‍Journal Covers

2020 and earlier

90

Mitigating Diffusion-Limited Concentration Polarization via Intrinsic Electrocapillary Effects in Engineered Hollow Cathodes
Xin Liu,⁺ Jiaxian Zheng,⁺ Jiahao Li, Fangwang Ming, Yunpei Zhu,* Binbin Wei, Zhengbing Qi, Peter R. Makgwane,* Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Letters 2025, 25, 17790-17796

89

Crystal Structure-Dependent Ammonium-Ion Storage Mechanisms in Nanostructured MnO₂ Polymorphs
Jingang Wu,⁺ Binbin Wei,⁺ Quanxing Guo, Haojun Zeng, Xin Liu, Qiaoyan Chen, Xutao Yan, Yuechan Li, Qi-Yuan Fan,* Zhengbing Qi,* Hanfeng Liang*
Chemical Engineering Journal 2025, 526, 170890

88

Surface Coating Accelerates Cathode Development for Next-Generation Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis
Yuan Hu, Jiaxin Zhou, Qiu Jiang,* Hanfeng Liang*
The Innovation 2025, 7, 101073 | Invited Perspective

87

Deciphering Multi-Dimensional Interfacial Mechanisms via Organic Cosolvent Engineering for Sustainable Zinc Metal Batteries
Xiaoyu Yu,⁺ Ming Chen,⁺ Junhao Wang, Shiqi Li, Haitang Zhang, Qingao Zhao, Haiyan Luo, Yaping Deng, Hanfeng Liang, Jiang Zhou, Fei Wang, Dongliang Chao, Yeguo Zou,* Guang Feng,* Yu Qiao,* Shi-Gang Sun
Nature Communications 2025, 16, 3820

86

Seamlessly Connected Cathode-Gel Electrolyte Interfaces Enable Highly Stable Aqueous Zinc Batteries
Yuguo Zheng,^† Liting Guo,^† Yige Wang, Jiachen Li, Zhansheng Guo,* Yizhou Zhang,* Hanfeng Liang*
EES Batteries 2025, 1, 1665-1672 | Invited

85

Anion Endowed High Dielectric Water-Deficient Interface towards Ultrastable Zn Metal Batteries
Xiangjie Liu, Xiaoxin Nie, Yujiao Yang, Meng Yao,* Jiaxian Zheng, Hanfeng Liang,* Mi Zhou, Jin Zhao, Yingqian Chen, Du Yuan*
Chemical Science 2025, 16, 6918-6929

84

N-heterocyclic Compound with Conjugated Systems and Multiple Pyrazine and Quinone Redox Active Sites for High-Performance Aqueous Zinc Ion Batteries
Lulu Huang,⁺ Jiahao Li,⁺ Xinyu Gao, Yongwen Wang, Haitian Xie, Hanfeng Liang,* Gang Wang,* Tiantian Gu*
Chemical Engineering Journal 2025, 513, 162993

83

Preface to the Special Issue: Catalytic Electrosynthesis of Fuels and Chemicals
Hanfeng Liang,* Jie Chen, Yunpei Zhu
Applied Catalysis O: Open 2025, 203, 207044 | Editorial

82

Regulating Zn²⁺/H⁺ Selectivity through Functional Group Design of Separators for Long-lifespan Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries
Jiaxian Zheng,^† Ali Sufyan,^† Chong Li, Xin Liu, Yuguo Zheng, Zheng Han, J. Andreas Larsson,* Binbin Wei, Zhengbing Qi, Zhoucheng Wang, Qiugen Zhang,* Hanfeng Liang*
Materials Horizons 2025, 12, 6252-6260 | Invited

81

Applications of Functional Coatings in Water Electrolyzers and Fuel Cells
Jiaxin Zhou, Fangwang Ming,* Hanfeng Liang*
Nanoscale 2025, 17, 8289-8300 | Invited

80

Concave Fe₂O₃ Nanocubes with High-index Facets for Ammonia Production from Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction
Yuwei Zhang, Mingyang Xu, Jiaxin Zhou, Fen Yao, Hanfeng Liang*
Chemical Communications 2025, 61, 1395-1398 | Invited

79

Polyacrylic Acid-Modified Gel Electrolytes for Enhanced Electrochemical Performance in Aqueous Zinc Batteries
Yuguo Zheng, Jiaxian Zheng, Hanfeng Liang*
Batteries & Supercaps 2025, 8, e202400776 | Invited

78

Nanocomposites for Aqueous Energy Storage [Chapter 8]
Jiaxian Zheng, Ye Zeng, Zheng Han, Xin Liu, Hanfeng Liang
Elsevier Book: Nanotechnology for Next-Generation Energy Storage

77

Design Principle of Insulating Surface Protective Layers for Metallic Zn Anodes: A Case Study of ZrO₂
Binbin Wei,^† Jiaxian Zheng,^† Abhishek, Xin Liu, JinGang Wu, Zhengbing Qi,* Zhuo Hou, Rui Wang, Jidong Ma, Appala Naidu Gandi,* Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Advanced Energy Materials 2024, 14, 2401018 | Front Cover | ESI Highly Cited Paper

76

Bimetallic Nitride TiVN Hollow Nanotubes for High Performance Zinc Ion Hybrid Supercapacitors
Hao Zhou, Zhilong Zheng, Huanhuan Shi,* Jiaxian Zheng, Yuwei Zhang, Weijie Zhu, Fangwang Ming,* Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Chemistry of Materials 2024, 36, 4502–4510

75

Surface Reconstruction Regulation of Co₃N through Heterostructure Engineering towards Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Ye Zeng,^† Jiaxian Zheng,^† Heru Zhang, Fen Yao,* Dingrong Deng, Qihui Wu,* Peter R. Makgwane,* Hanfeng Liang*
Small 2024, 20, 2406465

74

Crystal Facet Regulation and Ru Incorporation of Co₃O₄ for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysis
Mengting Zhao, Hanfeng Liang*
ACS Nanoscience Au 2024, 4, 409-415 | Invited

73

Crystal Facet Engineering of Electrocatalysts for Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives
Yuwei Zhang, Hanfeng Liang*
Chemical Synthesis 2024, 4, 39 | Invited

72

Organic Cathode Materials for Aqueous Zinc-Organic Batteries
Jiahao Li, Hanfeng Liang*
Energy Materials 2024, 4, 400033 | Invited

71

Recent Advances in Electrochemical Cell Design for Concurrent Chemical Production and Electricity Generation
Mengting Zhao, Ye Zeng, Xiaoyi Zhang, Hanfeng Liang*
ChemElectroChem 2024, 11, e202400192 | Front Cover | Invited

70

Screening of Transition Metal Oxides for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonia at High Currents
Qiongfei Wu,^† Weijie Zhu,^† Dongxu Ma, Chao Liang, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Research 2024, 17, 3902-3910 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

69

Regulating the Electrode-Electrolyte Interfaces of Lithium-High Nickel Batteries via a Multifunctional Additive
Jian Gao,^† Yuling Zou,^† Jingfang Han, Zhilong Zheng, Kang Li, Huiqun Wang, Siyi Wu, Hanfeng Liang,* Wenjing Hong
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2024, 16, 11506-11515

68

Direct Dioxygen Radical Coupling Driven by Octahedral Ruthenium-Oxygen-Cobalt Collaborative Coordination for Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Weijie Zhu, Fen Yao,* Kangjuan Cheng, Mengting Zhao, Cheng-Jie Yang, Chung-Li Dong,* Qiming Hong, Qiu Jiang,* Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 17995-18006 | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

67

A Hydrazine-Nitrate Flow Battery Catalyzed by A Bimetallic RuCo Precatalyst for Wastewater Purification along with Simultaneous Generation of Ammonia and Electricity
Weijie Zhu, Xiaoyi Zhang, Fen Yao,* Runping Huang, Yue Chen, Chaolong Chen, Jiawei Fei, Yunqing Chen, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202300390

66

Weakened d-p Orbital Hybridization in In Situ Reconstructed Ru/β-Co(OH)₂ Heterointerfaces for Accelerated Ammonia Electrosynthesis from Nitrates
Weijie Zhu,^† Fen Yao,^† Qiongfei Wu, Qiu Jiang, Jinxian Wang, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Energy & Environmental Science 2023, 16, 2483-2493 | Back Cover | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

65

Ten Concerns of Zn Metal Anode for Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc Batteries
Xiaoyu Yu,^† Zhengang Li,^† Xiaohong Wu, Haitang Zhang, Qingao Zhao, Hanfeng Liang, Huan Wang, Dongliang Chao, Fei Wang, Yu Qiao,* Haoshen Zhou, Shi-Gang Sun
Joule 2023, 7, 1145-1175 | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

64

Ag_xZn_y Protective Coatings with Selective Zn²⁺/H⁺ Binding Enable Reversible Zn Anodes
Jiaxian Zheng, Xin Liu, Yuguo Zheng, Appala Naidu Gandi, Xiaoxiao Kuai, Zhoucheng Wang, Yunpei Zhu,* Zechao Zhuang, Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Letters 2023, 23, 6156-6163 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

63

In Situ Alloying Sites Anchored on an Amorphous Aluminum Nitride Matrix for Crystallographic Reorientation of Zinc Deposits
Jiaxian Zheng, Yuncheng Wu, Hongxing Xie, Ye Zeng, Wanqiang Liu,* Appala Naidu Gandi, Zhengbing Qi, Zhoucheng Wang,* Hanfeng Liang*
ACS Nano 2023, 17, 337-345 | Front Cover

62

水系锌电池正极材料的表界面调控
刘新,^† 郑加贤,^† 郑宇国, 王周成, 梁汉锋*
中国科学: 化学 2023, 53, 1510-1526 | Invited

61

Recent Progress in Advanced Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation in Aqueous Conditions
Ye Zeng, Mengting Zhao, Hongliang Zeng, Qiu Jiang,* Fangwang Ming, Kai Xi,* Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
eScience 2023, 3, 100156 | Inside Front Cover | Invited

60

An Acid-Alkaline Furfural Hybrid Battery for Furoate and Bipolar Hydrogen Production
Xiaoyi Zhang,^† Weijie Zhu,^† Hao Zhou, Lin Sun, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Chemical Communications 2023, 59, 6837-6840 | Front Cover | Invited

59

Status and Opportunities of Zinc Ion Hybrid Capacitors: Focus on Carbon Materials, Current Collectors, and Separators
Yanyan Wang, Shirong Sun, Xiaoliang Wu,* Hanfeng Liang, Wenli Zhang*
Nano-Micro Letters 2023, 15, 78 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

58

Reusing Waste Plastic Caps to Build Inexpensive and Easily-Changeable Crystal Structure Models
Junqiao Zhuo, Hanfeng Liang*
Journal of Chemical Education 2023, 100, 2793-2781 | Front Cover

57

Synergy of VN and Fe₂O₃ Enables High Performance Anodes for Asymmetric Supercapacitors
Hao Zhou, Mahfooz Alam, Yuncheng Wu, Ye Zeng, Appala Naidu Gandi,* Jiaxian Zheng, Weijie Zhu, Zhoucheng Wang,* Hanfeng Liang*
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023, 15, 18819-18827

56

Heterointerface Engineering of Ni/Ni₃N Hierarchical Nanoarrys for Efficient Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution
Zhengbing Qi, Ye Zeng, Zhuo Hou, Weijie Zhu, Binbin Wei,* Yong Yang, Bilan Lin, Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Research 2023, 16, 4803-4811

56

Electrostatic Shielding Regulation of Magnetron Sputtered Al-Based Alloy Protective Coatings Enables Highly Reversible Zinc Anodes
Jiaxian Zheng, Zihao Huang, Ye Zeng, Wanqiang Liu,* Binbin Wei, Zhengbing Qi,* Zhoucheng Wang, Chuan Xia, Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Letters 2022, 22, 1017-1023 | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

55

Preferred Orientation of TiN Coatings Enables Stable Zinc Anodes
Jiaxian Zheng,^† Zhen Cao,^† Fangwang Ming, Hanfeng Liang,* Zhengbing Qi, Wanqiang Liu,* Chuan Xia, Cuixue Chen, Luigi Cavallo, Zhoucheng Wang,* Husam N. Alshareef*
ACS Energy Letters 2022, 7, 197-203

54

Simultaneous Dangling Bond and Zincophilic Site Engineering of SiN_x Protective Coatings Towards Stable Zinc Anodes
Jiaxian Zheng,^† Guoyin Zhu,^† Xin Liu, Hongxing Xie, Yangduo Lin, Ye Zeng, Yizhou Zhang,* Appala Naidu Gandi, Zhengbing Qi, Zhoucheng Wang,* Hanfeng Liang*
ACS Energy Letters 2022, 7, 4443-4450

53

Surface Reconstruction of Water Splitting Electrocatalysts
Ye Zeng, Mengting Zhao, Zihao Huang, Weijie Zhu, Jiaxian Zheng, Qiu Jiang,* Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Advanced Energy Materials 2022, 12, 2201713 | Front Cover | HOT Topic: Water Splitting | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

52

Co-Solvent Electrolyte Engineering for Stable Anode-Free Zinc Metal Batteries
Fangwang Ming,^† Yunpei Zhu,^† Gang Huang, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Hanfeng Liang, Yi Cui,* Husam N. Alshareef*
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, 144, 7160-7170 | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

51

Ionically Conductive Tunnels in h-WO₃ Enable High Rate NH₄⁺ Storage
Yi-Zhou Zhang, Jin Liang, Zihao Huang, Qian Wang, Shengyang Dong,* Guoyin Zhu, Hanfeng Liang,* Xiaochen Dong*
Advanced Science 2022, 9, 2105158 | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

50

Recent Progress in Advanced Flexible Zinc Ion Battery Design
Ye Zeng,^† Jing Liang,^† Jiaxian Zheng, Zihao Huang, Xiaoyi Zhang, Guoyin Zhu, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang,* Yizhou Zhang*
Applied Physics Reviews 2022, 9, 021304 | One of Editor's Picks | Highlighted by Scilight

49

Surface and Interface Engineering of Zn Anodes in Aqueous Rechargeable Zn-Ion Batteries
Jiaxian Zheng, Zihao Huang, Fangwang Ming, Ye Zeng, Binbin Wei, Qiu Jiang,* Zhengbing Qi,* Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Small 2022, 18, 2200006 | HOT Topic: Surfaces and Interfaces | ESI Highly Cited Paper | ESI HOT Paper

48

Simultaneous Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production and Hydrazine Removal from Acidic Waste Water
Weijie Zhu,^† Appala Naidu Gandi,^† Qiongfei Wu, Hao Yan, Mengting Zhao, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Chemical Engineering Science 2022, 258, 117769

47

Interface Engineering of Zn Metal Anodes Using Electrochemically Inert Al₂O₃ Protective Nanocoatings
Rui Wang, Qiongfei Wu, Minjie Wu, Jiaxian Zheng, Jian Cui, Qi Kang,* Zhengbing Qi,* Jidong Ma, Zhoucheng Wang, Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Research 2022, 15, 7227-7233

46

Hydrogen Production by Electrocatalysis Using the Reaction of Acidic Oxygen Evolution: A Review
Weijie Zhu, Zihao Huang, Mengting Zhao, Runping Huang, Zhoucheng Wang,* Hanfeng Liang*
Environmental Chemistry Letters 2022, 20, 3429-3452 | Invited

45

Recent Advances in Copper-Doped Titanium Implants
Yuncheng Wu, Hao Zhou, Ye Zeng, Hongxing Xie, Dongxu Ma, Zhoucheng Wang,* Hanfeng Liang*
Materials 2022, 15, 2342 | Invited

44

Hierarchical Nanocapsules of Cu-Doped MoS₂@H-Substituted Graphdiyne for Magnesium Storage
Sifei Zhuo,^†* Gang Huang,^† Rachid Sougrat, Jing Guo, Nini Wei, Le Shi, Renyuan Li, Hanfeng Liang, Yusuf Shi, Qiuyu Zhang, Peng Wang,* Husam N. Alshareef*
ACS Nano 2022, 16, 3955-3964

43

Conversion of Hydroxide into Carbon-Coated Phosphide Using Plasma for Sodium Ion Batteries
Jin Liang, Guoyin Zhu, Yizhou Zhang,* Hanfeng Liang,* Wei Huang*
Nano Research 2022, 15, 2023-2029

42

Construction of Hydroxide pn Junction for Water Splitting Electrocatalysis
Ye Zeng,^† Zhen Cao,^† Jizhang Liao, Hanfeng Liang,* Binbin Wei, Xun Xu,* Haiwang Xu, Jianxian Zheng, Weijie Zhu, Luigi Cavallo, Zhoucheng Wang*
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2021, 292, 120160

41

Tuning the Electronic Structure of NiMoO₄ by Coupling with SnO₂ for High-Performance Hybrid Supercapacitors
Ye Zeng, Jizhang Liao, Binbin Wei, Zheng Huang, Weijie Zhu, Jiaxian Zheng, Hanfeng Liang,* Yizhou Zhang,* Zhoucheng Wang*
Chemical Engineering Journal 2021, 409, 128297

40

Recent Advances in Anode Materials for Potassium-Ion Batteries: A Review
Lianbo Ma, Yaohui Lv, Junxiong Wu,* Chuan Xia, Qi Kang,* Yizhou Zhang, Hanfeng Liang, Zhong Jin*
Nano Research 2021, 14, 4442-4470 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

Prior to Joining Xiamen University

39

Tungsten Blue Oxide as Reusable Electrocatalyst for Acidic Water Oxidation by Plasma-Induced Vacancy Engineering
Hanfeng Liang,^†* Zhen Cao,^† Chuan Xia, Fangwang Ming, Wenli Zhang, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Luigi Cavallo, Husam N. Alshareef*
CCS Chemistry 2021, 3, 1553-1561

38

MXenes for Rechargeable Batteries Beyond the Lithium-Ion
Fangwang Ming,^† Hanfeng Liang,^† Gang Huang, Zahra Bayhan, Husam N. Alshareef*
Advanced Materials 2021, 33, 2004039 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

37

All Nitride Asymmetric Supercapacitors of Niobium Titanium Nitride-Vanadium Nitride
Binbin Wei, Fangwang Ming, Hanfeng Liang,* Zhengbing Qi,* Wenshen Hu, Zhoucheng Wang*
Journal of Power Sources 2021, 481, 228842