Selectivity control in CO2 hydrogenation to one-carbon products

Jingting Hu, Yafeng Cai, Jinghao Xie, Deshan Hou, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*

Chem  (2024) in press
 

High-pressure electro-Fenton driving CH4 conversion by O2 at room temperature

​Yao Song, Xiao Yang, Huan Liu, Suxia Liang, Yafeng Cai, Wenqiang Yang, Kaixin Zhu, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*

Journal of the American Chemical Society 146 (2024) 5834
 

Two-dimensional crystal lattice confining atoms for electrocatalysis

Jinchang Fan, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Matter 7 (2024) 305
 

Direct electro-conversion of air to nitric acid under mild conditions

Shiming Chen, Suxia Liang, Rui Huang, Mo Zhang, Yao Song, YunlongZhang, Shuo Tao, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Nature Synthesis 3 (2024) 76
 

Hierarchically interconnected WS2/graphene foam for high-performance sodium storage

​Zeyu Wei, Yunlong Zhang, Mingrun Li, Chaozhu Shu, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Energy Storage 81 (2024) 110115
 

Highly durable monolithic electrode for water electrolysis at industrial current densities

Huifang Wei, Zhilong Zheng, Zifeng Wang, Mo Zhang, Yunlong Zhang, Wangwang Zhang, Yanting Liu, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*

Nano Energy 120 (2024) 109136
 

Hydrogenation of nitroarenes by onsite-generated surface hydroxyl from water

Yan Wei, Shuang Wang, Yunlong Zhang, Mingrun Li, Jingting Hu, Yanting Liu, Jian Li, Liang Yu*, Rui Huang*, Dehui Deng*

ACS Catalysis 13 (2023) 15824
 

Edge-rich molybdenum disulfide tailors carbon-chain growth for selective hydrogenation of carbon monoxide to higher alcohols

Jingting Hu, Zeyu Wei, Yunlong Zhang, Rui Huang, Mingchao Zhang, Kang Cheng, Qinghong Zhang, Yutai Qi, Yanan Li, Jun Mao, Junfa Zhu, Lihui Wu, Wu Wen, Shengsheng Yu, Yang Pan, Jiuzhong Yang, Xiangjun Wei, Luozhen Jiang, Rui Si, Liang Yu*, Ye Wang*, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications 14 (2023) 6808
 

Ligand-confined two-dimensional rhodium hydride boosts hydrogen evolution

​Jinchang Fan, Yunlong Zhang, Wei Liu, Mingrun Li, Yafeng Cai, Qinqin Ji, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou, Aowen Li, Wu Zhou, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Matter 6 (2023) 3877
 

Advances in electrochemical transformation of N2 using molecular catalysts

Qiong Yuan, Junnian Wei*, Dehui Deng, Zhang-Jie Shi, Ping Chen, Zhenfeng Xi*

SCIENCE CHINA Chemistry 66 (2023) 2743
 

Membrane electrode assembly: Another technical roadmap for lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction?

​Ying Hou，Dehui Deng*

Joule 7 (2023) 1679
 

Boosting CO2 Hydrogenation to Formate over Edge-Sulfur Vacancies of Molybdenum Disulfide

Zifeng Wang, Yiran Kang, Jingting Hu, Qinqin Ji, Zhixuan Lu, Guilan Xu, Yutai Qi, Mo Zhang, Wangwang Zhang, Rui Huang, Liang Yu*, Zhong-qun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (2023) e202307086
 

Acetylene hydrogenation to ethylene by water at low temperature on a Au/α-MoC catalyst

Rui Huang, Meihan Xia, Yunlong Zhang, Chenxi Guan, Yao Wei, Zheng Jiang, Mingrun Li, Baibei Zhao, Xiaohui Hou, Yan Wei, Qiao Chen, Jingting Hu, Xiaoju Cui, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Nature Catalysis 6 (2023) 1005
 

Direct conversion of methane with O2 at room temperature over edge-rich MoS2

Jun Mao, Huan Liu, Xiaoju Cui, Yunlong Zhang, Xiangyu Meng, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Yang Pan, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou, Jingting Hu, Yanan Li, Guilan Xu, Rui Huang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Nature Catalysis 6 (2023) 1052
 

Boosting C–C coupling to multicarbon products via high-pressure CO electroreduction

​Wenqiang Yang, Huan Liu, Yutai Qi, Yifan Li, Yi Cui, Liang Yu*, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Energy Chemistry 85 (2023) 102
 

Membrane electrode assembly for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction: principle and application

Zheng Zhang*, Xin Huang, Zhou Chen, Junjiang Zhu, Balázs Endrődi, Csaba Janáky, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (2023) e202302789
 

Direct electrocatalytic conversion of crude syngas to ethylene via a multi-process coupled device

Mo Zhang, Ruixue Chen, Suheng Wang, Yunchuan Tu, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*

EES Catalysis 1 (2023) 250
 

Evolution of stabilized 1T-MoS2 by atomic-interface engineering of 2H-MoS2/Fe-Nx towards enhanced sodium ion storage

Huicong Xia, Pengfei Yuan, Lingxing Zan, Gan Qu, Hongliang Dong, Yifan Wei, Yue Yu, Zeyu Wei, Wenfu Yan, Jin-Song Hu, Dehui Deng*, Jianan Zhang*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 62 (2023) e202218282
 

Single-atomic Ir and Mo co-confined in Co layered hydroxide nanobox mutually boost oxygen evolution

​Rouna Jia, Meihan Xia, Lei Tang, Liang Yu, Yan Yang*, Yunlong Zhang, Xin Bo, Shizheng Zhou, Yunchuan Tu, Dehui Deng*

ACS Catalysis 12 (2022) 13513
 

Alloying Pd with Cu boosts hydrogen production via room-temperature electrochemical water-gas shift reaction

​Huifang Wei, Huan Liu, Liang Yu, Mo Zhang, Yunlong Zhang, Jinchang Fan, Xiaoju Cui*, Dehui Deng*

Nano Energy 102 (2022) 107704
 

Catalytic effect of carbon-based electrode materials in energy storage devices

​Huicong Xia, Lingxing Zan, Yifan Wei, Kai Guo, Wenfu Yan, Dehui Deng*, Jia-Nan Zhang*

SCIENCE CHINA Materials 65 (2022) 3229
 

Boosting room-temperature conversion of methane via confining Cu atoms into ultrathin Ru nanosheets

Jinchang Fan, Suxia Liang, Kaixin Zhu, Jun Mao, Xiaoju Cui, Chao Ma, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Chem Catalysis 2 (2022) 2253
 

Mechanically induced Cu active sites for selective C-C coupling in CO2 electroreduction

​Zhao Chen, Yao Song, Zhenyu Zhang*, Yafeng Cai, Huan Liu, Wenxiang Xie, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Energy Chemistry 74 (2022) 198
 

Direct electro-synthesis of valuable C=N compound from NO

Xianhao Zhang, Huijuan Jing, Shiming Chen, Bing Liu, Liang Yu, Jianping Xiao*, Dehui Deng*

Chem Catalysis 2 (2022) 1807
 

Operando identification of active sites in Co-Cr oxyhydroxide oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

Lei Tang, Meihan Xia, Shiyu Cao, Xin Bo, Shengbo Zhang, Yunlong Zhang, Xiao Liu, Lizhi Zhang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Nano Energy 101 (2022) 107562
 

Surface-preferred crystal plane growth enabled by underpotential deposited monolayer toward dendrite-free zinc anode

Yu Yan, Chaozhu Shu*, Ting Zeng, Xiaojuan Wen, Sheng Liu, Dehui Deng, Ying Zeng*

ACS Nano 16 (2022) 9150
 

Three-dimensional CoOOH nanoframes confining high-density Mo single atoms for large-current-density oxygen evolution

Lei Tang, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Yao Song, Yunchuan Tu, Yunlong Zhang, Xin Bo, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10 (2022) 6242
 

Direct conversion of N2 and O2: status, challenge, and perspective

​Di Li, Lingxing Zan, Shiming Chen, Zhang-Jie Shi, Ping Chen, Zhenfeng Xi, Dehui Deng*

National Science Review 9 (2022) nwac042
 

From trash to treasure: Chemical recycling and upcycling of commodity plastic waste to fuels, high-valued chemicals and advanced materials

Fan Zhang*, Fang Wang, Xiangyue Wei, Yang Yang, Shimei Xu, Dehui Deng, Yu-Zhong Wang*

Journal of Energy Chemistry 69 (2022) 369
 

Evolution of a solid electrolyte interphase enabled by FeN X/C catalysts for sodium-ion storage

Huicong Xia, Lingxing Zan, Gan Qu, Yunchuan Tu, Hongliang Dong, Yifan Wei, Kaixin Zhu, Yue Yu, Yongfeng Hu, Dehui Deng*, Jianan Zhang*

Energy & Environmental Science 15 (2022) 771
 

Probing the active sites of 2D nanosheets with Fe-N-C carbon shell encapsulated FexC/Fe species for boosting sodium-ion storage performances

Huicong Xia, Pengfei Yuan, Lingxing Zan, Gan Qu, Yunchuan Tu, Kaixin Zhu, Yifan Wei, Zeyu Wei, Fangying Zheng, Mo Zhang, Yongfeng Hu, Dehui Deng*, Jianan Zhang*

Nano Research 15 (2022) 7154
 

3D MoS2 foam integrated with carbon paper as binder-free anode for high performance sodium-ion batteries

Fangying Zheng, Zeyu Wei, Huicong Xia, Yunchuan Tu, Xiangyu Meng, Kaixin Zhu, Jiao Zhao, Yimin Zhu, Jianan Zhang, Yan Yang*, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Energy Chemistry 65 (2022) 26
 

Highly efficient ethylene production via electrocatalytic hydrogenation of acetylene under mild conditions

Suheng Wang, Kelechi Uwakwe, Liang Yu*, Jinyu Ye, Yuezhou Zhu, Jingting Hu, Ruixue Chen, Zheng Zhang, Zhiyou Zhou, Jianfeng Li, Zhaoxiong Xie, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications 12 (2021) 7072
 

Electron penetration triggering interface activity of Pt-graphene for CO oxidation at room temperature

Yong Wang, Pengju Ren, Jingting Hu, Yunchuan Tu, Zhongmiao Gong, Yi Cui, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Wujun Zhang, Chao Ma, Liang Yu, Fan Yang, Ye Wang, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications 12 (2021) 5814
 

Encapsulating FeCo alloys by Single Layer Graphene to Enhance Microwave Absorption Performance

Xiaoju Cui, Qiaorong Jiang, Chunsheng Wang, Suheng Wang, Zhiyuan Jiang*, Xueai Li*, Dehui Deng*

Materials Today Nano 16 (2021) 100138
 

Highly efficient conversion of surplus electricity to hydrogen energy via polysulfides redox

Mo Zhang, Jing Guan, Yunchuan Tu, Suheng Wang, Dehui Deng*

The Innovation 2 (2021) 100144
 

Research progress of catalysts for thermocatalytic ammonia synthesis

Shuang Qiu, Rui Huang, Hongxia Wang*, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Molecular Science 37 (2021) 283
 

Sulfur vacancy-rich MoS2 as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol

Jingting Hu, Liang Yu, Jiao Deng, Yong Wang, Kang Cheng, Chao Ma, Qinghong Zhang, Wu Wen, Shengsheng Yu, Yang Pan, Jiuzhong Yang, Hao Ma, Fei Qi, Yongke Wang, Yanping Zheng, Mingshu Chen, Rui Huang, Shuhong Zhang, Zhenchao Zhao, Jun Mao, Xiangyu Meng, Qinqin Ji, Guangjin Hou, Xiuwen Han, Xinhe Bao, Ye Wang*, Dehui Deng*

Nature Catalysis 4 (2021) 242
 

Nonuniform electric field-enhanced in-source declustering in high-pressure photoionization/photoionization-induced chemical ionization mass spectrometry for operando catalytic reaction monitoring

Ningbo Wan, Jichun Jiang, Fan Hu, Ping Chen, Kaixin Zhu, Dehui Deng, Yuanyuan Xie, Chenxin Wu, Lei Hua*, Haiyang Li*

Analytical Chemistry 93 (2021) 2207
 

Highly efficient conversion of methane to formic acid under mild conditions at ZSM-5-confined Fe-sites

Kaixin Zhu, Suxia Liang, Xiaoju Cui, Rui Huang, Ningbo Wan, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Hongyu Chen, Zhenchao Zhao, Guangjin Hou, Mingrun Li, Qike Jiang, Liang Yu*, Dehui Deng*

Nano Energy 82 (2021) 105718
 

Inactivating SARS-CoV-2 by electrochemical oxidation

Yunchuan Tu, Wei Tang, Liang Yu, Zheyi Liu, Yanting Liu, Huicong Xia, Haiwei Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Jia Wu, Xiaoju Cui, Jianan Zhang, Fangjun Wang*, Yangbo Hu*, Dehui Deng*

Science Bulletin 66 (2021) 720
 

Catalytic Conversion of C1 Molecules under Mild Conditions

Xiaoju Cui, Rui Huang, Dehui Deng*

EnergyChem 3 (2021) 100050
 

Catalysis for Selected C1 Chemistry

Yanting Liu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Chem 6 (2020) 2497
 

Unveiling the Active Site of Metal-Free Nitrogen-doped Carbon for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction 

Zheng Zhang, Liang Yu, Yunchuan Tu, Ruixue Chen, Lihui Wu, Junfa Zhu, Dehui Deng*

Cell Reports Physical Science 1 (2020) 100145
 

Boosting hydrogen evolution on MoS2 via co-confining selenium in surface and cobalt in inner layer

Zhilong Zheng, Liang Yu, Meng Gao, Xiya Chen, Wu Zhou, Chao Ma, Lihui Wu, Junfa Zhu, Xiangyu Meng, Jingting Hu, Yunchuan Tu, Sisi Wu, Jun Mao, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Nature Communications 11 (2020) 3315
 

Direct transformation of dinitrogen: synthesis of N-containing organic compounds via N−C bond formation

Ze-Jie Lv, Junnian Wei, Wen-Xiong Zhang, Ping Chen, Dehui Deng, Zhang-Jie Shi, Zhenfeng Xi*

National Science Review 7 (2020) 1564
 

Chain Mail for Catalysts

Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (2020) 15294
 

Robust Interface Ru Centers for High-Performance Acidic Oxygen Evolution

Xiaoju Cui, Pengju Ren, Chao Ma, Jia Zhao, Ruixue Chen, Shiming Chen, N. Pethan Rajan, Haobo Li, Liang Yu, Zhongqun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Advanced Materials 32 (2020) 1908126
 

Tuning the activities of cuprous oxide nanostructures via the oxide-metal interaction

Wugen Huang, Qingfei Liu, Zhiwen Zhou, Yangsheng Li, Yunjian Ling, Yong Wang, Yunchuan Tu, Beibei Wang, Xiaohong Zhou, Dehui Deng, Bo Yang, Yong Yang, Zhi Liu, Xinhe Bao, Fan Yang*

Nature Communications 11 (2020) 2312
 

Distance synergy of MoS2-confined Rhodium atoms for highly efficient hydrogen evolution

​Xiangyu Meng, Chao Ma, Luozhen Jiang, Rui Si, Xianguang Meng, Yunchuan Tu, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (2020) 10502
 

Direct Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis from Nitric Oxide

Jun Long, Shiming Chen, Yunlong Zhang, Chenxi Guo, Xiaoyan Fu, Dehui Deng*, Jianping Xiao*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (2020) 9711
 

Double-layer hybrid chainmail catalyst for high-performance hydrogen evolution

Yunchuan Tu, Jiao Deng, Chao Ma, Liang Yu*, Xinhe Bao, Dehui Deng*

Nano Energy 72 (2020) 104700
 

Highly efficient H2 production from H2S via a robust graphene-encapsulated metal catalyst

Mo Zhang, Jing Guan, Yunchuan Tu, Shiming Chen, Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Energy & Environmental Science 13 (2020) 119
 

Highly Selective Production of Ethylene by the Electroreduction of Carbon Monoxide

Ruixue Chen, Hai-Yan Su, Deyu Liu, Rui Huang, Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dong H. Zhang, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 59 (2020) 154
 

Bimetallene advances oxygen electrocatalysis

Dehui Deng*

Science China Chemistry 63 (2020) 147
 

Confinement catalysis with 2D materials for energy conversion

Lei Tang, Xianguang Meng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Advanced Materials 31 (2019) 1901996
 

Direct Methane Conversion under Mild Condition by Thermo-, Electro- or Photocatalysis

Xianguang Meng, Xiaoju Cui, N. Pethan Rajan, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Chem  5 (2019) 2296
 

Three-dimensionally hierarchical MoS₂/graphene architecture for high-performance hydrogen evolution reaction

Xiangyu Meng, Liang Yu, Chao Ma, Bing Nan, Rui Si, Yunchuan Tu, Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Nano Energy  61 (2019)  611
 

Room-temperature conversion of ethane and the mechanism understanding over single iron atoms confined in graphene

Suheng Wang, Haobo Li, Mengqi He, Xiaoju Cui, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Jianping Xiao, Liang Yu, N. Pethan Rajan, Zhaoxiong Xie, Dehui Deng*

Journal of Energy Chemistry 36 (2019) 47
 

Multiscale carbon foam confining single iron atoms for efficient electrocatalytic CO2 reduction to CO

Zheng Zhang, Chao Ma, Yunchuan Tu, Rui Si, Jie Wei, Shuhong Zhang, Zhen Wang, Jian-Feng Li, Ye Wang, Dehui Deng*

Nano Research  12 (2019)  2313
 

Room-temperature electrochemical water-gas shift reaction for high purity hydrogen production

Xiaoju Cui, Hai-Yan Su, Ruixue Chen, Liang Yu, Jinchao Dong, Chao Ma, Suheng Wang, Jianfeng Li, Fan Yang, Jianping Xiao, Mengtao Zhang, Ding Ma, Dehui Deng*, Dong H. Zhang, Zhongqun Tian, Xinhe Bao

Nature Communications 10 (2019) 86
 

Catalysis with Two-Dimensional Materials Confining Single Atoms: Concept, Design, and Applications

Yong Wang, Jun Mao, Xianguang Meng, Liang Yu, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Chemical Reviews  119 (2019)  1806
 

Reaction Mechanisms of Well‐Defined Metal–N₄ Sites in Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction

Zheng Zhang, Jianping Xiao, Xue-Jiao Chen, Song Yu, Liang Yu, Rui Si, Yong Wang, Suheng Wang, Xianguang Meng, Ye Wang, Zhong-Qun Tian, Dehui Deng*

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 57 (2018) 16339
 

A study of FeNx/C catalysts for the selective oxidation of unsaturated alcohols by molecular oxygen

Jinping Zhang, Shinichi Nagamatsu, Junmou Du, Chaoli Tong, Huihuang Fang, Dehui Deng, Xi Liu, Kiyotaka Asakura*, Youzhu Yuan*

Journal of Catalysis 367 (2018) 16
 

Structural and electronic optimization of graphene encapsulating binary metal for highly efficient water oxidation

Yunchuan Tu, Pengju Ren, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Nano Energy 52 (2018) 494
 

The rise of two-dimensional MoS₂ for catalysis

Jun Mao, Yong Wang, Zhilong Zheng, Dehui Deng*

Frontiers of Physics 13 (2018) 138115
 

Room-temperature methane conversion by graphene-confined single iron atoms

Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Yan Wang, Yuanli Hu, Lei Hua, Haiyang Li, Xiuwen Han, Qingfei Liu, Fan Yang, Limin He, Xiaoqi Chen, Qingyun Li, Jianping Xiao, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Chem 4 (2018) 1902
 

Highly efficient catalytic scavenging of oxygen free radicals with graphene-encapsulated metal nanoshields

Junying Wang, Xiaoju Cui, Haobo Li, Jianping Xiao, Jiang Yang, Xiaoyu Mu, Haixia Liu, Yuan-Ming Sun, Xuhui Xue, Changlong Liu, Xiao-Dong Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao

Nano Research 11 (2018) 2821
 

Graphene layer reinforcing mesoporous molybdenum disulfide foam as high-performance anode for sodium-ion battery

Jiao Deng, Cheng Zeng, Chao Ma, Jon Fold Von Bülow, Lei Zhang*, Dehui Deng*, Zhongqun Tian, Xinhe Bao

Materials Today Energy 8 (2018) 151
 

Visible light-driven C-H activation and C-C coupling of methanol into ethylene glycol

Shunji Xie, Zebin Shen, Jiao Deng, Pu Guo, Qinghong Zhang, Haikun Zhang, Chao Ma, Zheng Jiang, Jun Cheng*, Dehui Deng*, Ye Wang* 

Nature Communications 9 (2018) 1181
 

（Book Chapter）Carbon‐Based, Metal‐Free Catalysts for Chemical Productions

Dehui Deng, Xiulian Pan, Xingyun Li, Xinhe Bao

Published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA   (2018) 
 

Robust catalysis on two-dimensional materials encapsulating metals: concept, application, and perspective

Jiao Deng, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Advanced Materials 29 (2017) 1606967
 

Two-dimensional materials for electrocatalytic water splitting

Xiangyu Meng, Dehui Deng*

Chinese Science Bulletin 62 (2017) 3154
 

Multiscale structural and electronic control of molybdenum disulfide foam for highly efficient hydrogen production 

Jiao Deng, Haobo Li, Suheng Wang, Ding Ding, Mingshu Chen, Chuan Liu, Zhongqun Tian, K.S. Novoselov, Chao Ma, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao* 

Nature Communications 8 (2017) 14430
 

Two-dimensional materials confining single atoms for catalysis

Yong Wang, Wenhua Zhang, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Chinese Journal of Catalysis 38 (2017) 1443
 

Towards the atomic-scale characterization of isolated iron sites confined in a nitrogen-doped graphene matrix

Qingfei Liu, Yun Liu, Haobo Li, Lulu Li, Dehui Deng, Fan Yang*, Xinhe Bao*

Applied Surface Science 410 (2017) 111
 

Highly active and stable single iron site confined in graphene nanosheets for oxygen reduction reaction

Xiaoqi Chen, Liang Yu, Suheng Wang, Dehui Deng*, Xinhe Bao*

Nano Energy 32 (2017) 353