2026

Bin Liang, Jing Zhu*, Jin Zhou, Jiang Shao, Ting-Zhou Li, Yu-Fei Jiang, Xuan Qi, Hao Dong, Guangxu Lan, Ya-Wen Zhang*, General Electrocatalytic Plastic and Biomass Refining via Synergistic Carbon–Carbon Bond Cleavage Over Oxygen Vacancies and Ni3+–O Octahedral Motifs in Tailored Spinel Nickel Cobalt Oxide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2026, e4035800.

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Bin Liang, Jun-Hao Wang, Tao-Tao Huang, Chao-Yuan Hu, Ting-Zhou Li, Jiang Shao, Jin Zhou, Hao Dong*, Guang-She Li*, Chen Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Stacking Fault Engineered Tensile-Strained Delafossite CuAlO2 for CO2 Electroreduction to Deeply Reduced Products, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2026, e76171. 

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Jin Zhou, Junhao Wang, Bin Liang, Tingzhou Li, Chaoyuan Hu, Jiang Shao, Yufei Jiang, Hao Dong, Haichao Liu, Guangxu Lan*, Junxia Yu*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Chun-Hua Yan, Efficient Electrolysis of Biomass-Derived Carbonyl Compounds to Alcohols via Lanthanide-Modulated Hydrogenation Pathways, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 15, 16404–16411.

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Shuai Ma, Kun Wang, Jun-Hao Wang, Yiyang Ma, Lixia Guo, Jiarui Fan, An Li, Jiaxin Jiang, Hai Zhan, Jiangnan Li, Xiong Zhou, Sihai Yang, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Guangxu Lan*, Multinuclear Ruthenium Sites Confined in Metal–Organic Frameworks with Bio-Inspired Water Networks for Efficient Water Oxidation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148, 9, 9219–9225.

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Xuan Qi, Jun-Hao Wang, Jiang Shao, Hao Dong, Chen Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Rare-earth hydroxide promoted water activation drives hydrogen spillover in facilitating asymmetric C–C coupling for CO2 electro-reduction to multi-carbon chemicals, Appl. Catal. B Environ. Energy, 2026, 125920.

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2025 

Yi-Fei Liu, Guangxu Lan*, Tianhao Niu, Honglin Du, Meng-De Dai, Junliang Sun, Ya-Wen Zhang*, In-Situ Assembly of Self-Photosensitizing Crystalline Copper(I) Coordination Networks for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction, JACS Au, 2025.

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Xin Li, Jun-Hao Wang, Zhao-Lu Feng, Jiang Shao, Hao Dong*, Chen Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, A unique Bi2O2CO3/CeO2 heterostructure in-situ derived from BiCeOx nanorods for efficient CO2 electroreduction within ultra-broad potential windows, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 378, 125549, 2025.

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Jiang Shao, Jun-HaoWang, Yi-Fei Zhang, Sheng-Zhi Xue, Hao Dong, Hai-Chao Liu, Chen Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Amino Acid Electrosynthesis with Oxygen Vacancy-Mediated CeO2 Nanocrystals: Facet Effect and Catalytic Mechanism, JACS Au, 5, 2015-2026, 2025.

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Xing-Chi Li, Jun-Hao Wang, Tao-Tao Huang, Yang Hu, Xin Li, De-Jiu Wang, Wei-Wei Wang, Kai Xu, Chun-Jiang Jia, Hao Dong*, Guangshe Li*, Chen Li* , Ya-Wen Zhang*, Tunning valence state of cobalt centers in Cu/Co-CoO1-x for significantly boosting water-gas shift reaction, Nat. Commun., 16, 736, 2025.

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Xing-Chi Li, Tao-Tao Huang, Yang Hu, Xin Li, Yi-Fei Liu, Hao Dong, Chun-Jiang Jia, Guang-She Li, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Enhancing metal-support interactions in CeAlOx/Co inverse catalyst for significantly boosting ammonia decomposition reaction, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 5, 125020, 2025.

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Zi-Yuan Li, Jiang Shao, Yi-Fei Zhang, Xiao-Yu Guo, De-Jiu Wang, Hao Dong, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Electrochemical upgrade of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by C–N coupling over etched CuAu3@CuPd nanocubes, RSC Sustainability, 3, 572-579, 2025.

2024

Jiang Shao, Yi-Fei Zhang, Sheng-Zhi Xue, Zi-Yuan Li, Xin Li, Bin Liang, Ting-Zhou Li, Hao Dong, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Efficient electrochemical coupling of nitrate and biomass-derived acetone to acetoxime at a high current density over a Zn/Cu hexagonal nanosheet catalyst, Inorg. Chem. Front., 11, 5286-5298, 2024.

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Rumei Jin, Zewei Xie, Kuerbangnisha Kadeer, Xingguo Li, Jie Zheng, Yawen Zhang*, Jie Zheng*, Solid state preparation of carbon-supported Pt2Ca nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction reaction, Chem. Commun., 60, 7323-7326, 2024.

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De-Jiu Wang, Xiao-Chen Sun, Hai-Jing Yin, Hao Dong, HaiChao Liu*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Tuning Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation via Support Composition Modification Adjusted the Activity Reduction of H Species over Ce1–xPrxO2−δ-Supported Metal (Ru, Rh) Nanoclusters, ACS Catal., 14, 10060-10076, 2024.

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Chen-Yue Yuan, Li Feng, Xuetao Qin, Jin-Xun Liu*, Xin Li, Xiao-Chen Sun, Xiao-Xia Chang, Bing-Jun Xu, Wei-Xue Li, Ding Ma, Hao Dong, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Constructing Metal(II)-Sulfate Site Catalysts toward Low Overpotential Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Fuel Chemicals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 63, e202405255, 2024.

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Xin Li, Jun-Hao Wang, Chen-Yue Yuan, Qi-Wen Sun, Jiang Shao, Xing-Chi Li, Zhao-Lu Feng, Hao Dong*, Chen Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, A Unique Amorphous Porous BiSbOx Nanotube with Abundant Unsaturated Sb-Stabilized BiO8−x Sites for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction in a Wide Potential Window, Adv. Funct. Mater., 34, 2402220, 2024.

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Xiao-Yu Guo, Jun-Hao Wang, Qian Zhang, Ting-Zhou Li, Hao Dong, Chun-Jiang Jia , Chen Li*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Alkaline earth metal promoted hydrogen production from ammonia decomposition over Ni/La2O3-based catalysts, Appl. Catal. B-Environ., 348, 123844, 2024.

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Xiao-Chen Sun, Xing-Chi Li, Ze-Wei Xie, Chen-Yue Yuan, De-Jiu Wang, Qian Zhang, Xiao-Yu Guo, Hao Dong, Hai-Chao Liu , Ya-Wen Zhang*, Strong metal-support interactions between highly dispersed Cu+ species and ceria via mix-MOF pyrolysis toward promoted water-gas shift reaction, J. Energ. Chem., 91, 475-483, 2024.

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Meng-De Dai, Qian Zhang, Hao Dong, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Enhanced light driven CO2 conversion based on silver bismuth sulfide hollow octahedrons coated with amorphous metal–organic frameworks, Mater. Adv., 5, 1715-1725, 2024.

2023

Zezhou Li, Zhiheng Xie, Yao Zhang, Xilong Mu, Jisheng Xie, Hai-Jing Yin, Ya-Wen Zhang, Colin Ophus, Jihan Zhou*,Probing the atomically diffuse interfaces in Pd@Pt core-shell nanoparticles in three dimensions, Nat. Comm., 14, 2934, 2023.

Qian Zhang, Mingzi Sun, Chen-Yue Yuan, Qi-Wen Sun, Bolong Huang*，Hao Dong, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Strong Electronic Coupling Effects at the Heterojunction Interface of SnO2 Nanodots and g‑C3N4 for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction, ACS Catal., 13, 7055-7066, 2023.

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2022

Xiao-Chen Sun, Kun Yuan, Wang-De Hua, Zi-Rui Gao, Qian Zhang, Chen-Yue Yuan, Hai-Chao Liu*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Weakening the Metal−Support Interactions of M/CeO2 (M = Co, Fe, Ni) Using a NH3‑Treated CeO2 Support for an Enhanced Water−Gas Shift Reaction, ACS Catal., 12, 11942−11954, 2022.

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Ya-Li Zheng, Liang Zhou, Xiao-Chen Sun, Qian Zhang, Hai-Jing Yin, Ping Du, Xiang-Fei Yang, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Visible-Light Driven CO2 Reduction to CO by Co3O4 Supported on Tungsten Oxide, J. Phys. Chem. C, 126, 3017–3028, 2022.

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Xiao-Chen Sun, Kun Yuan, Jun-Hao Zhou, Chen-Yue Yuan, Hai-Chao Liu, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Au3+ Species-Induced Interfacial Activation Enhances Metal−Support Interactions for Boosting Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO, ACS Catal., 12, 923–934, 2022.

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Kun Yuan‡, Xiao-Chen Sun‡, Hai-Jing Yin, Liang Zhou, Hai-Chao Liu, Chun-Hua Yan, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Boosting the water gas shift reaction on Pt/CeO2-based nanocatalysts by compositional modification: Support doping versus bimetallic alloying, J. Energ. Chem., 67, 241-249, 2022.

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2021

王德九, 张亚文, 稀土异相纳米催化剂的控制合成及应用研究, 陕西师范大学学报（自然科学版）, 50(1), 1-27, 2021.

Jun-Hao Zhou‡, Chen-Yue Yuan‡, Ya-Li Zheng, Hai-Jing Yin, Kun Yuan, Xiao-Chen Sun, Ya-Wen Zhang*, The site pair matching of a tandem Au/CuO–CuO nanocatalyst for promoting the selective electrolysis of CO2 to C2 products, RSC Adv., 11, 38486–38494, 2021.

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Hai-Jing Yin, Kun Yuan, Ya-Li Zheng, Xiao-Chen Sun, Ya-Wen Zhang*, In Situ Synthesis of NiO/CuO Nanosheet Heterostructures Rich in Defects for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction, J. Phys. Chem. C, 125, 16516–16523, 2021.

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Kun Yuan, Yu Guo, Qing-Lin Lin, Ling Huang, Jia-Tong Ren, Haichao Liu*, Chun-Hua Yan, and Ya-Wen Zhang*, Size effect-tuned water gas shift reaction activity and pathway on ceria supported platinum catalysts, Journal of Catalysis, 394, 121-130, 2021.

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Ya‐Li Zheng, Jia‐Tong Ren, Liang Zhou, Kun Yuan, Xiao‐Chen Sun, Hai‐Jing Yin, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Biphasic Titania Derivatives of Titanium Metal‐Organic Framework Nanoplates for High‐Efficiency Photoreduction of Diluted CO2 to Methane, ChemCatChem, 13, 2215-2221, 2021.

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Kun Yuan, Yu Guo, Ling Huang, Liang Zhou, Hai-Jing Yin, Haichao Liu*, Chun-Hua Yan, and Ya-Wen Zhang*, Tunable Electronic Metal–Support Interactions on Ceria-Supported Noble-Metal Nanocatalysts in Controlling the Low-Temperature CO Oxidation Activity, Inorg. Chem., 60, 4207–4217, 2021.

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2020

Yu Guo, Zongyuan Liu, Feng Zhang, De-Jiu Wang, Kun Yuan, Ling Huang, Hai-Chao Liu*, Sanjaya D. Senanayake*, Jose A Rodriguez*, Chun-Hua Yan* and Ya-Wen Zhang*, Modulation of the Effective Metal-Support Interactions for the Selectivity of Ceria Supported Noble Metal Nanoclusters in Atmospheric CO2 Hydrogenation, ChemCatChem, 13, 874-881, 2020.

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Kun Yuan, Ya-Wen Zhang*,Engineering Well-defined Rare Earth Oxide-based Nanostructures for Catalyzing C1 Chemical Reactions, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 7, 4256-4280, 2020.

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Ya‐Li Zheng, Hai‐Chao Liu*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Engineering Heterostructured Nanocatalysts for CO2 Transformation Reactions: Advances and Perspectives, ChemSusChem, 13, 6090-6123, 2020.

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张茜，张亚文*, 高性能贵金属/氧化铈纳米催化材料的控制合成、性能调控及应用的研究进展, 中国科学（纪念徐光宪院士诞辰100周年专刊）, 50(11), 1600-1618, 2020.

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袁晨悦，张亚文*, 稀土金属在不对称催化中的应用：从均相催化到异相催化, 中国稀土学报, 39(1), 153-170, 2020.

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Xiao-Chen Sun, Kun Yuan, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Advances and prospects of rare earth metal-organic frameworks in catalytic applications, Journal of Rare Earths, 38, 801-818, 2020.

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Hai-Jing Yin, Zhi-Ping Zhang, Yu Guo, Kun Yuan, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Highly-selective synthesis of trimetallic PtRuCu nanoframes as robust catalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 4, 1985-1992, 2020.

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Jia-Tong Ren, Ya-Li Zheng, Kun Yuan, Liang Zhou, Ke Wu, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Self-templated synthesis of Co3O4 hierarchical nanosheets from a metal-organic framework for efficient visible-light photocatalytic CO2 reduction, Nanoscale, 12, 5-762, 2020.

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2019

袁堃，张亚文*, 纳米氧化铈的缺陷化学及其在多相催化中的作用的研究进展, 中国稀土学报（苏勉曾先生纪念专辑）, 38(3) , 326-344, 2019.

Huan Wang, Wei Zhu, Guo-Qing Yang, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Yong-Hong Song, Nanzhe Jiang,* Zhao-Tie Liu, Zhong-Wen Liu*, Insights into the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene with CO2 Catalyzed by the Ordered Mesoporous V2O5−Ce0.5Zr0.5O2−Al2O3, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04286, 2019.

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Jun-Hao Zhou, Kun Yuan, Liang Zhou, Yu Guo, Ming-Yu Luo, Xiao-Yan Guo, Qing-Yuan Meng, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Boosting electrochemical reduction of CO2 at a low overpotential by amorphous Ag-Bi-S-O decorated Bi0 nanocrystals, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 14197-14201, 2019.

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Hai-Jing Yin, Jun-Hao Zhou, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Shaping well-defined noble-metal-based nanostructures for fabricating high-performance electrocatalysts: advances and perspectives, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 6, 2582-2618, 2019.

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Yu-Chen Hao‡, Yu Guo‡, Li-Wei Chen, Miao Shu, Xin-Yu Wang, Tong-An Bu, Wen-Yan Gao, Nan Zhang, Xin Su, Xiao Feng, Jun-Wen Zhou, Bo Wang, Chang-Wen Hu, An-Xiang Yin*, Rui Si*, Ya-Wen Zhang* & Chun-Hua Yan*, Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water, Nature Catalysis, 2, 448-456, 2019.

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Jia-Tong Ren, Kun Yuan, Ke Wu, Liang Zhou, Ya-Wen Zhang*, A robust CdS/In2O3 hierarchical heterostructure derived from a metal–organic framework for efficient visible-light photocatalytic hydrogen production, Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 6, 366-375, 2019.

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Wei Zhu, Junjun Shan, Luan Nguyen, Shiran Zhang, Franklin Feng Tao*, Ya-Wen Zhang*, Evolution of surface of Pd-Rh bimetallic nanocubes and its correlation with CO oxidation, SCIENCE CHINA Materials, 62, 103-114, 2019.

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