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Selected Publications:

1. “Electrosynthesis of high purity ethylene using high-index facet Cu₂O nanocrystals electrocatalyst” A. M. Harzandi, S. P. Amouzesh, J. Xu, T. Baghban-Ronaghi, S. Shadman, F. Collins, G. Kim, W. Kaminsky, L. Curtiss, C. Liu, and M. Asadi, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2025, Vol. 366, 125053. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125053

2. “Enhancing cycle life in superoxide-based Na–O₂ batteries by reducing interface reactivity” A. Azaribeni, A. Kondori, N. Shan, M. G. Park, A. M. Harzandi, G.-Y. Kim, M. T. Saray, J. Wen, L. A. Curtiss, and M. Asadi, Advanced Energy Materials. 2025, Vol. 15, Issue 20, 2404703. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202404703

 

3. “Numerical modeling of CO₂ reduction reactions in a batch cell with different working electrodes” A. Ijaz, S. Mostafayi, M. Esmaeilirad, M. Asadi, J. Abbasian, and H. Arastoopour, Sustainability. 2025, Vol. 17, Issue 3, 825. DOI: 10.3390/su17030825.

4. “A solid-state Li–air battery: computational studies of interfaces and relevance to discharge mechanism” N. Shan, A. T. Ngo, A. Kondari, M. Asadi, and L. A. Curtiss, Faraday Discussions. 2024, Vol. 248, pp. 134–144. DOI: 10.1039/D3FD00083D

5. “Imidazolium-functionalized Mo₃P nanoparticles with an ionomer coating for electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to propane” M. Esmaeilirad, Z. Jiang, A. M. Harzandi, A. Kondori, M. T. Saray, C. U. Segre, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, A. M. Rappe, and M. Asadi, Nature Energy. 2023, Vol. 8, Issue 8, pp. 891–900. DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01314-8

 

6. “A room temperature rechargeable Li2O-based lithium-air battery enabled by a solid electrolyte” A. Kondori, M. Esmaeilirad, A. M. Harzandi, R. Amine, M. T. Saray, L. Yu, T. Liu, J. Wen, N. Shan, H. Wang, A. T. Ngo, P. C. Redfern, C. S. Johnson, K. Amine, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, L. A. Curtiss, and M. Asadi, Science. 2 Feb 2023, Vol 379, Issue 6631, pp. 499-505. DOI: 10.1126/science.abq1347

 

7. "Efficient Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Ethanol Enabled by Imidazolium-Functionalized Ionomer Confined Molybdenum Phosphide", M. Esmaeilirad, A. Kondori, N. Shan, M. Tamadoni Saray, S. Sarkar, A. M. Harzandi, C. M. Megaridis, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, L. A. Curtiss, C. U. Segre, M. Asadi,  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 317, 15 November 2022, 121681, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121681

8. "A New Cathode Material for a Li−O2 Battery Based on Lithium Superoxide" S. T. Plunkett, A. Kondori, D. Y. Chung, J. Wen, M. Wolfman, S. H. Lapidus, Y. Ren, R. Amine, K. Amine, A. U. Mane, M. Asadi, S. Al-Hallaj, B. P. Chaplin, K. C. Lau, H. Wang, and L. A. Curtiss, ACS Energy Lett. 2022, 7, 2619−2626, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01191

9. "Gold-like activity copper-like selectivity of heteroatomic transition metal carbides for electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction reaction", M. Esmaeilirad, A. Baskin, A. Kondori, A. S. Matias, J. Qian, B. Song, M. T. Saray, K. Kucuk, A. R. Belmonte, P. N. Munoz Delgado, J. Park, R. Azari, C. U. Segre, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, D. Prendergast, M. Asadi, Nature Communications. 2021, 12, 5067. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25295-y

10. "Tri-molybdenum phosphide (Mo3P) and multi-walled carbon nanotube junctions for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) detection" B. Muchharla, P. Malali, B. Daniel, A. Kondori, M. Asadi, W. Cao, H.E. Elsayed-Ali, M. Castro, M. Elahi, A. Adedeji, K.K. Sadasivuni, M.R. Maurya, K. Kumar, A. Karoui, B. Kumar. Applied Physics Letters. 2021, 119(11), 113101. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0059378

11. "Kinetically Stable Oxide Overlayers on Mo3P Nanoparticles Enabling Lithium–Air Batteries with Low Overpotentials and Long Cycle Life" A. Kondori, Z. Jiang, M. Esmaeilirad, M. Tamadoni Saray, A. Kakekhani, K. Kucuk, P. Navarro Munoz Delgado, S. Maghsoudipour, J. Hayes, C. S. Johnson, C. U. Segre, R. Shahbazian‐Yassar, A. M. Rappe,  M. Asadi, Advanced Materials. 2020, 2004028. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202004028

12. "Oxygen Functionalized Copper Nanoparticles for Solar-Driven Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Methane" M. Esmaeilirad, A. Kondori, B. Song, A. R. Belmonte, J. Wei, K. Kucuk, S. M. Khanvilkar, E. Efimoff, W. Chen, C. U. Segre, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, M. Asadi ACS Nano. 2020, 14, 2099-2108. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b08792

13. "Identifying Catalytic Active Sites of Trimolybdenum Phosphide (Mo3P) for Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution" A. Kondori, M. Esmaeilirad, A. Baskin, B. Song, J. Wei, W. Chen, C. U. Segre, R. Shahbazian-Yassar, D. Prendergast, M. Asadi, Advanced Energy Materials. 2019, 1900516.  https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201900516

14. "Highly Efficient Solar‐Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Molybdenum Disulfide Catalyst Using Choline Chloride‐Based Electrolyte" Asadi, M., Motevaselian, M. H., Moradzadeh, A., Majidi, L., Esmaeilirad, M., Sun, T. V., Liu, C., Bose, R., Abbasi, P.,Zapol, P., Khodadoust, A. P., Curtiss, L. A., Aluru, N. R., Salehi‐Khojin, A., Advanced Energy Materials. 2019, 9, 1803536. https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201803536

15. "A lithium–oxygen battery with a long cycle life in an air-like atmosphere, M. Asadi, B. Sayahpour, P. Abbasi, A. T. Ngo, K. Karis, J. R. Jokisaari, C. Liu, B. Narayanan, M. Gerard, P. Yasaei, X. Hu, A. Mukherjee, K. C. Lau, R. S. Assary, F. Khalili-Araghi, R. F. Klie, L. A. Curtiss & A. Salehi-Khojin. Nature. 2018, 555, 502-506https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25984

16. “Nanostructured transition metal dichalcogenide electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction in ionic liquid”, M. Asadi, K. Kim, C. Liu, A. V. Addepalli, P. Abbasi, P. Yasaei, P. Phillips, A. Behranginia, J. M. Cerrato, R. Haasch, P. Zapol, B. Kumar, R. F. Klie, J. Abiade, L. A. Curtiss, A. Salehi-Khojin.  Science. 2016, 353 (6298), 467-470. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6298/467

17. “A Lithium-Oxygen Battery Based on Lithium Superoxide”, J. Lu*, Y. J. Lee*, X. Luo*, K. C. Lau*, M. Asadi*, H. Wang, J. Wen, D. Zhai, D. Miller, Y. Jeong, J. Park, Z. Z. Fang, B. Kumar, A. Salehi-Khojin, Y. Sun, L. A. Curtiss, K. Amine.  Nature. 2016, 529, 377-382. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature16484

18. “Cathode Based on Molybdenum Disulfide Nanoflakes for Lithium–Oxygen Batteries”, M. Asadi, B. Kumar, C. Liu, P. Phillips, P. Yasaei, A. Behranginia, P. Zapol, R. F. Klie, L. A. Curtiss, A. Salehi-Khojin. ACS Nano. 2016, 10 (2), 2167-2175. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.5b06672

19. “Tailoring the Edge Structure of Molybdenum Disulfide towards Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide", P. Abbasi, M. Asadi, C. Liu, S. Sharifi, B. Sayahpour, A. Behranginia, P. Zapol, R. S. Yassar, L. A. Curtiss, A. Salehi-Khojin. ACS Nano. 2017, 11 (1), 453-460. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.6b0639

Patents and Patent Applications:

1. M. Asadi, A. Kondori, M. Esmaeilirad, Solid-state electrolyte for lithium air batteries, US20220190350A1, 2022Link

2. M. Asadi, A. Kondori, M. Esmaeilirad, Transition Metal Phosphides for High Efficient and Long Cycle Life Metal-Air Batteries, US20210013566A1, 2021Link

3. M. Asadi, A. Kondori, M. Esmaeilirad, Methods and Devices Using Tri-Transition Metal Phosphides for Efficient Electrocatalytic Reactions, WO2020191162A1, 2020. Link

4. M. Asadi, A. Kondori, M. Esmaeilirad, A.R. Belmonte, Transition Metal Mxene Catalysts for Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Hydrocarbons, WO2020005482A1, 2019. Link

5. M. Asadi, R. Azari, Artificial Leaf-Based Facade Cladding System for Energy Production and Carbon Sequestration, WO2020005483A1, 2019Link

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