Light-Driven Ammonia Recovery using a pH Swing Induced by a Photobase. F.V. Owhoso, M. Beall, S. Singh, I.M. Abdullahi, M. Nippe, and D.G. Kwabi. in review.

Sulfonated Benzo[c]cinnolines for Alkaline Redox-Flow Batteries. S. Singh, J.L. Tami, C. Gruich, B. Nguyen, J. Smith, B. Goldsmith, A.J. McNeil and D.G. Kwabi. in review.

High Capacity Redox-Flow Batteries with High Density Suspensions of Spiky Nanostructured Particles. F.V. Owhoso, H.J. Jung, H. Joo, B. Wang, E. Nikolla, N.A. Kotov and D.G. Kwabi. ACS Nano, 2025. PDF.

Stress Corrosion Cracking of NaSICON Membranes in Aqueous Electrolytes for Redox-Flow Batteries. Mengyao Zhang, Flora Tseng, D. G. Kwabi, Jeff Sakamoto, Neil Dasgupta and Michael Thouless. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2025. PDF.

NaSICON prepared by a Solution-Assisted Reaction Shows Enhanced Stability for High-Voltage Aqueous Redox-Flow Batteries. I. Abdullahi, K-T. Tseng, S. Modak, Z. Ismail, J. Sakamoto and D.G. Kwabi. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2024. PDF.

Towards Immobilized Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Agents for Electrochemical Carbon Capture from Air and Seawater. F. Ali, D. Bilger, E. Patamia, T. Andrew and D.G. Kwabi. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2024. PDF.

Enabling Light-Driven CO2 Removal from Seawater using Metastable Photoacids. P. Saha, J. Meeder, S. Singh, S. Ramesh, M. Nippe and D.G. Kwabi. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024. PDF.

Substituent Impact on Quinoxaline Performance and Degradation in Redox Flow Batteries. S. Modak, D. Pert, J.L. Tami, W. Shen, X. Huan, A.J. McNeil, B. Goldsmith, and D.G. Kwabi. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024. PDF.

Assessing Performance Limits of Electrochemical CO2 Separation using Exergy Loss Analysis and Zero-Dimensional Modeling. F. Ali, S. Modak and D.G. Kwabi. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023. PDF.

Understanding Capacity Fade in Organic Redox-Flow Batteries by Combining Spectroscopy with Statistical Inference Techniques. S. Modak, W. Shen, S. Singh, D. Herrera, F. Oudeif, B. Goldsmith, X. Huan and D.G. Kwabi. Nature Communications, 2023. PDF. 

Effect of Covalent Modification on Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer at Quinone-Functionalized Carbon Electrodes. F.V. Owhoso, S. Modak, P. Saha and D.G. Kwabi. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2023 - PDF

Correlating Stability and Performance of NaSICON Membranes for Aqueous Redox-Flow Batteries. S. Modak, J. Valle, J. Sakamoto and D.G. Kwabi. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022. PDF.

A Zero-Dimensional Model for Electrochemical Behavior and Capacity Retention in Organic Flow Cells. S. Modak and D.G. Kwabi. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 168 (8), 2021. PDF.

Molecular Engineering Expands the Chemical Possibilities for Organic Flow Batteries. D.G. Kwabi. Joule, 2021. PDF

pH swing cycle for CO2 Capture Electrochemically Driven through Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. S. Jin, M. Wu, R.G. Gordon, M. J. Aziz and D.G. Kwabi. Energy & Environmental Science, 2020. PDF

Electrolyte Lifetime in Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries: A Critical Review. D.G. Kwabi, Y. Ji and M.J. Aziz. Chemical Reviews, 2020. PDF

pH Swing Cycle for CO2 Capture Electrochemically Driven through Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. D.G. Kwabi and M.J. Aziz. 2019. PDF on ChemRxiv

A Water-Miscible Quinone Flow Battery with High Volumetric Capacity and Energy Density. S. Jin, Y. Jing, D.G. Kwabi, Y. Ji, D. De Porcellinis, M-A. Goulet, D.A. Pollack, R.G. Gordon and M.J. Aziz. ACS Energy Letters, 4, 1342-1348, 2019. PDF

Phosphonate-Functionalized Quinone Redox Flow Battery at Near-Neutral pH with Record Capacity Retention Rate. Y. Ji, M-A. Goulet, D.A. Pollack, D.G. Kwabi, S. Jin, D.D. Porcellinis, E.F. Kerr, R.G. Gordon and M.J. Aziz. Advanced Energy Materials, 2019. PDF

Organic Redox Mediators Enable High-Power Fuel Cells. D.G. Kwabi. Chem, 2018. PDF

Alkaline Quinone Flow Battery with Long Lifetime at pH 12. D.G. Kwabi, K. Lin, Y. Ji, E.F. Kerr, M-A. Goulet, D.D. Porcellinis, D.P. Tabor, D.A. Pollack, A. Aspuru-Guzik, R.G. Gordon and M.J. Aziz. Joule, 2018. PDF

Rational Evaluation and Cycle Life Improvement of Quinone-Based Aqueous Flow Batteries Guided by In-Line Optical Spectrophotometry. D.G. Kwabi, A.A. Wong and M.J. Aziz. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 165(9), A1770-A1776, 2018. PDF

The Role of Iodide in the Formation of Lithium Hydroxide in Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. M. Tulodziecki, G.M. Leverick, C.V. Amanchukwu, Y. Katayam, D.G. Kwabi, F. Barde, P.T. Hammond and Y. Shao-Horn. Energy and Environmental Science, 2017. PDF

Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Highly Concentrated Electrolyte Solutions of Lithium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide/Dimethyl Sulfoxide. R. Tatara, D.G. Kwabi, T.P. Batcho, M. Tulodziecki, K. Watanabe, H-M. Kwon, M.L. Thomas, K. Ueno, C.V. Thompson, K. Dokko, Y. Shao-Horn and M. Watanabe, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121 (17), 2017. PDF

Mechanism of Oxygen Reduction in Aprotic Li-Air Batteries: The Role of Carbon Electrode Surface Structure. A. Belova, D.G. Kwabi, L. Yashina, Y. Shao-Horn and D.M. Itkis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017. PDF

Insights into Electrochemical Oxidation of of NaO2 in Na-O2 Batteries via Rotating Ring Disk and Spectroscopic Measurements. R. Morasch, D.G. Kwabi, M. Tulodziecki, M. Risch, S. Zhang and Y. Shao-Horn. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2016. PDF

Revealing instability and irreversibility in nonaqueous sodium-O2 battery chemistry. S.Y. Sayed, K.P.C. Yao, D.G. Kwabi, T.P. Batcho, C.V. Amanchukwu, S. Feng, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn. Chem. Commun. 52, 9691-9694, 2016. PDF

Probing the Electrode-Electrolyte Interface in Cycled LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Composite Cathodes by XPS using Mg and synchrotron X-rays. A.N. Mansour, D.G. Kwabi, R.A. Quinlan, Y-C. Lu and Y. Shao-Horn. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 163, A2911-A2918, 2016. PDF

The Effect of Water on Discharge Product Nucleation and Growth in Li-O2 Batteries. D.G. Kwabi, T.P. Batcho, S. Feng, L. Giordano, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 24944-24953, 2016. PDF

Controlling Solution-Mediated Reaction Mechanisms of Oxygen Reduction using Potential and Solvent for Aprotic Li-O2 Batteries. D.G. Kwabi, M. Tulodziecki, Nir Pour, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016. PDF

Experimental and Computational Analysis of the Solvent Dependent O2/Li+-O2- Redox Couple: Standard Potentials, Coupling Strength and Implications for Lithium-Oxygen Batteries. D.G. Kwabi, V.S. Bryantsev, T.P. Batcho, D. Itkis, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016. PDF

XPS Investigation of the Electrolyte Induced Stabilization of LiCoO2 and “AlPO4”-Coated LiCoO2 Composite Electrodes. R.A. Quinlan, Y-C. Lu, D.G. Kwabi, Y. Shao-Horn and A.N. Mansour, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2016. PDF

Raman Spectroscopy in Lithium-Oxygen Battery Systems. F. Gittelson, K.P.C. Yao, D.G. Kwabi, S.Y. Sayed, W-H. Ryu, Y. Shao-Horn and A.D. Taylor, ChemElectroChem, 2015. PDF

Rate-Dependent Nucleation and Growth of NaO2 in Na-O2 Batteries. N.O-Vitoriano, T.P. Batcho, D.G. Kwabi, B. Han, N. Pour, K.P.C. Yao, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 6, 2015. PDF

Influence of Edge- and Basal-Plane Sites on the Vanadium Redox Kinetics for Flow Batteries. N. Pour, D.G. Kwabi, T. Carney, R.M. Darling, M.L. Perry and Y. Shao-Horn, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 119, 5311 - 5318, 2015. PDF

Chemical Instability of Dimethyl Sulfoxide in Lithium–Air Batteries. D.G. Kwabi, T. P. Batcho, C. V. Amanchukwu, N. O.-Vitoriano, P. Hammond, C.V. Thompson, and Y. Shao-Horn, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2850–2856, 2014. PDF

Materials Challenges in Rechargeable Lithium-Air Batteries. D.G. Kwabi, N. O.-Vitoriano, S.A. Freunberger, Y. Chen, N. Imanishi, P.G. Bruce, and Y. Shao-Horn, MRS Bulletin, 39, 443–452, 2014. PDF

The Influence of Transition Metal Oxides on the Kinetics of Li2O2 Oxidation in Li-O2 Batteries: High Activity of Chromium Oxides.  K.P.C. Yao, Y-C. Lu, C.V. Amanchukwu, D.G. Kwabi, M. Risch, J. Zhou, A. Grimaud, P.T. Hammond, F. Bardé  and Y. Shao-Horn, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16, 2297 - 2304, 2014. PDF

Influence of Li2O2 Morphology on Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Kinetics in Li-O2 Batteries. B.M. Gallant, D.G. Kwabi, R.R. Mitchell, J. Zhou, C. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn, Energy and Environmental Science, 6,, 2518-2528, 2013. PDF

Lithium-oxygen Batteries: Bridging Mechanistic Understanding and Battery Performance. Y-C. Lu, B.M. Gallant, D.G. Kwabi, J.R. Harding, R.R. Mitchell, M.S. Whittingham, and Y. Shao-Horn, Energy and Environmental Science, 6, 750, 2013. PDF

Thermal Stability of Li2O2 and Li2O for Li-Air Batteries: In Situ XRD and XPS Studies. K.P.C. Yao, D.G. Kwabi, R.A. Quinlan, A.N. Mansour, A. Grimaud, Y-L. Lee, Y.-C. Lu and Y. Shao-Horn, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 160, A824-A831, 2013. PDF

Adhesion in flexible organic and hybrid organic/inorganic light emitting device and solar cells. D. Yu, O. K. Oyewole, D. Kwabi, T. Tong, V.C. Anye, J. Asare, E. Rwenyagila, A. Fashina, O. Akogwu, J. Du and W.O. Soboyejo, Journal of Applied Physics, 116, 074506, 2014. PDF

Chemical and Morphological Changes of Li-O2 Battery Electrodes upon Cycling. B.M. Gallant, R.R. Mitchell, D.G. Kwabi, J. Zhou, L. Zuin, C.V. Thompson and Y. Shao-Horn, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116, 20800-20805, 2012. PDF

The discharge rate capability of rechargeable Li-O2 batteries. Y-C. Lu, D. G. Kwabi, K. P.C. Yao, J. R. Harding, J. Zhou, L. Zuin and Y. Shao-Horn, Energy and Environmental Science, 4 (8), 2999, 2011. PDF

Adhesion and cyclic stretching of Au thin film on poly(dimethyl-siloxane) for stretchable electronics. O. Akogwu, D. Kwabi, A. Munhutu, T. Tong and W.O. Soboyejo, Journal of Applied Physics, 108(12), 2010. PDF

Large strain deformation and cracking of nano-scale gold films on PDMS substrate. O. Akogwu, D. Kwabi, S. Midturi, M. Eleruja, B. Babatope, and W.O. Soboyejo, Materials Science and Engineering B, 170(1-3), 2010. PDF