Prof. Wenxing Yang’s group at the Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, Westlake University, has recently published a research article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), titled “Operando Raman characterization of unique electroinduced molecular tautomerization in zero-gap electrolyzers promotes CO2 reduction.”In this work, they developed an operando Ram...

Prof. Licheng Sun’s group has published their work in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition, highlighting the crucial role of a zwitterion-modified NiFe catalyst that has demonstrated stable performance for over 14000 h at ampere-scale current density in anion exchange membrane water electrolysis device.Prof. Licheng Sun’s group in the Department of Chemistry at Westlake University rece...

Prof. Licheng Sun’s group in Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels and Department of Chemistry at Westlake University has published their works in Nature Communications and Advanced Materials, revealing the key role of high mechanical stable at ampere-scale current densities.The researches develops simple methods to construct the cathode catalysts of highly stable Ni/MoO2 and sca...

Prof. Biaobiao Zhang’s group in the Department of Chemistry at Westlake University recently published a research paper in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The paper is titled “Sn Catalysts with Build-in [NCN]2− as Proton Relay for Industrial-Grade CO2 Reduction at Low Overpotential”.The research reported a Sn-based catalyst, SnNCN, featuring a reversible [NCN]2− configuration t...

Within one month, Biaobiao Zhang’s group has published their work in JACS Au and ACS Catalysis, revealing the crucial role of anionic ligands in the electrocatalytic ammonia oxidation reaction.The research group of Zhang Biaobiao at Westlake University, in collaboration with the research group of Liao Rongzhen at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, published their work in JACS Au an...

Prof. Biaobiao Zhang's group inthe Department of Chemistry at Westlake University recently piblished a research paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper is titled "Sub-4 nm Ru-RuO2 Schottky Nanojunction as a Catalyst for Durable Acidic Water Oxidation"The research reported a sub-4 nm Ru-RuO2 Schottky nanojunction prepared by a microwave reaction that exhibits high activi...

Prof. Wenxing Yang’s group in the center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels at Westlake University recently published a research paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper is titled “Plasmonic-Promoted Formation of Surface Adsorbed Stochastic CO during Electrochemical CO2 and CO Reduction on Cu at Extreme Low Overpotentials.”The research revealed for the first...

Prof. Licheng Sun’s group at the Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels, Westlake University, recently published a research paper in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The paper is titled “Facet-Engineered Copper Electrocatalysts Enable Sustainable NADH Regeneration with High Efficiency.”The research elucidated for the first time the regeneration mechanism of reduced ...

Prof. Licheng Sun’s group has published a groundbreaking study in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The work introduces a novel Poly(arylmethylpiperidinium) (PAMP) anion exchange membrane (AEM) engineered with a unique pendant structure. Prof. Licheng Sun’s group from Center for Artificial Photosynthesis and Solar Fuels at Westlake University recently published a research paper in the ...

Prof. Licheng Sun’s group in the Center of Artificial Photosynthesis for Solar Fuels at Westlake University published a research paper in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. The paper is titled “Quantum chemical understanding of the O2 release process from nature’s water splitting cofactor”.The research reported that O2 release from nature's water splitting cofactor is initiated by the...