxiong Wang*, In situ integration of bimetallic NiFe Prussian blue analogs on carbon cloth for the oxygen evolution reaction, Chemical Communications, 2025, 61(24), 4686-4689.