2025
Haotian Zheng, Di Wu, Shuxiao Wang*, Xiangdong Li, Ling N. Jin, Bin Zhao, Shengyue Li, Yisheng Sun, Zhaoxin Dong, Qingru Wu, Xiu Chen, Yuzhe Liu, Jianmin Chen, Hezhong Tian, Qian Liu, Jingkun Jiang, Haidong Kan, Kebin He, Hong He, Chuncheng Chen, Jincai Zhao, Scott Weichenthal, John S. Ji, Aaron J. Cohen, Jiming Hao, Qing Li*. Control of toxicity of fine particulate matter emissions in China. Nature, 2025, 643, 404-411.
Siqin Liu, Kun Dang, Lei Wu, Shuming Bai, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Nearly Barrierless Four-Hole Water Oxidation Catalysis on Semiconductor Photoanodes with High Density of Accumulated Surface Holes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147(5), 4520-4530.
Zhiyong Zhang, Qing Huang, Yangen Xie, Boyang Zhang, Qi Zhao, Xingmiao Huang, Na Yang, Hongwei Ji, Chuncheng Chen, Hua Sheng*, Jincai Zhao. Solar-driven direct coupling of atmospheric CO2 with ammonia for urea synthesis. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 10493.
Qi Zhao, Qiang Huang, Ran Duan, Zhiyong Zhang, Yangen Xie, Wenjing Song, Hua Sheng*, Jincai Zhao. Dynamic identification of reactive iron-oxo species in heterogeneous fenton-like reaction via operando stopped-flow IR spectroscopy. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 9227.
Lei Wu, Kun Dang, Qiaozhen Li, Yi Xu, Yuchao Zhang*, Jincai Zhao. Direct generation of nitrogen-centered radicals via non-covalent interaction between Cu complexes and BiVO4 photoanodes. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 8676.
Ji-Zhe Zhang, Xin-Biao Xu, Yanjun Gong, Zhu-Bo Wang, Xiao-Zhuo Qi, Xiao-Jing Liu, Yuan-Hao Yang, Zheng-Hui Tian, Jia-Qi Wang, Yan-Lei Zhang, Ming Li, Yongxian Guo, Yingde Yan, Chun-Hua Dong, Xi-Feng Ren, Yifan Zhang, Chuang Zhang, Guang-Can Guo, Yanke Che*, Chang-ling Zou*. Optically-driven organic nano-step actuator for reconfigurable photonic circuits. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 8213.
Wenjun Tai, Lishan Sun, Shuya Liu, Qiongzheng Hu, Li Yu*, Yanke Che*, Yanjun Gong*, Jincai Zhao. Crafting defects in two-dimensional organic platelets via seeded coassembly enables emergent molecular recognition. Nat. Commun., 2025, 16, 7968.
Zhiyong Zhang, Yang Wang, Yangen Xie, Toru Tsukamoto, Qi Zhao, Qing Huang, Xingmiao Huang, Boyang Zhang, Wenjing Song, Chuncheng Chen, Hua Sheng* and Jincai Zhao, Floatable Artificial Leaf to Couple Oxygen-Tolerant CO2 Conversion with Water Purification, Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 274.
Jie Yang, Chaoyuan Deng, Yu Lei, Mengyu Duan, Yisen Yang,Chen, Sipeng Yang, Jikun Li, Hua Sheng, Weiqun Shi, Chuncheng Chen* and Jincai Zhao, Fe-N Co-Doped BiVO4 Photoanode with Record Photocurrent for Water Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202416340.
Bo Sheng*, Xingmiao Huang, Qi Zhao, Zhiyong Zhang, Ran Duan, Jing Zhang, Chuncheng Chen, Jincai Zhao, Hua Sheng*. Discriminative Peroxymonosulfate Activation on Iron Carbides for Redox-Neutral Singlet Oxygen Generation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202519774.
Samuel Pearce, Harvey K. MacKenzie, Huda Shaikh, Zhonghuan Liu, Robert Harniman, Jean Charles Eloi, Sean Davis, Robert M. Richardson, Etienne A. Lapierre, Ian Manners, Yifan Zhang*, Probing the Heteroepitaxial Seeded Growth and Self-Sorting Processes of Segmented Co-Micelles with Chemically Distinct Crystalline Cores, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202506872
Xingmiao Huang, Shijie Xie, Bo Sheng, Bowen Xiao, Chuncheng Chen, Hua Sheng* and Jincai Zhao, Air-Level Oxygen Enables 100% Selectivity in Urea Synthesis via Photocatalytic C-N Coupling of CO and Ammonia, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202505630.
Kun Dang, Lei Wu, Siqin Liu, Shenlong Zhao, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Harnessing Adsorbate-Adsorbate Interaction to Activate C-N Bond for Exceptional Photoelectrochemical Urea Oxidation, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64(14), e202423457.
Jincai Zhao* and Baoshan Xing, Advancing Environmental Interfacial Chemistry of Fine Particles: from Classical Models to Multi-factor Coupling Framework, Natl. Sci. Rev. 2025, 12(6), nwaf175.
Cancan Ling, Meiqi Li, Hao Li, Xiufan Liu, Furong Guo, Yi Liu, Rui Zhang, Jincai Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. High-spin surface FeIV=O synthesis with molecular oxygen and pyrite for selective methane oxidation. Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 7642.
Cancan Ling, Hao Li*, Yaling Li, Long Zhao, Sicong Ma, Yi Liu, Meiqi Li*, Jincai Zhao, Lizhi Zhang*. Homolytic H2O Dissociation into Hydroxyl and Hydrogen Radicals on Sulfur-Deficient Greigite for Efficient Hydration Reactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 25052−25060.
Yu Lei, Chen Cheng, Yangjian Zhou, Xiaoran Chen, Xin Lei, Wenjing Song, Zhimin Qiang*, Chuncheng Chen*, Jincai Zhao. Unraveling the Radical Chemistry of Nitrophenols and Biomass-Burning Brown Carbon in Waters. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2025, 59, 16675-16684.
Cao-Bo Li, Xue-Ning Li, Zhi-Cheng Li, Jikun Li, Zhi-Xiang Wang*, Zhong-Hua Gao*, Song Ye*. Enantioselective Acylation of Benzylic C(sp3)-H Bond Enabled by a Cooperative Photoredox and N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202421151.
Chenglong Liao, Yanxue Che, Yanjun Gong, Zongjun Yu, Lishan Sun, Hongwei Ji, Tie Wang*, Yanke Che*, Jincai Zhao. Sub-Centimeter-Long Tubular Organic Crystal Featuring Photoregulated Microfluidic Transport. Chem. Mater., 2025, 37, 9471-9478.
Qin He, Dongge Ma*, Yangyang Du, Qiang Huang, Jianfei Ji, Xu Wang, Hongwei Ji*, Wanhong Ma* and Jincai Zhao, An Atypical Heterojunction in Favor of Conversion of CO2 and Sunlight into C2H4, Adv. Sci. 2025, 12, 2503336.
Yangxin Liu, Dan Su, Yuchen Huang, Hao Yang, Yingde Yan, zhonghuan Liu, Hongwei Ji, Chuncheng Chen, Yifan Zhang*, Jincai Zhao, Tailored Self-assembled Biomimetic Nanofibers for Light-Driven β-lactam Antibiotics Degradation in Water, Chem. Eur. J. 2025, 31(32), e202500043.
Lishan Sun, Tianyan Zhang, Yanxue Che, Jiangfan Shi, Yangyang Ren, Yan Yan, Hongwei Ji, Wenjing Song, Yanjun Gong*, Ling Zang*, Yanke Che* and Jincai Zhao, Photoinduced Proton-Transfer-Mediated Molecular Recognition in Molecular Crystals, Anal. Chem. 2025, 97(18), 10010-10018.
Yangyang Ren, Chenglong Liao, Yanxue Che, Hongwei Ji, Yanjun Gong*, Ling Zang*, Yanke Che* and Jincai Zhao, Measurement of Anisotropic Exciton Transport Lengths in Organic Crystals Using Photoetching, Small 2025, 21, 2503430.
Siqin Liu, Zhenlin Chen, Jiaming Wang, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Plasmon-induced Repulsive Interactions between Surface-trapped Holes on Hematite Photoanodes, Appl. Catal. B-Environ. Energy 2025, 374, 125410.
Hao Wang, Zixuan Zeng, Ran Duan, Hua Sheng, Chao Shan, Wenjing Song* and Jincai Zhao, Surface-Complexation-Directed Selective Oxidation of Phosphonates by Decoration of Copper Anchoring Sites, Chem. Eng. J. 2025, 507, 160724.
Lishan Sun, Chenglong Liao, Zihua Zhu, Yangyang Ren, Ran Duan, Hongwei Ji, Ling Zang*, Yanke Che* and Jincai Zhao, Lockable Multiple Twisting in Donor-Acceptor Molecules for Emergent Crysalline Structures and Optical Properties, Chem. Mater. 2025, 37(4), 1570−1577.
Chaoyuan Deng, Mengyu Duan, Yukun Zhao, Youji Li, Jie Yang, Sipeng Yang, Hongwei Ji, Hua Sheng, Chuncheng Chen* and Jincai Zhao, Non-radical Photoelectrochemical Production of Free Chlorine from Diluted Chloride Solution on BiVO4, Appl. Catal. B-Environ. Energy 2025, 361, 124644.
Yangfan Li, Xingmiao Huang, Boyang Zhang, Chuncheng Chen, Hua Sheng* and Jincai Zhao, Mixed CO Adsorption Modes Induced by Lattice Strain to Facilitate C-C Coupling during Electrochemical CO Reduction, Appl. Catal. B-Environ. Energy 2025, 361, 124627.
Qing Du, Yanfen Fang*, Xing Lan, Cheng Gu, Di Huang, Zhou Shen, Zhi Zhu, Chuncheng Chen, Yan Yan*. Upcycling Iron Oxide Scale Slag into a High-Performance, Sustainable Ozone Catalyst. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202415689.
Gong Li, Bingrui Xu, Xiaopu Wang, Jianfan Yu, Yifan Zhang, Rongxin Xu, Fan Yang, Hongcheng Gu, Yuchen Huang, Yujie Chen, Yanfeng Zhang, Zhuoran Wang, Guozhen Shen, Yeliang Wang, Huikai Xie, Aaron R. Wheeler, Jifang Li*, Shuailong Zhang*. Crossing the Dimensional Divide with Optoelectronic Tweezers: Multicomponent Light-Driven Micromachines with Motion Transfer in Three Dimensions. Adv. Mater., 2025, 37, 2417742.
Shuying Wang, Ziqi Meng, Peng Zhang*, Tianzeng Chen, Biwu Chu, Qingxin Ma, Yonghong Wang, Chuncheng Chen, Shuxiao Wang, Jincai Zhao, Hong He*. Cycling of Gaseous Reactive Nitrogen Oxides and Its Role in Driving Secondary Pollution. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2025, 59, 24650-24671.
Yiqiu Wu, Zhixiang Wang, Guangfei Yu, Yuehong Zhao, Chuncheng Chen, Yongbing Xie*, Hongbin Cao*. Interpretable Machine Learning Models Delivering a New Perspective for the Reaction Mechanism between Organic Pollutants and Oxidative Radicals. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2025, 59, 1264-1273.
Yiqun Cao, Zhuo Wang, Jiarong Liu, Shuying Li, Jun Liu, Hao Li, Peng Zhang, Tianzeng Chen, Yonghong Wang, Biwu Chu, Pengfei Liu, Yujing Mu, Ge Tian, Wenjing Song, Chuncheng Chen, Jincai Zhao, Xiuhui Zhang*, Qingxin Ma*, Hong He. Spontaneous Oxygen−Carbonate Synergistic Photoactivation as a Novel Pathway for Atmospheric Radicals. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2025, 59, 20536-20545.
Dezhi Kong, Yafei Fan, Feifei Wang, Fanyu Zhang, Qi Zhao, Zhaoli Sun, Jianfei Yao, Menghui Chu, Guo Wang, Guanyun Zhang*, Zhaoyong Guan*, Hua Sheng, Yifeng Wan*. Boosting Singlet Oxygen Oxidation of Micropollutants at an Enzyme-like Bifunctional Single-Atom Catalyst Interface. ACS Catal., 2025, 15, 8174-8184.
Jie Yang, Yu Lei, Mengyu Duan, Yufan Zhang, Sipeng Yang, Ge Tian, Yukun Zhao*, Ran Duan, Jikun Li, Wenjing Song, Chuncheng Chen*, Jincai Zhao. Highly efficient photoelectrochemical azido-hydroxylation of alkenes by metal-free tandem addition of two radicals. Sci. China Chem., 2025, 68, 3770-3777.
Jinzhu Ma, Biwu Chu, Xiaotong Li, Huihui Wang, Qingxin Ma, Guangzhi He, Qian Liu, Shuxiao Wang, Kebin He, Jincai Zhao, Hong He*. Environmental catalytic city: New engine for air pollution control. J. Environ. Sci., 2025, 156, 576-583.
Wei Zhang, Lan Wang*, Fu Wang, Mingyang Xing*, Chuanyi Wang, Jincai Zhao. Spatially asymmetric catalyst design with electron-rich Cu sites to facilitate full-spectrum photo-Fenton-like catalysis. Chem Catal., 2025, 5, 101358.
Zhiqiang Zhu, Lan Wang*, Chuanyi Wang, Jincai Zhao. Coupled Nanoconfinement Effect and Host–Guest Interaction in the Fe(III)-Oxalate/LDH System for a Highly Efficient Photoassisted Fenton Reaction. ACS ES&T Eng., 2025, 5, 2007-2018.
Huan Liu, Qingcai Chen*, Tengfei Xu, Ke Ji, Bo Wang, Heng Liu, Wenhao Liu, Jingwen Cheng, Yukun Hu, Shu Yin*, Chuanyi Wang, Jincai Zhao. In situ construction of heterojunctions between Co3O4 nanonets and Fe2O3 nanospheres for efficient triethylamine detection. Sens. Actuators. B. Chem., 2025, 442, 138137.
Huan Liu, Qingcai Chen*, Tengfei Xu, Heng Liu, Lei Miao, Wenhao Liu, Jingwen Cheng, Shu Yin*, Chuanyi Wang, Jincai Zhao. Chemiresistive triethylamine detection based on the novel Ti3C2Tx/Co-BDC gas sensor. Sens. Actuators. B. Chem., 2025, 423, 136738.
Xinxin Liang, Ying Tang, Yongqian Cui, Qingyun Tian, Qibing Dong, Ximing Li, Feng Yu, Jincai Zhao, Chuanyi Wang*. Photothermal reforming of polylactic acid plastics into pyruvic acid with 92.8% selectivity at S-scheme Ov-BiVO4/CdS heterostructures. Chem Catal., 2025, 5, 101490.
Ying Yang, Xiansheng Li, Hanmo Yin, Ximeng Xu*, Qingqing Guan, Chuncheng Chen. Enhancing degradation of micropollutants and utilization of ferrate by oxygen-vacancy-activated ferrate species on CeO2. Chem. Eng. J., 2025, 504, 159021.
Qintian Peng, Hailin Tian, Houle Zhou, Li Wang, Huibin Niu, Ruiping Li, Yee Wen Teh, Yingping Huang, Haiyan Shi*, Chuncheng Chen, Liqun Ye*. Crystal OH boosting piezocatalytic H2O2 synthesis by Bi3O(PO4)2OH from pure water for atrazine degradation. Sep. Purif. Technol., 2025, 367, 132786.
Penglei Xu, Huiluan Qin, Chen Wang, Feiyang Zhang, Zhixin Yu, Ran Duan, Chuncheng Chen, Qi Shen*, Chunyan Sun*. N⋯Br halogen bond enhanced visible-light degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether on organic amine intercalated zinc sulfide. Inorg. Chem. Front., 2025, 12, 3305-3312.
Danyi Chen, Rongrong Zhao, Hongllin Liu*, Yiqun Tian, Cuiwen Deng, Chuncheng Chen, Xiang Liu, Di Huang, Yingping Huang*. Selective glyphosate degradation via oxygen activation using Fe-N-C: Critical role of size exclusion. J. Hazard. Mater., 2025, 490, 137810.
Shuya Liu, Qiongzheng Hu*, Wenjun Tai, Yongxian Guo, Yan Yan, Yanjun Gong*, Li Yu*, Yanke Che. Tailored 2D Hierarchical Architectures via Interfacial Living Supramolecular Polymerization for Enhanced Exciton Migration. Aggregate, 2025, 6, e70155.
Chunji Li, Guanlin Chen, Jiaming Guo, Yinghao Shi, Jikun Li, Jingchun Tang*. FeS/rGO modified cathode for enhanced electrochemical activity and TCE degradation in PS-MFC system. J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 2025, 13, 116464.
Jingyu Cui, Jing Li, Chunlong Sun, Zanyang Gu, Guohao Dai, Yuan Tian, Jikun Li, Jintao Feng, Long Ye, Yuanping Yi, Weigang Zhu*. Efficient Shortwave Infrared Photodetection Through Polymer:Cocrystal Blend Film-Based Field-Effect Transistors. Adv. Opt. Mater., 2025, 13, 2403275.
Yantao Yang, Jinjie Hao, Yangen Xie, Zhengwei Yang, Yufan Zhang, Ran Duan, Hua Sheng, Baipeng Yin*, Chuang Zhang. Chirality-Induced Spin Selectivity of Photo-Generated Electrons in Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Perovskites for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Small, 2025, 21, 2503317.
Ying Jiang, Chong Wang, Tianyang Dong, Yupeng Song, Tao Wang, Haibing Che, Hua Sheng, Bo Wu*, Chunru Wang*. Fullerene C70-Encapsulated Tetrathiafulvalene-Co Porphyrin Covalent Organic Framework: Driving Multistep Charge Transfer to Boost CO2 Photoreduction. Adv. Sci. 2025, 12, 2505161.
Bo Yu, Shuya Liu*, Xinyu Lin, Zhi Zhu, Yongsheng Yan, Yanjun Gong, Yanke Che, Yan Yan*, Weidong Shi*. Breathing air into water: dual-pathway H2O2 synthesis via aerating amphiphilic supramolecular films. Energy Environ. Sci., 2025, 18, 8382–8390.
Haiyang Shi, Shaoqi Ding, Yanan Tian, Shuaikang Li, Liqun Ye, Ruiping Li, Yingping Huang*, Feng Chen, Ping Wang, Xuefei Wang*, Chuncheng Chen. Weakened interfacial O2 adsorption by modulating charge density of Pd atom in the vertical-growth Bi nanosheets toward boosted H2O2 photosynthesis. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2025, 107, 682–692.
Changsheng Du, Tongtong Jia, Wenjing Na, Haojie Huang, Zewen You, Yunqi Liu, Wenjing Song, Jianyi Chen*. Synergistic linkage engineering in covalent organic frameworks for boosting photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025,13, 5954–5960.
Jiaming Wang, Lei Wu, Siqin Liu, Shunan Liu, Hongwei Ji, Chuncheng Cheng, Yuchao Zhang* and Jincai Zhao, Bias Distribution and Regulation for Efficient Oxygen Atom Transfer in Photoelectrochemical Cells Coupled with Styrene Epoxidation and CO2 Reduction, J. Catal. 2025, 443, 115941.