‍Journal Covers

2020 and earlier

101

Complementary Anion Chemistry Enabling Coordination Pre-Organization towards a Robust Disordered Interphase for Long-Life Aqueous Zn Battery
Xiaoxin Nie, Yujiao Yang, Xin Liu, Du Yuan,* Jin Zhao,* Hanfeng Liang,* Meng Yao*
Chemical Sciences 2026, accepted

100

Durability-Driven Advanced Energy Materials Engineering of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells and Stacks
Syed Shaheryar Ali Shamsi, Syeda Munazza Hussain, Tak-Hyoung Lim,* Rak-Hyun Song, Hanfeng Liang, Jong-Eun Hong, Hye-Sung Kim, Seok-Joo Park, Dong-Woo Joh, Muhammad Zubair Khan*
Nano Energy 2026, 159, 112414

99

Isotopic Engineering of Water Reactivity for Stable Aqueous Iron-Metal Batteries
Jiahao Li,⁺ Simil Thomas,⁺ Xin Liu, Fangwang Ming, Jiaxian Zheng, Osman M Bakr, Omar F Mohammed, Husam N Alshareef,* and Hanfeng Liang*
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2026, 65, e5007458

98

A Carboxyl-Engineered Organic Cathode for High-Performance Aqueous Iron-Ion Batteries via Dual Fe²⁺/H⁺ Coordination and Interfacial FeOOH Activation
Jiahao Li, Xin Liu, Chenyu Xu, Fangwang Ming, Jiaxian Zheng, Zhijun Wang,* Husam N. Alshareef,* Hanfeng Liang*
ACS Nano 2026, 20, 20277-20286

97

Advanced Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy for High-Performance Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: A Critical Review
Muhammad Zubair Khan,* Mohsin Saleem, Muhammad Bilal Hanif,* Jung-Hyuk Koh,* Iftikhar Hussain, Urooba Gulshan, Sumaira Latif, Hanfeng Liang, Abdul Ghaffar, Imran Shakir, Bin Lin*
Applied Energy 2026, 407, 127347 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

96

Magnetic Field-Assisted Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: Mechanisms, Field Engineering, and Catalyst Design
Yingna Zhang, Qingchang Wei, Xin Liu, Zheng Han, Lujiao Mao, Fangwang Ming, Muhammad Zubair Khan,* Ye Zeng,* Hanfeng Liang*
eScience Energy 2026, 2, 100108 | Invited

95

Volcano Plot of Transition Metal Disulfides in Aqueous Zinc Ion Storage
Zihao Huang,⁺ Jun Jia,⁺ Xin Liu,⁺ Jiahao Li, Yuzheng Guo,* Hanfeng Liang*
Nano Letters 2026, 26, 6379-6385

94

Perspective on Aqueous Batteries: Historical Milestones and Modern Revival
Fangwang Ming, Dong Guo, Yizhou Wang, Hussam Qasem, Hanfeng Liang*, Husam N. Alshareef*
Advanced Materials 2026, 38, e72294 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

93

Reconstruction Induced Dynamic Incorporation of Zn into Cobalt Hydroxide via Synergistic Structural Evolution for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Jia Liang, Ye Zeng*, Hai Huang, Dingrong Deng, Guifang Li, Xiaohong Fan, Mingming Tao, Binbin Wei,* Zhengbing Qi, Hanfeng Liang*, Qihui Wu*
Small 2026, 22, e13281

92

Reverse Hydrogen Spillover Accelerates Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium on Ru/WO_3-_x in Acidic Media
Weijie Zhu,⁺ Yu-Chang Lin,⁺ Jianlong Cong,⁺ Mengting Zhao,⁺ Jiahao Li, Cong Hao,Jun Jia, Xinlu Wang, Yunhui Huang, Yan-Gu Lin,* Gang Yang,* Fen Yao,* Hanfeng Liang*
Nature Communications 2026, 17, 2830 | ESI Highly Cited Paper

91

Dissolution of Co₃O₄ in Acidic Oxygen Evolution Reaction: Fundamentals and Mitigation Strategies
Zheng Han, Yingna Zhang, Lujiao Mao, Muhammad Zubair Khan,* Hanfeng Liang*
Advanced Sustainable Systems 2026, 10, e01220 | Invited

90

Self-Adaptive ZrN Coating Enables Stable Acidic Oxyegen Evolution on Co₃O₄ through Dynamic Surface Reconstruction
Zheng Han,⁺ Ali Sufyan,⁺ Jiaxian Zheng,⁺ Jiahao Li, Xin Liu, Lujio Mao, Erik van Loon,* Hanfeng Liang*
Materials Horizons 2026, 13, 1036-1043 | Invited

‍Books & Chapters

3

Nanomaterials Perovskites Oxides and Halides Catalysts
Editors: Peter R. Makgwane, Hanfeng Liang, Bhalchandra M. Bhanage, Prashanth W. Menezes
Elsevier 2026

2

Chapter 21: Metal Alloy Electrocatalysts for Organic Chemical Transformations
Ye Zeng, Hanfeng Liang
Handbook of Metal Alloy Catalysts, CRC Press, 2026

1

Chapter 8: Nanocomposites for Aqueous Energy Storage
Jiaxian Zheng, Ye Zeng, Zheng Han, Xin Liu, Hanfeng Liang
Nanotechnology for Next-Generation Energy Storage, Elsevier, 2025