Publications

2024

171. Kailang Li, Lulu Li, Xin Chang, Xiangcheng Shi, Xianghong Li, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, “Origin of Autocatalytic Behavior of Water over CuZn alloy in CO2 Hydrogenation”, 2024, submitted (Invited)

170. Zhenpu Lu, Ran Luo, Sai Chen, Donglong Fu, Guodong Sun, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei*, and Jinlong Gong*, “Alkaline-earth Ions Stabilized Sub-nano Platinum Tin Clusters for Propane Dehydrogenation,” Chem. Sci. 2024, in press.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC04310J 

169. Tingting Yang, Ran Luo, Xiangcheng Shi, Xianhua Zhang, Shican Wu, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, “Achieving Surface and Bulk Rate Match for Chemical Looping Partial Oxidation of Methane by Modulating Oxygen Transport,” Sci. China. Mater., 2024, under revision. (Invited)

168. Xianhua Zhang, Donglong Fu, Chunlei Pei, Xin Chang, Sai Chen, Zhenpu Lu, Jiachen Sun, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Highly Reversible Medium-Entropy Perovskites for Efficient Hydrogen Production via Redox Cycles,” 2024, submitted. 

167. Zheyuan Ding, Sai Chen, Tingting Yang, Zunrong Sheng, Xianhua Zhang, Chunlei Pei, Donglong Fu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Atomically Dispersed Mo/Ni Alloy Catalyst for Partial Oxidation of Methane,” 2024, submitted.   

166. Xin Chang, Zhenpu Lu, Guodong Sun, Xianhui Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, “Microenvironment Engineering of Non-Noble Metal Alloys for Selective Propane Dehydrogenation,” 2024, submitted.

165. Xianhua Zhang, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Towards Green and Efficient Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis: Design Principles and Advanced Redox Catalysts,” 2024, submitted (invited).

164. Shixuan Zhao, Tuo Wang, Bin Liu, Kailang Li, Shujie Wang, Gong Zhang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Si Photoanode Protected with TiO2/Stainless Steel Bilayer Stack for Solar Seawater Splitting,” Nature Commun. 2024, in press.

163. Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Structured Catalysts and Catalytic Processes: Transport and Reaction Perspectives,” Chem. Rev. 2024, under revisions (invited).

162. Yifeng Zhu, Ran Luo, Katherine Koh, Libor Kovarik, John L. Fulton, Johannes A. Lercher, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Jinlong Gong*, and Oliver Y. Gutiérrez*, “Formation of (Rh-Fe)-FeOx Complex Sites Enables Methanol Synthesis from CO2,” 2023, submitted.

161. Guodong Sun, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Shijia Sun, Chunlei Pei, Sai Chen, Rentao Mu, Tingting Zhang, Lirong Zheng, and Jinlong Gong*, Transient Gallium Hydrides as Dynamic Active Sites for Catalytic Propane Dehydrogenation, Nature Chem. 2024, in press.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-023-01392-x  

2023

160. Wei Wang, Sai Chen, Chunlei Pei, Ran Luo, Jiachen Sun, Hongbo Song, Guodong Sun, Xianhui Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Tandem Propane Dehydrogenation and Surface Oxidation Catalysts for Selective Propylene Synthesis,” Science 2023, 381, 886-890 (First Release Article).  https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adi3416  
v   Highlighted by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): “我国学者在丙烷脱氢新工艺研究方面取得进展” July 28, 2023.
v   Highlighted by Nature Catalysis: “Selective Propylene Synthesis,” September 22, 2023.

159. Dongfang Cheng, Gong Zhang, Lulu Li, Xiangcheng Shi, Shiyu Zhen, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, “Guiding Catalytic CO2 Reduction toward Ethanol with Copper Grain Boundaries,” Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 7966-7972.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC02647G  

158. Yongtao Wang, Xiaoyun Lin, Gong Zhang, Hui Gao, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Peng Zhang, Tuo Wang*, and Jinlong Gong*, Highly Selective NH3 Synthesis from N2 on Electron-rich Bi0 in a Pressurized Electrolyzer, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2023, 120, e2305604120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2305604120

157. Hui Gao, Gong Zhang, Dongfang Cheng, Yongtao Wang, Jing Zhao, Xiaozhi Li, Xiaowei Du, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Tuo Wang, Peng Zhang*, and Jinlong Gong, Steering Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction towards Alcohol Production on Cu Step Sites, Chin. J. Catal. 2023, 52, 187-195.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64508-5  

156. Yiyi Xu, Sai Chen, Xin Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Guodong Sun, Xianhui Wang, Tingting Zhang, and Jinlong Gong*, Ultrathin TiOx Nanosheets Rich in Tetracoordinated Ti Sites for Propane Dehydrogenation, ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 6104-6113.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c00818  

155. Jiachen Sun, Chunlei Pei, Sai Chen, Wei Wang, Xianhui Wang, Guodong Sun, Chunlei Pei*, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Role of Oxygen Transfer and Surface Reaction in Catalytic Performance of VOx-Ce1-xZrxO2 for Propane Dehydrogenation, Chin. J. Catal. 2023, 52, 217-227.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(23)64494-8  

154. Xian Yao, Xianhua Zhang, Rui Liu, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Oxygen Activity Regulation over LaNiO3 Perovskites by Ti Substitution for Chemical Looping Partial Oxidation of Methane, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2023, 278, 118911. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2023.118911

153. Shiyu Zhen, Xiaoyun Lin, Gong Zhang, Dongfang Cheng, Chenggong Jiang, Xiangcheng Shi, Shican Wu, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, “Accessing the Nature of Active Sites and Particle Size Effect for Reduction of Carbon Dioxide over Cu-based Catalysts,” J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 4975-4983 (invited).  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c08950 

152. Tao Liu, Chunlei Pei, Tingting Yang, Xianhua Zhang, Rui Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Promoted Oxygen Release from Copper-ceria Interfacial Sites for Selective Hydrogen Production, Appl. Catal. B 2023, 337, 123014.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123014  

151. Rui Liu, Xianhua Zhang, Tao Liu, Xian Yao, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei*, and Jinlong Gong*, Dynamic Oxygen Migration and Reaction over Ceria-Supported Nickel Oxides in Chemical Looping Partial Oxidation of Methane, Appl. Catal. B 2023, 328, 122478.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122478  

150. Kailang Li, Xianghong Li, Lulu Li, Xin Chang, Shican Wu, Chengsheng Yang, Xiwen Song, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, “Nature of Catalytic Behavior of Cobalt Oxides for CO2 Hydrogenation,” JACS Au 2023, 3, 508-515.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.2c00632  

149. Jing Zhao, Peng Zhang, Tenghui Yuan, Dongfang Cheng, Shiyu Zhen, Hui Gao, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Modulation of *CHxO Adsorption to Facilitate Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to CH4 over Cu-based Catalysts, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 6622-6627.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c12006  

148. Xiaoyun Lin, Yongtao Wang, Xin Chang, Shiyu Zhen, Zhi-Jian Zhao*,and Jinlong Gong*, Designing Electrocatalysts for Nitrogen Reduction via a Universal Descriptor, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202300122.  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202300122  

147. Xiangcheng Shi, Dongfang Cheng, Ran Zhao, Shican Wu, Shiyu Zhen, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Accessing Complex Reconstructed Structures with Hybrid Global Optimization Accelerated via on-the-fly Machine Learning, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 8777-8784.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC02974C  

146. Jiachen Sun, Sai Chen, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Shengbao He, and Jinlong Gong*, Advances in Chemical-looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes, CIESC J. 2023, 74, 205-223 (invited).  https://doi.org/10.11949/0438-1157.20221311  

145. Xin Chang, Zhenpu Lu, Xianhui Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Tracking C–H Bond Activation for Propane Dehydrogenation over Metal and Alloy Systems: Work Function Shines, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 6414-6419.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC01057K  

144. Gong Zhang, Lulu Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Tuo Wang*, and Jinlong Gong*, Electrochemical Approaches for CO2 Conversion on Copper-based Catalysts, Acc. Mater. Res. 2023, 4, 212-222 (invited)  (Cover Story).  https://doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.2c00175

143. Xianhui Wang, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Sai Chen, Jiachen Sun, Hongbo Song, Guodong Sun, Wei Wang, Xin Chang, Xianhua Zhang and Jinlong Gong*, Coupling Acid Catalysis and Selective Oxidation over MoO2-Fe2O3 for Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane, Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 2039.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37818-w  

142. Lulu Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Gong Zhang, Dongfang Cheng, Xin Chang, Xintong Yuan, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, Neural Network Accelerated Investigation of the Dynamic Structure-Performance Relations of Electrochemical CO2 Reduction over SnOx Surfaces, Research 2023, 6, 0067 (Cover Story). https://doi.org/10.34133/research.0067  

141. Sai Chen, Ran Luo, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Yiyi Xu, Zhenpu Lu, Chengjie Zhao, Hongbo Song, Lirong Zheng, and Jinlong Gong*, Concerted Oxygen Diffusion via Heterogeneous Oxide Interface for Intensified Propane Dehydrogenation, Nature Commun. 2023, 14, 2620 (Editor Featured Article). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38284-0

140. Ran Luo, Sai Chen, Xin Chang, Shijia Sun, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Role of Delocalized Electrons on the Doping Effect in Vanadia for Chemical Looping Oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation, Chem 2023, 9, 2255-2266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2023.04.019

139. Xin Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Sai Chen, Shenjun Zha, and Jinlong Gong*, Designing Single-Site Alloy Catalysts by Degree of Isolation, Nature Nanotechnol. 2023, 18, 611-616.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-023-01344-z  

138. Hongbo Song, Wei Wang, Jiachen Sun, Xianhui Wang, Xianhua Zhang, Sai Chen, Chunlei Pei*, and Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Chemical looping oxidative propane dehydrogenation controlled by oxygen bulk diffusion over FeVO4 oxygen carrier pellets, CJChE, 2023, 53, 409-420, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjche.2022.10.006

137. Chengjie Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Jiachen Sun, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “Non-ideal Characteristics in a Micro Packed-bed Reactor: a Coupled Reaction-transport CFD Analysis for Propane Dehydrogenation,” Chem. Eng. Sci. 2023, 267, 118316 (invited).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2022.118316 

136. Yongtao Wang, Peng Zhang, Xiaoyun Lin, Gong Zhang, Hui Gao, Qingzhen Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Tuo Wang*, and Jinlong Gong, Wide-pH-range Adaptable Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrate on Cu-Pd Interfaces, Sci. China Chem. 2023, 66, 913-922.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-022-1411-0

135. Zhongyan Wang, Chengsheng Yang, Xianghong Li, Xiwen Song, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, The Role of CO2 Dissociation in CO2 Hydrogenation to Ethanol on CoCu/SiO2 Catalysts, Nano Res. 2023, 16, 6128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-5092-x

2022

346.Yang Wang, Sai Chen, Jiachen Sun, Yufei Xie, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Jinlong Gong*, Roles of V-O Sites for Non-oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation over Supported Vanadium Oxides, Sci. China Mater. 2022, 66, 1062-1070.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-022-2214-8  

134. Jia Yu, Peng Zhang, Lulu Li, Kailang Li, Gong Zhang, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Electroreductive Coupling of Benzaldehyde by Balancing the Formation and Dimerization of the Ketyl Intermediate, Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 7909.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35463-3.

133. Shenjun Zha, Dmitry I. Sharapa, Sihang Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Felix Studt,* Modeling CoCu Nanoparticles Using Neural Network Accelerated Monte Carlo Simulations, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2022, 126, 9440–9446, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07888

132. Xiaohe Liu, Xianhui Wang, Shiyu Zhen, Guodong Sun, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Support Stabilized PtCu Single-atom Alloys for Propane Dehydrogenation, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 9537-9543.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC03723H

131. Chenggong Jiang, Hongbo Song, Guodong Sun, Xin Chang, Shican Wu, Shiyu Zhen, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Data-driven Interpretable Descriptors for Structure-Activity Relation of Surface Lattice Oxygen on Doped Vanadium Oxides, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202206758 (Hot Article).  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202206758

130. Xiwen Song, Chengsheng Yang, Xianghong Li, Zhongyan Wang, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, On the Role of Hydroxyl Groups on Cu/Al2O3 for CO2 Hydrogenation, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 14162-14172 (Cover Story).  https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03591

129. Yan Wang, Chunlei Pei, Xianhui Wang, Guodong Sun, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, The Role of Pentacoordinate Al3+ Sites of Pt/Al2O3 Catalysts in Propane Dehydrogenation, Fundamental Res. 2022, in press.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2022.08.020

128. Yanan Wang, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Kinetically Rate-determining Step Modulation by Metal–Support Interactions and Consequent Reactivity Promotion for CO Oxidation on Pt/CeO2, Sci. China Chem. 2022, 65, 2038-2044.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-022-1361-9

127. Jing Zhao, Peng Zhang, Lulu Li, Tenghui Yuan, Hui Gao, Gong Zhang, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, “SrO-Layer Insertion in Ruddlesden-Popper Sn-Based Perovskite Enables Efficient CO2 Electroreduction towards Formate,” Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 8829-8833.  https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc03066g

126. Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Catalyst Design via Descriptors, Nature Nanotechnol. 2022, 17, 563-564 (invited).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01120-5

125. Tingting Zhang, Chunlei Pei, Guodong Sun, Sai Chen, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Shijia Sun, Zhenpu Lu, Yiyi Xu, and Jinlong Gong*, “Synergistic Mechanism of Platinum-GaOx Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202201453. https://doi.org/10.1002/10.1002/anie.202201453

124. Jing Zhao, Peng Zhang, Lulu Li, Tenghui Yuan, Hui Gao, Gong Zhang, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, SrO-Layer Inserting in Ruddlesden-Popper Sn-Based Perovskite Enables Efficient CO2 Electroreduction towards Formate, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 8829-8833.  https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sc03066g

123. Shiyu Zhen, Gong Zhang, Dongfang Cheng, Hui Gao, Lulu Li, Xiaoyun Lin, Zheyuan Ding, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Nature of the Active Sites of Copper Zinc Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202201913. (Hot Article) https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202201913

122. Chenggong Jiang, Xin Chang, Xianhui Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Enhanced C-H Bond Activation by Tuning the Local Environment of Surface Lattice Oxygen of MoO3, Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 7468-7474.  https://doi.org/10.1039/D2SC01658C

121. Gong Zhang, Mengmeng Zhang, Dongfang Cheng, Yongtao Wang, Shiyu Zhen, Lulu Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, Selective CO2 Electroreduction to Methanol via Enhanced Oxygen Bonding over Molybdenum-hybridized Metal Carbides, Nature Commun. 2022, 13, 7768.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35450-8 

120. Lei Zhang#, Qi Wang#, Lulu Li#, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Junjie Li, Keegan Adair, Yipeng Sun, Ruying Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Meng Gu*, Xueliang Sun*, Nano Energy, 2022, 93, 106813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106813

119. Hao Tian, Chunlei Pei, Sai Chen, Yang Wu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Regulation of Oxygen Activity by Lattice Confinement over NixMg1-xO Catalysts for Renewable Hydrogen Production, Engineering 2022, 12, 62-69.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2020.08.029

118. Sihang Liu, Chengsheng Yang, Shenjun Zha, Dmitry Sharapa, Felix Studt, Zhi-Jian Zhao* and Jinlong Gong, Moderate Surface Segregation Promotes Selective Ethanol Production in CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction over CoCu Alloys, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202109027.  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202109027

117. 傅杰,赵志坚,张国俊*,2021年度国家自然科学基金委员会化学工程与工业化学科学基金项目申请和评审工作综述,化工进展 2022, 41, 513-518. http://dx.doi.org/10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2022-0056

2021

116. Xiangcheng Shi, Xiaoyun Lin, Rn Luo, Shican Wu, Lulu Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Dynamics of Catalytic Process at Operando Conditions, JACS Au 2021, 1, 2100-2120 (invited) (Cover Story).  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00355

115. Shijia Sun, Guodong Sun, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Origin of Performances of Pt/Cu Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation, J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 18708-18716 (Cover Story).  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c04295

114. Xintong Yuan, Sai Chen, Dongfang Cheng, Lulu Li, Wenjin Zhu, Dazhong Zhong, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jingkun Li, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, Controllable Cu0-Cu+ Sites for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 15344-15347.  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202105118

113. Dongfang Cheng#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Gong Zhang, Piaoping Yang, Lulu Li, Hui Gao, Sihang Liu, Xin Chang, Sai Chen, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, Identification of Active Sites in CO2 Electroreduction over Oxide-derived Copper Catalysts, Nature Commun.  2021, 12, 395.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20615-0
v      Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News (ACS): Study distinguishes structure and function of catalytically active sites on copper that reduce CO₂, January 21, 2021.

112. Dazhong Zhong#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Qiang Zhao#, Dongfang Cheng, Bin Liu, Gong Zhang, Wanyu Deng, Hao Dong, Lei Zhang, Jingkun Li, Jinping Li*, and Jinlong Gong*, Coupling of Cu(100) and (110) Promotes Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Hydrocarbons and Alcohols, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 4879-4885.  https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202015159

111. Hao Tian, Chunlei Pei, Yang Wu, Sai Chen, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Tunable Metal-Oxide Interaction with Balanced Ni0/Ni2+ Sites of NixMg1-xO for Ethanol Steam Reforming , Appl. Catal. B 2021, 293, 120178.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120178

110. Xiaoyun Lin, Lulu Li, Xin Chang, Chunlei Pei, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, Black Phosphorus Hosted Single Atom Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction, Sci. China Mater. 2021, 64, 1173-1181.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1522-y

109. Xiangcheng Shi, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, Advances in Genetic Algorithm for Global Structure Optimization in Catalytic Systems, CIESC J.  2021, 72, 27-41

108. Jieli Wang, Xin Chang, Sai Chen, Guodong Sun, Xiaohong Zhou, Evgeny Vovk, Yong Yang, Wanyu Deng, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, and Jinlong Gong*, Recoverable Surface Alloy over Pt-Sn Catalysts for Highly Selective Propane Dehydrogenation, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 4401-4410 (Cover Story).  https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c00639

107. Gong Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Dongfang Cheng, Huimin Li, Bin Liu, Qingzhen Wang, Hui Gao, Jinyu Guo, Geoffrey A. Ozin, Tuo Wang* and Jinlong Gong*, 8% Efficiency Solar-to-Ethylene Cu(100) Facet Selective CO2 Electrocatalysis, Nature Commun. 2021, 12, 5745. (Editor Featured Article).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26053-w

106. Huimin Li#, Tuo Wang#, Shanshan Liu, Zhibin Luo, Lulu Li, Huaiyuan Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Controllable Distribution of Oxygen Vacancy in Grain Boundaries of p-Si/TiO2 Photocathodes for Solar Water Splitting, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 4034-4037.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202014538

105. Sai Chen, Rentao Mu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Xin Chang, Jun Luo, Stephen C. Purdy, Jeremy Kropf, Guodong Sun, Jeffrey T. Miller, Xiaohong Zhou, Evgeny Vovk, Yong Yang, Liang Zeng, and Jinlong Gong*, Robust Alkane Dehydrogenation on Single-site Intermetallic Catalysts, Chem 2021, 7, 387-405 (Cover Story).  https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2020.10.008

104. Piaoping Yang, Lulu Li, Dongfang Cheng, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, Revealing the Particle Size Effect of Au and Pd Catalysts for CO2 Electrochemical Reduction by “Realistic” Density Functional Theory Models, Chinese J. Catal. 2021, 42, 817-823. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(20)63692-0

103. 傅杰,赵志坚,张国俊*,石油化工联合基金管理总结与展望,中国科学基金,2021, 35, 18-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.16262/j.cnki.1000-8217.2021.s1.004

102. 赵志坚,傅杰,赵长建,张国俊*,盐湖联合基金实施概况与展望,化工学报,2021, 72, 3188-3193. http://dx.doi.org/10.11949/0438-1157.20213001

101. 朱旺喜*,赵志坚,杨晓伟,2020年度国家自然科学基金委员会“化学工程与工业化学”科学基金项目申请和评审工作综述,化工进展 2021, 40, 559-564. http://dx.doi.org/10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2020-2559

2020

100. Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Golden touch of the nanoparticles, Nat. Nanotechnol 2020, 15, 1-2.

99. Jimin Song, Sihang Liu, Chengsheng Yang, Guishuo Wang, Hao Tian, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu*, and Jinlong Gong, The Role of Al Doping in Pd/ZnO Catalyst for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol, Appl. Catal. B 2020, 263,  118367.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118367

98. Chengsheng Yang, Chunlei Pei, Ran Luo, Sihang Liu, Yanan Wang, Zhongyan Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Strong Electronic Oxide-support Interaction over In2O3/ZrO2 Catalysts for Highly Selective Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 19523-19531.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c07195

97. Quan Xiao, Yanan Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chunlei Pei, Sai Chen, Lijun Gao, Rentao Mu, Qiang Fu, and Jinlong Gong*, Defects-mediated Reactivity of Pt/TiO2 Catalysts: the Different Role of Titanium and Oxygen Vacancies, Sci. China Chem. 2020, 63, 1323-1330  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-020-9798-2

96. Sihang Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong, Exploring the Initial Oxidation of Pt, Pt3Ni, Pt3Au(111) Surfaces: A Genetic Algorithm based Global Optimization with Density Functional Theory, Green Chem. Eng. 2020, 1, 56-62 (invited).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gce.2020.09.006

95. Lulu Li, Xin Chang, Xiaoyun Lin, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Theoretical Insights into Single-Atom Catalysts, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 8156-8178 (invited). http://doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00795a

94. Xianhua Zhang, Yinghui Su, Chunlei Pei, Rui Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Chemical Looping Steam Reforming of Methane over Ce-doped Perovskites, Chem. Eng. Sci. 2020, 223, 115707 (invited).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.115707

93. Yufei Xie, Ran Luo, Guodong Sun, Sai Chen, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, and Jinlong Gong*, Facilitating the Reduction of V-O Bonds on VOx/ZrO2 Catalysts for Non-oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation, Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 3845-3851 (invited).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D0SC00690D

92. Sai Chen, Chunlei Pei, Xin Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, Yiyi Xu, and Jinlong Gong*, Coverage-dependent Behaviors of Vanadium Oxides for Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 22072-22079 (Hot Article).  https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202005968

91. Zhiqiang Chen, Tuo Wang, Bin Liu, Dongfang Cheng, Congling Hu, Gong Zhang, Wenjin Zhu, Huaiyuan Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Grain-Boundary-Rich Copper for Efficient Solar-Driven Electrochemical CO2 Reduction to Ethylene and Ethanol, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6878-6883 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c00971

90.Congling Hu, Lulu, Li, Wanyu Deng, Gong Zhang, Wenjin Zhu, Xintong Yuan, Lei Zhang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Selective Electro-reduction of Carbon Dioxide over SnO2-nanodot Catalysts, ChemSusChem 2020, 13, 6353-6359 (invited).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202000557

89. Wenjin Zhu, Lei Zhang, Sihang Liu, Ang Li, Xintong Yuan, Congling Hu, Gong Zhang, Wanyu Deng, Ketao Zang, Jun Luo, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, The Electronic Effect between Neighboring Zn/Co Monomers Boosts CO2 Electroreduction, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 12664-12668  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201916218

88. Dazhong Zhong, Lei Zhang, Qiang Zhao, Dongfang Cheng, Wanyu Deng, Hao Dong, Xintong Yuan, Zhijian Zhao, Jinping Li, and Jinlong Gong*, Concentrating and Activating Carbon Dioxide over AuCu Aerogel Grain Boundaries, J. Chem. Phys. 2020. 152, 204703 (invited).  https://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0007207

87. Lulu Li#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Congling Hu, Piaoping Yang, Xintong Yuan, Yanan Wang, Lei Zhang, Lyudmila Moskaleva, and Jinlong Gong*, Tuning Oxygen Vacancies of Oxides for Promoting Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, ACS Energy Lett. 2020, 5, 552-558.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b02749

86. Xianhua Zhang, Chunlei Pei, Xin Chang, Sai Chen, Rui Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, and Jinlong Gong*, FeO6 Octahedral Distortion Activates Lattice Oxygen in Perovskite Ferrite for Methane Partial Oxidation Coupled with CO2-Splitting, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 11540-11549. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.0c04643

85. Shenjun Zha#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Sai Chen, Sihang Liu, Tao Liu, Felix Studt, and Jinlong Gong*, Predicting the Catalytic Activity of Surface Oxidation Reactions by Ionization Energies, CCS Chem. 2020, 2, 262-270.   http://dx.doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.020.201900096

84. Shijia Feng, Tuo Wang, Bin Liu, Congling Hu, Lulu Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Enriched Surface Oxygen Vacancies of Photoanodes via Photoetching with Enhanced Interfacial Charge Transport, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020,  59, 2044-2048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201913295

83. Sier Sang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Hao Tian, Zhao Sun, Hongfang Li, Suttichai Assabumrungrat, Liang Zeng*, and Jinlong Gong*, Promotional Role of Mg Species on Sorption-enhanced Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Ni/CaO Catalysts, AIChE J. 2020, 66, e16877.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.16877

82. 朱旺喜*,赵志坚,杨晓伟,2019年度国家自然科学基金委员会化学科学部化学科学五处科学基金项目申请和评审工作综述,化工进展 2020, 39, 413-416. http://www.hgjz.com.cn/CN/Y2020/V39/I1/413#1

2019

81. Fanpeng Kong#, Sihang Liu#, Junjie Li, Lei Du, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Lei Zhang, Guangyu Chen, Kieran Doyle-Davis, Jianneng Liang, Sizhe Wang, Feipeng Zhao, Ruying Li, Chunyu Du, Geping Yin*, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Xueliang Sun*, Trimetallic Pt–Pd–Ni octahedral nanocages with subnanometer thick-wall towards high oxygen reduction reaction, Nano Energy 2019, 64, 103890. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.103890

80. Lei Zhang#, Hanshuo Liu#, Sihang Liu#, Mohammad Norouzi Banis, Zhongxin Song, Junjie Li, Lijun Yang, Matthew Markiewicz, Yang Zhao, Ruying Li, Matthew Zheng, Siyu Ye, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Gianluigi A. Botton*, Xueliang Sun*, Pt/Pd Single-Atom Alloys as Highly Active Electrochemical Catalysts and the Origin of Enhanced Activity, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 9350-9358. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b01677

79. Guishuo Wang, Ran Luo, Chengsheng Yang, Jimin Song, Chuanye Xiong, Hao Tian, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu*, and Jinlong Gong*, Active Sites in CO2 Hydrogenation over Confined VOx-Rh Catalysts, Sci. China Chem. 2019, 62, 12, 1710-1719.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11426-019-9590-6

78. Yanan Wang#, Sihang Liu#, Qiang Fu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu,* and Jinlong Gong*, Modulating the Surface Defects of Titanium Oxides and Consequent Reactivity of Pt Catalysts, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 10531-10536.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C9SC03119G

77. Zhi-Jian Zhao, Shenjun Zha, Sihang Liu, Dongfang Cheng, Felix Studt, Graeme Henkelman, and Jinlong Gong*, Theory-guided Design of Catalytic Materials: From Scaling Relationship to Reactivity Descriptor, Nature Rev. Mater. 2019, 4, 792–804 (Cover Story)(invited).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41578-019-0152-x

76. Chengsheng Yang, Sihang Liu, Yanan Wang, Jimin Song, Guishuo Wang, Shuai Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, and Jinlong Gong*, The Interplay between Structure and Product Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 11242-11247 (Frontispiece Story). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201904649

75. Zhuang Guo#, Yongbing Xie#, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jiadong Xiao, Yuxian Wang, Zhaomeng Xu, Yi Zhang, Lichang Yin*, Hongbin Cao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Single-atom Mn-N4 Sites Catalyzed Peroxone Reaction for Efficient Production of Hydroxyl Radicals under Acidic Solution, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 12005-12010.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b04569

74. Kang Li, Xin Chang, Xinyu Li, Sai Chen, Xianhua Zhang, Suttichai Assabumrungrat, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Liang Zeng*, and Jinlong Gong*, Ordered Mesoporous Ni/La2O3 Catalysts with Interfacial Synergism towards CO2 Activation in Dry Reforming of Methane, Appl. Catal. B 2019, 259, 118092.  http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.118092

73. Hao Dong#, Lei Zhang#, Lulu Li, Wanyu Deng, Congling Hu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Abundant Ce3+ Ions in Au-CeOxNanosheets to Enhance CO2 Electroreduction Performance, 2019, Small 2019, 15, 1900289.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201900289

72. Sihang Liu#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Chengsheng Yang, Shenjun Zha, Konstantin M. Neyman, Felix Studt, and Jinlong Gong*, Adsorption Preference Determines Segregation Direction: A Shortcut to More Realistic Surface Models of Alloy Catalysts, ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 5011-5018.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b00499

71. Congling Hu, Lei Zhang, Lulu Li, Wenjin Zhu, Wanyu Deng, Hao Dong, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Theory Assisted Design of N-doped Tin Oxides for Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Activation and Reduction, Sci. China Chem. 2019, 62, 1030-1036.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11426-019-9474-0

70. Chuanye Xiong, Sai Chen, Piaoping Yang, Shenjun Zha, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, Jinlong Gong*, Structure–performance relationships for propane dehydrogenation over aluminum supported vanadium oxide,  ACS Catal. 2019, 9, 5816-5827.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b04701 

69. Wanyu Deng#, Lei Zhang#, Lulu Li, Sai Chen, Congling Hu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Tuo Wang and Jinlong Gong*, Quantitatively Modulating Tin Surface Hydroxy Coverage to Boost Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Performance, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2911-2915.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b13786

68. Yihe Wang, Lei Zhang, Shengnan Yu, Piaoping Yang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Fabrication of Bilayer Pd-Pt Nanocages with Sub-Nanometer Thin Shells for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Nano Res. 2019, 12, 2269-2274 (invited)  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12274-019-2312-y

67. Xintong Yuan#, Lei Zhang#, Lulu Li, Hao Dong, Sai Chen, Wenjin Zhu, Congling Hu, Wanyu Deng , Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Ultrathin PdAu Shells with Controllable Alloying Degree on Pd Nanocubes towards Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4791-4794. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b11771

66. Shuai Wang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Jiubing Zhao, Hao Tian, Hao Li, Chengsheng Yang, Rentao Mu*, and Jinlong Gong*, Activation of Hydrogen on Sub-1 nm Pd Nanoparticles Encapsulated within Sodalite Zeolites for Semi-hydrogenation of Acetylene, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 7668-7672(Cover Story).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201903827

Graphical abstract: Front cover

65. Chengsheng Yang#, Rentao Mu#, Guishuo Wang, Jimin Song, Hao Tian, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Hydroxyl-mediated Ethanol Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 3161-3167. (Cover Story).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8SC05608K

Graphical abstract: Inside front cover

64. Kui Ma, Ye Tian, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Qingpeng Cheng, Tong Ding, Jing Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Zheng Jiang, Takayuki Abe, Noritatsu Tsubaki, Jinlong Gong*, and Xingang Li*, Catalytic Steam Reforming on Alternately Arranged Dual-sites of Cu Species, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10,  2578-2584. (Cover Story).    http://doi.org/10.1039/C9SC00015A
63. Sai Chen#, Liang Zeng#, Rentao Mu, Chuanye Xiong, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Luming Peng, Jun Luo, Liang-Shih Fan, and Jinlong Gong*, Modulating Lattice Oxygen in Multifunctional Vanadium Redox Catalysts for Intensified Dehydrogenation , J. Am. Chem. Soc. , 2019, 141, 18653-18657.  https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b09235

62. Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jiubing Zhao, Shenjun Zha, Liang Zeng*, and Jinlong Gong*, Competition of C-C Bond Formation and C-H Bond Formation for Acetylene Hydrogenation on Transition Metals: A Density Functional Theory Study, AIChE J. 2019, 65, 1059-1066. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.16492

61. Zhiqi Huang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Lili Han, Qian Zhang, Chao Li, Xiumei Jiang, Peng Huang, Jun-Jie Yin, Jun Luo, Zhihong Nie*, and Jinlong Gong*, Controlled Cold Welding of Dissimilar Nanoparticles in Solution, Nature Commum. 2019, 10, 219.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08206-6  

60. Congling Hu#, Lei Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Zhiqi Huang, and Jinlong Gong*, Facet-evolution growth of Mn3O4@CoxMn3-xO4 electrocatalysts on Ni foam towards efficient oxygen evolution reaction, J. Catal. 2019, 369, 105-110.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2018.10.034

59. Hao Dong#, Lei Zhang#, Piaoping Yang, Wenjin Zhu, Zhi-Jian Zhao,* and Jinlong Gong*, Facet Design Promotes Electroreduction of CO2 to CO on Palladium Nanocrystals, Chem. Eng. Sci.2019, 194, 29-35 (invited). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.03.029

2018

58. Lei Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Mohammad Norouzi Banis#, Lulu Li, Yang Zhao, Zhongxin Song, Zhiqiang Wang, Tsun-Kong Sham, Ruying Li, Matthew Zheng, Jinlong Gong, and Xueliang Sun*, Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of RuOx Catalysts on Shape-Controlled Pd Nanocrystals with Significantly Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Activity, J. Mater. Chem. A2018, 6, 24397-24406.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8TA08931K  .

57. Wenjin Zhu, Lei Zhang, Piaoping Yang, Congling Hu, Hao Dong, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, and Jinlong Gong*, Formation of Enriched Vacancies for Enhanced CO2 Electrocatalytic Reduction over AuCu Alloys,  ACS Energy Lett. 2018, 3, 2144-2149.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01286

56. Guodong Sun#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Rentao Mu, Shenjun Zha, Lulu Li, Sai Chen, Ketao Zang, Jun Luo, Zhenglong Li, Stephen Purdy, Jeremy Kropf, Jeffrey T. Miller, Liang Zeng, and Jinlong Gong*, Breaking the Scaling Relationship via Thermally Stable Pt/Cu Single Atom Alloys for Catalytic Dehydrogenation, Nature Commum. 2018, 9, 4454.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06967-8

55. Yuchao, Chai, Sihang Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jinlong Gong, Weili Dai, Guangjun Wu, Naijia Guan, Landong Li*, Selectivity Modulation of Encapsulated Palladium Clusters by Zeolite Microenvironment for Biomass Catalytic Upgrading, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 8578-8589.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b02276

54. Ang Li#, Tuo Wang#, Xiaoxia Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Chengcheng Li, Zhiqi Huang, Piaoping Yang, Guangye Zhou, and Jinlong Gong*, Tunable Syngas Production from Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction with Mitigated Charge Recombination Driven by Spatially Separated Cocatalysts, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5334 – 5340 (Cover Story & Hot Article).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8SC01812J
v      Highlighted by Chemistry World:Carbon dioxide recycling on the ball,” June 14, 2018.

53. Hao Li, Shenjun Zha, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Hao Tian, Sai Chen, Zhongmiao Gong, Weiting Cai, Yanan Wang, Yi Cui, Liang Zeng, and Rentao Mu*, Jinlong Gong*, The Nature of Loading-dependent Reaction Barrier over Mixed RuO2/TiO2 Catalysts, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 5526-5532.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b00797

52. Wenjin Zhu#, Lei Zhang#, Piaoping Yang, Congling Hu, Zhibin Luo, Xiaoxia Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jinlong Gong*, Low-Coordinated Edge Sites on Ultrathin Palladium Nanosheets Boosting CO2 Electroreduction Performance, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11544-11548. (Cover Story&Hot Article).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201806432

51. Piaoping Yang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Xiaoxia Chang, Shenjun Zha, Gong Zhang, and Jinlong Gong*, The Functionality of Surface Hydroxyls on Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Reduction over Cu2O in Aqueous Solutions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 7724-7728.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201801463

50. Lei Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Tuo Wang, and Jinlong Gong*, Nano-Designed Semiconductors for Electro- and Photoelectro-Catalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 5423-5443.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CS00016F

49. Weiting Cai#, Rentao Mu#, Shenjun Zha, Guodong Sun, Sai Chen, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Hao Li, Hao Tian, Yu Tang, Franklin(Feng) Tao, Liang Zeng, and Jinlong Gong*, Subsurface Catalysis-mediated Selectivity of Dehydrogenation Reaction, Sci. Adv. 2018, 4, eaar5418.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar5418

48. Xiaoxia Chang#, Tuo Wang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Piaoping Yang, Jeffrey Greeley, Rentao Mu, Gong Zhang, Zhongmiao Gong, Zhibin Luo, Jun Chen, Yi Cui, Rafael Luque, Shizhang Qiao, Geoffrey A. Ozin, and Jinlong Gong*, Tuning Cu/Cu2O Interfaces for Photoelectrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Methanol, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 15415-15419. (Cover Story & Hot Article).  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201805256

47. J. Schuman, A. J. Medford, J. S. Yoo, Zhi-Jian Zhao, P. Bothra, Ang Cao, F. Studt, F. Abild-Pedersen, J. K. Nørskov*, Selectivity of synthesis gas conversion to C2+ oxygenates on fcc(111) transition metal surfaces, ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 3447-3453.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b00201

46. Shenjun Zha, Guodong Sun, Tengfang Wu, Jiubing Zhao, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Identification of Pt-based Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation via a Probability Analysis, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3925-3931 (Cover Story).   http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8sc00802g

45. Xinyu Li#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Liang Zeng, Jiubing Zhao, Hao Tian, Sai Chen, and Jinlong Gong*, On the role of Ce in CO2 adsorption and activation over lanthanum species, Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 3426-3437 (Cover Story).   http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8SC00203G

44. Chengcheng Li, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Weimin Yang, Jianfeng Li, Ang Li, Zhilin Yang, Geoffrey A. Ozin, and Jinlong Gong*, Promoted Fixation of Molecular Nitrogen with Surface Oxygen Vacancies on Plasmon-Enhanced TiO2 Photoelectrodes, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 5278-5282 (Cover Story).   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201713229

43. Jiubing Zhao, Shenjun Zha, Rentao Mu, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Coverage Effect on the Activity of the Acetylene Semi-Hydrogenation over Pd-Sn Catalysts: A Density Functional Theory Study, J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 6005-6013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11394

42. Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Tengfang Wu#, Chuanye Xiong, Guodong Sun, Rentao Mu, Liang Zeng, and Jinlong Gong*, Hydroxyl-mediated Non-oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation over VOx/Al2O3 Catalysts with Promoted Stability, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6791-6795,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201800123
v      Highlighted by Chemical & Engineering News (ACS): “Watching vanadium catalysts dehydrogenate propane,” April 12, 2018.
v      Highlighted by Advanced Science News: “Enhancing Catalyst Stability for Polypropylene Production,” April 17, 2018.

41. Congling Hu#, Lei Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Ang Li, and Jinlong Gong*, Synergism of Geometric Construction and Electronic Regulation: 3D Se-(NiCo)Sx/(OH)x Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Overall Water Splitting, Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1705538 (Cover Story)  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.20170553840. Wenjin Zhu#, Lei Zhang#, Piaoping Yang, Xiaoxia Chang, Hao Dong, Ang Li, Congling Hu, Zhiqi Huang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Morphological and Compositional Design of Pd-Cu Bimetallic Nanocatalysts with Controllable Product Selectivity towards CO2 Electroreduction, Small 2018, 14, 1703314  (Cover Story).   http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201703314
v      Highlighted by Materials Views China (Wiley): “一种高效复合光催化剂的构建,” February 6, 2018.

39. A. R. Kulkarni, Zhi-Jian Zhao, S. Siahrostami, J. K. Nørskov, F. Studt*, Cation-Exchanged Zeolites for the Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8, 114-123. http://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY01229B

2017

38. Congling Hu#, Lei Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jun Luo, Jing Shi, Zhiqi Huang, and Jinlong Gong*, Edge Sites with Unsaturated Coordination on Core–Shell Mn3O4@MnxCo3-xO4 Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1701820. http://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201701820

37. Tengfang Wu, Gang Liu, Liang Zeng, Guodong Sun, Sai Chen, Rentao Mu, Sika Agbotse Gbonfoun, Zhi-Jian Zhao*, and Jinlong Gong*, Structure and Catalytic Consequence of Mg-Modified VOx/Al2O3 Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation. AIChE J. 2017, 63, 4911-4919. http://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15836

36. Yanran Cui, Zhenglong Li, Zhi-Jian Zhao, V. J. Cybulskis, K. D. Sabnis, C. W. Han, V. Ortalan, W. F. Schneider, J. P. Greeley, W. N. Delgass*, F. Ribeiro*, Participation of Interfacial Hydroxyl Groups in the Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Au/MgO Catalysts. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017, 7, 5257-5266 (2017 Hot Article)  http://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY01020F

35. Zhi-Jian Zhao, Rentao Mu, Xiaohui Wang, and Jinlong Gong*,  Fast Prediction of CO Binding Energy via the Local Structure Effect on PtCu Alloy Surfaces. Langmuir 2017, 33, 8700–8706. (Invitedhttp://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00788

34. Lei Zhang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Nanostructured Materials for Heterogeneous Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Their Related Reaction Mechanisms. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 11326–11353.  (Cover Storyhttp://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201612214

33. Yang Xiao, J. Greeley, A. Varma*, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Guomin Xiao, An Experimental and Theoretical Study of Glycerol Oxidation to 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone over Bimetallic Pt-Bi Catalysts. AIChE J. 2017, 63, 705–715. (top 20 most downloaded papers)  http://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15418

32. Rentao Mu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Zdenek Dohnálek, and Jinlong Gong*, Structural Motifs of Water on Metal Oxide Surfaces. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2017, 46, 1785–1806. (Cover Story)  http://doi.org/10.1039/C6CS00864J

Graphical abstract: Front cover

31. Zhi-Jian Zhao, A. Genest, N. Rösch*, Identification of Surface Species by Vibrational Normal Mode Analysis. A DFT Study. Surf. Sci. 2017, 664, 233–240. (Editor’s Choicehttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2017.07.001

30. Xiaoyi Li, Dang-guo Cheng*, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Fengqiu Chen, and Jinlong Gong*, Temperature-Induced Deactivation Mechanism of ZnFe2O4 for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of 1-Butene. React. Chem. Eng. 2017, 2, 215–225. http://doi.org/10.1039/C6RE00179C

29. Xinyu Li, Di Li, Hao Tian, Liang Zeng, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong* Dry Reforming of Methane over Ni/La2O3 Nanorod Catalysts with Stabilized Ni Nanoparticles. App. Catal. B: Environ. 2017, 202, 683–694. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.09.071

28. Zhi-Jian Zhao, Zhenglong Li, Yanran Cui, Houyu Zhu, W. F. Schneider, W. N. Delgass, F. Ribeiro, J. Greeley,* Importance of Metal-Oxide Interfaces in Heterogeneous Catalysis: A Combined DFT, Microkinetic, and Experimental Study of Water-Gas Shift on Au/MgO. J. Catal. 2017, 345, 157–169. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2016.11.008

Book Chapter:

Zhi-Jian Zhao; Jinlong Gong, Chapter 14 – Uncertainties in Theoretical Description of Well-Defined Heterogeneous Catalysts. In Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis; Cargnello, M. and Fornasiero P., Ed.; Morphological, Compositional, and Shape Control of Materials for Catalysis; Elsevier, 2017; Vol. 177, pp 541–565. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805090-3.00014-0

2016

27. Shengnan Yu#, Lei Zhang#, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Structural Evolution of Concave Trimetallic Nanocubes with Tunable Ultra-Thin Shells for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Nanoscale 2016, 8, 16640–16649. http://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR06317A

26. Tuo Wang, Feng Jiang, Liang Zeng, Gang Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao, and Jinlong Gong*, Effects of Ga Doping on Pt/CeO2-Al2O3 Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation. AIChE J. 2016, 62, 4365–4376. http://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15339

25. C. Tsai, K. Lee, J. S. Yoo, X. Liu, H. Aljama, L. D. Chen, C. F. Dickens, T. S. Geisler, C. J. Guido, T. M. Joseph, C. S. Kirk, A. A. Latimer, B. Loong, R. J. McCarty, J. H. Montoya, L. Power, A. R. Singh, J. J. Willis, M. M. Winterkorn, M. Yuan, Zhi-Jian Zhao, J. Wilcox, J. K. Nørskov,* Direct Water Decomposition on Transition Metal Surfaces: Structural Dependence and Catalytic Screening. Catal. Lett. 2016, 146, 1–7. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-016-1708-7

24. Gang Liu#, Zhi-Jian Zhao#, Tengfang Wu, Liang Zeng, and Jinlong Gong*, Nature of the Active Sites of VOx/Al2O3 Catalysts for Propane Dehydrogenation. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 5207–5214. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b00893

23. A. R. Kulkarni, Zhi-Jian Zhao; S. Siahrostami, J. K. Nørskov, F. Studt*, Monocopper Active Site for Partial Methane Oxidation in Cu-Exchanged 8MR Zeolites. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 6531–6536. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b01895

22. Gang Liu, Liang Zeng, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Hao Tian, Tengfang Wu, and Jinlong Gong*, Platinum-Modified ZnO/Al2O3 for Propane Dehydrogenation: Minimized Platinum Usage and Improved Catalytic Stability. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 2158–2162. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02878

21. Zhi-Jian Zhao; A. Kulkarni,  L. Vilella, J. K. Nørskov, F. Studt*, Theoretical Insights into the Selective Oxidation of Methane to Methanol in Copper-Exchanged Mordenite. ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 3760–3766. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b00440

2015

20. Zhi-Jian Zhao; J. P. Greeley*, Identification of Surface Intermediates during Ethylidyne Formation on Pt(111) by Calculation of Infrared Intensities and Deuterium Isotope Shifts. Surf. Sci. 2015, 640, 112–118. (Invitedhttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2015.01.022

19. Zhi-Jian Zhao, Cheng-chau Chiu, and Jinlong Gong*, Molecular Understandings on the Activation of Light Hydrocarbons over Heterogeneous Catalysts. Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 4403–4425. (Cover Story&Hot Article) http://doi.org/10.1039/C5SC01227A

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18. Zhenhua Zeng, M. K. Y. Chan, Zhi-Jian Zhao; J. Kubal, D. Fan, J. Greeley*, Towards First Principles-Based Prediction of Highly Accurate Electrochemical Pourbaix Diagrams. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 18177–18187. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03169

17. J. S. Yoo, Zhi-Jian Zhao, J. K.Nørskov, F. Studt*, Effect of Boron Modifications of Palladium Catalysts for the Production of Hydrogen from Formic Acid. ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 6579–6586. http://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b01497

16. Landong Li, Junqing Yan, Tuo Wang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, Jian Zhang, Jinlong Gong*, and Najia Guan, Sub-10 nm Rutile Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles for Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Nat. Commun. 2015, 6, 5881. http://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6881

2014

15. H. Yildirim, A. Kinaci, Zhi-Jian Zhao; M. K. Y. Chan, J. P. Greeley*, First-Principles Analysis of Defect-Mediated Li Adsorption on Graphene. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 21141–21150. http://doi.org/10.1021/am506008w

14. Hui Shi, Ying-Chun Liu, Zhi-Jian Zhao; Meng Miao, Tao Wu, Qi Wang*, Reactivity of the Defective Rutile TiO2(110) Surfaces with Two Bridging-Oxygen Vacancies: Water Molecule as a Probe. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 20257–20263. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp500721z

13. H. Mistry, R. Reske, Zhenhua Zeng, Zhi-Jian Zhao; J. P. Greeley, P. Strasser*, B. R. Cuenya*, Exceptional Size-Dependent Activity Enhancement in the Electroreduction of CO2 over Au Nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 16473–16476. http://doi.org/10.1021/ja508879j

12. Donghua Luo, Zhi-Jian Zhao; Li Zhang; Qi Wang*; Jin Wang, On the Structure of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers by Modifying Charge on Functional Groups through Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Mol. Simulat. 2014, 40, 431–438. http://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2013.819101

2013

11. Zhi-Jian Zhao, L. V. Moskaleva, N. Rösch*, Ring-Opening Reactions of Methylcyclopentane over Metal Catalysts, M = Pt, Rh, Ir, and Pd: A Mechanistic Study from First-Principles Calculations. ACS Catal. 2013, 3, 196–205. http://doi.org/10.1021/cs3005924

10. Zhi-Jian Zhao, L. V. Moskaleva, N. Rösch*, Formation of N-Hexane from Methylcyclopentane via a Metallacyclobutane Intermediate at Step Sites of Pt Surfaces: Mechanism from First-Principles Calculations. J. Catal. 2013, 299, 146–149. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2012.11.033

2012

9. Chun-Ran Chang, Zhi-Jian Zhao, K. Köhler,  A. Genest, Jun Li, N. Rösch*, Theoretical Study on the Leaching of Palladium in a CO Atmosphere. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2012, 2, 2238–2248. (Hot Articlehttp://doi.org/10.1039/C2CY20441J

8. H. A. Aleksandrov, L. V. Moskaleva, Zhi-Jian Zhao, D. Basaran, Zhao-Xu Chen, Donghai Mei, N. Rösch*, Ethylene Conversion to Ethylidyne on Pd(111) and Pt(111): A First-Principles-Based Kinetic Monte Carlo Study. J. Catal. 2012, 285, 187–195. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2011.09.035

7. Zhi-Jian Zhao, L. V. Moskaleva, N. Rösch*, Tuning the Selectivity for Ring-Opening Reactions of Methylcyclopentane over Pt Catalysts: A Mechanistic Study from First-Principles Calculations. J. Catal. 2012, 285, 124–133. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2011.09.021

2011

6. D. Basaran, H. A. Aleksandrov, Z.-X. Chen, Zhi-Jian Zhao, N. Rösch*, Decomposition of Ethylene on Transition Metal Surfaces M(111). A Comparative DFT Study of Model Reactions for M = Pd, Pt, Rh, Ni. J. Mol. Catal. A.: Chem. 2011, 344 (1–2), 37–46. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2011.04.019

2010

5. Zhi-Jian Zhao, L. V. Moskaleva, H. A. Aleksandrov, D. Basaran,  N. Rösch*, Ethylidyne Formation from Ethylene over Pt(111): A Mechanistic Study from First-Principle Calculations. J. Phys. Chem. C 2010, 114 (28), 12190–12201. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp100612y

2009

4. L. V. Moskaleva, H. A. Aleksandrov, D. Basaran, Zhi-Jian Zhao, N. Rösch*, Ethylidyne Formation from Ethylene over Pd(111): Alternative Routes from a Density Functional Study. J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113 (34), 15373–15379. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp905888v

2008

3. Zhi-Jian Zhao; Qi Wang*; Li Zhang; Tao Wu, Structured Water and Water−Polymer Interactions in Hydrogels of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 7515–7521. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp800836d

2007

2. Zhi-Jian Zhao; Qi Wang*; Li Zhang, Size Effect on Competition of Two Diffusion Mechanisms for Drug Molecules in Amorphous Polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 13167–13172. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp074733i

1. Zhi-Jian Zhao; Qi Wang*; Li Zhang; Ying-Chun Liu, A Different Diffusion Mechanism for Drug Molecules in Amorphous Polymers. J. Phys. Chem. B 2007, 111, 4411–4416. http://doi.org/10.1021/jp0673718