大连理工大学-杨明辉课题组

杨明辉课题组-代表文章（Selected publications）

169 Xuefei Zhao, Zhihang Xu, Zhaorui Zhang, Jiahao Liu, Xiaohui Yan, Ye Zhu, J.Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*, Titanium Nitride Sensor for Selective NO₂ Detection, Nature Communications, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55534-x

168 Xunlu Wang¹, Jiacheng (Jayden) Wang¹, Huashuai Hu, Congling Yin, Lo-Yueh Chang, Ye Zhu, Jiacheng Wang*, and Minghui Yang*, Harnessing Spin-Lattice Interplay in Metal Nitrides for Efficient Ammonia Electrosynthesis, Advanced Materials, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202504505

167 Huashuai Hu, Xunlu Wang, Zhaorui Zhang, Jiahao Liu, Xiaohui Yan, Xiaoli Wang, Jiacheng Wang, J. Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*, Engineered Nickel-Iron Nitride Electrocatalyst for Industrial-Scale Seawater Hydrogen Production, Advanced Materials, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202415421

166 Jiacheng (Jayden) Wang, Huong T. D. Bui, Huashuai Hu, Shuyi Kong, Xunlu Wang, Hongbo Zhu, Junqing Ma, Jintao Xu, Yihong Liu, Lijia Liu, Wei Chen, Hui Bi, Minghui Yang*, Fuqiang Huang*, Tore Brinck* and Jiacheng Wang*, Industrial-current Ammonia Synthesis by Polarized Cuprous Cyanamide Coupled to Valorization of Glycerol at 4,000 mA cm⁻², Advanced Materials, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202418451

165 Jiacheng Jayden Wang, Huong T. D. Bui, Xunlu Wang, Zhuoran Lv, Huashuai Hu, Shuyi Kong, Zhiqiang Wang, Lijia Liu, Wei Chen, Hui Bi, Minghui Yang*, Tore Brinck*, Jiacheng Wang* and Fuqiang Huang*, A Copper–Zinc Cyanamide Solid-Solution Catalyst with Tailored Surface Electrostatic Potentials Promotes Asymmetric N-Intermediate Adsorption in Nitrite Electroreduction, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c00837

164 Chonghui Zhu, Huan Wang, Zhaorui Zhang, Chenshuai Han, Huashuai Hu, and Minghui Yang*, Robust H2S Sensing with Pt/Fe-TiN Fuel Cell Sensors for Cold-Chain Meat Spoilage Monitoring, ACS Sensors, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.5c00173

163 Jiahao Liu, Zhaorui Zhang, Chenshuai Han, Zhihang Xu, Ye Zhu, J. Paul Attfield, Jianrong Zeng*, Minghui Yang*, Ligand-Modified Nickel Nitride for Natural Seawater H2O2 Synthesis, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.12536

162 Fanjian Meng, Yongrui Li, Chenshuai Han, Zhaorui Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Minghui Yang*, Visible light activated Zinc-Doped MIL-68(In)-Derived Indium oxide nanotubes for rapid and Ultra-Sensitive Room-Temperature NO₂ detection, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2025.161674

161 Yuxiu Sun, Jiahao Liu, Zhaorui Zhang, Chenshuai Han, Weiliang Qi, Jinkui Chu, Siqi Liu* and Minghui Yang*, MXene-Mediated Electronic State Engineering of Nickel Hydroxide for Efficient Piezo-Catalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Synthesis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c00685

160 Zheng Dai, Yihan Zhang, Huashuai Hu and Minghui Yang*, Advancements in Seawater Electrocatalysis for Renewable Energy Conversion and Resource Extraction, ChemElectroChem, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400696

159 Xichao Mo, Jinyang Hu, Zhaorui Zhang, Jiaxin Li, Chonghui Zhu, Congling Yin, Jinkui Chu and Minghui Yang*, Ternary Metal Oxynitride Y₂Zr₂O_7-xN_x for   Selective NO₂ Electrochemical Sensing, Nanoscale, 2025. DOI: 10.1039/D5NR00622H

158 Jiaxin Li¹, Xichao Mo¹, Chonghui Zhu and Minghui Yang*, Optimized Pt Loaded Cerium Tungstate Electrochemical Sensor for Rapid Response and Recovery NO₂ Detection, Advanced Sensor Research, 2025. DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202400192

157 Huashuai Hu, Zhaorui Zhang, Lijia Liu, Xiangli Che, Jiacheng Wang, Ye Zhu, J. Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*, Efficient and durable seawater electrolysis with a V₂O₃-protected catalyst, Science Advances, 2024. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn7012

156 Xichao Mo, Chonghui Zhu, Zhaorui Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Chenshuai Han, Jiaxin Li, J. Paul Attfield, and Minghui Yang*, Nitrogen-Doped Indium Oxide Electrochemical Sensor for Highly Stable and Selective NO₂ Detection, Advanced Materials, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202409294

155 Huashuai Hu, Zhihang Xu,Zhaorui Zhang,Xiaohui Yan, Ye Zhu, J. Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*, Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Using Metastable ZirconiumSuboxide, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 Dol: 10.1002/anie.202404374

154 Huashuai Hu, Zhihang Xu, Zhaorui Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Xiaoli Wang, Ye Zhu, Jiacheng Wang*, Minghui Yang*, Optimizing the Dehydrogenation Kinetics of Metal Nitrides for Energy‐Efficient Seawater Hydrogen Production at 2 A cm⁻². Advanced Functional Materials, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202403863

153 Xiaoli Wang, Huashuai Hu, Xiaohui Yan, Zhaorui Zhang, Minghui Yang*. Activating Interfacial Electron Redistribution in Lattice-matched Biphasic Ni₃N-Co₃N for Energy-efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production via Coupled Hydrazine Degradation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202401364

152 Siqi Liu, Weiliang Qi, Xuhui Yang, Xuyun Guo, Jue Liu, Ye Zhu, Min-Quan Yang, Minghui Yang*. Surface Reconstruction on Metal Nitride during   Photo-oxidation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202315034

151 Xunlu Wang, Huashuai Hu, Junnan Song, Junqing Ma, Hanxiao Du, Jiacheng Jayden Wang, Min Wang, Wei Chen, Yin Zhou, Jiacheng Wang*, Minghui Yang* and Lingxia Zhang*, Surface Anti-corrosion Engineering by Polyphosphate Oxyanions for Durable Seawater Oxidation, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024. DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202402883

150 Junqing Ma, Xunlu Wang, Junnan Song, Yanfeng Tang, Tongming Sun, Lijia Liu, Jin Wang, Jiacheng Wang*, Minghui Yang*. Synergistic Lewis and Brønsted Acid Sites Promote OH* Formation and Enhance Formate Selectivity: Towards High-efficiency Glycerol Valorization. Angewandte   Chemie International Edition, 2024, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202319153

149 Zhaorui Zhang, Haiying Du*, Huashuai Hu, Dongchen Tan, Jinkui Chu, Minghui Yang*, Transforming monolayer Ti₃C₂T_x MXene into potassium titanate for room-temperature NO₂ sensing, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2024.137124

148 Zhaorui Zhang, Jing Yang, Chonghui Zhu, Mengmeng Xu, Xiaohui Yan,   Jinkui Chu, Xinjiang Zhu* and Minghui Yang*，Design of a Dual-Phase TiN-WN Electrochemical Sensor for H₂S Detection, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.11.228

147 Xuefei Zhao, han Jiang, Zhaorui Zhang, Xiaohui Yan, Zhihang Xu, Huashuai Hu, Ye Zhu, J. Paul Attfield and Minghui Yang*, High-Performance H₂S Sensors to Detect SF₆ Leakage, ACS Sensors, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c01791

146 Xunlu Wang, Junnan Song, Junqing Ma, Hanxiao Du, Jiacheng Jayden Wang, Lijia Liu, Huashuai Hu, Wei Chen, Yin Zhou, Jiacheng Wang*, Minghui Yang*, and Lingxia Zhang*, Surface-Bound Formate Oxyanions Destabilize Hydration Layers to Pave OH– Transport Pathways for Oxygen Evolution, ACS Catalysis, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c02369

145 Huashuai Hu1, Xiaohui Yan1, Xiaoli Wang, Congling Yin*, John Paul Attfield* and Minghui Yang*, Magnetic Properties and Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Performance of a Medium-Entropy Metal Nitride. Chemistry of Materials, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.4c02059

144 Zhaorui Zhang, Jinkui Chu*, Huashuai Hu, Haoming Sun, Xuefei Zhao,Haiying Du Minghui Yang*, Enhanced Room-Temperature NO2 Sensing through Deep Functional Group Hybridization in Nitrogen-Doped Monolayer Ti3C2Tx. ACS Sensors, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c01081

143 Zhaorui Zhang , Jiahao Liu, Haiying Du*, Xufei Zhao, Haoming Sun, Minghui Yang*, Jinkui Chu. Key to unlocking NO2 sensing performance of monolayer Ti3C2Tx: Regulating OH/F functional groups, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.149620

142 Huan Wang, Chonghui Zhu, Xiaohui Yan, Zhaorui Zhang, Huashuai Hu, Mengmeng Xu, Yu Liang, and Minghui Yang*, Cu−Pt/CrN Fuel Cell Gas Sensor Achieves ppb Level H2S Detection at Room Temperature. ACS Sensors, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c02318

141 Weigang Chen1, Chonghui Zhu1, Mengmeng Xu, Xichao Mo and Minghui Yang*, Ternary Metal Nitride-Based Mesoporous Materials Loaded with Pt Nanoparticles for Electrochemical H2S Detection, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.4c05261

140 Yongrui Li¹, Fanjian Meng¹, Xiaohui Yan, Chenshuai Han, Haoming Sun, Minghui Yang*, Rapid and Highly Sensitive Gas Sensing with La-Doped SnO₂ Hollow Nanospheres towards NO₂ Detection at Room Temperature, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.176377

139 Jiahao Liu , Cheng Li , Zhaorui Zhang , Minghui Yang*, Jiacheng Wang*，Green and sustainable in situ water treatment: a review of noble-free catalysts for electrochemical oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide，Green Chemistry，2024. DOI: 10.1039/d4gc00387j

138 Shan Jiang,Xichao Mo, Xuefei Zhao,Xiaohui Yan, Zhaorui Zhang, Jiahao Liu, Huashuai Hu, Nan Wang, Minghui Yang*，Synthesis of Stable 2D Conductive Lanthanide Organic Frameworks (Lu-HHTP) for High-Performance Humidity Sensors，Analysis & Sensing 2024 DOI: ‪10.1002‬/anse.‪202400024

137   Lei Chi, Xiaoli Wang, Yuxia Shan, Chonghui Zhu, Ling Leng, Rong Chen, Qing Xie, Zhenze Cui, Minghui Yang* Application of breathomics in pediatric asthma: a review，Sensors & Diagnostics ，2024 DOI: 10.1039/d3sd00286a

136 Hanxiao Du, Huashuai Hu, Xunlu Wang, Nian Ran, Wei Chen, Hongbo Zhu, Yin Zhou, Minghui Yang*, Jiacheng Wang*, Jianjun Liu*, Vertical Cross-Alignments of 2D Semiconductors with Steered Internal Electric Field for Urea Electrooxidation via Balancing Intermediates Adsorption, Small, 2024 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202401053

135 Huashuai Hu,Xiaoli Wang, J. Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*. Metal nitrides for seawater electrolysis.Chemical Society Reviews,2023,DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00717k

134 Huashuai Hu, Zhaorui Zhang, Yaowen Zhang, Tiju Thomas, Haiying Du, Keke Huang, J. Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*, An ultra-low Pt metal nitride electrocatalyst for sustainable seawater hydrogen production. Energy & Environmental Science, 2023. DOI: 10.1039/d3ee01541f

133 Shuqin Liang, Huashuai Hu, Jue Liu, Hangjia Shen, Qiao Li, Nianxiang Qiu, HaiChuan Guo, Xuyun Guo, Shiyu Du, Ye Zhu, Jian Liu, J. Paul Attfield, Minghui Yang*, Nickel-nitride composite: An ecofriendly andefficient alternative to platinum for electrocatalytic hydrogen production. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental,2023.DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123008

132 Xunlu Wang,Ruguang Ma, Shanlin Li, Mengmeng Xu, Lijia Liu, Yihan Feng, Tiju Thomas, Minghui Yang*, Jiacheng Wang, In Situ Electrochemical Oxyanion Steering of Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts for Optimized Activity and Stability. Advanced Energy Materials,2023.DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202300765

131 Siqi Liu, Weiliang Qi, Jue Liu, XiangjianMeng, Samira Adimi, J. Paul Attfield, and Minghui Yang*,Modulating ElectronicStructure to Improve the Solar to Hydrogen Efficiency of Cobalt Nitride withLattice Doping.ACS Catalysis,2023.DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c05075

130 Jiahao Liu, Weiliang Qi, Mengmeng Xu, Tiju Thomas, Siqi Liu*, and Minghui Yang*, Piezo-Catalytic Techniques in Environmental Remediation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2022. DOI:10.1002/anie.202213927

129 Yao Yuan, Samira Adimi, Tiju Thomas, Jiacheng Wang, Haichuan Guo, Jian Chen, J. Paul Attfield*, Francis J. DiSalvo*, Minghui Yang*, Co₃Mo₃N-An Efficient Multifunctional Electrocatalyst. The Innovation, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100096

128 Zhixing Cheng, Weiliang Qi, Cheng Heng Pang, Tiju Thomas, Tao Wu, Siqi Liu*, Minghui Yang*, Recent advances in transition metal nitride-based materials for photocatalytic applications. Advanced Functional Materials, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202100553

127 Hangjia Shen, Shuqin Liang, Samira Adimi, Xuyun Guo, Ye Zhu, Haichuan Guo*, Tiju Thomas, Paul Attfield and Minghui Yang*, Supporting nickel on vanadium nitride for comparable hydrogen evolution performance to platinum in alkaline solution, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1TA02760C

126 Chaozhu Huang, Samira Adimi, Dongliang Liu, Haichuan Guo, Tiju Thomas, J. Paul Attfield, Shengping Ruan, Fengdong Qu* and Minghui Yang*, Mesoporous titanium niobium nitrides supported Pt nanoparticles for highly selective and sensitive detection of formaldehyde, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D1TA02433G

125 Gaoxin Lin, Qiangjian Ju, Xiaowei Guo, Wei Zhao, Samira Adimi, Jinyu Ye, Qingyuan Bi, Jiacheng Wang*, Minghui Yang*, Fuqiang Huang*, Intrinsic Electron Localization of Metastable MoS2 Boosts Electrocatalytic Nitrogen Reduction to Ammonia, Advanced Materials, 2021. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202007509

124 Hangjia Shen^+*, Nianxiang Qiu⁺, Liu Yang, Xuyun Guo, Kun Zhang, Tiju Thomasf, Shiyu Du, Qifu Zheng, J. Paul Attfield, Ye Zhu^*, Minghui Yang^*, Boosting Oxygen Reduction for High-efficiency H₂O₂ Electrosynthesis on Oxygen-coordinated Co-N-C Catalysts, Small, 2022. DOI: 10.1002/smll.202200730

123 Rongrong Li, Jiang He, Meng Lei, MinghuiYang*,, Chilin Li*, High-density catalytic heterostructures strung by buried-in carbon tube network as monolithic holey host for endurable Li-S batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.137294

122 Chaozhu Huang, Jingwei Zhao, Haichuan Guo, Ziqin Zhuang, Xiaohang Wang, Jiuyang Yu, Fengdong Qu*, Minghui Yang*, Low platinum catalyst supported on titanium molybdenum nitride for efficient CO sensing. Sensors and Actuators: B. Chemical, 2022, 364: 131917. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2022.131917

121 Weiliang Qi, Caihong Wang, Jiuyang Yu, Samira Adimi, Tiju Thomas, Haichuan Guo, Siqi Liu,* and Minghui Yang*, MOF-Derived Porous Ternary Nickel Iron Nitride Nanocube as a Functional Catalyst toward Water Splitting Hydrogen Evolution for Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.2c00564

120 Jiuyang Yu, Haichuan Guo, Wenhui Feng, Xuyun Guo, Ye Zhu, Tiju Thomas, Chunjie Jiang*, Siqi Liu* and Minghui Yang*, Co₄N–WN_x composite for efficient piezocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Dalton Transactions, 2022. DOI: 10.1039/D2DT00381C

119 Chaozhu Huang, Jingwei Zhao, Fengdong Qu*, Jiacheng Wang*, Minghui Yang*, A fuel cell type gas sensor based on Pt/NbN for highly selective detection of hydrogen sulfide. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021, 346: 130516. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2021.130516

118 Lin G, Ju Q, Liu L, et al. CagedCationInduced Lattice Distortion in Bronze TiO2 for Cohering Nanoparticulate Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysts[J].ACS nano, 2022, 16(6): 9920-9928.    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c04513

117 Zhihao Zhang, Shendan Zhang, Chunjie Jiang*, Haichuan Guo*, Fengdong Qu, Yuichi Shimakawa, Minghui Yang*, Integrated sensing array of the perovskite-type LnFeO₃ (Ln=La, Pr, Nd, Sm) to discriminate detection of volatile sulfur compounds, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125380

116 Chaozhu Huang, Dongliang Liu, Dongting Wang, Haichuan Guo, Tiju Thomas, J. Paul Attfield, Fengdong Qu*, Shengping Ruan*, Minghui Yang*, Mesoporous Ti_0.5Cr_0.5N for Trace H₂S Detection with Excellent Long-term Stability, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127193

115 Haichuan Guo, Midori Amano Patino, Noriya Ichikawa, Takashi Saito, Rei Watanabe, Masato Goto, Minghui Yang, Daisuke Kan, and Yuichi Shimakawa*, Oxygen Release and Incorporation Behaviors Influenced by A-Site Cation Order/Disorder in LaCa₂Fe₃O₉ with Unusually High Valence Fe^3.67+, Chemistry of Materials, 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03686

114 Zichuang Li, Yu Pei*, Ruguang Ma*, Yuandong Wang, Yufang Zhu*, Minghui Yang and Jiacheng Wang*, A phosphate semiconductor-induced built-in electric field boosts electron enrichment for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution in alkaline conditions, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2021, 9, 13109-13114. DOI: 10.1039/D1TA01725J

113 Xishuang Guo, Longhai Pan, Jiuyang Yu, Hangjia Shen*, Tiju Thomas and Minghui Yang*, Carbon-Encapsulated Cobalt Phosphide Catalyst for Efficient Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 2022, 169, 024509. DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/ac4daf

112 Dongliang Liu, Erum Pervaiz, Samira Adimi*, Tiju Thomas, Fengdong Qu, Chaozhu Huang, Rui Wang*, Heng Jiang*, Minghui Yang*, Theoretical study on W-Co₃O₄ (111) surface: Acetone adsorption and sensing mechanism, Applied Surface Science, 2021, 566: 150642. DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150642

111 Siqi Liu, Wandi Kuang, Xiangjian Meng, Weiliang Qi, Samira Adimi, Haichuan Guo, Xuyun Guo, Erum Pervaiz, Ye Zhu*, Dongfeng Xue*, Minghui Yang*, Dual-phase metal nitrides as highly efficient co-catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution,Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.129116

110 Shuqin Liang, Longhai Pan, Tiju Thomas, Bin Zhu, Chunlin Chen, Jian Zhang, Hangjia Shen,* Jian Liu,* Minghui Yang*，Ni₃N-V₂O₃ enables highly efficient 5-(Hydroxymethyl) furfural oxidation enabling membrane free hydrogen production. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.128864

109 Siqi Liu, Weiliang Qi, Samira Adimi, Haichuan Guo, Bo Weng*, John Paul Attfield* and Minghui Yang*, Titanium nitride-supported platinum with metal–support interaction for boosting photocatalytic H₂ evolution of indium sulfide. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021. DOI：10.1021/acsami.0c20919

108 Shendan Zhang, Yunan Wang, Fengdong Qu*, Minghui Yang*, The In₂O₃ nanocubes modified with RuO₂ for detecting TXM vapors containing benzyl group, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2021.129731

107 Jingwei Zhao, Chaozhu Huang, Shendan Zhang, Fengdong Qu*, Rui Wang*, Heng Jiang*, Minghui Yang*, Excellent stability fuel cell type methanol sensor based on platinum-decorated mesoporous CrN. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2021.129993

106 Chengxiang Dai, Rongrong Li, Haichuan Guo, Shuqin Liang, Hangjia Shen*, Tiju Thomas*, Minghui Yang*, Nitrogen, sulfur co-doped carbon coated zinc sulfide for efficient hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis.   Dalton Transactions, 2021. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT04348F

105 Chen Ye, Yangguang Zhu, Hongyan Sun, Feiyue Chen, Huifang Sun, Wen Dai, Qiuping Wei, Li Fu, Aimin Yu, Shiyu Du, Minghui Yang, Liang-Feng Huang, Jinhong Yu^*, Nan Jiang^*, Cheng-Te Lin^*, Layer-by-layer stacked graphene nanocoatings by Marangoni self-assembly for corrosion protection of stainless steel. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.03.013

104 Yao Yuan; Samira Adimi; Xuyun Guo; Tiju Thomas; Ye Zhu; Haichuan Guo; G. Sudha Priyanga; Pilsun Yoo; Jiacheng Wang; Jian Chen; Peilin Liao^*; J. Paul Attfield^*; and Minghui Yang^*; Surface oxide-rich activation layer (SOAL) on Ni₂Mo₃N for rapid and durable oxygen evolution reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 41, 18036.

103 Fengdong Qu; Shendan Zhang; Chaozhu Huang; Xuyun Guo; Ye Zhu; Tiju Thomas; Haichuan Guo; J. Paul Attfield; Minghui Yang^*; Surface functionalized sensors for humidity-independent gas detection, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020. DOI: ‪10.1002‬/anie.‪202015856‬ and ‪10.1002‬/ange.‪202015856‬

102 Yao Yuan; Jiacheng Wang; Samira Adimi; Hangjia Shen; Tiju Thomas; Ruguang Ma; J. Paul Attfield^*; Minghui Yang^*; Zirconium nitride catalysts surpass platinum for oxygen reduction, Nature Materials, 2020, 19: 282-286. DOI:10.1038/s41563-019-0535-9

101 Hangjia Shen; Longhai Pan; Tiju Thomas; Jiacheng Wang; Xuyun Guo; Ye Zhu; Kan Luo; Shiyu Du; Haichuan Guo; Graham J. Hutchings; J. Paul Attfield; Minghui Yang*; Selective and Continuous Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide on Nitrogen-doped Carbon Supported Nickel, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020. DOI:10.1016/j.xcrp.2020.100255

100 Qiangjian Ju; Ruguang Ma^*; Yu Pei; Beibei Guo; Zichuang Li; Qian Liu; Tiju Thomas; Minghui Yang^*; Graham J. Hutchings; Jiacheng Wang^*; Ruthenium Triazine Composite: A Good Match for Increasing Hydrogen Evolution Activity through Contact Electrification, Advanced Energy Materials, 2020. DOI：10.1002/aenm.202000067

99 Rongrong Li; Hongjie Peng;   Qingping Wu; Xuejun Zhou; Jiang He; Hangjia Shen; Minghui Yang^* and Chilin Li^*; Sandwich-like catalyst-carbon-catalyst trilayer structure as compact 2D host for highly stable lithium-sulfur batteries, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 132, 29, 12227. DOI: 10.1002/anie.202004048

98 Yunan Wang; Shendan Zhang; Chaozhu Huang; Fengdong Qu^*; Dong Yao; Haichuan Guo; Haohao Xu; Chunjie Jiang^*; Minghui Yang^*; Mesoporous WO₃ modified by Au nanoparticles for enhanced trimethylamine gas sensing properties, Dalton Transactions, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0DT03131C

97 Zhixing Cheng; Ali Saad; Haichuan Guo; Caihong Wang; Siqi Liu^*; Tiju Thomas^*; Minghui Yang^*; Ordered Mesoporous Transition Metal Nitrides Prepared through Hard Template Nanocasting and Rapid Nitridation Process, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020, 155375. DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155375

96 Shuqin Liang; Meizan Jing; Tiju Thomas; Jian Liu; Haichuan Guo; J. Paul Attfield; Ali Saad; Hangjia Shen*; Minghui Yang*; FeNi₃-FeNi₃N – a High-performance Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0SE01491E

95 Ali Saad; Zhixing Cheng; Hangjia Shen; Haichuan Guo; John Paul Attfield*; Tiju Thomas*; Minghui Yang*; Interface Engineering of Mesoporous Triphasic Cobalt-Copper Phosphides as Active Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0SE01745K

94 Hangjia Shen;   Hongjie Peng; Rui Cao; Liu Yang;   Yan Gao; Ayse Turak; Tiju Thomas; Xuyun Guo; Ye Zhu; Jiacheng Wang; Minghui Yang; Oxygen Coordination on Fe-N-C to Boost Oxygen Reduction Catalysis, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c02812

93 Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki; Tiju Thomas^*; Minghui Yang^*; Iron based chalcogenide and pnictide superconductors, Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2020: 100282. DOI: 10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2020.100282

92 Junbin Tan; Tiju, Thomas; Jixing Liu; Liu Yang; Longhai Pan; Rui Cao; Hangjia Shen^*; Jiacheng Wang^*; Jian Liu^*; Minghui Yang^*; Rapid microwave-assisted preparation of high-performance bifunctional Ni₃Fe/Co-N-C for rechargeable Zn-air battery, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 125151. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.125151

91 Weiliang Qi; Xiangjian Meng; Samira Adimi; Haichuan Guo; Tiju Thomas; Fei Li; Heng Jiang; Siqi Liu^*; and Minghui Yang^*; Size tunable bimetallic nickel-zinc nitride as multi-functional co-catalyst on nitrogen doped titania boost solar energy conversions, Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49: 4887-4895. DOI: 10.1039/D0DT00657B

90 Yu Pei; Babak Rezaei; Xuyang Zhang; Zichuang Li; Hangjia Shen; Minghui Yang*; Jiacheng Wang*; Interface catalysis by Pt nanocluster@Ni₃N for bifunctional hydrogen evolution and oxygen evolution, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020. DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00326C

89 Rongrong Li; Hangjia Shen; Erum Pervaiz; Minghui Yang*; Facile In situ Nitrogen-doped Carbon Coated Iron Sulfide as Green and Efficient Adsorbent for Stable Lithium−Sulfur Batteries, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.126462

88 Qiangjian Ju, Ruguang Ma, Yifan Hu, Beibei Guo, Qian Liu, Tiju Thomas, Tao Zhang, Minghui Yang, Wei Chen, and Jiacheng Wang; Highly Localized C-N2 Sites for Efficient Oxygen Reduction, ACS Catalysis, 2020. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00474

87 Siqi Liu, Xiangjian Meng, Samira Adimi, Haichuan Guo, Weiliang Qi^*, J. Paul Attfield^*, Minghui Yang^*; Efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution over carbon supported antiperovskite cobalt zinc nitride, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.127307

86 Shuqin Liang; Meizan Jing; Pervaiz, Erum;   Haichuan Guo; Thomas, Tiju; Weiyu Song; Jian Xu; Saad, Ali; Jiacheng Wang; Hangjia Shen; Jian Liu; Minghui Yang; Nickel-Iron Nitride -Nickel Sulfide Composites for Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020.

85 Chengxiang Dai; Fenghui Fan; Mengyao Lv; Longhai Pan; Shuqin Liang; Jiacheng Wang; Hangjia Shen*; Tiju Thomas; Minghui Yang; Communication—Fe/FeNi₃ Embedded in Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotubes as Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2020. 10. DOI:10.1149/1945 7111/abc0ad

84 Yao Zhou, Erhong Song, Wei Chen, Carlo U. Segre, Jiadong Zhou, Yung-Chang Lin, Chao Zhu, Ruguang Ma, Pan Liu, Shufen Chu, Tiju Thomas, Minghui Yang, Qian Liu, Kazu Suenaga, Zheng Liu,* Jianjun Liu,* and Jiacheng Wang*; Dual-Metal Interbonding as the Chemical Facilitator   for Single-Atom Dispersions, Advanced Materials, 2020.10. DOI:10.1002/adma.202003484

83 Xiangjian Meng, Weiliang Qi, Wandi Kuang, Samira Adimi, Haichuan Guo, Tiju Thomas Siqi Liu^* Zhenping Wang^* and Minghui Yang^*; Chromium-Titanium nitride as efficient co-catalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen production, Journlal of Materials Chemistry A,2020. DOI:10.1039/D0TA00488J

82 Shanlin Li; Ruguang Ma^*; Yue Lu; Yu Pei; Minghui Yang; Jiacheng Wang^*; Danmin Liu^*; In situ growth of free-standing perovskite hydroxide electrocatalysts for efficient overall water splitting, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8: 5919-5926. DOI: 10.1039/D0TA00413H.

81 Ruguang Ma; Yao Zhou; Hui Bi; Minghui Yang; Jiacheng Wang^*; Qian Liu^*; Fuqiang Huang^*; Multidimensional Graphene Structures and Beyond: Unique Properties, Syntheses and Applications, Progress in Materials Science, 2020, 100665. DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2020.100665

80 Shanlin Li; Ruguang Ma^*; Yu Pei; Baohua Mao; Hongliang Lu; Minghui Yang; Tiju Thomas; Danmin Liu^*; and Jiacheng Wang^*; Geometric Structure and Electronic Polarization Synergistically Boost Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics in Alkaline Medium, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2020, 11(9): 3436-3442. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00703.

79 Ali Saad; Hangjia Shen; Zhixing Cheng; Ramis Arbi; Beibei Guo; Lok Shu Hui; Kunyu Liang; Siqi Liu; John Paul Attfield; Ayse Turak^*; Jiacheng Wang^*; Minghui Yang^*; Mesoporous Ternary Nitrides of Earth Abundant Metals as Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst, Nano-Micro Letters, 2020, 12: 79, DOI: 10.1007/s40820-020-0412-8

78 Chenhao Wang; Shendan Zhang;   Lei Qiu; Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki; Fengdong Qu^*; Tiju Thomas^*; Yanping Liu^*; Minghui Yang^*; Ru-decorated WO₃ nanosheets for efficient xylene gas sensing application, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2020,   154196,   DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.154196

77 Ali Saad; Hangjia Shen; Zhixing Cheng; Zhixing Cheng; Qiangjian Ju; Haichuan Guo; Muhammad Munir; Ayse Turak^*; Jiacheng Wang^*; Minghui Yang^*; Three-Dimensional Mesoporous Phosphide-Spinel Oxide Heterojunctions with Dual Function as Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3(2): 1684-1693. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.9b02155

76 Lei Qiu; Pei Wang; Shendan Zhang; Fengdong Qu^*; Haichuan Guo; Ruiyang Zhao; Thomas Tiju; Dong Yao; Minghui Yang^*; Enhanced, stable, humidity-tolerant xylene sensing using ordered macroporous NiO/ZrO₂ nanocomposites, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 128648. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.128648

75 Fengdong Qu; Nan Zhang; Shendan Zhang; Ruiyang Zhao; Dong Yao; Shengping Ruan^*; Minghui Yang^*; Construction of Co₃O₄/CoWO₄ core-shell urchin-like microspheres through ion-exchange method for high-performance acetone gas sensing performance, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 127711. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.127711

74 Da Meng; Shendan Zhang; Tiju Thomas; Ruiyang Zhao; Ying Shi^*; Fengdong Qu^*; Minghui Yang^*; Platinum decorated mesoporous titanium nitride for fuel-cell type methanol gas sensor, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,, 2020, 127713, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.127713

73 Da Meng, Shendan Zhang, Tiju Thomas, Chaozhu Huang, Jingwei Zhao, Ruiyang Zhao, Ying Shi, Fengdong Qu^*, Minghui Yang^*; Pt/WN based fuel cell type methanol sensor, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 127686, DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2020.127686

72 Fengdong Qu; Nan Zhang; Dongliang Liu; Shendan Zhang; Bhusankar Talluri; Yan Zheng; Tiju Thomas; Ruiyang Zhao; Shengping Ruan^*; Minghui Yang^*, Engineering Co³⁺ Cations in Co₃O₄ Multishelled Microspheres by Mn Doping: The Roles of Co³⁺ and Oxygen Species for Sensitive Xylene Detection, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2020, 127651. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2019127651

71 Lei Qiu; Shendan Zhang; Jiangbo Huang; Chenhao Wang; Ruiyang Zhao; Fengdong Qu^*; Pei Wang^* and Minghui Yang^*; Highly selective and sensitive xylene sensors based on Nb-doped NiO nanosheets, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019，127520. DOI:10.1016/j.snb.2019.127520

70 Wang, C.; Qi, W.; Zhou, Y.; Kuang, W.; Azhagan, T.; Thomas, T.; Jiang, C.^*; Liu, S.^*; Yang, M.^*; Ni-Mo ternary nitrides based one-dimensional hierarchical structures for efficient hydrogen evolution. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 381: 122611. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.122611

69 Fan, F.; Pan, L.; Sivagnanam, B.; Thomas, T.^*; Shen, H.^* and Yang, M.^*; Nickel hydroxide with structural defects for sensitive detection of Pb(Ⅱ) and Cd(Ⅱ) ions in aqueous media, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2019, 166(14): B1330-B1334. DOI: 10.1149/2.1141914

68 Qi, W.; Zhou, Y.; Liu, S.^*; Liu, H.; Hui, L. S.; Turak, A.; Wang, J^*; Yang, M.^*; Oxidized impurity in transition metal nitride for improving the hydrogen evolution efficiency of transition metal nitride-based catalyst, Applied Materials Today , 2019, 100476, DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2019.100476

67 Saad, A.; Cheng, Z.; Zhang, X.; Liu, S.; Shen, H.^*; Thomas, T.^*; Wang, J.; Yang, M.^*; Wang, J.^*; Ordered Mesoporous Cobalt–Nickel Nitride Prepared by Nanocasting for Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2019, 6(20):1900960. DOI: 10.1002/admi.201900960

66 Beibei Guo; Ruguang Ma; Zichuang Li; Jun Luo; Minghui Yang; and Jiacheng Wang^*; Dual-doping of ruthenium and nickel into Co3O4 for improving oxygen evolution activit, Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0QM00079E

65 Zhang, S.; Yang, M.; Liang, K.; Turak, A.; Zhang, B.; Meng, D.; Wang, C.; Qu, F.^*; Cheng, W.^*; Yang, M.^* An acetone gas sensor based on nanosized Pt-loaded Fe₂O₃ nanocubes, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019, 290, 59-67. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.03.082

64 Xie, J.^*; Carrasco, J.; Li, R.; Shen, H.; Chen, Q.; Yang, M.^*; Novel 3D flower-like micro/nano-structure FeS/N-doped-C composites as advanced cathodes with high lithium storage performances, Journal of Power Sources, 2019, 431: 226-231. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2019.05.041

63 Yao, D.; Dong, C.; Bing, Q.; Liu, Y.^*; Qu, F.^*; Yang, M.^*; Liu, B.^*; Yang, B.; Zhang, H.^*; Oxygen-defective ultrathin BiVO₄ nanosheets for enhanced gas sensing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11(26): 23495-23502. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b05626

62 Rasaki, S. A.; Shen, H.; Thomas, T.^*; Yang, M.^*; Solid-Solid Separation Approach for Preparation of Carbon-Supported Cobalt Carbide Nanoparticles catalysts for Oxygen Reduction, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2(6): 3662-3670. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b00601

61 Tareen, A. K.^*; Priyanga, G. S.; Thomas, T.^*; Yang, M.^*; Khan, K.; Pervaiz, E., Nickel‐Based Transition Metal Nitride Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction, ChemSusChem, 2019, 12(17): 3941-3954. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201900553

60 Li, R.; Zhou, X.; Shen, H.; Yang, M.^*; Li, C.^*; Conductive Holey MoO₂-Mo₃N₂ Heterojunctions as Job-Synergistic Cathode Host with Low Surface Area for High Loading Li-S Batteries, ACS Nano, 2019, 13(9): 10049-10061. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b02231

59 Qi, W.; Liu, S.^*; Li, F.^*; Jiang, H.^*; Cheng, Z.; Zhao, S.; Yang, M.^*; Prussian blue derived Fe₂N for efficiently improving the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution activity of g-C₃N₄ nanosheets, Catalytic Science and Technology, 2019. DOI: 10.1039/C9CY00198K

58 Ruguang Ma; Gaoxin Lin; Qiangjian Ju; Wei Tang; Gen Chen; Zhenhua Chen; Qian Liu; Minghui Yang; Yunfeng Lu^*; Jiacheng Wang^*; Edge-sited Fe-N₄ atomic species improve oxygen reduction activity via boosting O₂ dissociation, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2020, 265(15): 118593. DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118593

57 Guo, B.; Ju, Q.; Ma, R.; Li, Z.; Liu, Q.; Ai, F.; Yang, M.^*; Kaskel, S.; Luo, J.; Zhang, T.; Wang, J.^*; Mechanochemical synthesis of multi-site electrocatalysts as bifunctional zinc–air battery electrodes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, (33): 19355-19363. DOI: 10.1039/C9TA06411G

56 Chen Ye; Fan Zhang; Xue Tan; Huifang Sun; Wen Dai; Ke Yang; Minghui Yang; Shiyu Du; Dan Dai; Jinhong Yu; Nan Jiang; Weitao Su; Li Fu, He Li^*; Jing Kong^*; Cheng-Te Lin^*; A dense graphene monolith with poloxamer prefunctionalization enabling aqueous redispersion to obtain solubilized graphene sheets. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.cclet.2020.01.015

55 Beibei Guo; Ruguang Ma; Zichuang Li; Shaokui Guo; Jun Luo; Minghui Yang; Qian Liu; Tiju Thomas; Jiacheng Wang^*; Hierarchical N-Doped Porous Carbons for Zn–Air Batteries and Supercapacitors, Nano-Micro Letters, 2020, 12(1): 20. DOI: 10.1007/s40820-019-0364-z

54 Meng, F.; Chang, Y.; Qin, W.; Yuan, Z.^*; Zhao, J.; Zhang, J.; Han, E.; Wang, S.; Yang, M.^*; Shen, Y.; Ibrahim, M.^*; ZnO-Reduced Graphene Oxide Composites Sensitized with Graphitic Carbon Nitride Nanosheets for Ethanol Sensing. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2(5): 2734-2742. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.9b00257

53 Shen, H.; Thomas, T.; Rasaki, S. A.; Saad, A.; Hu, C.; Wang, J.^*; Yang, M.^*; Oxygen Reduction Reactions of Fe-N-C Catalysts: Current Status and the Way Forward. Electrochemical Energy Reviews, 2019, 2(2): 252-276. DOI:10.1007/s41918-019-00030-w

52 Rasaki, S. A.; Thomas, T.^*; Yang, M.^*; Co-precipitation strategy for engineering pH-tolerant and durable ZnO@MgO nanospheres for efficient, room-temperature, chemisorptive removal of Pb(II) from water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2019, 7(2). DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2019.103019

51 Yuan, Q.; Wu, S.; Ye, C.; Liu, X.; Gao, J.; Cui, N.; Guo, P.; Lai, G.; Wei, Q.; Yang, M.; Su, W.; Li, H.; Jiang, N.; Fu, L.; Dai, D.^*; Lin, C.-T.^*; Chee, K. W. A.^*; Sensitivity enhancement of potassium ion (K⁺) detection based on graphene field-effect transistors with surface plasma pretreatment. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019, 285: 333-340. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2019.01.058

50 Rasaki, S. A.; Bingxue, Z.; Guarecuco, R.; Thomas, T.*; Minghui, Y.*; Geopolymer for use in heavy metals adsorption, and advanced oxidative processes: A critical review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 213: 42-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.145

49 Yuan, Y.; Zhou, Y.; Shen, H.; Rasaki, S. A.; Thomas, T.; Wang, J.; Wang, C.; Wang, J.; Yang, M.*; Holey Sheets of Interconnected Carbon-Coated Nickel Nitride Nanoparticles as Highly Active and Durable Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018, 1(12): 6774-6780. DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.8b01855

48 Tareen, A. K.; Priyanga, G. S.; Behara, S.; Thomas, T.; Yang, M.*; Mixed ternary transition metal nitrides: A comprehensive review of synthesis, electronic structure, and properties of engineering relevance. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2019, 53: 1-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2018.11.001

47 Wen, Z.; Song, S.; Wang, C.; Qu, F.; Thomas, T.; Hu, T.; Wang, P.*; Yang, M.*; Large-scale synthesis of dual-emitting-based visualization sensing paper for humidity and ethanol detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2019, 282: 9-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.11.041

46 Wang, C.; Hu, T.; Thomas, T.; Song, S.; Wen, Z.; Wang, C.*; Song, Q.*; Yang, M.*; Surface state-controlled C-dot/C-dot based dual-emission fluorescent nanothermometers for intra-cellular thermometry. Nanoscale, 2018, 10(46): 21809-21817. DOI: 10.1039/C8NR07445C

45 Qiu, N.; Bai, X.; Xu, J.; Sun, N.; Francisco, J. S.; Yang, M.; Huang, Q.; Du, S.*; Adsorption Behaviors and Phase Equilibria for Clathrate Hydrates of Sulfur- and Nitrogen-Containing Small Molecules. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123(5): 2691-2702. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05962

44 Zhou, T.; Ma, R.; Zhang, T.; Li, Z.; Yang, M.*; Liu, Q.*; Zhu, Y.*; Wang, J.*; Increased activity of nitrogen-doped graphene-like carbon sheets modified by iron doping for oxygen reduction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, 536： 42-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.10.021

43 Wu, Q.; Wang, X.; Rasaki, S. A.; Thomas, T.; Wang, C.*; Zhang, C.*; Yang, M.*; Yellow-emitting carbon-dots-impregnated carboxy methyl cellulose/poly-vinyl-alcohol and chitosan: stable, freestanding, enhanced-quenching Cu²⁺-ions sensor. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6(16): 4508-4515. DOI: 10.1039/c8tc00660a

42 Shang, W.; Wang, D.; Zhang, B.; Jiang, C.*; Qu, F.*; Yang, M.*; Aliovalent Fe(iii)-doped NiO microspheres for enhanced butanol gas sensing properties. Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47(42): 15181-15188. DOI: 10.1039/c8dt03242d

41 Lin, G.; Ma, R.; Zhou, Y.; Liu, Q.*; Hu, C.; Yang, M.*; Wang, J.*; Iron-nitrogen dual-doped three-dimensional mesoporous carbons for high-activity electrocatalytic oxygen reduction. Applied Materials Today, 2018, 13: 174-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.apmt.2018.09.008

40 Khan, K.*; Khan Tareen, A.; Li, J.; Khan, U.; Nairan, A.; Yuan, Y.; Zhang, X.; Yang, M.; Ouyang, Z.*; Facile synthesis of tin-doped mayenite electride composite as a non-noble metal durable electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47(38): 13498-13506. DOI: 10.1039/C8DT02548G

39 Qu, F.; Thomas, T.; Zhang, B.; Zhou, X.; Zhang, S.; Ruan, S.*; Yang, M.*; Self-sacrificing templated formation of Co₃O₄/ZnCo₂O₄ composite hollow nanostructures for highly sensitive detecting acetone vapor. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 273: 1202-1210. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.07.005

38 Hou, H.; Dai, W.; Yan, Q.; Lv, L.; Alam, F. E.; Yang, M.; Yao, Y.; Zeng, X.; Xu, J.-B.; Yu, J.*; Jiang, N.; Lin, C.-T.*; Graphene size-dependent modulation of graphene frameworks contributing to the superior thermal conductivity of epoxy composites. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6(25): 12091-12097. DOI: 10.1039/C8TA03937B

35 Qu, F.; Shang, W.; Thomas, T.; Ruan, S.*; Yang, M.*; Self-template derived ZnFe2O4 double-shell microspheres for chemresistive gas sensing. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 265: 625-631. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.03.108

34 Rasaki, S. A.; Zhang, B.; Anbalgam, K.; Thomas, T.*; Yang, M.*; Synthesis and application of nano-structured metal nitrides and carbides: A review. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2018, 50：1-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2018.05.001

33 Qu, F.; Shang, W.; Wang, D.; Du, S.; Thomas, T.; Ruan, S.*; Yang, M.*; Coordination Polymer-Derived Multishelled Mixed Ni-Co Oxide Microspheres for Robust and Selective Detection of Xylene. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10(17): 15314-15321. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b03487

32 Wang, Q.; Wang, Z.-B.*; Li, R.; Liu, H.; Yang, M.*; Li, C.; Gu, D.-M.; Flower-like nitrogen-oxygen-doped carbon encapsulating sulfur composite synthesized via in-situ oxidation approach. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2018, 345: 271-279. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.179

31 Zhang, B.; Qu, F.*; Zhou, X.; Zhang, S.; Thomas, T.; Yang, M.*; Porous coral-like NiCo₂O₄ nanospheres with promising xylene gas sensing properties, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2018, 261: 203-209. DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.01.125

30 Xing, R.; Zhou, Y.; Ma, R.; Liu, Q.*; Luo, J.; Yang, M.*; Wang, J.*; Nitrogen-Doped Hollow Carbon Spheres with Embedded Co Nanoparticles as Active Non-Noble-Metal Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Carbon, 2018, 4(1). DOI: 10.3390/c4010011

29 Khan, K.*; Khan Tareen, A.; Elshahat, S.; Yadav, A.; Khan, U.; Yang, M.; Bibbo, L.; Ouyang, Z.*; Facile synthesis of a cationic-doped [Ca₂₄Al₂₈O₆₄]⁴⁺(4e^-) composite via a rapid citrate sol-gel method. Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47(11): 3819-3830. DOI: 10.1039/c7dt04543c

28 Wang, Q.; Yang, M.*; Wang, Z. B.*; Li, C.; Gu, D. M.; Functional Differentiation of Three Pores for Effective Sulfur Confinement in Li-S Battery. Small, 2018, 14(11): 1703279. DOI: 10.1002/smll.201703279

27 Ma, R.; Zhou, Y.; Hu, C.; Yang, M.*; Wang, F.; Yan, K.*; Liu, Q.*; Wang, J.*; Post iron-doping of activated nitrogen-doped carbon spheres as a high-activity oxygen reduction electrocatalyst. Energy Storage Materials, 2018, 13: 142-150. DOI: 10.1016/j.ensm.2018.01.008

26 Wang, Q.; Liu, H.; Li, R.; Yang, M.*; Wang, Z. B.*; Zhang, L.; Li, C.; Gu, D. M.; Clustered-Microcapsule-Shaped Microporous Carbon-Coated Sulfur Composite Synthesized via in Situ Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(51): 44512-44518. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b14467

25 Sun, Y.; Lin, H.; Wang, C.^*; Wu, Q.; Wang, X.; Yang, M.^*; Morphology-controlled synthesis of TiO₂/MoS₂ nanocomposites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 5(1): 145-152. DOI：10.1039/c7qi00491e

24 Zou, M.; Feng, L.; Thomas, T.*; Yang, M.*; Amine coupled ordered mesoporous (Co–N) co-doped TiO₂: a green photocatalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of thioether. Catalysis Science and Technology, 2017, 7(18): 4182-4192. DOI：10.1039/c7cy00946a

23 Wang, Q.; Wang, Z.-B.*; Yang, M.*; Li, C.; Gu, D.-M.; A novel synthetic route to cathode materials for Li–S batteries: from organic sulfides to sulfur/nitrogenous carbon composites.Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017,5(32): 16796-16802. DOI：10.1039/C7TA05029A

22 Qu, F.; Zhang, B.; Zhou, X.; Jiang, H.; Wang, C.; Feng, X.; Jiang, C.*; Yang, M.*; Metal-organic frameworks-derived porous ZnO/Ni_0.9Zn_0.1O double-shelled nanocages as gas sensing material for selective detection of xylene. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 252: 649-656. DOI：10.1016/j.snb.2017.06.060

21 Alam, F. E.; Dai, W.; Yang, M.; Du, S.; Li, X.; Yu, J.*; Jiang, N.*; Lin, C.-T.*; In situ formation of a cellular graphene framework in thermoplastic composites leading to superior thermal conductivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(13): 6164-6169. DOI：10.1039/C7TA00750G

20 Yuan, Y.; Yang, L.; He, B.; Pervaiz, E.; Shao, Z.*; Yang, M.*; Cobalt-zinc nitride on nitrogen doped carbon black nanohybrids as a non-noble metal electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction. Nanoscale, 2017, 9(19): 6259-6263. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR02264F

19 Qu, F.; Yuan, Y.; Yang, M.*; Programmed Synthesis of Sn₃N₄ Nanoparticles via a Soft Chemistry Approach with Urea: Application for Ethanol Vapor Sensing. Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29(3): 969-974. DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b03435

18 Qu, F.; Jiang, H.; Yang, M.*; Designed formation through a metal organic framework route of ZnO/ZnCo₂O₄ hollow core-shell nanocages with enhanced gas sensing properties. Nanoscale, 2016, 8(36): 16349-16356. DOI: 10.1039/c6nr05187a

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12 Cui, Z.; Yang, M.; DiSalvo, F. J.*; Mesoporous Ti_0.5Cr_0.5N Supported PdAg Nanoalloy as Highly Active and Stable Catalysts for the Electro-oxidation of Formic Acid and Methanol. ACS Nano, 2014, 8(6): 6106-6113. DOI: 10.1021/nn5014337

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