S. Tao, X. Ding, K. Yang, W. Liu, N. Li, X. Ding, X. Zhou, M. He*, Z. Yang*, and X. Yang*, Coherent phonon tunneling-driven ultralow and non-monotonic thermal conductivity in quasi-0D Cs₃Cu₂I₅, Appl. Phys. Lett. 127, 252201 (2025). (Editor’s Pick)
Z. Z. Zhou*, X. L. Yang*, and X. Y. Zhou*, Heat transport in quasi-two-dimensional Cu₂P₂O₇: Anisotropy reversal and nonmonotonic temperature dependence, Phys. Rev. B 112, 224307 (2025).
X. Jin, Q. Zhang, D. Li, Z. Cheng, J. Wang, X. Lv, X. Zhou, R. Wang, X. Ding*, P. Yu*, and X. Yang*, Anharmonicity-driven avoided phonon crossing and anomalous thermal transport in the nodal-line semimetal ZrSiS, Phys. Rev. B 112, 184311 (2025).
M. Yuan, H. Wei, Y. Duan, X. Xiao, X. Ding, X. Dong, X. Liu, R. Wang, X. Wu, X. Jin*, X. Yang*, P. Yu*, Prediction of Thermoelectric Performance in Topological Phonon Compounds MgSnP₂ and MgSnAs₂, Inorg. Chem. 64, 22758 (2025).
A. Fan, W. Dong, X. Yang*, Y. Hu, Y. Zhang, W. Li, J. Lyu, L. Liu*, X. Zhang*, and L. Yang*, Decoupling Heat and Electrical Conduction in Bilayer Graphene Through Wrinkling-Induced Phonon Hybridization, Adv. Sci. 2025, e16792.
K. Chen(陈凯乐), X. Jin(靳鑫), X. Yang*(杨小龙), Symmetry-Breaking Strain Drives Significant Reduction in Lattice Thermal Conductivity: A Case Study of Boron Arsenide, Chin. Phys. Lett. 42, 120801 (2025).
C. Xu, K. Chen, X. Jin, D. Li*, and X. Yang*, Phonon thermal transport in strained monolayer graphene: Role of four-phonon and normal scattering, Phys. Rev. B 112, 094306 (2025).
Y. Zhang#, X. Jin#, Z. Li#, K. Yang#, L. Wei#, X. Mi, A. Wang, X. Zhou, X. Yang*, Y. Chai*, and M. He*, Impact of thermal effects on the current-tunable electrical transport in the ferrimagnetic semiconductor Mn₃Si₂Te₆, Phys. Rev. B 112, L081109 (2025).
J. Huang, Q. Yang, A. Hu, Z. Liao, Z. Zhang, Q. Zheng, Z. Ren, S. Zheng, Y. Zhang*, X. Yang*, Z. Xu, L. Zhang, D. Zhu, W. Wen, X. Liu, A. Orita, N. Saito, L. Wang, Y. Xia, L. Chen, J. Lu & L. Yang, Enhanced specific energy in fast-charging lithium-ion batteries negative electrodes via Ti-O covalency-mediated low potential, Nat. Commun. 16, 6243 (2025).
Y. Li#, B. Han#, X. Yang#, R. Mao#, F. Liu, R. Shi, R. Qi, X. Hao, N. Li, B. Liu, X. Li, J. Du, J. Chen, W Li*, and P. Gao*, Single-Dislocation Phonons: Atomic-Scale Measurement and Their Thermal Properties, Chin. Phys. Lett. 42, 066302 (2025).
X. Ding, X. Jin, D. Li, J. Fan, X. Zhou, X. Lv, X. Yang*, Z. Cheng*, and R. Wang*, Concurrent high thermal conductivity and high carrier mobility in tetragonal tantalum nitride, Appl. Phys. Rev. 12, 021419 (2025). (Featured article)
Y. Wang, A. Liu, X. Yang*, X. Zhou, Anomalous thermal conductivity anisotropy in bulk hexagonal AlN induced by structural phase transition, Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 202207 (2025).
N. Hu, Y. Xiang*, S. Chen, Y. Wang, X. Yang*, L.Y. Gan*, Designing robust M–N–C single-atom catalysts for NOx sensing, Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 142108 (2025).
J. Yang, X. Yang*, Comparative study of thermal transport properties in hexagonal boron nitride with different stacking orders, Inter. J. Heat and Mass Transfer 247 (2025) 127096.
Z. Zhou, X. Yang, H. Wang, G. Han, X. Lu, G. Wang*, R. Wang*, and X. Zhou*, Giant Phonon Anomaly in Topological Nodal-Line Semimetals, Fundamental Research. 5,145-150 (2025).
Y. Shu, X. Mi*, Y. Wei, S. Tao, A. Wang, Y. Chai, D. Ma*, X. Yang*, and M. He*, Complex magnetotransport in the paramagnetic state of the magnetic kagome metal EuTi₃Bi₄, Phys. Rev. B 111, 155103 (2025).
2024
S. Ji, C. Zhang, R. Guo, Y. Jiang, T. He, Q. Zhan, R. Li, Y. Zheng, Y. Li, S. Dai*, X. Yang*, M. Jin*, Effect of Interfacial Interaction on Electrocatalytic Activity and Durability of Pt-Based Core–Shell Nanocatalysts, ACS Catal. 14, 11721 (2024).
X. Ding, X. Jin, Z. Chang, D. Li, X. Zhou, X. Yang*, and R. Wang*, Anharmonicity-induced phonon hardening and anomalous thermal transport in ScZn, Phys. Rev. B 110, 054304 (2024).
L. Wei, X. Jin, Z. Zhou, X. Yang*, G. Wang*, and X. Zhou, Tensile strain induced enhancement of lattice thermal conductivity and its origin in two-dimensional SnC, Phys. Rev. B 110, 045406 (2024).
Y. Hu#, X. Ding#, X. Jin, R. Wang, X. Yang*, X. Zhou, Topological phonons and thermal conductivity of two-dimensional Dirac semimetal PtN₄C₂, Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 012202 (2024).
X. Jin, Q. Ou, H. Wei, X. Ding, F. Zhan, R. Wang, X. Yang*, X. Lv*, and P. Yu*, Anomalous thermal transport and high thermoelectric performance of Cu-based vanadate CuVO₃, Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 172203 (2024).
Ashis Kundu, Yani Chen, Xiaolong Yang, Fanchen Meng, Jesús Carrete, Mukul Kabir, Georg K. H. Madsen, and Wu Li, Electron-Induced Nonmonotonic Pressure Dependence of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of θ-TaN, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 116301 (2024).
D. Feng#, X. Yang#, Z. Han, and X. Ruan*, Near-field radiation in BAs and BSb dominated by four-phonon scattering, Phys. Rev. B 109, L081409 (2024).
2023
D. Feng, X. Yang, X. Ruan*, Phonon Scattering Engineered Unconventional Thermal Radiation at the Nanoscale, Nano Lett. 23, 10044 (2023).
K. Yang, W. Xia, X. Mi, L. Zhang, Y. Gan, A. Wang, Y. Chai, X. Zhou, X. Yang*, Y. Guo*, M. He*, Charge fluctuations above T_CDW revealed by glasslike thermal transport in kagome metals AV₃Sb₅(A=K, Rb, Cs), Phys. Rev. B 107, 184506 (2023).
X. Chen, X. Liu, W. Xia, X. Mi, L. Zhong, K. Yang, L. Zhang, Y. Gan, Y. Liu, G. Wang, A. Wang, Y. Chai, J. Shen, X. Yang*, Y. Guo*, M. He*, Electrical and thermal transport properties of the kagome metals ATi₃Bi₅(A=Rb, Cs), Phys. Rev. B 107 (17), 174510 (2023).
K. Yang, H. Wu, Z. Li, C. Ran, X. Wang, F. Zhu, X. Gong, Y. Liu, G. Wang, L. Zhang, X. Mi, A. Wang, Y. Chai, Y. Su, W. Wang, M. He*, X. Yang*, X. Zhou*, Spin-Phonon Scattering‐Induced Low Thermal Conductivity in a van der Waals Layered Ferromagnet Cr₂Si₂Te₆, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2302191 (2023).
R. Su, J. Zhang, V. Wong, D. Zhang, Y. Yang, Z. Luo, X. Wang, H. Wen, Y. Liu, J. Seidel, X. Yang*, Y. Pan, F. Li, Engineering Sub-Nanometer Hafnia‐Based Ferroelectrics to Break the Scaling Relation for High-Efficiency Piezocatalytic Water Splitting, Adv. Mater. 35(42), 2303018 (2023).
S. Zheng, S. Xiao, K. Peng, Y. Pan, X. Yang, X. Lu, G. Han, B. Zhang, Z. Zhou*, G. Wang*, and X. Zhou*, Symmetry-Guaranteed High Carrier Mobility in Quasi-2D Thermoelectric Semiconductors, Adv. Mater. 35, 2210380 (2023).
2022
X. Jin, X. Ding, F. Zhan, Q. Gao, R. Wang, X. Yang*, and X. Lv*, Bonding Heterogeneity Leads to Hierarchical and Ultralow Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Sodium Metavanadate, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 48, 11160 (2022).
X. Jin, X. Ding, Z. Qin, Y. Li, M. Jiao, R. Wang, X. Yang*, and X. Lv*, A Comprehensive Study on Electronic, Optical, and Thermophysical Properties of Metavanadates CaV₂O₆ and MgV₂O₆, Inorganic Chemistry 61, 44, 17623 (2022).
S. Zheng#, X. Yang#, H. Wang, B. Zhang, X. Xiong, X. Lu, G. Han*, G. Wang*, and X. Zhou*, Formation Mechanism and High Thermoelectric Performance of Cu₅₊₃ₓFe₁₋ₓS₄ Icosahedral Nanoparticles with Distinctive Core-Shell Structures, Adv. Energy Mater. 12 (47), 2206974 (2022).
Z. Han, X. Yang, W. Li, T. Feng, and X. Ruan, FourPhonon: An extension module to ShengBTE for computing four-phonon scattering rates and thermal conductivity, Computer Phys. Commun., 270, 108179 (2022).
Z. Zhou, X. Yang*, H. Fu, R. Wang, X. Lu, G. Wang, and X. Zhou*, Anomalous Thermal Transport Driven by Electron–Phonon Coupling in 2D Semiconductor h-BP, Adv. Funct. Mater. 32 (45), 2206974 (2022).
X. Yang*, J. Tiwari, T. Feng*, Reduced anharmonic phonon scattering cross-section slows the decrease of thermal conductivity with temperature, Materials Today Physics 24, 100689 (2022).
X. Yang, T. Feng, J. Li, X. Ruan, Evidence of fifth-and higher-order phonon scattering entropy of zone-center optical phonons, Phys. Rev. B 105 (11), 115205 (2022).
Y. Zhang, J. Huang, N. Saito, X. Yang*, Z. Zhang*, L. Yang*, S. Hirano, Layered Perovskite Lithium Yttrium Titanate as a Low‐Potential and Ultrahigh‐Rate Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries, Adv. Energy Materials, 2200922 (2022).
Z. Han, X. Yang#, S.E. Sullivan, T. Feng, L. Shi, W. Li, and X. Ruan, Raman Linewidth Contributions from Four-Phonon and Electron-Phonon Interactions in Graphene, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128 (4), 045901 (2022).
2021及以前
X. Yang, Z. Liu, F. Meng, and W. Li, Tuning the phonon transport in bilayer graphene to an anomalous regime dominated by electron-phonon scattering, Phys. Rev. B 104, L100306 (2021).
X. Yang, A. Jena, F. Meng, S. Wen, J. Ma, X. Li, and W. Li, Indirect electron-phonon interaction leading to significant reduction of thermal conductivity in graphene, Materials Today Physics 18, 100315 (2021).
A. Kundu, X. Yang, J. Ma, T. Feng, J. Carrete, X. Ruan, G. K. H. Madsen, W. Li, Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in θ-phase tantalum nitride, Phys. Rev. Lett., 126, 115901 (2021).
W. Wang#, T. He#, X. Yang#, Y. Liu, C. Wang, J. Li, A. Xiao, K. Zhang, X. Shi, and M. Jin, General Synthesis of Amorphous PdM (M = Cu, Fe, Co, Ni) Alloy Nanowires for Boosting HCOOH Dehydrogenation, Nano Lett. 21, 8, 3458 (2021).
T. He#, W. Wang#, X. Yang#, F. Shi, Z. Ye, Y. Zheng, F. Li, J. Wu, Y. Yin*, and M. Jin, Deposition of Atomically Thin Pt Shells on Amorphous Palladium Phosphide Cores for Enhancing the Electrocatalytic Durability, ACS Nano 15, 4, 7348 (2021).
T. He#, W. Wang#, F. Shi#, X. Yang, X. Li, J. Wu, Y. Yin and M Jin, Mastering the surface strain of Pt catalysts for efficient electrocatalysis, Nature, 598 (7879), 76-81 (2021).
Y. Luo, X. Yang, T. Feng, J. Wang, X. Ruan, Vibrational hierarchy leads to dual-phonon transport in low thermal conductivity crystals, Nat. Commun., 11 (1), 1-10 (2020).
X. Yang#, T. Feng#, J. S. Kang, Y. Hu, J. Li, and X. Ruan, Observation of strong higher-order lattice anharmonicity in Raman and infrared response, Phys. Rev. B: Rapid Commun. 101, 161202(R) (2020). (Selected as an Editors’ Suggestion)
X. Yang, T. Feng, J. Li, X. Ruan, Stronger role of four-phonon scattering than three-phonon scattering in thermal conductivity of III-V semiconductors at room temperature, Phys. Rev. B 100, 245203 (2019).
S. Huang#, M. Segovia#, X. Yang#, Y. R. Koh, Y. Wang, D. Ye Peide, W. Wu, A. Shakouri, X. Ruan, X. Xu, Anisotropic thermal conductivity in 2D tellurium, 2D Materials 7 (1), 015008 (2019).
X. Yang and W. Li, Optimizing phonon scattering by tuning surface-interdiffusion-driven intermixing to break the random-alloy limit of thermal conductivity, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2, 015401 (2018).
T. He#, W. Wang#, X. Yang#, Z. Wang, Z. Shan, M. Jin, and Y. Yin, Inflating hollow nanocrystals through a repeated Kirkendall cavitation process, Nat. Commun. 8, 1261 (2017).