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  1. Strain stabilized nickel hydroxide nanoribbons for efficient water splitting

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2020, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du, Dr Zhonghua Wu

  2. Confinement-Induced Giant Spin–Orbit-Coupled Magnetic Moment of Co Nanoclusters in TiO2 Films

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  3. Highly Efficient Multifunctional Co–N–C Electrocatalysts with Synergistic Effects of Co–N Moieties and Co Metallic Nanoparticles Encapsulated in a N-Doped Carbon Matrix for Water-Splitting and Oxygen Redox Reactions

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  4. Iron-facilitated dynamic active-site generation on spinel CoAl2O4 with self-termination of surface reconstruction for water oxidation

    Article • Nature Catalysis, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  5. Electronic and Geometric Structures of Rechargeable Lithium Manganese Sulfate Li2Mn(SO4)2 Cathode

    Article • ACS Omega, July 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  6. Interaction of Copper Phthalocyanine with Nitrogen Dioxide and Ammonia Investigation Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Chemiresistive Gas Measurements

    Article • ACS Omega, June 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  7. Stimulated Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of MOF‐Derived MoS 2 Basal Domains via Charge Injection through Surface Functionalization and Heteroatom Doping

    Article • Advanced Science, May 2019, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  8. Aurophilic Interactions in the Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoclusters into Nanoribbons with Enhanced Luminescence

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2019, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  9. Aurophilic Interactions in the Self‐Assembly of Gold Nanoclusters into Nanoribbons with Enhanced Luminescence

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, May 2019, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  10. Chemical and structural origin of lattice oxygen oxidation in Co–Zn oxyhydroxide oxygen evolution electrocatalysts

    Article • Nature Energy, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  11. High-Magnetization Tetragonal Ferrite-Based Films Induced by Carbon and Oxygen Vacancy Pairs

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, December 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  12. Redox-targeted catalysis for vanadium redox-flow batteries

    Article • Nano Energy, October 2018, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  13. Necklace-like Multishelled Hollow Spinel Oxides with Oxygen Vacancies for Efficient Water Electrolysis

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, September 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  14. Metal–Oxygen Hybridization Determined Activity in Spinel-Based Oxygen Evolution Catalysts: A Case Study of ZnFe2–xCrxO4

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, September 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  15. Atomic engineering of high-density isolated Co atoms on graphene with proximal-atom controlled reaction selectivity

    Article • Nature Communications, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  16. Identifying Influential Parameters of Octahedrally Coordinated Cations in Spinel ZnMnxCo2–xO4 Oxides for the Oxidation Reaction

    Article • ACS Catalysis, August 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  17. Immediate hydroxylation of arenes to phenols via V-containing all-silica ZSM-22 zeolite triggered non-radical mechanism

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  18. Single-Atomic Cu with Multiple Oxygen Vacancies on Ceria for Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CH4

    Article • ACS Catalysis, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  19. Intrinsic or Interface Clustering-Induced Ferromagnetism in Fe-Doped In2O3-Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, June 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  20. Lithiation-induced amorphization of Pd3P2S8 for highly efficient hydrogen evolution

    Article • Nature Catalysis, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  21. Hybrid Nanomaterials with Single-Site Catalysts by Spatially Controllable Immobilization of Nickel Complexes via Photoclick Chemistry for Alkene Epoxidation

    Article • ACS Nano, May 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  22. Operando Investigation of Mn3O4+δ Co-catalyst on Fe2O3 Photoanode: Manganese-Valency-Determined Enhancement at Varied Potentials

    Article • ACS Applied Energy Materials, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  23. Enhanced Catalysis of the Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Iron(III) Ions Adsorbed on Amorphous Cobalt Oxide

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  24. Revealing the Dominant Chemistry for Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Small Oxide Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  25. Tailoring the Co 3d-O 2p Covalency in LaCoO3 by Fe Substitution To Promote Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, December 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  26. Directly synthesized V-containing BEA zeolite: Acid-oxidation bifunctional catalyst enhancing C-alkylation selectivity in liquid-phase methylation of phenol

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, November 2017, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  27. Elucidation of thermally induced internal porosity in zinc oxide nanorods

    Article • Nano Research, October 2017, Tsinghua University Press

    yonghua Du

  28. Spinel Manganese Ferrites for Oxygen Electrocatalysis: Effect of Mn Valency and Occupation Site

    Article • Electrocatalysis, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  29. Phosphonate-Based Metal–Organic Framework Derived Co–P–C Hybrid as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Article • ACS Catalysis, August 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  30. Confocal depth-resolved fluorescence micro-X-ray absorption spectroscopy for the study of cultural heritage materials: a new mobile endstation at the Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, August 2017, International Union of Crystallography

    yonghua Du

  31. Spatial imaging and speciation of Cu in rice ( Oryza sativa L.) roots using synchrotron-based X-ray microfluorescence and X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Article • Chemosphere, May 2017, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  32. On the synthesis and performance of hierarchical nanoporous TS-1 catalysts

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, May 2017, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  33. Unleashing the Power and Energy of LiFePO4-Based Redox Flow Lithium Battery with a Bifunctional Redox Mediator

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  34. Activating and Optimizing Activity of CoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction through the Synergic Effect of N Dopants and S Vacancies

    Article • ACS Energy Letters, April 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  35. Enhanced oxygen evolution reaction by Co-O-C bonds in rationally designed Co 3 O 4 /graphene nanocomposites

    Article • Nano Energy, March 2017, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  36. Origin of Magnetism in Hydrothermally Aged 2-Line Ferrihydrite Suspensions

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, February 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  37. Electrochemical oxidation of C3 saturated alcohols on Co3O4 in alkaline

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, February 2017, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  38. Improved Reversibility of Fe3+/Fe4+Redox Couple in Sodium Super Ion Conductor Type Na3Fe2(PO4)3for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Advanced Materials, January 2017, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  39. AI-BL1.0: a program for automatic on-line beamline optimization using the evolutionary algorithm

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, January 2017, International Union of Crystallography

    yonghua Du

  40. The role of metal–support interaction for CO-free hydrogen from low temperature ethanol steam reforming on Rh–Fe catalysts

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  41. Ex situ XAS investigation of effect of binders on electrochemical performance of Li2Fe(SO4)2 cathode

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  42. Lanthanum oxycarbonate modified Cu/Al2O3 catalysts for selective hydrogenolysis of glucose to propylene glycol: base site requirements

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  43. Selective conversion of lactic acid to acrylic acid over alkali and alkaline-earth metal co-modified NaY zeolites

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  44. Unique PCoN Surface Bonding States Constructed on g-C3N4Nanosheets for Drastically Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of H2Evolution

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, December 2016, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  45. Intrinsic Ferromagnetism in the Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Co:TiO2

    Article • Physical Review Letters, November 2016, American Physical Society (APS)

    yonghua Du

  46. Intrinsically Conductive Perovskite Oxides with Enhanced Stability and Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Reduction Reactions

    Article • ACS Catalysis, October 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  47. One-Pot Synthesis of Fe(III)–Polydopamine Complex Nanospheres: Morphological Evolution, Mechanism, and Application of the Carbonized Hybrid Nanospheres in Catalysis and Zn–Air Battery

    Article • Langmuir, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  48. Oxygen Tuned Local Structure and Phase-Change Performance of Germanium Telluride

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, August 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  49. Polyoxometalate immobilized in MIL-101(Cr) as an efficient catalyst for water oxidation

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, July 2016, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  50. Unravelling the anomalous electrical and optical phase-change characteristics in FeTe

    Article • Acta Materialia, June 2016, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  51. In Situ Raman Spectroscopy of Copper and Copper Oxide Surfaces during Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Identification of Cu III Oxides as Catalytically Active Species

    Article • ACS Catalysis, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  52. Nitrogen-doped cobalt phosphate@nanocarbon hybrids for efficient electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du, Haimei Zheng

  53. High-performance NaFePO4formed by aqueous ion-exchange and its mechanism for advanced sodium ion batteries

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  54. Highly efficient rutile TiO2 photocatalysts with single Cu(ii) and Fe(iii) surface catalytic sites

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  55. One-pot synthesis of polydopamine–Zn complex antifouling coatings on membranes for ultrafiltration under harsh conditions

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  56. Fe2O3 Nanoparticle/SWCNT Composite Electrode for Sensitive Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Hydroquinone

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, October 2015, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  57. Highly dispersed supported metal catalysts prepared via in-situ self-assembled core-shell precursor route

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, October 2015, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  58. Bifunctional Mo3VOx/H4SiW12O40/Al2O3 catalysts for one-step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid: Catalyst structural evolution and reaction pathways

    Article • Applied Catalysis B Environment and Energy, September 2015, Elsevier

    yonghua Du, Dr ziyi zhong

  59. High-temperature water–gas shift reaction over Ni/xK/CeO2 catalysts: Suppression of methanation via formation of bridging carbonyls

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, September 2015, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  60. β-FeOOH: An Earth-Abundant High-Capacity Negative Electrode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, August 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  61. Frontispiece: A Step-by-Step Assembly of a 3D Coordination Polymer in the Solid-State by Desolvation and [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, August 2015, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  62. A Step-by-Step Assembly of a 3D Coordination Polymer in the Solid-State by Desolvation and [2+2] Cycloaddition Reactions

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2015, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  63. XAFCA: a new XAFS beamline for catalysis research

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, April 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    yonghua Du

  64. General method for automatic on-line beamline optimization based on genetic algorithm

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, April 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    yonghua Du

  65. Facile synthesis of copper nanoparticles in glycerol at room temperature: formation mechanism

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du, Professor Maksudur Rahman Khan

  66. Supported H4SiW12O40/Al2O3 solid acid catalysts for dehydration of glycerol to acrolein: Evolution of catalyst structure and performance with calcination temperature

    Article • Applied Catalysis A General, January 2015, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  67. Metal–organic framework immobilized cobalt oxide nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic water oxidation

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry A, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  68. Superior Lithium Storage Properties of β-FeOOH

    Article • Advanced Energy Materials, December 2014, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  69. Speciation and localization of Zn in the hyperaccumulator Sedum alfredii by extended X-ray absorption fine structure and micro-X-ray fluorescence

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, November 2014, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  70. Achieve sub-10 pm spatial resolution using EXAFS

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, June 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    yonghua Du, IUCr Journals

  71. Bimetallic Ni–Cu catalyst supported on CeO2 for high-temperature water–gas shift reaction: Methane suppression via enhanced CO adsorption

    Article • Journal of Catalysis, May 2014, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  72. Incorporation of Cl into sequentially deposited lead halide perovskite films for highly efficient mesoporous solar cells

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  73. Disruption of Putrescine Biosynthesis in Shewanella oneidensis Enhances Biofilm Cohesiveness and Performance in Cr(VI) Immobilization

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    yonghua Du

  74. Rh–Fe/Ca–Al2O3: A Unique Catalyst for CO-Free Hydrogen Production in Low Temperature Ethanol Steam Reforming

    Article • Topics in Catalysis, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    yonghua Du

  75. Post-synthesis modification of a metal–organic framework to construct a bifunctional photocatalyst for hydrogen production

    Article • Energy & Environmental Science, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    yonghua Du

  76. The structure of Mn-doped tris(8-hydroxyquinoline)gallium by extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and first principles calculations

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, December 2012, American Institute of Physics

    yonghua Du

  77. Thickness-dependent twinning evolution and ferroelectric behavior of epitaxialBiFeO3(001) thin films

    Article • Physical Review B, August 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    yonghua Du

  78. Spatial Imaging and Speciation of Lead in the Accumulator Plant Sedum alfredii by Microscopically Focused Synchrotron X-ray Investigation

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    yonghua Du

  79. A new cell for X-ray absorption spectroscopy study under high pressure

    Article • Chinese Physics C, July 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    yonghua Du

  80. Projected gradient methods for synchrotron radiation spectra distribution function reconstruction

    Article • Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    yonghua Du

  81. On projected gradient methods for regularizing reconstruction of synchrotron radiation spectra distribution function

    Article • PAMM, December 2007, Wiley

    yonghua Du

  82. Mechanism of removal of arsenic by bead cellulose loaded with iron oxyhydroxide (β-FeOOH): EXAFS study

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, October 2007, Elsevier

    yonghua Du

  83. Measurement of synchrotron radiation spectra using combined attenuation method and regularized inversion

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, September 2006, Elsevier

    yonghua Du