Representative publications

Research Articles (2020-)

15. Zilin Ma, Xuepeng Xiang, Huibin Liu, Yongjian Ye, Zhibo Shang, ChanglinDu, Shijun Zhao, Peirong Chen, Nian Zhang, and Yan Chen*，Efficient Nitrous Oxide ElectrochemicalHydrogenation via Defect-Engineered Protonic Ceramic Electrolysis Cells，Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 382 (2026) 125963, DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125963

14. 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, 15 (2025) 10154-10165 DOI:10.1021/acscatal.5c02377.

13. Yan Chen, Chenghao Jia, Chenyu Zhou, Shiying Wu, Xuepeng Xiang, Nian Zhang, Shijun Zhao, and Zhang Lin*, Electrocatalytic Polyester Waste Upcycling via Lattice OxygenRedox Activation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025), e202513447. DOI:10.1002/anie.202513447

12. 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 Dehydrogenation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025) e202502937 DOI:10.1002/anie.202502937.

11.  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

10. 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 

9. 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

8. 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 temperature, ACS Nano 17 (2023) 10677 DOI:10.1021/acsnano.3c01841

7. 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 Ammonia, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 78 (2023) 211 DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2022.11.024 (Highly cited paper in Web of Science)

6.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

5. 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 (Highly cited paper in Web of Science)

4. 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 (Highly cited paper in Web of Science)

3. 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 (Highly cited Paper in Web of Science)

2. 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

1. Yunmin Zhu, Zuyun He, YongMan Choi*, Huijun Chen, Xiaobao Li, Bote Zhao, Yi Yu, Hui Zhang, Kelsey A. Stoerzinger, Zhenxing Feng, Yan Chen* and Meilin Liu*, Tuning proton-coupled electron transfer by crystal orientation for efficient water oxidization on double perovskite oxides, Nature Communications 11 (2020) 4299, DOI:  10.1038/s41467-020-17657-9

Review Articles

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

3. Chenhuan Zhao, Yifeng Li, Wenqiang Zhang, Yun Zheng, Xiaoming Lou, Bo Yu*, Jing Chen*,  Yan Chen*, Meilin Liu* and Jianchen Wang, Heterointerface engineering for enhancing electrochemical performance of solid oxide cells,Energy & Environmental Science, 13 (2020) 53, DOI: 10.1039/C9EE02230A(Highlighted on Back Cover, DOI: 10.1039/D0EE90005B) (Highly cited paper in Web of Science)

2. Yunmin Zhu,  Xi Liu,  Shiguang Jin,  Huijun Chen,  Wonyoung Lee,  Meilin Liu  and  Yan Chen*, Anionic defect engineering of transition metal oxides for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7 (2019) 5875-5897, DOI: 10.1039/C8TA12477A  (Highly cited paper in Web of Science）

1.Yifeng Li, Wenqiang Zhang, Yun Zheng, Jing Chen, Bo Yu,* Yan Chen*and Meilin Liu*, Controlling cation segregation in perovskite based electrodes for high electro-catalytic activity and durability, Chemical Society Review, 46 (2017) 6345, DOI:10.1039/C7CS00120G (Highly cited paper in Web of Science)