By Professor Chuan Zhao

Journal articles

Shi Z; Wu R; Jia C; Yang M; Cheong S; Wu Y; Li H; Zhu Z; Zhao C, 2027, 'Selective oxidation of methane by in-situ generated H2O2 from electrocatalytic oxygen reduction under mild conditions', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.127251

Liu S; Sun M; Dai L; Wang S; Yu Z; Li N; Chen F; Wei Y; Shen Y; Zhao C; Wang M, 2026, 'Defect-interface coupling for stable lattice-oxygen-driven oxygen evolution at industrial current densities', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-68730-8

Zheng X; Mofarah SS; Webster RF; Zhang J; Cazorla C; Nie Y; Wang S; Jiang Y; De Villenoisy T; Wang J; Yao Y; Zhao T; Dai L; Chang SLY; Zhao C; Chu D; Sheppard L; Koshy P; Sorrell CC, 2026, 'Transforming disorder in the design of advanced high-entropy oxide electrocatalysts for zinc-air batteries', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-69849-4

Meyer Q; Wang YD; Niblett D; Bin Mamtaz MR; Akbar M; Nie Y; Liu S; Lee J; Boillat P; Tang K; Tung P; Mostaghimi P; Armstrong RT; Zhao C, 2026, 'Lateral bypass flow fields for high-performance flood-free hydrogen fuel cells', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2026.126713

Tao Y; Li H; Wang H; Xia J; Fan J; Hao W; Wang G; Li G; Meyer Q; Zhao C; Wang S; Cheng Y, 2026, 'Ir Single-Atom-Induced Localized Oxide Path Mechanism Enables Efficient and Stable Water Oxidation', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 148, pp. 37727 - 37737, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6c05762

Liu R; Jia C; Guo B; Huang Y; Han L; Wu R; Meyer Q; Lu H; Yang M; Cheong S; Bo X; Zhao C, 2026, 'Nanoconfined Ionic Liquids Enhance CO2 Electroreduction in Ordered Hierarchical Porous Single-Atom Ni Catalysts', ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 14, pp. 15160 - 15171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.6c08072

Ali BH; Baibars IO; Wang S; Dastafkan K; Bin Mamtaz MR; Zhao C, 2026, 'Electrodeposition of hierarchical porous nickel–copper electrodes for low-potential electrooxidation of glycerol at ampere-level current densities', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14, pp. 33038 - 33046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6ta00822d

Yang M; Umer S; Wu R; Jia C; Yang Y; Ma Z; Sun Q; Lu H; Wu Y; Shi Z; Liu R; Chen J; Li F; Lessio M; Zhao C, 2026, 'Iodine-Modified Cu Heterointerface Enables Efficient CO2-to-C2H4 Conversion', ACS Catalysis, 16, pp. 13665 - 13676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6c03153

Bin Mamtaz R; Jaouen F; Chen J; Jia C; Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2026, 'Quantum-Model Guided Selective Synthesis of Iron-Copper Dual Atom Catalysts for Acidic Oxygen Reduction in Fuel Cells', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2026-01, pp. 1939 - 1939, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2026-01381939mtgabs

Akbar M; Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2026, 'Stabilizing Fe-NC Catalysts with Nanoscale Platinum Overlayer for Extended Fuel Cell Operation', ECS Meeting Abstracts, MA2026-01, pp. 1942 - 1942, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/ma2026-01381942mtgabs

Wang Z; Jia C; Wang Y; Yan X; Yong M; Low ZX; Zeng X; Yang J; Zhang H; Li X; Sun K; Tebyetekerwa M; Xu R; Zhao W; Xu K; Kang Y; Strounina E; Andreeva DV; Whittaker AK; Liu JZ; Zhao C; Novoselov KS; Zhang X, 2026, 'Author Correction: Confined polymerization in nanochannels for synthesizing functional membranes (Nature Synthesis, (2026), 10.1038/s44160-026-00991-z)', Nature Synthesis, 5, pp. 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-01050-3

Wang Z; Jia C; Wang Y; Yan X; Yong M; Low ZX; Zeng X; Yang J; Zhang H; Li X; Sun K; Tebyetekerwa M; Xu R; Zhao W; Xu K; Kang Y; Strounina E; Andreeva DV; Whittaker AK; Liu JZ; Zhao C; Novoselov KS; Zhang X, 2026, 'Confined polymerization in nanochannels for synthesizing functional membranes', Nature Synthesis, 5, pp. 999 - 1007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44160-026-00991-z

Zheng H; Wang Y; Zhang J; Bai Y; Chen Y; Yang P; Bin Mamtaz MR; Deng D; Zhuang Z; Ou H; Wang M; Fang G; Wang H; Xiong X; Wang D; Zhao C; Lei Y, 2026, 'Charge Dilution of Fe–N4 Sites via Te Single-Atom Electron Pumps for Robust Oxygen Reduction', Inorganic Chemistry, 65, pp. 13568 - 13579, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6c01559

Zhu Z; Liao X; Long Y; Yang M; Baibars IO; Song R; Shi Z; He L; Zhao C, 2026, 'Interfacial Adsorption Engineering Enables a Highly Utilized Zinc Anode With 99.9% Coulombic Efficiency', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.75805

Meyer Q; Pivac I; Niblett D; Bin Mamtaz MR; Barbir F; Zhao C, 2026, 'Investigations of ultra-low air stoichiometries in hydrogen fuel cells via operando current and oxygen content cartography and multiphysics simulations', Electrochimica Acta, 561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2026.148689

Bo X; Mukherjee S; Yan Z; Dastafkan K; Wang Z; Zhao C, 2026, 'Rethinking catalyst design for the hydrogen evolution reaction: single-phase or multi-phase?', Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 14, pp. 22080 - 22095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6ta00691d

Zhang K; Li H; Wang S; Yao R; Li J; Zhao C; Liu G, 2026, 'Breaking the activity-stability trade-off of iridium-based catalysts for proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers', Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 85, pp. 193 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1872-2067(26)64962-5

Wang S; Tavakkoli O; Regaieg M; Sachs C; Aymé-Perrot D; Girault H; Meyer Q; Da Wang Y; Armstrong RT; Zhao C; Mostaghimi P, 2026, '3D imaging-informed electrode engineering for water splitting', Energy and Environmental Science, 19, pp. 2910 - 2921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6ee00290k

Tazhbagambetov D; Zhaksylykov A; Toleuova A; Tursynbek I; Demeubay D; Tang K; Zhao C; Meyer Q; Yermukhambetova A, 2026, 'Deep generative reconstruction of fibrous electrode architectures in PEM fuel cell electrodes', International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.154671

Rong C; Zhuang H; He Q; Sun Q; Wu S; Chen J; Han Z; Zhao C, 2026, 'Uncoordinated Single-Site Ru Confined in Spinel Co3O4 Lattice for High-Performance and Low-Cost PEM Water Electrolysis', Advanced Functional Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202516742

Wang S; Wu S; Dastafkan K; Li H; Sun Q; Rong C; Nie Y; Zhang Q; Zhao C, 2026, 'Bond Competition in Iron Dissolution from Spinel Oxides during Water Oxidation', Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 17, pp. 1786 - 1792, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03328

Li H; Wang S; Du Y; Lee KS; Chen J; Dastafkan K; Jia C; Zhao Y; Han C; Liu G; Zhao C, 2026, 'Oxophilicity-Directed Ru Doping of Co3O4for Stable Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reactions', ACS Catalysis, 16, pp. 2761 - 2776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c08451

Assafiri A; Meyer Q; Jia C; Hibbert DB; Zhao C, 2026, 'Ambient Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis From Various Nitrogen Sources', Small, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202511987

Rong C; Meyer Q; Lu H; Zhao C, 2026, 'Bridging Laboratory Catalysts with Industrial Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzers', Advanced Materials, 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202512414

Guo MS; Ma XL; Qi JX; Ma YY; Gao YZ; Du J; Zhao C; Han ZG, 2026, 'Dimensionality modulation strategy of covalent ligand-decorated polyoxomolybdates for enhanced carrier separation, charge transfer and photoelectrochemical sensing', Chemical Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6sc04804h

Zhao C; Li H; Li F, 2026, 'Diverging maturity and converging challenges of water and CO₂ electrolysis in 2025', Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 2, pp. 8 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44359-025-00132-3

Wu Y; Wang S; Cheong S; He L; Chang CW; Feng Z; Sun CJ; Zhao C, 2026, 'Electronegativity-Guided Site Differentiation in High-Entropy Alloy for pH-Universal Hydrogen Evolution Reactions', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.3298485

Ding J; Wu Y; Li Y; Yuwono JA; Soo JZ; Zhao S; Zhao C; Karuturi S; Zhang D, 2026, 'From Atomic-Scale Engineering to Industry-Ready Systems: Prospects for Seawater Electrolysis Toward Hydrogen', Small, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.75190

Li H; Xu J; Zhao C, 2026, 'Resolving the iridium dilemma in PEM water electrolysis: multiscale design of low-iridium and iridium-free anodes', Chemical Society Reviews, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6cs00386a

Sun Y; Qi M; Tan X; Tao S; Jia C; Zeng Y; Zhao Y; Liu K; Smith SC; Zan L; Mukherjee S; Dastafkan K; Wang Z; Ma Y; Bo X; Zhao C, 2025, 'Gram-scale synthesis of N-NiMo/MoO2 heterostructures to boost hydrogen evolution in low-alkalinity anion exchange membrane water electrolysis', Nano Energy, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111489

Müller-Hülstede J; Schonvogel D; Büsselmann J; Belack J; Vidakovic J; Mamtaz MRB; Meyer Q; Zhao C; Wagner P, 2025, 'Performance of High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells as a Function of Polybenzimidazole Membrane Modification', Chemsuschem, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202501575

Tang K; Armstrong RT; Mostaghimi P; Niu Y; Meyer Q; Zhao C; Finegan DP; Popeil M; Singh K; Menke H; Dimou AP; Bultreys T; Mascini A; Knackstedt M; Da Wang Y, 2025, 'Scaling deep learning for material imaging with a pseudo 3D model for domain transfer', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-66449-6

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

Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2025, 'Paving the way for high activity and stability platinum-free fuel cells', Joule, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2025.102210

Nie Y; Li Q; Jia C; Zheng X; Shi Z; Wang S; Meyer Q; Li XH; Zhao C, 2025, 'Mesoporous Co–N–C Supported L10-PtCo Alloy Enables Fast Mass Transport for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells', Small, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202505914

Huang M; Li Y; Lu H; Gao S; Kwofie F; Guo X; Meyer Q; Wang Y; Zhao C; Li N; Cheng Y, 2025, 'Construction of efficient proton channels with silica-encapsulated carbon nanotubes for proton exchange membrane water electrolysers', Chemical Engineering Journal, 522, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.167557

Nie Y; Chen T; Tian M; Zhang Y; Ruan X; Baibars IO; Wei D; Zhao C; Zhang G, 2025, 'A Superaerophobic 3D Array Electrode Promotes Gas Bubble Management in Alkaline Water Splitting', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17, pp. 53460 - 53469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c12076

Li H; Wang S; Zhao C, 2025, 'Cobalt oxide-based catalysts for acidic oxygen evolution reactions', Australian Journal of Chemistry, 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/CH25104

Lang Z; Zhuang Z; Song GL; Guo L; Wang S; Liao X; Wu P; Li Y; Liu Y; Liu N; Zhu Y; Wang D; Zhao C; Li H, 2025, 'Corrosion-Regulated Surface Reconstruction for High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 31065 - 31076, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c09363

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, 68, pp. 4441 - 4449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11426-024-2622-4

Nie Y; Shi Z; Li B; Meyer Q; Zhao C, 2025, 'Engineering Platinum-Based Alloy Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Hydrogen Fuel Cells: A Mini-Review', Energy and Fuels, 39, pp. 16049 - 16064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c02806

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, 9, 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, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202501610

Meyer Q; Nie Y; Bin Mamtaz R; Zhao C, 2025, 'Low-Platinum and Platinum-Free Catalysts for Next-Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cells', ACS Electrochemistry, 1, pp. 1206 - 1230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acselectrochem.5c00150

Zierdt T; Bin Mamtaz MR; Eek T; Müller-Hülstede J; Rehse S; Meyer Q; Schonvogel D; Wagner P; Zhao C; Wark M; Friedrich KA, 2025, 'Influence of Ink Composition and Drying Technique on the Performance and Stability of Fe–N–C-Based High-Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells', Chemsuschem, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202500905

Kwofie F; Chen J; Liu Y; Zhang Y; Zhang J; Yang Y; Meyer Q; Zhao C; He Z; Li Y; Cheng Y, 2025, 'Rare earth-rich sublayer tuned Pd-skin for methanol and CO tolerance oxygen reduction and hydrogen oxidation reaction', Advanced Powder Materials, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmate.2025.100305

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 Cu2 + sites in conductive MOF/t-Cu2O interface for benchmark CO2 reduction', Nano Energy, 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2025.111077

Rong C; Jia J; Li W; Wu S; Sun Q; Jia C; Cheong S; Guo Y; Zhao C, 2025, 'Harmonizing Ruthenium Atom-Cluster Moieties for Stable Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis', ACS Catalysis, 15, pp. 11705 - 11715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5c02132

Guo H; Fleischmann S; Zhao C, 2025, 'Elucidating proton-intercalation chemistries', National Science Review, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf099

Py B; Zhao C; Ciucci F; Meyer Q, 2025, 'Gaussian Processes for Fast and Accurate Measurements of the Polarization Resistance of Hydrogen Fuel Cells from Impedance Spectroscopy', Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ade82c

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