Wenxing Chen

Research interests

Publications

• Matching the kinetics of natural enzymes with a single-atom iron nanozyme

  Nature Catalysis · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00609-x

• Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host–guest strategy

  Nature Chemistry · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0473-9

• Engineering unsymmetrically coordinated Cu-S1N3 single atom sites with enhanced oxygen reduction activity

  Nature Communications · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16848-8

• Single-atom Rh/N-doped carbon electrocatalyst for formic acid oxidation

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2020 · 10.1038/s41565-020-0665-x

• Atomic‐Level Modulation of Electronic Density at Cobalt Single‐Atom Sites Derived from Metal–Organic Frameworks: Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Performance

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2020 · 10.1002/anie.202012798

• Engineering the electronic structure of single atom Ru sites via compressive strain boosts acidic water oxidation electrocatalysis

  Nature Catalysis · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-019-0246-2

• Single-atom tailoring of platinum nanocatalysts for high-performance multifunctional electrocatalysis

  Nature Catalysis · 2019 · 10.1038/s41929-019-0279-6

• Bismuth Single Atoms Resulting from Transformation of Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Use as Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b08259

• A general synthesis approach for amorphous noble metal nanosheets

  Nature Communications · 2019 · 10.1038/s41467-019-12859-2

• Defect Effects on TiO 2 Nanosheets: Stabilizing Single Atomic Site Au and Promoting Catalytic Properties

  Advanced Materials · 2018 · 10.1002/adma.201705369

• Direct observation of noble metal nanoparticles transforming to thermally stable single atoms

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41565-018-0197-9

• Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2018 · 10.1021/jacs.8b00814

• Direct transformation of bulk copper into copper single sites via emitting and trapping of atoms

  Nature Catalysis · 2018 · 10.1038/s41929-018-0146-x

• Enhanced oxygen reduction with single-atomic-site iron catalysts for a zinc-air battery and hydrogen-air fuel cell

  Nature Communications · 2018 · 10.1038/s41467-018-07850-2

• Tuning defects in oxides at room temperature by lithium reduction

  Nature Communications · 2018 · 10.1038/s41467-018-03765-0

• Fe Isolated Single Atoms on S, N Codoped Carbon by Copolymer Pyrolysis Strategy for Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  Advanced Materials · 2018 · 10.1002/adma.201800588

• Single Tungsten Atoms Supported on MOF‐Derived N‐Doped Carbon for Robust Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution

  Advanced Materials · 2018 · 10.1002/adma.201800396

• Uncoordinated Amine Groups of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Anchor Single Ru Sites as Chemoselective Catalysts toward the Hydrogenation of Quinoline

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b01686

• Hollow N-Doped Carbon Spheres with Isolated Cobalt Single Atomic Sites: Superior Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b10194

• Ionic Exchange of Metal–Organic Frameworks to Access Single Nickel Sites for Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b02736

• Regulation of Coordination Number over Single Co Sites: Triggering the Efficient Electroreduction of CO2

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · 10.1002/anie.201712451

• Design of N-Coordinated Dual-Metal Sites: A Stable and Active Pt-Free Catalyst for Acidic Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2017 · 10.1021/jacs.7b10385

• General synthesis and definitive structural identification of MN4C4 single-atom catalysts with tunable electrocatalytic activities

  Nature Catalysis · 2017 · 10.1038/s41929-017-0008-y

• Rational Design of Single Molybdenum Atoms Anchored on N‐Doped Carbon for Effective Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · 10.1002/anie.201710599

• Isolated Single Iron Atoms Anchored on N‐Doped Porous Carbon as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2017 · 10.1002/anie.201702473

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