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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

Shakeri M; Iranshahi D; Meshkani F; Xie B, 2026, 'Simultaneous contribution of surface oxygen defects and stabilized metallic Ni0 on the catalyst promoted by Mo to boost CO2 reforming of glycerol', Applied Surface Science, 727, pp. 165888 - 165888, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2026.165888

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, 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.170986

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

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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