Journal articles @ Georgetown

  1. Zhou, X., Wang, L., Zhao, H., Kolluru, C. V. S., Xu, W., Chang, T., Chen, Y.-S., Wen, J., Chan, M. K. Y., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Mixed-Flux techniques for rational synthesis and structural control in silver chalcogenides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2025) doi:10.1021/jacs.5c04757.

Journal articles prior to Georgetown

  1. Zhao, H., Zhou, X., Usman, M., Chapai, R., Yu, L., Wen, J., Park, H., Douvalis, A. P., Meza, P. E., Chen, Y.-S., Welp, U., Rosenkranz, S., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Emergence of heavy-fermion behavior and distorted square nets in partially vacancy-ordered Y4FexGe8 (1.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.5). J. Mater. Chem. C 13, 103–115 (2025).
  2. Pate, S. E., Wang, B., Zhang, Y., Shen, B., Liu, E., Martin, I., Jiang, J. S., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K. & Xiao, Z.-L. Tunable anomalous hall effect in a kagome ferromagnetic weyl semimetal. Adv. Sci. 11, 2406882 (2024).
  3. Pate, S., Chen, B., Shen, B., Li, K., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Divan, R., Kanatzidis, M. G., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K. & Xiao, Z.-L. Extended Kohler’s rule of magnetoresistance in TaCo2Te2. Phys. Rev. B 109, 035129 (2024).
  4. Balisetty, L., Wilfong, B., Zhou, X., Zheng, H., Liou, S.-C. & Rodriguez, E. E. Twisting two-dimensional iron sulfide layers into coincident site superlattices via intercalation chemistry. Chem. Sci. 15, 3223–3232 (2024).
  5. Xu, J., Wang, Y., Pate, S. E., Zhu, Y., Mao, Z., Zhang, X., Zhou, X., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Xiao, Z.-L. Unreliability of two-band model analysis of magnetoresistivities in unveiling temperature-driven Lifshitz transition. Phys. Rev. B 107, 035104 (2023).
  6. Usman, M., Zhou, X., Malliakas, C. D., Welp, U., Kwok, W.-K., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Probing phosphorus solubility and its effect on critical temperature Tc in the helical superconducting magnet RbEuFe4As4-xPx. Chem. Mater. 8494–8501 (2023) doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01310.
  7. Quintero, M. A., Pournara, A. D., Godsel, R., Li, Z., Panuganti, S., Zhou, X., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Metal sulfide ion exchangers: high acid stability of Na2xMg2-ySn4-yS8 (NMS) and topotactic conversion to 2D solid aids with semiconducting character. Inorg. Chem. 72, 15971–15982 (2023).
  8. Bindi, L., Zhou, X., Deng, T., Li, Z. & Wolverton, C. Kanatzidisite: a natural compound with distinctive van der Waals heterolayered architecture. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 18227–18232 (2023).
  9. Vasileiadou, E. S., Tajuddin, I. S., De Siena, M. C., Klepov, V. V., Kepenekian, M., Volonakis, G., Even, J., Wojtas, L., Spanopoulos, I., Zhou, X., Iyer, A. K., Fenton, J. L., Dichtel, W. R. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Novel 3D cubic topology in hybrid lead halides with a symmetric aromatic triammonium exhibiting water stability. Chem. Mater. 35, 5267–5280 (2023).
  10. Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Chen, X., Laing, C., Pandey, I. R., Chen, Y.-P., Chen, Y.-S., Chung, D.-Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Sr(Ag1-xLix)2Se2 and [Sr3Se2][(Ag1-xLix)2Se2] tunable direct band gap semiconductors. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202301191 (2023).
  11. Shrestha, K., Chapai, R., Pokharel, B. K., Miertschin, D., Nguyen, T., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Mitchell, J. F., Welp, U., Popovic, D., Graf, D. E., Lorenz, B. & Kwok, W. K. Nontrivial Fermi surface topology of the kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 probed by de Haas–van Alphen oscillations. Phys. Rev. B 105, 024508 (2022).
  12. Zhou, X., Kolluru, C. V. S., Xu, W., Wang, L., Chang, T., Chen, Y.-S., Yu, L., Wen, J., Chan, M. K. Y., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Discovery of chalcogenides structures and compositions using mixed fluxes. Nature 612, 72–77 (2022).
  13. Zhou, X., Malliakas, C. D., Yakovenko, A. A., Wilfong, B., Wang, S. G., Chen, Y.-S., Yu, L., Wen, J., Balasubramanian, M., Wang, H.-H., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Coherent approach to two-dimensional heterolayered oxychalcogenides using molten hydroxides. Nature Synthesis 1, 729–737 (2022).
  14. Laing, C. C., Weiss, B. E., Pal, K., Quintero, M. A., Xie, H., Zhou, X., Shen, J., Chung, D. Y., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. ACuZrQ3 (A= Rb, Cs; Q= S, Se, Te): direct bandgap semiconductors and metals with ultralow thermal conductivity. Chem. Mater. 34, 8389–8402 (2022).
  15. Cheng, M., Iyer, A. K., Zhou, X., Tyner, A., Liu, Y., Shehzad, M. A., Goswami, P., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Dravid, V. P. Tuning the structural and magnetic properties in mixed cation MnxCo2-xP2S6. Inorg. Chem. 61, 13719–13727 (2022).
  16. Wilfong, B., Fedorko, A., Baigutlin, D. R., Miroshkina, O. N., Zhou, X., Stephen, G. M., Friedman, A. L., Sharma, V., Bishop, O., Barua, R., Bennett, S. P., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Buchelnikov, V. D., Sokolovskiy, V. V., Barbiellini, B., Bansil, A., Heiman, D. & Jamer, M. E. Helical spin ordering in room-temperature metallic antiferromagnet Fe3Ga4. J. Alloys Compd. 917, 165532 (2022).
  17. Zhang, C., He, J., McClain, R., Xie, H., Cai, S., Walters, L. N., Shen, J., Ding, F., Zhou, X., Malliakas, C. D. & et al. Low thermal conductivity in heteroanionic materials with layers of homoleptic polyhedra. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 2569–2579 (2022).
  18. Xu, J., Han, F., Wang, T.-T., Thoutam, L. R., Pate, S. E., Li, M., Zhang, X., Wang, Y.-L., Fotovat, R., Welp, U., Zhou, X., Kwok, W.-K., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G. & Xiao, Z.-L. Extended Kohler’s Rule of Magnetoresistance. Phys. Rev. X 11, 041029 (2021).
  19. Zhou, X., Mandia, D. J., Park, H., Balasubramanian, M., Yu, L., Wen, J., Yakovenko, A., Chung, D. Y. & Kanatzidis, M. G. New Compounds and Phase Selection of Nickel Sulfides via Oxidation State Control in Molten Hydroxides. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 143, 13646–13654 (2021).
  20. Rettie, A., Ding, J., Zhou, X., Johnson, M., Malliakas, C., Osti, N. C., Chung, D. Y., Osborn, R., Delaire, O., Rosenkranz, S. & Kanatzidis, M. G. A two-dimensional type I superionic conductor. Nat. Mater. 20, 1–6 (2021).
  21. Becknell, N., Lopes, P. P., Hatsukade, T., Zhou, X., Liu, Y., Fisher, B., Chung, D. Y., Kanatzidis, M. G., Markovic, N. M., Tepavcevic, S. & Stamenkovic, V. R. Employing the Dynamics of the Electrochemical Interface in Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Cathodes. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2102135 (2021).
  22. Gillard, C. H. R., Zhou, X., Avdeev, M., Rodriguez, E. E. & Sharma, N. On the Electrochemical Phase Evolution of Anti-PbO-Type CoSe in Alkali Ion Batteries. Inorg. Chem. 60, 7150–7160 (2021).
  23. Guo, Z., Sun, F., Puggioni, D., Luo, Y., Li, X., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Cheng, E., Li, S., Rondinelli, J. M., Yuan, W. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Local Distortions and Metal–Semiconductor–Metal Transition in Quasi-One-Dimensional Nanowire Compounds AV3Q3O (A = K, Rb, Cs and Q = Se, Te). Chem. Mater. 33, 2611–2623 (2021).
  24. Quintero, M. A., Hao, S., Patel, S. V., Bao, J.-K., Zhou, X., Hu, Y.-Y., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Lithium Thiostannate Spinels: Air-Stable Cubic Semiconductors. Chem. Mater. 33, 2080–2089 (2021).
  25. Wilfong, B., Zhou, X., Zheng, H., Babra, N., Brown, C. M., Lynn, J. W., Taddei, K. M., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Long-range magnetic order in hydroxide-layer-doped (Li1-x-yFexMnyOD)FeSe. Phys. Rev. Mater. 4, 034803 (2020).
  26. Zhang, N., Sun, C., Huang, Y., Zhu, C., Wu, Z., Lv, L., Zhou, X., Wang, X., Xiao, X., Fan, X. & Chen, L. Tuning electrolyte enables microsized Sn as advanced anode for Li-ion batteries. J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 1812–1821 (2020).
  27. Slade, T. J., Pal, K., Grovogui, J. A., Bailey, T. P., Male, J., Khoury, J. F., Zhou, X., Chung, D. Y., Snyder, G. J., Uher, C., Dravid, V., Wolverton, C. & Kanatzidis, M. G. Contrasting SnTe-NaSbTe2 and SnTe-NaBiTe2 thermoelectric alloys: high performance facilitated by increased cation vacancies and lattice softening. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 12524–12535 (2020).
  28. Cui, C., Fan, X., Zhou, X., Chen, J., Wang, Q., Ma, L., Yang, C., Hu, E., Yang, X.-Q. & Wang, C. Structure and interface design enable stable Li-rich cathode. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 8918–8927 (2020).
  29. Zhou, X., Wang, L., Fan, X., Wilfong, B., Liou, S.-C., Wang, Y., Zheng, H., Feng, Z., Wang, C. & Rodriguez, E. E. Isotope Effect between H2O and D2O in hydrothermal synthesis. Chem. Mater. 32, 769–775 (2020).
  30. Virtue, A., Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Lynn, J. W., Taddei, K., Zavalij, P., Wang, L. & Rodriguez, E. E. Magnetic order effects on the electronic structure of KMMnS2 (M = Cu, Li) with the ThCr2Si2-type structure. Phys. Rev. Mater. 3, 044411 (2019).
  31. Fan, X., Ji, X., Chen, L., Chen, J., Deng, T., Han, F., Yue, J., Piao, N., Wang, R., Zhou, X., Xiao, X., Chen, L. & Wang, C. All-temperature batteries enabled by fluorinated electrolytes with non-polar solvents. Nature Energy 4, 882–890 (2019).
  32. Deng, T., Fan, X., Cao, L., Chen, J., Hou, S., Ji, X., Chen, L., Li, S., Zhou, X., Hu, E., Su, D., Yang, X.-Q. & Wang, C. Designing in-situ-formed interphases enables highly reversible cobalt-free LiNiO2 cathode for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries. Joule 3, 2550–2564 (2019).
  33. Deng, T., Fan, X., Chen, J., Chen, L., Luo, C., Zhou, X., Yang, J., Zheng, S. & Wang, C. Layered P2-Type K0.65Fe0.5Mn0.5O2 microspheres as superior cathode for high-Energy potassium-ion batteries. Adv. Funct. Mater. 1800219 (2018) doi:10.1002/adfm.201800219.
  34. Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Liou, S.-C., Hodovanets, H., Brown, C. M. & Rodriguez, E. E. Stabilization of ammonia-intercalated iron chalcogenides by hydrogen bonding. Chem. Comm. 54, 6895–6898 (2018).
  35. Chen, J., Fan, X., Ji, X., Gao, T., Hou, S., Zhou, X., Wang, L., Wang, F., Yang, C., Chen, L. & Wang, C. Intercalation of Bi nanoparticles into graphite enables ultra-fast and ultra-stable anode material for Sodium-ion batteries. Energy Environ. Sci. 11, 1218–1225 (2018).
  36. Fan, X., Yue, J., Han, F., Chen, J., Deng, T., Zhou, X., Hou, S. & Wang, C. High performance all-solid-state Na-S battery enabled by casting-annealing technology. ACS Nano 12, 3360–3368 (2018).
  37. Wilfong, B., Zhou, X., Vivanco, H., Campbell, D. J., Wang, K., Graf, D., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Frustrated magnetism in tetragonal CoSe, analogue to superconducting FeSe. Phys. Rev. B 97, 104408 (2018).
  38. Deng, T., Fan, X., Luo, C., Chen, J., Chen, L., Hou, S., Eidson, N., Zhou, X. & Wang, C. Self-templated formation of P2-type K0.6CoO2 microspheres for high reversible potassium-ion batteries. Nano Lett. 18, 1522–1529 (2018).
  39. Zhou, X. & Rodriguez, E. E. Tetrahedral transition metal chalcogenides as functional inorganic materials. Chem. Mater. 29, 5737–5752 (2017).
  40. Zhou, X., Eckberg, C., Wilfong, B., Liou, S.-C., Vivanco, H. K., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Superconductivity and magnetism in iron sulfides intercalated by metal hydroxides. Chem. Sci. 8, 3781–3788 (2017).
  41. Zhou, X., Wilfong, B., Vivanco, H., Paglione, J., Brown, C. M. & Rodriguez, E. E. Metastable layered cobalt chalcogenides from topochemical deintercalation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 16432–16442 (2016).
  42. Zhou, X., Zhou, W., Udovic, T. J., Yildirim, T., Rush, J. J., Rodriguez, E. E. & Wu, H. Development of potential organic-molecule-based hydrogen storage materials: Converting C-N bond-breaking thermolysis of guanidine to N-H bond-breaking dehydrogenation. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 41, 18542–18549 (2016).
  43. Wu, H., Zhou, X., Rodriguez, E. E., Zhou, W., Udovic, T. J., Yildirim, T. & Rush, J. J. A new family of metal borohydride guanidinate complexes: Synthesis, structures and hydrogen-storage properties. J. Solid State Chem. 242, 186–192 (2016).
  44. Zhou, X., Borg, C. K. H., Lynn, J. W., Saha, S. R., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. The preparation and phase diagrams of (7Li1-xFexOD)FeSe and (Li1-xFexOH)FeSe superconductors. J. Mater. Chem. C 4, 3934 (2016).
  45. Borg, C. K. H., Zhou, X., Eckberg, C., Campbell, D. J., Saha, S. R., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Strong anisotropy in nearly ideal tetrahedral superconducting FeS single crystals. Phys. Rev. B 93, 094522 (2016).
  46. Lynn, J. W., Zhou, X., Borg, C. K. H., Saha, S. R., Paglione, J. & Rodriguez, E. E. Neutron investigation of the magnetic scattering in an iron-based ferromagnetic superconductor. Phys. Rev. B 92, 060510 (2015).
  47. Zhou, X., Gall, D. & Khare, S. V. Mechanical properties and electronic structure of anti-ReO3 structured cubic nitrides, M3N, of d block transition metals M: An ab initio study. J. Alloys Compounds 595, 80–86 (2014).
  48. Efthimiopoulos, I., Kemichick, J., Zhou, X., Khare, S. V., Ikuta, D. & Wang, Y. High-Pressure Studies of Bi2S3. J. Phys. Chem. A 118, 1713–1720 (2014).
  49. Zhou, X., Heinrich, C. P., Kluenker, M., Dolique, S., Mull, D. L. & Lind, C. Non-hydrolytic sol-gel synthesis of tantalum sulfides. J. Sol-gel Sci. Technol. 69, 596–604 (2014).
  50. Liu, Z. T. Y., Zhou, X., Gall, D. & Khare, S. V. First-principles investigation of the structural, mechanical and electronic properties of the NbO-structured 3d, 4d and 5d transition metal nitrides. Comput. Mater. Sci. 84, 365–373 (2014).
  51. Zhou, X., Soldat, A. C. & Lind, C. Phase selective synthesis of copper sulfides by non-hydrolytic sol-gel methods. RSC Adv. 4, 717–726 (2014).
  52. Liu, Z. T. Y., Zhou, X., Khare, S. V. & Gall, D. Structural, mechanical and electronic properties of 3d transition metal nitrides in cubic zincblende, rocksalt and cesium chloride structures: a first-principles investigation. J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 26, 025404 (2013).
  53. Zhou, X., Roehl, J. L., Lind, C. & Khare, S. V. Study of B1 (NaCl-type) to B2 (CsCl-type) pressure-induced structural phase transition in BaS, BaSe and BaTe using ab initio computations. J. Phys.: Condens. Matt. 25, 075401 (2013).

Book Chapters

  1. Wilfong, B., Zhou, X. & Rodriguez, E. E. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Growth. Fundamentals of Quantum Materials 99–136 doi:10.1142/9789811219375_0006.