2023 to Now

(10) Asymmetric Pt₁C₃-Pt₁O₁C₃ catalytic pairs for efficient transfer hydrogenation of azobenzene

Yiyun Fang^+,*, Wen Zhao⁺, Zhilin Xing⁺, Cheng Chen⁺, Xin Zhou⁺, Congcong Cui, Xuchao Wang, Siming Zheng, Qiyuan Liu, Diandong Lv, Siqi Li, Zhaohang Chen, Zi-Qiang Rong^*, Na Guo^*, Xinzhe Li^*, and Bin Liu^*

Nature Communications, 2026, in press 

(9) Ruthenium-catalyzed electrochemical ketone hydrogenation to secondary alcohols with high activity and selectivity under ambient conditions

Xuan Liu⁺, Cejun Hu⁺, Na Guo*, Tianqing Zhang, Chi Ma, Qiyuan Liu, Shangfeng Tang, Xiaolian Ma, Yuena Huang, Yuwan Liu, Shan Ren, Bingqing Yao, Kun Qi*, Chi He*, Bin Liu*, and Xinzhe Li*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e20868 (VIP)

(8) Dual spatial and electronic regulation in Van der Waals Cu₃Se₂ nanosheets for electrocatalytic acetylene semi-hydrogenation

Diandong Lv⁺, Rui Bai⁺, Yanan Deng, Wen Zhao, Zhilin Xing, Xuan Liu, Chi Ma, Qing Ma, Zhixin Mao, Tianqing Zhang, Kun Qi, Wei Huang, Zi-Qiang Rong*, Xinzhe Li*, Yiyun Fang*, and Jian Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202516180

(7) Electrochemical alkyne semi-hydrogenation via proton-coupled electron transfer on Cu(111) surface

Shangfeng Tang⁺, Na Guo⁺, Cheng Chen⁺, Bingqing Yao, Xuan Liu, Chi Ma, Qiyuan Liu, Shan Ren, Chi He*, Bin Liu*, Xinzhe Li*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, 64, e202510192

(6) Engineering local coordination and electronic structures of dual-atom catalysts 

Xinzhe Li, Xuan Liu, Muzammil Hussain, Jiali Li, Zhongxin Chen, Yiyun Fang*, Chenliang Su*, Chi He*, Jiong Lu*

ACS Nano, 2025,19, 18, 17114-17139

(5) Electrochemical generation of Te vacancy pairs in PtTe for efficient hydrogen evolution

Wenjie Nie, Taotao Ren, Wen Zhao, Bingqing Yao, Wenhao Yuan, Xuan Liu, Abdullah, Jiaxun Zhang, Qiyuan Liu, Tianqing Zhang, Shangfeng Tang, Chi He*, Yiyun Fang*, Xinzhe Li*

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 21828-21837

(4) Metal-support interaction triggered d-p orbital hybridization for efficient electrocatalytic semi-hydrogenation of alkynes

Qiong Wan, Jiaxun Zhang, Xuan Liu, Huizhi Li, Abdullah, Taotao Ren, Qiyuan Liu, Yongheng Xu, Jia Liu, Jicheng Liu, Bingqing Yao, Yiyun Fang, Xinzhe Li*, Chi He*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2024, 12, 11625-11634

(3) Advances in heterogeneous single-cluster catalysis

Xinzhe Li, Sharon Mitchell, Yiyun Fang, Jun Li*, Javier Perez-Ramirez*, Jiong Lu*

Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023, 7, 754-767

(2) Atomically-precise vacancy-assembled quantum antidots

Hanyan Fang⁺, Harshitra Mahalingam⁺, Xinzhe Li⁺ (co-first), Xu Han⁺, Zhizhan Qiu, Yixuan Han, Keian Noori, Dikshant Dulal, Hongfei Chen, Pin Lyu, Tianhao Yang, Jing Li, Chenliang Su, Wei Chen, Yongqing Cai, Antonio Castro H Neto, Kostya S Novoselov, Aleksandr Rodin*, Jiong Lu*

Nature Nanotechnology, 2023, 18, 1401-1408

(1) Triggering Pt active sites in basal plane of Van der Waals PtTe₂ materials by amorphization engineering for hydrogen evolution

Wen Zhao, Congcong Cui, Yongheng Xu, Qiyuan Liu, Yang Zhang, Zihan Zhang, Shenci Lu, Ziqiang Rong, Xinzhe Li*, Yiyun Fang*, Wei Huang*

Advanced Materials, 2023, 2301593

 

Before 2022

(13) Atomically precise single metal oxide cluster catalyst with oxygen‐controlled activity

Xinzhe Li, Na Guo, Zhongxin Chen, Xin Zhou, Xiaoxu Zhao, Yonghua Du, Lu Ma, Yiyun Fang, Haomin Xu, Huimin Yang, Wei Yu, Shangchen Lu, Mingjiao Tian, Qian He, Kian Ping Loh, Shibo Xi*, Chun Zhang*, Jiong Lu*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32, 2200933

(12) Ordered clustering of single atomic Te vacancies in atomically thin PtTe₂ promotes hydrogen evolution catalysis

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Jun Wang, Hanyan Fang, Shibo Xi, Xiaoxu Zhao, Danyun Xu, Haomin Xu, Wei Yu, Xiao Hai, Cheng Chen, Chuanhao Yao, Hua Bing Tao, Alexander GR Howe, Stephen J Pennycook, Bin Liu*, Jiong Lu*, Chenliang Su*

Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 2351

(11) Activating basal planes of NiPS₃ for hydrogen evolution by nonmetal heteroatom doping

Jun Wang⁺, Xinzhe Li⁺ (co-first), Bin Wei, Rong Sun, Wei Yu, Hui Ying Hoh, Haomin Xu, Jing Li, Xingbo Ge, Zuxin Chen, Chenliang Su*, Zhongchang Wang*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 30, 1908708

(10) A robust 2D photo‐electrochemical detector based on NiPS₃ flakes

Jiefeng Liu, Yingwei Wang, Yiyun Fang, Yanqi Ge, Xinzhe Li*, Dianyuan Fan, Han Zhang*

Advanced Electronic Materials, 2019, 5, 1900726

(9) High‐yield electrochemical production of large‐sized and thinly layered NiPS₃ flakes for overall water splitting

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Jun Wang, Bin Wei, Kun Qi, Hui Ying Hoh, Qiaoyan Hao, Tao Sun, Zhongchang Wang, Zongyou Yin, Yupeng Zhang, Jiong Lu, Qiaoliang Bao*, Chenliang Su*

Small, 2019, 15, 1902427

(8) Janus electrochemical exfoliation of two-dimensional materials

Yiyun Fang⁺, Xinzhe Li⁺ (co-first), Jing Li, Chuanhao Yao, Hui Ying Hoh, Xiao Hai, Jiong Lu*, Chenliang Su*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 25691-25711

(7) NiPS₃ nanoflakes: a nonlinear optical material for ultrafast photonics

Jiefeng Liu⁺, Xinzhe Li⁺ (co-first), Yijun Xu, Yanqi Ge*, Yunzheng Wang, Feng Zhang, Yingwei Wang, Yiyun Fang, Fumei Yang, Cong Wang, Yufeng Song, Shixiang Xu*, Dianyuan Fan, Han Zhang

Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 14383-14391

(6) Ultrafine Co₂P nanoparticles encapsulated in nitrogen and phosphorus dual-doped porous carbon nanosheet/carbon nanotube hybrids: high-performance bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Feng Li, Min Tian, Xuefeng Long, Jun Jin*, Jiantai Ma*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 15501-15510

(5) Co@Co₃O₄ core–shell particle encapsulated N-doped mesoporous carbon cage hybrids as active and durable oxygen-evolving catalysts

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Lixin Wen, Feng Li, Guanlin Yin, Wanmin Chen, Xingcai An, Jun Jin*, Jiantai Ma*

Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 5575-5582

(4) Nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon nanosheet/carbon nanotube hybrids as metal-free bi-functional electrocatalysts for water oxidation and oxygen reduction

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Shiling Zhao, Juntian Wu, Feng Li, Min Tian, Xuefeng Long, Jun Jin*, Jiantai Ma*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016, 4, 13133-13141

(3) Cobalt (II) acetylacetonate covalently anchored onto magnetic mesoporous silica nanospheres as a catalyst for epoxidation of olefins

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Xingchun Zhou, Jiantai Ma, Rong Li*

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2015, 156, 9-15

(2) MOF derived Co₃O₄ nanoparticles embedded in N-doped mesoporous carbon layer/MWCNT hybrids: extraordinary bi-functional electrocatalysts for OER and ORR

Xinzhe Li, Yiyun Fang, Xiaoqing Lin, Min Tian, Xingcai An, Yan Fu, Rong Li, Jun Jin*, Jiantai Ma*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 17392-17402

(1) Programmed synthesis of magnetic mesoporous silica nanotubes with tiny Au nanoparticles: a highly novel catalyst system

Xinzhe Li, Xiao-Hang Zhu, Yiyun Fang, Hong-Lei Yang, Xingchun Zhou, Wanming Chen, Lixin Jiao, Hongfei Huo, Rong Li*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2, 10485-10491