Publications

 

 

2024

 

 

Published papers:

 

[184]. Kang Wei, Zaitian Cheng, Xinyu Zhang, Qiang Huang, Pingwu Du* Direct π-extension of a Conjugated Carbon Nanohoop Using a Zipper Method. Chemical Communications, 2024 accepted. (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/cc/d4cc04976d).

[183]. Miao Zhang, Boyu Wang, Hongxing Jia, Cong Zhao, Jie Hao, Wenzhe Liu, Li Zhou, Enyu Zhang, Ying Chen, Pingwu Du*, Jinying Wang*, Chuancheng Jia*, and Xuefeng Guo*. Precise Regulation of Ultralow Conductance Attenuation in Single-Molecule Hexabenzocoronene Oligomers. ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, 9, 4388-4394. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01521).

[182]. Pengwei Fang, Zaitian Cheng, Wei Peng, Jixian Xu, Xinyu Zhang, Fapei Zhang*, Guilin Zhuang*, Pingwu Du*. A Strained Donor-Acceptor Carbon Nanohoop: Synthesis, Photophysical and Charge Transport Properties,  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024,  e202407078. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202407078).

[181]. Yabing Yu, Yaning Hu, Chengbing Ning, Wudi Shi, Ao Yang, Yibo Zhao, Zhongyan Cao, Youzhi Xu,* Pingwu Du*. BINOL-based Chiral Macrocycles and Cages,  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024,  e202407034. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202407034). 

[180]. Xinyu Zhang,† Cheng Chen,† Wen Zhang, Nan Yin, Bing Yuan, Guilin Zhuang, Xiaoye Wang, Pingwu Du*. Anomalous anti-Kasha excited-state luminescence from symmetry-breaking heterogeneous carbon bisnanohoops.  Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 2684. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46848-x).

[179]. Yu Zhou, Xinyu Zhang, Bing Yuan, Dapeng Lu, Gui-Lin Zhuang, Pingwu Du*. Enantiomerically Resolvable Inherent Chirality Induced by Strong Para-Steric Hindrance in Cycloparapheneylene-Based Carbon Nanohoops. Organic Letters. 2024, 26, 27, 5635-5639. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01509)

[178]. Xin Kong, Xinyu Zhang, Bing Yuan, Wen Zhang, Dapeng Lu* and Pingwu Du*. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of a Chiral Carbon Nanoring Containing Rubicene. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2024, 89, 11, 8255–8261. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.4c00387). 

 

[177]. Miao Zhang, Boyu Wang, Hongxing Jia, Cong Zhao, Jie Hao, Wenzhe Liu, Li Zhou, Enyu Zhang, Ying Chen, Pingwu Du*, Jinying Wang*, Chuancheng Jia*, and Xuefeng Guo*. Precise Regulation of Ultralow Conductance Attenuation in Single-Molecule Hexabenzocoronene Oligomers. ACS Materials Letters 2024, 6, 9, 4388-4394. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01521)

[176]. Li Zhang, Taotao Wang, Xinyu Zhang, and Pingwu Du*. Two-Dimensional Fullerene Nanosheets Anchored with Ultrafine Bismuth Nanoparticles for Highly Selective Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to HCOOH Over a Wide Potential Window. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 2024, 12, 37, 14070–14076. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c05296).

[175]. Taotao Wang, Li Zhang, Jinbao Wu, Muqing Chen*, and Pingwu Du*. Photocatalytic Conversion of Formic Acid to Syngas (CO + H2) and Methane with Homogeneous Molecular Cobaloxime Catalysts. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C  2024, 128, 31, 12849-12857. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c03575)

[174]. Jinbao Wu, Taotao Wang, Li Zhang, and Pingwu Du*. In2S3/Cd0.9Zn0.1S Heterojunction for Efficient Photocatalytic Formic Acid Decomposition to Syngas (H2 + CO) under Visible Light. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 4, 1625-1631. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c06941)

[173]. Runnan Guan, Jing Huang, Jinpeng Xin, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Qunxiang Li*, Yuan-Zhi Tan*, Shangfeng Yang*, Su-Yuan Xie. A stabilization rule for metal carbido cluster bearing μ3-carbido single-atom-ligand encapsulated in carbon cage. Nature Communications, 15 (1), 150. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44567-3)

[172]. Yu Zhou†, Guilin Zhuang†, Pingwu Du,*, Selective synthesis and physical properties of a bismacrocycle: cycloparaphenylene-pillar[5]arene. Chinese Chemical Letters,  2024,   35 (3), 108593 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1001841723004394). 

 

2023

 

[171]. Yu Zhou, Xinyu Zhang, Guan Sheng, Shengda Wang, Muqing Chen*, Guilin Zhuang, Yihan Zhu*, Pingwu Du* A metal-free photoactive nitrogen-doped carbon nanosolenoid with broad absorption in visible region for efficient photocatalysis. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5831. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41467-4).

 

[170].  Taotao Wang, Li Zhang, Jinbao Wu, Muqing Chen, Shangfeng Yang, Yalin Lu, Pingwu Du* Few-Layer Fullerene Network for Photocatalytic Pure Water Splitting into H2 and H2O2.  Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62(40), e202311352. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202311352). 

[169]. Kang Wei,† Jiayu Li,† Xinyu Zhang, Wen Zhang, Ming-De Li,* Pingwu Du,*，A Strained π-Extended [10]Cycloparaphenylene Chinese Chemical Letters,  2023,  accepted.

[168].  Rui Liu, Hengxin Liu, Can Shi, Zhuping Chu, Tianlu Wu, Yaru Liu, Wen-Mei Wei, Ren-Hui Zheng, Pingwu Du* and Dapeng Lu*. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Helical Carbon Nanohoops with with Twisted Acene Panels.  Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023,  10, 4030-4037 (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/qo/d3qo00763d).

[167]. Huaimin Jin, Jinpeng Xin, Wenhao Xiang, Zhanxin Jiang, Xinyi Han, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Yang‐Rong Yao*, Shangfeng Yang*. Bandgap Engineering of Erbium‐Metallofullerenes toward Switchable Photoluminescence. Advanced Materials, 2304121. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.202304121)

[166]. Chang Xie, Youcui Xu, Yajuan Liu, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Yunjiao Zhang*, Xiaopeng Ma*, Shangfeng Yang*. Edge-selective covalent passivation of black phosphorus nanosheets by fullerene C70 toward enhanced antimicrobial performance. Chemical Engineering Journal, 477, 146997. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1385894723057285)

[165]. Miao Zhang†, Zewen Wu†, Hongxing Jia†, Peihui Li†, Lei Yang, Jie Hao, Jinying Wang, Enyu Zhang, Linan Meng, Zhuang Yan, Yi Liu, Pingwu Du*, Xianghua Kong*, Shengxiong Xiao*, Chuancheng Jia* & Xuefeng Guo* Distinct armchair and zigzag charge transport through single polycyclic aromatics . Science Advances, 2023,  9, eadg434. (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg4346)

[164]. Pengwei Fang, Muqing Chen,* Nan Yin, Guilin Zhuang,* Tianyun Chen, Xinyu Zhang, Pingwu Du*,   Regulating Supramolecular Interactions in Dimeric Macrocycles.  Chemical Science, 2023, 14, 5425-5430. (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/sc/d3sc00035d).

[163]. Along Li, Xinyu Zhang, Shengda Wang, Kang Wei, Pingwu Du*,   Synthesis and Physical Properties of a Perylene Diimide-Embedded Chiral Conjugated Macrocycle. Organic Letters, 2023, 25, 7, 1183-1187. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.3c00152).

[162]. Shengda Wang,† Fei Chen, † Guilin Zhuang, Kang Wei, Tianyun Chen, Xinyu Zhang, Chunhua Chen, * Pingwu Du* Synthesis of an All-Carbon Conjugated Polymeric Segment of Carbon Nanotubes and Its Application for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Nano Research, 2023, accepted (https://sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-023-5530-4?issn=1998-0124).

 

[161]. Junfeng Lin, Yaxin Lv, Kai Song, Xuwei Song, Hongjun Zang, Pingwu Du, Yaping Zang*, Daoben Zhu. Electric field catalysis of electrophilic aromatic substitution XXXX . Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 293. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35686-4). 

 

[160]. Junfeng Lin†, Shengda Wang,†, Fan Zhang, Bowen Yang, Pingwu Du, Chuanfeng Chen*, Yaping Zang*, Daoben Zhu .Highly efficient charge transport across carbon nanobelts. Science Advances, 2023, 8, eade4692. (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ade4692).

 

[159]. Taotao Wang, Muqing Chen,* Jinbao Wu, Pingwu Du* Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Formic Acid Decomposition to Syngas under Visible Light using XXX. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023,  11, 2246-2251. (link： https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/ta/d2ta09482g) 

[158]. Daochuan Jiang, Taotao Wang, Muqing Chen*, Jinbao Wu, Pingwu Du* Increasing Electron Transfer and Light Absorption in Graphited Nanocarbon-Conjugated g-C3N4 Nanosheet Heterostructure for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023, 48，14271-14278. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319922062243).

 

[157]. Qiang Huang, Jinling Zhang, Huafeng Chen, Xin Kong, Peng Xu,* and Pingwu Du*. Binaphthyl-Derived Armchair-type Molecular Carbon Rings with Chirality: Synthesis and Optical Properties. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2023, 10, 911-915.  (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/qo/d2qo01977a). 

[156]. Chang Xie, Li Wang, Yajuan Liu, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Yucai Wang*, Xiaopeng Ma*, and Shangfeng Yang*. Fullerene Covalent Passivation of Black Phosphorus Nanosheets toward Enhanced Near-Infrared-II Photothermal Therapy. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 17, 20686-20696. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.3c01074).

 

2022

 

[155]. Xinyu Zhang, Huiqing Liu, Guilin Zhuang, Shangfeng Yang,* Pingwu Du*.  An unexpected dual-emissive luminogen with tunable aggregation-induced emission and enhanced chiroptical property. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 3543 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31281-9). 

 

[154]. Jinyi Wang, Yihan Zhu, Guilin Zhuang, Yayu Wu, Shengda Wang, Pingsen Huang, Guan Sheng, Muqing Chen, Shangfeng Yang, Thomas Greber, Pingwu Du*.  Synthesis of a magnetic π-extended carbon nanosolenoid with Riemann surfaces. Nature Communications 2022, 13, 1239. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28870-z). 

[153]. Zhang, Jinling; Chen, Huafeng; Qin, Xi; Duan, Huiyuan; Zhang, Xinyu; Kong, Xin; Lian, Xin; Ding, Hao; Yi, Huan; Tan, Yuanzhi；Xiao, Dongrong; Du, Pingwu *; Xu, Peng*. Curved π-​Conjugated Helical Carbon Frameworks: Syntheses, Structural Analyses, and Properties. Organic Letters (2022), 24(51), 9463-9467. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03905). 

 

[152]. Zhongwen Jiang, Wanchun Duan, Weimin Lin, Lingyi Yang, Zhuang Wu, Junyi Wang, Shengda Wang, Pingwu Du,* Qiaowei Li,* . Cycloparaphenylene and Their Radicals Anchored to a Metal−Organic Framework. Materials Today Chemistry. 2022, 25, 100973 （https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468519422002026）.

[151]. Pengwei Fang, Muqing Chen, Xingyu Zhang, Pingwu Du*. Selective Synthesis and (Chir)optical Properties of Binaphthyl-based Chiral Carbon Macrocycles. . Chemical Communications. 2022, accepted ( https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/cc/d2cc01242a).

 

[150]. Jinyi Wang+, Hong Shi+, Shengda Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Pengwei Fang, Yu Zhou, Guilin Zhuang,* Xiang Shao,* Pingwu Du*. Tuning the (Chir)optical Properties and Squeezing out the Inherent Chirality in Polyphenylene-Locked Helical Carbon Nanorings. Chemistry - A European Journal. 2022, accepted (https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.202103828).

[149]. Shengda Wang, Xingcheng Li, Kang Wei, Xinyu Zhang, Shangfeng Yang, Guilin Zhuang,* Pingwu Du*. Facile Synthesis of a Conjugated Macrocyclic Nanoring with Hexabenzocoronene Sidewall as the Segment of [12,12] Carbon Nanotubes. Euro. J. Org. Chem. 2022, accepted.(https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejoc.202101493)

[148]. Taotao Wang, Hongyun Cao, Jinbao Wu, Mohsen Golbon Haghighi, Roya Sedghi*, and Pingwu Du* Boosting Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Performance of Nanoporous BiVO4 via Dual Cocatalysts Cobaloxime and Ni-OEC Modification. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 27, 11042–11050. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03482).

 

[147]. Hongyun Cao, Taotao Wang, Jiaxing Li, Jinbao Wu, Pingwu Du*. A molecular cobaloxime cocatalyst and ultrathin FeOOH nanolayers co-modified BiVO4 photoanode for efficient photoelectrochemical water oxidation. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 2022, 69, 497-505. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095495622000377).

 

 

2021

 

[146]. Jinyi Wang, Xinyu Zhang, Hongxing Jia, Shengda Wang, Pingwu Du*.  Large π-Extended and Curved Carbon Nanorings as Carbon Nanotube Segments. Accounts of Chemical Research 2021, 54, 22, 4178-4190. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00505)

[145]. Xinyu Zhang,+ Hong Shi,+ Guilin Zhuang,+ Shengda Wang, Jinyi Wang, Shangfeng Yang, Xiang Shao, Pingwu Du*. A Highly Strained All-Phenylene Siamese-Twin Bismacrocycle. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2021, 60, 17368-17372. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202104669).

[144]. Shengda Wang, Xingcheng Li, Xinyu Zhang, Pingsen Huang, Pengwei Fang, Junhui Wang,* Shangfeng Yang,*  Kaifeng Wu and Pingwu Du*. A supramolecular polymeric heterojunction composed of an all-carbon conjugated polymer and fullerenes. Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 10506-10513.  (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1SC03410C). 

[143]. Shengda Wang, Xingcheng Li, Guilin Zhuang, Muqing Chen, Pingsen Huang, Shangfeng Yang,* Pingwu Du*. Synthesis and properties of a nanographene-embedded conjugated macrocyclic nanoring via the Scholl reaction. Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 9104-9107.  (https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CC03374C).

 

[142]. Jingshi Li, Guilin Zhuang, Qiang Huang, Jinyi Wang, Yayua Wu, Pingwu Du*. A Conjugated Molecular Crown Containing a Single Pyrenyl Unit: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 41(6), 2401-2407. (http://sioc-journal.cn/Jwk_yjhx/EN/10.6023/cjoc202012011).

[141]. Pingsen Huang, Guilin Zhuang, Shengda Wang, Xinyu Zhang, and Pingwu Du*. Synthesis and Physical Properties of a Phenanthrene-Based [6,6] Hollow Bilayer Cylindrical Nanoring. Organic Letters 2021, 23, 20, 7976-7980. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c02973).

[140]. Taotao Wang, Hongyun Cao, Ming Huang, and Pingwu Du* Ultrathin MOF Coupling with Molecular Cobaloxime to Construct an Efficient Hybrid Hematite Photoanode for Photocatalytic Water Splitting. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021, 125, 42, 23153-23161. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06595).

[139]. Hongyun Cao, Taotao Wang, Antony Charles Minja, Daochuan Jiang, Pingwu Du*. NiCoP nanoparticles anchored on CdS nanorods for enhanced hydrogen production by visible light-driven formic acid dehydrogenation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2021, 46, 32435-32444. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319921027270).
[138]. Jianhua Wu, Shiyang Wang, Zhanwu Lei, Runnan Guan, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Yalin Lu, Ruiguo Cao* & Shangfeng Yang*. Pomegranate-like C60@cobalt/nitrogen-codoped porous carbon for high-performance oxygen reduction reaction and lithium-sulfur battery. Nano Research 2021,14, 2596–2605. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12274-020-3260-4)
[137]. Yajuan Liu, Zhiyuan Li, Feng Fan, Xianjun Zhu, Lingbo Jia, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Lihua Yang, Shangfeng Yang. Boosting Antitumor Sonodynamic Therapy Efficacy of Black Phosphorus via Covalent Functionalization.  Advanced Science. 2021, 8, 2102422. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.202102422).

[136]. Taotao Wang, Lechen Yang, Daochuan Jiang, Hongyun Cao, Antony Charles Minja, Pingwu Du*. CdS Nanorods Anchored with Crystalline FeP Nanoparticles for Efficient Photocatalytic Formic Acid Dehydrogenation. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 20, 23751–23759. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.1c04178).

[135]. Long Zhang, Jianhua Ge*, Yujie Liu, Xuyang Zheng, Pingwu Du*. Ozone modification as an efficient strategy for photocatalytic nitrogen fixation under visible light irradiation. Journal of Porous Materials. 2021, 28, 825-834. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10934-021-01038-8).

[134]. A Minja, T Wang, H Cao, Pingwu Du*. Titanium Doped Nanoporous Hematite Photoanode Modified with NiFeCoAlOOH Nanoparticles for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021, DOI:10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2104071. (http://cjcp.ustc.edu.cn/hxwlxb_en/ch/reader/download_new_edit_content.aspx?file_no=202105210000001).

 

[133]. D Jiang, L Zhang, Q Yue, T Wang, Q Huang, Pingwu Du*. Efficient suppression of surface charge recombination by CoP-Modified nanoporous BiVO4 for photoelectrochemical water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 (29), 15517-15525. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319921006224).

 

[132]. Jianhua Ge*, Xiulong Ding, Daochuan Jiang, Lei Zhang, Pingwu Du*. Efficient Improved Charge Separation of FeP Decorated Worm-Like Nanoporous BiVO 4 Photoanodes for Solar-Driven Water Splitting. Catalysis Letters 151 (5), 1231-1238. (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10562-020-03398-3).

 

[131]. Jianmin Huang, Yu Pan, Tao Wang*, Shengsheng Cui, Lin Feng, Dong Han, Wenzhao Zhang, Zhiwen Zeng, Xingyu Li, Pingwu Du, Xiaojun Wu*, and Junfa Zhu*. Topology Selectivity in On-Surface Dehydrogenative Coupling Reaction: Dendritic Structure versus Porous Graphene Nanoribbon. ACS Nano 2021, 15, 3, 4617–4626.(https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.0c08920).

 

[130]. Huiqing Liu, Guilin Zhuang, Shengda Wang, Pingsen Huang, Muqing Chen, Shangfeng Yang,* Pingwu Du* Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of [3]Cyclo-1,8-pyrenes via [4+2] Cycloaddition Reaction. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021, 86 (10), 7038-7045.(https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.1c00128).

 

2020

 

[129]. Jinyi Wang,† Guilin Zhuang,† Muqing Chen, Dapeng Lu, Zhe Li, Qiang Huang, Hongxing Jia, Shengsheng Cui, Xiang Shao, Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du*. Selective Synthesis of Conjugated Chiral Macrocycles as Sidewall Segments of (‐)/(+)‐(12,4) Carbon Nanotube with Strong Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 1619-1626 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201909401).

[128]. Rana Muhammad Irfan,† Taotao Wang,† Daochuan Jiang,† Qiudi Yue, Lei Zhang, Hongyun Cao, Yang Pan, Pingwu Du*. Highly Active Homogeneous Molecular Iron Catalysts for Direct Photocatalytic Conversion of Formic Acid to Syngas (CO+H2) at Room Temperature by Visible Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 132(35), 14928-14934. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ange.202002757).

[127]. Hongxing Jia, Guilin Zhuang, Qiang Huang, Jingyi Wang, Yayu Wu, Shengsheng Cui, Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du*. Synthesis of Giant π-Extended Molecular Macrocyclic Rings as Finite Models of Carbon Nanotubes Displaying Enriched Size-Dependent Physical Properties. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2019, 26, 2159-2163. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.201905396).

[126]. Qiang Huang, Yayu Wu, Yu Zhou, Huiqing Liu, Jinyi Wang, Shengda Wang, Pingwu Du*. Synthesis, Photophysical, and Supramolecular Properties of a π-Conjugated Molecular Crown Containing a Pentagonal Unit: A Model Compound for Fullerene C240. Synthesis, 2020, 52(17): 2535-2540. (https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1707963). 

[125]. Yunhan Tang, Jingshi Li, Pingwu Du,* Hao Zhang, Caijun Zheng, Hui Lin, Xiaoyang Du, Silu Tao*. Fullerene’s Ring: A New Strategy to Improve the Performance of Fullerene Organic Solar Cells. Organic Electronics, 2020, 83, 105747(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566119920301336).

[124]. Lin Feng, Tao Wang, Hongxing Jia, Jianmin Huang, Dong Han, Wenzhao Zhang, Honghe Ding, Qian Xu, Pingwu Du, and Junfa Zhu*. On-surface synthesis of planar acenes via regioselective aryl–aryl coupling. Chem. Commun., 2020, 56, 4890-4893.(https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC01043J).

 

 

2019

 

[123]. Qiang Huang,† Guilin Zhuang,† Mengmeng Zhang, Jinyi Wang, Shengda Wang, Yayu Wu, Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du*. A Long π-Conjugated Poly-para-Phenylene-Based Polymeric Segment of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2019, 141, 48, 18938-18943. (Cover picture) (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.9b10358).

[122]. Qiang Huang, Guilin Zhuang, Hongxing Jia, Manman Qian, Shengsheng Cui, Shangfeng Yang*, Pingwu Du*. Photoconductive curved‐nanographene/fullerene supramolecular heterojunctions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 6244-6249. (Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.201900084).

[121]. Tao Wang, Haifeng Lv, Jianmin Huang, Huan Shan, Lin Feng, Yahui Mao, Jinyi Wang, Wenzhao Zhang, Dong Han, Qian Xu, Pingwu Du, Aidi Zhao*, Xiaojun Wu*, Junfa Zhu*. Reaction Selectivity of Chiral Terminal Alkynes on Surfaces: Homochiral versus Heterochiral Intermolecular Reactions. Nature Communications, 2019, 10 (1), 1-9. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12102-y)

[120]. Yajuan Liu, Pengfei Gao, Taiming Zhang, Xianjun Zhu, Mengmeng Zhang, Muqing Chen, Pingwu Du, Guan-Wu Wang, Hengxing Ji*, Jinlong Yang*, Shangfeng Yang*. Azide Passivation of Black Phosphorus Nanosheets: Covalent Functionalization Affords Ambient Stability Enhancement. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58, 1479-1483. DOI: 10.1002/anie.201813218.

 

[119]. Yayu Wu, Gui-lin Zhuang, Shengsheng Cui, Yu Zhou, Jinyi Wang, Qiang Huang, Pingwu Du*. Through-Space π-Delocalization in a Conjugated Macrocycle Consisting of [2.2]Paracyclophane. Construction of Short Metallofullerene-Peapod with a Spin Probe. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 14617-14620. (link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/cc/c9cc06492c).

[118]. Chong Zhao, Haibing Meng, Mingzhe Nie, Qiang Huang, Pingwu Du*, Chun-Ru Wang* and Taishan Wang*. Construction of Short Metallofullerene-Peapod with a Spin Probe. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 11511-11514. (link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2019/CC/C9CC05220H) .

 

[117]. Shengsheng Cui, Qiang Huang, Jinyi Wang, Hongxing Ji, Pingsen Huang, Shengda Wang, Pingwu Du*. From Planar Macrocycle to Cylindrical Molecule: Synthesis and Properties of a Phenanthrene-Based Coronal Nanohoop as a Segment of [6,6]Carbon Nanotube. Organic Letters, 2019, 21 (15), 5917-5921 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02055).

[116]. Jinyi Wang,†a Guilin Zhuang,†b Qiang Huang,a Yifei Xiao,a Yu Zhou,a Huiqing Liu,a Pingwu Du*. a Precise synthesis and photophysical properties of a small chiral carbon nanotube segment: Cyclo[7]paraphenylene-2,6-naphthylene. Chemical Communications, 2019, 55, 9456-9459. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/CC/C9CC04700J#!divAbstract).

[115]. Dapeng Lu, Qiang Huang, Shengda Wang, Jinyi Wang, Pingsen Huang, Pingwu Du*. The Supramolecular Chemistry of Cycloparaphenylenes and Their Analogs. Frontiers in Chemistry, 2019, 7, 668, doi: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00668 (minireview). (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2019.00668/full).

[114]. Jianmin Huang，Hongxing Jia，Tao Wang，Lin Feng，Pingwu Du*，Junfa Zhu*. Kinetic Control over Morphology of Nanoporous Graphene on Surface. ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 2327-2332.(https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cphc.201900349).

[113]. Shengsheng Cui, Guilin Zhuang, Jingyi Wang, Qiang Huang, Shengda Wang, Pingwu Du*. Multifunctionalized Octamethoxy-[8]Cycloparaphenylene: Facile Synthesis, Analysis of Novel Photophysical and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Properties. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2019, 6, 1885-1890. (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/qo/c9qo00372j)

[112]. Mengrong Zhang, Taotao Wang, Hongyun Cao, Shengsheng Cui, Pingwu Du*. Self-Supported Ni2P Nanosheets on Low-Cost Three-Dimensional Fe Foam as a Novel Electrocatalyst for Efficient Water Oxidation. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2019, accepted. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S209549561930720X).

[111]. Jianhua Ge, Yujie Liu, Daochuan Jiang, Lei Zhang, Pingwu Du*. Integrating non-precious-metal cocatalyst Ni3N with g-C3N4 for enhanced photocatalytic H2 production in water under visible-light irradiation. Chinese Journal of Catalysis 2019, 40 (2), 160-167. (link：https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1872206719632833).

[110]. Lei Zhang, Daochuan Jiang, Rana Muhammad Irfan, Shan Tang, Xin Chen, Pingwu Du*. Highly efficient and selective photocatalytic dehydrogenation of benzyl alcohol for simultaneous hydrogen and benzaldehyde production over Ni-decorated Zn0. 5Cd0. 5S solid solution. Journal of Energy Chemistry 2019, 30, 71-77. (link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095495618301591).

[109]. Binglin Qiu, Ali Han, Daochuan Jiang, Taotao Wang, Pingwu Du*. Cobalt phosphide nanowire arrays on conductive substrate as an efficient bifunctional catalyst for overall water splitting. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 2360-2369. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05137.

 

2018

 

[108]. Shengsheng Cui,†⊥ Guilin Zhuang,‡⊥ Dapeng Lu, Qiang Huang, Hongxing Jia, Ya Wang,  Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du* A Three‐Dimensional Capsule‐Like Carbon Nanocage as a Novel Segment Model of Capped Zigzag [12,0] Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Complexation with C70. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018, 57(30), 9330-9335. (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anie.201804031). 

[107]. Daochuan Jiang, Qiudi Yue, Shan Tang, Lei Zhang, Liang Zhu, Pingwu Du*. A highly efficient photoelectrochemical cell using cobalt phosphide-modified nanoporous hematite photoanode for solar-driven water splitting. Journal of catalysis, 366, 275-281.

 

[106]. Sheng Ye, Chunmei Ding, Ruotian Chen, Fengtao Fan, Ping Fu, Heng Yin, Xiuli Wang, Zhiliang Wang, Pingwu Du, Can Li. Mimicking the Key Functions of Photosystem II in Artificial Photosynthesis for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting，Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, 140 (9), pp 3250–3256.

 

[105]. Taiming Zhang, Yangyang Wan, Huanyu Xie, Yang Mu, Pingwu Du, Dong Wang, Xiaojun Wu, Hengxing Ji, Lijun Wan.  Degradation Chemistry and Stabilization of Exfoliated Few-Layer Black Phosphorus in Water. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018, , 140 (24), pp 7561–7567. 

[104]. Jianhua Ge, Daochuan Jiang, Liang Zhang, Pingwu Du*. Embedding Noble-Metal-Free Ni2P Cocatalyst on g-C3N4 for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution in Water Under Visible Light. Catalysis Letters 2018, 148 (12), 3741-3749.

[103]. Xianjun Zhu, Taiming Zhang, Daochuan Jiang, Hengli Duan, Mengmeng Zhang, Hongchang Jin, Zijun Sun, Runnan Guan, Muqing Chen, Hengxing Ji, Pingwu Du, Wensheng Yan, Shiqiang Wei, Yalin Lu, and Shangfeng Yang*. Stabilizing black phosphorus nanosheets via edge-selective bonding of sacrificial C 60 molecules. Nature communications 2018, 9 (1), 4177.

[102]. Z Xiao, D Jiang, H Xu, J Zhou, Q Zhang, Pingwu Du, Zhenlin Luo, Cen Gao. UV laser regulation of surface oxygen vacancy of CoFe2O4 for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction. Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics 2018, 31 (5), 691-694.

[101]. Dapeng Lu,†⊥ Guilin Zhuang,‡⊥ Hongxing Jia,† Jinyi Wang,† Qiang Huang,† Shengsheng Cui,† Pingwu Du*† A Novel Symmetrically Multifunctionalized Dodecamethoxy-Cycloparaphenylene: Synthesis, Photophysical, and Supramolecular Properties. Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2018, 5, 1446-1451.

[100]. Hongxing Jia, Yuyue Gao, Qiang Huang, Shengsheng Cui, Pingwu Du* . Facile Three-Step Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of [8]-, [9]-, and [12]Cyclo-1,4-naphthalene Nanorings via Platinum-Mediated Reductive Elimination. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 988-991.(http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/cc/c7cc07370d).

[99]. Hongxing Jia, Yuchuan Yao, Jiangtao Zhao, Yuyue Gao, Zhenlin Luo and Pingwu Du *. Novel Two-Dimensional Nickel Phthalocyanine-Based Metal-Organic Framework for Highly Efficient Water Oxidation Catalysis. Journal of Material Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 1188-1195. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/ta/c7ta07978h).

[98]. Manman Qian,† Xiang Liu,† Shengsheng Cui, Hongxing Jia and Pingwu Du*. Copper Oxide Nanosheets Prepared by Molten Salt Method for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution Reaction with Low Catalyst Loading.  Electrochimica Acta. 2018, Accepted (Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001346861830080X).

[97]. Qiudi Yue, Cunming Liu, Yangyang Wan, Xiaojun Wu, Xiaoyi Zhang,* and Pingwu Du*. Defect Engineering of Mesoporous Nickel Ferrite and Its Application for Highly Enhanced Water Oxidation Catalysis. Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 358, 1-7. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951717303871).

[96]. Daochuan Jiang, Xin Chen, Zhuang Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yang Wang, Zijun Sun, Rana Muhammad Irfan, Pingwu Du*.  Highly Efficient Simultaneous Hydrogen Evolution and Benzaldehyde Production Using Cadmium Sulfide Nanorods Decorated with Small Cobalt Nanoparticles under Visible Light. Journal of Catalysis, 2018, 357, 147-153. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951717303792)

[95]. Liang Zhu, Qiudi Yue, Daochuan Jiang, Huanlin Chen, Rana Muhammad Irfan, Pingwu Du* Metal-Free Graphene Quantum Dots Photosensitizer Coupled with Nickel Phosphide Cocatalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water under Visible Light. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2018,  accepted.

 

 

2017

 

[94]. Daochuan Jiang, Liang Zhu, Rana Muhammad Irfan, Lei Zhang, Pingwu Du*. Integrating Noble-Metal-Free NiS Cocatalyst and Semiconductor Heterojunction Composite for Efficient Photocatalytic H2 Production in Water under Visible Light. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 38, 2102-2109 (link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1872206717629565).  

[93]. Highly Efficient and Stable Water Oxidation Electrocatalysis with a Very Low Overpotential Using FeNiP Substitutional Solid Solution Nanoplate Arrays. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29(46), 1704075. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201704075, (link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201704075/full).

[92]. Xianjun Zhu^#, Taiming Zhang^#, Zijun Sun, Huanlin Chen, Jian Guan, Xiang Chen,   Hengxing Ji*,  Pingwu Du*, and Shangfeng Yang*. Black Phosphorus Revisited: A Missing Metal-Free Elemental Photocatalyst for Visible Light Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Materials, 2017, 29 (17), 1605776.  DOI: 10.1002/adma.201605776. (link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.201605776/abstract).

 

[91]. Dapeng Lu,† Guilin Zhuang,† Haotian Wu, Song Wang, Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du* Large π-Extended Carbon Nanoring Based on Nanographene Unit: Bottom-up Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, and Its Selective Complexation with Fullerene C70. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2017, 56, 158–162. (†contributed equally to this work) Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/anie.201608963/abstract.

[90]. Rana Muhammad Irfan, Daochuan Jiang, Zijun Sun, Lei Zhang, Shengsheng Cui, Pingwu Du*. Incorporating Molecular Cocatalyst with Heterogeneous Semiconductor Heterojunction Photocatalyst: Novel Two Electron-Transfer Pathways for Enhanced Solar Hydrogen Production. Journal of Catalysis, 2017, 353, 274-285 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951717302178).

[89]. Xiang Chen, Huanlin Chen, Jian Guan, Jieming Zhen, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du, Yalin Lu and Shangfeng Yang*. A facile mechanochemical route to a covalently bonded graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) and fullerene hybrid toward enhanced visible light photocatalytic hydrogen production. Nanoscale, 2017,9, 5615-5623. (link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nr/c7nr01237c#!divAbstract).

[88]. Dandan Cai, Ali Han, Pei-Yu Yang, Yan-Fang Wu, Pingwu Du,* Mohamedally Kurmoo, and Ming-Hua Zeng*. Heptanuclear Co, Ni and mixed Co-Ni clusters as high-performance water oxidation electrocatalysts. Electrochimica Acta. 2017, accepted.

[87]. Ruigen Ding, Shengsheng Cui, Jie Lin, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du*, Chusheng Chen*. Improving the water splitting performance of nickel electrodes by optimizing pore structure using phase inversion method. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, accepted, DOI: 10.1039/C7CY00519A. (link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/cy/c7cy00519a).

[86]. (Invited paper) Dapeng Lu, Shengsheng Cui, Pingwu Du*. Large π-Extension of Carbon Nanorings by Incorporating Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenes. Synlett, 2017, 28(14): 1671-1677. (link: https://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0036-1588830). 

[85]. Huanlin Chen, Daochuan Jiang, Zijun Sun, Rana Muhammad Irfan, Lei Zhang, Pingwu Du*. Cobalt Nitride as an Efficient Cocatalyst on CdS Nanorods for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2017, 7, 1515-1522. (link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/cy/c7cy00046d#!divAbstract)

[84]. Ali Han, Hanyu Zhang, Ruihan Yuan, Hengxing Ji, Pingwu Du*. Crystalline Copper Phosphide Nanosheet as an Efficient Janus Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting.  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 2017, 9 (3), pp 2240–2248. (link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.6b10983)

 

 

2016

 

[83].Hongxing Jia, Yuchuan Yao, Yuyue Gao, Dapeng Lu, Pingwu Du*. Pyrolyzed Cobalt Porphyrin-Based Conjugated Mesoporous Polymers as Bifunctional Catalysts for Hydrogen Production and Oxygen Evolution in Water. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 13483-13486.

[82]. Daochuan Jiang,† Rana Muhammad Irfan,† Zijun Sun, Dapeng Lu, Pingwu Du*. Synergistic effect of molecular cocatalyst and heterojunction in one-dimensional semiconductor photocatalyst for robust and highly efficient solar hydrogen production. ChemSusChem, 2016, 9, 3084–3092.

[81]. Shengsheng Cui, Manman Qian, Xiang Liu, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du* A Copper Porphyrin-Based Conjugated Mesoporous Polymer-Derived Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production and Oxygen Evolution. ChemSusChem, 2016, 8, 2365–2373.

[80]. Zijun Sun, Huanlin Chen, Lei Zhang, Dapeng Lu, Pingwu Du*, Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production on Cadmium Sulfide Photocatalyst Using Nickel Nitride as a Novel Cocatalyst. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 13289-13295.

[79]. Rana Muhammad Irfan, Daochuan Jiang, Zijun Sun, Dapeng Lu, Pingwu Du* Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production on CdS Nanorods with Simple Molecular Bidentate Cobalt Complexes as Cocatalysts under Visible Light. Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 12897-12905.

[78]. Dapeng Lu, Haotian Wu, Yafei Dai, Hong Shi, Xiang Shao, Shangfeng Yang, Jinlong Yang, and Pingwu Du* Cycloparaphenylene Nanoring with Graphenic Hexabenzocoronene Sidewalls. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 7164-7167.(link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cc/c6cc03002e)

[77]. Ali Han, Huanlin Chen, Hanyu Zhang, Zijun Sun and Pingwu Du. Ternary Metal Phosphide Nanosheets as Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Water Reduction to Hydrogen over a Wide pH Range from 0 to 14. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2016, 4, 10195-10202. (link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/ta/c6ta02297a)

[76]. Shengsheng Cui, Xiang Liu, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du*.Noble-Metal-Free Copper Hydroxide as an Active and Robust Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation at Weakly Basic pH. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016, 4, 2593–2600.

[75]. Sheng Ye, Ruotian Chen, Yuxing Xu, Fengtao Fan, Pingwu Du, Fuxiang Zhang, Xu Zong, Tao Chen, Yu Qi, Ping Chen, Zheng Chen, Can Li*. An artificial photosynthetic system containing an inorganic semiconductor and a molecular catalyst for photocatalytic water oxidation. Journal of Catalysis. 2016, 338, 168-173 (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951716000877).

[74]. Xiang Liu, Manman Qian, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du*. In Situ Generated Highly Active Copper Oxide Catalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction at Low Overpotential in Alkaline Solutions. Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 5546-5549. (link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/cc/c6cc00526h)

[73]. Hongxing Jia, Zijun Sun, Daochuan Jiang, Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du*. Iron Porphyrin-Based Conjugated Network Wrapped around Carbon Nanotubes as a Noble-Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2016, 3, 821-827. (Invited submission for Emerging Young Investigators Issue) (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/qi/c5qi00198f).

[72]. Xiang Chen, Qing Liu, Qiliang, Wu, Pingwu Du, Jun Zhu, Songyuan Dai, Shangfeng Yang*. Incorporating Graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-​C3N4) Quantum Dots into Bulk-​Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells Leads to Efficiency Enhancement. Advanced Functional Materials. 2016, 26, 1719–1728.

[71]. Zhiping Yan, Zijun Sun, Xiang Liu, HongxingJia, Pingwu Du*. Cadimium Sulfide/Graphitic Carbon Nitride Heterostructure Nanowires Loading with Nickel Hydroxide Cocatalyst for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water under Visible Light. Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 4748-4756. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/NR/C6NR00160B).

[70]. Xiang Liu, Shengsheng Cui, Zijun Sun, Yang Ren, Xiaoyi Zhang,* Pingwu Du*. Self-Supported Copper Oxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation at Low Overpotential and Confirmation of Its Robustness by Cu K-edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy.  J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 831-840. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09818)

[69]. Daochuan Jiang, Zijun Sun, Hongxing Jia, Dapeng Lu, Pingwu Du*. A Cocatalyst-Free CdS nanorods/ZnS nanoparticles Composite for High-Performance Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production from Water. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2016, 4, 675-683.(http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c5ta07420g).

[68]. Zijun Sun, Xiang Liu, Qiudi Yue, Hongxing Jia, Pingwu Du*. Cadmium Sulfide Nanorods Decorated with Copper Sulfide via One-Step Cation Exchange Approach for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution under Visible Light. ChemCatChem. 2016, 8, 157-162. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cctc.201500789/abstract).

[67]. Zijun Sun,a Bihu Lv,b Jingshi Li,a Min Xiao,b Xiaoyong Wang,*b Pingwu Du*a. Core-shell Amorphous Cobalt Phosphide/Cadmium Sulfide Semiconductor Nanorods for Exceptional Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production under Visible Light. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2016, 4, 1598-1602.  (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c5ta07561k).

[66]. Xiang Liu, Zijun Sun, Shengsheng Cui, Pingwu Du*.Cuprous oxide thin film directly electrodeposited from a simple copper salt on conductive electrode for efficient oxygen evolution reaction.  Electrochimica Acta. 2016, 187, 381-388.  doi:10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.059. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468615308318).

 

 

 

2015

 

[65]. Gihan Kwon, Oleksandr Kokhan, Ali Han, Karena W. Chapman, Peter J. Chupas, Pingwu Du and David M. Tiede*. Oxyanion Induced Variations in Domain Structure for Amorphous Cobalt Oxide Oxygen Evolving Catalysts, Resolved by X-ray Pair Distribution Function Analysis. Acta Crystallographica Section B, 2015, B71, 713-721. (http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S2052520615022180)

[64]. Zijun Sun, Huafei Zheng, Jingshi Li, Pingwu Du*. Extraordinarily Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution in Water Using Semiconductor Nanorods Integrated With Crystalline Ni2P Cocatalyst. Energy & Environmental Science, 2015, 8, 2668-2676 (front cover).(Link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ee/c5ee01310k)

[63]. Zijun Sun, Huanlin Chen, Qiang Huang, Pingwu Du*. Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water under Visible Light Using Noble-Metal-Free Ferrous Phosphide as an Active Cocatalyst. Catalysis Science & Technology, 2015, 5, 4964-4967. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cy/c5cy01293g)

[62]. Qiudi Yue, Yangyang Wan, Zijun Sun, Xiaojun Wu*, Yupeng Yuan, Pingwu Du*. MoP is a Novel, Noble-Metal-Free Cocatalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production in Water under Visible Light. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2015, 3, 16941-16947.(Link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/TA/c5ta03949e)

[61]. Yuanxin Du, Zhuchen Tao, Jian Guan, Zijun Sun, Wencong Zeng, Pengchao Wen, Kun Ni, Jianglin Ye, Shangfeng Yang, Pingwu Du, Yanwu Zhu. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Hematite/Activated Graphene Composites with Superior Performance for Photocatalytic Reduction of Cr(VI), RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 81438-81444. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c5ra15561d).

[60]. Qi Fu, Lei Yang, Wenhui Wang, Ali Han, Jian Huang, Pingwu Du, Zhiyong Fan, Jingyu Zhang, Bin Xiang*. Synthesis and Enhanced Electrochemical Catalytic Performance of Monolayer WS2 (1–x) Se2x with a Tunable Band Gap. Advanced Materials, 2015, 27(32), 4732-4738. DOI: 10.1002/adma.201500368.

[59]. Xiang Liu, Shengsheng Cui, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du*. A Robust and Highly Active Copper-Based Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Production at Low Overpotential in Neutral Water. Chemical Communications, 2015, 51, 12954-12957. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2015/CC/C5CC04965B).

[58]. Hongxing Jia, Zijun Sun, Daochuan Jiang, Pingwu Du*. Covalent Cobalt Porphyrin Framework on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Efficient Water Oxidation at Low Overpotential. Chemistry of Materials, 2015, 27 (13), pp 4586–4593. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00882).

[57]. Haiyan Chen, Zijun Sun, Sheng Ye, Dapeng Lu, Pingwu Du*. Molecular Cobalt-Salen Complexes as Novel Cocatalysts for Highly Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production over CdS Nanorods Photosensitizer under Visible Light. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2015, 3, 15729-15737. (http://pubs.rsc.org/En/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c5ta03515e)

[56]. Ali Han, Huanlin Chen, Zijun Sun, Jun Xu, Pingwu Du*. High catalytic activity for water oxidation based on nanostructured nickel phosphide precursors. Chemical Communications. 2015, 51, 11626-11629. (http://pubs.rsc.org/En/content/articlelanding/2015/cc/c5cc02626a)

[55]. Zijun Sun, Qiudi Yue, Jingshi Li, Jun Xu, Huafei Zheng, Pingwu Du*. Copper Phosphide Modified Cadmium Sulfide Nanorods as a Novel p-n Heterojunction for Highly Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Hydrogen Production in Water. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2015, 3, 10243-10247.(http://pubs.rsc.org/En/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c5ta02105g)

[54]. Haiyan Chen, Zijun Sun, Xiang Liu, Ali Han, Pingwu Du*. Cobalt-Salen Complexes as Catalyst Precursors for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation at Low Overpotential. J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (17), pp 8998-9004. (http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp511584z).

[53]. Xiang Liu, Huafei Zheng, Zijun Sun, Ali Han, Pingwu Du*. Earth-abundant copper-based bifunctional electrocatalyst for both catalytic hydrogen production and water oxidation. ACS Catalysis. 2015, 5, 1530-1538.(http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cs501480s)

[52]. Xiang Liu, Shengsheng Cui, Zijun Sun, and Pingwu Du*. Copper oxide nanomaterials synthesized from simple copper salts as active catalysts for electrocatalytic water oxidation.  Electrochimica Acta. 2015, 160(1), 202-208.(link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468615001437)

[51]. Zijun Sun, Jingshi Li, Huafei Zheng, Xiang Liu, Sheng Ye, and Pingwu Du*, Pyrolyzed cobalt porphyrin-modified carbon nanomaterial as an active catalyst for electrocatalytic water oxidation. Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40, 20, 6538-6545.

[50]. Meng Shen, Ali Han, Xijun Wang, Yun Goo Ro, Alireza Kargar, Yue Lin, Hua Guo, Pingwu Du,* Jun Jiang, Jingyu Zhang, Shadi A. Dayeh and Bin Xiang*. Atomic Scale Analysis of the Enhanced Electro- and Photo-Catalytic Activity in High-Index Faceted Porous NiO Nanowires. Scientific Reports. 2015, 5, Article number: 8557. doi:10.1038/srep08557.

[49]. You Xu, Xuguang Yin, Yi Huang, Pingwu Du, Bin Zhang*, Hydrogen Production on a Hybrid Photocatalytic System Composed of Ultrathin CdS Nanosheets and a Molecular Nickel Complex. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2015, 21 (12), 4571-4575.  DOI: 10.1002/chem.201406642.

[48]. Ali Han, Song Jin, Huanlin chen, Hengxing Ji, Zijun Sun, and Pingwu Du*. A Robust Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst Based on Crystalline Nickel Phosphide Nanoflakes on Three-Dimensional Graphene/Nickel Foam: High Performance for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production from pH 0-14. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2015,3, 1941-1946. (http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/TA/C4TA06071G).

 

2014

 

[47]. Xingxing Yu, Zijun Sun, Zhiping Yan, Bin Xiang,* Xiang Liu, and Pingwu Du*. Direct Growth of Porous Crystalline NiCo2O4 Nanowire Arrays on Conductive Electrode for High-Performance Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. J. Mater. Chem. A. 2014, 2(48), 20823-20831. (link:http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/TA/C4TA05315J)

[46]. Meng Shen, Zhiping Yan, Lei Yang, Pingwu Du,* Jingyu Zhang, and Bin Xiang*. MoS2 nanosheet/TiO2nanowire hybrid nanostructures for enhanced visible light photocatalytic activities. Chem. Commun., 2014. 50, 15447-15449.(link)

[45]. Zhiping Yan, Xingxing Yu, Ali Han, Peng Xu, Pingwu Du*. Noble-Metal-Free Ni(OH)2-Modified CdS/Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Hydrogen Production under Visible Light Irradiation. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2014, 118, 22896–22903.（link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp5065402）

[44]. Yu-peng Yuan, Lisha Yin, Shaowen Cao, Lina Gu, Gengsheng Xu, Pingwu Du,* Hua Chai, Yusen Liao and Can Xue*. Microwave-Assisted Heating Synthesis: A General and Rapid Strategy for Large-Scale Production of High Crystalline g-C3N4 with Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Production. Green Chemistry, 2014, 16, 4663-4668.(link)

[43]. Xingxing Yu, Tianyi Hua, Xiang Liu, Zhiping Yan, Peng Xu, Pingwu Du*. Nickel-based thin film on multi-walled carbon nanotubes as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for water splitting . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6 (17), 15395–15402. (Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am503938c).

[42]. Ali Han, Haotian Wu, Zijun Sun, Hongxing Jia, Zhiping Yan, Hao Ma, Xiang Liu, Pingwu Du*. Green Cobalt Oxide (CoOx) Film with Nanoribbon Structures Electrodeposited from BF2-annulated Cobaloxime Precursor for Efficient Water Oxidation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2014, 6(14), 10929-10934. (Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/am500830z).

[41]. Lei Yang, Ding Zhong, Jingyu Zhang, Zhiping Yan, Shaofeng Ge, Pingwu Du,* Jun Jiang, Dong Sun,*  Bin Xiang*, et.al.  Optical Properties of Metal-Molybdenum Disulfide Hybrid Nanosheets and Their Application for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.  ACS Nano, 2014, 8(7), 6979-6985. (Link: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn501807y).

[40]. Xiang Liu, Hongxing Jia, Zijun Sun, Haiyan Chen, Peng Xu, Pingwu Du* Nanostructured copper oxide electrodeposited from copper(II) complexes as an active catalyst for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction. Electrochemistry Communications, 2014, 46, 1-4 (link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388248114001702).

[39]. Peng Xu, Haotian Wu, Hongxing Jia, Shifan Ye, and Pingwu Du* Linear Bimetallic Alkynylplatinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes Bearing para-Phenylene Ethynylene Oligomers: Synthesis, Characterization, Aggregation, and Photophysical Properties. Organometallics 2014, 33 (11), pp 2738–2746 (link).

[38]. Zhiping Yan, Xingxing Yu, Yanyu Zhang, Hongxing Jia, Zijun Sun, Pingwu Du*  Enhanced visible light-driven hydrogen production from water by a noble-metal-free system containing organic dye-sensitized titanium dioxide loaded with nickel hydroxide as the cocatalyst, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2014, 160-161, 173-178.

[37]. Xingxing Yu, Peng Xu, Tianyi Hua, Ali Han, Xiang Liu, Haotian Wu, Pingwu Du*  Multi-walled carbon nanotubes supported porous nickel oxide as noble metal-free electrocatalysts for efficient water oxidation, Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 39(20), 10467-10475 (link).

[36]. Zhiping Yan, Haotian Wu, Ali Han, Xingxing Yu, Pingwu Du* Noble metal-free cobalt oxide (CoOx) nanoparticles loaded on titanium ioxide/cadmium sulfide composite for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen production from water, Inter. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2014, 39(25), 13353–13360 (link).

[35]. Ali Han, Hongxing Jia, Hao Ma, Shifan Ye, Haotian Wu, Haitao Lei, Yongzhen Han, Rui Cao,* and Pingwu Du* Cobalt Porphyrin Electrode Films for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation,  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16(23), 11224-11232.

[34]. Haitao Lei,# Ali Han,# Fengwang Li, Meining Zhang, Yongzhen Han, Pingwu Du,* Wenzhen Lai,* and Rui Cao,* Electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of  a  simple  bifunctional cobalt corrole catalyst for oxygen evolution and hydrogen production.  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2014, 16, 1883-1893.

[33]. Ali Han, Pingwu Du,* Zijun Sun, Haotian Wu, Hongxing Jia, Rui Zhang, Zhenning Liang, Rui Cao, and Richard Eisenberg,* Reversible Mechanochromic Luminescence at Room Temperature in Cationic Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Complexes. Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53(7), 3338-3344.

[32]. Rui Zhang, Zhenning Liang, Ali Han, Haotian Wu, Pingwu Du,* Wenzhen Lai,* and Rui Cao,* Structural, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a vapochromic platinum(II) terpyridyl complex. CrystEngComm, 2014, 16, 5531-5542.

[31]. Peng Xu, Shifan Ye, Haotian Wu, Zhiping Yan, Hongxing Jia, Pingwu Du* , Synthesis of branched tetranuclear alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridine complexes and their photophysical properties. Tetrahedron Letters, 2014, 55, 3486-3490.

[30]. Ali Han, and Pingwu Du,*  Facile Deposition of Cobalt Oxide Based Electrocatalyst on Low-Cost and Tin-Free Electrode for Water Splitting. Journal of Energy Chemistry , 2014, 23(2), 179-184.

   

2013

 

[29]. Xiao Liu, Pingwu Du,* Rui Cao.* Trinuclear zinc complexes for biologically relevant μ3-oxoanion binding and carbon dioxide fixation. Nature Commun. 2013, doi:10.1038/ncomms3375.  

[28]. Sunshine C. Silver, Jens Niklas, Pingwu Du, Oleg G. Poluektov, David Michael Tiede, and Lisa Marie Utschig. Protein Delivery of a Ni catalyst to Photosystem I for Light-Driven Hydrogen Production. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135, 13246–13249. 

[27]. Ali Han, Pingwu Du. Platinum-Cobalt Dinuclear Complex : Synthesis, Photophysical Properties and Visible Light-Driven Hydrogen Production from Water. Chin. J. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 29, 1703-1709.

[26]. Ali Han, Haotian Wu, Zijun Sun, Hongxing Jia and Pingwu Du,* Facile deposition of nanostructured cobalt oxide catalysts from molecular cobaloximes for efficient water oxidation. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2013, 15, 12534-12538.

[25]. William T. Eckenhoff, William R. McNamara, Pingwu Du, Richard Eisenberg, Cobalt complexes as artificial hydrogenases for the reductive side of water splitting. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 2013, 1827, 958-973.

[24]. Karen L. Mulfort, Anusree Mukherjee, Oleksandr Kokhan, Pingwu Du and David M. Tiede, Structure–function analyses of solar fuels catalysts using in situ X-ray scattering, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2013, 42, 2215-2227.

2012

 

[23]. Pingwu Du, Oleksandr Kokhan, karena W. Chapman, Peter J. Chupas, David M. Tiede, Elucidating domain structures in solar water-splitting catalyst films by pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of Energy & Fuels (2012), 57(2), 885-886.

[22]. Pingwu Du,* and Richard Eisenberg, * Catalysts Made of Earth-Abundant Elements (Co, Ni, Fe) for Water Splitting: Recent Progress and Future Challenges, Energy Environ. Sci. 2012, 5, 6012-6021.

[21]. Rui Cao*, Wenzhen Lai, Pingwu Du*, Catalytic Water Oxidation at Single Metal Sites, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 8134-8157.(IF: 11.067,Corresponding Author)

[20]. Pingwu Du, Oleksandr Kokhan, karena W. Chapman, Peter J. Chupas, David M. Tiede, * Elucidating domain structures in solar water-splitting catalyst films by pair distribution function (PDF) analysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134 , 11096–11099. (IF: 10.017)

[19]. Jier Huang, Karen L. Mulfort, * Pingwu Du, Lin X. Chen, * Photodriven Charge Separation Dynamics in CdSe/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dot/Cobaloxime Hybrid for Efficient Hydrogen Production, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2012, 134, 16472-16475. (IF: 10.017)

Previously Selected Publications

[18]. Pingwu Du, * A Highly Selective Vapochromic Methanol Sensor Based on One Step Synthesis of a Simple Platinum Terpyridine Complex, Inorg. Chimica. Acta. 2010, 363(7), 1355-1358.

[17]. Pingwu Du, and Richard Eisenberg*, Sensitized Energy Upconversion by a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Sensitizer , Chemical Science, 2010, 1,502-506.

[16]. Pingwu Du, and Stephen J Lippard*, A Highly Selective Turn-On Colorimetric and Red Fluorescent Sensor for Detecting Mobile Zinc in Living Cells, Inorg. Chem. 2010; 49(23), 10753-10755.

[15]. Pingwu Du, Kathryn Knowles, and Richard Eisenberg*, A Homogeneous System for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Based on a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophore and a Molecular Cobalt Catalyst, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130(38), 12576–12577.

[14]. Pingwu Du, Fan Li, Jacob Schneider, Wei Zhao, Upali Patel, Felix N. Castellano, and Richard Eisenberg*, Bi- and Terpyridyl Platinum(II) Chloro Complexes: Molecular Catalysts for the Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water or Simply Precursors for Colloidal Platinum? J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(15); 5056-5058.

[13]. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, and Richard Eisenberg*, Photocatalytic Generation of Hydrogen from Water Using a Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophore, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006, 128 (24), 7726 -7727.

[12]. Jie Zhang, Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, and Richard Eisenberg*, Photogeneration of Hydrogen from Water Using an Integrated System Based on TiO2 and Platinum(II) Diimine Dithiolate Sensitizers. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (25), 7726 -7727.

[11]. Theodore Lazarides, Theresa McCormick, Pingwu Du, Gengeng Luo, Brian Lindley and Richard Eisenberg*, Making Hydrogen from Water Using a Homogeneous System Without Noble Metals , J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2009, 131 (26), 9192–9194.

[10]. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg*, Visible Light-Driven Hydrogen Production from Aqueous Protons Catalyzed by Molecular Cobaloxime Catalysts, Inorg. Chem. 2009; 48(11), 4952-4962.

[9]. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg*, Solvent-induced Self-assembly in a New Vapochromic Pt(II) Complex and Its Structure Based on 1-Terpyridyl-2,3,4,5,6-Pentaphenyl-Benzene (TPPPB) Ligand, Inorg. Chem. 2008; 47(1); 69-77.

[8]. Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Paul Jarosz, Jie Zhang,William W. Brennessel, and Richard Eisenberg*, Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Chromophores: Reductive Quenching, Oxidative Quenching and Hydrogen Production, J. Phys. Chem B. 2007, 111(24); 6887-6894.

[7]. Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Paul Jarosz, Theodore Lazarides, Xiaoyong Wang, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg*, Cyclometalated 6-Phenyl-2,2′-bipyridyl (CNN) Platinum(II) Acetylide Complexes: Structure, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Oxidative- and Reductive-Quenching Studies, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (10), 4306–4316.

[6]. Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Paul Jarosz, Theodore Lazarides, Xiaoyong Wang, William W. Brennessel and Richard Eisenberg*, Synthesis, Electrochemistry, Photophysics, and Solvatochromism in New Cyclometalated 6-Phenyl-4-(p-R-phenyl)-2,2′-bipyridyl (R = Me, COOMe, P(O)(OEt)2) (CNN) Platinum(II) Thiophenolate Chromophores, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (4), 1498–1506.

[5]. Paul Jarosz, Pingwu Du, Jacob Schneider, Soo-Hyun Lee, David McCamant and Richard Eisenberg*, Platinum(II) Terpyridyl Acetylide Complexes on Platinized TiO2: Toward the Photogeneration of H2 in Aqueous Media, Inorg. Chem., 2009, 48 (20), 9653–9663.

[4]. Yulia Yu. Scaffidi-Domianello, Alexey A. Nazarov, Matti Haukka, Markus Galanski, Bernhard K. Keppler, Jacob Schneider, Pingwu Du, Richard Eisenberg*, Vadim Yu. Kukushkin*, The First Example of the Solid State Thermal Cyclometalation of Ligated Benzophenone Imine Giving Novel Luminescent Platinum(II) Species, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46(11); 4469-4482.

[3]. Tianyou Peng*, Pingwu Du, Bin Hu, Zucheng Jiang, Direct analysis of Titanium Dioxide Solid Powder by Fluorination Assisted Electrothermal Vaporization Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2000, 421:75-81.

[2]. Tianyou Peng *, Pingwu Du, Bin Hu, Zucheng Jiang, Preparation of Nanoscaled Alumina Powder by Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation Processing, Journal of Inorganic Materials ,2000,15(6), 1097-1101.

[1]. Tianyou Peng*, Zucheng Jiang, Pingwu Du, Bin Hu, Study on Sol-gel synthesis of Strontium Aluminate :Eu Phosphor and Its Luminescence, Journal of Chinese Rare Earth Society ,2000,18, 45-47.