Single atoms meeting 2D materials: an excellent configuration for photocatalysis

Y He, Y Zhang, G Hao, W Jiang, J Di - Nanoscale, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Photocatalysis has problems such as low light absorption efficiency and rapid recombination
of photo generated electron hole pairs. Many studies have been conducted to improve these …

Investigating On-Chip Micro-and Nanodevices for Engineering Electrocatalysis

H **ang, JE Lopez, T Hu, S Liu - Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to fully utilize high-performance catalysts, thorough electrochemical research is
urgently needed to obtain accurate and multi-dimensional information about electrochemical …

Asymmetric Associate Configuration of Nb Single Atoms Coupled Bi–O Vacancy Pairs Boosting CO2 Photoreduction

J Di, Y Wu, J **ong, H Shou, R Long, H Chen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Precisely designing the atomic coordination structure of the catalytic center is highly desired
to lower the energy barrier of CO2 photoreduction. The present work shows that engineering …

Amorphizing MnIn2S4 Atomic Layers Create an Asymmetrical InO1S5 Polarization Plane for Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis and CO2 Reduction

H Liang, C Ye, J **ong, G Hao, J Lei, W Bai, K Zhang… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Building a polarization center is an effective avenue to boost charge separation and
molecular activation in photocatalysis. However, a limited number of polarization centers are …

Electrochemical imaging uncovers the heterogeneity of HER activity by sulfur vacancies in molybdenum disulfide monolayer

X Deng, X Lu, Y Cao, Q Chen - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2025 - Elsevier
Engineering of sulfur vacancies on the basal plane of molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) may
provide effective way to promote the catalytic activity. Although the sulfur vacancy density …

Tip-like copper sites on high curvature supports for non-covalent to covalent interaction tuning in CO2 photoreduction

M Zhang, Y Wu, H Liang, Y Hua, C Chen… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2025 - Elsevier
Single-atom engineering offers a promising method to transform CO 2 into high-value
chemicals. The local coordination structure design of the metal-support is crucial for …

Symmetry breaking by Cu-S vacancy associates creating localized polarization field with enhanced near-infrared-driven photocatalytic ammonia synthesis

H Liang, C Ye, Y Wu, J **ong, P Zhang, X Cao… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2025 - Elsevier
The role of vacancy associates for photocatalysis is still an open question. Here, the CuIn 2
S 4 atomic layers with Cu-S vacancy associates is developed to study the influence of …

Synthesis of Janus MoSSe on Ti-Au and its application for One-Step lithography fabrication of electrochemical micro-reactors

Q Deng, G Chen, Z Duan, S Liu, D Zhan, J Yan… - Applied Surface …, 2025 - Elsevier
The prevalent method for synthesizing Janus transition metal dichalcogenides (Janus TMD)
generally involves replacing the top layer chalcogen atoms in a monolayer TMD precursor …

Strain‐Modulated Hydrogen Production Performance in Monolayer MoS2 Electrocatalysis Nanodevices

B Niu, N Wang, R Shen, X Liao, L Mai - ChemElectroChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of flexible micro‐and nanodevices plays a pivotal role in investigating stress‐
enhanced performances and underlying intrinsic mechanisms for two‐dimensional …

Unraveling the roles of oxygen vacancies in tungsten‐based ionic liquid materials for enhanced catalytic oxidative desulfurization

M Zhang, HX Huang, WT Liang, Y Wu, J **ong - cMat, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Defect engineering is often used to improve the performance of catalysts. Here, plasma
etching was first used as a strategy to introduce defects to modify the phosphotungstic acid …