News and Selected Publications
Selected peer-reviewed papers at Tianjin University
Reviews
- Yifu Yu, Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Synergetic Transformation of Solid Inorganic-Organic Hybrids into Advanced Nanomaterials for Catalytic Water Splitting, Acc. Chem. Res., 2018, 51, 1711–1721. (Review--Personal Account)
- Xiaomin Ma, Yanmei Shi*, Kang Wang, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Solid-State Conversion Synthesis of Advanced Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting, Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 3961–3972. (Minireview) (Frontispiece)(Hot Topic: Water Splitting) ("Electrocatalysis: Mechanism and Applications" Special Issue)
- Cuibo Liu, Bin Zhang*, Facile Access to Fluoroaromatic Molecules by Transition-Metal-Free C−F Bond Cleavage of Polyfluoroarenes: an Efficient, Green, and Sustainable Protocol, Chem. Rec., 2016, 16, 667–687. (Review--Personal Account)
- Yanmei Shi, Mengyang Li, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Recent Advances in Nanostructured Transition Metal Phosphides: Synthesis and Energy-Related Applications, Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13, 4564-4582. (Review)
- Shanshan Lu, Yanmei Shi, Nannan Meng, Siyu Lu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Electrosynthesis of Syngas via the Co-Reduction of CO2 and H2O, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 2020, 1, 100237. (Review)
- Mengyao Sun, Bohang Zhao, Fanpeng Chen, Cuibo Liu*, Siyu Lu, Yifu Yu*, Bin Zhang*, Thermally-Assisted Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction to Fuels, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 403, 127280. (Review)
- Xi Zhang, Yuting Wang, Cuibo Liu*, Yifu Yu*, Siyu Lu, Bin Zhang*, Recent Advances in Non-Noble Metal Electrocatalysts for Nitrate Reduction, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 403, 126269. (Review)
- Yanmei Huang, Yu Yu, Yifu Yu*, Bin Zhang*, Oxygen Vacancy Engineering in Photocatalysis, Solar RRL, 2020, DOI: 10.1002/solr.202000037. (Review) (“Nanomaterials for Light-Driven Reactions” Special Issue) (Hot Topic: Photocatalysis) (Hot Topic: Surfaces and Interfaces)
- Jingfang Zhang, Cuibo Liu*, Bin Zhang*, Insights into Single-Atom Metal-Support Interactions in Electrocatalytic Water Splitting, Small Methods, 2019, 3, 1800481. (Review) (“Single Atom Methods” special issue)
- You Xu, Bin Zhang*, Recent Advances in Electrochemical Hydrogen Production from Water Assisted by Alternative Oxidation Reactions, ChemElectroChem, 2019, 6, 3214–3226. (Review)
- Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Recent Advances of Transition Metal Phosphide Nanomaterials: Synthesis and Applications in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2016, 45, 1529–1541. (Tutorial Review) (Back cover)
- Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Engineering Transition Metal Phosphide Nanomaterials as Highly Active Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting, Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16770–16773. (Frontier)
- You Xu, Yi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Rational Design of Semiconductor-based Photocatalysts for Advanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production: the Case of Cadmium Chalcogenides, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2016, 3, 591–615. (Review) (2015 Emerging Investigators themed issue) (Citations: Top 5% of ICF articles).
- You Xu, Bin Zhang*, Hydrogen Photogeneration from Water on the Biomimetic Hybrid Artificial Photocatalytic Systems of Semiconductors and Earth-Abundant Metal Complexes: Progress and Challenges, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2015, 5, 3084–3096. (Perspective)
- You Xu, Bin Zhang*, Recent advances in Porous Pt-based Nanostructures: Synthesis and Electrochemical Applications, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 2439–2450. (Tutorial Review)
Articles
- Yuting Wang, Wei Zhou, Ranran Jia, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the Activity Origin of Copper-based Electrocatalyst for Selective Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 5350–5354.
- Ranran Jia, Yuting Wang, Changhong Wang, Yangfang Ling, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Boosting Selective Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonium by Constructing Oxygen Vacancies in TiO2, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 3533–3540.
- Shuhe Han, Changhong Wang, Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu*, Bin Zhang*, Electrosynthesis of Nitrate via the Oxidation of Nitrogen on Tensile Strained Palladium Porous Nanosheets, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202014017. (VIP)
- Wei Du, Yanmei Shi, Wei Zhou, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the In Situ Dissolution and Polymerization of Mo in Ni4Mo Alloy for Promoting Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015723.
- Bohang Zhao, Mengyao Sun, Fanpeng Chen, Yanmei Shi, Yifu Yu, Xingang Li, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the Activity Origin of Iron Nitride Catalyst for Efficient Hydrogenation of CO2 to C2+ Hydrocarbons, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015017.
- Yanmei Shi, Wei Du, Wei Zhou, Changhong Wang, Siyu Lu, Shanshan Lu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the Promotion of Surface-Adsorbed Chalcogenate on the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 22470-22474. (VIP)
- Yongmeng Wu, Cuibo Liu, Changhong Wang, Siyu Lu, Bin Zhang*, Selective Transfer Semihydrogenation of Alkynes with H2O (D2O) as the H (D) Source over a Pd-P Cathode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 21170–21175.
- Cuibo Liu, Shuyan Han, Mengyang Li, Xiaodan Chong, Bin Zhang*, Electrocatalytic Deuteration of Halides with D2O as the Deuterium Source over a Copper Nanowire Arrays Cathode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202009155.(VIP)
- Yige Zhao, Cuibo Liu, Changhong Wang, Xiaodan Chong, Bin Zhang*, Sulfur Vacancies Promoted Highly Selective Electrosynthesis of Functionalized Aminoarenes via Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes with H2O over a Co3S4-x Nanosheet Cathode, CCS Chem., 2020, 2, 507–515.
- Xiaodan Chong, Cuibo Liu, Yi Huang, Chenqi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Potential-Tuned Selective Electrosynthesis of Azoxy-, Azo- and Amino-Aromatics over a CoP Nanosheet Cathode, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2020, 7, 285–295.
- Yanmei Shi, Yan Ji, Jun Long, Yu Liang, Yang Liu, Yifu Yu, Jianping Xiao*, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling Hydrocerussite as an Electrochemically Stable Active Phase for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Formate, Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 3415.
- Yu Liang, Wei Zhou, Yanmei Shi, Cuibo Liu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling In Situ Evolved In/In2O3-x Heterostructure as the Active Phase of In2O3 toward Efficient Electroreduction of CO2 to Formate, Sci. Bull., 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2020.04.022. (Outside Front Cover)
- Yi Huang,Cuibo Liu, Mengyang Li, Huizhi Li, Yongwang Li, Ren Su*, Bin Zhang*, Photoimmobilized Ni Clusters Boost Photodehydrogenative Coupling of Amines to Imines via Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics, ACS Catal., 2020, 10, 3904–3910.
- Yuting Wang, Yifu Yu*, Ranran Jia, Chao Zhang, Bin Zhang*, Electrochemical Synthesis of Nitric Acid from Air and Ammonia through Waste Utilization, Natl. Sci. Rev., 2019, 6, 730–738.
- Dali Liu, Changhong Wang, Yifu Yu, Bo-Hang Zhao, Weichao Wang*, Yonghua Du, Bin Zhang*, Understanding the Nature of Ammonia Treatment to Synthesize Oxygen Vacancy-Enriched Transition Metal Oxides, Chem, 2019, 5, 376–389.
- Nannan Meng, Wei Zhou, Yifu Yu, Yang Liu, Bin Zhang*, Superficial Hydroxyl and Amino Groups Synergistically Active Polymeric Carbon Nitride for CO2 Electroreduction, ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 10983–10989.
- Nannan Meng, Cuibo Liu, Yang Liu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Efficient Electrosynthesis of Syngas with Tunable CO/H2 Ratios over ZnxCd1-xS-Amine Inorganic-Organic Hybrids, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 18908–18912. (VIP)
- Chenqi Huang, Yi Huang, Cuibo Liu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Integrating Hydrogen Production with Aqueous Selective Semi-Dehydrogenation of Tetrahydroisoquinolines over a Ni2P Bifunctional Electrode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 12014–12017. (Hot Topic: Water Splitting)
- Bin Zhang, Author Profile, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 14798.
- Yanmei Shi, Yu Yu, Yu Liang, Yonghua Du, Bin Zhang*, In Situ Electrochemical Conversion of an Ultrathin Tannin Nickel Iron Complex Film as an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalyst, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2019, 58, 3769–3773.
- Jingfang Zhang, Jieyu Liu, Lifei Xi, Yifu Yu, Ning Chen, Shuhui Sun, Weichao Wang*, Kathrin M. Lange, Bin Zhang*, Single-Atom Au/NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst: Probing the Origin of Activity for Oxygen Evolution Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 3876–3879.
- Yi Huang, Xiaodan Chong, Cuibo Liu, Yu Liang, Bin Zhang*, Boosting Hydrogen Production via Anodic Oxidation of Primary Amines over a NiSe Nanorod Electrode, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 13163–13166. (Hot Topic: Water Splitting)
- Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Photocatalytic Deuteration of Halides Using D2O over CdSe Porous Nanosheets: a Mild and Controllable Route to Deuterated Molecules, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 5590–5592. (Hot Topic: Photocatalysis) (Hot Topic: Water Splitting)
- Yanmei Shi, Yifu Yu, Yu Yu, Yi Huang, Bohang Zhao, Bin Zhang*, Boosting Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Activity and Stability of Mo-doped BiVO4 through the Uniform Assembly Coating of NiFe-Phenolic Networks, ACS Energy Lett., 2018, 3, 1648–1654.
- Nannan Meng, Jian Ren, Yang Liu, Yi Huang, Tristan Petit*, Bin Zhang*, Engineering Oxygen-containing and Amino Groups into Two-dimensional Atomically-thin Porous Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production, Energy Environ. Sci., 2018, 11, 566–571.
- Yu Yu, Yi Huang, Yifu Yu, Yanmei Shi, Bin Zhang*, Design of Continuous Built-in Band Bending in Self-supported CdS Nanorod-based Hierarchal Architecture for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, Nano Energy, 2018, 43, 236–243.
- Chao Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Yifu Yu*, Yonghua Du, Bin Zhang*, Engineering Sulfur Defects, Atomic Thickness, and Porous Structures into Cobalt Sulfide Nanosheets for Efficient Electrocatalytic Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution, ACS Catal., 2018, 8, 8077–8083.
- Xiling Han, Yifu Yu, Yi Huang, Dali Liu, Bin Zhang*, Photogenerated Carriers Boost Water Splitting Activity over Transition Metal/Semiconducting Metal Oxide Bifunctional Electrocatalysts, ACS Catal., 2017, 7, 6464–6470.
- Yi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Active Cocatalysts for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Derived from Nickel or Cobalt Amine Complexes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56, 14804–14806.
- Chao Zhang, Yi Huang, Yifu Yu, Jingfang Zhang, Sifei Zhuo, Bin Zhang*, Sub-1.1 nm Ultrathin Porous CoP Nanosheet with Dominant Reactive {200} Facets: a High Mass Activity and Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 2769–2775. (Most downloaded articles of 2017: Energy and Catalysis)
- Jingfang Zhang, Yuchen Hu, Dali Liu, Yu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Enhancing Oxygen Evolution Reaction at High Current Densities on Amorphous-Like Ni-Fe-S Ultrathin Nanosheets via Oxygen Incorporation and Electrochemical Tuning, Adv. Sci., 2017, 4, 1600343. (Advanced Science Top 10, March-May, 2017)
- Kaidan Li, Jingfang Zhang, Rui Wu, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Anchoring CoO Domains on CoSe2 Nanobelts as Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting in Neutral Media, Adv. Sci., 2016, 3, 1500426. (Advanced Science Top 10, May-June, 2016) (Wily Top Cited Paper Award)
- Huan Wang, Sifei Zhuo, Yu Liang, Xiling Han, Bin Zhang*, General Self-template Synthesis of Transition Metal Oxide and Chalcogenide Mesoporous Nanotubes with Enhanced Electrochemical Performances, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 9055–9059. (Hot Topics in Wiley-VCH Batteries and Supercapacitors)
- Rui Xu, Rui Wu, Yanmei Shi, Jingfang Zhang, Bin Zhang*, Ni3Se2 Nanoforest/Ni Foam as a Hydrophilic, Metallic, and Self-Supported Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for both H2 and O2 Generations, Nano Energy, 2016, 24, 103–110.
- Rui Wu, Jingfang Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Dali Liu, Bin Zhang*, Metallic WO2-Carbon Mesoporous Nanowires as Highly Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137, 6983–6986.
- Sifei Zhuo, Jingfang Zhang, Yanmei Shi, Yi Huang, Bin Zhang*, Self-Template-Directed Synthesis of Porous Perovskite Nanowires at Room Temperature for High-Performance Visible-Light Photodetectors, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 5693–5696. (Hot Paper)
- Weiwei Zhao, Chao Zhang, Feiyang Geng, Sifei Zhuo, Bin Zhang*, Nanoporous Hollow Transition Metal Chalcogenide Nanosheets Synthesized via the Anion-ExchangeReaction of Metal Hydroxides with ChalcogenideIons, ACS Nano, 2014, 8, 10909–10919.
- Sifei Zhuo, You Xu, Weiwei Zhao, Jin Zhang, Bin Zhang*, Hierarchical Nanosheet-Based MoS2 Nanotubes Fabricated by a Anion-Exchange Reaction of MoO3-Amine Hybrid Nanowires, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2013, 52, 8602–8606.
- Yifu Yu, Jin Zhang, Xuan Wu, Weiwei Zhao, Bin Zhang*, Nanoporous Single-crystal-like CdxZn1-xS Nanosheets Fabricated by Cation Exchange Reaction of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid ZnS-Amine with Cadmium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 897–900. (Outside Front Cover) (Hot Paper)
- Xuan Wu, Yifu Yu, Yang Liu, You Xu, Cuibo Liu, Bin Zhang*, Synthesis of Hollow CdxZn1−xSe Nanoframes through the Selective Cation Exchange of Inorganic–Organic Hybrid ZnSe–Amine Nanoflakes with Cadmium Ions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 3211–3215.
- Hua Zhang, Huan Wang, You Xu, Sifei Zhuo, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Conversion of Sb2Te3 Hexagonal Nanoplates into Three-Dimensional Porous Single-Crystal-Like Network-Structured Te Plates Using Oxygen and Tartaric Acid, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2012, 51, 1459–1463. (Hot Paper)
- Wei Du, Yanmei Shi, Wei Zhou, Yifu Yu, Bin Zhang*, Unveiling the In Situ Dissolution and Polymerization of Mo in Ni4Mo Alloy for Promoting Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202015723.
Book chapters
- Jingfang Zhang, Yifu Yu*, Bin Zhang*, Synthesis and Characterization of Size Controlled Alloy Nanoparticles, Chemistry of Nanomaterials- A Practical Guide (Vol 2. Multifunctional Materails; Ed., S.S. R. Kumar Challa), Degruyter Publisher, Chapter 3, Page 115-144, 2020. (ISBN:978-3-11-034491-2)
- Rui Wu, Bin Zhang*, A chapter of “A New Route to Achieve Targeting Materials: From Inorganic-organic Hybrid Precursors to Inorganic Porous Materials” in Comprehensive guide for mesoporous materials (Vol 4. Application and comericialization; Ed., Mahmood Aliofkhazraei ), NOVA Publisher, Chapter 14, Page 315–342, Volume 4, 2015. (ISBN:978-1-63482-092-9)
- You Xu, Haolan Xu, Bin Zhang*, A chapter of “Porous Pt-Based Nanostructured Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction” in Comprehensive guide for mesoporous materials (Vol 1. Synthesis and characterization, Ed., Mahmood Aliofkhazraei ), NOVA Publishers, Chapter 15, Page 389–413, 2015. (ISBN: 978-1-63463-990-3)
- Rui Xu, You Xu, Rui Wu, Bin Zhang*, A chapter of “Nanostructured Metal Oxides and Chalcogenides for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production” in Compendium of Energy Science and Technology (Vol 11. Hydrogen and Other Technologies, ), Studium Press LLC, Chapter 6, Page 120–141, 2015. (ISBN: 978-1-626990-72-7)
- Bin Zhang, Yi Xie*, A chapter of “Se Nanomaterials” in Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Ed., H. S. Nalwa), American Scientific Publishers, Page 483–508,Volume 22, 2010. (ISBN: 1-58883-159-0)