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Book Chapters

, 2025, 'Toward innovative photothermal catalysis', in Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Elsevier, pp. 431 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-33331-6.00120-2

Journal articles

Zhu YF; Yuwono JA; Wilson M; Xie B; Kumar P; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2025, 'Visible light contributions transform CO2 into higher hydrocarbons during Fischer Tropsch synthesis over K-Fe catalysts', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125736

Ma Z; Leverett J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Zhou S; Zhang D; Zhang M; Xie B; Peng L; Khan MHA; Londono SL; Kumar PV; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, 'Coupled NOx production and electrochemical conversion processes for sustainable ammonium synthesis from air', Chemical Engineering Journal, 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.168996

Xie B; Zhu YF; Shakeri M; Jin S; O’Connell G; Saha S; Mensi M; Kumar PV; Luterbacher JS; Lovell EC; Amal R; Kröcher O, 2025, 'Flame-Made Surface-Substituted Copper–Ceria as an Excellent Reverse Water–Gas Shift Reaction Catalyst via Three Reaction Pathways', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, pp. 32649 - 32661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c07701

Mani M; Mariandry K; Ghorpade UV; Saha S; Kokate R; Mishra R; Nielsen MP; Tilley R; Xie B; Suryawanshi MP; Kumar PV, 2025, 'Plasmonic Hot-Carrier Engineering at Bimetallic Nanoparticle/Semiconductor Interfaces: A Computational Perspective', Small, 21, pp. 2410173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202410173

Ma Z; Leverett J; Yuwono JA; Pan J; Zhou S; Zhang D; Zhang M; Xie B; Peng L; Khan MHA; Londono SL; Kumar PV; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R, 2025, 'Corrigendum to “coupled NOx production and electrochemical conversion processes for sustainable ammonium synthesis from air” [Chem. Eng. J. Volume 524 (2025) 168996] (Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) 524, (S1385894725098389), (10.1016/j.cej.2025.168996))', Chemical Engineering Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.170986

Yuan X; Li J; Sun K; Huang J; Cui X; Wang A; Xie B; Hoex B; Green M; Hao X, 2024, 'Improved carrier collection efficiency in CZTS solar cells by Li-enhanced liquid-phase-assisted grain growth', Ecoenergy, 2, pp. 181 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece2.31

Xie B; Hu D; Kumar P; Ordomsky VV; Khodakov AY; Amal R, 2024, 'Heterogeneous catalysis via light-heat dual activation: A path to the breakthrough in C1 chemistry', Joule, 8, pp. 312 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.12.013

Zhu YF; Xie B; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Sharma AS; Nielsen MP; Bendavid A; Amal R; Scott J; Lovell EC, 2024, 'Making light work: designing plasmonic structures for the selective photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Ees Catalysis, 2, pp. 834 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ey00315a

Zhu YF; Xie B; Amal R; Lovell EC; Scott J, 2023, 'Light-Enhanced Conversion of CO2 to Light Olefins: Basis in Thermal Catalysis, Current Progress, and Future Prospects', Small Structures, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sstr.202200285

Tan TH; Zhang H; Xie B; Mann R; Peng L; Yun SLJ; Amal R; Gu Z; Gunawan C, 2023, 'Hydroxyl Radical Generating Monovalent Copper Particles for Antimicrobial Application', Journal of Nanomaterials, 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/8812824

Xie B; Tan TH; Kalantar-Zadeh K; Zheng J; Kumar P; Jiang J; Zhou S; Scott J; Amal R, 2022, 'Promoting low-temperature methanol production over mixed oxide supported Cu catalysts: Coupling ceria-promotion and photo-activation', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121599

Yu M; Liu H; Xiao K; Xie B; Han Z; Wang DW, 2022, 'Redox-mediated proton transport of two-dimensional polyaniline-based nanochannels for fast capacitive performance', Battery Energy, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bte2.20210004

Ullah S; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Kumar PV; Amal R; Scott J, 2021, 'Photoenhanced CO2 methanation over La2O3 promoted Co/TiO2 catalysts', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120248

Jantarang S; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Altering the influence of ceria oxygen vacancies in Ni/CexSiy O2for photothermal CO2methanation', Catalysis Science and Technology, 11, pp. 5297 - 5309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1cy00136a

Zhou S; Sun K; Huang J; Lu X; Xie B; Zhang D; Hart JN; Toe CY; Hao X; Amal R, 2021, 'Accelerating Electron-Transfer and Tuning Product Selectivity Through Surficial Vacancy Engineering on CZTS/CdS for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction', Small, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202100496

Xie B; Lovell E; Tan TH; Jantarang S; Yu M; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Emerging material engineering strategies for amplifying photothermal heterogeneous CO2 catalysis', Journal of Energy Chemistry, 59, pp. 108 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.11.005

Jantarang S; Ligori S; Horlyck J; Lovell EC; Tan TH; Xie B; Amal R; Scott J, 2021, 'Plasma-induced catalyst support defects for the photothermal methanation of carbon dioxide', Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154195

Xie B; Kumar P; Tan TH; Esmailpour AA; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Scott J; Amal R, 2021, 'Doping-mediated metal−support interaction promotion toward light-assisted methanol production over Cu/ZnO/Al2O3', ACS Catalysis, 11, pp. 5818 - 5828, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c00332

Gao W; Liang S; Wang R; Jiang Q; Zhang Y; Zheng Q; Xie B; Toe CY; Zhu X; Wang J; Huang L; Gao Y; Wang Z; Jo C; Wang Q; Wang L; Liu Y; Louis B; Scott J; Roger AC; Amal R; He H; Park SE, 2020, 'Industrial carbon dioxide capture and utilization: State of the art and future challenges', Chemical Society Reviews, 49, pp. 8584 - 8686, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00025f

Xie B; Wong RJ; Tan TH; Higham M; Gibson EK; Decarolis D; Callison J; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Bowker M; Catlow CRA; Scott J; Amal R, 2020, 'Synergistic ultraviolet and visible light photo-activation enables intensified low-temperature methanol synthesis over copper/zinc oxide/alumina', Nature Communications, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15445-z

Tan TH; Xie B; Ng YH; Abdullah SFB; Tang HYM; Bedford N; Taylor RA; Aguey-Zinsou KF; Amal R; Scott J, 2020, 'Unlocking the potential of the formate pathway in the photo-assisted Sabatier reaction', Nature Catalysis, 3, pp. 1034 - 1043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41929-020-00544-3

Xie B; Yu M; Lu L; Feng H; Yang Y; Chen Y; Cui H; Xiao R; Liu J, 2019, 'Pseudocapacitive Co9S8/graphene electrode for high-rate hybrid supercapacitors', Carbon, 141, pp. 134 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.09.044

Yu M; Zhang S; Chen Y; Jin H; Zhang Y; Lu L; Shu Z; Hou S; Xie B; Cui H, 2018, 'A green method to reduce graphene oxide with carbonyl groups residual for enhanced electrochemical performance', CARBON, 133, pp. 101 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2018.03.019

Yu M; Xie B; Yang Y; Zhang Y; Chen Y; Yu W; Zhang S; Lu L; Liu D, 2017, 'Residual oxygen groups in nitrogen-doped graphene to enhance the capacitive performance', RSC ADVANCES, 7, pp. 15293 - 15301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra28596a

Chen Y; Yan Q; Zhang S; Lu L; Xie B; Xie T; Zhang Y; Wu Y; Zhang Y; Liu D, 2016, 'Buffering agents-assisted synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene with oxygen-rich functional groups for enhanced electrochemical performance', JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, 333, pp. 125 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.09.111

Xie B; Chen Y; Yu M; Sun T; Lu L; Xie T; Zhang Y; Wu Y, 2016, 'Hydrothermal synthesis of layered molybdenum sulfide/N-doped graphene hybrid with enhanced supercapacitor performance', CARBON, 99, pp. 35 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2015.11.077

Xie B; Chen Y; Yu M; Zhang S; Lu L; Shu Z; Zhang Y, 2016, 'Phosphoric acid-assisted synthesis of layered MoS2/graphene hybrids with electrolyte-dependent supercapacitive behaviors', RSC ADVANCES, 6, pp. 89397 - 89406, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ra17109e

Xie B; Chen Y; Yu M; Shen X; Lei H; Xie T; Zhang Y; Wu Y, 2015, 'Carboxyl-Assisted Synthesis of Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Sheets for Supercapacitor Applications', NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s11671-015-1031-z

Chen Y; Xie B; Ren Y; Yu M; Qu Y; Xie T; Zhang Y; Wu Y, 2014, 'Designed nitrogen doping of few-layer graphene functionalized by selective oxygenic groups', NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-9-646

Chen Y; Xie B; Luo S; Zhang Y, 2013, 'Controlled growth of hierarchical nanostructured MnO2/carbon hybrids', APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 285, pp. 425 - 430, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.08.071


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