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2025

105 Yongjian Ye,Xuepeng Xiang, Zilin Ma, Nian Zhang,Shijun Zhao,Wonyoung Lee, Youmin Guo, Jaroslaw Milewskig and Yan Chen*, Synergistic Effects of Strain and Oxygen Vacancies in Nanofiber Electrodes for Enhanced High-Temperature Electrochemical Ethane Dehydrogenation, ACS Catalysis, (2025) DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5c02377.

104. Xuepeng Xiang, Zilin Ma, Jun Zhang, Yifeng Li,Yongjian Ye, Wenyu Lu, Mengzhen Zhou, Shasha Huang, Haijun Fu, Bo Yu, ShijunZhao*, Zhang Lin and Yan Chen*, High-throughput DFT Assisted Design of Electrode for Efficient High-Temperature Electrochemical DehydrogenationAngewandte Chemie International Edition (2025) DOI:10.1002/anie.202502937.

103. Xiang Sun,Benchi Chen, Heejae Yang, Mengzhen Zhou, Nian Zhang, Yunkyung Kim, Wonyoung Lee, Jeong Woo Han*, Zhang Lin and Yan Chen*, Breakingthe Selectivity-Activity Seesaw in Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation via theSynergetic Effects of Doping and Electrochemical Activation, EES Catalysis, (2025), DOI: 10.1039/D5EY00012B.DOI:10.1039/D5EY00012B

102. Wenye Zhong, Xuepeng Xiang, Peiyan Chen, Jiayu Su, Zhiheng Gong, Xueming Liu*, Shijun Zhao, Nian Zhang, Chunhua Feng, Zhibin Zhang*, Yan Chen*, Zhang Lin,Shifting Hydrogenation Pathwayvia Electronic Activation for Efficient Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia in Sewages, Chem Catalysis5 (2025)101182. DOI:10.1016/j.checat.2024.101182.(Cover Manuscript)

101. Wenye Zhong, Yan Chen, Peiyan Chen, Qiaowen Chen, ChunzhenYang, Nian Zhang, XuemingLiu*, Zhang Lin, Balancing hydrogen evolution and hydrogenationreaction via facet engineering for efficient conversion of nitrate to ammoniain actual wastewater, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025), e202503117. DOI:10.1002/anie.202503117

100.Chenghao Jia, Yan Chen, Chenyu Zhou, Xuepeng Xiang,Xin Long, Bin Zhao, Nian Zhang, Shijun Zhao, Liyuan Chai, Xueming Liu*, Zhang Lin, Oxide Heterostructure Engineering Drives Stable Lattice Oxygen Evolution for Highly Efficient and Robust Water Electrolysis, ACS Nano, (2025), DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5c03084

99.JiminZhang, Zilin Ma, Yongjian Ye, Benchi Chen, Yan Chen*, Ruddlesden–Popper-Type Oxide La2NiO4+δwith Oxygen Interstitials as Efficient Electrode for Proton CeramicElectrolysis Cells, Energy & Fuels (2025) DOI:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c00458 

98. Chenyu Zhou, Zuyun He, Sixian Yang, Xuepeng Xiang, Bingbing Chen, Jiandong Fang, Shijun Zhao, Yan Chen*, Modulating Oxygen Defects in Co3O4 viaElectrochemical Reduction for Efficient 5-HydroxymethylfurfuralElectrooxidation, Energy & Fuels (2025) 39 (2025)3589–3597, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c06204

97. Xin Xu, Xue Bai, Yunpeng Zhang, Bolin Xia, Xinyu Wang,Sascha Ehlert, Leneng Yang, Yan Chen*, Stephan Förster, Rafal E. DuninBorkowski, Daiqi Ye and Peirong Chen*, Sulfur-resistant catalytic NO oxidation over surface-disproportionated CaMnO3 perovskites, Applied Catalysis B:Environment and Energy, 364 (2025) 124851, DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124851


2024

96.  Xiang Sun, Heejae Yang, Benchi Chen, Mengzhen Zhou, Yongjian Ye, Xiaobao Li, Hui Zhang, Bo Yu, Yifeng Li, Jeong Woo Han* and Yan Chen*Electrochemical Activation of Surface Oxygen for Efficient Oxidative Dehydrogenation Reaction at Elevated Temperature, ACS Catalysis, 14 (2024) 5827, DOI:10.1021/acscatal.3c04731

95.Wenye Zhong, Zhiheng Gong, Peiyan Chen, Qiwu Cao, Xueming Liu*, Yan Chen*, Zhang Lin, Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia: from Fundamental Understanding to Practical ApplicationsChem Catalysis, 4 (2024) 101060. DOI:10.1016/j.checat.2024.101060

94. Jianlin Huang*, Zhikai ShiChengwei MaoGaixiu Yang*, Yan Chen*, Wood-Structured Nanomaterials as Highly Efficient, Self-Standing Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting, Small, (2024), DOI:10.1002/smll.202402511

93.  Chenyu Zhou, Chenghao Jia, Xuepeng Xiang, Luolan Wang, Shiying Wu, Nian Zhang, Shijun Zhao, Gaixiu Yang, Yan Chen*, Self-supported Ni/Ni3N1-x heterostructures with abundant nitrogen vacancies as efficient electrocatalysts for ethylene glycol oxidation, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 12 (2024) 15772-15780 DOI: 10.1039/D4TA02346C (Invited article for Emerging Investigators 2024 collections) 

92. Hong Meng, Zhiheng Gong, Xuepeng Xiang, Yunmin Zhu, Xuefeng Wu, Yan Chen*, Yongqing Zhang*, Influence of Entropy on Catalytic Performance of High-Entropy Oxides (NiMgZnCuCoOx) in Peroxymonosulfate-Mediated Acetaminophen Degradation, Chemosphere, 362 (2024) 142610, DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142610

91. Peiyan Chen, Wenye Zhong, Zhiheng Gong, Qiwu Cao, Haifeng Tang, Yanhui Chu*, Yan Chen*, High entropy borides as efficient catalysts for electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammoniaCatalysis Today, 439 (2024) 114809,DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114809



90. Tong Zhao, Ke Wang, Shiyu Zhang, Rupeng Wang, Yan Chen, Shih-Hsin Ho*,Tuned targeted catalytic engineering enables high-selective electrochemical low-concentration nitrate-to-ammoniaApplied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy361 (2025) 124693

89. Lei Fan,  Shurui Chen,  Weidong Zhang,  Yong Liu,  Yan Chen,  Xianwen Mao*, Operando imaging in electrocatalysis: insights into microstructural materials design, Chemistry-an Asian Journal, 19 (2024), e202301054 DOI:10.1002/asia.202301054


2023

88. Zhiheng Gong,  Xuepeng Xiang,  Wenye Zhong,  Chenghao Jia,  Peiyan Chen,  Nian Zhang,  Shijun Zhao,  Weizhen Liu*,  Yan Chen*,  Zhang Lin, Modulating Metal-Nitrogen Coupling in Anti-Perovskite Nitride via Cation Doping for Efficient Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (2023), e202308775 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202308775

87. Yongjian Ye, WonJun Lee, Junxian Pana, Xiang Sun, Mengzhen Zhou, Jiahui Li, Nian Zhang, Jeong Woo Han*, Yan Chen*, Tuning the product selectivity of CO2/H2O co-electrolysis by CeO2 modified proton-conducting electrolysisi cells, Energy & Environmental Science 16 (2023) 3137 DOI:10.1039/D3EE01468A

86. Huijun Chen, Chaesung Lim, Ting Tan, Mengzhen Zhou, Lei Zhang, Xiang Sun, Zuyun He, Yongjian Ye, Xiaobao Li, Hui Zhang, Jeong Woo Han*, Chenghao Yang*, and Yan Chen*, Electronic activation during nanoparticle exsolution for enhanced activity at elevated temperatureACS Nano 17 (2023) 10677 DOI:10.1021/acsnano.3c01841

85.Chenghao Jia, Xuepeng Xiang, Jun Zhang, Zuyun He, Zhiheng Gong, Huijun Chen, Nian Zhang, Xinwei Wang, Shijun Zhao*, Yan Chen*, Shifting oxygen evolution reaction pathway via activating lattice oxygen in layered perovskite oxide, Advanced Functional Materials, 33 (2023) 2301981 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202301981

84.     Jiahui Li, Xiang Sun, Yongjian Ye, Mengzhen Zhou, and Yan Chen*Revealing the Reaction Mechanism of CO2/H2O Co-electrolysis on Perovskite-Based Cathode Materials, Energy Fuels, (2023) DOI:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c03312

83. Sixian Yang, Xuepeng Xiang, Zuyun He, Wenye Zhong, Chenghao Jia, Zhiheng Gong, Nian Zhang, Shijun Zhao, Yan Chen*, Anionic defects enegineering of NiCo2O4 for 5-hydroxymethyfurfural extrooxidationChemical Engineering Journal, 457 (2023) 141334 DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.141344

82. Wenye Zhong, Zhiheng Gong, Zuyun He, Nian Zhang, Xiongwu Kang, Xianwen Mao,Yan Chen*, Modulating Surface Oxygen Species via Facet Engineering for Efficient Conversion of Nitrate to AmmoniaJournal of Energy Chemistry, 78 (2023) 211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.11.024

81.Ping Yao, Wenye Zhong, Zhe Zhang, Sixian Yang, Zhiheng Gong, Chenghao Jia, Peiyan Chen, Jianhua Cheng, Yan Chen*Surface engineering of biomass-derived carbon material for efficient water softeningChemical Engineering Science 282 (2023) 119312DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2023.119312



2022

80. Zuyun He, Jinwoo Hwang, Zhiheng Gong, Mengzhen Zhou, Nian Zhang, Xiongwu Kang, Jeong Woo Han*, Yan Chen*,Promoting biomass electrooxidation via modulating proton and oxygen anion deintercalation in hydroxide, Nature Communications, 13 (2022) 3777 DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-31484-0

79. Zuyun He, Jun Zhang, Zhiheng Gong, Hang Lei, Deng Zhou, Nian Zhang, Wenjie Mai, Shijun Zhao*, Yan Chen*Activating lattice oxygen in NiFe-based (oxy)hydroxide for water electrolysis, Nature Communications,13 (2022) 2191 DOI:10.1038/s41467-022-29875-4

78. Huijun Chen, Rui Huang, Myeong Gon Jang, Chaesung Lim, Dongjae Shin, Qiuyu Liu, Heejae Yang, Yan Chen* and Jeong Woo Han*, Modulating water gas shift reaction via strong interfacial interaction between defective oxide matrix and exsolved metal nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry A,  10 (2022) 24995-25008, DOI:10.1039/d2ta08217a (Highlight in Back cover)

77. Luolan Wang, Jun Zhang, Zuyun He, Zhenhui Wang, Wei Xiong, Shihan Yan, Zhiheng Gong, Nian Zhang, Shijun Zhao* Xinwei Wang* and Yan Chen* Atomic-scale interfacial engineering enables high-performance electrochemical glucose detection, Applied Surface Science, 610 (2023) 155503, DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155503

76. Junxian Pan, Yongjian Ye, Mengzhen Zhou, Xiang Sun, Yan Chen*, Revealing the impact of steam concentration on the activity and stability of double-perovskite air electrodes for proton-conducting electrolysis cells, Energy & Fuels, 36 (2022) 12253 DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c02560

75. Xuepeng Xiang, Jingjing Rao, Zuyun He, Mengzhen Zhou, Qicheng Huang, Yuan Gao, Zhen Fan*, Xinwei Wang*, Yan Chen*, Tailoring resistive switching in epitaxial SrCoO2.5 films by irradiation induced uniaxial strain, Journal of Applied Physics, 132 (2022) 035304 DOI:10.1063/5.0099200

74.Xuepeng Xiang, Jingjing Rao, Chaesung Lim, Qicheng Huang, Shijun Zhao, Zhen Fan,* Jeong Woo Han*, and Yan Chen*, Manipulating the resistive switching in epitaxial SrCoO2.5 thin film-based memristors by strain engineering, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 4 (2022) 2729. DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.2c00244

73. Zhiheng Gong, Wenye Zhong, Zuyun He, Chenghao Jia, Deng Zhou, Nian Zhang Xiongwu Kang, Yan Chen *Improving electrochemical nitrate reduction activity of layered perovskite oxide La2CuO4 via B-site doping, Catalysis Today, 402 (2022) 259 DOI:10.1016/j.cattod.2022.04.019

72. Zhiheng Gong, Wenye Zhong, Zuyun He, Qiuyu Liu, Haijun Chen, Deng Zhou, Nian Zhang, Xiongwu Kang, Yan Chen*, Regulating Surface Oxygen Species on Copper (I) Oxides via Plasma Treatment for Effective Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 305 (2022) 121021  DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.121021

71. Xiang Sun, Yongjian Ye, Mengzhen Zhou, Huijun Chen, Ying Li, Peirong Chen, Dehua Dong, Yihan Ling, Majid Khan, Yan Chen*, Layered-perovskite oxides with in-situ exsolved Co-Fe alloy nanoparticles as highly efficient electrode for high-temperature carbon dioxide electrolysis, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (2022) 2327 DOI:10.1039/D1TA07251J

70. Renfeng Huang, Peng Gao, Jinyuan Zhu, Yongqing Zhanga*, Yan Chen, Shaobin Huang, Guangzhao Wang, Zebin Yu, Shuaifei Zhao*, Shaoqi Zhou, Insights into the pollutant electron property inducing the transformation of peroxymonosulfate activation mechanisms on manganese dioxide, Applied Catalysis B:Environmental, 317(2022)121753 DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121753


2021

69. Huijun Chen, Chaesung Lim, Mengzhen Zhou, Zuyun He, Xiang Sun, Xiaobao Li, Yongjian Ye, Ting Tan, Hui Zhang, Chenghao Yang, Jeong Woo Han* and Yan Chen*, Activating lattice oxygen in perovskite oxide by B site cation doping for modulated stability and activity at elevated temperatures, Advanced Science, 8 (2021) 2102713, DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102713

68.Mengzhen Zhou, Jiapeng Liu, Yongjian Ye, Xiang Sun, Huijun Chen, Deng Zhou, Yimei Yin, Nian Zhang, Yihan Ling, Francesco Ciucci*, Yan Chen*, Enhancing the intrinsic activity and stability of perovskite cobaltite at elevated temperature through surface stress, Small, 17 (2021) 2104144  DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104144

67. Haijun Chen, Zhiheng Gong, Zhenjiang Zhuo, Xiao Zhong, Mengzhen Zhou, Xuepeng Xiang, Zhibin Zhang,* Yunhai Liu, Yan Chen,* Tunning the defects in lignin-derived-carbon and trimetallic layered double hydroxides composites (LDH@LDC) for efficient removal of U(VI) and Cr(VI) in aquatic environmentChemical Engineering Journal, 428 (2022) 132113,  DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.132113

66. Renfeng Huang, Yunmin Zhu, Matthew T. Curnan, Yongqing Zhang,* Jeong Woo Han*,Yan Chen,* Shaobin Huang, and Zhang Lin, Tuning reaction pathways of peroxymonosulfate-based advanced oxidation process via defect engineering,Cell Reports Physical Science, 2 (2021) 100550, DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100550

65. Xiang Sun, Huijun Chen, Yimei Yin*, Matthew Thomas Curnan, Jeong Woo Han, Yan Chen*, Zifeng MaProgress of Exsolved Metal Nanoparticles on Oxides as High Performance (Electro)catalysts for the Conversion of Small MoleculesSmall, 17 (2021) 2005383DOI:10.1002/smll.202005383

64. Hainan Kuang, Zuyun He, Mu Li, Renfeng Huang, Yongqing Zhang*, Xiaomin Xu, Lu Wang, Yan Chen *, Shuaifei ZhaoEnhancing co-catalysis of MoS2 for Persulfate Activation in Fe3+-based Advanced Oxidation Processes via Defect EngineeringChemical Engineering Journal, 417 (2021) 127987    DOI:10.1016/j.cej.2020.127987

63.  Haijun ChenZhibin Zhang*Xiao ZhongZhenjiang ZhuoShenglong TianShiyu Fu,Yan Chen*, Yunhai Liu,  Constructing MoS2 /Lignin-derived Carbon Nanocomposites for Highly Efficient Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous EnvironmentJournal of Hazardous Materials, 408 (2021)124847, DOI:0.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124847 

62.Conghao Yi, Zuyun He, Yizhang Hu, Dengmin Liang, Yongqing Zhang*, Yan Chen*, FeOOH@MoS2 as a highly Effective and Stable Activator of Peroxymonosulfate-based Advanced Oxidation Processes for Pollutant Degradation. Surfaces and Interfaces, 27 (2021) 101465 DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101465

61. Qiuyu Liu, Chenghao Jia, Mengzhen Zhou, Zuyun He, Zhiheng Gong, Yihan Ling, Xinxin Wang, Keiji Yashiro,Yan Chen*, Modulating reaction pathways on perovsktie cobaltite nanofibers through excessive surface oxygen defects for efficent water oxidation,  Energy & Fuels, 35 (2021) 13967 DOI:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c01998

60. Xiao Zhong, Zuyun He, Haijun Chen and Yan Chen*, Enhancing the non-enzymatic glucose detection performance of Ni(OH)2 nanosheets via defect engineering, Surface and Interfaces, 25 (2021) 101234, DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101234

59. Junxian Pan, Yongjian Ye, Mengzhen Zhou, Xiang Sun, Yihan Ling, Keiji Yashiro, Yan Chen*, Improving the Activity and Stability of Ni-based Electrodes for Solid Oxide Cells through Surface Engineering:Recent Progress and Future perspectives,Mateirals Reports:Energy, 1 (2021) 100025, DOI:10.1016/j.matre.2021.100025 (Invited Review)

58. Xuepeng Xiang, Zuyun He, Jingjing Rao, Zhen Fan,* Xinwei Wang and Yan Chen,* Applications of ion beam irradiation in multifunctional thin films: a review, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3 (2021) 1031-1042 DOI: 10.1021/acsaelm.0c01071

57.Maoyu Wang, Qingbo Wa, Xiaowan Bai, Zuyun He, Widitha Samarakoon, Qing Ma, Yingge Du, Yan Chen, Hua Zhou*, Yuanyue Liu*, Xinwei Wang*, Zhenxing Feng*,The Restructuring-Induced CoOx Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Splitting, JACS Au, (2021)DOI:10.1021/jacsau.1c00346

56.Jingjing Rao, Zhen Fan*, Lanqing Hong, Shengliang Cheng, Qicheng Huang, Jiali Zhao, Xuepeng Xiang, Er-Jia Guo, Haizhong Guo, Zhipeng Hou, Yan Chen, Xubing Lu, Guofu Zhou, Xingsen Gao, Jun-Ming Liug, An electroforming-free, analog interface-type memristor based on a SrFeOx epitaxial heterojunction for neuromorphic computing, Materials Today Physics, (2021), DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2021.100392

55. Yihan Ling*, Tian Li, Yang Yang, Yunfeng Tian, Xinxin Wang, Kaixuan Chen, Dehua Dong, Yan Chen, Koji Amezawa, Oxygen vacancies-rich iron-based perovskite-like electrodes for symmetrical solid oxide fuel cells, Ceramics International (2021), DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.01.154