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Research Highlights

  • Haoyun Bai, Zhichao Yu, Jinxian Feng, Di Liu, Weiqi Li, and Hui Pan*, Co3X8 (X= Cl and Br): multiple phases and magnetic properties in Kagome lattice. Nanoscale 16, 1362-1370 (2024).

  • Shuyang Peng, Di Liu, Keyu An, Zhiqin Ying, Mingpeng Chen, Jinxian Feng, Kin Ho Lo*, and Hui Pan*, n‐Si/SiOx/CoOx‐Mo Photoanode for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Small 20, 2304376 (2024). (Highlighted as the Inside Cover)

  • Lulu Qiao, Di Liu, Anquan Zhu, Jinxian Feng, Pengfei Zhou, Chunfa Liu, Kar Wei Ng*, and Hui Pan*, Nickel-facilitated In-situ Surface Reconstruction on Spinel Co3O4 for Enhanced Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. Appl. Catal. B 340, 123219 (2024).

  • Chunfa Liu, Jinxian Feng, Pengfei Zhou, Dong Liu, Lulu Qiao, Di Liu, Youpeng Cao, Shi-Chen Su, Hongchao Liu*, and Hui Pan*, Multi-metal interaction boosts reconstructed FeCoCrCuOx@CF toward efficient alkaline water electrolysis under large current density. Chem. Eng. J. 476, 146710 (2023).

  • Haoyun Bai, Di Liu, and Hui Pan*, LaOMS2 (M= Ti, V, and Cr): novel crystal spin valves without contact. Mater. Horizon 10, 5126-5132 (2023).

  • Zhichao Yu, Bowen Li, Haoyun Bai, and Hui Pan*, Two-dimensional Janus perovskite oxynitrides as active photocatalysts for overall water splitting with ferroelectric modulation. J. Chem. Mater. A 11, 19074-19082 (2023).

  • Xingshuai Lv, Junxian Liu, Liangzhi Kou*, Kar Wei Ng*, Shuangpeng Wang*, Thomas Frauenheim*, and Hui Pan*, Three-Dimensional Dual-Site Catalysts for Industrial Ammonia Synthesis at Dramatically Decreased Temperatures and Pressures. ACS Catal. 13, 13561-13568 (2023).

  • Di Liu, Lulu Qiao, Shuyang Peng, Haoyun Bai, Chunfa Liu, Weng Fai Ip, Kin Ho Lo, Hongchao Liu, Kar Wei Ng, Shuangpeng Wang*, Xiaozhan Yang, and Hui Pan*,Recent Advances in Electrocatalysts for Efficient Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia. Adv. Funct. Mater. 33, 2303480 (2023).

  • Jinxian Feng, Junyan Li, Lulu Qiao, Dong Liu, Pengfei Zhou, Jun Ni and Hui Pan*, Reconstructed Anti-Poisoning Surface for Enhanced Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Cu-Incorporated ZnO. Appl. Catal. B 330, 122665 (2023).

  • Mingpeng Chen, Di Liu, Lulu Qiao, Pengfei Zhou, Jinxian Feng, Kar Wei Ng, Qingju Liu*, Shuangpeng Wang* and Hui Pan*, In-situ/operando Raman techniques for in-depth understanding on electrocatalysis. Chem. Eng. J. 461, 141939 (2023).

  • Di Liu, Lulu Qiao, Yuyun Chen, Pengfei Zhou, Jinxian Feng, Chon Chio Leong, Kar Wei Ng, Shengjie Peng, Shuangpeng Wang*, Weng Fai Ip, and Hui Pan*, Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia on Low-Cost Manganese-incorporated Co3O4 nanotubes. Appl. Catal. B 324, 122293 (2023).

  • Haoyun Bai, Jinxian Feng, Di Liu, Pengfei Zhou, Rucheng Wu, Chi Tat Kwok, Weng Fai Ip, Wenlin Feng, Xulei Sui, Hongchao Liu*, and Hui Pan*, Advances in Spin Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions, Small 19, 2205638 (2023). (Frontispiece, Hot Topic: Magnetic Materials)

  • Lulu Qiao, Anquan Zhu, Di Liu, Jinxian Feng, Yuyun Chen, Mingpeng Chen, Pengfei Zhou, Lihong Yin, Rucheng Wu, Kar Wei Ng*, and Hui Pan*, Crystalline phosphides/amorphous oxides composite for energy-saving hydrogen production assisted by efficient urea oxidation reaction. Chem. Eng. J 454, 140380 (2023).

  • Jinxian Feng, Lulu Qiao, Pengfei Zhou, Haoyun Bai, Chunfa Liu, Chon Chio Leong, Yu-Yun Chen, Weng Fai Ip, Jun Ni, and Hui Pan*, Nanocrystalline CoOx glass for highly-efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. J. Mater. Chem. A 11, 316-329 (2023).

  • Pengfei Zhou, Haoyun Bai, Jinxian Feng, Di Liu, Lulu Qiao, Chunfa Liu, Shuang-Peng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, Recent Progress on bulk Fe-based alloy for industrial alkaline water electrolysis. J. Mater. Chem. A 11, 1551-1574 (2023).

  • Haoyun Bai, Qingyun Wu, Haoqiang Ai, Di Liu, Jinxian Feng, Lay Kee Ang, Yunhao Lu, Ming Yang* and Hui Pan*, Interlayer-Incorporation of MoS2 (TM-MoS2) to achieve unique magnetic and electronic properties for spintronics. Adv. Electro. Mater. 2200209 (2022).

  • Mingpeng Chen, Di Liu, Jinxian Feng, Pengfei Zhou, Lulu Qiao, Wenlin Feng, Yuyun Chen, Kar Wei Ng, Shuangpeng Wang*, Weng Fai Ip, and Hui Pan*, In-situ generation of Ni-CoOOH through deep reconstruction for durable alkaline water electrolysis. Chem. Eng. J. 443, 136432 (2022).

  • Haoyun Bai, Shiying Shen, Feifei Li, Jiazhong Geng, Wenlin Feng, Hongchao Liu*, Weng Fai Ip, Yunhao Lu, and Hui Pan*, M4B6X6 as a New Family of High-Efficient Electrocatalysts: The Role of Surface Reconstruction in Water Oxidization. ChemSusChem 15, e202200280 (2022).

  • Pengfei Zhou, Pengda Niu, Jishan Liu, Nian Zhang, Haoyun Bai, Mingpeng Chen, Jinxian Feng, Di Liu, Litong Wang, Shi Chen, Chi Tat Kwok, Yuxin Tang*, Ruidi Li*, Shuangpeng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, Anodized steel: the most promising bifunctional electrocatalyst for alkaline water electrolysis in industry. Adv. Funct. Mater. 32, 2202068 (2022).

  • Haoqiang Ai, Feifei Li, Haoyun Bai, Dong Liu, Kin Ho Lo*, Shengyuan A. Yang, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Hui Pan*, Ferroelectricity Co-existed with p-Orbital Ferromagnetism and Metallicity in Two-Dimensional Metal Oxynitrides. NPJ Comput. Mater. 8, 60 (2022).

  • Mingpeng Chen, Di Liu, Yuyun Chen, Dong Liu, Xinyu Du, Jinxian Feng, Pengfei Zhou, Baoye Zi, Qingju Liu, Kin Ho Lo, Shi Chen, Shuangpeng Wang*, Weng Fai Ip, and Hui Pan*, Insightful view on the active sites of Ni/NixP for hydrogen evolution reaction. Appl. Mater. Today 26, 101343 (2022).

  • Feifei Li, Haoqiang Ai, Shiying Shen, Jiazhong Geng, Kin Ho Lo, and Hui Pan*, Two‐Dimensional Dirac Nodal Line Carbon Nitride to Anchor Single‐Atom Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. ChemSusChem 15, e202102537 (2022).

  • Haoyun Bai, Haoqiang Ai, Bowen Li, Dong Liu, Kin Ho Lo, Kar Wei Ng, Xingqiang Shi, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Hui Pan*, CNSi/MXene/CNSi: Unique Structure with Specific Electronic Properties for Nanodevices. Small 17, 2101482 (2021).

  • Dong Liu, Pengfei Zhou, Haoyun Bai, Haoqiang Ai, Xinyu Du, Mingpeng Chen, Di Liu, Weng Fai Ip, Kin Ho Lo, Chi Tat Kwok, Shi Chen,* Shuangpeng Wang,* Guichuan Xing,* Xuesen Wang, and Hui Pan*, Development of perovskite oxide-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction. Small 17, 2101605 (2021). (Cover page article)
  • Youchao Kong, Tianwei He*, Alain R Puente Santiago, Dong Liu, Aijun Du, Shuangpeng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, Unravelling the Reaction Mechanisms of N2 Fixation on Molybdenum Nitride: A Full DFT study from the Pristine Surface to Heteroatom Anchoring. ChemSusChem 14, 3257-3266 (2021). (Cover page and VIP article)

  • Feifei Li, Haoqiang Ai, Dong Liu, Kin Ho Lo, and Hui Pan*, Enhanced oxygen evolution reaction on 2D CoOOH via strain engineering: an insightful view from spin state transition. J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 17749 – 17759 (2021). (Back cover page article)
  • Bowen Li, Jiazhong Geng, Haoqiang Ai, Youchao Kong, Haoyun Bai, Kin Ho Lo, Kar Wei Ng*, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, and Hui Pan*, Design of 2D materials – MSi2CxN4-x (M = Cr, Mo, and W; x = 1 and 2) – with tunable electronic and magnetic properties. Nanoscale 13, 8038 – 8048 (2021). (Cover Page Article)

  • Jinxian Feng, Jun Ni and Hui Pan*, Synergistic Carbon and Hydrogen Reactions in Electrochemical Reduction of CO2 to Liquid Fuels. J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 10546 – 10561 (2021).

  • Dong Liu, Haoqiang Ai, Mingpeng Chen, Pengfei Zhou, Bowen Li, Di Liu, Xinyu Du, Kin Ho Lo, Kar-Wei Ng, Shuang-Peng Wang*, Shi Chen*, Guichuan Xing*, Jinsong Hu, and Hui Pan*, Multi-phase Heterostructure of CoNiP/CoxP for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Under Alkaline and Seawater Conditions by Promoting H2O Dissociation. Small 17, 2007557 (2021).

  • Jiazhong Geng, Keyu An, Iat-Neng Chan, Haoqiang Ai, Kin Ho Lo, Kar Wei Ng*, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe and Hui Pan*, ab initio design of a new family of 2D materials: transition metal carbon nitrogen compounds (MCNs). J. Mater. Chem. C 9, 4748 – 4756 (2021). (Cover Page & Hot Article)

  • Dong Liu, Mingpeng Chen, Xinyu Du, Haoqiang Ai, Kin Ho Lo, Shuangpeng Wang*, Shi Chen*, Guichuan Xing*, Xuesen Wang, and Hui Pan*, Development of Electrocatalysts for Efficient Nitrogen Reduction Reaction under Ambient Condition. Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2008983 (2021).
  • Xiongwei Zhong, Shulong Ye, Jun Tang, Yuanmin Zhu, Duojie Wu, Meng Gu, Hui Pan*, and Baomin Xu*, Engineering Pt and Fe Dual-Metal Single Atoms Anchored on Nitrogen-Doped Carbon with High Activity and Durability towards Oxygen Reduction Reaction for Zinc-Air Battery. Appl. Catal. B 286, 119891 (2021).

  • Mingyang Yang, Chaoqun Shang, Feifei Li, Chen Liu*, Zhenyu Wang, Shuai Gu, Di Liu, Lujie Cao, Junjun Zhang, Zhouguang Lu*, and Hui Pan*, Synergistic electronic and morphological modulation on ternary Co1−xVxP nanoneedle arrays for hydrogen evolution reaction with large current density. Science China Materials 64, 880-891(2021).

  • Youchao Kong, Shanshan Yan, Jinxian Feng, Shuangpeng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, Design of Phosphorus-Functionalized MXenes for Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 597 – 606 (2021).

  • Dong Liu, Haoqiang Ai, Jielei Li, Mingliang Fang, Mingpeng Chen, Di Liu, Xinyu Du, Pengfei Zhou, Feifei Li, Kin Ho Lo, Yuxin Tang, Shi Chen*, Lei Wang*, Guichuan Xing*, and Hui Pan*, Surface Reconstruction and Phase Transition on Vanadium-Cobalt-Iron Trimetal Nitrides to Form Active Oxyhydroxide for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation. Adv. Energy Mater. 10, 2002464 (2020). (Cover Page Article)

  • Rui Tong, Kar Wei Ng, Xina Wang, Shuangpeng Wang*, Xuesen Wang, and Hui Pan*, Two-Dimensional Materials as Novel Co-Catalysts for Efficient Solar-Driven Hydrogen Production. J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 23202 – 23230 (2020).

  • Qing Zhu, Yuanju Qu, Detao Liu, Kai Wei Ng*, and Hui Pan*, Two-Dimensional Layered Materials: High-Efficient Electrocatalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3, 6270–6296 (2020).

  • Mingpeng Chen, Dong Liu, Xinyu Du, Kin Ho Lo, Shuangpeng Wang*, Bingpu Zhou* and Hui Pan*, 2D Materials: Excellent substrates for Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) in chemical sensing and biosensing. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 130, 115983 (2020).

  • Jinxian Feng and Hui Pan*, Electronic State Optimization for Electrochemical N2 Reduction Reaction in Aqueous Solution. J. Mater. Chem. A 8, 13896 – 13915 (2020).

  • Mingpeng Chen, Bing Ji, Ziyi Dai, Xinyu Du, Bingchen He, Ge Chen, Dong Liu, Shi Chen, Kin Ho Lo, Shuangpeng Wang*, Bingpu Zhou* and Hui Pan*, Vertically-aligned 1T/2H-MS2 (M= Mo, W) nanosheets for surface-enhanced Raman scattering with long-term stability and large-scale uniformity. Appl. Surf. Sci. 527, 146769 (2020).

  • Di Liu, Haoqiang Ai, Wan Tong Lou, Feifei Li, Kin Ho Lo, Shuang-Peng Wang* and Hui Pan*, Substrate Strain Engineering: an efficient strategy to enhance the catalytic activity of SACs on waved graphene for e-NRR, Sustainable Energy & Fuels 4, 3773 – 3779 (2020).

  • Haoqiang Ai, Youchao Kong, Di Liu, Feifei Li, Jiazhong Geng, Shuang-Peng Wang, Kin Ho Lo* and Hui Pan*, 1T‴ Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides: Strong Bulk Photovoltaic Effect for Enhanced Solar-Power Harvesting. J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 11221–11228 (2020).

  • Youchao Kong, Haoqiang Ai, Wei Wang, Xiuhua Xie, Kin Ho Lo, Shuang-Peng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, Waved 2D Transition-Metal Disulfides for Nanodevices and Catalysis: A First-Principle Study. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 3, 2804-2812 (2020).

  • Xinyu Du, Haoqiang Ai, Mingpeng Chen, Dong Liu, Shi Chen, Xuesen Wang, Kin Ho Lo* and Hui Pan*, PLD-fabricated perovskite oxide nanofilm as efficient electrocatalyst with highly enhanced water oxidation performance. Appl. Catal. B 272, 119046 (2020).
  • Dong Liu, Rui Tong, Yuanju Qu, Qing Zhu, Xiongwei Zhong, Mingliang Fang, Kin Ho Lo, Feifei Zhang, Yinchao Ye, Yuxing Tang, Shi Chen*, Guichuang Xing* and Hui Pan*, Highly Improved Electrocatalytic Activity of NiSx: Effects of Cr-doping and Phase Transition. Appl. Catal. B 267, 118721 (2020).
  • Xiongwei Zhong, Wendi Yi, Yuanju Qu, Luozheng Zhang, Haoyu Bai, Yuanmin Zhu, Jing Wan, Shi Chen, Ming Yang, Li Huang, Meng Gu, Hui Pan*, and Baomin Xu*, Co Single-atom Anchored on Co3O4 and Nitrogen-Doped Active Carbon toward Bifunctional Catalyst for Zinc-Air Batteries, Appl. Catal. B 260, 118188 (2020).

  • Feifei Li, Li Chen, Hongmei Liu, Dongchao Wang, Changmin Shi* and Hui Pan*, Enhanced N2-fixation by Engineering the Edges of Two-dimensional Transition Metal Disulfides, J. Phys. Chem. C 123, 22221−22227 (2019).

  • Zhiqin Ying, Xi Yang, Rui Tong, Qing Zhu, Tian Chen, Zhubing He*, and Hui Pan*, Enhancing the efficiency and stability of NiOx based silicon photoanode via interfacial engineering. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2, 6883−6890 (2019).

  • Xiongwei Zhong, Yingzhi Li, Luozheng Zhang, Jun Tang, Xiangnan Li, Chang Liu, Mengmeng Shao, Zhouguang Lu*, Hui Pan*, and Baomin Xu*, High-Performance Sodium Ion Batteries based on Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon Spheres with Ultrathin Nanosheets, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 11, 2970–2977 (2019).

  • Qing Zhu, Wenzhou Chen, Hua Cheng, Zhouguang Lu, and Hui Pan*, WS2 Nanosheets with Highly-Enhanced Electrochemical Activity by Facile Control of Sulphur Vacancies. ChemCatChem 11, 2667-2675 (2019).
  • Qing Zhu, Mengmeng Shao, Shu Hearn Yu, Xina Wang, Zhe Tang, Bin Chen, Hua Cheng, Zhouguang Lu, Daniel HC Chua, and Hui Pan*, One-Pot Synthesis of Co-Doped VSe2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2, 644-653 (2019).

  • Rui Tong, Zhi Sun, Xina Wang, Shuangpeng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, Network‐like Ni1-xMox nanosheets: multi‐functional electrodes for overall water splitting and supercapacitor, ChemElectroChem 6, 1338-1343 (2019). Featured as “Cover Feature” article.

  • Rui Tong, Zhi Sun, Fang Zhang, Xina Wang, Jingchen Xu, Xingqiang Shi, Shuangpeng Wang*, and Hui Pan*, N and V Coincorporated Ni Nanosheets for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 12, 16525-16531 (2018).

  • Wenzhou Chen, Xianhua Hou, Xingqiang Shi* and Hui Pan*, Two-Dimensional Janus transition metal oxides and chalcogenides: multifunctional properties for photocatalysts, electronics and energy conversion, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 35289–35295 (2018).

  • Yuanju Qu, Ye Ke, Yangfan Shao, Wenzhou Chen, Chi Tat Kwok, Xingqiang Shi and Hui Pan*, Effect of curvature on the hydrogen evolution reaction of graphene, J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 25331-25338 (2018).

  • Wenzhou Chen, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Xingqiang Shi* and Hui Pan*, Two-dimensional pentagonal CrX (X = S, Se or Te) monolayers: Antiferromagnetic semiconductors for spintronics and photocatalysts, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 18348 – 18354 (2018).

  • Mengmeng Shao, Yangfan Shao, Shengjie Ding, Jingwei Wang, Jinchen Xu, Yuanju Qu, Xiongwei Zhong, Xinman Chen, Weng Fai Ip, Ning Wang, Baomin Xu, Xingqiang Shi, Xuesen Wang, and Hui Pan*, Vanadium disulfide decorated graphitic carbon nitride for super-efficient solar-driven hydrogen evolution, Appl. Catal. B: Environmental 237, 295-301 (2018).

  • Yangfan Shao, Mengmeng Shao, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Xingqiang Shi*, and Hui Pan*, Exploring new two-dimensional monolayers: pentagonal transitional metal borides/carbides (penta-TMB/Cs), J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 10226-10232 (2018). Featured as “Back Cover” article and selected as a Hot Article on the journal for 2018.

  • Mengmeng Shao, Yangfan Shao, Wenzhou Chen, Kin Long Ao, Rui Tong, Qing Zhu, Iat Neng Chan, Weng Fai Ip, Xingqiang Shi and Hui Pan*, Efficient nitrogen fixation to ammonia on MXenes, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 20, 14504 – 14512 (2018).

  • Wenzhou Chen, Yuanju Qu, Lingmin Yao, Xianhua Hou, Xingqiang Shi* and Hui Pan*, Magnetic, Catalytic, and Electrochemical properties of Two-Dimensional Janus Transition Metal Chalcogenides, J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 8021 – 8029 (2018).

  • Xiongwei Zhong, Jun Tang, Jingwei Wang, Mengmeng, Shao, Jianwei Chai, Shuangpeng Wang, Ming Yang, Ye Yang, Ning Wang, Shijie Wang, Baomin Xu * and Hui Pan*, 3D heterostructured pure and N-Doped Ni3S2/VS2 nanosheets for high efficient overall water splitting, Electrochimica Acta 269, 55-61 (2018).

  • Zi-Qian Ma, Yangfan Shao, Pak Kin Wong, Xingqiang Shi, and Hui Pan*, Structural and Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Organic-inorganic Halide Perovskites and their Stability against Moisture. J. Phys. Chem. C 112, 5844-5853 (2018).

  • Yangfan Shao, Xingqiang Shi*, and Hui Pan*, Electronic, Magnetic, and Catalytic Properties of Thermodynamically Stable Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Phosphides. Chem. Mater. 29, 8892–8900 (2017).

  • Yangfan Shao, Fang Zhang, Xingqiang Shi*, and Hui Pan*, N-functionalized MXenes: Ultrahigh carrier mobility and multifunctional properties. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 19, 28710 – 28717(2017).

  • Xiongwei Zhong, Linfei Zhang, Jun Tang, Jianwei Chai, Jincheng Xu, Lujie Cao, Mingyang Yang, Ming Yang, Weiguang Kong, Shijie Wang, Hua Cheng, Zhouguang Lu, Chun Cheng, Baomin Xu* and Hui Pan*, Efficient coupling of a hierarchical V2O5@Ni3S2 hybrid nanoarray for pseudocapacitors and hydrogen production. J. Mater. Chem. A 5, 17954 – 17962 (2017).

  • Mengmeng Shao, Yangfan Shao, Jianwei Chai, Yuanju Qu, Mingyang Yang, Zeli Wang, Ming Yang, Weng Fai Ip, Chi Tat Kwok, Xingqiang Shi, Zhouguang Lu, Shijie Wang, Xuesen Wang, and Hui Pan*, Synergistic Effect of 2D Ti2C and g-C3N4 for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen production. J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 16748–16756 (2017).

  • Yuanju Qu, Mengmeng Shao, Yangfan Shao, Mingyang Yang, Jincheng Xu, Chi Tat Kwok, Xingqiang Shi, Zhouguang Lu, and Hui Pan*, Ultra-high electrocatalytic activity of VS2 nanoflowers for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 15080 – 15086 (2017).

  • Yuanju Qu, Mingyang Yang, Jianwei Chai, Zhe Tang, Chi Tat Kwok, Ming Yang, Zhenyu Wang, Daniel Chua, Shijie Wang, Zhouguang Lu and Hui Pan*, Facile Synthesis of Vanadium-Doped Ni3S2 Nanowire Arrays as Active Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 9, 5959–5967 (2017).

  • Wenzhou Chen, Haifeng Li*, Xingqiang Shi, and Hui Pan*, Tension-tailored electronic and magnetic switching of 2D Ti2NO2. J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 2572925735 (2017).

  • Lujie Cao, Mingyang Yang, Zhouguang Lu* and Hui Pan*, Exploring an effective oxygen reduction reaction catalyst via 4e- process based on waved-graphene. Science China Materials, 60(8), 739–746 (2017).

  • Hui Pan*, Ultra high electrochemical catalytic activity of MXenes. Scientific Reports 6, 32531 (2016).

  • Hui Pan*, Principles on design and fabrication of nanomaterials as photocatalyst for water-splitting. Renew. Sust. Energy Rev. 57, 584–601 (2016).

  • Hui Pan*, Electronic Properties and Lithium Storage Capacities of Two-Dimensional Transition-Metal Nitrides Monolayers. J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 21486-21493 (2015). Selected as a Hot Article on the journal for 2015.

  • Shijie Wen, Hui Pan*, and Yuebing Zheng, Electronic Properties of Tin Dichalcogenide Monolayers and Effects of Hydrogenation and Tension. J. Mater. Chem. C 3, 3714 – 3721 (2015).

  • Hui Pan*, Magnetic and electronic evolutions of hydrogenated VTe2 monolayer under tension. Scientific Reports 4, 7524 (2014).

  • Hui Pan*, Metal dichalcogenides monolayers: Novel catalysts for electrochemical hydrogen production, Scientific Reports 4, 5348 (2014).

  • Hui Pan* and Bin Chen, Ultra-flexibility and unusual electronic, magnetic, and chemical properties of waved graphenes and nanoribbons, Scientific Reports. 4, 4198 (2014).
Funding Sources
On-going Projects:

  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0028/2021/APD) (from 04/2022 to 03/2024)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0111/2022/A2) (from 12/2022 to 12/2025)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0023/2023/AFJ) (from 12/2023 to 12/2026)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0050/2023/RIB2) (from 01/2024 to 01/2027)
  • Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Research Programme (Type C) (from 04/2022 to 04/2024)
  • Multi-year research grant at University of Macau (MYRG2022-00026-IAPME) (from 01/2023 to 12/2024)
  • Multi-year research grant at University of Macau (MYRG-GRG2023-00010-IAPME ) (from 01/2024 to 12/2025)

Completed Projects:

  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT-076/2013/A) (from 01/2014 to 12/2014)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT-062/2014/A) (from 01/2015 to 12/2017)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT-132/2014/A3) (from 06/2015 to 05/2018)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT- 110/2014/SB) (from 11/2015 to 10/2018)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0035/2019/AGJ) (from 01/2020 to 12/2021)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0102/2019/A2) (from 09/2019 to 08/2022)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0154/2019/A3) (from 05/2020 to 05/2023)
  • Science and Technology Development Fund from Macao SAR (FDCT/0081/2019/AMJ) (from 01/2021 to 12/2023)
  • Start-up research grant at University of Macau (SRG2013-00033-FST) (from 10/2013 to 09/2015)
  • Multi-year research grant at University of Macau (MYRG2014-000159-FST) (from 05/2014 to 04/2017)
  • Multi-year research grant at University of Macau (MYRG2015-00017-FST) (from 04/2015 to 09/2018)
  • Multi-year research grant at University of Macau (MYRG2017-00027-FST) (from 01/2018 to 12/2020)
  • Multi-year research grant at University of Macau (MYRG2018-00003-IAPME) (from 01/2019 to 12/2021)
Patents
  1. Hui Pan and Jinxing Feng, Low-cost and high-performance electrocatalyst based on surface Sn incorporation brass for CO2-to-formate electrochemical reduction, China Patent Application No. “202311383783.1″.
  2. Hui Pan, Chunfa Liu, and Hongchao Liu, Bi-functional and low-cost elctrocatalyst for high-efficient and stable full-water-splitting: FeCoCrCuOx@CF, China Patent Application No. “202310523696.5″.
  3. Hui Pan, Shuyang Peng, and Kin Ho Lo, Low Cost, High Efficiency and Stability Industrial Si-based Photoelectrochemical Materials for Water Splitting, 11/07/2023, China Patent Application No. “202311350080.9″.
  4. Hui Pan, Rucheng Wu, and Di Liu, A simple way to make Si-based photoelectrode with active layer for Solar-driven water splitting with high Saturation Photocurrent. 31/10/2022, China Patent Application No. “202211344350.0”.
  5. Hui Pan, Di Liu, Shuangpeng Wang, Lulu Qiao, and Kar-Wei Ng, Low-cost electrocatalyst for high-efficient and stable nitrate reduction reaction. China Patent Application No. “202210554712.2”.
  6. Hui Pan, Pengfei Zhou, Shuangpeng Wang, and Kar-Wei Ng, Bi-functional and low-cost electrocatalyst for high-efficient and stable full-water-splitting: stainless steel treated by simple anodization in saline. 16/06/2021, China Patent Application No. “202110856193.0”.
  7. Hui Pan, Dong Liu and Guichuang Xing, “Bi-functional and low-cost elctrocatalyst for high-efficient and stable full-water-splitting: Cr-doped NiSx”, 16/08/2019, China Patent Application No. “201910758027. X”.
  8. Hui Pan and Mengmeng Shao, “MoS2/Mo2C/CdS: a super-efficient photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution”, 21/11/2018, China Patent Application No. “201811323293.1”.
  9. Hui Pan and Xiongwei Zhong, “Carbon-Coated N-rich C3N4 as an anode material for Lithium Battery”, 12/02/2018, China Patent No. “ZL 201810148357.2”.
  10. Hui Pan and Yuanju Qu, “TiS2: an excellent cathodic electrocatalyst for hydrogen production in electrolysis of water”, 26/09/2017, China Patent No. “ZL 201710917164.4”.
  11. Soo Jin Chua, Hailong Zhou, Jianyi Lin, Hui Pan, “Method of ZnO Film Grown on the Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth GaN Template”, 04/25/2006, US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/794,775.
  12. Hui Pan, Jianyi Lin, Yuan Ping Feng, “Supercapacitor from Carbon Tubes-in-Tube Nanostructures”, 03/01/2006, US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/777,547.
  13. Hui Pan, Jianyi Lin, Yuan Ping Feng, “Synthesis of Mg doped ZnO Nanowires and Their Applications to Optical Devices and Hydrogen Storage”, 07/13/2005, US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/698,476.
  14. Hui Pan, Jianyi Lin, Jun Ding, Yuan Ping Feng, “Single Crystal Growth of Magnetic Nanowires”, 11/02/2004, US Provisional Patent Application No. 60/607,111.
Current PhD Students
Keyu AN 安柯宇
E-mail: yc17817@connect.um.edu.mo
Haoyun BAI 白皓昀
E-mail: yc07822@connect.um.edu.mo
Lulu Qiao 乔璐璐
E-mail: yc17820@connect.um.edu.mo
Lihong YIN 尹利红
E-mail: yc17828@connect.um.edu.mo
Chunfa LIU 刘春发
E-mail: yc27819@connect.um.edu.mo
Shuyang PENG 彭书扬
E-mail: yc27449@connect.um.edu.mo
Zhichao YU 余智超
E-mail:yc27801@connect.um.edu.mo
Yutong LI 李雨桐
E-mail:yc27446@connect.um.edu.mo
Zhongheng LI 李仲恒
E-mail:yc17809@connect.um.edu.mo
Hongling LIU 刘虹伶
E-mail:yc37834@connect.um.edu.mo
Jiangke TAO 陶江岢
E-mail:yc37816@connect.um.edu.mo
 Junge YANG 杨隽阁
E-mail:yc37846@connect.um.edu.mo
Jiao YANG 杨娇
E-mail:yc37813@connect.um.edu.mo
Research Staffs
Dr. Katherine Weng I CHIO
E-mail: wengichio@um.edu.mo
Mr. Youpeng CAO 曹友錋  
E-mail: youpengcao@um.edu.mo
Dr. Wenhao GU 顾文浩
E-mail:wenhaogu@um.edu.mo
Mr. Lun LI 李伦
E-mail:lunli@um.edu.mo
Dr. Jinxian FENG 冯锦先
E-mail:jinxianfeng@um.edu.mo
Dr. Di LIU 劉地
E-mail:diliu@um.edu.mo
Dr. Yuxuan XIAO 肖宇轩
E-mail:yuxuanxiao@um.edu.mo
Mr. Chengcheng ZHONG 仲程程
E-mail:chengchengzhong@um.edu.mo
Current Undergraduates
Xuanwei DAI 代軒維
Email: DC02836@connect.um.edu.mo
Iek Him CHEN 陈奕谦
Email: DC22690@connect.um.edu.mo
Jiacheng LI 李嘉诚
Email: DC127178@connect.um.edu.mo
News and Events

We attended  the International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies  2023 (ICMAT2023), 26th–30th June 2023, Singapore. Congratulations to Haoyun for winning the Poster Award!

Congratulations to Pengfei Zhou for his successful defense of PhD thesis on June 01, 2023. Have a shinning future, Dr. Zhou!

Congratulations to Bowen Li for his successful defense of PhD thesis on June 01, 2023. All the best in the future, Dr. Li!

Congratulations to Di Liu for his successful defense of PhD thesis on May 02, 2023. All the best along each step of your journey, Dr. Liu!

Congratulations to Jinxian Feng for his successful defense of PhD thesis on May 02, 2023. May you achieve your greatest goals, Dr. Feng !

Annual Event – Hiking and BBQ with Friends & Group Members at “Coloane – Praia de Hac Sá” on Mar. 11, 2023

Congratulations to Kin Long Ao for his successful defense of PhD thesis on Sep. 28, 2022. Have a shinning future, Dr. Ao!

Hiking and BBQ with Friends & Group Members at “Coloane – Praia de Hac Sá” on May. 21, 2022

Congratulations to Haoqiang Ai for his successful defense of PhD thesis on May 05, 2022. Have a successful career, Dr. Ai!

Congratulations to Xinyu DU for his successful defense of PhD thesis on May 05, 2022. Have a bright future, Dr. Du!

Congratulations to Mingpeng Chen for his successful defense of PhD thesis on Apr. 29, 2022. Have a bright future, Dr. Chen!

Congratulations to Feifei Li for her successful defense of PhD thesis on Apr. 29, 2022. Have a great future, Dr. Li!

Congratulations to Jiazhong Geng for her successful defense of PhD thesis on Apr. 29, 2022. Have a shinning future, Dr. Geng!

Congratulations to Chon Chio Leong for his successful defense of PhD thesis on Dec. 02, 2021. Have a great future, Dr. Leong!

Congratulations to Zhiqin Ying for her successful defense of PhD thesis on Oct. 11, 2021. Have a shining future, Dr. Ying!

Congratulations to Youchao Kong for his successful defense of PhD thesis on July 15, 2021. All the Best on Your Academic Path, Dr. Kong!

Congratulations to Liu Dong for his successful defense of PhD thesis on May 7, 2021.  All the Best for a Bright Future, Dr. Liu!

PhD students attended the 32nd CCS Congress, 19th–22th April 2021, Zhuhai, China

Group hiking at “Coloane – Trilho de Long Chao Kok” on Mar. 20, 2021

We moved to the newly renovated lab (Catalysis and Energy Materials Lab, N23-2007/4) recently (Feb. 2021). Thanks all of you for your great contribution to the relocation! 

Congratulations to Yangfan for her successful defense of PhD thesis on July 17, 2020. Now, we can call you, Dr. Shao!

Tong Rui passed successfully his PhD oral defense on July 17, 2020.

Congratulations, Dr. Tong!

Zhu Qing passed successfully his PhD oral defense on May 26, 2020. Congratulations, Dr. Zhu!

Congratulation to Mingyang and Lujie for their successful defenses of PhD theses on Nov. 20, 2019. Congratulations, Dr. Yang and Dr. Cao!

Congratulation to Xiongwei for his successful defense of PhD thesis on Sep. 04, 2019. Congratulations, Dr. Zhong!

Group lunch to welcome new PhD students and RA on Aug. 16, 2019.

PhD Graduates
Yuanju QU 屈元擧 (May 2017)
E-mail: yuanju.qu@gmail.com
Zi-Qian MA 馬子乾 (April 2018)
E-mail: 18035@jluzh.com
Wenzhou CHEN 陳文周 (June 2019)
E-mail: yb67438@connect.um.edu.mo
Mengmeng SHAO 邵蒙蒙 (June 2019)
E-mail: yb67445@connect.um.edu.mo
Xiongwei ZHONG 鈡雄偉 (October 2019)
E-mail: yb67442@connect.um.edu.mo
Mingyang YANG 楊明陽 (January 2020)
E-mail: yb57486@connect.um.edu.mo
Lujie CAO 曹魯杰 (January 2020)
E-mail: yb57485@connect.um.edu.mo
Qing ZHU 朱慶 (June 2020)
E-mail: yb77811@connect.um.edu.mo
Rui TONG 童銳 (August 2020)
E-mail: yb77816@connect.um.edu.mo
Yangfan SHAO 邵洋帆 (August 2020)
E-mail: yb67450@connect.um.edu.mo
Dong LIU 劉東 (July 2021)
E-mail: yb87831@connect.um.edu.mo
Youchao KONG 孔佑超 (July 2021)
E-mail: yb87816@connect.um.edu.mo
Zhiqin YING 應智琴 (October 2021)
E-mail: yb87820@connect.um.edu.mo
Chon Chio LEONG 梁俊釗 (December 2021)
E-mail: yb47439@connect.um.edu.mo
Feifei LI 李菲菲 (May 2022)
E-mail: yb97807@connect.um.edu.mo
Jiazhong GENG 耿嘉中 (May 2022)
E-mail: yb97810@connect.um.edu.mo
Xinyu DU 杜新宇 (May 2022)
E-mail: yb97451@connect.um.edu.mo
Haoqiang AI 艾號強 (May 2022)
E-mail: yb97468@connect.um.edu.mo
Mingpeng CHEN 陳明鵬 (May 2022)
E-mail: yb97809@connect.um.edu.mo
Kin Long AO 歐健朗  (Sep. 2022)
E-mail: yb77826@connect.um.edu.mo
Jinxian FENG 冯锦先 (May 2023)
E-mail: yc07809@connect.um.edu.mo
Di LIU 劉地 (May 2023)
E-mail: yc07834@connect.um.edu.mo
Bowen LI 李博文 (May 2023)
E-mail: yb97826@connect.um.edu.mo 
Pengfei ZHOU 周鹏飞 (May 2023)
E-mail: yb97829@connect.um.edu.mo
BS Graduates
Shijie WEN 溫世傑
Email: mb65498@connect.um.edu.mo
Ziqing DAI 戴子晴
Email: DB52726@connect.um.edu.mo
Ye KE 柯燁
Email: DB42735@connect.um.edu.mo
Shengjie DING 丁晟傑
Email: DB62692@connect.um.edu.mo
Yunxiao LIU 劉云霄
Email: DB92837@connect.um.edu.mo
Former Research Staffs
Dr. Zhen LI 李振
Shandong Normal University (Jinan, Shandong)
Dr. Chi Fong WONG
Dr. Pengcheng ZHAO 赵鹏程
Northeast Petroleum University (Daqing, Heilongjiang)
Dr. Tianwei HE 何天威
Yunnan University (Kunming, Yunnan)
Dr. Chao PENG 彭超
Wuyi University (Jiangmen, Guangdong)
Dr. Zhongbin PAN 潘仲彬
Lingbo University (Lingbo, Zhejiang)
Dr. Xuejian DU 杜学舰
Shandong Normal University (Jinan, Shandong)
Dr. Qingchun ZHANG 张青春
Southwest University of Science and Technology
(Mianyang, Sichuan)
Dr. Yuyun CHEN 陈裕雲
Guangxi University for Nationalities (Nanning, Guangxi)
Dr. Shiying SHEN 申世英
E-mail: shensy@mail.sdu.edu.cn
Dr. Songbo CHEN 陈松波
Huaqiao University (Xiamen, Fujian)
Dr. Yuling ZHUO 卓玉玲
Shenzhen University (Shenzhen, Guangdong)
Dr. Yuzhe LIU 刘宇喆
Shenzhen University (Shenzhen, Guangdong)
Dr. Shanpeng LI 李善鹏
Shenzhen University (Shenzhen, Guangdong)
Dr. Lianyi SHAO 邵涟漪
Guangzhou University of Technology (Guangzhou, Guangdong)
Dr. Xingshuai LYU 吕兴帅
The Ocean University of China (Qingdao, Shandong)