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2.W. Li, Y. Ding, Y. Zhao, Z. Li, G. Lin, L. Wang, and L. Sun*. Zwitterion‐Modified NiFe OER Catalyst Achieving Ultra‐Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis via Dynamic Alkaline Microenvironment Engineering. Angewandte Chemie, 2025, 137, e202505924. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202505924.
3.S. Ding, Z. Li, G. Lin, L. Wang, A. Dong, and L. Sun*. Enhancing Mass Transfer in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis by Overlaid Nickel Mesh Substrate. ACS Energy letters, 2024, 9, 8, 3719–3726. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01568.
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9.B. Zhang*, S. Zhan, T. Liu, L. Wang, A. Ken Inge, L.Duan, Brian J.J. Timmer, O. Kravchenko, F. Li, Mårten S.G. Ahlquist*, L. Sun, Switching O-O bond formation mechanism between WNA and I2M pathways by modifying the Ru-bda backbone ligands of water-oxidation catalysts, Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2021, 54, 815-821, DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2020.06.036.
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11.C. Tao, Y. Jiang*, Y. Ding, B. Jia, R. Liu, P. Li, W. Yang, L. Xia, L. Sun, B. Zhang*, Surface Reconstruction and Passivation of BiVO4 Photoanodes Depending on the “Structure Breaker” Cs+”, JACS Au. 2023, 3, 1851-1863. DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00100.
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13.A. Dong, G. Lin, Z. Li, W. Wu, X. Cao, W. Li, L. Wang, Y. Zhao, D. Chen, and L. Sun*. Interlayer-bonded Ni/MoO2 Electrocsatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction with Stability over 6000 h at 1000 mA cm-2. Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 4955. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-59933-6.
14.G. Lin, A. Dong, Z. Li, W. Li, X. Cao, Y. Zhao, L. Wang, and L. Sun*. An Interlayer Anchored NiMo/MoO2 Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis at High Current Density. Advanced Materials, 2025, 37, 2507525. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202507525.
15.H. Lee, G. Ding, L. Wang, Y. Ding, T. Tang, and L. Sun*. Suppressing Mo-Species Leaching in MoOx/A-Ni3S2 Cathode for Stable Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis at Industrial-Scale Current Density. Advanced Science, 2025, 12, 2502478. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202502478
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17.K. Fan, L. Duan*, H. Zou, N. V. R. Aditya Dharanipragada, L. Fan, A. Ken Inge, B. Zhang *, and Licheng Sun*, Surface and bulk reconstruction of CoW sulfides during pH-universal electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 2021, 9, 11359. DOI: 10.1039/D1TA01177D.