Professor
Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates
2024 November
Our work that invents a thermal management approach to Sabatier reaction catalyst design, for the application of environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS) in manned spacecraft, has been accepted by Adv. Sci..
2024 October
Our joint work with Prof. Yu Huang that achieves integrable utilization of intermittent sunlight and residual heat for on-demand CO2 conversion with water has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2024 October
Our joint work with Prof. Qinqin Liu that develops an asymmetric moiety between 2D photocatalyst and co-catalyst for directed charge transfer has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2024 September
Our work that invents an artificial system based on clusters and molecular catalysts to mimic natural photosynthesis for all-weather light/dark reactions has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2024 September
Our work that achieves light-driven reverse water gas shift reaction with ultrahigh stability has been accepted by Adv. Mater..
2024 September
Our joint work with Prof. Xiongwu Kang that tailors the second shell of single-atom Cu catalyst for acetate production in CO electroreduction has been accepted by Nano Lett..
2024 August
Our Perspective article that outlines the use of in situ Raman spectroscopy in electrocatalysis investigation has been accepted by J. Phys. Chem. C. Congratulations, Zhenzhong!
2024 August
Our Perspective article that demonstrates the concept of ecochemistry has been accepted by Artificial Photosynthesis.
2024 July
Our work that develops a biomimetic COF for electrocatalytic CO2 conversion has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2024 June
Our work that achieves highly efficient and stable electrocatalytic acidic NOx− reduction, which can be well integrated with plasma system for streamlining ammonia synthesis from air, has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Xuecheng!
2024 June
Our joint work with Prof. Shangfeng Yang that develops phosphorene-fullerene hybrid materials for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2024 June
Our joint work with Profs. Zhifeng Jiang and Weidong Shi that utilizes hydrogen bonds to construct frustrated Lewis pairs in polymer photocatalysts for improved CO2 reduction has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2024 May
Qiaoxi Liu, Shengkun Liu, Yihong Chen and Xinyu Wang successfully defended their PhD theses. Congratulations, Drs. Liu, Liu, Chen and Wang!
2024 May
Our work that achieves the highly efficient, selective and stable photocatalytic methane coupling to ethane has been accepted by Sci. Adv.. Congratulations, Guangyao!
2024 May
Our joint work with Prof. Feng Fu that establishes full-space electric field in polarization photocatalyst for oriented charge flow has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Jun!
2024 April
Our review article that outlines the electrocatalysis progress for integration of green hydrogen production and storage has been accepted by Precision Chem.. Congratulations, Chao!
2024 March
Our joint work with Prof. Shungui Zhou that provides insights into the geochemical cycle of abiotic methane production has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2024 March
Our work that achieves highly efficient and selective light-driven dry reforming of methane through a carbon exchange mechanism has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Hailong and Yueyue!
2024 March
Our work that improves photoelectrochemical H2 production by tuning solid-liquid interfacial charge transfer with second coordination sphere design has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Yangguang!
2024 February
Our work that achieves conversion of CO2 to C6 sugar (L-sorbose) by coupling photovoltaics-powered electrocatalysis with five-enzyme cascade platform engineered via genetic mutation and bioinformatics has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Guangyu, Yuan and Zehua!
2024 February
Our work that observes the reversible hydrogen spillover between palladium and metal-organic frameworks through time-resolved spectroscopy has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Qiaoxi and Hao!
2024 February
Our work that develops thermal management materials for metamaterial absorber toward photothermal CO2 hydrogenation has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Shengkun!
2024 February
Our joint work with Prof. Zhengquan Li that develops perovskite-based Z-scheme heterojunction for photocatalytic CO2 methanation has been accepted by ACS Mater. Lett..
2024 February
Our work that achieves formic acid economy by linking CO2 electrolysis and fuel cell in practice has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Chao!
2024 February
Our joint work with Prof. Yunqian Dai that develops nanofluidic thermal management for tntegration of photothermal water evaporation with photocatalytic microplastics upcycling has been accepted by PNAS.
2024 January
Our work that develops a a nonmetallic plasmonic catalyst for photothermal CO2 flow conversion with high activity, selectivity and durability has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Xueying!
2024 January
Our work that tunes the local coordination environment of coordination networks with counterions for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has been accepted by Sci. Chin. Chem..
2024 January
Our review article that outlines the materials design for photocatalytic CO2 conversion to C2+ products has been accepted by Chem. Mater.. Congratulations, Saira!
2024 January
Our work that develops a continuous flow system for highly efficient and durable photocatalytic oxidative coupling of methane has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Yihong!
2023 December
Our work that develops an iron-based catalyst for light-driven selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Jun!
2023 December
Our work that engineers surface lattice hydroxyl groups to promote photocatalytic methane coupling has been accepted by Chem. Commun.. Congratulations, Zili!
2023 December
Our work that develops a 3D composite for water micropollutant removal in flow-through photocatalytic membrane reactor has been accepted by ACS Mater. Lett..
2023 December
A work by Xiaonong Wang that achieves wide-range electromagnetic wave absorption by designing cobalt-loaded carbon materials has been accepted by Small. Congratulations, Xiaonong!
2023 December
Our work that tunes the selectivity of photothermal CO2 hydrogenation through photo-induced metal-oxide interaction has been accepted by Appl. Catal. B. Congratulations, Jun!
2023 December
Our review article that outlines the progress of heterogeneous catalysts for transfer hydrogenation has been accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations, Guangyu and Jun!
2023 November
Our work that develops high-loading single-atom Cu catalyst for efficient electrocatalytic CO2-to-CH4 conversion has been accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations, Jiawei and Yawen!
2023 November
Our joint review article with Prof. Yong Zhou that outlines the design of active sites for photocatalytic CO2 conversion has been accepted by Adv. Func. Mater..
2023 November
Our joint work with Prof. Enyi Ye that designs 2D/2D heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic wastewater treatment has been accepted by Small Method. Congratulations, Wenbin!
2023 October
Our joint work with Prof. Zhengcui Wu that achieves effcient and selective CO2 electroreduction to methanol in membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc..
2023 October
Our joint work with Prof. Songbai Qiu and Prof. Tiejun Wang that achieves highly efficient ethanol upgrading to long-chain alcohols in aqueous phase has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2023 October
Our joint work with Prof. Yu Huang that develops a material for all-weather CO2 utilization by mimicking natural photosynthesis has been accepted by Natl. Sci. Rev..
2023 October
Our joint work with Prof. Zhengcui Wu that achieves effcient and selective CO2 electroreduction to ethanol in membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2023 October
Our work that invents programmable artificial photosynthetic cells, based on biotic-abiotic hybrid energy modules, to achieve the customized CO2 conversion has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Feng and Guangyu!
2023 October
Our work that designs a Bi4O5Br2/g-C3N4 heterojunction for photocatalytic removal of persistent organic pollutants from water has been accepted by EcoEnergy.
2023 September
Our joint work with Prof. Aijun Du that develops enzyme mimicking Cu-based metal-organic frameworks for conversion of CO2 into C2 products has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Wanbing!
2023 August
Our joint work with Prof. Yu Huang that engineers the dopant sites of catalysts for toluene oxidation in a wide temperature range has been accepted by Environ. Sci. Tech..
2023 August
Our joint work with Prof. Han-Qing Yu and Prof. Jie-Jie Chen that develops electrocatalysts for water dechlorination by mimicking reductive dehalogenases has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2023 July
Our joint work with Prof. Enyi Ye that integrates single-atom catalyst with Z-scheme heterojunction for cascade charge transfer has been accepted by Adv. Sci.. Congratulations, Wenbin!
2023 July
Our work that designs a catalyst for highly efficient and durable photothermal CO2 conversion has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Jun!
2023 June
Our work that integrates molecular photosensitizer and catalyst with carbon nanotubes for CO2 photoreduction has been accepted by J. Environ. Sci.. Congratulations, Xiaofeng!
2023 June
Our Comment article invited by Chin. J. Catal., which outlines recent advances in extraterrestrial photocatalytic CO2 conversion, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Jingxiang!
2023 April
Our work that achieves the photocatalytic flow production of acetic acid solely from methane has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Wenqing!
2023 April
Our work that developes magnetic upconversion nanoparticles to achieve high contrast for latent fingerprint recognition on various substrates has been accepted by J. Univ. Sci. Tech. Chin.. Congratulations, Yafei and Fu!
2023 April
Our Perspective article invited by ACS Catal., which elucidates fundamentals of plasmon-mediated catalytic selectivity and outlines recent advances and emerging opportunities in selective chemical bond evolution, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Yueyue and Canyu!
2023 April
Our work that integrates localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) mode and the surface plasmon polariton (SPP) mode for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection has been accepted by J. Phys. Chem. C. Congratulations, Linlin, Canyu and Yueyue!
2023 April
Our joint work with Prof. Yunqian Dai that develops hierarchical triphase diffusion photoelectrodes for methane conversion has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2023 March
Our work that integrates gold nanoclusters with ultrathin layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets for photocatalytic CO2 reduction has been accepted by Appl. Catal. B. Congratulations, Yanan and Pengye!
2023 February
Our review article invited by Curr. Opin. Green Sustain. Chem., which outlines recent progress on dynamic characterization for artificial photosynthesis, has been accepted for publication.
2023 February
Our review article that outlines lead-free bismuth-based halide perovskite photocatalysts has been accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations, Zehong!
2023 February
Our joint review article with Dr. Enyi Ye that outlines active site engineering on plasmonic nanostructures for photocatalysis has been accepted by ACS Nano. Congratulations, Wenbin!
2023 February
Our joint work with Prof. Huijun Zhao that develops selective electrochemical coupling of nitroarenes into azoxybenzene compounds has been accepted by ACS Nano. Congratulations, Wanbing!
2023 February
Our work that develops sustainable methane utilization technology via photocatalytic halogenation with alkali halide has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Jun!
2023 January
Our work that improves the durability of Au clusters in CO2 photoreduction with MOF encapsulation has been accepted by Chem Commun..
2023 January
Our work that explores single-atom Cu/CeO2 catalyst for CO2 electroreduction has been accepted by ACS Nano. Congratulations, Yawen and Jiawei!
2023 January
Our joint work with Dr. Baodong Wang that develops an anti-poisoning catalyst without metal active sites for NH3-SCR has been accepted by EES Catal..
2023 January
Our review article invited by Adv. Sens. Energy Mater., which outlines recent progress on plasmonic semiconductors for artificial photosynthesis, has been accepted for publication.
2023 January
Our joint work with Prof. Yong Zhou that develops a photocatalyst for selective conversion of CO2 to propane has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2023 January
Our Perspective article invited by J. Phys. Chem. C, which outlines recent progress on lattice oxygen activation for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, has been accepted for publication.
2023 January
Our work that achieves the broadband artificial photosynthesis for hydrocarbons with ultrahigh activity and selectivity by surface plasmon has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Canyu and Jingxiang!
2022 December
Our Opinion article in collaboration with Prof. Dmitry Yu. Murzin, which provides insights into heterogeneous photocatalysis from the angle of conventional catalysis, has been accepted by Trends Chem.. Congratulations, Jingxiang!
2022 November
Our work that achieves regeneration-free 300-hour electrochemical CO2 reduction to C2 products via interfacial CuAlO2 stabilizer has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Xinyu and Yawen!
2022 November
Our work that achieves highly efficient photocatalytic CO2 methanation by tuning oxygen vacancies has been accepted by Chin. J. Struct. Chem.. Congratulations, Zheyue and Di!
2022 November
Our work that controlls reactive oxygen species for efficient photocatalytic methane conversion has been accepted by Nanoscale Horiz.. Congratulations, Jun!
2022 November
Our review article invited by eScience, which outlines recent progress on electrochemical C-N coupling reactions has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Yuan, Hailong and Jingxiang!
2022 November
Our work that achieves the efficient electrocatalytic HMF oxidation coupled with hydrogen evolution reaction has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Jiayi!
2022 November
Our work that achieves the electrocatalytic oxidation for biomass valorization has been accepted by Nanoscale Horiz.. Congratulations, Wanbing!
2022 November
Our joint work with Prof. Shungui Zhou that achieves the highly selective conversion of microplastics to methane with a biotic-abiotic hybrid system has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2022 October
Our work that precisely tailors heterometallic polyoxometalate clusters for photocatalytic hydrocarbon oxidation has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Xiaofeng!
2022 October
Our work that achieves highly effcient and selective photocatalytic conversion of methane to ethylene has been accepted by Research. Congratulations, Yanduo!
2022 October
Our joint work with Prof. Zhengcui Wu that achieves effcient and selective CO2 electroreduction to ethanol in flow cell has been accepted by Adv. Mater..
2022 October
Our joint work with Profs. Songbai Qiu and Tiejun Wang that achieves ethanol coupling towards higher alcohols with high selectivity has been accepted by Chem. Eng. J..
2022 September
Our joint work with Prof. Shungui Zhou that achieves highly selective methanogenesis with a biotic-abiotic hybrid system has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2022 September
Our work that achieves in situ resource utilization of lunar soil for highly efficient extraterrestrial fuel and oxygen supply, in collaboration with Profs. Zhigang Zou, Jun Jiang and Yingfang Yao, has been accepted by Natl. Sci. Rev.. Congratulations, Yuan and Jingxiang!
2022 August
Our joint work with Prof. Chundong Wang that develops single-atomically active centers on layered double hydroxide for highly efficient overall urea electrolysis has been accepted by Sci. Bull..
2022 July
Our joint work with Prof. Zhengcui Wu that achieves over 70% Faradaic efficiency for CO2 electroreduction to ethanol has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2022 June
Our joint work with Prof. Chundong Wang that develops MOFs with binary active sites for urea oxidation electrolysis has been accepted by Research.
2022 June
Our joint work with Prof. Feng Fu that explores the polarization photocatalysis of ZnIn2S4 material has been accepted by Adv. Func. Mater.. Congratulations, Jun!
2022 June
Our Review article invited by Energy & Fuels, which outlines the role of cocatalysts in photocatalytic methane conversion, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Zili!
2022 May
Our work that develops a stacked plasmonic metamaterial device for highly efficient broadband light-driven CO2 hydrogenationhas been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Tianyi and Xiaonong!
2022 May
Our work that achieves the sunlight-driven selective catalytic oxidation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to produce important chemical feedstocks has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Tong and Wanbing!
2022 May
Our work that achieves high-performance photocatalytic nonoxidative conversion of methane to ethane and hydrogen has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Wenqing and Jingxiang!
2022 May
Our work that achieves a direct light-driven alkene production through alcohol dehydration by synergizing inter- and intra-band transitions has been accepted by JACS Au. Congratulations, Meilin and Canyu!
2022 April
Our joint work with Prof. Yu Huang that discovers the mystery of highly selective photocatalytic CO2 methanation with water vapor on Pt-C3N4 has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2022 April
Our work that utilizes laser-ablation method to engineer the lattice strain in gold nanoparticles for selective electrocatalytic CO2 conversion has been accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations, Chao!
2022 April
Our collaboration with Profs. Zhigang Zou and Yong Zhou that develops extraterrestrial photosynthesis based on lunar soil has led to publication in Joule.
2022 April
Our joint work with Profs. Lihua Yang and Yuen Wu that develops personal protective equipment based on oxidase-like catalysts has been accepted by ACS Nano.
2022 April
Our joint work with Profs. Wei Ye and Peng Gao that unravels the role of interfacial water structure in electrochemical semihydrogenation of alkynes has been accepted by ACS Catal..
2022 March
Our work that harnesses the structural reconstruction of Cu2O superparticles for electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction achieving high C2+ products selectivity has been accepted by Adv. Sci.. Congratulations, Yawen, Xinyu and Delong!
2022 March
Our joint work with Prof. Guo-Ping Sheng that unravels the electron transfer chain in biotic-abiotic hybrid system for photocatalysis has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc..
2022 March
Our joint work with Prof. Peng Gao that unravels the direct electron transfer from upconversion graphene quantum dots to TiO2 for infrared light-driven overall water splitting has been accepted by Research.
2022 March
Our work that couples oxidative dehydrogenation of amines with HER has been accepted by Chin. Chem. Lett.. Congratulations, Kun!
2022 February
Our work that achieves photocatalytic alcoholysis of epoxides has been accepted by Appl. Catal. B. Congratulations, Meilin!
2022 January
Our Perspective article invited by J. Phys. Chem. Lett., which outlines recent progress on porous materials for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Hailong!
2021 December
Our Account article invited by Acc. Mater. Res., which outlines our progress on the identification and design of photocatalyst active sites towards artificial carbon cycle, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Jingxiang!
2021 December
Our work that implements B-N bonds into N-doped 3D graphene framework towards enhanced CO2 electroreduction has been accepted by Nanoscale. Congratulations, Tianyi and Delong!
2021 October
Our Review article invited by Small Struct., which outlines the progress on defect-mediated photocatalytic methane conversion, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Jun!
2021 October
Our joint work with Prof. Fei Hu that develops an ultrastable electrocatalyst for selective conversion of CO2 to multicarbon fuels has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Congratulations, Yawen!
2021 September
Our Chemistry Authors Up Close article invited by by Chin, J. Chem., which outlines the progress on solar-driven artificial carbon cycle by our research group, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Chao!
2021 September
Our Perspective article invited by by Chem Catal., which highlights the development of bioinspired photosynthetic systems from semi-artificial photosynthetic biohybrids to biomimetic photocatalytic systems, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Guangyu and Feng!
2021 September
Our work that develops a biosynthetic CdS-T. thioparus hybrid to achieve solar-driven CO2 fixation to produce multi-carbon glutamate synthase and biomass without the need of organic nutrients and anaerobic conditions has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Guangyu!
2021 July
Our work that develops Ni-Nx single-atom catalysts to achieve unprecedented activity, selectivity and stability toward electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in broad voltage range has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Dawei, Jiayi and Jingxiang!
2021 June
Our joint work with Prof. Yong Zhou that develops a photocatalyst for selective conversion of CO2 to olefiant gas has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2021 May
Our joint work with Prof. Fei Hu that develops an ultrastable electrocatalyst for acidic oxygen evolution has been accepted by Nat. Commun..
2021 May
Our work that develops multilayer core-shell nanostructures for enhanced 808 nm responsive upconversion has been accepted by Chin. Chem. Lett.. Congratulations, Yao and Jingxiang!
2021 May
Our work that tunes the hydrogenation pathways in photocatalytic nitrogen fixation with oxygen vacancies and dopants has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Congratulations, Yanan!
2021 May
Our work that develops VPO4-Ni2P heterostructure for electrocatalytic water oxidation has been accepted by Chin. Chem. Lett.. Congratulations, Kun!
2021 April
Our work that develops Van der Waals heterostructures for photocatalytic syngas production has been accepted by Appl. Catal. B. Congratulations, Jie and Delong!
2021 April
Our work that unravels the role of surface reconstruction in efficient electrocatalytic CO2-to-C2H4 conversion has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Chaohua, Delong and Jingxiang!
2021 April
Our work that develops transparent and flexible upconversion resins has been accepted by Dalton Trans.. Congratulations, Yao and Jingxiang!
2021 March
Our work that develops a photoelectrochemical system for selective conversion of CO2 to acetic acid has been accepted by Sci. Bull.. Congratulations, Xiaonong, Chao and Jingxiang!
2021 February
Our work that identifies a surface modification strategy for improving the photocatalytic water splitting activity and durability of Si nanowires through pre-lithiation has been accepted by J. Phys. Chem. C. Congratulations, Jun, Chao and Jingxiang!
2021 February
Our work that develops a photoelectrochemical system for efficient and selective conversion of methane to ethylene glycol has been accepted by Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. Congratulations, Jun!
2021 January
Our work that reveals a working-in-tandem mechanism for electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction based on multi-dopants in carbon materials has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Wenqing!
2020 December
Our joint work with Prof. Lihua Yang that develops a nanozyme for selective antibacterial action has been accepted by Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Tianyi!
2020 December
Our work that develops a photocatalyst for solar-driven methane-to-ethylene conversion through alkoxy intermediates formation and dehydrogenation has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Wenbin and Jingxiang!
2020 November
Our Review article invited by Solar RRL, which outlines time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopic techniques for photocatalysis research, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Yangguang!
2020 November
Our Review article invited by J. Univ. Sci. Tech. Chin., which outlines the fundamentals, achievements and challenges in photocatalytic methane conversion, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Wenbin and Jingxiang!
2020 August
Our work that develops CuInS2 hollow nanostructures for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction with high faradaic efficiency for HCOOH production has been accepted by Sci. China Chem.. Congratulations, Chaohua!
2020 July
Our Tutorial Review article invited by Chem. Soc. Rev., which outlines how to design catalytically active sites for efficient and highly selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 by learning from conventional COx hydrogenation, has been accepted for publication.
2020 June
Our Review article invited by EnergyChem, which outlines the progress of metal-free electrocatalysts for nitrogen reduction reaction, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Wenqing and Jingxiang!
2020 May
Our Review article invited by Nanoscale, which outlines the design of active sites for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Yanan!
2020 March
Our work that utilizes oxide supports to tune the catalytic performance of Pd nanocrystals in cross-coupling reactions has been accepted by ChemNanoMat. Congratulations, Di!
2020 March
Our Review article invited by Chemical Reviews, which outlines the fundamentals and applications of heterogeneous single-atom photocatalysts, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Chao and Jingxiang!
2020 March
Our work that employs operando, time-resolved spectroscopy to tracking the mechanistic pathway of photocatalytic CO2 reaction at Ni sites has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Yangguang!
2020 January
Our collaboration work with Prof. Yingpu Bi that empolys synchronous illumination X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to directly observe the charge transfer and bond evolution of single-atom photocatalysts in water splitting has been accepted by Angew. Chem..
2019 July
Our work that tunes the number of Fe atoms in clusters on N-doped carbon for enhanced performance in acidic oxygen reduction reaction has been accepted by Chem. Congratulations, Wei!
2019 July
Prof. Xiong has been selected to Chem Soc Rev Pioneering Investigator Lectureship 2019 by the Royal Society of Chemistry, which recognises mid-career scientists who have firmly established themselves in their independent careers, continuously publish innovative work, and have pioneered several research areas.
2019 July
Our Perspective article invited by Chemical Science, which outlines the recent advances in catalyst design for controlling C-C coupling in syngas conversion, CO2 hydrogenation and CO2 electroreduction from the angle of surface science, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Yawen!
2019 June
Prof. Xiong has been selected to Nano Research Young Innovator Award in NanoEnergy 2019.
2019 June
Profs. Chia-Kuang Frank Tsung and Matthias Waegele from Boston College visited our lab and gave seminars at the USTC.
2019 June
Our work that enhances the performance of Cu2O in PEC CO2 conversion through MOF coating has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Xi, Rui and Sikai!
2019 May
Canyu Hu won the Best Poster Award at the 2019 Conference on Chemistry of Energy Materials, presented by Chinese Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations, Canyu!
2019 May
Our short review article invited by Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, which highlights the applications of MOF materials in PEC, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Xi!
2019 May
Our minireview article invited by Nanoscale, which highlights the design of atomically dispersed catalytic sites for photocatalytic CO2 reduction, has been accepted for publication. Congratulations, Tong!
2019 May
Our work that achieves the dissociation of N2 molecules under mild conditions through surface plasmon has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Canyu and Jianbo!
2019 April
Our work that modulates the charge separation in TiO2/graphene for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution has been accepted by Acta Chimica Sinica. Congratulations, Yu!
2019 April
Our work that evaluates the impact of surface evolution on the catalytic performance of Pd nanocrystals in organic reactions has been accepted by ChemNanoMat. Congratulations, Di and Jingxiang!
2019 April
Our joint work with Prof. Bin Liu at the NTU that develops a PEC approach to selective oxidation of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone has been published in Nat. Commun.. Congratulations, Dr. Dong Liu!
2019 April
Our work that employs π-conjugated microporous polymer as a photothermal agent for catalytic applications has been accepted by Chin. Chem. Lett.. Congratulations, Yunong!
2019 April
Our work that designs nanocatalysts for tandem hydrogen transfer reactions from the angle of active sites has been accepted by Sci. China Mater.. Congratulations, Yang!
2019 February
Our joint review article that outlines the OER application based on LDH materials has been accepted by Adv. Energy Mater..
2018 December
Our research group has been highlighted by Nature Index. PDF
2018 December
Our review article invited for 2019 Young Innovator Award in NanoEnergy (45 under 45), which outlines the recent research progress on photocatalyst crystal phase engineering, has been accepted by Nano Research.
2018 November
Prof. Xiong has been selected to "2018 Highly Cited Researchers (Cross-Field)" by Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters). Link
2018 November
Dr. Ran Long has been selected to the Young Scientist Promotion Project by the Chinese Chemical Society. Congratulations!
2018 November
Dr. Ran Long won the Young Faculty Career Award, USTC Alumni Foundation. Congratulations!
2018 November
Our work that utilizes organic ligands to bridge Au clusters with catalytic sites for light-driven CO2 reduction has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Xiaofeng and Jin!
2018 November
Our review article that outlines the recent research progress on photocatalyst design based on 2D materials has been accepted by Materials Today Chemistry. Congratulations, Yu!
2018 November
Mengqiao Li completed her Master study. Congratulations, Mengqiao!
2018 October
Our review article that outlines the recent research progress on photocatalytic and electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation has been accepted by Small Method. Congratulations, Mengqiao and Hao!
2018 October
Our work that dopes quantum dots for visible-light-driven selective CO2 reduction has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Jin and Tong!
2018 October
Dr. Chao Gao won the Joule Star Poster Award at the Asian Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (AsiaNANO 2018). Congratulations!
2018 September
Our review article that specifically discusses the roles of defect engineering in the activation of key molecules during photocatalysis has been accepted by J. Energy Chem.. Congratulations, Ning!
2018 September
The 4th International Conference on Energy and Biological Materials was held at the USTC, celebrating the USTC's 60th Anniversary.
2018 September
The 3rd Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) Forum on Global Challenges and Chemistry Solutions: Energy was hosted by the USTC.
2018 August
Our review article that comprehensively outlines the research progress and fundamentals for defect engineering towards photocatalysis has been accepted by Nano Energy.
2018 August
Dr. Song Bai has been selected to the CAS Best Doctoral Dissertation Award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Congratulations, Dr. Bai!
2018 August
Prof. Xiong is featured on the Author Profile, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. for the author who has published more than 10 articles in Angewandte Chemie in the last 10 years. PDF
2018 August
Prof. Xin Zhang from Penn State University visited our lab and gave a lecture at the USTC's 60th Anniversary Forum.
2018 August
Our work that utilizes surface modification to enhance catalytic formic acid decomposition has been accepted by Chem. Eur. J.. Congratulations, Panyiming, Zijian, Yang and Hao!
2018 August
Our invited Frontier article that outlines our efforts on the surface and interface design for photocatalytic water splitting has been accepted by Dalton Trans.. Congratulations, Yangguang!
2018 July
Prof. John A. Rogers from Northwestern University visited our lab and gave a lecture at the Forum of Great Minds, USTC.
2018 July
Prof. Zhuang Liu from Soochow University visited our lab and gave a lecture at the USTC's 60th Anniversary Forum.
2018 July
Our work that reveals the impact of doping on defect-rich photocatalysts in nitrogen fixation has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Ning!
2018 June
Our work that reveals the nature of interface effects in catalytic formic acid decomposition has been accepted by Science China Chem.. Congratulations, Yang!
2018 June
Dr. Limei Tian from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign visited our lab and gave a seminar at the USTC.
2018 June
Ning Zhang, Hao Huang, Yu Li and Xiaonong Wang defended their PhD theses. Congratulations, Drs. Zhang, Huang, Li and Wang! Thank Canyu Hu for his great service during the application process!
2018 April
Prof. Xiong will be serving as the Editor of Journal of Materials Science, starting from April 2018.
2018 March
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the Distinguished Lectureship Award by the Chemical Society of Japan. Link
2018 February
Our work that achieves selective styrene oxidation with O2 by modifying the surface structure of Pd catalysts has been accepted by ChemNanoMat, and selected as a VIP paper. Congratulations, Canyu!
2017 December
Our work that develops a heterogeneous single-atom catalyst for visible-light-driven high-turnover CO2 reduction has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Chao!
2017 November
Our work that controls Au-Pd surface for selective catalytic alkyne semihydrogenation has been accepted by Part. Part. Syst. Charact.. Congratulations, Yaping!
2017 October
Our review article that highlights the applications of silicon nanostructures in solar-driven catalytic applications has been accepted by Nano Today. Congratulations, Dong!
2017 October
Dong Liu defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Liu!
2017 October
Our review article that highlights the materials design for PEC CO2 conversion has been accepted by SCIENCE CHINA Materials. Congratulations, Ning!
2017 October
Our work that integrates surface facet, interfacial electronic and substrate stabilization effects for enhanced ORR has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Wei!
2017 October
Our work that designs material interfaces to steering plasmonic hot electrons in photocatalysis has been accepted by Chin. J. Catal.. Congratulations, Yanrui!
2017 October
Our work that fabricates free-standing membrane electrodes for electrocatalytic OER has been accepted by Small. Congratulations, Yu!
2017 September
Our paper "Chemically Exfoliated Metallic MoS2 Nanosheets: A Promising Supporting Co-catalyst for Enhancing Photocatalytic Performance of TiO2 Nanocrystals" has been selected to Nano Research Top Papers Award.
2017 July
Our work that develops Pt4PdCu0.4 alloy nanoframes as bifunctional electrocatalysts for ORR and formic acid oxidation has been accepted by Nano Energy. Congratulations, Wei!
2017 May
Yanrui Li defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Li!
Wenya Jiang and Sikai Wu completed their Master studies. Congratulations, Wenya and Sikai!
2017 May
Prof. Xiong has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Link
2017 May
Our collaboration work with Profs. Fei Hu and Xiaowei Yang that develops amorphous metallic NiFeP for efficient OER catalysts in both alkaline and acidic media has been accepted by Adv. Mater..
2017 May
Our work that identifies the role of lattice water in oxide catalysts as Brønsted Acid Sites for aerobic amine coupling has been accepted by Small. Congratulations, Ning!
2017 April
Our work that develops N-doped carbon-stabilized PtCo nanoparticles towards ORR application has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Nana!
2017 March
Dr. Ran Long has been selected to the L'OREAL-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE International Rising Talents Award. Congratulations, Dr. Long!
2017 March
Our review article that discusses the roles of coordination chemistry in the design of heterogeneous photocatalysts has been accepted by Chem. Soc. Rev., and will be featured on the inside back cover. Congratulations, Chao!
2017 March
Our review article that discusses the correlation of catalytic performance with surface charge states has been accepted by Mater. Chem. Front.. Congratulations, Yu!
2017 March
Our work that integrates PdPt alloy nanocatalysts with TiO2 for light-driven and water-donating selective alkyne semihydrogenation has been accepted by Small. Congratulations, Mengqiao and Ning!
2017 March
Our work that isolates Cu Atoms in Pd Lattice to form highly selective sites for photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to CH4 has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Ran and Yu!
2017 February
Prof. Xiong has been selected to "2016 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Chemistry)" by Elsevier. Link
2017 February
Our work that isolates catalytic Pd sites in the near-surface region of Ag lattice towards enhanced HER has been accepted by Nano Energy. Congratulations, Yaping!
2017 February
Our work that develops noble metal-free Janus structures for broadband Z-Scheme water splitting has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Qichen and Dong! Qichen is a Class 2013 undergraduate student in our lab.
2017 February
Our work that utilizes PdHx as cocatalysts to enhance the photocatalytic CO2 reduction into CH4 has been accepted by Nano Res..
2016 December
Our invited review article for the plasmonic nanostructures in solar energy conversion has been accepted by J. Mater. Chem. C. Congratulations, Wei!
2016 December
Prof. Jingyi Chen from University of Arkansas visited our lab and gave a seminar at the USTC.
2016 October
Dr. Ran Long has been selected to the CAS Best Doctoral Dissertation Award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Congratulations, Dr. Long!
2016 October
Dr. Ran Long has been selected to the China Future Female Scientist Award by the China Association for Science and Technology. Congratulations, Dr. Long!
2016 October
Dong Liu has been awarded the National Fellowship for Graduate Students. Congratulations, Dong!
2016 September
Yunong Li, Jun Ma, Chaohua He, Yanan Bo and Yu Guo start their graduate study in our lab. Welcome!
2016 August
Our collaboration work with Prof. Hangxun Xu that designs highly crystalline mesoporous silicon spheres for efficient visible photocatalytic hydrogen evolution has been accepted by ChemNanoMat.
2016 July
Our invited review article for the facet-engineered surface and interface design of photocatalytic materials has been accepted by Adv. Sci..
2016 June
Dr. Jin Wang joined our team as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome!
2016 June
Our collaboration work with Prof. Fei Hu that improves the photostability of Cu2O photoelectrodes through Zn doping has been accepted by Int. J. Hydrogen Energy.
2016 June
Our work that engineers oxide defects to couple solar energy into oxygen activation has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Ning!
2016 June
Our invited review article for the surface and interface design of cocatalysts towards photocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction has been accepted by RSC Adv..
2016 May
Yu Bai, Lili Wang and Nana Du defended their PhD theses.Congratulations, Drs. Bai, Wang and Du! Thank Canyu Hu for his great service during the application process!
2016 May
Our work that utilizes the charge polarization and transport by Pd nanowires for improved HER on MoS2 has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Wei!
2016 May
Our work that unravels the effects of surface plasmon decay on catalytic organic synthesis has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Hao!
2016 April
Our work that implements the concept of coordination chemistry in organic semiconductor for visible-near-infrared photocatalysis has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Yanrui!
2016 April
Our work that implements plasmonic resonant energy transfer in N-doped TiO2 for enhanced full-spectrum water splitting has been accepted by Nano Energy. Congratulations, Xiaonong!
2016 March
Our work in collaboration with Prof. Junling Lu that employs TiO2 atomic layer deposition to manuever the catalytic CO oxidation performance of Pd has been accepted by Prog. Nat. Sci. Mater. Int.. Congratulations, Yu!
2016 February
Our work that utilizes plasmonic hot electrons for flexible near-infrared solar cells has been accepted and selected as a VIP Paper by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Dong!
2016 February
Our work that employs interatomic charge polarization to enhance electrocatalytic formic acid oxidation has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Dong!
2016 February
Prof. Xiong has been selected to "2015 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Chemistry)" by Elsevier. Link
2016 January
The research article "Surface Facet of Palladium Nanocrystals: a Key Parameter to the Activation of Molecular Oxygen for Organic Catalysis and Cancer Treatment " has been selected to the "8th Excellent Research Article Award for Natural Science in Anhui Province (First Class)". Congratulations, Dr. Long!
2015 December
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the 2015 CAS Excellent Advisor Award by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
2015 December
Our work that employs dual plasmonic nanostructures for visible-near-infrared photocatalytic hydrogen production has been accepted by Small. Congratulations, Wenya!
2015 December
Ying Wang joined our team as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!
2015 December
Our work that tunes electronic and surface structures in PtFeCo alloy nanocrystals towards the enhanced HER performance has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Nana and Chengming!
2015 November
Our work that employs MOF microcrystals as sacrificial templates and Cu precursors for the synthesis TiO2-Cu photocatalysis has been accepted by Inorg. Chem. Front. and will appear in the inaugural “Emerging Investigators” themed collection. Congratulations, Rui, Sikai and Xueying!
2015 October
Kecheng Wei and Siyu Li joined our team as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
2015 October
Our work that utilizes interfacial charge polarization to enhance the efficacy of co-catalysts in photocatalysis has been accepted by Angew. Chem. and selected as a VIP paper. Congratulations, Song!
2015 September
Hao Huang and Wenya Jiang have been awarded the National Fellowship for Graduate Students. Congratulations, Hao and Wenya!
2015 September
Wenbin Jiang, Kun Chen, Renjie Tao and Mengqiao Li start their graduate study in our lab. Chenhao Ren joined our team as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome!
2015 September
Dr. Chao Gao will join our team as a postdoctoral fellow. Tong Xia and Qi Xu joined our lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
2015 July
Our work that utilizes interfacial Ag to engineer semiconductor band alignment towards Z-scheme photocatalysis has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Yanrui!
2015 July
Our invited research progress article that outlines the roles of Pd-based nanomaterials in organic oxidations and elucidates the nature of oxygen species on Pd surface has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Ran!
2015 July
Dr. Wei Ye joined our team as a postdoctoral fellow. Jianbo Jin, Chao Zhou and Zijian Cai joined our lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
2015 June
Dong Liu has been awarded the Rising Star Fellowship by the Oxford Instruments. Congratulations, Dong!
2015 June
Our invited review article summarizing our recent progress on surface and interface engineering for photocatalysis has been accepted by ChemNanoMat. Congratulations, Song!
2015 June
The Business Adminstrator, Yu Qiu will leave our lab. Thank Yu for her contributions to our lab in the past one year, and best wishes to her future endeaver! Huailan Li starts her new position as the Business Adminstrator. Welcome, Huailan!
2015 June
Dr. Song Bai has been awarded the CAS President Special Prize by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) -- the highest honor for graduate students. Dr. Liang Ma wins the "ZhuLiYueHua Fellowship" by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Congratulations, Song and Liang!
2015 May
Song Bai, Rui Li, Liang Ma and Xueyu Zhao defended their PhD theses. Zhoulv Rao graduated with a master degree. Congratulations, Drs. Bai, Li, Ma and Zhao, and Zhoulv! Thank Dong Liu for his great service during the application process!
2015 May
Our invited review article summarizing our recent progress on surface and interface engineering for electrocatalysis has been accepted by Chin. J. Catal.. Congratulations, Chengming!
2015 May
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the 2015 CAPA Biomatik Distinguished Faculty Award (China) by Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA). Link
2015 May
Our invited feature article summarizing our recent progress on the surface and interface design for photocatalysts and electrocatalysts has been accepted by Chem. Commun.. Congratulations, Song!
2015 May
The series of our works on photocatalysis has been highlighted by SCIENCE FOUNDATION IN CHINA. PDF
2015 April
Our review article outlining the research methodology for photocatalysis which integrates materials syntheses with theoretical simulations and spectroscopic techniques has been accepted by Chem. Soc. Rev., and will be featured on the back cover. Congratulations, Song!
2015 April
Our work that develops a strategy for synergizing plasmonic effect with Schottky junction for photocatalysis via interfacing facet selection has been accepted by Adv. Mater.. Congratulations, Song!
2015 March
Our work that integrates the active sites of Pd with the photothermal effect of Ag for surface plasmon-driven catalytic hybrogenation has been accepted by J. Mater. Chem. A. Congratulations, Xueyu!
2015 March
Our work that reports a hybrid structue between Pt nanocages and graphene towards improved ORR performance has been accepted by Nano Res.. Congratulations, Song!
2015 March
Our invited review article summarizing the materials design for surface plasmon-mediated catalysis has been accepted by Small. Congratulations, Ran!
2015 March
Mengshan Ye, Xingyi Zhou and Nanshan Chen joined our lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
2015 February
Prof. Xiong has been selected to "2014 Most Cited Chinese Researchers (Chemistry)" by Elsevier. Link
2015 February
Our joint work with Prof. David Lou at NTU and Prof. Xiaojun Wu at USTC, which achieves high ORR performance on Pt nanocrystals with large {100} facet coverage, has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Liang and Chengming!
2015 January
Our work that establishes the relationship between compositions and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction performance for Cu-Pt alloy nanocrystals has been accepted by J. Mater. Chem. A. Congratulations, Xueyu!
2015 January
Our work that controls the size of Pd nanocrystals down to 5 nm for catalytic Heck reaction has been accepted by Nano Research. Congratulations, Ran and Di!
2014 December
Our work that depicts the nature of photocatalytic hydrogen production on silicon nanowires has been accepted by Angew. Chem. and selected as a "Hot Paper". Congratulations, Dong!
2014 December
Huacheng Ye and Qichen Yuan joined our lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
2014 November
The book "Metallic Nanostructures: From Controlled Synthesis to Applications" edited by Profs. Yujie Xiong and Xianmao Lu (National University of Singapore) has been published by Springer. Thank Dr. Ran Long and Shan Zhou for their contributions to the book chapters.
2014 October
Dr. Ran Long has been awarded the CAS President Special Prize by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) -- the highest honor for graduate students. Congratulations, Ran!
2014 October
Prof. Xianmao Lu from National University of Singapore visited our lab, and gave a seminar entitled "Controlled Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanoparticles and Their Applications" at the School of Chemistry and Materials Science.
2014 October
Song Bai won the Best Poster Award at the Second International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2014), held by the International Union of Materials Research Society (IUMRS). Congratulations, Song!
2014 October
The Xia Research Group alumni had a reunion at the Second International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2014).
2014 October
Prof. Sara E. Skrabalak from Indiana University, Bloomington visited our lab, and gave a seminar entitled "From Synthesis to Materials Design: New Nanostructures and New Catalysts" at the School of Chemistry and Materials Science.
2014 October
Song Bai and Rui Li have been awarded the National Fellowship for Graduate Students. Congratulations, Song and Rui!
2014 October
Our work that utilizes surface polarization at metal-oxide interface to enhance CO oxidation activity has been accepted by J. Am. Chem. Soc.. Congratulations, Yu!
2014 September
Our work that utilizes surface plasmon to couple solar energy into catalytic hydrogenation through a unique Pd nanostructure has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Lan and Zhoulv!
2014 September
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the Qiushi Award for Outstanding Young Scholars by the Hong Kong Qiushi Science and Technology Foundation. Link
2014 September
Sikai Wu, Yao Wang, Wenya Jiang, Canyu Hu and Di Wu start their graduate study in our lab. Xiaonong Wang joins our research group as a PhD student. Welcome!
2014 August
Chaohua He and Zebao Li joined our lab as undergraduate research assistants. Welcome!
2014 August
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the Young Cutting-Edge Nanochemistry Researcher Award by the Small (WILEY) and the Chinese Chemical Society (Nanochemistry Committee). Link
2014 July
Our work that utilizes surface polarization to enable the reduced usage of Pt for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction has been accepted by Angew. Chem., and will be featured on the back cover. Congratulations, Song!
2014 July
Our invited review article about two-dimensional nanostructures for catalysis has been accepted by Science of Advanced Materials. Congratulations, Song!
2014 July
Prof. Dong Qin from Georgia Tech visited our lab, and gave a seminar entitled "Ag-Au Bimetallic Nanocubes with Enhanced SERS Property and Chemical Stability" at the Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale.
2014 June
Zhiheng Lv joined our lab as a research assistant. Welcome!
2014 June
Prof. Gengfeng Zheng from the Fudan University visited our lab, and gave a seminar entitled "Low-dimensional Nanostructures for Solar-Driven Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion and Biosensing" at the School of Chemistry and Materials Science.
2014 June
The research group had a farewell party for undergraduate students that would graduate this year. Qiao Kong, Shan Zhou, Ran Li, Jiawei He and Lu Qiu will start their new journey of graduate study in US and HK. Congratulations! Canyu Hu and Di Wu will persue their graduate studies in our group. Welcome again!
2014 June
Ran Long defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Long! Thank Dong Liu for his great service during the application process!
2014 May
Our work for semiconductor-metal-graphene stack design has been accepted by Adv. Mater. and will be featured on the inside front cover. Congratulations, Song!
2014 May
Prof. Benjamin J. Wiley from Duke University visited our lab and gave a seminar at the USTC.
2014 May
Our review article for oxidative etching -- a versatile tool for controlled synthesis of metal nanocrystals -- has been accepted by Chem. Soc. Rev. and will be featured on the inside front cover. Congratulations, Ran!
2014 April
Our work, implementing the charge transfer between semiconductor and MOF into photocatalysis, has been accepted by Adv. Mater. and will be featured on the inside back cover. Congratulations, Rui!
2014 April
Song Bai and Lili Wang have been awarded the "ZhuLiYueHua Fellowship" by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Congratulations, Song and Lili!
2014 April
Our work, providing a way to reliably evaluating the facet selectivity of metal co-catalysts in photocatalysis, has been accepted by Chem. Commun. and will be featured on the inside front cover. Congratulations, Song!
2014 April
The Business Adminstrator, Jingqi Gao has left our lab. Thank Jingqi for his contributions to our lab in the past two years, and best wishes to his future endeaver! Yu Qiu starts her new position as the Business Adminstrator. Welcome, Yu!
2014 March
Qiliang Liu and Zhizhong Chen joined our lab as research assistants. Welcome!
2014 March
Our work, synergizing spatial charge separation with Schottky junction to work for water splitting, has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Lili!
2014 March
Yunqi Gong and Jing Li joined our lab as research assistants. Welcome!
2014 February
Wenbin Jiang, Yang Gao, Xueying Wan and Xiaoyi Chen joined our lab as research assistants. Welcome!
2014 January
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the Award for Young Chemists by the Chinese Chemical Society. Link
2014 January
Our work, elucidating the mechanism of metal-semiconductor hybrid structures in oxygen activation and organic oxidations, has been accepted by Angew. Chem.. Congratulations, Ran!
2013 November
Chengming Wang defended his PhD thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Wang! Thank Dong Liu for his great service during the application process!
2013 October
Prof. Moonsub Shim from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Dr. Congjun Wang from the U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory visited our lab.
2013 October
Liang Ma has been awarded the XingYe Fellowship for Chemistry Graduate Students. Congratulations, Liang!
2013 October
Ran Li has been awarded the highest honor for USTC undergraduates -- GuoMoRuo Prize. Congratulations, Ran!
2013 October
Ran Long, Yu Bai and Dong Liu have been awarded the National Fellowship for Graduate Students. Congratulations, Ran, Yu and Dong!
2013 September
Our work entitled "A unique platinum-graphene hybrid structure for high activity and durability in oxygen reduction reaction" has been published in Scientific Reports. The highest value of ORR half-wave potential for pure Pt catalysts is reported in this work. Congratulations, Chengming and Liang!
2013 September
Nana Du joins our research group as a PhD student. Yaping Li, Yu Li, Hao Huang, Ning Zhang and Yang You start their graduate study in our lab. Ran Li, Canyu Hu and Wenhui Sun join our research group as research assistants. Welcome!
2013 July
Binbin Luo and Ailun Wang join our research group as research assistants. Welcome!
2013 June
Prof. Younan Xia from Georgia Tech visited our lab, and gave a seminar entitled "Recent Developments in the Synthesis of Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals" at the Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale.
2013 June
The research group had a farewell party for undergraduate students that would graduate this year. Zijie Zhu, Min Zhi and Wei Zhong will start their new journey of graduate study in US and SG. Congratulations! Yu Li, Hao Huang, Ning Zhang and Yang You will persue their graduate studies in our group. Welcome again!
2013 April
Prof. Xiong attended the 245th ACS Meeting in New Orleans and gave a talk on the activation of molecular oxygen with metallic nanocrystals.
Prof. Younan Xia (Yujie Xiong's mentor during his postdoc training) received the ACS Award in Chemistry of Materials at the meeting. Big congratulations to Prof. Xia!
2013 April
Ran Long has been awarded the "ZhuLiYueHua Fellowship" by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Congratulations, Ran!
2013 April
Shan Zhou and Qiao Kong teamed up, and have been awarded with the "National Creative Training Plan for College Students" grant. Congratualtions!
2013 March
Jie Zhou and Tong Li join our research group as research assistants. Welcome!
2013 March
Yaping Li joins our research group. Welcome!
2013 February
Our work of O2 activation has been highlighted on the Chemical & Engineering News!
2013 February
Helin Wang joins our team as a research assistant. Welcome!
2013 February
Our work "facet-dependent activities of Pd nanocrystals in O2 activation" has been accepted by JACS! Congratulations, Ran!
2013 February
Our work "selective activation of nanocrystals for epitaxial growth" has been selected to highlight on the back cover of J. Mater. Chem. A!
2013 January
A research paper with the topic on the surface activation of cubic nanocrystals for controlled epitaxial growth has been accepted by J. Mater. Chem. A! Congratulations, Yu, Ran and Chengming!
2013 January
Prof. Xiong's joint work with Prof. Dong Qin (The Role of Surface Chemistry on the Toxicity of Ag Nanoparticles) has been accepted by Small.
2012 December
Chengming Wang has been promoted to Senior Engineer (Associate Professor level) by the USTC! Congratulations, Chengming!
2012 December
Lu Qiu, Qiao Kong and Xingxing Xu join our team as research assistants. Welcome!
2012 December
Prof. Xiong has been selected to the "National Natural Science Award (Second Class)" together with Profs. Yi Xie and Changzheng Wu.
2012 October
A research paper with the topic on controlling the branched structures of Pt nanocrystals has been accepted by ACS Nano! Congratulations, Liang and Chengming!
2012 September
Yang You, Ning Zhang, Yu Li and Hao Huang decide to persue their graduate study in our lab. Welcome!
2012 September
Rui Li, Song Bai, Xueyu Zhao and Liang Ma start their PhD study in our group. Yanrui Li, Dong Liu, Limin Wang, Zhoulv Rao and Dong Yang start their Master study in our lab. Welcome!
2012 August
Shan Zhou joins our team as a research assistant. Welcome!
2012 July
Our paper with the topic on plasmonic nanostructures for thermoelectric devices has been highlighted on the inside front cover of Nanoscale!
2012 June
The research group had a farewell party for undergraduate students that would graduate this year. Panpan Zhou, Bing Zhu and Ying Wu will start their new journey of graduate study in HK and US. Congratulations! Dong Liu, Dong Yang and Yanrui Li will persue their graduate studies in our group. Welcome again!
2012 June
Zijie Zhu, Hao Huang, Min Zhi, Xing Zhang, Wei Zhong and Yang You will persue their "College Research Plan" research in our lab this summer.
2012 June
Prof. Dong Qin from Georgia Tech gave a wonderful presenation entitled "Reinventing the Wheel: Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering" at the Hefei National Lab for Physical Sciences at the Microscale.
2012 May
Di Wu, Zijie Zhu and Jiawei He teamed up, and have been awarded with the "National Creative Training Plan for College Students" grant. Congratualtions!
2012 March
A research paper with the topic on plasmonic nanostructures for thermoelectric devices has been accepted by Nanoscale! Mediated by tunable surface plasmon, photovoltaic-thermoelectric tandem cells can be rationally designed with an ultimate goal to improve the efficiency of using solar photons. Congratulations, Ran!
2012 March
Prof. Xiong attended the 243rd ACS Meeting in San Diego and gave a talk on controlled synthesis of metallic nanocrystals with oxidative etching.
2012 March
Prof. Xiong has been awarded the "Young Investigator Grant for Basic Research" by the Hok Ying Tung Education Foundation.
2012 March
A paper with a topic on the synthesis of palladium nanocrystals with high-index facets has been accepted for publication in J. Mater. Chem.! With the method that we have developed, high-index surface of palladium nanocrystals can be formed without the need of using long-chain capping agents whose existence on nanocrystal surface may have significant impact on the chemical activities of nanocrystals in further applications. Congratulations, Chengming and Lili!
2012 March
Prof. Xiong wins the "2011 Scopus Young Researcher Award" for paper citation records in materials science. Link
2012 February
2 undergraduate students join our team as research assistants: Yanrui Li and Dong Yang. Welcome!
2012 February
The first paper from Xiong research group (with a topic on the size control of metallic nanocrystals) has been accepted for publication in Small! In this method, the shapes of metallic nanocrystals can be kept consistent when tuning the particle size, allowing investigating the size-dependent plamsonic and catalytic properties free of the influence from other factors such as shape effect.
2011 November
Prof. Xiong attended the MRS Fall Meeting in Boston and gave two talks with topics on controlled synthesis and nanotoxicity, respectively.
2011 October
3 undergraduate students join our team as research assistants: Dong Liu, Hui Xu and Min Zhi. Welcome!
2011 September
Chengming Wang joins our Nano Energy Lab as a PhD student. Welcome!
2011 September
11 undergraduate students join our team as research assistants: Zijie Zhu, Wu Ying, Xing Zhang, Di Wu, Yang You, Hao Huang, Jiawei He, Wei Zhong, Bing Zhu, Panpan Zhou and Xizheng Wang. Welcome!
2011 August
Jingqi Gao starts his pose as the Business Adminstrator of Nano Energy Lab. Welcome!
2011 July
Liang Ma joins our Nano Energy Lab as a Research Assistant. Welcome!
2011 June
Ran Long joins our Nano Energy Lab as a PhD student. Welcome!
2011 June
Prof. Xiong launches his research lab at the USTC.
