Publications

[37] Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis: The Energy Efficiency Challenge

Yuanyuan Zhou#, Xianbiao Fu#, Ib Chorkendorff*, Jens K. Nørskov*

ACS Energy Letters, 2025, 10, 128–132. [Link]

[36] What Insights Can We Learn from Dimensionally Stable Anodes (DSA)?

Xianbiao Fu*

Carbon Future, 2024, 1(4), 9200027. (Invited) [Link]

[35] Unraveling the adsorption-limited hydrogen oxidation reaction at palladium surface via in situ electron microscopy

Yukun Liu, Kunmo Koo, Zugang Mao, Xianbiao Fu, Xiaobing Hu, Vinayak P. Dravid*

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024, 2024, 121(40): e2408277121. [Link]

[34] Prospects and Challenges in Electrochemical Nitrogen Activation for Ammonia Synthesis

Xianbiao Fu*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Science China Chemistry, 2024, 67, 3510–3514. (Invited) [Link]

[33] Towards Sustainable Metal-Mediated Ammonia Electrosynthesis

Shaofeng Li#, Xianbiao Fu#, Jens K Nørskov*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Nature Energy, 2024,  9, 1344-1349. (Invited) [Link]

[32] Long-term continuous ammonia electrosynthesis

Shaofeng Li#, Yuanyuan Zhou#, Xianbiao Fu, Jakob B Pedersen, Mattia Saccoccio, Suzanne Z Andersen, Kasper Enemark-Rasmussen, Paul J Kempen, Christian Danvad Damsgaard, Aoni Xu, Rokas Sažinas, Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Niklas H Deissler, Jakob Kibsgaard, Peter CK Vesborg, Jens K Nørskov*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Nature, 2024, 629(8010): 92-97. [Link]

[31] Phenol as proton shuttle and buffer for lithium-mediated ammonia electrosynthesis

Xianbiao Fu#, Aoni Xu#, Jakob B Pedersen, Shaofeng Li, Rokas Sažinas, Yuanyuan Zhou, Suzanne Z Andersen, Mattia Saccoccio, Niklas H Deissler, Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Jakob Kibsgaard, Peter CK Vesborg, Jens K Nørskov*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 2417. [Link]

[30] Ultrathin silicon nitride microchip for in situ/operando microscopy with high spatial resolution and spectral visibility

Kunmo Koo, Zhiwei Li, Yukun Liu, Stephanie M Ribet, Xianbiao Fu, Ying Jia, Xinqi Chen, Gajendra Shekhawat, Paul JM Smeets, Roberto Dos Reis, Jungjae Park, Jong Min Yuk, Xiaobing Hu*, Vinayak P Dravid*

Science Advances, 2024, 10(3), eadj6417. [Link]

[29] Effect of Lithium Salt on Lithium-Mediated Ammonia Synthesis

Xianbiao Fu*, Shaofeng Li, Niklas H. Deissler, Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Jakob Kibsgaard, Ib Chorkendorff*

ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 9, 3790-3795. [Link]

[28] Operando investigations of the solid electrolyte interphase in the lithium mediated nitrogen reduction reaction

Niklas H Deissler, J Bjarke V Mygind, Katja Li, Valerie A Niemann, Peter Benedek, Valentin Vinci, Shaofeng Li, Xianbiao Fu, Peter CK Vesborg, Thomas F Jaramillo, Jakob Kibsgaard, Jakub Drnec, Ib Chorkendorff*

Energy & Environmental Science, 2024, 17, 3482-3492. [Link]

[27] Calcium-mediated nitrogen reduction for electrochemical ammonia synthesis

Xianbiao Fu#, Valerie A Niemann#, Yuanyuan Zhou#, Shaofeng Li, Ke Zhang, Jakob B Pedersen, Mattia Saccoccio, Suzanne Z Andersen, Kasper Enemark-Rasmussen, Peter Benedek, Aoni Xu, Niklas H Deissler, Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Adam C Nielander, Jakob Kibsgaard, Peter CK Vesborg, Jens K Nørskov*, Thomas F Jaramillo*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Nature Materials, 2024, 23(1), 101-107. [Link]

[26] Continuous-flow electrosynthesis of ammonia by nitrogen reduction and hydrogen oxidation

Xianbiao Fu#, Jakob B Pedersen#, Yuanyuan Zhou#, Mattia Saccoccio, Shaofeng Li, Rokas Sažinas, Katja Li, Suzanne Z Andersen, Aoni Xu, Niklas H Deissler, Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Chao Wei, Jakob Kibsgaard, Peter CK Vesborg, Jens K Nørskov*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Science, 2023, 374 (6633), 707-712. [Link]

[25] Lithium-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction for Electrochemical Ammonia Synthesis: From Batch to Flow Reactor

Xianbiao Fu*

Materials Today Catalysis, 2023, 3: 100031.  [Link]

[24] Quantifying Influence of the Solid-Electrolyte Interphase in Ammonia Electrosynthesis

Eric J McShane, Valerie A Niemann, Peter Benedek, Xianbiao Fu, Adam C Nielander, Ib Chorkendorff, Thomas F Jaramillo, Matteo Cargnello*

ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8 (10), 4024-4032. [Link]

[23] Is Ethanol Essential for the Lithium‐Mediated Nitrogen Reduction Reaction?

Jon Bjarke Valbæk Mygind, Jakob B Pedersen, Katja Li, Niklas H Deissler, Mattia Saccoccio, Xianbiao Fu, Shaofeng Li, Rokas Sažinas, Suzanne Z Andersen, Kasper Enemark‐Rasmussen, Peter CK Vesborg, Jakob Doganli‐Kibsgaard, Ib Chorkendorff

ChemSusChem, 2023, 16(18): e202301011. [Link]

[22] Some thoughts about the electrochemical nitrate reduction reaction

Xianbiao Fu*

Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 53, 8-12. (Invited) [Link]

[21] Precise Site-Hydrophobicity Modulation for Boosting High-Performance CO2 Electroreduction

Lei Xiong, Xianbiao Fu, Yu Zhou, Pei Nian, Zheng Wang, Qin Yue*

ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13 (10), 6652-6660. [Link]

[20] Phase Engineering of Intermetallic PtBi2 Nanoplates for Formic Acid Electrochemical Oxidation

Xianbiao Fu#, Hongjian Li#, Aoni Xu#, Fanjie Xia, Li Zhang, Jiahao Zhang, Dongsheng Ma, Jinsong Wu, Qin Yue, Xuan Yang, Yijin Kang*

Nano Letters, 2023, 23 (12), 5467-5474. [Link]

[19] Electrosynthesis of ammonia with high selectivity and high rates via engineering of the solid-electrolyte interphase

Shaofeng Li#, Yuanyuan Zhou#, Katja Li, Mattia Saccoccio, Rokas Sažinas, Suzanne Z Andersen, Jakob B Pedersen, Xianbiao Fu, Vahid Shadravan, Debasish Chakraborty, Jakob Kibsgaard, Peter CK Vesborg, Jens K Nørskov*, Ib Chorkendorff*

Joule, 2022, 6 (9), 2083-2101. [Link]

[18] Recent advances and challenges of electrochemical ammonia synthesis

Xianbiao Fu, Jiahao Zhang, Yijin Kang*

Chem Catalysis. 2022, 2 (10), 2590-2613. (Invited) [Link]

[17] High-Entropy Alloy Nanosheets for Fine-Tuning Hydrogen Evolution

Xianbiao Fu#, Jiahao Zhang#, Shaoqi Zhan, Fanjie Xia, Chengjie Wang, Dongsheng Ma, Qin Yue, Jinsong Wu, Yijin Kang*

ACS Catalysis. 2022, 12 (19): 11955-11959. [Link]

[16] High-entropy alloy nanoparticles as a promising electrocatalyst to enhance activity and durability for oxygen reduction

Yanan Yu, Fanjie Xia, Chengjie Wang, Jinsong Wu, Xianbiao Fu*, Dongsheng Ma, Bencai Lin, Jiaao Wang, Qin Yue*, Yijin Kang

Nano Research. 2022, 15(9): 7868-7876. [Link]

[15] Asymmetrical C–C coupling for electroreduction of CO on bimetallic Cu–Pd catalysts

Hao Shen#, Yunzhe Wang#, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Guangye Zhou, Canhui Wang, Xianbiao Fu, Yuxuan Wang, Jinyi Zhang, Chenyang Li, Fei Xu, Liang Cao, Tim Mueller*, Chao Wang*

ACS Catalysis. 2022, 12 (9): 5275-5283. [Link]

[14] Scalable chemical interface confinement reduction BiOBr to bismuth porous nanosheets for electroreduction of carbon dioxide to liquid fuel

Xianbiao Fu, Jia‐ao Wang, Xiaobing Hu, Kun He, Qing Tu, Qin Yue*, Yijin Kang*

Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32 (10): 202107182. [Link]

[13] Core-shell nanostructured Ru@Ir-O electrocatalysts for superb oxygen evolution in acid

Jiahao Zhang#, Xianbiao Fu#, Fanjie Xia, Wenqing Zhang, Dongsheng Ma, Yu Zhou, Hong Peng, Jinsong Wu, Xueqing Gong, Dong Wang*, Qin Yue*

Small, 2022, 18 (14): 202108031. [Link]

[12] Chemical upgrade of carbon monoxide to acetate on an atomically dispersed copper catalyst via CO-insertion

Xianbiao Fu, Yuxuan Wang, Hao Shen, Yanan Yu, Fei Xu, Guangye Zhou, Wenjun Xie, Ruixuan Qin, Chaochao Dun, C-W Pao, J-L Chen, Yisheng Liu, Jinghua Guo, Qin Yue, Jeffrey J Urban, Chao Wang, Yijin Kang*

Materials Today Physics, 2021, (19), 100418. [Link]

[11] Two-Dimensional Pd Rafts Confined in Copper Nanosheets for Selective Semihydrogenation of Acetylene

Xianbiao Fu#, Jian Liu#, Siriluk Kanchanakungwankul, Xiaobing Hu, Qin Yue, Donald G Truhlar, Joseph T Hupp*, Yijin Kang*

Nano Letters, 2021, 21 (13), 5620-5626. [Link]

[10] Electrochemical reduction of CO2 towards multi-carbon products via a two-step process

Xianbiao Fu, Jiahao Zhang, Yijin Kang*

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 2021, 4 (6), 612-628. [Link]

[9] Advanced electrocatalysts with single-metal-atom active sites

Yuxuan Wang#, Hongyang Su#, Yanghua He#, Ligui Li#, Shangqian Zhu#, Hao Shen, Pengfei Xie, Xianbiao Fu, Guangye Zhou, Chen Feng, Dengke Zhao, Fei Xiao, Xiaojing Zhu, Yachao Zeng, Minhua Shao*, Shaowei Chen*, Gang Wu*, Jie Zeng*, Chao Wang*

Chemical Reviews. 2020, 120 (21), 12217-12314. [Link]

[8] Alternative route for electrochemical ammonia synthesis by reduction of nitrate on copper nanosheets

Xianbiao Fu, Xingang Zhao, Xiaobing Hu, Kun He, Yanan Yu, Tao Li, Qing Tu, Xin Qian, Qin Yue, Michael R Wasielewski, Yijin Kang*

Applied Materials Today. 2020, (19), 100620. [Link]

[7] Two-dimensional copper nanosheets for electrochemical reduction of carbon monoxide to acetate

Wesley Luc#, Xianbiao Fu#, Jianjian Shi, Jing-Jing Lv, Matthew Jouny, Byung Hee Ko, Yaobin Xu, Qing Tu, Xiaobing Hu, Jinsong Wu, Qin Yue, Yuanyue Liu, Feng Jiao*, Yijin Kang*

Nature Catalysis. 2019, 2 (5), 423-430. (Cover story) [Link]

[6] Exploiting dynamic water structure and structural sensitivity for nanoscale electrocatalyst design

Saad Intikhab, Luis Rebollar, Xianbiao Fu, Qin Yue, Yawei Li, Yijin Kang, Maureen H Tang, Joshua D Snyder*

Nano Energy. 2019, 64: 103963. [Link]

[5] Three-dimensional carbon material as stable host for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes

Ying Xu, Liping Wang, Weishang Jia, Yanan Yu, Ruya Zhang, Tao Li, Xianbiao Fu, Xiaobin Niu, Jingze Li*, Yijin Kang*

Electrochimica Acta, 2019, 301: 251-257. [Link]

[4] Catalyst design by scanning probe block copolymer lithography

Liliang Huang, Peng-Cheng Chen, Mohan Liu, Xianbiao Fu, Pavlo Gordiichuk, Yanan Yu, Chris Wolverton, Yijin Kang*, Chad A Mirkin*

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018, 115 (15), 3764-3769. [Link]

[3] Acid/hydrazide-appended covalent triazine frameworks for low-pressure CO2 capture: pre-designable or post-synthesis modification

Yu Fu, Zhiqiang Wang, Xianbiao Fu, Jun Yan, Cheng Liu, Chunyue Pan, Guipeng Yu*

Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5(40): 21266-21274. [Link]

[2] Hyper-crosslinked aromatic polymers with improved microporosity for enhanced CO2/N2 and CO2/CH4 selectivity

Dongyang Chen, Shuai Gu, Yu Fu, Xianbiao Fu, Yindong Zhang, Guipeng Yu*, Chunyue Pan

New Journal of Chemistry, 2017, 41(14): 6834-6839. [Link]

[1] Covalent Organic Frameworks Catalysts

Xianbiao Fu, Guipeng Yu*

Progress in Chemistry, 2016, 28(7): 1006. [Link]