Jingyue Liu

Selected Publications (2011-present):​

• Stable and solubilized active Au atom clusters for selective epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene with molecular oxygen, Nature Communications 8, #14881 (2017), DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14881
• Remarkable effect of alkalis on the chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes over high-loading Pt/FeOx catalysts, Chemical Sciences 8, 5126-5131 (2017), DOI: 10.1039/C7SC00568G
• CO oxidation on metal oxide supported single Pt atoms: the role of the support, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56, 6916–6925 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b01477
• More active Ir subnanometer clusters than single-atoms for catalytic oxidation of CO at low temperature, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal, online (2017), DOI: 10.1002/aic.15756
• High-indexed Pt3Ni alloy tetrahexahedral nanoframes evolved through preferential CO etching, Nano Letters 17, 2204-2210 (2017),  DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04731 
• Toward the design of a hierarchical perovskite support: ultra-sintering-resistant gold nanocatalysts for CO oxidation, ACS Catalysis 7, 3388-3393 (2017),  DOI: 10.1021/acsatal.7b00483
• Observing the overgrowth of a second metal on silver cubic seeds in solution by surface-enhanced raman scattering, ACS Nano 11, 5080-5086  (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b01924  
• Catalysis by supported single metal atoms, ACS Catalysis 7, 34-59 (2017), DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b01534       
• Atomic scale observation of oxygen delivery during silver-oxygen nanoparticle catalyzed oxidation of carbon nanotubes, Nature Communications 7, #12251 (2016)
• Radially aligned porous carbon nanotube arrays on carbon fibers: A hierarchical 3D carbon nanostructure for high‐performance capacitive energy storage, Advanced Functional Materials 26, 3012-3020 (2016)
• Facet-selective epitaxial growth of δ-Bi2O3 on ZnO nanowires,Chemistry of Materials 28, 8141-8148 (2016)
• Strong metal–support interactions between gold nanoparticles and nonoxides, Journal of American Chemical Society 138, 56-59 (2016)
• Pt-based icosahedral nanocages: using a combination of {111} facets, twin defects, and ultrathin walls to greatly enhance their activity toward oxygen reduction, Nano letters 16, 1467-1471 (2016)
• Catalytically active Rh sub-nanoclusters on TiO2 for CO oxidation at cryogenic temperatures, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 128, 2870-2874 (2016)
• Ultrastable hydroxyapatite/titanium-dioxide-supported gold nanocatalyst with strong metal–support interaction for carbon monoxide oxidation, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 55, 10606-10611 (2016)
• Coating Pt-Ni octahedra with ultrathin Pt shells to enhance the durability without compromising the high activity toward oxygen reduction, ChemSusChem 9, 2209-2215 (2016)
• Gold-based cubic nanoboxes with well-defined openings at the corners and ultrathin walls less than two nanometers thick, ACS Nano 10, 8019-8025 (2016)
• Core–shell nanostructured Au@ Nim Pt2 electrocatalysts with enhanced activity and durability for oxygen reduction reaction, ACS Catalysis 6, 1680-1690 (2016)
• Single atom gold catalysts for low-temperature CO oxidation, Chinese Journal of Catalysis 37, 1580-1586 (2016
• Synthesis of Ag/PANI@ MnO2 core–shell nanowires and their capacitance behavior, RSC Advances 6, 17415-17422 (2016)
• Platinum-based nanocages with subnanometer-thick walls and well-defined, controllable facets, Science 349, 412-416 (2015)           
• Palladium–platinum core-shell icosahedra with substantially enhanced activity and durability towards oxygen reduction, Nature Communications 6, # 7594 (2015)
• Catalysis on singly dispersed bimetallic sites, Nature Communications 6, # 7938 (2015)                       
• Strong coupling between ZnO cxcitons and localized surface plasmons of silver nanoparticles studied by STEM-EELS, Nano Letters 15, 5926-5931 (2015)
• Use of reduction rate as a quantitative knob for controlling the twin structure and shape of palladium nanocrystals, Nano Letters 15, 1445-1450 (2015)
• Bifunctional Ag/Pd-Ag nanocubes for highly sensitive monitoring of catalytic reactions by surface-enhanced raman spectroscopy, Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 7039-7042 (2015)
• Pd/Pt core–shell concave decahedra: A class of catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction with enhanced activity and durability, Journal of the American Chemical Society 137, 15036-15042 (2015)
• Self-assembly of atomically thin and unusual face-centered cubic Re nanowires within carbon nanotubes, Chemistry of Materials 27, 1569-1573 (2015)
• Photochemical deposition of highly dispersed Pt nanoparticles on porous CeO2 nanofibers for the water-gas shift reaction, Advanced Functional Materials 25, 4153–4162 (2015)       
• Facile synthesis of Ag nanorods with no plasmon resonance peak in the visible region by using Pd decahedra of 16 nm in size as seeds, ACS Nano 9, 10523–10532 (2015) 
• Co–N–C catalyst for C–C coupling reactions: On the catalytic performance and active sites, ACS Catalysis 5, 6563–6572 (2015)
• Highly efficient catalysis of preferential oxidation of CO in H2-rich stream by gold single-atom catalysts, ACS Catalysis 5, 6249–6254 (2015)        
• Ultrastable single-atom gold catalysts with strong covalent metal-support interaction (CMSI), Nano Research 8, 2913-2924 (2015)
• Hetero-epitaxially anchoring Au nanoparticles onto ZnO nanowires for CO oxidation, Chemical Communications 51, 15332-15335 (2015)
• Little do more: a highly effective Pt1/FeOx single-atom catalyst for the reduction of NO by H2, Chemical Communications 51, 7911-7914 (2015) 
• Five-fold twinned Pd nanorods and their use as templates for the synthesis of bimetallic or hollow nanostructures, ChemNanoMat 1, 246–252 (2015)
• Ultrastable 3V-PPh3 polymers supported single Rh sites for fixed-bed hydroformylation of olefins, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 404/405, 211–217 (2015)                      
• The shape effect of TiO2 in VOx/TiO2 catalysts for selective reduction of NO by NH3, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3, 14409-14415 (2015)
• Highly active Au1/Co3O4 single-atom catalyst for CO oxidation at room temperature, Chinese Journal of Catalysis 36, 1505–1511 (2015) 
• Highly active small palladium clusters supported on ferric hydroxide for carbon monoxide-tolerant hydrogen oxidation, ChemCatChem 6, 547-554 (2014)
• Ferric oxide-supported Pt subnano clusters for preferential oxidation of CO in H2-rich gas at room temperature, ACS Catalysis 4, 2113–2117 (2014)
• Polyol syntheses of palladium decahedra and icosahedra as pure samples by maneuvering the reaction kinetics with additives,  ACS Nano 8, 7041–7050 (2014)
• FeOx-supported platinum single-atom and pseudo-single-atom catalysts for chemoselective hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes, Nature Communications 5, #5634 (2014)
• Theoretical and experimental investigations on single-atom catalysis: Ir1/FeOx for CO oxidation, Journal Physical Chemistry C 118, 21945–21951 (2014)
• HAuCl4: A dual agent for studying the chloride-assisted vertical growth of citrate-free Ag nanoplates with Au serving as a marker,  Langmuir 30, 15520–15530 (2014)
• Supported single Pt1/Au1 atoms for methanol steam reforming, ACS Catalysis 4, 3886–3890 (2014)
• Single-atom catalysis in mesoporous photovoltaics: The principle of utility maximization, Advanced Materials 26,  8147–8153 (2014)
• Galvanic replacement-free deposition of Au on Ag for core–shell nanocubes with enhanced chemical stability and SERS activity, Journal of the American Chemical Society 136, 8153–8156 (2014)
• Remarkable performance of Ir1/FeOx single-atom catalyst in water gas shift reaction, Journal of the American Chemical Society 135, 15314–15317 (2013)
• Single-atom catalysts: A new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis, Account Chemical Research 46, 1740–1748 (2013)
• Shape-controlled synthesis of palladium nanocrystals: A mechanistic understanding of the evolution from octahedrons to tetrahedrons, Nano Letters 13, 2276–2281 (2013)
• Facile synthesis of gold wavy nanowires and investigation of their growth mechanism, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 20234–20237 (2012)
• Design of a highly active Ir/Fe(OH)x catalyst: Versatile application of Pt-group metals for the preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51, 2920–2924 (2012)
• Stabilized gold nanoparticles on ceria nanorods by strong interfacial anchoring, Journal of the American Chemical Society 134, 20585–20588 (2012)
• Single-atom catalysis of CO oxidation using Pt1/FeOx, Nature Chemistry 3, 634–641 (2011)
• Facile synthesis of Pd-Pt alloy nanocages and their enhanced performance for preferential oxidation of CO in excess hydrogen, ACS Nano 5, 8212–8222 (2011)
• Enhanced catalytic activity of sub-nanometer titania clusters confined inside double-wall carbon nanotubes, ChemSusChem 4, 975–980 (2011)
• Advanced electron microscopy of metal–support interactions in supported metal catalysts, ChemCatChem 3, 934–948 (2011)
• Synthesis of Pd nanocrystals enclosed by {100} facets and with sizes <10 nm for application in CO oxidation, Nano Research 4, 83–91 (2011)
• Facile synthesis of gold nanorice enclosed by high-index facets and their application for CO oxidation, Small 7,  2307–2312 (2011)