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2. 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” Science, 2024, 383, 757-763. doi.org/10.1126/science.adk4902
1. 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. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/sc/d3sc00884c
PhD
33. 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” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, In Press. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202417251
32. Sikai Wang, Hua An, Max J. Hülsey, Geng Sun, Qian He, Ning Yan*, “Sulfite-enhanced Aerobic Methane Oxidation to Methanol over Reduced Phosphomolybdate” ACS Catal., 2024, 14, 4352-4361. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.4c00234
31. 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. doi.org/10.1038/s41929-023-01011-5
30. Max J. Hülsey,* Sikai Wang, Bin Zhang, Shipeng Ding, Ning Yan,* “Single-atom catalysts with molecular definition” Acc. Chem. Res., 2023, 56, 561-572. doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00728
29. 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. doi.org/10.1002/ange.202218265
28. 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. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.3c00810
27. Hua An, Geng Sun, Max J. Hülsey, Philippe Sautet, Ning Yan,* “Demonstrating the electron-proton transfer mechanism of aqueous phase 4-nitrophenol hydrogenation using unbiased electrochemical cells“ ACS Catal., 2022, 12, 15021-15027. doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c03133
26. Sie Shing, 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. doi.org/10.1039/D2CY00935H
25. Ricca Rahman Nasaruddin,* Max J. Hülsey, Jianping Xie,* “Enhancing catalytic properties of ligand-protected gold-based 25-metal atom nanoclusters by silver doping” Mol. Catal., 2022, 518, 112095. doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2021.112095
24. 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. (Very Important Paper), 2022, 61, e202208237. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202208237
23. Max J. Hülsey, Sambath Baskaran, Shipeng Ding, Sikai Wang, Hiroyuki Asakura, Shinya Furukawa, Shibo Xi, Qi Yu, Cong-Qiao Xu, Jun Li,* Ning Yan,* “Identifying Key Descriptors for the Single-atom Catalyzed CO Oxidation” CCS Chem, 2022, 4, 3296-3308. doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.022.202201914
22. Chia Wei Lim,^ Max J. Hülsey,^ Ning Yan,* “Non-Faradaic Promotion of Ethylene Hydrogenation Under Oscillating Potentials” JACS Au, 2021, 1, 536-542. (featured in AAAS EurekAlert, phys.org, and NUS News) doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.1c00044
21. Max J. Hülsey, Geng Sun, Philippe Sautet, Ning Yan,* “Observing single-atom catalytic sites during reactions with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 4764-4773. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011632
20. Max J. Hülsey,^ Chia Wei Lim,^ Sie Shing Wong, Ning Yan,* “Coverage-dependant formic acid oxidation reaction kinetics determined by oscillating potentials” Mol. Catal., 2021, 504, 111482. doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2021.111482
19. 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” CCS Chem., 2021, 3, 1814-1822. doi.org/10.31635/ccschem.021.202101063
18. 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” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 5527-5535. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202011063
17. 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” Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 405, 127036. doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.127036
16. 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” Appl. Catal. B Environ., 2021, 281, 119471. doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.119471
15. Max J. Hülsey, Chia Wei Lim, Ning Yan,* “Promoting heterogeneous catalysis beyond catalyst design” Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 1456-1468. doi.org/10.1039/C9SC05947D
14. 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” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 132, 20358-20366. doi.org/10.1002/anie.202008962
13. 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” Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 4899. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18532-3
12. 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” (featured in Chem, Eurekalert, phys.org, etc.) Chem, 2019, 5, 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2019.10.007
11. Shipeng Ding, Max J. Hülsey, Javier Pérez-Ramírez,* Ning Yan,* “Transforming energy with single-atom catalysts” Joule, 2019, 3, 1-33. doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2019.09.015
10. Zhenhua Zhang, Liyuan Zhang, Max J. Hülsey, Ning Yan,* “Zirconia phase effect in Pd/ZrO2 catalyzed CO2 hydrogenation into formate” Mol. Catal., 2019, 475, 110461. doi.org/10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110461
9. 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” J. Catal., 2019, 376, 57-67. doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2019.06.048
8. 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” Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 1330. doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09188-9
7. Max J. Hülsey, Jiaguang Zhang, Ning Yan,* “Harnessing the Wisdom in Colloidal Chemistry to make Stable Single-Atom Catalysts” Adv. Mater., 2018, 30 (47), 1802304. doi.org/10.1002/adma.201802304
6. Max J. Hülsey, Huiying Yang, Ning Yan,* “Sustainable routes for the synthesis of renewable heteroatom-containing chemicals” ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6 (5), 5694-5707. doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b00612
5. Max J. Hülsey,* “Shell Biorefinery: A Comprehensive Introduction” Green Energy Environ., 2018, 3 (4), 318-327. doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2018.07.007
4. Ricca Rahman Nasaruddin, Qiaofeng Yao, Tiankai Chen, Max J. Hülsey, Ning Yan,* Jianping Xie,* “Hydride-Induced Ligand Dynamic and Structural Transformation of Gold Nanoclusters during Catalytic Reaction” Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 23113-23121. doi.org/10.1039/C8NR07197G
3. 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 amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates” (featured in Chem, Chin. J. Catal., The Straits Times, phys.org, etc.) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2018, 115, 5093-5098. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800272115
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” Chem. Asian J., 2018, 13(8), 1053-1059. doi.org/10.1002/asia.201800125
1. Xi Chen, Huiying Yang, Max J. Hülsey, Ning Yan,* “One-step Synthesis of N-heterocyclic Compounds from Carbohydrates over Tungsten-based Catalysts” ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2017, 5 (11), 11096-11104. doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b03048
Pre-PhD
2. Eric Anderson, Michael L. Stone, Max J. Hülsey, Gregg T. Beckham,* Yuriy Román-Leshkov,* “Kinetic Studies of Lignin Solvolysis and Reduction for the Production of Monomers by Flow-through Reductive Catalytic Fractionation” ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2018, 6 (6), 7951–7959 (Editor’s choice). doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b01256
1. 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" Inorg. Chem., 2018, 57 (9), 5004-5012. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b00027