Publications
2023
38. Sikai Wang, Hua An, Max J. Hülsey, Geng Sun, Qian He, Ning Yan,*
“Sulfite-enhanced Aerobic Methane Oxidation to Methanol over Reduced Phosphomolybdate”
Under review.
37. Max J. Hülsey, Geng Sun,^ Bin Zhang,^ Yao Xu, Shipeng Ding, Sie Shing Wong, Ying Zheng, Shinya Furukawa, Hiroyuki Asakura, Yongqiang Cheng, Zili Wu, Rui Si, Ding Ma, Philippe Sautet,* Ning Yan,*
“Zero-Valent Pd Atoms Anchored on Polyoxometalate for Low Temperature Hydrodeoxygenation”
Under review. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv.13414691.v1
36. Jinquan Chang, Sikai Wang, Max J. Hülsey, Shi Nee Lou, Xinbin Ma,* Ning Yan,*
“Electrothermal Conversion of Methane to Methanol at Room-Temperature with Phosphotungstic Acid”
Under review. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3575070/v1
35. Karl S. Westendorff, Max J. Hülsey, Thejas S. Wesley, Yuriy Román-Leshkov,* Yogesh Surendranath,*
“Electric Field-Driven Proton Transfer Promotes Brønsted Acid Catalysis by Orders of Magnitude”
Under review. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-wjrm5
34. Sikai Wang, Victor Fung, Max J. Hülsey, Xiaocong Liang, Zhiyang Yu, Jinquan Chang, Andrea Folli, Richard J. Lewis, Graham J. Hutchings,* Qian He,* Ning Yan,*
“H2-reduced phosphomolybdate promotes room-temperature aerobic oxidation of methane to methanol”
Nat. Catal., 2023, 6, 895-905.
33. Thejas S. Wesley,^ Max J. Hülsey,^ Noah Lewis,^ Karl S. Westendorff,^ Ethan Crumlin,* Yuriy Román-Leshkov,* Yogesh Surendranath,*
“Metal nanoparticles supported on a nonconductive oxide undergo pH-dependent spontaneous polarization”
Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 7154-7160. 10.1039/D3SC00884C
32. Max J. Hülsey,* Sikai Wang, Bin Zhang, Shipeng Ding, Ning Yan,*
“Single-atom catalysts with molecular definition”
Acc. Chem. Res., 2023, 56, 561-572.
31. Ying Zheng, Qiang Wang, Qi Yang, Sikai Wang, Max J. Hülsey, Shipeng Ding, Shinya Furukawa, Maoshuai Li, Ning Yan,* Xinbin Ma*
“Boosting the hydroformylation activity of Rh/CeO2 single-atom catalyst by tuning surface deficiencies”
ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 7243-7255.
30. Jinquan Chang, Max J. Hülsey,^ Sikai Wang, Maoshuai Li, Xinbin Ma, Ning Yan,*
"Electro-thermal Water Gas Shift Reaction with Pd1/CsSMA Single Atom Catalyst at Room Temperature"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202218265.
2022
29. Max J. Hülsey, Victor Fung,^ Xudong Hou, Jishan Wu, Ning Yan,*
“Hydrogen spillover and its relation to catalysis: observations on structurally defined single-atom sites”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202208237 (Very important paper).
28. Sie Shing Wong, Max J. Hülsey, Hua An, Ning Yan,*
“Quantum Yield Enhancement in Photocatalytic HCOOH Decomposition to H2 under Periodic Illumination”
Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12 , 5217-5228
27. Hua An, Geng Sun, Max J. Hülsey, Philippe Sautet, Ning Yan,*
"Demonstrating the electron-proton transfer mechanism of aqueous phase 4-nitrophenol hydrogenation on supported metal catalyst using unbiased electrochemical cells"
ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 15021-15027.
26. Max J. Hülsey, Sambath Baskaran, Shipeng Ding, Sikai Wang, Hiroyuki Asakura, Shinya Furukawa, Shibo Xi, Cong-Qiao Xu, Jun Li,* Ning Yan,*
"Identifying Key Descriptors for the Single-Atom Catalyzed CO Oxidation" (PDF/SI)
CCS Chem., 2022, 4, 3296-3308.
25. Ricca Rahman Nasaruddin,* Max J. Hülsey, Jianping Xie,*
“Enhancing catalytic properties of ligand-protected gold-based 25-metal atom nanoclusters by silver doping” (PDF/SI)
Mol. Catal., 2022, 518, 112095
2021
24. Shipeng Ding, Max J. Hülsey, Qian He, Hiroyuki Asakura,* Min Gao,* Jun-ya Hasegawa, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Ning Yan,*
“Ionic Liquid-Stabilized Single-atom Rh Catalyst against Leaching” (PDF/SI)
CCS Chem., 2021, 3, 1814-1822.
23. Chia Wei Lim, Max J. Hülsey,^ Ning Yan,*
“Non-Faradaic Promotion of Ethylene Hydrogenation Under Oscillating Potentials” (featured on eurekalert.org, phys.org, etc.)
JACS Au, 2021, 1, 536-542.
22. Yaxuan Jing. Yanqing Wang, Shinya Furukawa, Chengyang Sun, Max J. Hülsey, Yong Guo, Xiaohui Liu, Ning Yan,*
“Towards the circular economy: converting aromatic plastic wastes back to arenes over Ru/Nb2O5 catalyst” (PDF/SI)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 5527-5535.
21. Max J. Hülsey, Chia Wei Lim,^ Sie Shing Wong, Ning Yan,*
“Coverage-dependant formic acid oxidation reaction kinetics determined by oscillating potentials” (PDF/SI)
Mol. Catal., 2021, 504, 111482.
20. Max J. Hülsey, Geng Sun, Philippe Sautet, Ning Yan,*
“Observing single-atom catalytic sites during reactions with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry” (PDF/SI)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 4764-4773.
19. Fanghua Li, Max J. Hülsey, Ning Yan, Yanjun Dai, Chi-Hwa Wang,*
“Co-transesterification of waste cooking oil, algal oil and dimethyl carbonate over sustainable nanoparticle catalysts” (PDF/SI)
Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 405, 127036.
18. Shipeng Ding, Hsi-An Chen, Okorn Mekasuwandumrong, Max J. Hülsey, Xinpu Fu, Qian He, Joongjai Panpranot, Chia-Min Yang, Ning Yan,*
“High-temperature Flame Spray Pyrolysis Induced Stabilization of Pt Single-Atom Catalysts” (PDF/SI)
Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2021, 281, 119471.
2020
17. Qiming Sun, Benjamin W. J. Chen, Ning Wang, Qian He, Albert Chang, Chia-Min Yang, Hiroyuki Asakura, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Max J. Hülsey, Chi-Hwa Wang, Jihong Yu,* Ning Yan,*
“Zeolite-Encaged Pd-Mn Nanocatalysts for CO2 Hydrogenation and Formic Acid Decomposition” (PDF/SI)
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 132, 20358-20366.
16. Song Song, Jiafu Qu,^ Peijie Han,^ Max J. Hülsey, Guping Zhang, Yunzhu Wang, Shuai Wang, Dongyun Chen,* Jianmei Liu,* Ning Yan,*
“Visible-Light-Driven Amino Acids Production from Biomass-based Feedstocks over Ultrathin CdS Nanosheets” (PDF/SI)
Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 4899.
15. Max J. Hülsey, Lim Chia Wei, Ning Yan,*
“Promoting heterogeneous catalysis beyond catalyst design” (PDF)
Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 1456-1468
2019
14. Shipeng Ding, Yalin Guo,^ Max J. Hülsey, Bin Zhang, Hiroyuki Asakura,* Lingmei Liu, Yu Han, Min Gao, Jun-ya Hasegawa,* Botao Qiao,* Tao Zhang, Ning Yan,*
“Electrostatic Stabilization of Single- Atom Catalysts by Ionic Liquids” (PDF/SI) (featured in Chem, Eurekalert, Chinadaily, phys.org, etc.)
Chem, 2019, 5, 1-13
13. Shipeng Ding, Max J. Hülsey, Javier Perez-Ramirez,* Ning Yan,*
“Transforming energy with single-atom catalysts” (PDF)
Joule, 2019, 3, 1-33 (ESI Hot Paper - Top 0.1% cited)
12. Zhenhua Zhang, Liyuan Zhang, Siyu Yao, Xiaozhe Song, Weixin Huang, Max J. Hülsey,* Ning Yan,*
“Support-dependent rate-determining step of CO2 hydrogenation to formic acid on metal oxide supported Pd catalysts” (PDF/SI)
J. Catal., 2019, 376, 57-67
11. Zhenhua Zhang, Liyuan Zhang, Max J. Hülsey, Ning Yan,*
"Zirconia phase effect in Pd/ZrO2 catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation into formate” (PDF/SI)
Mol. Catal., 2019, 475, 110461
10. Max J. Hülsey, Bin Zhang,^ Zhirui Ma, Hiroyuki Asakura, David N. Do, Wei Chen, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Peng Zhang, Zili Wu, Ning Yan,*
“In situ Spectroscopy-Guided Engineering of Rhodium Single-Atom Catalysts for CO Oxidation” (PDF/SI)
Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 1330 (ESI Highly Cited Paper - Top 1% cited)
2018
9. Ricca Rahman Nasaruddin, Yao Qiaofeng, Chen Tiankai, Max J. Hülsey, Ning Yan,* Jianping Xie,*
“Hydride-Induced Ligand Dynamic and Structural Transformation of Gold Nanoclusters during Catalytic Reaction” (PDF/SI)
Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 23113-23121
8. Eric Anderson, Michael L. Stone, Max J. Hülsey, Gregg T. Beckham,* Yuriy Román-Leshkov,*
“Kinetics of Lignin Solvolysis and Reduction for the Production of Monomers by Flow-through Reductive Catalytic Fractionation” (PDF/SI)
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6 (6), pp 7951–7959 (Editor’s choice)
7. Max J. Hülsey,*
“Shell Biorefinery: A Comprehensive Introduction” (PDF)
Green Energy Environ., 2018, 3 (4), pp 318-327
6. Jan Hormann, Jaroslav Malina, Oliver Lemke, Max J. Hülsey, Stefanie Wedepohl, Jan Potthoff, Claudia Schmidt, Ingo Ott, Bettina G. Keller, Viktor Brabec, Nora Kulak,*
“Multiply intercalator-substituted Cu(II) cyclen complexes as DNA condensers and DNA/RNA synthesis inhibitors” (PDF/SI)
Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57 (9), 5004-5012
5. Max J. Hülsey, Jiaguang Zhang, Ning Yan,*
“Harnessing the Wisdom in Colloidal Chemistry to make Stable Single-Atom Catalysts” (PDF/SI)
Adv. Mater., 2018, 30 (47), 1802304
4. Weiping Deng, Yunzhu Wang,^ Sui Zhang, Krishna M. Gupta, Max J. Hülsey, Hiroyuki Asakura, Lingmei Liu, Yu Han, Eric M Karp, Gregg T. Beckham, Paul J. Dyson, Jianwen Jiang, Tsunehiro Tanaka, Ye Wang, Ning Yan,*
“Catalytic transformation of biomass-derived α-hydroxyl acids into amino acids” (featured in Chem, Chin. J. Catal., The Straits Times, phys.org, etc.) (PDF/SI)
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 2018, 115, 5093-5098
3. Max J. Hülsey, Huiying Yang, Ning Yan,*
“Sustainable routes for the synthesis of renewable heteroatom-containing chemicals” (PDF)
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6 (5), pp 5694-5707
2. Sudipta De, Maria V. Babak, Max J. Hülsey, Wee Han Ang,* Ning Yan,*
“Designed precursor for the controlled synthesis of highly active atomic and sub-nanometric platinum catalysts on mesoporous silica” (PDF/SI)
Chem. Asian J., 2018, 13(8), 1053-1059