Selected Publications

Featured publications:


K. Liu, H. Li, M. Xie, P. Wang, Z. Jin*, Y. Liu, M. Zhou, P. Li*, G. Yu*. Thermally Enhanced Relay Electrocatalysis of Nitrate-to-Ammonia Reduction over Single-Atom-Alloy Oxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 7779-7790.



P. Li*; L. Liao; Z. Fang; G. Su; Z. Jin*; G. Yu*,A multifunctional copper single-atom electrocatalyst aerogel for smart sensing and producing ammonia from nitrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023, 120, e2305489120.


P. Li*; R. Li; Y. Liu; M. Xie; Z. Jin*; G. Yu*, Pulsed Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroreduction Facilitated by Tandem Catalysis of Nitrite Intermediates. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 6471–6479. 



Z. Jin*, High-Spatiotemporal-Resolution Electrochemical Measurements of Electrocatalytic Reactivity. Analytical Chemistry 2023, 95, 6477–6489. (Featured Cover)


Z. Jin*; P. Li; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, Emerging Electrochemical Techniques for Probing Site Behavior in Single-Atom Electrocatalysts. Accounts of Chemical Research 2022, 55, 759–769. (Featured Cover)



Z. Jin†; P. Li†; Y. Meng; Z. Fang; D. Xiao; G. Yu, Understanding the Inter-Site Distance Effect in Single-Atom Catalysts for Oxygen Electroreduction. Nature Catalysis 2021, 4, 615-622. 


P. Li; Z. Jin*; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, A Single-Site Iron Catalyst with Preoccupied Active Center that Achieves Selective Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14, 3522-3531. 


Z. Jin; A.J. Bard, Surface Interrogation of Electrodeposited MnOx and CaMnO3 Perovskites by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Probing Active Sites and Kinetics for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 794-799. 


Z. Jin; A.J. Bard, Atom-By-Atom Electrodeposition of Single Isolated Cobalt Oxide Molecules and Clusters for Studying the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020, 117, 12651-12656. 


P. Li; Z. Jin*; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, A Surface-Strained and Geometry-Tailored Nanoreactor that Promotes Ammonia Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 22610-22616. (Very Important Paper & Featured Cover)



All selected publications:

2024

K. Liu, H. Li, M. Xie, P. Wang, Z. Jin*, Y. Liu, M. Zhou, P. Li*, G. Yu*. Thermally Enhanced Relay Electrocatalysis of Nitrate-to-Ammonia Reduction over Single-Atom-Alloy Oxides. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024, 146, 7779-7790.


H. Li; P. Li; Y. Guo*; Z. Jin*, Electrochemical Probing the Site Reactivity in Iron Single-Atom Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. Analytical Chemistry 2024, 96, 997–1002.


M. Yi, H. Li, M. Xie, P. Li, Z. Jin*, G. Yu*. Electrocatalysis for sustainable nitrogen management: materials innovation for sensing, removal and upcycling technologies. Science China Chemistry 2024.


T. Gao, Q. An, X. Tang, Q. Yue, Y. Zhang, B. Li, P. Li, Z. Jin*. Recent progress in energy-saving electrocatalytic hydrogen production via regulating the anodic oxidation reaction. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2024, 26, 19606-19624.


H. Li, S. Li, R. Guan, Z. Jin, D. Xiao, Y. Guo, P. Li. Modulating the Surface Concentration and Lifetime of Active Hydrogen in Cu-Based Layered Double Hydroxides for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. ACS Catalysis 2024, 14, 12042-12050.


X. Liu, X. Song, G. Jiang, L. Tao, Z. Jin*, F. Li, Y. He*, F. Dong. Pt Single-Atom collaborate with Pt Atom-Clusters by an In-Situ confined strategy for accelerating electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 481, 148430.


Y. Liu, W. Qiu, P. Wang, R. Li, K. Liu, K. M. Omer, Z. Jin, P. Li, Pyridine-N-rich Cu single-atom catalyst boosts nitrate electroreduction to ammonia, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2024, 340, 123228.


R. Li, T. Gao, W. Qiu, M. Xie, Z. Jin, P. Li, Unveiling the size effect of nitrogen-doped carbon-supported copper-based catalysts on nitrate-to-ammonia electroreduction, Nano Research 2024, 17, 2438-2443.


2023

P. Li*; L. Liao; Z. Fang; G. Su; Z. Jin*; G. Yu*, A multifunctional copper single-atom electrocatalyst aerogel for smart sensing and producing ammonia from nitrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023, 120, e2305489120.


P. Li*; R. Li; Y. Liu; M. Xie; Z. Jin*; G. Yu*, Pulsed Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroreduction Facilitated by Tandem Catalysis of Nitrite Intermediates. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 6471–6479. 


M. Xie; S. Tang; Z. Li; M. Wang; Z. Jin; P. Li; X. Zhan; H. Zhou; G. Yu, Intermetallic Single-Atom Alloy In-Pd Bimetallene for Neutral Electrosynthesis of Ammonia from Nitrate.  Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 13957–13967.


T. Gao; X. Tang; X. Li; S. Wu; S. Yu; P. Li*; D. Xiao*; Z. Jin*, Understanding the Atomic and Defective Interface Effect on Ruthenium Clusters for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Catalysis 2023, 13, 49-59.


Z. Jin*, High-Spatiotemporal-Resolution Electrochemical Measurements of Electrocatalytic Reactivity. Analytical Chemistry 2023, 95, 6477–6489.


H. Li, Y. Guo*, Z. Jin*, Advanced electrochemical techniques for characterizing electrocatalysis at the single-particle level, Carbon Neutrality 2023, 2, 22.


Y. Liu, J. Mao, Y. Yuan, H. Huang, X. Ma, X. Li*, Z. Jin*, Accelerating corrosion of iron foam enables a bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting, Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2023.


R. Li; T. Gao; P. Wang; W. Qiu; K. Liu; Y. Liu; Z. Jin; P. Li, The Origin of Selective Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroreduction on Metal-Free Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Aerogel Catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2023, 331, 122677.


W. Qiu; M. Xie; P. Wang; T. Gao; R. Li; D. Xiao; Z. Jin; P. Li, Size-Defined Ru Nanoclusters Supported by TiO2 Nanotubes Enable Low-Concentration Nitrate Electroreduction to Ammonia with Suppressed Hydrogen Evolution. Small 2023, 19, 2300437.



Y. Liu, K. Liu, P. Wang, Z. Jin, P. Li, Electrocatalytic upcycling of nitrogenous wastes into green ammonia: advances and perspectives on materials innovation, Carbon Neutrality 2023, 2, 14.


T. Gao, L. Qiu, M. Xie, Z. Jin, P. Li, G. Yu, Defect-stabilized and oxygen-coordinated iron single-atomic sites facilitate hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis, Materials Horizons 2023, 2023, 10, 4270-4277.



2022

M. Xie; B. Zhang; Z. Jin*; P. Li; G. Yu*, Atomically Reconstructed Palladium Metallene by Intercalation-Induced Lattice Expansion and Amorphization for Highly Efficient Electrocatalysis ACS Nano 2022, 16, 13715-13727.


W. Qiu; X. Chen; Y. Liu; D. Xiao*; P. Wang; R. Li; K. Liu; Z. Jin*; P. Li*, Confining Intermediates within A Catalytic Nanoreactor Facilitates Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electrosynthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022, 315, 121548.


P. Wang; Z. Jin; P. Li; G. Yu, Design Principles of Hydrogen-Evolution-Suppressing Single-Atom Catalysts for Aqueous Electrosynthesis. Chem Catalysis, 2022, 2, 1277-1287.


Z. Jin*; P. Li; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, Emerging Electrochemical Techniques for Probing Site Behavior in Single-Atom Electrocatalysts, Accounts of Chemical Research 2022, 55, 759–769.


Y. Luo; P. Li*; Z.Jin*, Lithiated Interface of Pt/TiO2 Enables an Efficient Wire-Shaped Zn-Air Solar Micro-Battery. Chemical Communications, 2022, 58, 5988-5991.


Z. Fang; Z. Jin; S. Tang; P. Li; P. Wu; G. Yu, Porous Two-dimensional Iron-Cyano Nanosheets for High-rate Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction. ACS Nano 2022, 16, 1072–1081.


2021

Z. Jin†; P. Li†; Y. Meng; Z. Fang; D. Xiao; G. Yu, Understanding the inter-site distance effect in single-atom catalysts for oxygen electroreduction. Nature Catalysis 2021, 4, 615-622. 


P. Li; Z. Jin*; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, A single-site iron catalyst with preoccupied active center that achieves selective ammonia electrosynthesis from nitrate. Energy & Environmental Science 2021, 14, 3522-3531. 


Z. Jin; A.J. Bard, Surface Interrogation of Electrodeposited MnOx and CaMnO3 Perovskites by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy: Probing Active Sites and Kinetics for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2021, 60, 794-799. 


X. Li; Y. Guo; T. Gao; P. Li*; Z. Jin*; D. Xiao*, Interconnecting 3D Conductive Networks with Nanostructured Iron/Iron Oxide Enables a High-Performance Flexible Battery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, 13, 57411-57421.


P. Li; Z. Jin*; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, Ammonia Electrosynthesis on Single-Atom Catalysts: Mechanistic Understanding and Recent Progress. Chemical Physics Reviews 2021, 2, 041305.Z. 


2020

Jin; A.J. Bard, Atom-by-atom electrodeposition of single isolated cobalt oxide molecules and clusters for studying the oxygen evolution reaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020, 117, 12651-12656. 


P. Li; Z. Jin*; Z. Fang; G. Yu*, A Surface-Strained and Geometry-Tailored Nanoreactor that Promotes Ammonia Electrosynthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2020, 59, 22610-22616. 


P. Li†;Z. Jin†; Y. Qian; Z. Fang; D. Xiao; G. Yu, Supramolecular confinement of single Cu atoms in hydrogel frameworks for oxygen reduction electrocatalysis with high atom utilization. Materials Today 2020, 35, 78-86. 


A.D. Klementiev; Z. Jin; M. Whiteley, Micron Scale Spatial Measurement of the O2 Gradient Surrounding a Bacterial Biofilm in Real Time. Mbio 2020, 11, e02536-20.


2019 and prior

P. Li†;Z. Jin†; Y. Qian; Z. Fang; D. Xiao; G. Yu, Probing Enhanced Site Activity of Co–Fe Bimetallic Subnanoclusters Derived from Dual Cross-Linked Hydrogels for Oxygen Electrocatalysis. ACS Energy Letters 2019, 4, 1793-1802. 


Z. Jin; P. Li; Y. Jin; D. Xiao, Superficial-defect engineered nickel/iron oxide nanocrystals enable high-efficient flexible fiber battery. Energy Storage Materials 2018, 13, 160-167.


P. Li; Z. Jin; L. Peng; F. Zhao; D. Xiao; Y. Jin; G. Yu, Stretchable all‐gel‐state fiber‐shaped supercapacitors enabled by macromolecularly interconnected 3D graphene/nanostructured conductive polymer hydrogels. Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1800124.


P. Li; Z. Jin; D. Xiao, Three-dimensional nanotube-array anode enables a flexible Ni/Zn fibrous battery to ultrafast charge and discharge in seconds. Energy Storage Materials 2018, 12, 232-240.


Z. Jin; P. Li; D. Xiao, A Hydrogen‐Evolving Hybrid‐Electrolyte Battery with Electrochemical/Photoelectrochemical Charging from Water Oxidation. ChemSusChem 2017, 10, 483-488. 


Z. Jin; P. Li; D. Xiao, Photoanode-immobilized molecular cobalt-based oxygen-evolving complexes with enhanced solar-to-fuel efficiency. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2016, 4, 11228-11233. 


Z. Jin; P. Li; D. Xiao, Metallic Co2P ultrathin nanowires distinguished from CoP as robust electrocatalysts for overall water-splitting. Green Chemistry 2016, 18, 1459-1464. 


Z. Jin; P. Li; X. Huang; G. Zeng; Y. Jin; B. Zheng; D. Xiao, Three-dimensional amorphous tungsten-doped nickel phosphide microsphere as an efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 18593-18599. 


Z. Jin; P. Li; G. Liu; B. Zheng; H. Yuan; D. Xiao, Enhancing catalytic formaldehyde oxidation on CuO–Ag2O nanowires for gas sensing and hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2013, 1, 14736-14743.