Publications

In addition to the peer-reviewed articles and proceedings below, you can find Professor Tang’s educational materials at her Engineering Unleashed profile.

2025

52. Baburoglu, Emre, Maureen H. Tang, and Nicolas J. Alvarez. “Microscale Electrical Resistivity Measurements to Investigate Particle Distribution.” Langmuir (2025) in press

51. Tang, Maureen, and Nicolas Alvarez. “Visualizing Bulk Flow in Mass Transfer with Dissolving Candy.” Chemical Engineering Education (2024). doi.org/10.18260/2-1-370.660-137329

2024

50. Negrete Karla, Maureen H. Tang. “Visualizing and Quantifying Electronic Accessibility in Composite Battery Electrodes using Electrochemical Fluorescent Microscopy.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171 (2024): 100512. doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad81b6

49. Pan, Shihao, Maureen H. Tang, and Nicolas J. Alvarez. “Electrochemical and mechanical characterization of thermosets as fluorine‐free cathode binders for Li‐ion batteries.” AIChE Journal (2024): e18577. doi.org/10.1002/aic.18577

48. Siboonruang, Tana, Rayan Alaufey, N. Harsha Attanayake, and Maureen Tang. “Identifying Mechanisms and Challenges for Electrochemical Oxidation of Cyclohexane to KA Oil.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society 171, no. 8 (2024): 083502. doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ad663e

47. Rayan Alaufey, John A. Keith, and Maureen Tang. “A Co-Doping Materials Design Strategy for Selective Ozone Electrocatalysts.” The journal of physical chemistry letters 15, no. 28 (2024): 7351-7356.. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c01150

46. Rayan Alaufey, Lingyan Zhao, Andrew Lindsay, Tana Siboonruang, Qin Wu, John A. Keith, Ezra Wood, and Maureen Tang. “Interplay between Catalyst Corrosion and Homogeneous Reactive Oxygen Species in Electrochemical Ozone Production.” ACS catalysis 14, no. 9 (2024): 6868-6880. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c01317

2023

45. Maureen Tang, Tamara Galoyan, and Shannon Capps. “Board 34: Work in Progress: Simple, Scalable Interventions to Address Academic and Mental-Health Barriers in Engineering Undergraduates.” Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, 2023. doi.org/10.18260/1-2–42956

44. Samantha L. Morelly, Renee M. Saraka, Nicolas J. Alvarez, and Maureen Tang. “Impact of Mixing Shear on Polymer Binder Molecular Weight and Battery Electrode Reproducibility.” Batteries 10, no. 2 (2024): 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries10020046

2022




43. Yawei Li, Arnav Malkani, Ramchandra Gawas, Saad Intikhab, Bingjun Xu, Maureen Tang, and Joshua Snyder. “Interfacial water manipulation with ionic liquids for the oxygen reduction reaction.” ACS catalysis 13, no. 1 (2022): 382-391. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c04914

42. Ramchandra Gawas, Joshua Snyder, and Maureen Tang (2022). “Modifying Interface Solvation and Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis with Hydrophobic Species.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C126 (34), 14509-14517. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05169

41. John A Keith, James McKone, Joshua Snyder, and Maureen Tang. “Deeper learning in electrocatalysis: realizing opportunities and addressing challenges.” Current Opinions in Chemical Engineering 5, no. 36 (2022): 100824. doi.org/10.1016/j.coche.2022.100824

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40. Rahul Pai, Arvinder Singh, Maureen H. Tang, and Vibha Kalra. “Stabilization of gamma sulfur at room temperature to enable the use of carbonate electrolyte in Li-S batteries.” Communications Chemistry 5, no. 1 (2022): 1-11. doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00626-2

2021

39. Ramchandra Gawas, Rui Sun, Yawei Li, Kenneth C. Neyerlin, Yossef A. Elabd, Maureen Tang, and Joshua Snyder. “Characterization of a Sulfonated Poly (Ionic Liquid) Block Copolymer as an Ionomer for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells using Rotating Disk Electrode.” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168, no. 12 (2021): 124511. doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac4375

38. James L. Lansing, Lingyan Zhao, Tana Siboonruang, N. Harsha Attanayake, Angela B. Leo, Peter Fatouros, So Min Park, Kenneth R. Graham, John A. Keith, and Maureen Tang. “Gd‐Ni‐Sb‐SnO2 electrocatalysts for active and selective ozone production.” AIChE Journal (2021). doi.org/10.1002/aic.17486

37. N. Harsha Attanayake, and Maureen Tang. “Performance and Pathways of Electrochemical Cyclohexane Oxidation.” Current Opinion in Electrochemistry (2021): 100791. doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac001c

36. Sophie E. Lee, Maureen H. Tang “Asymmetric Interdigitated Electrodes for Amperometric Detection of Soluble Products.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society (2021). doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac001c

35. Luis Rebollar, Saad Intikhab, Suihao Zhang, Huiqiu Deng, Zhenhua Zeng, Joshua D. Snyder, Maureen H. Tang “On the relationship between potential of zero charge and solvent dynamics in the reversible hydrogen electrode.” Journal of Catalysis (2021). doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2021.04.008

34. Sophia E. Lee, Oliver C. Harris, Tana Siboonruang, and Maureen Tang “A reaction engineering approach to non-aqueous battery lifetime.” Joule (2021). doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.12.022

2020

33. Luis Rebollar, Saad Intikhab, Nicholas Oliveira, Yusha Yan, Bingjun Xu, Ian McCrum, Joshua Snyder, Maureen Tang. “‘Beyond adsorption’ descriptors in hydrogen electrocatalysis.” ACS Catalysis 10 (24), 14747-14762. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c03801

32. Renee M. Saraka, Samantha Morelly, Maureen Tang, Nicolas Alvarez. “Correlating processing conditions to short- and long-range order in coating and drying lithium-ion batteries.” ACS Applied Energy Materials 3.12 (2020): 11681-11689. doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.0c01305

31. Oliver Harris, Sophia Lee, Cassandra M. Lees, Maureen Tang. “Mechanisms and consequences of chemical cross-talk in advanced Li-ion batteries.” J. Phys: Energy, 2 (3) 032002, 2020. doi.org/10.1088/2515-7655/ab8b68

30. Sophia E. Lee, Oliver C. Harris, An Dinh Song Nguyen, and Maureen H. Tang, “Chemical Compatibility of Battery Electrolytes with Rapid Prototyping Materials and Adhesives.” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 59 (36), 15948-15954, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c02121

29.  Yawei Li, Tim Van Cleve, Rui Sun, Ramchandra Gawas, Guanxiong Wang, Maureen Tang, Yossef A. Elabd, Joshua Snyder, and Kenneth C. Neyerlin. “Modifying the Electrocatalyst–Ionomer Interface via Sulfonated Poly (ionic liquid) Block Copolymers to Enable High-Performance Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells.” ACS Energy Lett. 5 (6) 1726-1731, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.0c00532

28. Saad Intikhab, Luis Rebollar, Maureen H. Tang, Joshua Snyder,  “Caffeinated Interfaces Enhance Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis.” ACS Catal., 10 (12), 6798-6802, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01635

27. Luis Rebollar, Saad Intikhab, Joshua Snyder, Maureen H. Tang. “Kinetic isotope effects quantify pH-dependent water dynamics at the platinum electrode interface.” J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 11 (6), 2308-2313, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00185

26. Aman Preet Kaur, Oliver Harris, Harsha Attanyake, Zhiming Liang, Maureen H. Tang, Susan A. Odom. “Quantifying Environmental Effects on the Solution and Solid-State Stability of Phenothiazine Radical Cations.” Chem. Mater., 32 (7): 3007-3017, 2020. doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b05345

25. Sophia E. Lee, Maureen H. Tang. “Reliable reference electrodes for nonaqueous sodium-ion batteries.”  J. Electrochem. Soc., 166 (14): A3260-A3264, 2020. doi.org/10.1149/2.0401914jes

24. Oliver Harris, Kevin Leung, Maureen H. Tang. “How transition metals enable electron transfer through the SEI: Part II. Redox cycling mechanism model and experiment.” J. Electrochem. Soc., 167 (1): 013503, 2020. doi.org/10.1149/2.0032001JES

23. Oliver Harris, Yuxiao Lin, Yue Qi, Kevin Leung, Maureen H. Tang. “How transition metals enable electron transfer through the SEI: Part I. Experiments and Butler-Volmer modeling.” J. Electrochem. Soc., 167 (1): 013502, 2020. doi.org/10.1149/2.0022001JES

2019

22. Saad Intikhab, Luis Rebollar, Xianbiao Fu, Qin Yue, Yawei Li, Yijin Kang, Maureen H. Tang, Joshua D. Snyder. “Exploiting water reorganization kinetics and structural sensitivity for nanoscale alkaline electrocatalyst design.” Nano Energy, 64: 103963, 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.103963

21. Sophia E. Lee, Maureen H. Tang. “Electroactive Decomposition Products Cause Erroneous Intercalation Signals in Sodium-Ion Batteries.” Electrochem. Comm. 100: 70–73, 2019. doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2019.01.024

2018

20. Cassandra M. Lees, James Lansing,  Sophia Lee, Samantha L. Morelly, Maureen H. Tang. “Electrodeposited Ni-Sb-SnO2 electrodes with high selectivity for electrochemical ozone production.” J. Electrochem. Soc., 165 (16): E833-E840, 2018. doi.org/10.1149/2.0051816jes

19. Luis Rebollar, Saad Intikhab, Joshua Snyder, Maureen H. Tang. “Determining the viability of hydroxide-mediated bifunctional HER/HOR mechanisms through single-crystal voltammetry and microkinetic modeling.” J. Electrochem. Soc. 165 (15):  J3209-J3221, 2018. doi.org/10.1149/2.0271815jes

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18. Samantha L. Morelly, Jeff Gelb, Francesco Iacoviello, Stephen J. Harris,  Paul Shearing, Nicolas Alvarez, Maureen H. Tang. “Three-dimensional visualization of conductive domains in battery electrodes with contrast-enhancing nanoparticles.” ACS. App. Energy Mat. 1 (9): 4479-4484, 2018. doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b01184

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17. Oliver Harris, Maureen H. Tang. “Molecular probes reveal chemical selectivity of passivation by the Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase.” J. Phys. Chem. C. 122: 20632–20641, 2018. doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b06564

16. Shane Ardo, David Fernandez Rivas, Miguel Modestino, Verena Schulze Greiving, Fatwa Abdi, Esther Alarcon-Llado, Vincent Artero, Katherine Ayers, Corsin Battaglia,  Jan-Philipp Becker, Dmytro Bederak, Alan Berger, Francesco Buda, Enrico Chinello, Bernard Dam, Valerio Di Palma, Tomas Edvinsson,  Katsushi Fujii, Han  Gardeniers, Hans Geerlings, Hashemi Hosseini, Mohammed Seyyed, Sophia Haussener, Frances Houle, Jurriaan Huskens, Brian James, Kornelia Konrad,  Akihiko Kudo, Pramod  Kunturu, Detlef Lohse, Bastian Mei, Eric Miller, Gary Moore; Jiri Muller, Katherine Orchard, Timoth Rosser, Fadl Saadi, Jan-Willem Schuettauf, Brian Seger, Stafford Sheehan, Wilson A. Smith, Joshua Spurgeon, Maureen H. Tang, Roel van de Krol, Peter Vesborg, Pieter Westerik. “Pathways to Electrochemical Solar-Hydrogen Technologies.’ Energy Environ. Sci. 11: 2768-2783, 2018. doi.org/10.1039/C7EE03639F

15. Samantha L. Morelly, Nicolas J. Alvarez, Maureen H. Tang. “Short-range electronic contacts govern the performance of industry-relevant cathodes.” J. Power Sources. 387: 49-56, 2018. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.03.039

2017

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14. Saad Intikhab, Joshua D. Snyder, Maureen H. Tang. “Adsorbed Hydroxide Does Not Participate in the Volmer Step of Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis.” ACS Catal. 7 (12): 8314-8319, 2017. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b02787

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13. Samantha L. Morelly, Maureen H. Tang, Nicolas J. Alvarez. “The Impotence of Non-Brownian Particles on the Gel Transition of Colloidal Suspensions.” Polymers. 9 (9): 461, 2017. doi.org/10.3390/polym9090461

Graphical abstract: Top-down fabrication of fluorine-doped tin oxide nanopillar substrates for solar water splitting

12. Maureen Tang, Pongkarn Chakthranont, Thomas Jaramillo. “Top-down fabrication of fluorine-doped tin oxide nanopillar substrates for solar water splitting.” RSC Adv. 7 (45): 28350-28357, 2017. doi.org/10.1039/C7RA02937C

11. Kelsey B. Hatzell, Jens Eller, Samantha L. Morelly, Maureen H. Tang, Nicolas J. Alvarez, Yury Gogotsi. “Direct observation of active material interactions in flowable electrodes using x-ray tomography.” Faraday Trans. 199: 511-524, 2017. doi.org/10.1039/C6FD00243A

2016

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10. Jake Nykaza, Alice M. Savage, Qiwei Pan, Shijun Wang, Frederick L. Beyer, Maureen Tang, Christopher Y Li, and Yossef A. Elabd. “Polymerized Ionic Liquid Diblock Copolymer as Solid-State Electrolyte and Separator in Lithium-Ion Battery.” Polymer. 101: 311-318, 2016. doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.08.100

2014 and earlier

Graphical abstract: Nickel–silver alloy electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and oxidation in an alkaline electrolyte

9. Maureen Tang, Christopher Hahn, Jia-Wei Desmond Ng, Aidan Klombuchar, Jess Wellendorf, Thomas Bligaard, and Thomas Jaramillo. “Nickel-silver alloy electrocatalysts for alkaline hydrogen oxidation and evolution.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (16): 19250-19257, 2014. doi.org/10.1039/C4CP01385A

8. Jia-Wei Desmond Ng, Maureen Tang and Thomas Jaramillo. “A carbon-free, precious-metal-free, high-performance O2 electrode for regenerative fuel cells and metal-air batteries.” Energy Environ. Sci. (7): 2017-2024, 2014. doi.org/10.1039/C3EE44059A

7. Maureen Tang and John Newman. “Why is the Solid Electrolyte Interphase Selective? Through-Film Ferrocenium Reduction on Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite.” J. Electrochem. Soc. 159 (12): A1922-A1927, 2012. doi.org/10.1149/2.028212jes

6. Maureen Tang, Sida Lu, and John Newman. “Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Solid-Electrolyte-Formation Mechanisms on Glassy Carbon.” J. Electrochem. Soc. 159 (11):  A1775–A1785, 2012. doi.org/10.1149/2.025211jes

4. Maureen Tang and John Newman.  “Transient Characterization of Solid-Electrolyte-Interphase Using Ferrocene.”  J. Electrochem. Soc. 159 (3): A281-A289, 2011. doi.org/10.1149/2.073205jes

3. Alexander Teran, Maureen Tang, Scott Mullin, and Nitash Balsara. “Effect of Molecular Weight on Conductivity of Polymer Electrolytes.” Solid State Ionics, 203 (1): 18-21, 2011. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2011.09.021

2. Maureen Tang and John Newman. “Electrochemical Characterization of SEI-Type Passivating Films Using Redox Shuttles.” J. Electrochem. Soc. 158 (5): A530-A536, 2011. doi.org/10.1149/1.3567765

1. Maureen Tang, Paul Albertus, and John Newman. “Two-Dimensional Modeling of Lithium Deposition during Cell Charging.” J. Electrochem. Soc. 156 (5): A390-A399, 2009. doi.org/10.1149/1.3095513