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Catalysis [CO2 reduction and some other types]
12. Backbone engineering of polymeric catalysts for high-performance CO2 reduction in bipolar membrane zero-gap electrolyzer <link>
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 202400414 (2024) Geng Li, Ruquan Ye*
11. Strain Enhances the Activity of Molecular Electrocatalysts via Carbon Nanotube Supports <link>
Nature Catalysis 6, 818-828 (2023) Jianjun Su#, Charles B. Musgrave III#, William A. Goddard III*, Ruquan Ye*
10. Artificial spherical chromatophore nanomicelles for selective CO2 reduction in water <link>
Nature Catalysis 6,464-475 (2023) Junlai Yu#, Libei Huang#, Lili Du*, David Lee Phillips*, Ruquan Ye*, Jia Tian*
9. Accelerating multielectron reduction at CuxO nanograins interfaces with controlled local electric field <link>
Nature Communications 14: 7383 (2023) Weihua Guo#, Minghui Zhu*, Shibo Xi*, Boris I. Yakobson*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
8. Ultrathin, Cationic Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction to Methanol <link>
Advanced Materials 2310037 (2023) Yun Song, Jia Tian*, Ruquan Ye*
7. Filling the Gap between Heteroatom Doping and Edge Enrichment of 2D Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution <link>
ACS Nano 17 (2) 1287-1297 (2023) Wenbin Wang,# Yun Song,# Chengxuan Ke,# Guangfu Luo,* Qiyuan He*, Ruquan Ye*
6. Atomically Thin, Ionic-Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Stable, High-Performance Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction.<link>
Advanced Materials (2022) Yun Song, Dengtao Yang*, Ben Zhong Tang, Boris I. Yakobson*, Ruquan Ye*
5. Building a stable cationic molecule/electrode interface for highly efficient and durable CO2 reduction at an industrial-relevance current.<link>
Energy & Environmental Science 14, 483-492 (2021) Jianjun Su, Minghui Zhu*, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
4. Tailored self-assembled photocatalytic nanofibers for visible-light driven hydrogen production.<link>
Nature Chemistry 12, 1150–1156 (2020) Jia Tian, Ruquan Ye, David Lee Phillips, Ian Manners*
3. Covalently grafting cobalt porphyrin on carbon nanotube for efficient CO2 electroreduction.<link>
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 58, 6595-6599 (2019) Minghui Zhu, Ruquan Ye*, Yi-Fan Han*
2. Elucidating reactivity and mechanism of CO2 electroreduction at highly dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine.<link>
ACS Energy Letters 3, 1381-1386 (2018). Minghui Zhu#, Ruquan Ye#, Karthish Manthiram*
1. High‐performance hydrogen evolution from MoS2(1–x)Px Solid Solution.<link>
Advanced Materials 28, 1427-1432 (2016). Ruquan Ye, James M Tour*
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Graphene and related [Mostly graphene]
13. Flash healing of laser-induced graphene <link>
Nature Communications ASAP (2024) Le Cheng, Xinge Yu*, Ruquan Ye*
12. Direct synthesis of ammonia from nitrate on amorphous graphene with near 100% efficiency <link>
Advanced Materials 2211856 (2023) Libei Huang, Jun-Jie Zhang*, Boris I. Yakobson*, Ben Zhong Tang, Yang Ren, Ruquan Ye*
11. Ultrasensitive, fast-responsive, directional airflow sensing by bioinspired suspended graphene fibers <link>
Nano Letters 23 (2) 597-605 (2023) Libei Huang, Zheng Yan,* Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
10. Transient, Implantable, Ultrathin Biofuel Cells Enabled by Laser-Induced Graphene and Gold Nanoparticles Composite <link>
Nano Letters (2022) Xingcan Huang#, Hu Li#, Jiyu Li#, Libei Huang#, Enming Song*, Ruquan Ye*, Xinge Yu*
9. Self-Reporting and Photothermally Enhanced Rapid Bacterial Killing on a Laser-Induced Graphene Mask <link>
ACS Nano 14, 12045–12053 (2020) Libei Huang, Chunlei Zhu*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
8. Laser-induced graphene. From discovery to translation <link>
Advanced Materials 31, 1803621 (2019) Ruquan Ye*, Dustin K. James, James M Tour*
7. Graphene at fifteen. <link>
ACS Nano 13 10872-10878 (2019) Ruquan Ye*, James M. Tour*
6. Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots. <link>
Nature Communications 4, 2943. (2013) Ruquan Ye#, Changsheng Xiang#, James M. Tour*
5. Laser‐Induced Graphene Formation on Wood. <link>
Advanced Materials 29, 1702211 (2017) Ruquan Ye#, Yieu Chyan#, James M Tour*
4. Laser-induced graphene.<link>
Accounts of Chemical Research 51, 1609-1620 (2018). Ruquan Ye, Dustin K. James, James M Tour*
3. Laser-induced conversion of Teflon into fluorinated nanodiamonds or fluorinated graphene.<link>
ACS Nano 12, 1083-1088 (2018). Ruquan Ye#, Xiao Han#, James M Tour*
2. Laser-induced graphene by multiple lasing: toward electronics on cloth, paper, and food <link>
ACS Nano 12, 2176-2183 (2018). Yieu Chyan#, Ruquan Ye#, Jame M Tour*
1. In situ formation of metal oxide nanocrystals embedded in laser-induced graphene.<link>
ACS Nano 9, 9244-9251 (2015). Ruquan Ye, James M Tour*
2024
104. CO2RR
Nature Synthesis revision <link>
Qiang Zhang, et al William A. Goddard III*, & Ruquan Ye*
103. Laser-metals
Nature Communications under review <link>
Weihua Guo, et al. Ruquan Ye*
102. Flash healing of laser-induced graphene
Nature Communications 15: 2925 <link>
Le Cheng, Chi Shun Yeung, Libei Huang, Ge Ye, Jie Yan, Wanpeng Li, Chunki Yiu, Fu-Rong Chen, Hanchen Shen, Ben Zhong Tang, Yang Ren, Xinge Yu*, Ruquan Ye*
Editors' Highlight in Materials science and chemistry
101. Backbone engineering of polymeric catalysts for high-performance CO2 reduction in bipolar membrane zero-gap electrolyzer
Angewandte Chemie International Edition e202400414 (2024) <link>
Geng Li, Libei Huang, Chengpeng Wei, Hanchen Shen, Yong Liu, Qiang Zhang, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Weihua Guo, Xiaohu Cao, Ben Zhong Tang, Marc Robert, Ruquan Ye*
100. Constructing ionic interfaces for stable electrochemical CO2 reduction
ACS Nano ASAP <link>
Yong Liu#, Yun Song#, Libei Huang, Jianjun Su, Geng Li, Qiang Zhang, Yinger Xin, Xiaohu Cao, Weihua Guo, Yubing Dou, Mingming He, Tanglue Feng, Zhong Jin, Ruquan Ye*
99. Laser-Induced Graphene-Based Sensors in Health Monitoring: Progress, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications
Small Methods 24001188 <link>
Zihao Li, Libei Huang*, Le Cheng, Weihua Guo, Ruquan Ye*
98. Eu(III) guests sensitized by a metal-organic framework for sensing Cr(VI) in strong acids
ACS Applied Optical Materials ASAP (2024) <link>
Yinger Xin, Qianfeng Gu, Shengxian Cheng, Debbie Hwee Leng Seng, Ruquan Ye*, Parijat Borah*, Zhengtao Xu*
97. Unrestricted molecular motions enable mild photothermy for recurrence-resistant FLASH antitumor radiotherapy
Bioactive Materials 37, 299-312 (2024) <link>
Hanchen Shen, Hongbin Wang, Jianlan Mo, Jianyu Zhang, Changhuo Xu, Feiyi Sun, Xinwen Ou, Xinyan Zhu, Lidong Du, Huaqiang Ju, Ruquan Ye, Guangfu Shi, Ryan T.K. Kwok, Jacky W.Y. Lam, Jianwei Sun, Tianfu Zhang*, Shipeng Ning**, Ben Zhong Tang*
96. A Functionally Asymmetric Janus Hygro-Photothermal Hybrid for Atmospheric Water Harvesting in Arid Regions
Small 2306521 (2024) <link>
Weicheng Chen, Yangxi Liu, Bolin Xu, Muthusankar Ganesan, Bingqiong Tan, Yuxuan Tan, Fan Luo, Xianghui Liang, Shuangfeng Wang, Xuenong Gao, Zhengguo Zhang, Ruquan Ye, Dennis Y. C. Leung*, Sai Kishore Ravi*, Yutang Fang*
95. Coordination environment engineering of metal centers in coordination polymers for selective carbon dioxide electroreduction toward multi-carbon products
ACS Nano 18(9), 7192-7203 (2024) <link>
Juan Wang #, Mingzi Sun #, Hongming Xu #, Fengkun Hao, Qingbo Wa, Jingwen Zhou, Yunhao Wang, Jinli Yu, Penghui Zhang, Ruquan Ye, Shengqi Chu*, Bolong Huang*, Minhua Shao* & Zhanxi Fan*
2023
94. Strain Enhances the Activity of Molecular Electrocatalysts via Carbon Nanotube Supports
Nature Catalysis 6, 818-828 (2023) <link>
Jianjun Su#, Charles B. Musgrave III#, Yun Song, Libei Huang, Yong Liu, Geng Li, Yiner Xin, Pei Xiong, Molly Meng-Jung Li, Haoran Wu, Minghui Zhu, Hao Ming Chen, Jianyu Zhang, Hanchen Shen, Ben Zhong Tang, Marc Robert, William A. Goddard III*, & Ruquan Ye*
93. Artificial spherical chromatophore nanomicelles for selective CO2 reduction in water
Nature Catalysis 6,464-475 (2023) <link>
Junlai Yu#, Libei Huang#, Qingxuan Tang, Shang-Bo Yu, Qiao-Yan Qi, Jiangshan Zhang, Danying Ma, Yifei Lei, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Jean-Charles Eloi, Robert L Harniman, Ufuk Borucu, Long Zhang, Minghui Zhu, Feng Tian, Lili Du*, David Lee Phillips*, Ian Manners, Ruquan Ye*, Jia Tian*
92. Accelerating multielectron reduction at CuxO nanograins interfaces with controlled local electric field
Nature Communications 14: 7383 (2023) <link>
Weihua Guo#, Siwei Zhang#, Junjie Zhang, Haoran Wu, Yangbo Ma, Yun Song, Le Cheng, Liang Chang, Geng Li, Yong Liu, Guodan Wei, Lin Gan, Minghui Zhu*, Shibo Xi*, Xue Wang, Boris I. Yakobson*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
91. Ultrathin, Cationic Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Enhanced CO2 Electroreduction to Methanol
Advanced Materials 2310037 (2023) <link>
Yun Song#, Peng Guo#, Tinghao Ma#, Jianjun Su, Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Yong Liu, Geng Li, Yinger Xin, Qiang Zhang, Siwei Zhang, Hanchen Shen, Xing Feng, Dengtao Yang, Jia Tian*, Sai Kishore Ravi, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
90. Direct synthesis of ammonia from nitrate on amorphous graphene with near 100% efficiency
Advanced Materials 2211856 (2023) <link>
Libei Huang, Le Cheng, Tinghao Ma, Jun-Jie Zhang*, Haikun Wu, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, He Zhu, Qi Liu, Minghui Zhu, Zhiyuan Zeng, Qiyuan He, Man-Kit Tse, Deng-tao Yang, Boris I. Yakobson*, Ben Zhong Tang, Yang Ren, Ruquan Ye*
89. Filling the Gap between Heteroatom Doping and Edge Enrichment of 2D Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution
ACS Nano 17 (2) 1287-1297 (2023) <link>
Wenbin Wang,# Yun Song,# Chengxuan Ke,# Chen Ma, Zongxiao Wu, Junlei Qi, Kai Bao, Lingzhi Wang, Jingkun Wu, Yang Li, Yong Liu, Chun-Sing Lee, Ye Chen, Guangfu Luo,* Qiyuan He*, Ruquan Ye*
88. Ultrasensitive, fast-responsive, directional airflow sensing by bioinspired suspended graphene fibers
Nano Letters 23 (2) 597-605 (2023) <link>
Libei Huang, Yong Liu, Geng Li, Yun Song, Jianjun Su, Le Cheng, Weihua Guo, Ganggang Zhao, Hanchen Shen, Zheng Yan,* Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
87. Mechanistic insights into selective carbon monoxide electroreduction to methanol on cobalt tetraaminophthalocyanine
Chem Catalysis 3 (12) (2023) <link>
Yun Song#, Yong Liu#, Jianjun Su, Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Geng Li, Yinger Xin, Qiang Zhang, Tanglue Feng, Ruquan Ye*
86. Ultrafast Hole Transfer in Graphitic Carbon Nitride Imide Enabling Efficient H2O2 Photoproduction
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 15 (36), 42611-42621 (2023) <link>
Qiushi Hu, Yuling Huang, Xuemeng Yu, Shaokuan Gong, Yifan Wen, Yong Liu, Geng Li, Qiang Zhang, Ruquan Ye*, and Xihan Chen*
85. Manipulating Electric Double Layer Adsorption for Stable Solid-Electrolyte Interphase in 2.3 Ah Zn-Pouch Cells
Angewandte Chemie e202302583 (2023) <link>
Yu Wang, Bochun Liang, Jiaxiong Zhu, Geng Li, Qing Li, Ruquan Ye, Jun Fan,* Chunyi Zhi*
84. Dual behavior regulation: tether-free deep-brain stimulation by photothermal and upconversion hybrid nanoparticles
Advanced Materials 2210018 (2023) <link>
Feiyi Sun, Hanchen Shen, Qinghu Yang*, Zhaoyue Yuan, Yuyang Chen, Weihua Guo, Yu Wang, Liang Yang, Zhantao Bai, Qingqing Liu, Ming Jiang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jianwei Sun, Ruquan Ye, Ryan T. K. Kwok* and Ben Zhong Tang*
83. In situ generation of highly localized chlorine by laser-induced graphene electrodes during electrochemical disinfection
Chemosphere 139126 (2023) <link>
Ju Zhang, Le Cheng, Liqing Huang, Pok Him Ng, Qianjun Huang, Ana Rita Marques, Brett MacKinnon, Libei Huang, Yefeng Yang, Ruquan Ye*, St-Hilaire Sophie*
82. Touch IoT enabled by wireless self-sensing and haptic-reproducing electronic skin
Science Advances 8, eade245 (2022) <link>
Li, D., Zhou, J., Yao, K., Liu, S., He, J., Su, J., Qu, Q., Gao, Y., Song, Z., Yiu, CK., Sha, C., Sun, Z., Zhang, B., Li, J., Huang, L., Xu, C., Wong, TH., Huang, X., Li, J., Ye, R., Wei, L., Zhang, Z., Guo, X., Dai, Y.*, Xie, Z.*, Yu, X.*
81. Powerful Synergy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Aggregation-Induced-Emission-Active Photosensitizer in Photodynamic Therapy
ACS Nano (2023) <link>
Feiyi Sun, Hanchen Shen, Qingqing Liu, Yuyang Chen, Weihua Guo, Wutong Du, Changhuo Xu, Bingzhe Wang, Guichuan Xing, Zhuwei Jin, Jacky WY Lam, Jianwei Sun, Ruquan Ye, Ryan TK Kwok, Jianping Chen*, Ben Zhong Tang*
80. Microalgae-derived single-atom oxygen reduction catalysts for zinc-air batteries
Carbon 203, 827-834 (2023) <link>
Linlin Ma#, Xiao Hu#, Yuan Min, Xinyu Zhang, Wujun Liu, Paul Kwan Sing Lam, Molly Meng Jung Li, Raymond Jianxiong Zeng, Ruquan Ye*
79. Rapid and safe electrochemical disinfection of salt water using laser-induced graphene electrodes
Aquaculture 739479 (2023) <link>
Ju Zhang, Liqing Huang, Pok Him Ng, Ladan Jahangiri, Qianjun Huang, Libei Huang, Brett MacKinnon, Ying Yang, Omid Nekouei, Yefeng Yang, Andrew Ferguson, Ana Rita Marques, Ruquan Ye*, Sophie St-Hilaire*
78. Water-soluble aggregation-induced emission luminogens with near-infrared emission for advanced phototheranostics
Small Science (2023) <link>
Hanchen Shen, Changhuo Xu*, Ruquan Ye, Tzu-Ming Liu, Jianyu Zhang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zhihong Guo, Jianwei Sun*, Ben Zhong Tang*
77. Synthesis, Structure, and Application of Boron-containing Macrocycles
Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2023) <link>
Yuhao Wu, Shuchang Li, Haokun Li, Ruquan Ye, Zhenpin Lu*
76. Preparation of 2D Polyaniline/MoO3-x Superlattice Nanosheets via Intercalation-Induced Morphological Transformation for Efficient Chemodynamic Therapy
Advanced Healthcare Materials 12, 2202911 (2023) <link>
Tingting Hu, Baoli Xue, Fanqi Meng, Lu Ma, Yonghua Du, Shilong Yu, Ruquan Ye, Hai Li, Qinghua Zhang, Lin Gu, Zhan Zhou*, Ruizheng Liang*, Chaoliang Tan*
75. Experimental and theoretical studies of the effect of molecular conformation on the photophysical properties in the pyrene system
Dyes and Pigments (2023) <link>
Xinyi Song, Hongxi Guo, Shuning Yu, Le Huang*, Carl Redshaw, Qilong Zhang, Ruquan Ye, Xing Feng*
74. Intracellularly-photosensitized bio-hybrid with biogenic quantum dots for enhanced wastewater denitrification
Chemical Engineering Journal 457, 141237 (2023) <link>
Shuo Cui, Yang Si, Xian-Zhong Fu, Hui-Hui Li, Xue-Meng Wang, Wen-Zheng Du, Lang Teng, Ru-Li He, Hou-Qi Liu, Ru-Quan Ye, Wen-Wei Li*
2022
73. Atomically Thin, Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Stable, High-Performance Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction
Advanced Materials 2110496 (2022) <link>
Yun Song, Jun-jie Zhang, Yubing Dou, Zhaohua Zhu, Jianjun Su, Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Xiaohu Cao, Le Cheng, Zonglong Zhu, Zhenhua Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhong, Dengtao Yang*, Zhaoyu Wang, Ben Zhong Tang, Boris I. Yakobson*, Ruquan Ye*
72. Steering the Topological Defects in Amorphous Laser-Induced Graphene for Direct Nitrate-to-Ammonia Electroreductionsynthesis
ACS Catalysis 12, (19) 11639-11650 (2022) <link>
Le Cheng, Tinghao Ma, Binghao Zhang, Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Feijun Hu, He Zhu, Zhaoyu Wang, Tingting Zheng, Deng-tao Yang, Chi-Kit Siu, Qi Liu, Yang Ren, Chuan Xia, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
71. Transient, Implantable, Ultrathin Biofuel Cells Enabled by Laser-Induced Graphene and Gold Nanoparticles Composite
Nano Letters 22 (8), 3447-3456(2022) <link>
Xingcan Huang#, Hu Li#, Jiyu Li#, Libei Huang#, Kuanming Yao, Chun Ki Yiu, Yiming Liu, Tsz Hung Wong, Dengfeng Li, Mengge Wu, Ya Huang, Zhan Gao, Jingkun Zhou, Yuyu Gao, Jian Li, Yanli Jiao, Rui Shi, Binbin Zhang, Bofan Hu, Qinglei Guo, Enming Song*, Ruquan Ye*, Xinge Yu*
70. Preparation of Two-dimensional Molybdenum Phosphide via Surface-confined Atomic Substitution
Advanced Materials 2203220 (2022) <link>
Wenbin Wang,# Junlei Qi,# Li Zhai, Chen Ma, Chengxuan Ke, Wei Zhai, Zongxiao Wu, Kai Bao, Yao Yao, Siyuan Li, Bo Chen, D. V. Maheswar Repaka, Xiao Zhang, Ruquan Ye, Zhuangchai Lai, Guangfu Luo, Ye Chen, Qiyuan He*
69. Transient solid-state laser activation of indium for high-performance reduction of CO2 to formate
Small 18 (24) 2201311 (2022) <link>
Weihua Guo, Yuefeng Zhang, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Libei Huang, Le Cheng, Xiaohu Cao, Yubing Dou, Yangbo Ma, Chenyan Ma, He Zhu, Tingting Zheng, Zhaoyu Wang, Hao Li, Zhanxi Fan, Qi Liu, Zhiyuan Zeng,* Juncai Dong, Chuan Xia, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
68. A nonconjugated radical polymer with stable red luminescence in the solid state
Materials Horizons 9, 2564-2571 (2022) <link> <Chemrxiv>
Zhaoyu Wang, Xinhui Zou, Yi Xie, Haoke Zhang, Christopher Chan, Ruoyao Zhang, Jing Guo, Ryan Tsz Kin Kwok, Jacky WY Lam, Zebing Zeng, Kam Sing Wong, Ruquan Ye*, Ben Zhong Tang*
67. Development of catalysts and electrolyzers toward industrial-scale CO2 electroreduction
Journal of Materials Chemistry A 10, 19254-19277 (2022) <link> (Invited for Emerging Investigator Series)
Geng Li, Yong Liu, Qiang Zhang, Qiushi Hu, Weihua Guo, Xiaohu Cao, Yubing Dou, Le Cheng, Yun Song, Jianjun Su, Libei Huang, Ruquan Ye*
66. Recent development of nanomaterials for carbon dioxide electroreduction
SmartMat 3 (1), 35-53 (2022) <link> (Invited Contribution)
Jianjun Su,# Yong Liu,# Yun Song, Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Xiaohu Cao, Yubing Dou, Le Cheng, Geng Li, Qiushi Hu, Ruquan Ye*
65. Anomalous self-optimizing microporous graphene-based lithium-ion battery anode from laser activation of small organic molecules
Small Methods 2200280 (2022) <link>
Binghao Zhang, Le Cheng, Libei Huang, Yu Tang, Yongjin Fang, Tao Li, Ruquan Ye*, Qi Liu*
64. Molecular Motion and Nonradiative Decay: Towards Efficient Photothermal and Photoacoustic Systems
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 61 (30) e202204604 (2022) <link>
Changhuo Xu, Ruquan Ye, Hanchen Shen, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Zheng Zhao*, Ben Zhong Tang*
63. On-Chip Investigation of Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction of 2D Materials
Small 2204010 (2022) <link>
Junlei Qi, Wenbin Wang, Yihan Li, Yamei Sun, Zongxiao Wu, Kai Bao, Lingzhi Wang, Ruquan Ye, Mengning Ding*, Qiyuan He*
62. Freestanding 2D NiFe Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets: Facilitating Proton Transfer via Organic Ligands for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Small 18 (26) 2201076 (2022) <link>
Yizhe Liu, Xintong Li, Qidi Sun, Zilong Wang*, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Xuyun Guo, Zhanxi Fan, Ruquan Ye, Ye Zhu, Chu-Chen Chueh, Chi-Liang Chen, Zonglong Zhu*
61. Zero-valent iron boosts nitrate-to-ammonia bioconversion via extracellular electron donation and reduction pathway complementation
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 188, 106687 (2023) <link>
Xue Li, Jie Li*, Xiao-Rong Yu, Yong-Kun Zhu, Hou-Qi Liu, Lin Chen, Jing Wu, Xian-Zhong Fu, Shuo Cui, Tian-Yin Huang, Ru-Quan Ye, Wen-Wei Li*
60. Differentiating the structure of in-situ and ex-situ formation of laser-induced graphene hybrids
Rare Metals 41, 3035-3044 (2022) <link> (Invited Contribution)
Libei Huang, Weihua Guo, Le Cheng, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Feijun Hu, Ying Lo Law, Zheng Yan, Jian Lin, Ruquan Ye*
59. Confined growth of silver-copper Janus nanostructures with {100} facets for highly selective tandem electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction
Advanced Materials 34 (19) 2110607 (2022) <link>
Yangbo Ma #, Jinli Yu #, Mingzi Sun #, Bo Chen #, Xichen Zhou, Chenliang Ye, Zhiqiang Guan, Weihua Guo, Gang Wang, Shiyao Lu, Dongsheng Xia, Yunhao Wang, Zhen He, Long Zheng, Qinbai Yun, Liqiang Wang, Jingwen Zhou, Pengyi Lu, Jinwen Yin, Yifei Zhao, Zhongbin Luo, Li Zhai, Lingwen Liao, Zonglong Zhu, Ruquan Ye, Ye Chen, Yang Lu, Shibo Xi*, Bolong Huang*, Chun-Sing Lee, Zhanxi Fan*
58. Impacts of shell structure on nitrate-reduction activity and air stability of nanoscale zero-valent iron
Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022) <link>
Xue Li, Miao Gao*, Yingchao Huo, Houqi Liu, Jie Li, Tianyin Huang, Ruquan Ye, Wenwei Li
57. Shape-Reconfigurable Ferrofluids
Nano Letters 22 (13) 5538-5543 (2022) <link>
Sai Zhao, Jun-Yan Zhang, Yuchen Fu, Shipei Zhu, Ho Cheung Shum, Xubo Liu, Zhaoyu Wang, Ruquan Ye, Ben Zhong Tang, Thomas P Russell*, Yu Chai*
2021
56. Building a stable cationic molecule/electrode interface for highly efficient and durable CO2 reduction at an industrial-relevance current
Energy & Environmental Science 14, 483-492 (2021) <link>
Jianjun Su, Jun-Jie Zhang, Jiacheng Chen, Yun Song, Libei Huang, Minghui Zhu*, Boris I. Yakobson, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
55. Zwitterionic ultrathin covalent organic polymers for high-performance electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 284, 119750 (2021) <link>
Yun Song, Jun-Jie Zhang, Zhaohua Zhu, Xin Chen, Libei Huang, Jianjun Su, Zhengtao Xu, Thuc Hue Ly, Chun-Sing Lee, Boris I. Yakobson, Ben Zhong Tang, Ruquan Ye*
54. Highly efficient and rapid inactivation of coronavirus on non-metal hydrophobic laser-induced graphene in mild conditions Advanced Functional Materials 31, 2101195 (2021) <link>
Libei Huang#, Meijia Gu#, Zhaoyu Wang, Tsz Wing Tang, Zonglong Zhu, Yuncong Yuan, Dong Wang, Chao Shen*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
53. Molecular engineering of laser-induced graphene for potential-driven broad-spectrum antimicrobial and antiviral applications
Small 17, 102841 (2021) <link> (Invited for Rising Star Series)
Meijia Gu#*, Libei Huang#, Zhaoyu Wang, Weihua Guo, Le Cheng, Yuncong Yuan, Zhou Zhou, Sijie Chen, Chao Shen, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
52. Masks for COVID-19
Advanced Science 9, 2102189 (2021) <link>
Wei Deng#, Yajung Sun#, Xiaoxue Yao#, Karpagam Subramanian, Chen Ling, Hongbo Wang, Shaurat S. Chopra, Ben Bin Xu*, Jie-xin Wang, Jian-Feng Chen, Dan Wang*, Honeyfer Amancio, Stevin Pramana, Ruquan Ye*, Steven Wang*
51. Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide by Heterogenized Cofacial Porphyrins
Transactions of Tianjin University (2021) <link>
Pengfei Tian, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Ruquan Ye,* Minghui Zhu*
50. Recent advances in clusteroluminescence
Topics in Current Chemistry 379:14 (2021) <link> (Invited Review)
Zhaoyu Wang, Haoke Zhang, Siqi Li, Dangyuan Lei, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
49. Laser-induced graphene for environmental applications: Progress and opportunities
Materials Chemistry Frontiers 5, 4874 (2021) <link> (Invited Review)
Le Cheng, Weihua Guo, Xiaohu Cao, Yubing Dou, Libei Huang, Yun Song, Jianjun Su, Zhiyuan Zeng, Ruquan Ye*
48. Recent progresses in electrochemical CO2 reduction on Cu-based catalysts towards multi-carbon products
Advanced Functional Materials 31, 2102151 (2021) <link>
Jinli Yu #, Juan Wang #, Yangbo Ma #, Jingwen Zhou, Yunhao Wang, Pengyi Lu, Jinwen Yin, Ruquan Ye, Zonglong Zhu & Zhanxi Fan*
47. Dopant-free hole-transporting material with enhanced intermolecular interaction for efficient and stable n-i-p perovskite solar cells
Advanced Energy Materials 2100967 (2021) <link>
Jing Wang, Xin Wu, Yizhe Liu, Tian Qin,* Kaicheng Zhang, Ning Li, Juan Zhao,* Ruquan Ye, Zhanxi Fan, Zhenguo Chi & Zonglong Zhu*
46. Curvature-induced electronic tuning of molecular catalysts for CO2 reduction
Catalysis Science & Technology 11, 2491 (2021) <link>
Pengfei Tian,# Bo Zhang,# Jiacheng Chen, Jing Zhang, Libei Huang, Ruquan Ye, Bo Bao,* Minghui Zhu*
2020
45. Self-Reporting and Photothermally Enhanced Rapid Bacterial Killing on a Laser-Induced Graphene Mask
ACS Nano 14, 12045–12053 (2020) <link>
Libei Huang, Siyu Xu, Zhaoyu Wang, Ke Xue, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Sijie Chen, Chunlei Zhu*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Ruquan Ye*
Press: 明報， 頭條日報， 星島日報， 大公報， HK01， 東方日報，商報，信報， 晴報，橙新聞，X-mol，etc.
44. Laser-induced Graphene: En Route to Smart Sensing
Nano-Micro Letters 12:157 (2020) <link>
Libei Huang, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Ruquan Ye*
43. Laser-engineered graphene on wood enables efficient antibacterial, anti-salt-fouling and lipophilic-matter-rejection solar evaporation
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 51864–51872 (2020) <link>
Libei Huang, Li Ling, Jianjun Su, Yun Song, Zhaoyu Wang, Ben Zhong Tang, Paul Westerhoff, Ruquan Ye*
42. MnO2-based Materials for environmental applications
Advanced Materials 2004862 (2020) <link>
Ruijie Yang, Yingying Fan, Ruquan Ye, Yuxin Tang, Xiehong Cao*, Zongyou Yin*, Zhiyuan Zeng*
41. Transition metal dichalcogenide-based mixed-dimensional heterostructures for visible-light-driven photocatalysis: Dimensionality and interface engineering
Nano Research 14, 2003–2022, (2021) <link>
Xiaorong Gan, Dangyuan Lei*, Ruquan Ye, Huimin Zhao, Kwok-Yin Wong
40. Tailored self-assembled photocatalytic nanofibers for visible-light driven hydrogen production
Nature Chemistry 12, 1150–1156 (2020) <link>
Jia Tian, Yifan Zhang, Lili Du, Yunxiang He, Xuhui Jin, Sam Pearce, Jean-Charles Eloi, Robert L. Harniman, Dominic Alibhai, Ruquan Ye, David Lee Phillips, Ian Manners*
2019
39. Laser-induced graphene. From discovery to translation
Advanced Materials, 31, 1803621 (2019). <link>
Ruquan Ye*, Dustin K. James, James M Tour*
38. Covalently grafting cobalt porphyrin on carbon nanotube for efficient CO2 electroreduction.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58, 6595-6599 (2019) <link>
Minghui Zhu, Jiacheng Chen, Libei Huang, Ruquan Ye*, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*
37. Graphene at fifteen.
ACS Nano, 13 10872-10878 (2019) <link>
Ruquan Ye*, James M. Tour*
36. Robust serum albumin-responsive AIEgen enables latent bloodstain visualization in high resolution and reliability for crime scene investigation.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 17306-17312 (2019) <link>
Zhaoyu Wang, Pengfei Zhang, Haixiang Liu, Zheng Zhao, Ling-Hong Xiong, Wei He, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ruquan Ye*, Ben Zhong Tang*
35. Highly oxidized graphene quantum dots from coal as efficient antioxidants.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11, 16815-16821 (2019) <link>
Lizanne Nilewski#, Kimberly Mendoza#, Almaz S. Jalilov#, Vladimir Berka, Gang Wu, William K.A. Sikkema, Andrew Metzger, Ruquan Ye, Rui Zhang, Duy Xuan Luong, Tuo Wang, Emily McHugh, Paul J. Derry, Errol Loïc Samuel, Thomas A Kent*, Ah-Lim Tsai*, and James M. Tour*
34. In-situ monitoring apoptosis process by a self-reporting photosensitizer.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141, 5612–5616 (2019) <link>
Tianfu Zhang, Yuanyuan Li, Zheng Zheng, Ruquan Ye, Yiru Zhang, Ryan T.K. Kowk, Jacky W.Y. Lam, Ben Zhong Tang*
33. Electronic tuning of cobalt porphyrins immobilized on nitrogen-doped graphene for CO2 reduction.
ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2, 2435–2440 (2019) <link>
Minghui Zhu, Chenxi Cao, Jiacheng Chen, Yang Sun, Ruquan Ye*, Jing Xu, Yi-Fan Han*
32. Direct laser-assisted manufacturing and patterning of graphene from polymers.
HKIE Transactions, 4, 166-174 (2019) <link> Special issue: The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers 2019
Ruquan Ye*, Libei Huang
31. Inductive and electrostatic effects on cobalt porphyrins for heterogeneous electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction.
Catalysis Science & Technology. 9, 974-980 (2019) <link>
Minghui Zhu#, Deng-Tao Yang#, Ruquan Ye, Joy Zeng, Nathan Corbin, Karthish Manthiram*
30. Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials.
Materials Today 32, 275-292 (2019) <link>
Haoke Zhang, Zheng Zhao, Paul R. McGonigal, Ruquan Ye, Shunjie Liu, Jacky W.Y. Lam, Ryan T.K. Kwok, Wang Zhang Yuan, Jianping Xie, Andrey L. Rogach, Ben Zhong Tang*
2018 Prior to CityU
29. Laser-Induced Graphene from Wood Impregnated with Metal Salts and Use in Electrocatalysis.
ACS Appl. Nano Mater., 1, 5053–5061 (2018) <link>
Xiao Han, Ruquan Ye, Yieu Chyan, Tuo Wang, Chenhao Zhang, Luolin Shi, Tong Zhang, Yan Zhao, James M Tour*
28. Laser-induced graphene.
Accounts of Chemical Research, 51, 1609-1620 (2018). <link>
Ruquan Ye, Dustin K. James, James M Tour*
27. Elucidating reactivity and mechanism of CO2 electroreduction at highly dispersed cobalt phthalocyanine.
ACS Energy Letters, 3, 1381-1386 (2018). <link>
Minghui Zhu#, Ruquan Ye#, Kyoungsuk Jin, Nikifar Lazouski, Karthish Manthiram*
26. Manganese deception on graphene and implications in catalysis.
Carbon, 132, 623-631 (2018). <link>
Ruquan Ye, Juncai Dong, Luqing Wang, Rubén Mendoza-Cruz, Yilun Li, Peng-Fei An, Miguel José Yacamán, Boris I Yakobson, Dongliang Chen, James M Tour*
25. Laser-induced graphene by multiple lasing: toward electronics on cloth, paper, and food.
ACS Nano, 12, 2176-2183 (2018). <link>
Yieu Chyan#, Ruquan Ye#, Yilun Li, Swatantra P Singh, Christopher J Arnusch, Jame M Tour*
24. Laser-induced conversion of Teflon into fluorinated nanodiamonds or fluorinated graphene.
ACS Nano, 12, 1083-1088 (2018). <link>
Ruquan Ye#, Xiao Han#, Dmitry V Kosynkin, Yilun Li, Chenhao Zhang, Bo Jiang, Angel A Marti, James M Tour*
23. Surface‐modified porous carbon nitride composites as highly efficient electrocatalyst for Zn‐air batteries.
Advanced Energy Materials, 8, 1701642 (2018) <link>
Wenhan Niu, Zhao Li, Kyle Marcus, Le Zhou, Yilun Li, Ruquan Ye, Kun Liang, Yang Yang*
22. Laser‐Induced Graphene Formation on Wood.
Advanced Materials, 29, 1702211 (2017) <link>
Ruquan Ye#, Yieu Chyan#, Jibo Zhang, Yilun Li, Xiao Han, Carter Kittrell, James M Tour*
21. Strained W(SexS1–x)2 Nanoporous Films for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution.
ACS Energy Letters, 2, 1315-1320 (2017). <link>
Kun Liang, Yong Yan, Limin Guo, Kyle Marcus, Zhao Li, Le Zhou, Yilun Li, Ruquan Ye, Nina Orlovskaya, Yong-Ho Sohn, Yang Yang*
20. High performance electrocatalytic reaction of hydrogen and oxygen on ruthenium nanoclusters.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9, 3785-3791 (2017). <link>
Ruquan Ye, Yuanyue Liu, Zhiwei Peng, Tuo Wang, Almaz S Jalilov, Boris I Yakobson,* Su-Huai Wei,* James M Tour*
19. Non-conventional fluorescent biogenic and synthetic polymers without aromatic rings.
Polymer Chemistry, 8, 1722-1727 (2017).<link>
Ruquan Ye, Yuanyue Liu, Haoke Zhang, Huifang Su, Yilin Zhang, Liguo Xu, Rongrong Hu, Ryan TK Kwok, Kam Sing Wong, Jacky WY Lam, William A Goddard, Ben Zhong Tang*
18. Carbon‐based composite as an efficient and stable metal‐free electrocatalyst.
Advanced Functional Materials, 26, 3621-3629 (2016). <link>
Xiujun Fan, Zhiwei Peng, Juanjuan Wang, Ruquan Ye, Haiqing Zhou, Xia Guo*
17. The synthesis of size-controlled 3C-SiC nanoflakes and their photoluminescent properties.
Nanotechnology, 27, 255604 (2016) <link>
Xiujun Fan, Ruquan Ye, Zhiwei Peng, Juanjuan Wang, Ailing Fan, Xia Guo*
16. Microwave heating of functionalized graphene nanoribbons in thermoset polymers for wellbore reinforcement.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8, 12985-12991 (2016). <link>
Nam Dong Kim, Andrew Metzger, Vahid Hejazi, Yilun Li, Anton Kovalchuk, Seoung-Ki Lee, Ruquan Ye, Jason A Mann, Carter Kittrell, Rouzbeh Shahsavari, James M Tour*
15. High‐performance hydrogen evolution from MoS2(1–x)Px Solid Solution.
Advanced Materials, 28, 1427-1432 (2016). <link>
Ruquan Ye, Paz del Angel‐Vicente, Yuanyue Liu, M Josefina Arellano‐Jimenez, Zhiwei Peng, Tuo Wang, Yilun Li, Boris I Yakobson, Su‐Huai Wei, Miguel Jose Yacaman, James M Tour*
14. High‐Performance Pseudocapacitive Microsupercapacitors from Laser‐Induced Graphene.
Advanced Materials, 28, 838-845 (2016). <link>
Lei Li, Jibo Zhang, Zhiwei Peng, Yilun Li, Caitian Gao, Yongsung Ji, Ruquan Ye, Nam Dong Kim, Qifeng Zhong, Yang Yang, Huilong Fei, Gedeng Ruan, James M Tour*
13. Intrinsic and extrinsic defects in a family of coal-derived graphene quantum dots.
Applied Physics Letters, 107, 212402 (2015). <link>
Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, Johan van Tol, Ruquan Ye, James M Tour*
12. Graphene quantum dots doping of MoS2 monolayers.
Advanced Materials, 27, 5235-5240 (2015). <link>
Ziwei Li, Ruquan Ye, Rui Feng, Yimin Kang, Xing Zhu, James M Tour,^ Zheyu Fang*
11. In situ formation of metal oxide nanocrystals embedded in laser-induced graphene.
ACS Nano, 9, 9244-9251 (2015). <link>
Ruquan Ye, Zhiwei Peng, Tuo Wang, Yunong Xu, Jibo Zhang, Yilun Li, Lizanne G Nilewski, Jian Lin, James M Tour*
10. M3C (M: Fe, Co, Ni) nanocrystals encased in graphene nanoribbons: an active and stable bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions.
ACS Nano, 9, 7407-7418 (2015). <link>
Xiujun Fan, Zhiwei Peng, Ruquan Ye, Haiqing Zhou, Xia Guo*
9. Flexible boron-doped laser-induced graphene microsupercapacitors.
ACS Nano, 9, 5868-5875 (2015). <link>
Zhiwei Peng, Ruquan Ye, Jason A Mann, Dante Zakhidov, Yilun Li, Preston R Smalley, Jian Lin, James M Tour*
8. Boron/nitrogen co-doped helically unzipped multiwalled carbon nanotubes as efficient electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, 7786-7794 (2015). <link>
Alireza Zehtab Yazdi, Huilong Fei, Ruquan Ye, Gunuk Wang, James Tour,^ Uttandaraman Sundararaj*
7. Bandgap engineering of coal-derived graphene quantum dots.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, 7041-7048 (2015). <link>
Ruquan Ye, Zhiwei Peng, Andrew Metzger, Jian Lin, Jason A Mann, Kewei Huang, Changsheng Xiang, Xiujun Fan, Errol LG Samuel, Lawrence B Alemany, Angel A Martí, James M Tour*
6. Flexible and stackable laser-induced graphene supercapacitors.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 7, 3414-3419 (2015). <link>
Zhiwei Peng, Jian Lin, Ruquan Ye, Errol LG Samuel, James M Tour*
5. Laser-induced porous graphene films from commercial polymers.
Nature Communications, 5, 5714 (2014) <link>
4. Boron-and nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots/graphene hybrid nanoplatelets as efficient electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction.
ACS Nano, 8, 10837-10843 (2014) <link>
3. Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots.
Nature Communications, 4, 2943. (2013) <link>
2. Conjugated polyelectrolytes with aggregation‐enhanced emission characteristics: synthesis and their biological applications.
Chemistry–An Asian Journal, 8, 2436-2445. (2013) <link>
Rongrong Hu, Ruquan Ye, Jacky WY Lam, Min Li, Chris WT Leung, Ben Zhong Tang*