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Boosting Electrocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis via Synergistic Effect of Iron-Based Single Atoms and Clusters

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Regulating the Local Microenvironment of an Fe−N4 Single-Atom Catalyst for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction

J. Phys. Chem. C 2024, 128, 18, 7463–7471


Lingling Zhang, Tong Liu, Xiaokang Liu, Sicheng Li, Xue Zhang, Qiquan Luo, Tao Ding*, Tao Yao*, Wei Zhang*

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Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 2868-2876.


Tong Liu, Yudan Chen, Airong Xu, Xiaokang Liu, Dong Liu, Sicheng Li, Hui Huang, Li Xu, Shuaiwei Jiang, Qiquan Luo, Tao Ding*, Tao Yao*

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Surface Redox Chemistry Regulates the Reaction Microenvironment for Efficient Hydrogen Peroxide Generation

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Wensheng Fang, Ruihu Lu, Fu-Min Li*, Chaohui He, Dan Wu, Kaihang Yue, Yu Mao, Wei Guo, Bo You, Fei Song, Tao Yao, Ziyun Wang*, Bao Yu Xia*

Low-coordination Nanocrystalline Copper-based Catalysts through Theory-guided Electrochemical Restructuring for Selective CO2 Reduction to Ethylene

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202319936.


Haoran Zhang, Feng Wu, Rui Huang, Xiaokang Liu, Zhiwen Zhang, Tao Yao, Yu Zhang*, Yuen Wu*

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In Situ Nitrogen Infiltration into an Ordered Pt3Co Alloy with sp–d Hybridization to Boost Fuel Cell Performance

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Wengang Fu, Yapei Yun, Hongting Sheng*, Xiaokang Liu, Tao Ding, Shuxian Hu, Tao Yao, Binghui Ge, Yuanxin Du, Didier Astruc*, Manzhou Zhu*

Design of bifunctional single-atom catalysts NiSA/ZIF-300 for CO2 conversion by ligand regulation strategy

Nano Res.2024, 17, 3827–3834.


2023


Dong Liu, Tao Ding*, Lifeng Wang, Huijuan Zhang, Li Xu, Beibei Pang, Xiaokang Liu*, Huijuan Wang, Junhui Wang, Kaifeng Wu, Tao Yao*

In situ constructing atomic interface in ruthenium-based amorphous hybrid-structure towards solar hydrogen evolution

Nat Commun. 2023, 14, 1720.



Beibei Pang, Chuanyi Jia, Sicong Wang, Tong Liu, Tao Ding, Xiaokang liu, Dong Liu, Linlin Cao Mengzhao Zhu, Changhao liang*, Yuen Wu, Zhaoliang Liao* Jun Jiang*, Tao Yao*

Self-Optimized Ligand Effect of Single-Atom Modifier in Ternary Pt-Based Alloy for Efficient Hydrogen Oxidation

Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 9, 3826–3834.



Sicong Wang, Tao Ding*, Tong Liu, Yanan Zhu, Zhinan Tao, Beibei Pang, Xiaokang Liu*, Qiquan Luo, Mei Sun, Hongting Sheng,Manzhou Zhu*, Tao Yao*

Ligand Assisted Thermal Atomization of Palladium Clusters: An Inspiring Approach for the Rational Design of Atomically Dispersed Metal Catalysts

Angew. Chem.Int. Ed.2023, 62, e202218630.




Zhiguo Sun, Huijuan Zhang, Linlin Cao*, Xiaokang Liu, Dan Wu, Xinyi Shen, Xue Zhang, Zihang Chen, Sen Ru, Xiangyu Zhu,  Zhiyuan Xia, Qiquan Luo*, Faqiang Xu, Tao Yao*

Understanding Synergistic Catalysis on Cu-Se Dual Atom Sites via Operando X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Angew. Chem.Int. Ed.2023, 135, e202217719.



Wei Zhang, Dong Liu*, Tong Liu, Chenglong Ding, Tao Chen, Yanming Li, Xiaokang Liu, Lan Wang, Changli Li, Jingfu He*, Tao Ding*, Tao Yao

Coordinately unsaturated nickel single atom electrocatalyst for efficient CO2 conversion

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Lan Wang, Honglei Chen, Yi Wang, Xiaokang Liu*, Changli Li*, Jingfu He*, Tao Yao

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Lingxiao Wang, Xiaoping Gao, Sicong Wang, Cai Chen, Jia Song, Xianhui Ma, Tao Yao, Huang Zhou* , Yuen Wu*

Axial Dual Atomic Sites Confined by Layer Stacking for Electroreduction of CO2 to Tunable Syngas

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Yapei Yun,  Haitao Zeng,  Lin Li,  Haifeng Li,  Shen Cheng,  Ningning Sun,  Meng Li,  Hongting Sheng*,  Shuxian Hu*,  Tao Yao,  Manzhou Zhu*

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Application of Time-Resolved Synchrotron X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in an Energy Conversion Reaction

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Fangyao Zhou,  Yaner Ruan,  Mengzhao Zhu,  Xiaoping Gao,  Wenxin Guo,  Xiaokang Liu,  Wenyu Wang,  Min Chen,  Geng Wu,  Tao Yao,  Huang Zhou*,  Yuen Wu*

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2022



Tao Chen, Tong Liu, Beibei Pang, Tao Ding, Wei Zhang, Xinyi Shen, Dan Wu, Lan Wang, Xiaokang Liu, Qiquan Luo, Wenkun Zhu*, Tao Yao*

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Uncovering the Nature of Active Sites during Electrocatalytic Reactions by In Situ Synchrotron-Based Spectroscopic Techniques

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Lan Wang, Ya Pan, Dan Wu, Xiaokang Liu, Linlin Cao, Wei Zhang, Honglei Chen, Tong Liu, Dong Liu, Tao Chen, Tao Ding, Yi Wang, Chenglong Ding, Caitao Kang, Changli Li*, Jingfu He*, Tao Yao*

The in situ formation of defective CoOOH catalysts from semi-oxidized Co for alkaline oxygen evolution reaction

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Beibei Pang, Xiaokang Liu, Tianyang Liu, Tao Chen, Xinyi Shen, Wei Zhang, Sicong Wang,  Tong Liu, Dong Liu, Tao Ding, Zhaoliang Liao, Yafei Li*, Changhao Liang*, Tao Yao*

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Incorporating Sulfur Atoms intoPalladium Catalysts by ReactiveMetal–Support Interaction forSelective Hydrogenation

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Junhua Liu, Xinxin Zhang, Yaoyao Ji, Xiaofei Gao, Jiating Wu, Minjie Zhang, Lin Li, Xiaokang Liu, Wensheng Yan, Tao Yao, Yuewei Yin, Lingfei Wang, Hangwen Guo, Guanglei Cheng, Zhaosheng Wang, Peng Gao, Yilin Wang*, Kai Chen*, Zhaoliang Liao*

Controllable Itinerant Ferromagnetism in Weakly Correlated 5d SrIrO3

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Qiuping Wang, Tianyang Liu, Kui Chen, Dan Wu, Cai Chen, Min Chen, Xianhui Ma, Jie Xu, Tao Yao, Yafei Li*, Huang Zhou*, Yuen Wu*

Precise Regulation of Iron Spin States in Single Fe-N4 Sites for Efficient Peroxidase-Mimicking Catalysis

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89. Tong Liu, Wei Zhang*, Tao Chen, Dong Liu, Linlin Cao, Tao Ding, Xiaokang Liu, Beibei Pang, Sicong Wang, LanWang, Qiquan Luo*, Tao Yao*

Regulating the Coordination Environment of Ruthenium Cluster Catalysts for the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

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88. Dan Wu, Xinyi Shen, Xiaokang Liu, Tong Liu, Qiquan Luo, Dong Liu, Tao Ding, Tao Chen, LanWang, Linlin Cao*, Tao Yao*

Insight into Fe Activating One-Dimensional alpha-Ni(OH)2 Nanobelts for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction

J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 20301-20308



87. Meng Gu, Dong Liu, Tao Ding, Xiaokang Liu, Tao Chen, Xinyi Shen, Tao Yao*

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Surface Oxygen Injection in Tin Disulfide Nanosheets for Efficient CO2 Electroreduction to Formate and Syngas

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Dual-Metal Sites Boosting Polarization of Nitrogen Molecules for Efficient Nitrogen Photofixation

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73. Wei Zhang, Peng He, Chao Wang, Tao Ding, Tao Chen,Xiaokang Liu, Linlin Cao, Tianming Huang, Xinyi Shen, Oleg A. Usoltsev, Aram L. Bugaev, Yue Lin* and Tao Yao*

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72. Xiaokang Liu, Chengcheng Ao, Xinyi Shen, Lan Wang, Sicong Wang, Linlin Cao, Wei Zhang, Jingjing Dong, Jun Bao, Tao Ding*, Lidong Zhang, and Tao Yao*

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69. Lan Wang, Xiaokang Liu, Linlin Cao, Wei Zhang, Tao Chen, Yue Lin, Huijuan Wang, Yi Wang,and Tao Yao*

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67. Shi Fang, Xiaorong Zhu, Xiaokang Liu, Jian Gu, Wei Liu, Danhao Wang, Wei Zhang, Yue Lin,Junling Lu, Shiqiang Wei, Yafei Li and Tao Yao*

Uncovering near-free platinum single-atom dynamics during electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction

Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1029


66. Changming Zhao, Gan Luo, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang, Zhijun Li, Qian Xu, Qinghua Zhang, Huijuan Wang, Deming Li, Fangyao Zhou, Yunteng Qu, Xiao Han, Zezhou Zhu, Geng Wu, Jing Wang, Junfa Zhu, Tao Yao,* Yafei Li,* Henny J.M. Bouwmeester, and Yuen Wu*

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54. Xusheng Zheng*, Yue Lin, Haibin Pan, Lihui Wu, Wei Zhang, Linlin Cao, Jing Zhang, Lirong Zheng and Tao Yao* 

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Mater. Chem. Front. 2018, 2, 1317-1322.


52. Linlin Cao, Yuanjie Cao, Xiaokang Liu, Qiquan Luo, Wei Liu, Wei Zhang, Xiaoli Mou, Tao Yao* and Shiqiang Wei*

Coupling confinement activating cobalt oxide ultra-small clusters for high-turnover oxygen evolution electrocatalysis.  

J. Mater. Chem. A. 2018, 6, 15684-15689.


51. Jing Wang, Wei Liu, Gan Luo, Zhijun Li, Chao Zhao, Haoran Zhang, Mengzhao Zhu, Qian Xu, Xiaoqian Wang, Changming Zhao, Yunteng Qu, Zhengkun Yang, Tao Yao, Yafei Li,  YueLin*, YuenWu* and  Yadong Li*

Synergistic effect of well-defined dual sites boosting the oxygen reduction reaction.  

Energ. Environ. Sci. 2018, 11, 3375-3379.


50. Pengcheng Huang, Wei Liu, Zhihai He, Chong Xiao, Tao Yao, Youming Zou, Chengming Wang, Zeming Qi, Wei Tong, Bicai Pan, Shiqiang Wei and Yi Xie* 

Single atom accelerates ammonia photosynthesis.  

Sci. China. Chem. 2018, 61, 1187-1196.


49. Xinzuo Fang, Qichao Shang, Yu Wang , Long Jiao, Tao Yao, Yafei Li, Qun Zhang, Yi Luo andHailong Jiang*

Single Pt Atoms Confined into a Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Photocatalysis. 

Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1705112.


48. Xiaoqian Wang, Zhao Chen, Xuyan Zhao, Tao Yao, Wenxing Chen, Rui You, Changming Zhao, Geng Wu , Jing Wang, Weixin Huang, Jinlong Yang, Xun Hong, Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu* andYadong Li 

Regulation of Coordination Number over Single Co Sites: Triggering the Efficient Electroreduction of CO2.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2018, 57, 1944-1948.


47. Jian Yang, Bingxu Chen, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Liu, Zhijun Li, Juncai Dong, Wenxing Chen  , Wensheng Yan, Tao Yao, Xuezhi Duan, Yuen Wu* and Yadong Li 

Efficient and Robust Hydrogen Evolution: Phosphorus Nitride Imide Nanotubes as Supports for Anchoring Single Ruthenium Sites.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2018, 57, 9495-9500.




2017


46. Changming Zhao, Xinyao Dai, Tao Yao*, Wenxing Chen, Xiaoqian Wang, Jing Wang, Jian Yang, Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu* and Yadong Li*

Ionic Exchange of Metal Organic Frameworks to Access Single Nickel Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of CO2.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8078-8081.


45. Wei Liu, Linlin Cao, Weiren Cheng, YuanjieCao, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang, Xiaoli Mou, Lili Jin, Xusheng Zheng, Wei Che,Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao*, Shiqiang Wei* 

Single-Site Active Cobalt-Based Photocatalyst with a Long Carrier Lifetime for Spontaneous Overall Water Splitting.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2017, 56, 9312.


44. Lili Jin, Xusheng Zheng, Wei Liu, LinlinCao, Yuanjie Cao, Tao Yao * and Shiqiang Wei

Integration of plasmonic and amorphous effects in MoO3-x spheres for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation.  

J. Mater. Chem. A. 2017, 5, 12022-12026.


43. Yuanjie Cao, Si Chen, Qiquan Luo, Huan Yan, YueLin, Wei Liu, Linlin Cao, Junling Lu*, Jinlong Yang, Tao Yao*, Shiqiang We

Atomic-Level Insight into Optimizing the Hydrogen Evolution Pathway over a Co-1-N-4 Single-Site Photocatalyst.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2017, 56, 12191-12196.


42.Shibao Zhang, Fumin Tang, Jinkun Liu, Wei Che, Hui Su, Wei Liu, YuanyuanHuang, Yong Jiang, Tao Yao, Qinghua Liu* , Shiqiang Wei 

MoS2-coated ZnO nanocomposite as an active heterostructure photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution.  

Radiat. Phys. Chem. 2017, 137, 104-107.


41. Lina Yang, Juan Chen, Ting Huang, Li Huang, Zhihu Sun, Yong Jiang, TaoYao and Shiqiang Wei*   

Red-emitting Au-7 nanoclusters with fluorescence sensitivity to Fe2+ ions.  

J. Mater. Chem. C. 2017, 5, 4448-4454.


40. Lina Yang, Yuanjie Cao, Juan Chen, Zhihu Sun* , Tao Yao, Yong Jiang and Shiqiang Wei*  

Luminescence of Au(I)-thiolate complex affected by solvent.  

Radiat. Phys. Chem. 2017,137, 68-71.


39. Huan Yan, Yue Lin, Hong Wu, Wenhua Zhang, Zhihu Sun, Hao Cheng, Wei Liu, Chunlei Wang, Junjie Li, Xiaohui Huang, Tao Yao,Jinlong Yang, Shiqiang Wei* and Junling Lu*

Bottom-up precise synthesis of stable platinum dimers on graphene.  

Nat. Commun. 2017,8, 1070


38. Jiaqi Xu, XiaodongLi, Wei Liu, Yongfu Sun*, Zhengyu Ju, Tao Yao, ChengmingWang,  Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu, Shiqiang Wei*, Yi Xie*

Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction into Syngas Boosted by a Partially Delocalized Charge in Molybdenum Sulfide Selenide Alloy Monolayers.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2017, 56, 9121-9125.


37. Xin Wang, Wenxing Chen, Lei Zhang, TaoYao§Orcid, Wei Liu, Yue Lin, Huanxin Ju, Juncai Dong, Lirong Zheng, WenshengYan, Xusheng Zheng, Zhijun Li, Xiaoqian Wang, Jian Yang, Dongsheng He, Yu Wang, Zhaoxiang Deng, Yuen Wu* and Yadong Li*

Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 9419-9422.


36. Jing Wang, Zhengqing Huang, Wei Liu,Chunran Chang*, Haolin Tang, Zhijun Li, Wenxing Chen, Chunjiang Jia, Tao Yao,Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu* and Yadong Li 

Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 17281-17284.


35. Fumin Tang, Weiren Cheng, Yuanyuan Huang,Hui Su, Tao YaoOrcid, Qinghua Liu*, Jinkun Liu, Fengchun Hu, Yong Jiang, ZhihuSun, and Shiqiang Wei*

Strong Surface Hydrophilicity in Co-Based Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation.  

ACS Appl. Mater. 2017, 9, 26867-26873.


34. Shan Gao, Zhongti Sun, Wei Liu, XingchenJiao, Xiaolong Zu, Qitao Hu, Yongfu Sun*, Tao Yao, Wenhua Zhang*, Shiqiang Wei and Yi Xie*

Atomic layer confined vacancies for atomic-level insights into carbon dioxide electroreduction.

Nat. Commun. 2017,8.


33. Xinyao Dai, Zheng Chen, Tao Yao, Lirong Zheng, Yue Lin,Wei Liu, Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu, Xun Hong, Shiqiang Wei, Yuen Wu * and Yadong Li

Single Ni sites distributed on N-doped carbon for selective hydrogenation of acetylene.

Chem. Commun. 2017, 53, 11568-11571.


32. Weiren Cheng, Hui Su, Fumin Tang, Wei Che, Yuanyuan Huang, XushengZheng, Tao Yao, Jinkun Liu, Fengchun Hu, Yong Jiang, Qinghua Liu * and Shiqiang Wei

Synergetic enhancement of plasmonic hot-electron injection in Au cluster-nanoparticle/C3N4 for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution.  

J. Mater. Chem. A. 2017, 5, 19649-19655.


31. Wei Che, Weiren Cheng, Tao Yao, Fumin Tang, WeiLiu, Hui Su, Yuanyuan Huang, Qinghua Liu*, Jinkun Liu, Fengchun Hu, Zhiyun Pan,Zhihu Sun, and Shiqiang Wei*

Fast Photoelectron Transfer in (C-ring)-C3N4 Plane Heterostructural Nanosheets for Overall Water Splitting.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 3021-3026.


30. Liang Cai, Weiren Cheng, Tao Yao, YuanyuanHuang, Fumin Tang, Qinghua Liu*, Wei Liu, Zhihu Sun, Fengchun Hu, Yong Jiang,Wensheng Yan*, and Shiqiang Wei 

High-Content Metallic 1T Phase in MoS2-Based Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution. 

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2017, 121, 15071-15077.


29. Jie Bao, LinaYang, TingHuang, ZhihuSun*, TaoYao,Yong Jiang*, ShiqiangWei

XAFS study on thiol etching of diphosphine-stabilized gold nanoclusters.  

Radiat. Phys. Chem. 2017, 137, 99-103.




2016


28. Wenlong Yang, Lei Zhang, Junfeng Xie, Xiaodong Zhang*, Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao*, Shiqiang Wei, Qun Zhang, Yi Xie* 

Enhanced Photoexcited Carrier Separation in Oxygen-Doped ZnIn2S4 Nanosheets for Hydrogen Evolution.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2016, 55, 6716-6720.


27. Xiaogang Tan, Wei Liu, Ran Long, XiaodongZhang, Tao Yao*, Qinghua Liu, Zhihu Sun, Yuanjie Cao, and Shiqiang Wei*

Symmetry-Controlled Structural Phase Transition Temperature in Chromium-Doped Vanadium Dioxide.  

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2016, 120, 28163-28168.


26. Shoujie Liu, Xusheng Zheng, Li Song, WeiLiu, Tao Yao*, Zhihu Sun, Yue Lin and Shiqiang Wei* 

Partial-surface-passivation strategy for transition-metal-based copper-gold nanocage.

Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 6617-6620.


25. Fengcai Lei, Wei Liu, Yongfu Sun*, Jiaqi Xu,Katong Liu, Liang Liang, Tao Yao*, Bicai Pan, Shiqiang Wei and Yi Xie*

Metallic tin quantum sheets confined in graphene toward high-efficiency carbon dioxide electroreduction.  

Nat. Commun. 2016, 7,12697


24. Yuanyuan Huang, Wei Liu, Hao Cheng, Tao Yao*, LinaYang, Jie Bao, Ting Huang, Zhihu Sun, Yong Jiang* and Shiqiang Wei

Solvent-induced desorption of alkanethiol ligands from Au nanoparticles. 

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 15927-15933.


23. Junheng Huang, Qichao Shang, Yuanyuan Huang, FuminTang, Qun Zhang, Qinghua Liu*, Shan Jiang, Fengchun Hu, Wei Liu, Yi Luo, Tao Yao*,Yong Jiang, Zhiyun Pan, Zhihu Sun, Shiqiang Wei*

Oxyhydroxide Nanosheets with Highly Efficient Electron-Hole Pair Separation for Hydrogen Evolution.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2016, 55, 2137-2141.


22. Lin Chen, Fengchun Hu, Hengli Duan, QinghuaLiu, Hao Tan, Wensheng Yan, Tao Yao, Yong Jiang, Zhihu Sun and Shiqiang Wei 

Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016,108, 252402


21. Peiqun Yin, Tao Yao, Yuen Wu*, Lirong Zheng, YueLin, Wei Liu, Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu, Xun Hong, Zhaoxiang Deng, Gang Zhou, ShiqiangWei, Yadong Li*

Single Cobalt Atoms with Precise N-Coordination as Superior Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2016, 55, 10800-10805.




2015


20. Lina Yang, Hao Cheng, Yong Jiang, TingHuang, Jie Bao, Zhihu Sun*, Zheng Jiang, Jingyuan Ma, Fanfei Sun, Qinghua Liu,a,Tao Yao*, Huijuan Deng, Shuxin Wang, Manzhou Zhu and  Shiqiang Wei 

In situ studies on controlling an atomically-accurate formation process of gold nanoclusters.

Nanoscale. 2015, 7, 14452-14459.


19. Junheng Huang, Junting Chen, Tao Yao*, JingfuHe, Shan Jiang, Zhihu Sun, Qinghua Liu, Weiren Cheng, Fengchun Hu, Yong Jiang, ZhiyunPan*, Shiqiang Wei*

CoOOH Nanosheets with High Mass Activity for Water Oxidation.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2015, 54, 8722-8727.


18. Shi He, Yuanyuan Huang, Junheng Huang, WeiLiu, Tao Yao*, Shan Jiang, Fumin Tang, Jinkun Liu, Fengchun Hu, Zhiyun Pan, andQinghua Liu*

Ultrathin CoOOH Oxides Nanosheets Realizing Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2015, 119, 26362-26366.


17. Huan Yan, Hao Cheng, Hong Yi, Yue Lin, TaoYao, Chunlei Wang, Junjie Li, Shiqiang Wei*, and Junling Lu* 

Single-Atom Pd-1/Graphene Catalyst Achieved by Atomic Layer Deposition: Remarkable            Performance in Selective Hydrogenation of 1,3-Butadiene.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 10484-10487.


16. Zhihu Sun, Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao, Wensheng Yan and Shiqiang Wei* 

X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy in nanomaterials.  

Sci. China. Mater. 2015, 58, 313-341.


15. Xu Sun, Tao Yao, Zhenpeng Hu, Yuqiao Guo,Qinghua Liu, Shiqiang Wei* and Changzheng Wu*

In situ unravelling structural modulation across the charge-density-wave transition in vanadium disulfide.  

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 13333-13339.


14. Maowei Jiang, Wei Liu, Xiaoli Yang, ZhengJiang, Tao Yao, Shiqiang Wei* and Xiaogang Peng*

Pt/Fe3O4 Core/Shell Triangular Nanoprisms by Heteroepitaxy: Facet Selectivity at the Pt-Fe3O4 Interface and the Fe3O4 Outer Surface.  

Acs Nano. 2015, 9, 10950-10960.


13. Liang Cai, Jingfu He, Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao,Lin Chen, Wensheng Yan*, Fengchun Hu, Yong Jiang, Yidong Zhao, Tiandou Hu,Zhihu Sun*, and Shiqiang Wei*

Vacancy-Induced Ferromagnetism of MoS2 Nanosheets.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 2622-2627.




Before 2015


12. Chao Wang, Yajuan Feng, Liang Cai, XiaoyuYang, Jingfu He, Wensheng Yan*, Qinghua Liu, Zhihu Sun, Fengchun Hu, Zhi Xie,Tao Yao*, Shiqiang Wei 

ZnO@S-doped ZnO core/shell nanocomposites for highly efficient solar water splitting.  

J. Power. Sources. 2014, 269, 24-30.


11. Yong Jiang, Yuanyuan Huang, Hao Cheng,Qinghua Liu, Zhi Xie, Tao Yao*, Zheng Jiang, Yuying Huang, Qing Bian, GuoqiangPan, Zhihu Sun*, and Shiqiang Wei

Solvent Influence on the Role of Thiols in Growth of Thiols-Capped Au Nanocrystals.  

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2014, 118, 714-719.


10. Hao Cheng, Lina Yang, Yong Jiang, Yuanyuan Huang, Zhihu Sun*, Jing Zhang, Tiandou Hu,  Zhiyun Pan, Guoqiang Pan, Tao Yao*, Qing Bian and Shiqiang Wei  

Adsorption kinetic process of thiol ligands on gold nanocrystals.  

Nanoscale. 2013, 5, 11795-800.


9. Yong Jiang, Peidong Yin, Yuanyuan Li, ZhihuSun, Qinghua Liu, Tao Yao*, Hao Cheng, Fengchun Hu, Zhi Xie, Bo He, GuoqiangPan, and Shiqiang Wei* 

Modifying the Atomic and Electronic Structures of Gold Nanocrystals via Changing the Chain Length of n-Alkanethiol Ligands.  

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2012, 116, 24999-25003.


8. Tao Yao, Liang Liu, Chong Xiao, XiaodongZhang, Qinghua Liu, Shiqiang Wei, Yi Xie 

Ultrathin Nanosheets of Half-Metallic Monoclinic Vanadium Dioxide with a Thermally Induced Phase Transition.  

Angew. Chem. Int. Edit. 2013, 52, 7554-7558.


7. Tao Yao, Shoujie Liu, Zhihu Sun, YuanyuanLi, Shi He, Hao Cheng, Yi Xie*, Qinghua Liu, Yong Jiang, Ziyu Wu*, Zhiyun Pan,Wensheng Yan, and Shiqiang Wei*

Probing Nucleation Pathways for Morphological Manipulation of Platinum Nanocrystals.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 9410-9416.


6. Xiaogang Tan, Tao Yao, Ran Long, Zhihu Sun,Yajuan Feng, Hao Cheng, Xun Yuan, Wenqing Zhang, Qinghua Liu, Changzheng Wu, Yi Xie* and Shiqiang Wei* 

Unraveling Metal-insulator Transition Mechanism of VO2 Triggered by Tungsten Doping.

Sci. Rep. 2012, 2.


5. Liang Liu, Tao Yao, Xiaogang Tan, QinghuaLiu, Zhiqiang Wang, Dacheng Shen, Zhihu Sun, Shiqiang Wei*, Yi Xie* 

Room-Temperature Intercalation-Deintercalation Strategy Towards VO2(B) Single Layers with Atomic Thickness.  

Small. 2012, 8, 3752-3756.


4. Tao Yao, Xiaodong Zhang*, Zhihu Sun, ShoujieLiu, Yuanyuan Huang, Yi Xie, Changzheng Wu, Xun Yuan, Wenqing Zhang, Ziyu Wu,Guoqiang Pan, Fengchun Hu, Lihui Wu, Qinghua Liu, and Shiqiang Wei 

Understanding the Nature of the Kinetic Process in a VO2 Metal-Insulator Transition.  

Phys. Rev. Lett. 2010,105.


3. Tao Yao, Zhihu Sun, Yuanyuan Li, Zhiyun Pan,He Wei, Yi Xie*, Masaharu Nomura, Yasuhiro Niwa, Wensheng Yan, Ziyu Wu, YongJiang, Qinghua Liu, and Shiqiang Wei*

Insights into Initial Kinetic Nucleation of Gold Nanocrystals.  

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 7696-7701.


2. Tao Yao, Wensheng Yan*, Zhihu Sun, ZhiyunPan, Yi Xie, Yong Jiang, Jian Ye, Fengchun Hu, and Shiqiang Wei* 

Magnetic Property and Spatial Occupation of Co Dopants in Zn0.98Co0.02O Nanowires.

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2009, 113, 14114-14118.


1. Tao Yao, Wensheng Yan*, Zhihu Sun, Zhiyun Pan,Bo He, Yong Jiang, He Wei, Masaharu Nomura, Yi Xie, Yaning Xie, Tiandou Hu, andShiqiang Wei*  

High-Temperature Ferromagnetism of Hybrid Nanostructure Ag-Zn0.92Co0.08O Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor.  

J. Phys. Chem. C. 2009, 113, 3581-3585.