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  2024  

[44] Highly efficient, selective and stable photocatalytic methane coupling to ethane enabled by lattice oxygen looping.

Guangyao Zhai, Lejuan Cai, Jun Ma, Yihong Chen, Zehua Liu, Shenghe Si, Delong Duan, Shuaikang Sang, Jiawei Li, Xinyu Wang, Ying-Ao Liu, Bing Qian, Chengyuan Liu, Yang Pan, Ning Zhang*, Dong Liu*, Ran Long, Yujie Xiong*.

Science Advances 2024, 10(26), eado4390. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado4390

[43] Unraveling the impact of oxygen vacancy on electrochemical valorization of polyester over spinel oxides.

Sailei Kang, Xuyun Guo, Dan Xing, Wenfang Yuan, Jian Shang*, Valeria Nicolosi, Ning Zhang*, Bocheng Qiu*.

Small 2024, 20(48), 2406068. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202406068

[42] Pyrolysis-free synthesis of high-loading single-atomic Cu catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic CO2-to-CH4 conversion.

Jiawei Li, Yawen Jiang, Jiayi Li, Xinyu Wang, Hengjie Liu, Ning Zhang*, Ran Long*, Yujie Xiong*.

Nanoscale 2024, 16(1), 171-179. DOI: 10.1039/D3NR05228A

>> Featured in the Themed Collection of "Nanoscale 2024 Emerging Investigators" in RSC.

[41] In-situ Raman characterizations for enhanced understanding on electrocatalysis.

Zhenzhong Liu, Ning Zhang*, Yujie Xiong*.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2024, 128(33), 13651-13665. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c04324

>> Feature in the Special Issue of "Spectroscopic Techniques for Renewable Energy".

[40] Solar-driven co-evolution of H2 and H2O2 from pure water splitting over emerging photocatalysts.

Qiaohong Zhu, Jiaqi Wu, Mengmeng Du, Ning Zhang*, Bocheng Qiu*.

PhotoMat 2024, DOI: 10.1002/phmt.5

[39] Activity enhancement of molybdenum carbide in alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction through oxidation-gradient modulation.

Yifan Li, Xueying Wan, Zhigang Chen, Ding Ding, Hao Li, Ning Zhang, Dong Liu, Yi Cui*.

ACS Catalysis 2024, 14(22), 16712–16722. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c01779

  2023  

[38] Oxygen reactivity regulation via double-exchange interaction for enhanced water oxidation.

Ning Zhang, Cong Wang, Jiewei Chen, Yang Chai*.

EcoMat 2023, 5(2), e12290. DOI: 10.1002/eom2.12290

>> Featured in the Special Issue of "PolyU 85th Anniversary for EcoMat".

[37] Lattice oxygen activation for enhanced electrochemical oxygen evolution.

Ning Zhang*, Yujie Xiong*.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2023, 127(5), 2147-2159. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08514

[36] Dynamic characterization for artificial photosynthesis through in situ X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.

Ning Zhang*, Yujie Xiong*.

Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2023, 41, 100796. DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsc.2023.100796

>> Featured in the Themed Issue of "Artificial Photosynthesis".

[35] Boosting electrochemical hydrogen evolution by coupling anodically oxidative dehydrogenation of benzylamine to benzonitrile.

Kun Chen, Wei Zhang, Yu Bai, Wanbing Gong, Ning Zhang*, Ran Long*, Yujie Xiong*.

Chinese Chemical Letters 2023, 34(3), 107319. DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.03.042

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[34] Plasmonic semiconductors for advanced artificial photosynthesis.

Ning Zhang*, Yujie Xiong*.

Advanced Sensor and Energy Materials 2023, 2(1), 100047. DOI: 10.1016/j.asems.2023.100047

[33] Magnetic modification of lanthanide-based upconversion nanocrystals for fingerprint information recognition.

Yafei Bi, Fu Zhang, Yu Bai, Yao Wang, Nan Zheng, Sheng Wang, Ning Zhang*, Ran Long*, Xinglong Gong, Yujie Xiong*.

Journal of University of Science and Technology of China 2023, 53(6), 0604. DOI: 10.52396/JUSTC-2022-0147

  2022  

[32] Synergizing inter and intraband transitions in defective tungsten oxide for efficient photocatalytic alcohol dehydration to alkenes.

Meilin Duan, Canyu Hu, Hao Li, Yihong Chen, Ruitian Chen, Wanbing Gong, Zhou Lu*, Ning Zhang*, Ran Long*, Li Song, Yujie Xiong*.

JACS Au 2022, 2(5), 1160-1168. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00146

[31] Governing interlayer strain in bismuth nanocrystals for efficient ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate reduction.

Ning Zhang, Jian Shang, Xi Deng, Lejuan Cai, Ran Long, Yujie Xiong, Yang Chai*.

ACS Nano 2022, 16(3), 4795-4804. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c00101

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[30] Phosphate-induced interfacial electronic engineering in VPO4-Ni2P heterostructure for improved electrochemical water oxidation.

Kun Chen, Keke Mao, Yu Bai, Delong Duan, Shuangming Chen, Chengming Wang, Ning Zhang*, Ran Long*, Xiaojun Wu, Li Song, Yujie Xiong*.

Chinese Chemical Letters 2022, 33(1), 452-456. DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.05.011

[29] Topological phase change transistors based on tellurium Weyl semiconductor.

Jiewei Chen, Ting Zhang, Jingli Wang, Lin Xu, Ziyuan Lin, Jidong Liu, Cong Wang, Ning Zhang, Shu Ping Lau, Wenjing Zhang, Manish Chhowalla, Yang Chai*. 

Science Advances 2022, 8(23), eabn3837. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn3837

[28] Improving C-N-FeOx oxygen evolution electrocatalysts through hydroxyl-modulated local coordination environment.

Tianyun Jing, Ning Zhang, Chaonan Zhang, Stefanos Mourdikoudis, Zdeněk Sofer*, Wei Li, Pinjiang Li, Tingting Li, Yunpeng Zuo*, Dewei Rao*.

ACS Catalysis 2022, 12(12), 7443-7452. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c01153

[27] Alloy-buffer-controlled van der Waals epitaxial growth of aligned tellurene.

Cong Wang, Chao Xu, Xuyun Guo, Ning Zhang, Jianmin Yan, Jiewei Chen, Wei Yu, Jing-Kai Qin, Ye Zhu, Lain-Jong Li, Yang Chai*.

Nano Research 2022, 15(6), 5712-5718. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4188-7

[26] Molecule bridged graphene/Ag for highly conductive ink.

Weixin Li, Jianmin Yan, Cong Wang, Ning Zhang, Tsz Hin Choy, Su Liu, Lei Zhao, Xiaoming Tao, Yang Chai*.

Science China Materials 2022, 65(10), 2771-2778. DOI: 10.1007/s40843-022-2064-8

  2021  

[25] Lattice oxygen redox chemistry in solid-state electrocatalysts for water oxidation.

Ning Zhang, Yang Chai*.

Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14(9), 4647-4671. DOI: 10.1039/D1EE01277K

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

>> Featured in the Themed Collection of "SDG12: Sustainable Production of Energy Materials" in RSC.

[24] Metal substitution steering electron correlations in pyrochlore ruthenates for efficient acidic water oxidation.

Ning Zhang, Cong Wang, Jiewei Chen, Canyu Hu, Jun Ma, Xi Deng, Bocheng Qiu, Lejuan Cai, Yujie Xiong*, Yang Chai*.

ACS Nano 2021, 15(5), 8537-8548. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c00266

[23] Self-reconstruction mediates isolated Pt tailored nanoframes for highly efficient catalysis.

Yunpeng Zuo‡, Dewei Rao‡, Ning Zhang‡, Tingting Li, Tianyun Jing, Štěpán Kment, Zdenek Sofer, Yang Chai*.

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2021, 9(39), 22501-22508. DOI: 10.1039/D1TA05411B

[22] Spatially confined formation of single atoms in highly porous carbon nitride nanoreactors.

Yunpeng Zuo, Tingting Li, Ning Zhang, Tianyun Jing, Dewei Rao*, Patrik Schmuki, Štěpán Kment*, Radek Zbořil, Yang Chai*.

ACS Nano 2021, 15(4), 7790-7798. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c01872

[21] Field-Effect Chiral Anomaly Devices with Dirac Semimetal.

Jiewei Chen, Ting Zhang, Jingli Wang, Ning Zhang, Wei Ji, Shuyun Zhou, Yang Chai*.

Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31(40), 2104192. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202104192

[20] Metal-free tellurene cocatalyst with tunable bandgap for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production.

Bocheng Qiu, Cong Wang, Jingli Wang, Ziyuan Lin, Ning Zhang, Lejuan Cai, Xiaoming Tao, Yang Chai*.

Materials Today Energy 2021, 21, 100720. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtener.2021.100720

  2020  

[19] Lattice oxygen activation enabled by high-valence metal sites for enhanced water oxidation.

Ning Zhang, Xiaobin Feng, Dewei Rao, Xi Deng, Lejuan Cai, Bocheng Qiu, Ran Long, Yujie Xiong, Yang Lu*, Yang Chai*.

Nature Communications 2020, 11, 4066. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17934-7

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

>> Featured on Nature Communications Editors' Highlights webpage of "Energy Materials".

[18] A ternary dumbbell structure with spatially separated catalytic sites for photocatalytic overall water splitting.

Bocheng Qiu, Lejuan Cai, Ning Zhang, Xiaoming Tao, Yang Chai*.

Advanced Science 2020, 7(17), 1903568. DOI: 10.1002/advs.201903568

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[17] Computational design of transition metal single-atom electrocatalysts on PtS2 for efficient nitrogen reduction.

Lejuan Cai, Ning Zhang, Bocheng Qiu, Yang Chai*.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2020, 12(18), 20448-20455. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c02458

[16] Nano high-entropy materials: synthesis strategies and catalytic applications.

Huining Li, Han Zhu*, Songge Zhang, Ning Zhang, Mingliang Du*, Yang Chai*.

Small Structures 2020, 1(2), 2000033. DOI: 10.1002/sstr.202000033

>> Featured on the Cover of Small Structures.

  2019  

[15] Defect engineering: a versatile tool for tuning the activation of key molecules in photocatalytic reactions.

Ning Zhang, Chao Gao, Yujie Xiong*.

Journal of Energy Chemistry 2019, 37, 43-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2018.09.010

[14] Optoelectronic resistive random-access memory for neuromorphic vision sensors.

Feichi Zhou, Zheng Zhou, Jiewei Chen, Tsz Hin Choy, Jingli Wang, Ning Zhang, Ziyuan Lin, Shimeng Yu, Jinfeng Kang, H.-S. Philip Wong, Yang Chai*.

Nature Nanotechnology 2019, 14(8), 776-782. DOI: 10.1038/s41565-019-0501-3

>> Selected as ESI Hot Paper & Highly Cited Paper.

[13] Metal-organic framework coating enhances the performance of Cu2O in photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction.

Xi Deng, Rui Li, Sikai Wu, Li Wang, Jiahua Hu, Jun Ma, Wenbin Jiang, Ning Zhang, Xusheng Zheng, Chao Gao*, Linjun Wang, Qun Zhang*, Junfa Zhu, Yujie Xiong*.

Journal of the American Chemistry Society 2019, 141(27), 10924-10929. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06239

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[12] CeO2-induced interfacial Co2+ octahedral sites and oxygen vacancies for water oxidation.

Bocheng Qiu, Cong Wang, Ning Zhang, Lejuan Cai, Yujie Xiong, Yang Chai*.

ACS Catalysis 2019, 9(7), 6484-6490. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01819

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[11] Robust photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution with N, Fe-CoS2 nanorod arrays.

Jiaying Lu, Lejuan Cai, Ning Zhang, Bocheng Qiu, Yang Chai*.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2019, 11(47), 44214-44222. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b14951

  2018  

[10] Refining defect states in W18O49 by Mo doping: a strategy for tuning N2 activation towards solar-driven nitrogen fixation.

Ning Zhang, Abdul Jalil, Daoxiong Wu, Shuangming Chen, Yifei Liu, Chao Gao*, Wei Ye, Zeming Qi, Huanxin Ju, Chengming Wang, Xiaojun Wu*, Li Song, Junfa Zhu, Yujie Xiong*.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2018, 140(30), 9434-9443. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b02076

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

>> Selected as One of the Most Highly Cited Publications of JACS in 2018-2019.

>> Selected as 6th Admas Outstanding Paper Award in 2019.

[9] Recent progress on advanced design for photoelectrochemical reduction of CO2 to fuels.

Ning Zhang, Ran Long, Chao Gao*, Yujie Xiong*.

Science China Materials 2018, 61(6), 771-805. DOI: 10.1007/s40843-017-9151-y

>> Featured in the Special Issue of "Advanced Materials for Photoelectrochemical Cells".

>> Selected as Science China-Materials 2019 Best Paper Award.

[8] Defect engineering in photocatalytic materials.

Song Bai*, Ning Zhang, Chao Gao, Yujie Xiong*.

Nano Energy 2018, 53, 296-336. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.08.058

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

  2017  

[7] Defective tungsten oxide hydrate nanosheets for boosting aerobic coupling of amines: synergistic catalysis by oxygen vacancies and Brønsted acid sites.

Ning Zhang, Xiyu Li, Yifei Liu, Ran Long, Mengqiao Li, Shuangming Chen, Zeming Qi, Chengming Wang, Li Song, Jun Jiang, Yujie Xiong*.

Small 2017, 13(31), 1701354. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201701354

[6] PdPt alloy nanocatalysts supported on TiO2: maneuvering metal-hydrogen interactions for light-driven and water-donating selective alkyne semihydrogenation.

Mengqiao Li‡, Ning Zhang‡, Ran Long*, Wei Ye, Chengming Wang, Yujie Xiong*.

Small 2017, 13(23), 1604173. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201604173

[5] Noble-metal-free Janus-like structures by cation exchange for Z-scheme photocatalytic water splitting under broadband light irradiation.

Qichen Yuan, Dong Liu, Ning Zhang, Wei Ye, Huanxin Ju, Lei Shi, Ran Long, Junfa Zhu, Yujie Xiong*.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2017, 56(15), 4206-4210. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700150

  2016  

[4] Oxide defect engineering enables to couple solar energy into oxygen activation.

Ning Zhang, Xiyu Li, Huacheng Ye, Shuangming Chen, Huanxin Ju, Daobin Liu, Yue Lin, Wei Ye, Chengming Wang, Qian Xu, Junfa Zhu, Li Song, Jun Jiang*, Yujie Xiong*.

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2016, 138(28), 8928-8935. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04629

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[3] Maneuvering charge polarization and transport in 2H-MoS2 for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.

Wei Ye, Chenhao Ren, Daobin Liu, Chengming Wang, Ning Zhang, Wensheng Yan, Li Song, Yujie Xiong*.

Nano Research 2016, 9(9), 2662-2671. DOI: 10.1007/s12274-016-1153-3

  Before 2016  

[2] Layer-by-layer β-Ni(OH)2/graphene nanohybrids for ultra-flexible all-solid-state thin-film supercapacitors with high electrochemical performance.

Junfeng Xie, Xu Sun, Ning Zhang, Kun Xu, Min Zhou, Yi Xie*.

Nano Energy 2013, 2, 65-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.07.016

>> Selected as ESI Highly Cited Paper.

[1] Ambient rutile VO2(R) hollow hierarchitectures with rich grain boundaries from new-state nsutite-type VO2.

Junfeng Xie, Changzheng Wu*, Shuanglin Hu, Jun Dai, Ning Zhang, Jun Feng, Jinlong Yang, Yi Xie*.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2012, 14(14), 4810-4816. DOI: 10.1039/C2CP40409E

   发明专利   

[3] 一种通过电催化氧化多元醇和/或单糖化合物制备甲酸的方法。

张宁、马广涛。

中国发明专利，专利申请号：202410946905.1；申请时间：2024年7月15日。

[2] 一种氢转移制备烯烃的方法。

熊宇杰、李梦俏、张宁、龙冉。

中国发明专利，专利授权号：ZL201710232958.7，授权时间：2019年11月22日。

[1] 一种用于光催化有氧偶联的缺陷态三氧化钨的制备方法。

熊宇杰、张宁。

中国发明专利，专利授权号：ZL201610430182.5，授权时间：2017年10月31日。