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43. L. Gates; N. Sa*; A New Family of High Voltage Ionic Liquid Electrolytes for Rechargeable Aluminum-ion Batteries (submitted 2026)

 

42. S. Cora.; M. Ge.; H. Liu, V. Briselli; N. Sa*; Ca-Metal Batteries and Sn Anode Alloying: Resolving Misconceptions in Ca–Sn Alloy Formation (submitted 2026)

 

41. Ibrahim, N.; Elkhodary, M. ; Elnemr, A.; Zaima, M.; Zahran, H.; Yahia, I.; Sa, N.; Sheha, E.* A Chlorine-Free Magnesium Triflate Electrolyte for Stable High-Performance Magnesium–Sulfur Batteries (submitted 2026)

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40. Asselin, G.; Yang, Z.; Gates, L.; Sa, N.*; A Dive into the Electrodeposition Kinetics and Mechanisms in Nonaqueous Magnesium Electrolytes, J. Electrochem. Soc., 172, 110509, 2025. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ae1762 

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39. Yang, Z.; Antona, N.; Boettcher, S.; Sa, N.*; Ion Dynamics and Polarizations in Simulated Nanopore under Alternating Current Controls, ACS Electrochem., 1, 12, 2700–2708, 2025. DOI:org/10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00284

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38. Patent: A New Discovery for Trivalent Battery System, 2025, (pending)

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​​37. Yang, Z.; Cora, S.; Briselli, V.; Sa, N.*; Electrochemical Coinsertion of Magnesium and Lithium Ions with Silicon Anode: An Integrated Experiment and Finite Element Simulation Approach, ACS Appl. Energy. Mater., 8, 18,13797, 2025  

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36. Asselin, G.; Yang, W.; Gates, L.; Wang, W.; Bao, J*.; Xu, W.; Sa, N.*; Bridging Atomic Solvation Environment with Electrochemical Properties for the Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-Based Divalent Cation Electrolytes for the Next-Generation Energy Storage Systems, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 17, 9,13916, 2025  

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35. Invited Book Chapter: Divalent Metal-Ion Batteries as Alternatives to Li-ion Based Energy Storage, 2024, Chemistry, Molecular Sciences and Chemical Engineering, 2024

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34. Cora, S.; Yang, Z.; Vaughey, J.; Sa, N.*; Binary Cation Matrix Electrolyte and its Effect on SEI Suppression and Evolution of Si Anode, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 16, 39277, 2024 (Highlighted as Cover Story!) 

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33. Sheha, E.*; Fan, S.; Farrag, M.; El-Dok E.; Moselhy, M.; Sulatt, D.; Sa, N.*; Life Aging Effect as a Conditioning Process that Regulates the Performance of the Halogen-free Mg Electrolyte, Langmuir, 39(46), 16637, 2023 

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32. Cora, S.; Key, B.; Vaughey, J.; Sa, N.*; Electrolyte Role in SEI Evolution at Si in the Pre-lithiation Stage versus the Post-lithiation Stage, J. Electrochem. Soc., 170, 020507, 2023 

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31. Fan, S.; Cora, S.; Sa, N.*; Evolution of the Dynamic Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Mg Electrolytes for Rechargeable Mg ion Batteries, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 14, 41, 46635–46645, 2022

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30. Sheha, E.*; Farrage, M.; Fan, S.; Kamar, E.M.; Sa, N.*; A Simple Cl- free Electrolyte Based Magnesium Nitrate for Mg-sulfer Battery Applications, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 5(2) 2260-2269, 2022

 

29. Li, X.; Gilbert, S.; Cora, S.; Sa, N.; Vaughey, J., Key., B.; Investigating Ternary Li–Mg–Si Zintl Phase Formation and Evolution for Si Anodes in Li-Ion Batteries with Mg(TFSI)2 Electrolyte Additive, Chem. Mater., 33, 13, 4960-4970, 2021

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28. Asselin, G.‡; Paden, O.†; Qiu, W.†; Yang, Z.‡; Sa, N.*; A Systematic Electrochemical Investigation of a Dimethylamine Cosolvent-assisted Nonaqueous Zinc(II) bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide Electrolyte, J. Electrochem. Soc.,168, 030516, 2021

(† stands for equally contributed authors)

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27. Cora, S.; Ahmad, S.; Sa, N.*; In-situ Probing of Mass Exchange at the Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Aqueous and Non-aqueous Zn Electrolytes with EQCM-D, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 8, 10131-10140, 2021

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26. Fan, S.; Asselin, G.; Pan, B.; Wang, H.; Ren, Y.; Vaughey, J.; Sa, N.*; A Simple Halogen-Free Magnesium Electrolyte Design for Reversible Magnesium Deposition through Cosolvent Assistance. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 12(9), 10252-10260, 2020 (Editor’s Choice and Highlighted as the Cover Story).

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25. Sa, N.*; Mukherjee, A.; Han, B.; Ren, Y.; Klie, R., Key, B.; Vaughey, J.*; Direct Observation of MgO formation at cathode Electrolyte Interface of a Spinel MgCo2O4 Cathode Upon Electrochemical Mg Removal and Insertion. J. Power. Sources, 424, 68-75, 2019

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24. Wustrow, A.; Key, B.; Phillips, P.; Sa, N.; Lipton, A.; Klie, R.; Vaughey, J.; Poeppelmeier, K.; Synthesis and Characterization of MgCr2S4 Thiospinel as a Potential Magnesium Cathode. Inorg. Chem., 57(14), 8634-8638, 2018

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Prior to UMass:

23. Mukherjee, A.; Sa, N.; Phillips P.; Burrell A.; Vaughey J.; Klie, R., Direct Investigation of Mg Intercalation into orthorhombic V2O5 cathode using atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy. Chem. Mater. 2017, 29(5), 2218-2226

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22. Wang, H.; Sa, N.; He, M.; Nazar, L.; Balasubramanian, M.; Gallagher, K.; Key, B., In Situ NMR Observation of the Temporal Specification of Lithium Sulfur Batteries During Electrochemical Cycling,  J. Chem. Phys. C, 2017, 121(11), 6011-6017

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21. Sa, N.; Rajput, N.; Wang, H.; Baris, K.; Persson, K.; Burrell, A.; Vaughey, J.,  A Concentration Dependent Study of a Conventional Magnesium bis(trifluoromethane sulfonyl)imide Diglyme Electrolyte, RSC. Advances, 2016, 6, 113663-113670

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20. Sa, N.; Pan, B.; Saha, A.; Hubaud, A.; Vaughey, J.; Baker, L.; Burrell, A., Role of Chloride for a Simple, Non-Grignard Mg Electrolyte in Ether Based Solvents. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2016, 8(25), 16002-16008

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19. Pan, B.; Huang, J.; Sa, N.; Brombosz, S.; Vaughey, J.; Zhang, L.; Burrell, A.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C., MgCl2-the one to rule all chloride containing electrolytes for rechargeable magnesium-ion batteries, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2016, 163(8), A1672-A1677

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18. Mukherjee, A.; Sa, N.; Phillips P.; Burrell A.; Vaughey J.; Klie, R., Aberration corrected STEM and High Resolution EELS study Investigating Magnesium Intercalation in Vanadium Pentoxide Cathode, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2016, 22(S3), 1318-1319

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17. Sa, N.; Kinnibrugh, T.; Wang, H,; Gautam, G.; Chapman, K.;  Vaughey, J.; Key, B.; Fister, T.; Freeland, J.; Proffit, D.; Chupas, P.; Ceder, G.; Burrell, A., Structural Evolution of Reversible Mg Insertion into a Bilayer Structure of V2O5·nH2O Xerogel Material. Chem. Mater, 2016, 28(9), 2962-2969

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16. Sa, N.; Wang, H,; Proffit, D.; Lipson, A.; Key, B.; Liu, M.; Feng, Z.; Fister, T.; Ren, Y.; Sun, C.; Vaughey, J.; Fenter, P; Persson, K.; Burrell, A., Is Alpha-V2O5 a Cathode Material for Mg Insertion Batteries? J. Power. Sources, 2016, 323, 44-50

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15. Pan, B.; Feng, Z.; Sa, N.; Han, S.; Ma, Q.; Fenter, P.; Vaughey,  J.; Zhang, Z.; Liao, C., Advanced Hybrid Batteries with Magnesium Metal Anode and Spinel LiMn2O4 Cathode, Chem. Comm., 2016, 52, 9961-9964

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14. Lipson, A.; Han S.; Kim S.; Pan, B.; Sa, N.; Chen, L.; Fister, T.; Burrell, A.; Vaughey, J.; Ingram, B., Nickel Hexacyanoferrate, a Versatile Intercalation Host for Divalent Ions from Nonaqueous Electrolytes.  J. Power. Sources, 2016, 325, 646-652    

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13. Rajput, N.; Qu, X.; Sa, N.; Burrell, A.; Persson, K., The Coupling between Stability and Ion Pair Formation in Magnesium Electrolytes from First-Principles Quantum Mechanics and Classical Molecular Dynamics, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137(9), 3411-3420

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12. Liao, C.; Sa, N.; Burrell, A.; Vaughey, J. T. Key, B., The Unexpected Discovery of the Mg(HMDS)2/MgCl2 Complex as a Magnesium Electrolyte for Rechargeable Magnesium Batteries, J. Mater. Chem. A., 2015, 3, 6082-6087

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11. Feng, Z.; Chen, X.; Qiao, L.; Lipson, A.; Sa, N.; Burrell, A.; Cabana, J.; Fenter, P., Crystallographic Phase Control of Non-Aqueous Mg Intercalation in MgMn2O4 Spinels, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7(51), 28438-28443

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10. Shi, W.; Sa, N.; Thaker, R.; Baker, L.A., Nanopipette Delivery: Influence of surface charge. Analyst, 2015, 140, 4835-4842

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9. Sa, N.; Lan, W.; Shi, W.; Baker, L.A., Rectification of Ion Current in Nanopipettes by External Substrates. ACSnano, 2013, 7(12), 11272-11282

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8. Sa, N.; Baker, L.A., Experiment and Simulation of Ion Transport through Nanopipettes of Well-defined Conical Geometries. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2013, 160(6), H376-H381

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7. Yuill, B.; Sa, N.; Ray, S.; Baker, L.A., Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry from Nanopipette Emitters. Anal. Chem. 2013, 85(18), 8498-8502

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6. Sa, N.; Baker, L.A., Rectification of Nanopores at Surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 10398-10401

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5. Powell, M.; Sa, N.; Davenport, M.; Healy, K.; Vlassiouk, I.; Letant, S.; Baker, L. A.; Siwy, Z., Noise Properties of Rectifying Nanopores. J. Phys. Chem. C. 2011, 115, 8775-8783

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4. Sa, N.; Fu, Y.; Baker, L. A., Reversible Cobalt Ion Binding to Imidazole-Modified Nanopipettes. Anal. Chem. 2010, 82(24), 9963-9966

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3. Sa, N.; Wang, G.; Yin, B.; Huang, Y., Theoretical Study on Non-covalent Functionalization of Armchair Carbon Nanotube by Tetrathiafulvalene Molecule. Physica E. 2008, 40, 2396-2399

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2. Yin, B.; Wang, G.; Sa, N.; Huang, Y.; Bonding Analysis and Stability on Alternant B16N16 Cage and Its Dimmers. J. Mol. Model. 2008, 14, 789-795

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1. Li, Y.; Ma, P.; Zhou, L.; Yi, L.; Sa, N., Rapid Determination of Chemical Oxygen Demand by Sulfuric-acid Digestion and Visible Spectrometry. J. Gansu Sci. 2004, 16, 039-046