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Publications from Research funded at Brookhaven National Laboratory

2021

  • Y. Wang, L.R. Winter, J.G. Chen and B. Yan, “CO2 Hydrogenation over Heterogeneous Catalysts at Atmospheric Pressure: From Electronic Properties to Product Selectivity”, Green Chemistry, 23 (2021) 249-267 DOI:10.1039/D0GC03506H
  • L.R. Winter and J.G. Chen, “N2 Fixation by Plasma-Activated Processes”, Joule, 5 (2021) 300-315. DOI:10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.009
  • Z. Xie, L.R. Winter and J.G. Chen, “Bimetallic-Derived Catalysts and Their Application in Simultaneous Upgrading of CO2 and Ethane”, Matter, 4 (2021) 408-440. DOI:10.1016/j.matt.2020.11.013

2020

  • Z. Xie, Y. Xu, M. Xie, X. Chen, J.H. Lee, E. Stavitski, S. Kattel and J.G. Chen, “Reactions of CO2 and Ethane Enable CO Bond Insertion for Production of C3 Oxygenates”, Nature Communications, 11 (2020) 1887. DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-15849-x
  • Z. Xie, D. Tian, M. Xie, S. Yang, Y. Xu, N. Rui, J.H. Lee, S.D. Senanayake, K. Li, H. Wang, S. Kattel and J.G. Chen, “Interfacial Active Sites for CO2-Assisted Selective Cleavage of C-C/C-H Bonds in Ethane”, Chem, 6 (2020) 2703-2716. DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2020.07.011
  • B. Yan, S. Yao and J.G. Chen, “Effect of oxide support on catalytic performance of FeNi-based catalysts for CO2-assisted oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane”, ChemCatChem, 12 (2020) 494-503. DOI:10.1002/cctc.201901585
  • Q. He, D. Liu, J.H. Lee, Y. Liu, Z. Xie, S. Hwang, S. Kattel, L. Song, and J.G. Chen, “Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Syngas with Controllable CO/H2 Ratios over Co and Ni Single-Atom Catalysts”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (2020) 3033-3037. DOI:10.1002/anie.201912719
  • Y. Wang, Y. Zheng, K. Li, W. Gao, W. Na, J.G. Chen, H. Wang, “Strong evidence of the role of H2O for enhancing methanol selectivity from CO2 hydrogenation over Cu-ZnO-ZrO2”, Chem, 6 (2020) 419-430. DOI:10.1016/j.chempr.2019.10.023
  • S. Liu, L.R. Winter and J.G. Chen, “Review of Plasma-Assisted Catalysis for Selective Generation of Oxygenates from CO2 and CH4”, ACS Catalysis, 10 (2020) 2855-2871. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b04811
  • X. Niu, X. Nie, C. Yang and J.G. Chen, “CO2-assisted propane aromatization over phosphorous-modified Ga/ZSM-5 catalysts”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 10 (2020) 1881-1888. DOI:10.1039/C9CY02589H
  • X. Nie, X. Ren, C. Tu, C. Song, X. Guo and J.G. Chen “Computational and Experimental Identification of Strong Synergy of Fe/ZnO Catalyst in Promoting Acetic Acid Synthesis from CH4 and CO2”, Chemical Communications, 56 (2020) 3983-3986. DOI: 10.1039/c9cc10055e
  • Y. Liu, D. Tian, A.N. Biswas, Z. Xie, S. Hwang, J.H. Lee, H. Meng and J.G. Chen, “Transition Metal Nitrides as Promising Catalyst Supports for Tuning CO/H2 Syngas Production from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 59 (2020) 11345-11348. DOI:10.1002/anie.202003625
  • B.M. Tackett, J.H. Lee and J.G. Chen, “Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Syngas with Palladium-Based Electrocatalysts”, Accounts of Chemical Research, 53 (2020) 1535-1544. DOI:10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00277
  • R.M. Bullock, J.G. Chen, L. Gagliardi, P.J. Chirik, O.K. Farha, C.H. Hendon, C.W. Jones, J.A. Keith, J. Klosin, S. D. Minteer, R.H. Morris, A.T. Radosevich, T.B. Rauchfuss, N.A. Strotman, A. Vojvodic, T.R. Ward, J.Y. Yang, and Y. Surendranath, “Using nature’s blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals”, Science, 369 (2020) 786. DOI: 10.1126/science.abc3183
  • X. Jiang, X. Nie, X. Guo, C. Song and J.G. Chen, “Recent Advances in Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol via Heterogeneous Catalysis”, Chemical Reviews, 120 (2020) 7984-8034. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00723
  • L.R. Winter, B. Ashford, J. Hong, A.B. Murphy and J.G. Chen, “Identifying Surface Reaction Intermediates in Plasma Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis”, ACS Catalysis, 10 (2020) 14763−14774. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.0c03166
  • Y. Wang, Y. Nian, A.N. Biswas, W. Li, Y. Han and J.G. Chen, “Challenges and Opportunities in Utilizing MXenes of Carbides and Nitrides as Electrocatalysts”, Advanced Energy Materials, 10 (2020) 2002967. DOI:10.1002/aenm.202002967

2019

  • R. Winter, R. Chen, X. Chen, K. Chang, Z. Liu, S.D. Senanayake and J.G. Chen, “Elucidating the roles of metallic Ni and oxygen vacancies in CO2 hydrogenation over Ni/CeO2 using isotope exchange and in situ measurements”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 245 (2019) 360-366. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.069
  • Xie, B. Yan, J.H. Lee, Q. Wu, X. Li, B. Zhao, D. Su, L. Zhang and J.G. Chen, “Effects of oxide supports on the CO2 reforming of ethane over Pt-Ni bimetallic catalysts”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 245 (2019) 376-388. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.12.070
  • Wang, S. Kattel, W. Gao, K. Li, P. Liu, J.G. Chen and H. Wang, “Exploring the ternary interactions in Cu-ZnO-ZrO2 catalysts for efficient CO2 hydrogenation to methanol”, Nature Communications, 10 (2019) 1166. DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-09072-6
  • Wang, S. Kattel, C.J. Hawxhurst, J.H. Lee, B.M. Tackett, K. Chang, N. Rui, C.-J. Liu and J.G. Chen, “Enhancing Activity and Reducing Cost for Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ by Supporting Palladium on Metal Carbides”, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 58 (2019) 6271-6275. DOI:10.1002/anie.201900781
  • Yan, B. Zhao, S. Kattel, Q. Wu, S. Yao, D. Su and J.G. Chen, “Tuning CO2 hydrogenation selectivity via metal-oxide interfacial sites”, Journal of Catalysis, 374 (2019) 60-71. DOI:10.1016/j.jcat.2019.04.036
  • M. Tackett, E. Gomez and J.G. Chen, “Net reduction of CO2 via its thermocatalytic and electrocatalytic transformation reactions in standard and hybrid processes”, Nature Catalysis, 2 (2019) 381-386. DOI:10.1038/s41929-019-0266-y
  • Gomez, Z. Xie and J.G. Chen, “The effects of bimetallic interactions for CO2‐assisted oxidative dehydrogenation and dry reforming of propane”, AIChE Journal, 65 (2019) e16670. DOI:10.1002/aic.16670
  • Lin, S Yao, R. Ning, L. Han, F. Zhang, C. Gerlak, Z. Liu, J. Cen, l. Song, S. Senanayake, J.G. Chen and J.A. Rodriguez, “Conversion of CO2 on a Highly Active and Stable Cu/FeOx/CeO2 Catalyst: Tuning Catalytic Performance by Oxide-Oxide Interactions”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 9 (2019) 3735-3742. DOI:10.1039/C9CY00722A
  • Li and J.G. Chen, “CO2 hydrogenation to methanol over ZrO2-containing catalysts: Insights into ZrO2 induced synergy", ACS Catalysis, 9 (2019) 7840-7861. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b01943
  • H. Lee, S. Kattel, Z. Jiang, Z. Xie, S. Yao, B.M. Tackett, W. Xu, N.S. Marinkovic and J.G. Chen “Tuning the Activity and Selectivity of Electroreduction of CO2 to Synthesis Gas using Bimetallic Catalysts”, Nature Communications, 10 (2019) 3724. DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-11352-0
  • Yao, L. Lin, W. Liao, N. Rui, N. Li, Z. Liu, J. Cen, F. Zhang, X. Li, L. Song, L. Betancourt. D. Su, S. Senanayake, P. Liu, D. Ma, J.G. Chen and J.A. Rodriguez, “Exploring Metal-Support Interactions to Immobilize Sub-nm Co Clusters on γ-Mo2N: A Highly Selective and Stable Catalyst for CO2 Activation”, ACS Catalysis, 9 (2019) 9087-9097. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.9b01945
  • Gomez, B. Yan, S. Kattel and J.G. Chen, “Carbon dioxide reduction in tandem with light alkane dehydrogenation”, Nature Reviews Chemistry, 3 (2019) 638-649. DOI:10.1038/s41570-019-0128-9
  • Gomez, X. Ni, J.H. Lee, Z. Xie and J.G. Chen, “Tandem reactions of CO2 reduction and ethane aromatization", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 141 (2019) 17771-17782. DOI:10.1021/jacs.9b08538

2018

  • R. Winter, E. Gomez, B. Yan, S. Yao and J.G. Chen, “Tuning Ni-catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation selectivity via Ni-ceria support interactions and Ni-Fe bimetallic formation”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 224 (2018) 442-450. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.10.036
  • Zhao, B. Yan, S. Yao, Z. Xie, Q. Wu, R. Ran, D. Weng, C. Zhang and J.G. Chen, “LaFe0.9Ni0.1O3 perovskite catalyst with enhanced activity and coke-resistance for dry reforming of ethane”, Journal of Catalysis, 358 (2018) 168-178. DOI:10.1016/j.jcat.2017.12.012
  • Zhang, Q. Yang, H. Chen, K. Chen, X. Lu, P. Ouyang, J. Fu and J.G. Chen, “In-situ Hydrogenation and Decarboxylation of Oleic Acid into Heptadecane over a Cu-Ni Alloy Catalyst using Methanol as Hydrogen Carrier”, Green Chemistry, 20 (2018) 197-205. DOI:10.1039/C7GC02774E
  • Wu, B. Yan, J. Cen, J. Timoshenko, D. Zakharov, X. Chen, H. Xin, S. Yao, J.B. Parise, A.I. Frenkel, E.A. Stach, J.G. Chen and A. Orlov, “Growth of Nanoparticles with Desired Catalytic Functions by Controlled Doping-Segregation of Metal in Oxide”, Chemistry of Materials, 30 (2018) 1585-1592. DOI:10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b04699
  • Li, B. Yan, S. Yao, S. Kattel, J.G. Chen and T. Wang, “Oxidative Dehydrogenation and Dry Reforming of n-Butane with CO2 over NiFe Bimetallic Catalysts”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 231 (2018) 442-450. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.02.063
  • Gomez, S. Kattel, B. Yan, S. Yao, P. Liu and J.G. Chen, “Combining CO2 Reduction with Propane Oxidative Dehydrogenation over Bimetallic Catalysts”, Nature Communications, 9 (2018) 1398. DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-03793-w
  • Yao, B. Yan, Binhang, Z. Jiang, Z. Liu, Q. Wu, J.H. Lee, and J.G. Chen, “Combining CO2 Reduction with Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation by Oxygen-modification of Molybdenum Carbide”, ACS Catalysis, 8 (2018) 5374-5381. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b00541
  • Xie, B. Yan, S. Kattel, J.H. Lee, S. Yao, Q. Wu, N. Rui, E. Gomez, Z. Liu, W. Xu, L. Zhang and J.G. Chen, “Dry Reforming of Methane over CeO2-supported Pt-Co Catalysts with Enhanced Activity”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 236 (2018) 280-293. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.05.035
  • G. Chen, R.M. Crooks, L.C. Seefeldt, K.L. Bren, R.M. Bullock, M.Y. Darensbourg, P.L. Holland, B. Hoffman, M.J. Janik, A.K. Jones, M.G. Kanatzidis, P. King, K.M. Lancaster, S.V. Lymar, P. Pfromm, W.F. Schneider, R.R. Schrock, “Beyond Fossil Fuel-Driven Nitrogen Transformations”, Science, 360 (2018) 873. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar6611
  • Zhao, B. Yan, Z. Jiang, S. Yao, Z. Liu, Q. Wu, R. Ran, S.D. Senanayake, D. Weng and J.G. Chen “High Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation to CO by Controlling the Valence State of Nickel using Perovskite”, Chemical Communications, 54 (2018) 7354-7357. DOI:10.1039/C8CC03829E
  • Yan, Q. Wu, J. Cen, J. Timoshenko, A.I. Frenkel, D. Su, X. Chen, J.B. Parise, E.A. Stach, A. Orlov and J.G. Chen, “Highly Active Subnanometer Rh Clusters Derived from Rh-doped SrTiO3 for CO2 Reduction”, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 237 (2018) 1003-1011. DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.06.074
  • Kattel, J.G. Chen and P. Liu, “Mechanistic study of dry reforming of ethane by CO2 on a bimetallic PtNi(111) model surface”, Catalysis Science & Technology, 8 (2018) 3748-3758 (back cover). DOI:10.1039/C8CY00880A
  • Yan, S. Yao, S. Kattel, Q. Wu, Z. Xie, E. Gomez, P. Liu, D. Su and J.G. Chen, “Active sites for tandem reactions of CO2 reduction and ethane dehydrogenation”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States, 115 (2018) 8278-8283. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1806950115
  • H. Lee, S. Kattel, Z. Xie, B.M. Tackett, J. Wang, C.-J. Liu, and J.G. Chen, “Understanding the Role of Functional Groups in Polymeric Binder for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Gold Nanoparticles”, Advanced Functional Materials, 28 (2018) 1804762. DOI:10.1002/adfm.201804762

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Understanding and developing metal carbides and bimetallic alloys as catalysts and electrocatalysts through combined theoretical and experimental approaches over model surfaces and supported catalysts. Investigating structural and electronic properties of catalysts using in situ synchrotron techniques.