Lab log
April 22, 2025
Wenxuan's work on the electrochemically promoted activation of light alkanes is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Electrochemically Promoted Activation of Light Alkanes at Ambient Conditions" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
March 29, 2025
Haocheng and Donghuan's work on the automated CO₂ electrolysis enabling stable formate production is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Sustainable Synthesis of Concentrated Formate via CO2 Electrolysis Integrated with Cl2 Formation" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
September 10, 2024
Haocheng and Donghuan's work on the electrochemical conversion of bicarbonate to formate is published in Journal of Energy Chemistry. Congratulations!
This research article titled "CO2-mediated Bicarbonate Conversion to Concentrated Formate in a CEM-based Electrolyzer" is published in Journal of Energy Chemistry.
August 30, 2024
Our work collaborated with Mu-jeng's group on the computational study of CO₂ electrolysis is published in ChemCatChem. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Influence of Copper Surfaces on CO2 vs. CO C-C Coupling Efficiency" is published in ChemCatChem.
June 25, 2024
Donghuan and Jiajie successfully passed their thesis defenses for Doctor's Degree.
Congratulations!
"Que tu brilles enfin, terme pur de ma course !" (French + sparkling drinks ≈ Champagnes)
June 12, 2024
Our work collaborated with Bingjun's group on C-H bond activation is published in The Journal of American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Selective C–H Bond Activation in Propane with Molecular Oxygen over Cu(I)-ZSM-5 at Ambient Conditions" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
June 6, 2024
Haocheng's work on a novel catalytic reaction system to synthesize urea is published in Nature Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Urea Synthesis via Electrocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of CO with NH₃ on Pt" is published in Nature Catalysis.
March 2, 2024
Jiajie's work on the electrochemical interface of CORR on Cu using high-pressure spectroscopy is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Influence of Electric Double Layer Rigidity on CO Adsorption and Electroreduction Rate" is published in Nature Communications.
February 29, 2024
Jiajie's work on the quantitative analysis of the electrochemical interface with CO adsorbates is published in Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Influence of CO Adsorption on the Structure of Electric Double Layer on Cu Surface" is published in Journal of Catalysis.
January 30, 2024
Chunsong and Haochen's work on the microchannel reactor design for propane oxidation is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Efficient Conversion of Propane in a Microchannel Reactor at Ambient Conditions" is published in Nature Communications.
January 11, 2024
Our work collaborated with Bingjun's group on the spectroscopic investigation is published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Understanding the Effect of Specific Adsorption on the Vibrational Stark Effect of Adsorbates on an Electrode Surface via Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy" is published in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers.
Nov 17, 2023
Jiajie, Haocheng, and Wenxuan attended the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando and gave presentations on their research projects.
Aug 21, 2023
Our work collaborated with Mu-jeng's group in the computational study of C-C bond formation is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Identification of CO2 as a Reactive Reagent for C–C Bond Formation via Copper-Catalyzed Electrochemical Reduction" is published in ACS Catalysis.
Aug 19, 2023
Donghuan presented his work entitled "Durable production of concentrated formate in a CO₂ electrolyzer stack" in the 2023 ACS Fall Meeting held in San Fransisco.
July 21, 2023
Haochen and Chunsong's work on a novel reaction system to activate light alkanes is published in Nature Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Activation of light alkanes at room temperature and ambient pressure" is published in Nature Catalysis.
May 12, 2023
Chunsong and Ming successfully passed their thesis defenses for Doctor's Degree. Congratulations!
Apr 13, 2023
Haocheng's work benchmarking commercial Cu catalysts in CO2RR using a flow electrolyzer is published in Chemical Communcations. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Benchmarking of commercial Cu catalysts in CO2 electro-reduction using a gas-diffusion type microfluidic flow electrolyzer" is published in Chemical Communications.
Apr 1, 2023
Chunsong and Ming attended the 2023 ACS Spring Meeting in Indianapolis and presented their research work.
May 28, 2023
Congratulations to Chunsong for winning the third prize in the ENFL Student Travel Award Competition held by the Division of Energy and Fuels, American Chemical Society.
Feb 8, 2023
Jing and Haocheng's work on catalyst design to promote CORR towards multi-carbon liquid products is published in Nature Communcations. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Weak CO binding sites induced by Cu–Ag interfaces promote CO electroreduction to multi-carbon liquid products" is published in Nature Communications.
Jan 19, 2023
Haocheng's work correlating CO adsorption enthalpy with CORR activity is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Correlating Experimentally Determined CO Adsorption Enthalpy with Electrochemical CO Reduction Performance on Cu Surfaces" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
Nov 20, 2022
Jiajie's work on high-pressure in situ spectroscopic and reactivity investigations of CORR on Cu is published in The Journal of American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Correlating CO Coverage and CO Electroreduction on Cu via High-Pressure in Situ Spectroscopic and Reactivity Investigations" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Oct 26, 2022
Jing's work exploring CORR pathways using alkyl species as probes is published in The Journal of American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Intercepting Elusive Intermediates in Cu-Mediated CO Electrochemical Reduction with Alkyl Species" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Oct 12, 2022
Donghuan's perspective paper on CO2/CO electroreduction in flow electrolyzers is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
A perspective article from Donghuan, titled "Progress and Understanding of CO2/CO Electroreduction in Flow Electrolyzers" is published in ACS Catalysis.
Aug 26, 2022
Donghuan won the Oral Presentation Prize at the ENFL Virtual Asia-Pacific Graduate Student Symposium at the 2022 ACS Fall Meeting. Congratulations!
Jun 26, 2022
Haochen and Jing won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award at Tsinghua University. Congratulations!
May 19, 2022
Congratulations to Ming for winning the second prize in the ENFL Student Travel Award Competition held by the Division of Energy and Fuels, American Chemical Society.
May 9, 2022
Haochen and Jing have successfully passed their thesis defenses for Doctor's Degree and become the first two Ph.D. graduates of the group. Congratulations!
May 6, 2022
Ming's work revealing the beneficial role of an oxidized Cu species in CO2RR is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
Another work from Ming, titled "Selective Enhancement of Methane Formation in Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Enabled by a Raman-Inactive Oxygen-Containing Species on Cu" is published in ACS Catalysis.
April 21, 2022
Ming's work demonstrating the role of oxidized tin species under CO2 electroreduction conditions is published in Chinese Journal of Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Probing the role of surface speciation of tin oxide and tin catalysts on CO2 electroreduction combining in situ Raman spectroscopy and reactivity investigations" is published in Chinese Journal of Catalysis.
March 12, 2022
Ming and Chunsong gave oral presentations on their latest research at the 2022 ACS Spring Meeting.
November 15, 2021
Our work collaborated with Bingjun's group on the identification of rate-determining steps in CO electroreduction on Cu is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
This research article titled "C-C Coupling Is Unlikely to Be the Rate-Determining Step in the Formation of C2+ Products in the Copper-Catalyzed Electrochemical Reduction of CO" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
November 04, 2021
Wenxuan's work elucidating the power of machine learning on predictions for formate production from CO2RR is published in CIESC Journal. Congratulations!
Wenxuan's first paper, titled "Investigation of electroreduction of carbon dioxide into formate based on machine learning" is published in CIESC Journal.
September 24, 2021
Our work collaborated with Bingjun's group on the intrinsic Stark tuning rate of adsorbed CO on Cu is published in Catalysis Science & Technology. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Determining intrinsic stark tuning rates of adsorbed CO on copper surfaces" is published in Catalysis Science & Technology.
September 14, 2021
Chunsong's work demonstrating the active species for improved CO2RR on Ag induced by O2 coelectrolysis is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article exploring the activity of CO2RR on Ag with the existence of O2 using both electrochemical measurements and in-situ Raman spectroscopy, titled "Oxyhydroxide Species Enhances CO2 Electroreduction to CO on Ag via Coelectrolysis with O2" is published in ACS Catalysis.
July 16, 2021
Our first serious group picture!
Not serious at all.
July 8, 2021
Haochen, Jiayi, and Donghuan designed a computational project based on machine learning and have the results published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
This research article demonstrating the efficacy of machine learning for the fast screening of active catalytic surfaces for CO2RR, titled "Machine Learning Investigation of Supplementary Adsorbate Influence on Copper for Enhanced Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction Performance" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
Jun 1, 2021
Jing's work in hardcore understanding of CO electroreduction on Cu surface is published in Nature Communcations. Congratulations!
This very tough to read article titled "Electrokinetic and In situ Spectroscopic Investigations of CO Electrochemical Reduction on Copper" is published in Nature Communications.
May 27, 2021
Jiayi has successfully passed his thesis defense for Master's degree and becomes the first graduate of the group. Congratulations!
April 11, 2021
Ming won the First Prize in Poster Competition at 2021 Chinese Chemical Society International Symposium on Electrocatalysis and Electrosynthesis. Congratulations!
March 05, 2021
Haochen's work in electrochemical light alkanes conversion is published in The Journal of American Chemical Society. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Selective Activation of Propane by Intermediates Generated During Water Oxidation" is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.
January 21, 2021
Our work collaborated with Mu-jeng's group in the computational study of C-C bond formations in CO₂ electroreduction is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
This research article titled "First-Principles Study of C–C Coupling Pathways for CO₂ Electrochemical Reduction Catalyzed by Cu(110)" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
November 16, 2020
Our work collaborated with Mu-jeng's group in the computational study of oxygen reduction reaction with constant potential model is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Evaluating Potential Catalytic Active Sites on Nitrogen-Doped Graphene for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: An Approach Based on Constant-Electrode-Potential Density Functional Theory Calculations" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
November 6, 2020
Our work collaborated with Bingjun' group in studying cation ion effect on CO electroreduction is published in Science Advances. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Understanding the electric and nonelectric field components of the cation effect on the electrochemical CO reduction reaction" is published in Science Advances.
July 31, 2020
Ming and Chunsong's work exploring the impact of oxygen species on CO₂ electroreduction is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
Ming and Chunsong's first paper, titled "Oxygen induced promotion of electrochemical reduction of CO₂ via co-electrolysis" is published in Nature Communications.
March 10, 2020
Jing played some 2-dimensional nanomaterials at his spare time and published a work in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
Jing's bullshiting materials paper, titled "Two-dimensional SnO₂ Nanosheets for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Formate" is published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.
February 18, 2020
Kuan's computational paper exploring CO₂ electroreduction in confined spaces is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter. Congratulations!
One more computational work from Kuan, titled "Improving CO₂ Electrochemical Reduction to CO Using Space Confinement between Gold or Silver Nanoparticles" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letter.
December 14, 2019
Congratulations to Haochen on winning 2nd prize at the 2019 American Chemical Society Shanghai Chapter Graduate Academic Achievement Competition!
December 12, 2019
Our work in collaboration with Bingjun' group in spectroscopic study of CO electroreduction is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
This research article titled "Impact of Forced Convection on Spectroscopic Observations of the Electrochemical CO Reduction Reaction" is published in ACS Catalysis.
December 10, 2019
Jing's paper demonstrating that highly concentrated hydroxide solution does not improve C2+ product formation in electrochemical CO₂/CO conversion is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Congratulations!
A research article from Jing, titled "Hydroxide Is Not a Promoter of C2+ Product Formation in Electrochemical Reduction of CO on Copper" is published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
November 27, 2019
Kuan's perspective paper on thermal CO₂ conversion using ceria-based materials is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
A review article from Kuan, titled "Application of Ceria in CO₂ Conversion Catalysis" is published in ACS Catalysis.
November 16, 2019
Haochen attended the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando and gave an oral presentation on his recent project.
September 22, 2019
Jiayi's review article focusing on catalyst design for high-performance hydrogen peroxide production is published in Small. Congratulations!
A review article from Jiayi, titled "Tailoring the Electrochemical Production of H₂O₂: Strategies for the Rational Design of High‐Performance Electrocatalysts" is published in Small.
August 8, 2019
Kuan's paper exploring CO₂ electroreduction on carbon surfaces is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
Another computational work from Kuan, titled "Constant Electrode Potential Quantum Mechanical Study of CO2 Electrochemical Reduction Catalyzed by N-Doped Graphene" is published in ACS Catalysis.
July 26, 2019
Haochen's CO₂ electroreduction paper is published in Nature Communications. Congratulations!
A costly CO₂ electroreduction article demonstrating an effective catalyst design strategy from Haochen, titled "Computational and Experimental Demonstrations of One-pot Tandem Catalysis for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Methane" is published in Nature Communications.
April 24, 2019
Jing and Kuan's CO electroreduction paper is finally published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
A CO electroreduction article reporting electrodes with novel reaction scheme and mechanism probing from Jing and Kuan, titled "Effectively Increased Efficiency for Electroreduction of Carbon Monoxide Using Supported Polycrystalline Copper Powder Electrocatalysts" is published in ACS Catalysis. This is also the toughest publishing experience that Qi has ever had.
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December 1, 2018
Haochen and Jing's perspective paper is published in ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
A timely review article from Haochen and Jing, titled "CO Electroreduction: Current Development and Understanding of Cu-Based Catalyst" is published in ACS Catalysis.
November 3, 2018
Haochen and Jing attended the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh and gave oral presentations on their research projects.
October 29, 2018
The Chem-E-Car team led by Prof. Lu and Haochen won the 5th place in performance of the 2018 AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car Competition. Congratulations!
We are going to dominate this game next year!
May 20, 2018
The Chem-E-Car team led by Prof. Lu and Haochen won the championship of 2018 Regional Chem-E-Car Competition in China. Congratulations!
Our team is going to attend AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car Competition at Pittsburgh in October. Go team go!
January 11, 2018
Haochen's paper is published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Congratulations!
Haochen's first computational work, titled "The Importance of Grand-Canonical Quantum Mechanical Methods to Describe the Effect of Electrode Potential on the Stability of Intermediates Involved in both Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction and Hydrogen Evolution" is published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
October 31, 2017
Kuan's paper is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. Congratulations!
Another computational work from Kuan, titled "Grand Canonical Quantum Mechanical Study of the Effect of the Electrode Potential on N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adsorption on Au Surfaces" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.
June 13, 2017
Jing won the First Prize in Undergraduate Dissertation Award at Tsinghua University. Congratulations!
March 21, 2017
Kuan's paper is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Congratulations!
Kuan's first computational work, titled "Quantum Mechanical Study of N‑Heterocyclic Carbene Adsorption on Au Surfaces" is published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
March 19, 2017
The group website is officially online.
Several pages are still under construction though.