By Scientia Professor Liming Dai

Journal articles

Bui TS; Ma Z; Zhong W; Alfaza G; Kumar PV; Zhou S; Yang Y; Li Y; Daiyan R; Lovell E; Dai L; Amal R, 2026, 'Selective electrochemical reduction of nitrate-to-ammonia mediated by silver single atoms anchored on defective g-C3N4', Applied Catalysis B Environmental, 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2025.125954

Cheng F; Liu Y; Zhao Z; Yang X; Zheng W; Yang B; Li Z; Zhang Q; Dong CL; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Enhanced proton-feeding kinetics of metal-organic framework toward industrial-level H2O2 electrosynthesis for sustainable bleaching', Nature Communications, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65276-z

Zhou Y; Jiang B; Gao Z; Sha Z; Tynan B; Rider A; Dao V; Brown S; Chu D; Wang D; Dai L; Kim J-K; Wang CH, 2025, 'Recent Developments in Solid-State Electrolytes for Advanced Energy Storage Devices.', ACS Nano, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c14335

Xia Z; Jin H; Zheng Y; Jiao Y; Qiao S; Gunawan D; Daiyan R; Amal R; Lawson T; Dai L, 2025, 'Carbon catalysts for CO2 conversion: From carbon emissions to zero-carbon solutions', Science Advances, 11, pp. eady9164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ady9164

Li Q; Cheong S; Poerwoprajitno AR; Xiang S; Frenkel AI; Yang Y; Bedford NM; Umer S; Lessio M; Ohnishi I; Ramadhan ZR; Huber DL; Dai L; Schuhmann W; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'How the Arrangement of Platinum Atoms on Ruthenium Nanoparticles Improves Hydrogen Evolution Activity', Advanced Materials, 37, pp. e09610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202509610

Luong QT; Guo J; Trần-Phú T; Ma Z; Zhang M; Tricoli A; Xia Z; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R, 2025, 'Understanding the potential of metal oxides for electrochemical co-reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrite', Materials Today Energy, 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2025.102044

Zhi S; Dai Q; Wang H; Wu D; Zhao L; Hu C; Dai L, 2025, 'Heteroatom-DopedCarbon Materials for MultifunctionalNoncatalytic Applications', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 29860 - 29897, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c04478

Oluigbo CJ; Poerwoprajitno AR; Xie Y; Somerville SV; Persson I; Ramadhan ZR; Cheong S; Dai L; Huber DL; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'Controlling the Ru Island Decoration on Ni Nanoparticles to Tune the Activity for 5-Hydroxylmethylfurfural (HMF) Oxidation', Chemistry of Materials, 37, pp. 6090 - 6095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5c01781

Yuan Z; Li J; Fang Z; Yang M; Zhong L; Liu C; Ma J; Zeng Z; Yu D; Chen X; Dai L, 2025, 'Boron-Activated Single-Metal-Site Catalysts Break Adsorption-Energy Scaling Relations for Robust Bifunctional Oxygen Catalysis', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202503936

Yuan Z; Li J; Fang Z; Yang M; Zhong L; Liu C; Ma J; Zeng Z; Yu D; Chen X; Dai L, 2025, 'Boron‐Activated Single‐Metal‐Site Catalysts Break Adsorption‐Energy Scaling Relations for Robust Bifunctional Oxygen Catalysis', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202503936

Li Y; Lawson T; Hou Y; Dai L, 2025, 'Multifunctional Carbon-Based Metal-Free Catalysts for Cascade Electrochemical-Chemical Coupling Catalyses', Advanced Functional Materials, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202423960

Liu Y; Zhang Y; Sun Z; Dai L; Liu B; Li W, 2025, 'Catalysts with three-dimensional porous structure for electrocatalytic water splitting', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01392

Ren X; Sui X; Karton A; Nishina Y; Lin T; Asanoma D; Owens L; Ji D; Wen X; Quintano V; Tripathi K; Pant KK; Dai L; Andreeva DV; Foller T; Novoselov KS; Joshi R, 2025, 'Synergetic hydrogen-bond network of functionalized graphene and cations for enhanced atmospheric water capture', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2508208122

Zhang X; Yang X; Su B; Gu Y; Yang B; Li Z; Zhang Q; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Membrane electrode assembly for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis', Nature Reviews Clean Technology, 1, pp. 413 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44359-025-00069-7

Leverett J; Baghestani G; Tran‐Phu T; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Johannessen B; Simondson D; Wen H; Chang SLY; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R; Hocking RK, 2025, 'Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO₂ Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202424087

Leverett J; Baghestani G; Tran-Phu T; Yuwono JA; Kumar P; Johannessen B; Simondson D; Wen H; Chang SLY; Tricoli A; Simonov AN; Dai L; Amal R; Daiyan R; Hocking RK, 2025, 'Direct Observation of Electron Donation onto the Reactants and a Transient Poisoning Mechanism During CO2 Electroreduction on Ni Single Atom Catalysts', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202424087

Xiao S; Xie Y; Poerwoprajitno AR; Gloag L; Li Q; Cheong S; Ramadhan ZR; Persson I; Soda Y; Huber DL; Dai L; Gooding JJ; Tilley RD, 2025, 'Formation of open ruthenium branched structures with highly exposed active sites for oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysis', Chemical Science, 16, pp. 9284 - 9289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5sc01861g

Li J; Wu J; Shi F; Wang M; Zou Z; Lu Z; Dai L; Li CM, 2025, 'O-O bridge adsorption catalysis of different metal single atoms toward high-sensitive detection of H2O2', Chemical Engineering Journal, 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.160786

Zhang H; Bai Y; Sun W; Yang X; Ma R; Dai L; Li CM, 2025, 'Realizing the Synergy of Interface and Dual-Defect Engineering for Molybdenum Disulfide Enables Efficient Sodium-Ion Storage', ACS Nano, 19, pp. 9081 - 9095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.4c17967

Liu B; Xu S; Gao Y; Luo X; Xiong J; Li H; Yu Z; Zhang L; Zhang Q; Zhao S; Zhang B; Xia Z; Chen L; Feng B; Dai L; Wang B, 2025, 'Intrinsic Mechanical Effects on the Activation of Carbon Catalysts', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, pp. 4258 - 4267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c14372

Li Y; Liu Y; Peng X; Zhao Z; Li Z; Yang B; Zhang Q; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Accelerated Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer via Engineering Palladium Sub-Nanoclusters for Scalable Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202413159

Li Y; Liu Y; Peng X; Zhao Z; Li Z; Yang B; Zhang Q; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Accelerated Proton‐Coupled Electron Transfer via Engineering Palladium Sub‐Nanoclusters for Scalable Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide', Angewandte Chemie, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.202413159

Li Y; Guo J; Yang Y; Wang B; Wen H; Bui TS; Chang SLY; Bedford NM; Lovell E; Daiyan R; Amal R; Hou Y; Tilley R; Xia Z; Dai L, 2025, 'Atomically Dispersed Copper Electrocatalysts with Proton-feeding Centers for Efficient Ammonia Synthesis by Nitrate Electroreduction', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202508619

Wang M; Wang Y; Zhang S; Dai Q; Teng J; Wu M; Dai L; Li Z, 2025, 'Covalent Organic Frameworks Regulating the Catalyst Interfacial Microenvironment for High-Power Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells', Advanced Functional Materials, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202514280

Kou Z; Shi D; Yang B; Li Z; Zhang Q; Lu J; Zhang T; Lei L; Li Y; Dai L; Hou Y, 2025, 'Efficient green synthesis of ammonia: from mechanistic understanding to reactor design for potential production', Chemical Society Reviews, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d5cs00969c

Ren X; Lin T; Sun B; Ramadhan ZR; Yin H; Hussain F; Dai Q; Tilley R; Dai L; Gu Z; Joshi R, 2025, 'Electrostatically Induced Intercalation of Layered Double Hydroxide in Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Electrochemical Energy Storage', Advanced Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/advs.202515923

Liao C; Jin W; Zhou W; Deng M; Xu X; Dai L; Peng Q, 2025, 'Halogen-Engineered Thiophene Additives Enable High-Performance Layer-by-Layer Organic Solar Cells With 20.12% Efficiency', Carbon Energy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cey2.70068

Sun J; Qu Z; Gao Y; Li T; Hong J; Zhang T; Zhou R; Liu D; Tu X; Chen G; Brüser V; Weltmann KD; Mei D; Fang Z; Borras A; Barranco A; Xu S; Ma C; Dou L; Zhang S; Shao T; Chen G; Liu D; Lu X; Bo Z; Chiang WH; Vasilev K; Keidar M; Nikiforov A; Jalili AR; Cullen PJ; Dai L; Hessel V; Bogaerts A; Murphy AB; Zhou R; Ostrikov K, 2024, 'Plasma power-to-X (PP2X): status and opportunities for non-thermal plasma technologies', Journal of Physics D Applied Physics, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad7bc4

Li M; Yu Z; Sun Z; Liu Y; Sha S; Li J; Ge R; Dai L; Liu B; Fu Q; Li W, 2024, 'An efficient hydrogen evolution catalyst constructed using Pt-modified Ni3S2/MoS2with optimized kinetics across the full pH range', Nanoscale, 17, pp. 3189 - 3202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d4nr03811h

Wang M; Chen J; Zhang S; Sun Y; Kong W; Geng L; Li Y; Dai L; Li Z; Wu M, 2024, 'Synergistic Interactions Between Co Nanoparticles and Unsaturated Co-N2 Sites for Efficient Electrocatalysis', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202410373

He F; Liu Y; Yang X; Chen Y; Yang CC; Dong CL; He Q; Yang B; Li Z; Kuang Y; Lei L; Dai L; Hou Y, 2024, 'Accelerating Oxygen Electrocatalysis Kinetics on Metal–Organic Frameworks via Bond Length Optimization', Nano Micro Letters, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40820-024-01382-9

Sha S; Yu Z; Li Y; Xu H; Dai L; Cairney JM; Yang W; Li Y; Prucnal S; Li S; Liu B; Li W, 2024, 'Efficient pathways for photogenerated charge transfer induced by Co dopants in WO3/TiO2 nanorod arrays', Acta Materialia, 281, pp. 120389 - 120389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120389

Liu B; Zhu Y; Sha S; Ge R; Cheng C; Yin J; Huang Z; Dai L; Li S; Li W, 2024, 'Strong Interaction between Molybdenum Compounds and Mesoporous CMK-5 Supports Boosts Hydrogen Evolution Reaction', Advanced Functional Materials, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202408613

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

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G; Gooding J, 2024, 'Materials Research at the University of New South Wales Over the Last 75 Years', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202415007

Wang X; Sun B; Dai Q; Zhu L; Gu Z; Dai L, 2024, 'Metal-Free Carbon Co-Catalysts for Up-Conversion Photo-Induced Catalytic Cancer Therapy', Advanced Materials, 36, pp. e2408560, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202408560

Lin Q; Kundu D; Skyllas-Kazacos M; Lu J; Zhao D; Amine K; Dai L; Wang DW, 2024, 'Perspective on Lewis Acid-Base Interactions in Emerging Batteries', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202406151

Zhai Q; Huang H; Lawson T; Xia Z; Giusto P; Antonietti M; Jaroniec M; Chhowalla M; Baek JB; Liu Y; Qiao S; Dai L, 2024, 'Recent Advances on Carbon-Based Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Energy and Chemical Conversions', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202405664

Dai L; Amal R; Mao G, 2024, 'The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation at University of New South Wales, Sydney', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202413894

Fang M; Miao X; Huang Z; Wang M; Feng X; Wang Z; Zhu Y; Dai L; Jiang L, 2024, 'Anionic Ionomer: Released Surface-Immobilized Cations and an Established Hydrophobic Microenvironment for Efficient and Durable CO2-to-Ethylene Electrosynthesis at High Current over One Month', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146, pp. 27060 - 27069, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c09168

Zhu M; Yu L; Sha S; Ge R; Cheng C; Dai L; Li S; Liu B; Qu Z; Li W, 2024, 'Highly efficient nanosized MoS2/MoP heterocatalyst for enhancing hydrogen evolution reaction over a wide pH range', Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01090

Yang Y; Yuwono JA; Whittaker T; Ibáñez MM; Wang B; Kim C; Borisevich AY; Chua S; Prada JP; Wang X; Autran PO; Unocic RR; Dai L; Holewinski A; Bedford NM, 2024, 'Double Hydroxide Nanocatalysts for Urea Electrooxidation Engineered toward Environmentally Benign Products', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202403187

Zhao Y; Yang Z; Zhou R; Zheng B; Chen M; Liu F; Miao W; Zhou R; Cullen P; Xia Z; Dai L; Ostrikov KK, 2024, 'Bacterial nanocellulose assembly into super-strong and humidity-responsive macrofibers', Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 9, pp. 369 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jobab.2024.03.005

Li Y; Verma V; Su H; Zhang X; Zhou S; Lawson T; Li J; Amal R; Hou Y; Dai L, 2024, 'Rationally Designed Carbon-Based Catalysts for Electrochemical C-N Coupling', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202401341

Zhao L; Yan R; Mao B; Paul R; Duan W; Dai L; Hu C, 2024, 'Advanced Nanocarbons Toward two-Electron Oxygen Electrode Reactions for H2O2 Production and Integrated Energy Conversion', Small, 20, pp. e2403029, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202403029

Gan LP; Li J; Shi F; Zou Z; Li KJ; Shi ZZ; Wu XS; Li YP; Sun W; Lu ZS; Hu T; Dai L; Li CM, 2024, 'Co4+ in porous ZIF-67-derives intercalating-bridging adsorption of 2-reaction sites for simultaneous 2-electron transfer toward sensitive detection of uric acid', Analytica Chimica Acta, 1308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2024.342614

Shi L; Liu D; Lin X; Cheng R; Liu F; Kim C; Hu C; Qiu J; Amal R; Dai L, 2024, 'Stable and High-performance Flow H2-O2 Fuel Cells with Coupled Acidic Oxygen Reduction and Alkaline Hydrogen Oxidation Reactions', Advanced Materials, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adma.202314077

Dai Q; Dai L, 2024, 'Metal-free catalysts for hydrogenation', Nature Chemistry, 16, pp. 845 - 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-024-01538-5

Kurniawan D; Xia Z; Dai L; Ostrikov KK; Chiang WH, 2024, 'Zero-dimensional nano-carbons: Synthesis, properties, and applications', Applied Physics Reviews, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0187310

Zhou Y; Tynan B; Dai L; Rider AN; Wang CH, 2024, 'A Novel Ternary Pseudocapacitive Electrode with Synergistic Contributions', Advanced Energy Materials, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202303335

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