Key Role of Cations in Stabilizing Hydrogen Radicals for CO₂-to-CO Conversion via a Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction

Ruijuan Zhao, Lei Li, Qianbao Wu, Qing Li, and Chunhua Cui*

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2024, 15, 1914-1920.

Steering the Reconstruction of Oxide-Derived Cu by Secondary Metal for Electrosynthesis of n-Propanol from CO

Chang Long, Kaiwei Wan, Yu Chen, Lei Li, Yuheng Jiang, Caoyu Yang, Qianbao Wu, Guoling Wu, Peng Xu, Jiong Li, Xinghua Shi*, Zhiyong Tang*, and Chunhua Cui*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024, 146, 4632-4641.

Electrochemical Redox Conversion of Formate to CO via Coupling Fe‐Co Layered Double Hydroxides and Au Catalysts

Xia Zheng, Qianbao Wu, Mengjun Xiao, Lei Li, Ruijuan Zhao, Chunhua Cui*

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2024, e202303383. Selected as Hot paper. Invited for celebrating Prof. Roger Alberto's 65th birthday.

Criteria for Efficient Photocatalytic Water Splitting Revealed by Studying Carrier Dynamics in a Model Al-doped SrTiO₃ Photocatalyst

Ronghua Li, Tsuyoshi Takata, Beibei Zhang, Chao Feng, Qianbao Wu, Chunhua Cui, Zemin Zhang, Kazunari Domen*, Yanbo Li*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62, e202313537.

Regulating reconstruction of oxide-derived Cu for electrochemical CO₂ reduction toward n-propanol

Chang Long, Xiaolong Liu, Kaiwei Wan, Yuheng Jiang, P. An, Caoyu Yang, Guoling Wu, Wenyang Wang, Jun Guo, Lei Li, Kanglei Pang, Qun Li, Chunhua Cui, Shaoqin Liu, Ting Tan, Zhiyong Tang*

Science Advances, 2023, 9, eadi611.

Electron paramagnetic resonance tracks condition-sensitive water radical cation

Lei Li, Qianbao Wu, Shi-kai Xiang, Shijia Mu, Ruijuan Zhao, Mengjun Xiao, Chang Long, Xia Zheng, and Chunhua Cui*

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2023, 14, 9183-9191.

Self-adaptive amorphous CoO_xCl_y electrocatalyst for sustainable chlorine evolution in acidic brine

Mengjun Xiao‡, Qianbao Wu‡, Ruiqi Ku, Liujiang Zhou, Chang Long, Junwu Liang*, Andraž Mavrič, Lei Li, Jing Zhu, Matjaz Valant, Jiong Li, Zhenhua Zeng, Chunhua Cui*

Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5356. Editor's Highlights in Catalysis

Non-covalent ligand-oxide interaction promotes oxygen evolution

Qianbao Wu‡, Junwu Liang‡, Mengjun Xiao‡, Chang Long, Lei Li, Zhenhua Zeng*, Andraž Mavrič, Xia Zheng, Jing Zhu, Hai-Wei Liang, Hongfei Liu, Matjaz Valant, Wei Wang, Zhengxing Lv, Jiong Li, Chunhua Cui*

Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 997.

Generation of Pd–O for Promoting Electrochemical H₂O₂ Production

Jiawei Du, Shuaihu Jiang, Ruya Zhang, Pai Wang, Chao Ma, Ruijuan Zhao, Chunhua Cui, Yanning Zhang, Yijin Kang

ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 10, 6887–6892.

Modulating WO₃ crystal orientation to suppress hydroxyl radicals for sustainable solar water oxidation

Xiaobing Shi, Qianbao Wu, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13, 2, 1470–1476.

Cu⁺-Mediated CO Coordination for Promoting C–C Coupling for CO₂ and CO Electroreduction

Honglei Lu, Lei Li, Qianbao Wu, Shijia Mu, Ruijuan Zhao, Xia Zheng, Chang Long, Qing Li, Hongfei Liu, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 10, 13228–13237.

Enabling specific photocatalytic methane oxidation by controlling free radical type

Yuheng Jiang, Siyang Li, Shikun Wang, Yin Zhang, Chang Long, Jun Xie, Xiaoyu Fan, Wenshi Zhao, Peng Xu, Yingying Fan, Chunhua Cui, and Zhiyong Tang*

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145, 4, 2698–2707.

Improving WO₃/SnO₂ photoanode stability by inhibiting hydroxyl radicals with cobalt ions in strong acid

Xiaobing Shi, Qianbao Wu, Chunhua Cui*

Science China Materials, 2023, 66, 614-622.

Hydroxyl radicals dominate reoxidation of oxide-derived Cu in electrochemical CO₂ reduction

Shijia Mu, Honglei Lu, Qianbao Wu, Lei Li, Ruijuan Zhao, Chang Long*, Chunhua Cui*

Nature Communications, 2022, 13, 3694. Editor's Highlights in Catalysis

Efficient alkaline water oxidation with a regenerable nickel pseudo-complex

Peikun Zhang#, Pai Wang#, Wei Wang#, Qianbao Wu, Mengjun Xiao, Roger Alberto, Yanning Zhang*, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 41, 48661–48668.

Molecular-scale insights into electrochemical reduction of CO₂ on hydrophobically modified Cu surfaces

Shijia Mu, Lei Li, Ruijuan Zhao, Honglei Lu, Huilong Dong*, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 40, 47619–47628.

Phase-segregated SrCo_0.8Fe_0.5-xO_3-δ/Fe_xO_y heterostructured catalyst  promotes alkaline oxygen evolution reaction

Yunan Yi, Qianbao Wu, Junshan Li*, Weitang Yao, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13(15), 17439-17449.

Highly dispersed Mo sites on Pd nanosheets enable selective ethanol-to-acetate conversion

Shenglan He, Yue Liu, Hongjian Li, Qianbao Wu, Dongsheng Ma, Daojiang Gao, Jian Bi*, Yaoyue Yang*, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13(11), 13311-13318.

Regenerable catalyst for highly alkaline water oxidation

Mengjun Xiao#, Qianbao Wu#, Lei Li, Shijia Mu, Mads Sørensen, Wei Wang, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 1677-1683.

Advances and challenges in industrial-scale water oxidation on layered double hydroxides

Andraž Mavrič*, Chunhua Cui

ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2021, 4, 12032-12055.

Sulfur-anchoring synthesis of platinum intermetallic nanoparticle catalysts for fuel cells

Cheng-Long Yang, Li-Na Wang, Peng Yin, Jieyuan Liu, Ming-Xi Chen, Qiang-Qiang Yan, Zheng-Shu Wang, Shi-Long Xu, Sheng-Qi Chu, Chunhua Cui, Huanxin Ju, Junfa Zhu, Yue Lin*, Jianglan Shui,* Hai-Wei Liang* 

Science, 2021, 374, 459-464.

A self-healing catalyst for electrocatalytic and photoelectrochemical oxygen evolution in highly alkaline conditions

Chao Feng, Faze Wang, Zhi Liu, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Yequan Xiao, Qiugui Zeng, Jie Fu, Qianbao Wu, Chunhua Cui, Yifan Han, Naoya Shibata, Kazunari Domen, Ian D. Sharp* & Yanbo Li*

Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 5980.

Improved water oxidation with metal oxide catalysts via regenerable and redox-inactive ZnO_xH_y overlayer

Swarnava Nandy#, Qianbao Wu#, S. David Tilley*, Chunhua Cui*

Chemical Communications, 2021, 57, 10230-10233 .

Trimetallic FeCoNi disulfide nanosheets for CO₂-emission-free methanol conversion

Yunan Yi, Junshan Li, Chunhua Cui*

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021, 33, 1006-1010. (Invited)

Nickel-iron diselenide for highly efficient and selective electrocatalytic conversion of methanol to formate

Junshan Li, Congcong Xing, Yu Zhang, Maria Chiara Spadaro, Ting Zhang, Qianbao Wu, Yunan Yi, Shenglan He, Jordi Liorca, Jordi Ariol, Andreu Cabot*, and Chunhua Cui*

Small, 2021,17(6), 2006623. Inside Back Cover.

Selective methanol-to-formate electrocatalytic conversion on branched nickel carbide

Junshan Li, Ruilin Wei, Xiang Wang, Yong Zuo, Xu Han, Jordi Arbiol, Jordi Llorca, Yaoyue Yang,* Andreu Cabot,* and Chunhua Cui*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59(47), 20826-20830.

Tuning hole accumulation of metal oxides promotes oxygen evolution rate

Peikun Zhang#, Wei Wang#, Hui Wang, Yanbo Li, and Chunhua Cui*

ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 10427-10435.

 Spectroelectrochemical tracking of nickel hydroxide reveals its irreversible redox states upon operation at high current density

Andraz Mavric, Mattia Fanetti, Yiting Lin, Matjaz Valant, and Chunhua Cui*

ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 9451–9457.

Synergizing Hole Accumulation and Transfer on Composite Ni/CoO_x for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

Wei Wang*, Marc Heggen, Wei Cui, Benjamin Probst, Roger Alberto, and Chunhua Cui*

Chemical Communications, 2020,56, 10179-10182.

In situ depositing an ultrathin CoO_xH_y layer on hematite in alkaline media for photoelectrochemical water oxidation

Yunan Yi, Qianbao Wu, Wei Wang, Chunhua Cui*

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020, 263, 118334

In Situ Coordination Environment Tuning of Cobalt Sites for Efficient Water Oxidation

Qianbao Wu#, Mengjun Xiao#, Wei Wang, Chunhua Cui*

ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9 (12), 11734-11742

Atomically dispersed hybrid nickel-iridium sites for photoelectrocatalysis

C Cui*, M Heggen, WD Zabka, W Cui, J Osterwalder, B Probst, R Alberto

Nature communications, 2017, 8 (1), 1-7

pH-Induced versus Oxygen-Induced Surface Enrichment and Segregation Effects in Pt–Ni Alloy Nanoparticle Fuel Cell Catalysts

S Rudi, D Teschner, V Beermann, W Hetaba, L Gan, C Cui, M Gliech,

ACS Catalysis, 2017, 7 (9), 6376-6384

Phase‐selective syntheses of cobalt telluride nanofleeces for efficient oxygen evolution catalysts

Q Gao, CQ Huang, YM Ju, MR Gao, JW Liu, D An, CH Cui, YR Zheng

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56 (27), 7769-7773

Surface Charge Polarization at the Interface: Enhancing the Oxygen Reduction via Precise Synthesis of Heterogeneous Ultrathin Pt/PtTe Nanowire

HH Li, ML Xie, CH Cui, D He, M Gong, J Jiang, YR Zheng, G Chen, Y Lei, ...

Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28 (24), 8890-8898

Size‐Controlled Synthesis of Sub‐10 nm PtNi3 Alloy Nanoparticles and their Unusual Volcano‐Shaped Size Effect on ORR Electrocatalysis

L Gan, S Rudi, C Cui, M Heggen, P Strasser

Small, 2016, 12 (23), 3189-3196

Thermal facet healing of concave octahedral Pt–Ni nanoparticles imaged in situ at the atomic scale: implications for the rational synthesis of durable high-performance ORR …

L Gan, M Heggen, C Cui, P Strasser

ACS catalysis, 2016, 6 (2), 692-695

Carbon monoxide-induced stability and atomic segregation phenomena in shape-selected octahedral PtNi nanoparticles

M Ahmadi, C Cui, H Mistry, P Strasser, B Roldan Cuenya

ACS nano, 2015, 9 (11), 10686-10694

Electrochemical dealloying of bimetallic ORR nanoparticle catalysts at constant electrode potentials

S Rudi, L Gan, C Cui, M Gliech, P Strasser

Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2015, 162 (4), F403

Hollow ternary PtPdCu nanoparticles: a superior and durable cathodic electrocatalyst

XJ Liu, CH Cui, HH Li, Y Lei, TT Zhuang, M Sun, MN Arshad, HA Albar, ...

Chemical science, 2015, 6 (5), 3038-3043

Element-specific anisotropic growth of shaped platinum alloy nanocrystals

L Gan, C Cui, M Heggen, F Dionigi, S Rudi, P Strasser

Science, 2014, 346 (6216), 1502-1506

Comparative Study of the Electrocatalytically Active Surface Areas (ECSAs) of Pt Alloy Nanoparticles Evaluated by Hupd and CO-stripping voltammetry

S Rudi, C Cui, L Gan, P Strasser

Electrocatalysis, 2014, 5 (4), 408-418

Carbon monoxide-assisted size confinement of bimetallic alloy nanoparticles

C Cui, L Gan, M Neumann, M Heggen, B Roldan Cuenya, P Strasser

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136 (13), 4813-4816

Core–shell and nanoporous particle architectures and their effect on the activity and stability of Pt ORR electrocatalysts

L Gan, C Cui, S Rudi, P Strasser

Topics in Catalysis, 2014, 57 (1-4), 236-244

Long-range segregation phenomena in shape-selected bimetallic nanoparticles: chemical state effects

M Ahmadi, F Behafarid, C Cui, P Strasser, BR Cuenya

ACS Nano, 2013, 7 (10), 9195-9204

Shape‐Controlled Synthesis of Monodisperse PdCu Nanocubes and Their Electrocatalytic Properties

Q Gao, YM Ju, D An, MR Gao, CH Cui, JW Liu, HP Cong, SH Yu

ChemSusChem, 2013, 6 (10), 1878-1882

Ni‐Catalyzed Growth of Graphene Layers during Thermal Annealing: Implications for the Synthesis of Carbon‐Supported Pt Ni Fuel‐Cell Catalysts

L Gan, S Rudi, C Cui, P Strasser

ChemCatChem, 2013, 5 (9), 2691-2694

Compositional segregation in shaped Pt alloy nanoparticles and their structural behaviour during electrocatalysis

C Cui, L Gan, M Heggen, S Rudi, P Strasser

Nature materials, 2013, 12 (8), 765-771

Engineering interface and surface of noble metal nanoparticle nanotubes toward enhanced catalytic activity for fuel cell applications

CH Cui, SH Yu

Accounts of chemical research, 2013, 46 (7), 1427-1437

Ultrathin PtPdTe nanowires as superior catalysts for methanol electrooxidation

HH Li, S Zhao, M Gong, CH Cui, D He, HW Liang, L Wu, SH Yu

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52 (29), 7472-7476

Alloyed ultrathin nanowires: a new choice in electrocatalysts

HH Li, CH Cui, SH Yu

ChemCatChem, 2013, 5 (7), 1693-1695

Pt–Ni alloyed nanocrystals with controlled architectures for enhanced methanol oxidation

XJ Liu, CH Cui, M Gong, HH Li, Y Xue, FJ Fan, SH Yu

Chemical Communications, 2013, 49 (77), 8704-8706

One-pot synthesis of branched palladium nanodendrites with superior electrocatalytic performance

Q Gao, MR Gao, JW Liu, MY Chen, CH Cui, HH Li, SH Yu

Nanoscale, 2013, 5 (8), 3202-3207

Shape-selected bimetallic nanoparticle electrocatalysts: evolution of their atomic-scale structure, chemical composition, and electrochemical reactivity under various chemical …

C Cui, M Ahmadi, F Behafarid, L Gan, M Neumann, M Heggen, ...

Faraday discussions, 2013, 162, 91-112

Octahedral PtNi nanoparticle catalysts: exceptional oxygen reduction activity by tuning the alloy particle surface composition

C Cui, L Gan, HH Li, SH Yu, M Heggen, P Strasser

Nano letters, 2012, 12 (11), 5885-5889

Catalysts: Mixed‐PtPd‐Shell PtPdCu Nanoparticle Nanotubes Templated from Copper Nanowires as Efficient and Highly Durable Electrocatalysts (Adv. Energy Mater. 10/2012)

HH Li, CH Cui, S Zhao, HB Yao, MR Gao, FJ Fan, SH Yu

Advanced Energy Materials, 2012, 2 (10), 1149-1149

Mixed‐PtPd‐Shell PtPdCu nanoparticle nanotubes templated from copper nanowires as efficient and highly durable electrocatalysts

HH Li, CH Cui, S Zhao, HB Yao, MR Gao, FJ Fan, SH Yu

Advanced Energy Materials, 2012, 2 (10), 1182-1187

Ternary PtPdCu Electrocatalyst Formed through Surface‐Atomic Redistribution against Leaching

CH Cui, XJ Liu, HH Li, MR Gao, HW Liang, HB Yao, SH Yu

ChemCatChem, 2012, 4 (10), 1560-1563

Completely Green Synthesis of Colloid Adams’ Catalyst α‐PtO2 Nanocrystals and Derivative Pt Nanocrystals with High Activity and Stability for Oxygen Reduction

MR Gao, ZY Lin, J Jiang, CH Cui, YR Zheng, SH Yu

Chemistry–A European Journal, 2012, 18 (27), 8423-8429

Surface composition and lattice ordering-controlled activity and durability of CuPt electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

CH Cui, HH Li, XJ Liu, MR Gao, SH Yu

ACS Catalysis, 2012, 2 (6), 916-924

In Situ Controlled Synthesis of Thermosensitive Poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide)/Au Nanocomposite Hydrogels by Gamma Radiation for Catalytic Application

CH Zhu, ZB Hai, CH Cui, HH Li, JF Chen, SH Yu

Small, 2012, 8 (6), 930-936

Direct evidence for active site-dependent formic acid electro-oxidation by topmost-surface atomic redistribution in a ternary PtPdCu electrocatalyst

CH Cui, HH Li, HP Cong, SH Yu, FF Tao

Chemical Communications, 2012, 48 (99), 12062-12064

Correction: Macroscale Elastomeric Conductors Generated from Hydrothermally Synthesized Metal‐Polymer Hybrid Nanocable Sponge

HB Yao, G Huang, CH Cui, XH Wang, SH Yu

Advanced Materials, 2011, 23 (45), 5339-5339

Macroscale elastomeric conductors generated from hydrothermally synthesized metal‐polymer hybrid nanocable sponges

HB Yao, G Huang, CH Cui, XH Wang, SH Yu

Advanced Materials, 2011, 23 (32), 3643-3647

Synthesis of an attapulgite clay@ carbon nanocomposite adsorbent by a hydrothermal carbonization process and their application in the removal of toxic metal ions from water

LF Chen, HW Liang, Y Lu, CH Cui, SH Yu

Langmuir, 2011, 27 (14), 8998-9004

Remarkable enhancement of electrocatalytic activity by tuning the interface of Pd–Au bimetallic nanoparticle tubes

CH Cui, JW Yu, HH Li, MR Gao, HW Liang, SH Yu

ACS nano, 2011, 5 (5), 4211-4218

A Methanol‐Tolerant Pt/CoSe2 Nanobelt Cathode Catalyst for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

MR Gao, Q Gao, J Jiang, CH Cui, WT Yao, SH Yu

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2011, 50 (21), 4905-4908

Unique heterogeneous silver–copper dendrites with a trace amount of uniformly distributed elemental Cu and their enhanced SERS properties

X Chen, CH Cui, Z Guo, JH Liu, XJ Huang, SH Yu

Small, 2011, 7 (7), 858-863

A Free‐Standing Pt‐Nanowire Membrane as a Highly Stable Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

HW Liang, X Cao, F Zhou, CH Cui, WJ Zhang, SH Yu

Advanced Materials, 2011, 23 (12), 1467-1471

Large scale restructuring of porous Pt-Ni nanoparticle tubes for methanol oxidation: A highly reactive, stable, and restorable fuel cell catalyst

CH Cui, HH Li, SH Yu

Chemical Science, 2011, 2 (8), 1611-1614

Ternary Heterostructured Nanoparticle Tubes: A Dual Catalyst and Its Synergistic Enhancement Effects for O2/H2O2 Reduction

CH Cui, HH Li, JW Yu, MR Gao, SH Yu

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49 (48), 9149-9152

A general approach to electrochemical deposition of high quality free-standing noble metal (Pd, Pt, Au, Ag) sub-micron tubes composed of nanoparticles in polar aprotic solvent

CH Cui, HH Li, SH Yu

Chemical Communications, 2010, 46 (6), 940-942

In situ controllable synthesis of magnetite nanocrystals/CoSe2 hybrid nanobelts and their enhanced catalytic performance

MR Gao, S Liu, J Jiang, CH Cui, WT Yao, SH Yu

Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 20 (42), 9355-9361

Direct fabrication of photoconductive patterns on LBL assembled graphene oxide/PDDA/titania hybrid films by photothermal and photocatalytic reduction

HB Yao, LH Wu, CH Cui, HY Fang, SH Yu

Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2010, 20 (25), 5190-5195

Chapter 11

Electrocatalysis at Restructured Metal and Alloy Surfaces

CH Cui, SH Yu

Nanotechnology for Sustainable Energy

ACS Symposium Series 2013, Vol. 1140, pp 265-294

Chapter 2

Controlling Morphology in Noble Metal Nanoparticles via Templating Approach

CH Cui, SH Yu

Complex‐Shaped Metal Nanoparticles: Bottom‐Up Syntheses and Applications, 2012, pp 91-116