Yaran and Xiaoxia’s work on speciation of Cu surface in the CORR by in-situ SERS is highlighted as the coverart of JACS. Congrats!
Research update (May)
Jake’s work on the electrochemical reduction of benzaldehyde is highlighted as the coverart in Catal. Sci. Tech. Congrats!
Research update (Apr.)
Hongje’s work on tandem catalysis is published in ACS Catalysis.
Our collaborative work appeared in Sci. Adv.
Bingjun joins the editorial board of Science Advances
Bingjun joins the editorial board of Science Advances as an Associate Editor
Research Update Feb.&Mar. 2020
Our work has been highlighted as the front cover of Angew. Chemie. In. Ed.
Nick’s work on solvent effect has come out in Nature Communications.
Xiaoxiao’s work on C-C coupling between CO and acetaldehyde on OD-Cu is published in JACS.
Congratulations to Arnav, Nick and Xiaoxia!
Research Update: Jan. 2020
A number of publications from the Xu group came out in 1/2020:
- J. Li, D. Wu, A. Malkani, M. Cheng, B. Xu, Q. Lu, “Hydroxide Is Not A Promoter of C2 Product Formation in Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 on Copper”, Angew. Chem. In. Ed., 132, 2020, 2.
- M. Gilkey, H. Cho, B. Murphy, J. Wu, D. Vlachos, B. Xu, “Catalytic Adipic Acid Production on Zeolites from Biomass-Derived Tetrahydrofuran-2,5-Dicarboxylic Acid”, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2020, Accepted.
- A. Malkani, J. Li, J. Anibal, Q. Lu, B. Xu, “Impact of Forced Convection on Spectroscopic Observations of the Electrochemical CO Reduction Reaction”, ACS Catal.,10, 2020, 941.
- S. Li, J. Liu, Z. Yin, P. Ren, L. Lin, Y. Gong, C. Yang, X. Zheng, R. Cao, S. Yao, Y. Deng, X. Liu, L. Gu, W. Zhou, J. Zhu, X. Wen, B. Xu, D. Ma, “Impact of Coordination Environment on Atomically Dispersed Pt Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, ACS Catal., 10, 2020, 907.
- N. Gould, H. Landfield, B. Dinkelacker, C. Brady, X. Yang, B. Xu, “Selectivity Control in Catalytic Reductive Amination of Furfural to Furfurylamine on Supported Catalysts”, ChemCatChem, 2020, Accepted.
Research Update: Nov. & Dec.
Casper’s work on the combination of thermochemical water splitting and direct air capture of CO2 came out in PNAS: C. Brady, M. Davis*, B. Xu*, “Integration of Thermochemical Water Splitting with CO2 Direct Air Capture”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 116, 2019, 25001.
Research Update: Oct.
Xuan and Jared’s work on the pH dependence and the cation effect in the HOR/HER chemistry on Pt has been accepted in Angew. Chem. In. Ed., congratulations!
Research Update: Sep.
Our work on nitrogen reduction has been highlighted on the front cover of Angew. Chem. In. Ed., congratulations Xuan!
A related work by Jared on electrochemical ammonia synthesis on chromium nitrides has been published by JPCC.
Research Update: July
Our perspective article on ammonia chemistry is highlighted as journal cover in Advanced Materials.
Our collaborative work with Dr. Lu and Dr. Cheng on tandem CO2 electrolysis has been published in Nat. Commun. Here is the UDaily coverage.