Publications before joining XJTU

Publications with first/corresponding authorship:

1. Boosting Interfacial Electron Transfer and CO₂ Enrichment on ZIF-8/ZnTe for Selective Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to CO. Q. Wang^#, X. Gao^#, Y. Wei^#, T. Liu, Q. Huang, D. Ren*, S.M. Zakeeruddin, M. Grätzel*, M. Wang, Q. Li, J. Yang & Y. Shen*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 16, 36462-36470 (2024).

2. Exfoliated 2D Layered and Nonlayered Metal Phosphorous Trichalcogenides Nanosheets as Promising Electrocatalysts for CO₂ Reduction. H. Wang^#, Y. Jiao^#, B. Wu, D. Wang*, Y. Hu, F. Liang, C. Shen*, A. Knauer, D. Ren*, H. Wang*, P. A van Aken, H. Zhang, M. Grätzel, Z. Sofer & P. Schaaf. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 62, e202217253 (2023)

3. Electrochemical Synthesis of Propylene from Carbon Dioxide on Copper Nanocrystals. J. Gao, A. Bahmanpour, O. Kröcher, S.M. Zakeeruddin, D. Ren* & Michael Grätzel*. Nat. Chem. 15, 705-713 (2023)

4. Regulated CO Adsorption by the Electrode with OH⁻ Repulsive Property for Enhancing C–C Coupling. Q. Zhang^#, D. Ren^#, J. Gao, Z. Wang, J. Wang, S. Pan, M. Wang, J. Luo, Y. Zhao, M. Grätzel & X. Zhang*. GreenChE 4, 331-337 (2023).

5. Efficient Cu₂O Photocathode for Aqueous Photoelectrochemical CO₂ Reduction to Formate and Syngas. M. Xia, L. Pan, Y. Liu, J. Gao, J. Li, M. Mensi, K. Sivula, S.M. Zakeeruddin, D. Ren* & M. Grätzel*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 27939-27949 (2023).

6. Solar Reduction of Carbon Dioxide on Copper-tin Electrocatalysts with Energy Conversion Efficiency near 20%. J. Gao^#,*, J. Li^#, Y. Liu^#, M. Xia, Y. Zou Finfrock, S.M. Zakeeruddin, D. Ren* & M. Grätzel*. Nat. Commun. 13, 5898 (2022).

7. Revisiting the Impact of Morphology and Oxidation State of Cu on CO₂ Reduction Using Electrochemical Flow Cell. A.M. Asiri*, J. Gao*, S.B. Khan, K.A. Alamry, H.M. Marwani, M.S.J. Khan, W.A. Adeosun, S.M. Zakeeruddin, D. Ren* & M. Grätzel*. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 13, 345-351 (2022).

8. Solar Water Splitting Using Earth-Abundant Electrocatalysts Driven by High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells. A.M. Asiri*, D. Ren*, H. Zhang, S.B. Khan, K.A. Alamry, H.M. Marwani, M.S.J. Khan, W.A. Adeosun, S.M. Zakeeruddin & M. Grätzel*. ChemSusChem 15, e202102471 (2022).

9. New Insights into the Interface of Electrochemical Flow Cells for Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Ethylene. D. Ren*, J. Gao, S.M. Zakeeruddin & M. Grätzel*. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 7583-7589 (2021).

10. Micro-Electrode with Fast Mass Transport for Enhancing Selectivity of Carbonaceous Products in Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction. Q. Zhang, D. Ren^#, S. Pan, M. Wang, J. Luo, Y. Zhao, M. Grätzel & X. Zhang*. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2103966 (2021).

11. Selective C-C Coupling via Efficient Spillover of Intermediates as Supported by Operando Raman spectroscopy. J. Gao, H. Zhang, X. Guo, J. Luo, S. M. Zakeeruddin, D. Ren* & M. Grätzel*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 18704-18714 (2019). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

12. Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnO on CuO Enables Selective and Efficient Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Liquid Fuels. D. Ren, J. Gao, L. Pan, Z. Wang, J. Luo, S. M. Zakeeruddin, A. Hagfeldt & M. Grätzel*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 58, 15036-15040 (2019).

13. Sequential Catalysis Enables Enhanced C-C Coupling towards Multicarbon Alkenes and Alcohols in Carbon Dioxide Reduction: A Study on CuAu Electrocatalysts. J. Gao, D. Ren*, X. Guo, S.M. Zakeeruddin & M. Grätzel*. Faraday Discuss. 215, 282-296 (2019).

14. Understanding the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide at Copper Surfaces. D. Ren*, J. Gao & M. Grätzel* in ‘Computational Photocatalysis: Modeling of Photophysics and Photochemistry at Interfaces’.  ACS Symposium series 9, 209-223 (2019).  

15. Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction. D. Ren, J. Gao, S.M. Zakeeruddin & M. Grätzel*. Chimia 73, 928 (2019).

16. The Effects of Currents and Potentials on the Selectivities of Copper Toward Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction. D. Ren, J. Fong & B.S. Yeo*. Nat. Commun. 9, 925 (2018). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

17. Continuous Production of Ethylene from Carbon Dioxide and Water Using Intermittent Sunlight. D. Ren, N.W.X. Loo, L. Gong & B.S. Yeo*. ACS Sus. Chem. & Eng. 5, 9191-9199 (2017).

18. Tuning the Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction toward Ethanol on Oxide-Derived CuxZn Catalysts. D. Ren, B.S-H. Ang & B.S. Yeo*. ACS Catal. 6, 8239-8247 (2016). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

19. Mechanistic Insights into the Enhanced Activity and Stability of Agglomerated Cu Nanocrystals for the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to n-Propanol. D. Ren, N.T. Wong, A.D. Handoko, Y. Huang & B.S. Yeo*. J. Phy. Chem. Lett. 6, 20-24 (2016).

20. Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene and Ethanol on Copper(I) Oxide Catalysts. D. Ren, Y. Deng, A.D. Handoko, C.S. Chen, S. Malkhandi & B.S. Yeo*. ACS Catal. 5, 2814-2821 (2015). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

21. Electrocatalysts for the Selective Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Useful Products. D. Ren, Y. Huang & B.S. Yeo*. Chimia 69, 131-135 (2015).

Publications with co-authorship:

1. High Carrier Mobility Along the [111] Orientation in Cu₂O Photoelectrodes. L. Pan^#, L. Dai^#, O.J. Burton, L. Chen, V. Andrei, Y. Zhang, D. Ren, J. Cheng, L. Wu, K. Frohna, A. Abfalterer, T.C-J. Yang, W. Niu, M. Xia, S. Hofmann, P.J. Dyson, E. Reisner, H. Sirringhaus, J. Luo*, A. Hagfeldt*, M. Grätzel* & S.D. Stranks*. Nature 628, 765-770 (2024).

2. Bifunctional Hole-shuttle Molecule for Improved Interfacial Energy Level Alignment and Defect Passivation in Perovskite Solar Cells. S. You^#, F.T. Eickemeyer^#, J. Gao, J.H. Yum, X. Zheng, D. Ren, M. Xia, R. Guo, Y. Rong, S.M. Zakeeruddin, K. Sivula, J. Tang, Z. Shen*, X. Li* & M. Grätzel* Nat. Energy 8, 515-525 (2023)  (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

3. Photoelectrochemical CO₂ Reduction at a Direct CuInGaS₂/Electrolyte Junction. Y. Liu, M. Xia, D. Ren, S. Nussbaum, J.-H. Yum, M. Grätzel, N. Guijarro* & K. Sivula* ACS Energy Lett. 8, 1645-1651 (2023).

4. Investigation of Nickel Iron Layered Double Hydroxide for Water Oxidation in Different pH Electrolytes. Q. Xie, D. Ren, L. Bai, R. Ge, W. Zhou, L. Bai, W. Xie, J. Wang*, M. Grätzel & J. Luo*. Chinese J. Catal. 44, 127-138 (2023).

5. Thiocyanate-Mediated Dimensionality Transformation of Low-Dimensional Perovskites for Photovoltaics. L. Hong, Z. Wang, J.V. Milić, C.E. Avalos, W. Zhang, D. Ren, C. Wang, B. Carlsen, Y. Liu, S.M. Zakeeruddin, A. Hagfeldt, T. Wang, H. Han* & M. Grätzel*. Chem. Mater. 34, 6331-6338 (2022)

6. Photoelectrochemical Oxygen Evolution on Mesoporous Hematite Films Prepared from Maghemite Nanoparticles. N.C. Verissimo, D. Ren, C.C.C. Kleiner, F.A.B. Hesse, S.M. Zakeeruddin, M. Grätzel* & R. Bertazzoli. J. Electrochem. Soc. 169, 056522 (2022)

7. Realizing High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells by Passivating Triple-Cation Perovskite Films. Y. Wu, H. Zhu*, D. Wang, S. Akin, F.T. Eickemeyer, D. Ren, H. Cai* & L. Huang*. Solar RRL 6, 2200115 (2022).

8. Efficient and Stable Noble-metal-free Catalyst for Acidic Water Oxidation. S. Pan^#, H. Li^#, D. Liu, R. Huang, X. Pan, D. Ren, J. Li, M. Shakouri, Q. Zhang, M. Wang, C. Wei, L. Mai, B. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Z. Wang*, M. Grätzel* & X. Zhang*. Nat. Commun. 13, 2294 (2022).(ESI Highly Cited Paper)

9. Transparency and Morphology Control of Cu₂O Photocathodes via an in situ Electroconversion. M. Caretti, L. Lazouni, M. Xia, R.A. Wells, S. Nussbaum, D. Ren, M. Grätzel & K. Sivula*. ACS Energy Lett. 7, 1618–1625 (2022)

10. A Universal Co-solvent Dilution Strategy Enables Facile and Cost-effective Fabrication of Perovskite Photovoltaics. H. Zhang*, K. Darabi, N. Y. Nia, A. Krishna, P. Ahlawat, B. Guo, M. H. S. Almalki, T.-S. Su, D. Ren, V. Bolnykh, L. A. Castriotta, M. Zendehdel, L. Pan, S. S. Alonso, R. Li, S. M. Zakeeruddin, A. Hagfeldt, U. Rothlisberger, A. Di Carlo*, A. Amassian* & M. Grätzel*. Nat. Commun. 13, 89 (2022). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

11. Combined Precursor Engineering and Grain Anchoring Leading to MA-Free, Phase-Pure, and Stable α-Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites for Efficient Solar Cells. X. Ling, H. Zhu, W. Xu, C. Liu, L. Pan, D. Ren, J. Yuan, B. W. Larson, C. Grätzel, A. R. Kirmani, O. Ouellette, A. Krishna, J. Sun, C. Zhang, Y. Li*, S. M. Zakeeruddin, J. Gao, Y. Liu, J. R. Durrant, J. M. Luther, W. Ma* & M. Grätzel*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 27299-27306 (2022).

12. Carbazol-phenyl-phenothiazine-based Sensitizers for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells. Y. Jiao, S. Liu, Z. Shen, L. Mao, Y. Ding, D. Ren, F. T. Eickemeyer, L. Pfeifer, D. Cao, W. Xu, J. Song, B. Mi, Z. Gao, S. M. Zakeeruddin, W. Huang & M. Grätzel. J. Mat. Chem. A  9, 26311-26322 (2021).

13. Gold-in-copper at Low *CO Coverage Enables Efficient Electromethanation of CO₂. X. Wang, P. Ou, J. Wicks, Y. Xie, Y. Wang, J. Li, J. Tam, D. Ren, J.Y. Howe, Z. Wang, A. Ozden, Y.Z. Finfrock, Y. Xu, Y. Li, A.S. Rasouli, K. Bertens, A.H. Ip, M. Grätzel, D. Sinton & E.H. Sargent*. Nat. Commun. 12, 3387 (2021).

14. Multimodal Host–guest Complexation for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Photovoltaics. H. Zhang, F.T. Eickemeyer, Z. Zhou, M. Mladenović, F. Jahanbakhshi, L. Merten, A. Hinderhofer, M.A. Hope, O. Ouellette, A. Mishra, P. Ahlawat, D. Ren, T.-S. Su, A. Krishna, Z. Wang, Z. Dong, J. Guo, S.M. Zakeeruddin, F. Schreiber, A. Hagfeldt, L. Emsley, U. Rothlisberger, J.V. Milić* & M. Grätzel*. Nat. Commun. 12, 3383 (2021). 

15. Silica-copper Catalyst Interfaces Enable Carbon-carbon Coupling towards Ethylene Electrosynthesis. J. Li, A. Ozden, M. Wan, Y. Hu, F. Li, Y. Wang, R.R. Zamani, D. Ren, Z. Wang, Y. Xu, D.-H. Nam, J. Wicks, B. Chen, X. Wang, M. Luo, M. Grätzel, F. Che, E.H. Sargent & D. Sinton*. Nat. Commun. 12, 2808 (2021).

16. Benzylammonium-Mediated Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskite Phase Stabilization for Photovoltaics. A.Q. Alanazi, M.H. Almalki, A. Mishra, D.J. Kubicki, Z. Wang, L. Merten, F.T. Eickemeyer, H.Zhang, D. Ren, A.Y. Alyamani, H. Albrithen, A. Albadri, M.H. Alotaibi, A. Hinderhofer, S.M. Zakeeruddin, F. Schreiber, A. Hagfeldt, L. Emsley*, J.V. Milić* & M. Grätzel*. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2101163 (2021).

17. Spectroelectrochemical and Chemical Evidence of Surface Passivation at Zinc Ferrite (ZnFe₂O₄) Photoanodes for Solar Water Oxidation. Y. Liu, M. Xia, L. Yao, M. Mensi, D. Ren, M. Grätzel, K. Sivula & N. Guijarro*. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2010081 (2021).

18. A Hybrid Bulk-heterojunction Photoanode for Direct Solar-to-chemical Conversion. L. Yao, Y. Liu (equal contribution), H.H. Cho, M. Xia, A. Sekar, B.P. Darwich, R.A. Wells, J.H. Yum, D. Ren, M. Grätzel, N. Guijarro & K. Sivula*. Energy Environ. Sci. 14, 3141-3151 (2021).

19. Crown Ether Modulation Enables over 23% Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells. T.S. Su, F.T. Eickemeyer, M.A. Hope, F. Jahanbakhshi, M. Mladenovic, J. Li, Z. Zhou, A. Mishra, J.H. Yum, D. Ren, A. Krishna, O. Ouellette, T.C. Wei, H. Zhou, H.H. Huang, M.D. Mensi, K. Sivula, S.M. Zakeeruddin, J.V. Milić, A. Hagfeldt, U. Rothlisberger, L. Emsley, H. Zhang* & M. Grätzel*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 19980-19991 (2020).(ESI Highly Cited Paper)

20. Tailored Amphiphilic Molecular Mitigators for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells with 23.5% Efficiency. H. Zhu, Y. Liu*, F. Eickemeyer, L. Pan, D. Ren, M.A. Ruiz-Preciado, B. Carlsen, B. Yang, X. Dong, Z. Wang, H. Liu, S. Wang, S.M. Zakeeruddin, A. Hagfeldt, M. I. Dar, X. Li* & M. Grätzel*. Adv. Mater. 32, 1907757 (2020). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

21. Cu₂O Photocathodes with Band-tail States Assisted Hole Transport for Standalone Solar Water Splitting. L. Pan, Y. Liu, L. Yao, D. Ren, K. Sivula, M. Grätzel & A. Hagfeldt*. Nat. Commun. 11, 318 (2020).

22. Guanine-Stablized Formamidinium Lead Iodide Perovskites. L. Hong, J.V. Milić, P. Ahlawat, M. Mladenović, D.J. Kubicki, F. Jahanabkhshi, D. Ren, M.C. Gélvez-Rueda, M.A. Ruiz-Preciado, A. Ummadisingu, Y. Liu, C. Tian, L. Pan, S.M. Zakeeruddin, A. Hagfeldt, F.C. Grozema, U. Rothlisberger, L. Emsley, H. Han* & M. Grätzel*. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 4691-4697 (2020).

23. Atomic-Level Microstructure of Efficient Formamidinium-Based Perovskite Solar Cells Stabilized by 5-Ammonium Valeric Acid Iodide Revealed by Multi-Nuclear and Two-Dimensional Solid-State NMR. A.Q. Alanazi, D.J. Kubicki*, D. Prochowicz, E.A. Alharbi, M.E.F Bouduban, F. Jahanbakhshi, M. Mladenovic, J.V. Milić, F. Giordano, D. Ren, A.Y. Alyamani, H. Albrithen, A. Albadri, M.H. Alotaibi, J-E. Moser, S.M. Zakeeruddin, U. Rothlisberger, L. Emsley* & M. Grätzel*. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 141, 17659-17669 (2019).

24. TiC Supported Pt Nanocluster Electrocatalysts and Monolithic Perovskite/Silicon Tandem Cells Enabling 18.7% Solar Water Splitting. J. Gao, F. Sahli, C. Liu, D. Ren, X. Guo, J. Werner, Q. Jeangros, S.M. Zakeeruddin, C. Ballif, M. Grätzel* & J. Luo*. Joule. 3, 2930-2941 (2019).

25. Photoelectrocatalytic Arean C-H Amination. L. Zhang, L. Liardet, J. Luo, D. Ren, M. Grätzel & X. Hu*. Nat. Catal. 2, 366-373 (2019). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)

26. SnS Quantum Dots as Hole Transporter of Perovskite Solar Cells. Y. Li, Z. Wang, D. Ren, Y. Liu, A. Zheng, S.M. Zakeeruddin, X. Dong, A. Hagfeldt, M. Grätzel & P. Wang*. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2, 3822-3829 (2019).

27. On the Role of Sulfur for the Selective Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to Formate on CuS_x Catalysts. Y. Deng, Y. Huang, D. Ren, A.D. Handoko, Z.W. Seh, P. Hirunsit* & B.S. Yeo*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 28572-28581 (2018).

28. Investigating the Role of Copper Oxide in Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction in Real Time. L. Mandal, K.R. Yang, M.R. Motapothula, D. Ren, P. Lobaccaro, A. Patra, M. Sherburne, V.S. Batista, B.S. Yeo, J.W. Ager*, J. Martin* & T. Venkatesan*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 8574-8584 (2018).

29. Understanding the Heterogeneous Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide on Oxide-Derived Catalysts. J.E. Pander, D. Ren, Y. Huang, N.W.X. Loo, S.H.L. Hong & B.S. Yeo*. ChemElectroChem 5, 219-237 (2018).

30. Practices for the Collection and Reporting of Electrocatalytic Performance and Mechanistic Information for the CO₂ Reduction Reaction. J.E. Pander III, D. Ren & B.S. Yeo*. Catal. Sci. Technol. 7, 5820-5832 (2017).

31. Efficient and Stable Evolution of Oxygen Using Pulse-Electrodeposited Ir/Ni Oxide Catalyst in Fe-Spiked KOH Electrolyte. L. Gong, D. Ren, Y. Deng & B.S. Yeo*. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8, 15985-15990 (2016).

32. Stable and Selective Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Ethylene on Copper Mesocrystals. C.S. Chen, A.D. Handoko, J.H. Wan, L. Ma, D. Ren & B.S. Yeo*. Catal. Sci. Technol. 5, 161-168 (2015). (ESI Highly Cited Paper)