Yang Hou

Research interests

Publications

• Electrochemical C–N coupling of CO 2 and nitrogenous small molecules for the electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2023 · https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cs00381c

• Accelerated water activation and stabilized metal-organic framework via constructing triangular active-regions for ampere-level current density hydrogen production

  Nature Communications · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34278-6

• Local Spin‐State Tuning of Iron Single‐Atom Electrocatalyst by S‐Coordinated Doping for Kinetics‐Boosted Ammonia Synthesis

  Advanced Materials · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202202240

• Exceptional catalytic activity of oxygen evolution reaction via two-dimensional graphene multilayer confined metal-organic frameworks

  Nature Communications · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33847-z

• Highly active ruthenium sites stabilized by modulating electron-feeding for sustainable acidic oxygen-evolution electrocatalysis

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ee03610f

• Electrocatalysis for CO 2 conversion: from fundamentals to value-added products

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cs00071j

• Synergistic Effect of Atomically Dispersed Ni–Zn Pair Sites for Enhanced CO 2 Electroreduction

  Advanced Materials · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202102212

• Proton Capture Strategy for Enhancing Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction on Atomically Dispersed Metal–Nitrogen Active Sites**

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100011

• Boosting Electroreduction Kinetics of Nitrogen to Ammonia via Tuning Electron Distribution of Single‐Atomic Iron Sites

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202100526

• Tuning d-band center of tungsten carbide via Mo doping for efficient hydrogen evolution and Zn–H2O cell over a wide pH range

  Nano Energy · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.104850

• Dynamic Activation of Adsorbed Intermediates via Axial Traction for the Promoted Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

  Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202013427

• Designing 3d dual transition metal electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline electrolyte: Beyond oxides

  Nano Energy · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2020.105162

• Gas Diffusion Strategy for Inserting Atomic Iron Sites into Graphitized Carbon Supports for Unusually High‐Efficient CO2 Electroreduction and High‐Performance Zn–CO2 Batteries

  Advanced Materials · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202002430

• Atomically Defined Undercoordinated Active Sites for Highly Efficient CO 2 Electroreduction

  Advanced Functional Materials · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201907658

• NiCoMo Hydroxide Nanosheet Arrays Synthesized via Chloride Corrosion for Overall Water Splitting

  ACS Energy Letters · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.9b00333

• Atomically dispersed nickel–nitrogen–sulfur species anchored on porous carbon nanosheets for efficient water oxidation

  Nature Communications · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09394-5

• Porous carbon nanosheets: Synthetic strategies and electrochemical energy related applications

  Nano Today · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nantod.2018.12.004

• Nanostructured Ternary Metal Tungstate-Based Photocatalysts for Environmental Purification and Solar Water Splitting: A Review

  Nano-Micro Letters · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s40820-018-0222-4

• A strongly coupled 3D ternary Fe 2 O 3 @Ni 2 P/Ni(PO 3 ) 2 hybrid for enhanced electrocatalytic oxygen evolution at ultra-high current densities

  Journal of Materials Chemistry A · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta11223a

• FeN4 Sites Embedded into Carbon Nanofiber Integrated with Electrochemically Exfoliated Graphene for Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Medium

  Advanced Energy Materials · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201801912

• Copper-surface-mediated synthesis of acetylenic carbon-rich nanofibers for active metal-free photocathodes

  Nature Communications · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03444-0

• Efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution on atomically dispersed Ni–N x Species anchored porous carbon with embedded Ni nanoparticles by accelerating water dissociation kinetics

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ee01841c

• Vertically oriented cobalt selenide/NiFe layered-double-hydroxide nanosheets supported on exfoliated graphene foil: an efficient 3D electrode for overall water splitting

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c5ee03440j

• An Advanced Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Cobalt‐Embedded Porous Carbon Polyhedron Hybrid for Efficient Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction and Water Splitting

  Advanced Functional Materials · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201403657

• Constructing 2D Porous Graphitic C 3 N 4 Nanosheets/Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Layered MoS 2 Ternary Nanojunction with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Activity

  Advanced Materials · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201303116

• A general, one-step and template-free synthesis of sphere-like zinc ferrite nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity for dye degradation

  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.02.052

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