By Professor Chuan Zhao

Book Chapters

Sun Q; Dastafkan K; Zhao C, 2024, 'Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels', in Conversion of Water and CO2 to Fuels using Solar Energy: Science, Technology and Materials, pp. 233 - 284

Dastafkan K; Zhao C, 2022, '2 D ‐Materials‐Free Heterostructures for EC Energy Conversion', in , Wiley, pp. 3 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527831401.ch2

Sun Q; Jia C; Zhao C, 2022, 'Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction', in Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 1 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6739-6_148-1

Sun Q; Jia C; Zhao C, 2022, 'Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction', in Encyclopedia of Ionic Liquids, Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 676 - 696, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4221-7_148

Dastafkan K; Zhao C, 2021, '2D-Materials-Free Heterostructures for EC Energy Conversion', in Atomic and Nano Scale Materials for Advanced Energy Conversion: Volume 1, pp. 5 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527831401.ch2

Liu G; Dastafkan K; Zhao C, 2021, 'Electrochemical Water Splitting', in Heterogeneous Catalysts: Advanced Design, Characterization and Applications: Volume 1 and 2, pp. 533 - 555, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9783527813599.ch30

Zhao C; Gondosiswanto R; Hibbert DB, 2018, 'Smart Ionic Liquids-based Gas Sensors', in Ionic Liquid Devices, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 337 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781788011839-00337

Zhao C, 2017, 'Education Intelligence Should Be the Breakthrough in Intelligence Science', in Uden L; Lu W; Ting IH (ed.), , SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, pp. 424 - 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62698-7_35

Zhao C; Gunawan C; Ge M; Gondosiswanto R; Aldous L, 2016, 'Recent advances in ionic liquid-based gas sensors', in Koel M (ed.), Analytical Applications of Ionic Liquids, World Scientific Publishing Europe Limited, pp. 261 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9781786340726_0010

Zhao C; Gunawan C; Ge M; Gondosiswanto R; Aldous L, 2016, 'Recent advances in ionic liquid-based gas sensors', in Analytical Applications of Ionic Liquids, World Scientific Publishing, pp. 287 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9781786340726_0010

Aldous L; Khan A; Hossain MM; Zhao C, 2014, 'Electrocatalysis in Ionic Liquids', in Hardacre C; Parvulescu V (ed.), Catalysis in Ionic Liquirds, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 433 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781849737210-00433

Journal articles

Liu S; Zhang Z; Dastafkan K; Shen Y; Zhao C; Wang M, 2025, 'Yttrium-doped NiMo-MoO2 heterostructure electrocatalysts for hydrogen production from alkaline seawater', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-55856-4

Meng J; Wang Y; Jia C; Ma ZL; Yan LT; Wang RT; Shao LY; Zhang P; Yuan WY; Zhao XB; Zhao C; Zhai QG, 2025, 'Ultra-stabilized Cu^2 + sites in conductive MOF/t-Cu2O interface for benchmark CO2 reduction', Nano Energy, 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111077

Guo H; Fleischmann S; Zhao C, 2025, 'Elucidating proton-intercalation chemistries', National Science Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf099

Zhong Z; Zeng X; Zhang JJ; Li Y; He Z; Tao X; Meyer Q; Zhao C; Chen Y; Li Y; Cheng Y, 2025, 'Insertion of rare earth ions into the ruthenium doped nickel iron layered double hydroxide for oxygen evolution reaction with low overpotential', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 109, pp. 1126 - 1132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.02.023

Jia C; Tan X; Sun Q; Liu R; Hocking RK; Wang S; Zhong L; Shi Z; Smith S; Zhao C, 2025, 'Fluorine Doping-Assisted Reconstruction of Isolated Cu Sites for CO2 Electroreduction Toward Multicarbon Products', Advanced Materials, 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202417443

Sharma SK; Wu C; Malone N; Titheridge LJ; Zhao C; Gupta P; Idriss H; Kennedy JV; Jovic V; Marshall AT, 2025, 'Ru-based catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolysers: The need to look beyond just another catalyst', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 102, pp. 1461 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.12.485

Kwofie F; He Z; Zeng W; Gao M; Li Y; Zhang J; Li Y; Liu Y; Meyer Q; Zhao C; Cheng Y, 2025, 'Metallic ruthenium and ruthenium oxide heterojunctions boost acidic oxygen evolution reaction activity and durability', Electrochimica Acta, 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2024.145442

Wang S; Dastafkan K; Wu S; Sun Q; Rong C; Yao D; Zhao C, 2025, 'Anionic Oxidation Activity/Stability Regulated by Transition Metals in Multimetallic (Oxy)hydroxides for Alkaline Water Oxidation', ACS Catalysis, 15, pp. 44 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c03718

Zhu D; Zan L; Tu Y; Zhang W; Zhang H; Luo Y; Liu L; Zheng J; Weng Q; Wei Q; Li D; Bo X; Zhao C; Fu F, 2025, 'Disclosing the intrinsic electrocatalytic activity of transition-metal sulfides for enhanced water oxidation', Science China Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2622-4

Liu S; Mamtaz MRB; Jia C; Lu H; Wang S; Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2025, 'Dual Metal Fe–Mn–N–C Sites with Improved Stability for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell', Small Methods, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202500116

Nie Y; Wang S; Meyer Q; Guo H; Jia C; Yao D; Sun Y; Chen J; Guo S; Zhao C, 2025, 'Low-Surface-Energy Copper Promotes Atomic Diffusion and Ordering in PtFeCu Intermetallic Compounds for Oxygen Reduction Catalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202501610

Wu S; Taylor M; Guo H; Wang S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Meyer Q; Sun Q; Ho J; Zhao C, 2024, 'A High-capacity Benzoquinone Derivative Anode for All-organic Long-cycle Aqueous Proton Batteries', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202412455

Wu S; Taylor M; Guo H; Wang S; Han C; Vongsvivut J; Meyer Q; Sun Q; Ho J; Zhao C, 2024, 'A High‐capacity Benzoquinone Derivative Anode for All‐organic Long‐cycle Aqueous Proton Batteries', Angewandte Chemie, 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202412455

Liao X; Zhu Z; Liao Y; Fu K; Duan Y; Lv L; Wu L; Wang W; He X; Yang K; Tian P; Cai W; Zhao C; Tang H; He L, 2024, 'Cation Adsorption Engineering Enables Dual Stabilizations for Fast-Charging Zn─I2 Batteries', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202402306

Chen H; Huang Q; Yang K; Chen S; Feng H; Jia C; Li Q; Zhao C; Duan J, 2024, 'Tunable Ag-Ox coordination for industrial-level carbon-negative CO2 electrolysis', Nano Energy, 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2024.110265

Sun Q; Tan X; Jia C; Rong C; Wang S; Han C; Xiao Y; Qi H; Smith SC; Zhao C, 2024, 'Molecule Doping of Atomically Dispersed Cu–Au Alloy for Enhancing Electroreduction of CO to C2+ Products', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202406281

Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2024, '(Invited) How to Make Fuel Cells Cheaper and More Efficient', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2024-02, pp. 3063 - 3063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2024-02443063mtgabs

Jia C; Sun Q; Liu R; Mao G; Maschmeyer T; Gooding JJ; Zhang T; Dai L; Zhao C, 2024, 'Challenges and Opportunities for Single-Atom Electrocatalysts: From Lab-Scale Research to Potential Industry-Level Applications', Advanced Materials, 36, pp. e2404659, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404659

Li W; Liu Y; Azam A; Liu Y; Yang J; Wang D; Sorrell CC; Zhao C; Li S, 2024, 'Unlocking Efficiency: Minimizing Energy Loss in Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202404658

Li B; Liu J; Zhao C; Hu A; Sun X; Mei B; Long J, 2024, 'Carbothermal Reduction-Assisted Synthesis of a Carbon-Supported Highly Dispersed PtSn Nanoalloy for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction', Inorganic Chemistry, 63, pp. 19322 - 19331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c03099

Wu S; Guo H; Zhao C, 2024, 'Challenges and Opportunities for Proton Batteries: From Electrodes, Electrolytes to Full-Cell Applications', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202405401

Wang Y; Arandiyan H; Mofarah SS; Shen X; Bartlett SA; Koshy P; Sorrell CC; Sun H; Pozo-Gonzalo C; Dastafkan K; Britto S; Bhargava SK; Zhao C, 2024, 'Stacking Fault-Enriched MoNi4/MoO2 Enables High-Performance Hydrogen Evolution', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202402156

Assafiri A; Jia C; Thomas DS; Hibbert DB; Zhao C, 2024, 'Fast and Sensitive Detection of Ammonia from Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reactions by ¹H NMR with Radiation Damping', Small Methods, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202301373

Chen Z; Ma T; Wei W; Wong WY; Zhao C; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Work Function-Guided Electrocatalyst Design', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202401568

Maradesa A; Py B; Huang J; Lu Y; Iurilli P; Mrozinski A; Law HM; Wang Y; Wang Z; Li J; Xu S; Meyer Q; Liu J; Brivio C; Gavrilyuk A; Kobayashi K; Bertei A; Williams NJ; Zhao C; Danzer M; Zic M; Wu P; Yrjänä V; Pereverzyev S; Chen Y; Weber A; Kalinin SV; Schmidt JP; Tsur Y; Boukamp BA; Zhang Q; Gaberšček M; O'Hayre R; Ciucci F, 2024, 'Advancing electrochemical impedance analysis through innovations in the distribution of relaxation times method', Joule, 8, pp. 1958 - 1981, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2024.05.008

Yang K; Zhu Z; He X; Song R; Liao X; Wu L; Duan Y; Zhao C; Tahir M; Dai J; Tang H; He L, 2024, 'High-performance zinc metal anode enabled by large-scale integration of superior ion transport layer', Chemical Engineering Journal, 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.152114

Wu S; Guo H; Su Z; Jia C; Zhang X; Wang S; Zhao T; Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2024, 'Suppressed Manganese Oxides Shuttling in Acidic Electrolytes Extends Shelf-Life of Electrolytic Proton Batteries', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202315706

Guo H; Zhao C, 2024, 'An Emerging Chemistry Revives Proton Batteries', Small Methods, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smtd.202300699

He X; Zhu Z; Liao X; Yang K; Duan Y; Lv L; Zhao C; Zhao W; Chen J; Tian P; Liu X; He L, 2024, 'In-situ construction of epitaxial phase for boosting zinc nucleation on three-dimensional interface', Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 34, pp. 578 - 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2024.05.002

Wang Y; Wang T; Arandiyan H; Song G; Sun H; Sabri Y; Zhao C; Shao Z; Kawi S, 2024, 'Advancing Catalysts by Stacking Fault Defects for Enhanced Hydrogen Production: A Review', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202313378

Rong C; Wang S; Shen X; Jia C; Sun Q; Zhang Q; Zhao C, 2024, 'Defect-balanced active and stable Co3O4−x for proton exchange membrane water electrolysis at ampere-level current density', Energy and Environmental Science, 17, pp. 4196 - 4204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4ee00977k

Zhao Y; Shi Z; Li F; Jia C; Sun Q; Su Z; Zhao C, 2024, 'Deciphering Mesopore-Augmented CO2 Electroreduction over Atomically Dispersed Fe-N-doped Carbon Catalysts', ACS Catalysis, 14, pp. 3926 - 3932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c05144

Nie Y; Sun Y; Song B; Meyer Q; Liu S; Guo H; Tao L; Lin F; Luo M; Zhang Q; Gu L; Yang L; Zhao C; Guo S, 2024, 'Low-Electronegativity Mn-Contraction of PtMn Nanodendrites Boosts Oxygen Reduction Durability', Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202317987

Nie Y; Sun Y; Song B; Meyer Q; Liu S; Guo H; Tao L; Lin F; Luo M; Zhang Q; Gu L; Yang L; Zhao C; Guo S, 2024, 'Low‐Electronegativity Mn‐Contraction of PtMn Nanodendrites Boosts Oxygen Reduction Durability', Angewandte Chemie, 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202317987

Guo H; Wu S; Chen W; Su Z; Wang Q; Sharma N; Rong C; Fleischmann S; Liu Z; Zhao C, 2024, 'Hydronium Intercalation Enables High Rate in Hexagonal Molybdate Single Crystals', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202307118

Zhang Y; Dastafkan K; Zhao Q; Li J; Zhao C; Liu G, 2024, 'Stable tetravalent Ni species generated by reconstruction of FeB-wrapped NiMoO pre-catalysts enable efficient water oxidation at large current densities', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.123297

Schonvogel D; Belack J; Vidakovic J; Schmies H; Uhlig LM; Langnickel H; Man Tung PK; Meyer Q; Zhao C; Wagner P, 2024, 'Performance and durability of high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells with silicon carbide filled polybenzimidazole composite membranes', Journal of Power Sources, 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2023.233835

Zou Z; Dastafkan K; Shao Y; Zhao C; Wang Q, 2024, 'Electrocatalysts for alkaline water electrolysis at ampere-level current densities: a review', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 51, pp. 667 - 684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.07.026

Müller-Hülstede J; Schmies H; Schonvogel D; Meyer Q; Nie Y; Zhao C; Wagner P; Wark M, 2024, 'What determines the stability of Fe-N-C catalysts in HT-PEMFCs?', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 50, pp. 921 - 930, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.09.190

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