Publications at MIT
10. Smith, H., Lee, G., Kumar, B., Penn, A., Venturi, V., Gao, Y., Stone, K., Hunt, A., Waluyo, I., Stavitski, E., Yang, W., Abate, I.I. (2024). Towards a Universal Design Principle for Low-Hysteresis High-Valent Redox in Battery Cathodes: Synergizing Cationic Ordered Vacancies with Tunable Metal-Ligand Hybridization. Journal of Material Chemistry A. In Review, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-0jv9z-v3
9. Chao, C., Srivastava S., Lei M., Kumar B.S. , Kamboj, V., Ramachandran, H., Jiang, Z., Adavi, A., Stone, K.H., Asta, M., Xie L., Abate I.I., (2025) Electrochemically induced switching from antiferromagnetic spin-chain to frustrated spin-glass state in maple-leaf lattice, Matter, In review, DOI:10.48550/arXiv.2301.10399
8. Ramachandran, H., Mu, E. W., Lomeli, E. G., Braun, A., Goto, M., Abate, I.I.., … & Chueh, W. C. (2025). A formal Fe (III/V) redox couple in an intercalation electrode. Nature Materials, In Review, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-jhbqx
7. Munjal, M., Prein T., Ramadan M., Smith H., Venugopal V., Rupp J., Abate I.I., Olivetti E., Huang K., (2025) Process cost analysis of performance challenges and their mitigations in sodium battery cathode materials. Joule, In Press
6. Gao, Y., Lee, M., Kumar B.S., Smith, H., Li, J., Abate, I.I. (2025). Geological ammonia: Stimulated NH3 production from rocks. Joule, 9(2),101805.DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2024.12.006
5. Li, J., Yuan, Y., Lanza, M., Abate, I.I., Tian, B., & Zhang, X. (2024). Nonepitaxial wafer‐scale single‐crystal 2D materials on insulators. Advanced Materials, 36(11), 2310921. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310921
4. Li, J., Samad, A., Yuan, Y., Wang, Q., Hedhili, M. N., Lanza, M., Schwingenschlögl, U., Abate, I.I., Akinwande, D., Liu, Z., Tian, B., Zhang, X. (2024). Single-crystal hBN Monolayers from Aligned Hexagonal Islands. Nature Communications 15.1 : 8589. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52944-9
3. Wang, Z., Wang, H., Caudillo, R., Wang, J., Liu, Z., Foucher, A., Park, J.-H., Chen, M.-C., Lu, A., Wu, P., Zhu, J., Zheng, X., Pieshkov, T. S., Vitale, S. A., Han, Y., Ross, F. M., Abate, I. I., Kong, J. (2024). Interfacial Oxidation of Metals on Graphene. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 7(21), 24537-24546.DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.4c04283
2. Venturi, V., Freitas, R., & Abate, I. (2024). Na vs Li Metal Anodes For Batteries: Unraveling Thermodynamic and Electronic Origins of Voids and Developing Descriptors for Artificial Surface Coatings. DOI: 10.1039/D4TA00971A
1. Li, J., Yuan, Y., Lanza, M., Abate, I., Tian, B., & Zhang, X. (2023). Nonepitaxial Wafer‐Scale Single‐Crystal 2D Materials on Insulators. Advanced Materials, 2310921.
Before MIT
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11. Abate I.I., Pemmaraju D., Kim S.Y., Hsu K.H., Sainio S., Mortiz B., Vinson J., Toney M.F., Yang W., Gent W., Devereaux T.P., Nazar L.F., Chueh W.C. (2021). Coulombically-Stabilized Oxygen Hole Polarons Enable Fully Reversible Oxygen Redox. Energy & Environmental Science, 14(9), 4858-4867. DOI: 0.1039/D1EE01037A
10. Abate I.I.*, Kim S.Y.*, Pemmaraju D., Mortiz B., Yang W., Toney M.F., Nazar L.F., Devereaux T.P., Chueh W.C. (2020). The role of metal substitution in tuning anion redox in sodium metal layered oxides revealed by X-ray spectroscopy and theory. Angewandte Chemie, 133(19), 10975-10982 DOI: 10.1002/ange.202012205
9. Lim K., Csernica P., Abate, I.I., Gent W., Yang W., Toney M., Chueh W.C. (2020). Tuning Anionic Redox Activity in Cathode Materials by Controlling Synthesis Conditions. [In preparation]
8. Gent W., Abate I. I., Yang W., Nazar L., Chueh W. (2020). Design Rules for High-Valent Redox in Intercalation Electrodes. Joule, 4(4), 1-29 DOI:10.1016/j.joule.2020.05.004
7. Abate I.I., Jia C., Mortiz B., Devereaux T.P. (2020). Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics Study of SiO2 Lithiation. Chemical Physics Letters, 739, 136933 DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2019.136933
6. Park S., Abate I. I., Liu J., Wang C., Dahl J.E.P, Carlson R.M.K., Yang L., Prakapenka V.B., Greenberg E., Devereaux T.P.,Jia C., Ewing R.C., Mao W.L., Lin Y. (2019). Facile Diamond Synthesis from Lower Diamondoids. Science Advances, 6(8), eaay9405. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9405
5. Cao C., Abate, I. I., Sivonxay E., Jia C., Moritz B., Devereaux T.P, Persson K. A., Steinrück H.S., Toney, M. F. (2019). Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Native Oxide-Terminated Silicon Anodes for Li-Ion Batteries. Joule. 3(3), 762-781, DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.12.013
4. Neukirch A. J., Abate I. I., Zhou L., Nie W., Tsai H., Pedesseau L., Even J., Crochet J.J., Mohite A.D., Katan C., & Tretiak, S. (2018). Geometry Distortion and Small Polaron Binding Energy Changes with Ionic Substitution in Halide Perovskites. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 9(24), 7130-7136, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03343
3. Horowitz Y., Steinrück H., Han H., Cao C., Abate I. I., Tsao Y., Toney M. F., and Somorjai G. A. (2018) Fluoroethylene Carbonate Induces Ordered Electrolyte Interface on Silicon and Sapphire Surfaces as Revealed by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy and X- ray Reflectivity. Nano Letters, 18, 2105-2111, DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00298
2. Abate I.I, Thompson L., Kim H., Aetukuri N. (2016). Robust NaO2 Electrochemistry in Aprotic Na-O2 Batteries Employing Ethereal Electrolytes with a Protic Additive, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 7(12), 2164-2169. DOI:doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00856
1. Abate, I.I. (2015) The Adoption of Solar Cells in The US: A Cross-Section Analysis DOI: Undergraduate Economic Review, 12(1), 10
BOOK CHAPTERS
Soboyejo, W.O, Chigome S., Abate, I. I. (2024) The Development of Materials Research Institutions in Africa. Hessenbruch A. and Crease R.P. BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: Institutions in the History of Materials Research. Cambridge University Press.
Tadesse, L. F.* and Abate, I. I.* (2020) Bioinspired Designs for Battery Application. Daniel, Leo and Soboyejo, Wole O. Bioinspired Design. Cambridge University Press.