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 C, 126 (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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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