Publications

J. Ma, C. Li, F. Yu, and J. H. Chen*, “Brick-like” N-doped Graphene/carbon nanotubes Structure Forming Three-dimensional Films as High-performance Metal-free Counter Electrodes in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells,” Journal of Power Sources 273, 1048-1055, 2014.

 

H. Kim, X. K. Huang, Z. H. Wen, S. M. Cui, and J. H. Chen*, "Novel Hybrid Carbon Nanofiber/Highly Branched Graphene Nanosheet for Anode Materials in Lithium-ion Batteries," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(21), 18590–18596, 2014.

 

J. Ma, C. Li, F. Yu, and J. H. Chen*, "3D Single-walled Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Aerogels as Pt-free Transparent Counter Electrodes Achieving High Efficiency (9.64%) for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells," ChemSusChem. 7(12), 3304–3311, 2014.

 

G. H. Zhou, J. B. Chang, S. M. Cui, H. H. Pu, Z. H. Wen, and J. H. Chen*, "Real-time Pb2+ Ion Detection Using Thermally Reduced Graphene Oxide Decorated with Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(21), 19235-19241, 2014.

 

B. Zhang, Z. H. Wen, S. Q. Ci, J. H. Chen*, and Z. He, "Nitrogen-doped Activated Carbon as a Metal Free Catalyst for Hydrogen Production in Microbial Electrolysis Cells," RSC Advances 4(90), 49161-49164, 2014.

 

Z. J. Han, D. H. Seo, S. Yick, J. H. Chen, and K. Ostrikov*, "Mixed-valent MnOx-based Flexible Supercapacitor Electrodes with Ultrathin Carbon Nanotube and Graphene Oxide Supporting Layer," NPG Asia Materials 6, e140, 2014.

 

H. H. Pu, S. H. Rhim, M. Gajdardziska-Josifovska, C. J. Hirschmugl, M. Weinert, and J. H. Chen*, "A Statistical Thermodynamic Model for Monolayer Gas Adsorption on Graphene-based Materials: Implications for Gas Sensing Applications," RSC Advances 4(88), 47481-47487, 2014.

 

Y. Hou, J. Y. Li, Z. H. Wen, S. M. Cui, C. Yuan*, and J. H. Chen*, "N-Doped Graphene/Porous g-C3N4 Nanosheets Supported Layered-MoS2 Hybrid as Robust Anode Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries," Nano Energy 8, 157-164, 2014.

 

B. Chen, Z. L. Zhu, S. X. Liu, J. Hong, J. Ma, Y. L. Qiu, and J. H. Chen, “Facile Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanostructured Hollow Iron-Cerium Alkoxides and Their Superior Arsenic Adsorption Performance,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(16), 14016-14025, 2014.

 

B. Chen, Z. L. Zhu*, J. Ma*, M. X. Yang, J. Hong, X. H. Hu, Y. L. Qiu, and J. H. Chen*, "One-pot, Solid-phase Synthesis of Magnetic Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/Iron oxide Composites and Their Application in Arsenic Removal," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 434, 9-17, 2014.

 

S. M. Cui, H. H. Pu, E. C. Mattson, Z. H. Wen, J. B. Chang, Y. Hou, C. J. Hirschmugl, and J. H. Chen*, "In-situ Transient Voltage-Activated Reduced Graphene Oxide for Ultrasensitive Chemical Sensing," Analytical Chemistry 86(15), 7516 - 7522, 2014.

 

T. Z. Huang*, S. Mao, G. H. Zhou, Z. H. Wen, X. K. Huang, S. Q. Ci, and J. H. Chen*, "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Vanadium Nitride and Modulation of Its Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Nanoscale 6(16), 9608-9613, 2014.

 

Y. Hou, B. Zhang, Z. H. Wen, S. M. Cui, X. R. Guo, Z. He*, and J. H. Chen*, "3D Hybrid of Layered MoS2/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Nanosheets Aerogels: an Effective Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution in Microbial Electrolysis Cells," Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2(34), 13795-13800, 2014.

J. Ma, M. X. Yang, Y. R. Sun, J. H. Chen, “Fabrication of Ag/TiO2 Nanotube Array with Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Aqueous Organic Pollutant,” Physica E 58, 24-29, 2014. 

 

M. X. Yang, J. Ma, Y.R. Sun, X. Z. Xiong, C. L., Li, Q. Li, and J. H. Chen, “Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes/FeS Fenton-like Catalyst and Its Catalytic Properties,” Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities 35(3), 570-575, 2014.

 

B. Chen, Z. L. Zhu*, J. Hong, Z. P. Wen, J. Ma, Y. L. Qiu, and J. H. Chen*, "Nanocasted Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Cerium Iron Mixed Oxide and its Excellent Performances for As(V) and Cr(VI) Removal from Aqueous Solutions," Dalton Transactions 43, 10767-10777, 2014.

 

G. S. Zeng*, H. Li, S. L. Luo, X. Y. Wang, and J. H. Chen, "Effects of Ultrasonic Radiation on Induction Period and Nucleation Kinetics of Sodium Sulfate," Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 31(5), 807-811, 2014.

 

J. Ke, X. Y. Li*, Q. D. Zhao, Y. Hou, and J. H. Chen*, "A Rapid and Ultrasensitive Quantum Dot Fluorescence Quenching Assay for Selective Detection of Mercury Ions in Drinking Water," Scientific Reports 4, No. 5624, 2014.

 

Z. Bo*, W. G. Zhu, Y. Yang, X. Tu, X. R. Shuai, H. C. Yang, Y. Hou, S. Mao, J. H. Chen, Z. H. Wang, J. H. Yan, and K. F. Cen, "Instantaneous Reduction of Graphene Oxide Paper for Supercapacitor Electrodes with Facile Liquid Permeation," Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118(25), 13493–13502, 2014.

 

Y. Xie*, J. Zhao, Z. G. Le, M. J. Li, J. H. Chen*, Y. H. Gao, Y. Huang, Y. C. Qin, R. Zhong, D. Zhou, and Y. Ling, " Preparation and Electromagnetic Properties of Chitosan-decorated Ferrite-filled Multi-walled Carbon nanotube/Polythiophene Composites," Composites Science and Technology 99, 141-146, 2014. 

 

Z. Bo*, Y. L. Tian, K. H. Yu, H. C. Yan, W. G. Zhu, J. H. Chen*, J. H. Yan, and K. F. Cen, "DC and Microwave Plasmas for Synthesis of Vertically-Oriented Graphene," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 42(10), 2796 - 2797, 2014. (The 7th Triennial Special Issue on "Images in Plasma Science")

 

X. F. Gao, J. Y. Li, J. Baker, Y. Hou, D. S. Guan, J. H. Chen, and C. Yuan*, "Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance of Perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 Solar Cells with Free Standing TiO2 Nanotube Array Films," Chemical Communications 50(48), 6368-6371, 2014.

 

S. Mao, Z. H. Wen, Z. Bo, J. B. Chang, X. K. Huang, and J. H. Chen*, "Hierarchical Nanohybrids with Porous CNT-networks Decorated Crumpled Graphene Balls for Supercapacitors," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(12), 9881–9889, 2014.

 

Z. H. Wen, S. Q. Ci, Y. Hou, and J. H. Chen*, "Facile One-pot, One-step Synthesis of Carbon Nanoarchitecture for Advanced Multifunctional Electrocatalyst," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 53(25), 6496–6500, 2014.

 

J. B. Chang, G. H. Zhou, E. Christensen, R. Heideman, and J. H. Chen*, "Graphene-based Sensors for Detection of Heavy Metals: A Review," Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry (ABC), Special Issue on “Chemosensors and Chemoreception” 406(16), 3957-3975, 2014. (Top 10 most downloaded articles published in 2014)

 

X. K. Huang, J. Yang, S. Mao, J. B. Chang, P. B. Hallac, C. Fell, B. Metz, J. W. Jiang, P. T. Hurley, and J. H. Chen*, "Controllable Green Synthesis of Hollow Si Anode for Long-cycle-life Lithium-ion Batteries," Advanced Materials 26(25), 4326-4332, 2014.

 

B. Zhang, Z. H. Wen, S. Q. Ci, S. Mao, J. H. Chen*, and Z. He*, "Synthesizing Nitrogen-doped Activated Carbon and Probing its Active Sites for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6(10), 7464–7470, 2014.

 

Y. Hou, T. Z. Huang, S. Mao, S. M. Cui, Z. H. Wen, and J. H. Chen*, "Metal−Organic Framework-derived Nitrogen-Doped Core-Shell-Structured Porous Fe/Fe3C@C Nanoboxes Supported on Graphene Sheets for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction," Advanced Energy Materials 4(11), 2014.

 

Z. Bo, X. R. Shuai, Z. H. Wen, H. C. Yang, J. J. Qian, S. Mao*, J. H. Chen*, J. H. Yan, and K. F. Cen, "Green Preparation of Reduced Graphene Oxide for Sensing and Energy Storage Applications," Scientific Reports 4, No. 4684, 2014.

S. Q. Ci, S. Mao, T. Z. Huang, Z. H. Wen*, D. A. Steeber, and J. H. Chen*, "Enzymeless Glucose Detection Based on CoO/Graphene Microsphere Hybrids," Electroanalysis 26(6), 1326-1334, 2014.

 

K. H. Yu and J. H. Chen*, "Graphene-based Transparent Conductive Electrodes," Material Matters 9(1), 6-10, 2014.

 

J. N. Harvestine, B. A. Mikulski, K. M. Mahuta, J. Z. Crouse, X. R. Guo, J. C. Lee, K. S. Midelfort, J. H. Chen, X. M He, and W. J. Zhang*, "A Novel Red Blood Cell-Shaped Pectin-Oligochitosan Hydrogel System," Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 31(9), 955-959, 2014.

 

S. Mao, G. H. Lu, and J. H. Chen*, "Nanocarbon-based Gas Sensors: Progress and Challenges," Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2(16), 5573-5579, 2014.  (Invited Highlight)

 

F. Yu*, L. Chen, J. Ma*, Y. R. Sun, Q. Li, C. L. Li, M. X. Yang, and J. H. Chen*, "Self-regenerative Adsorbent based on the Cross-linking Chitosan for Adsorbing and Mineralizing Azo Dye," RSC Advances 4(11), 5518-5523, 2014.

 

S. Mao, Z. H. Wen, T. Z. Huang, Y. Hou, and J. H. Chen*, "High-performance Bi-functional Electrocatalysts of Crumpled Graphene-Cobalt Oxide Nanohybrids for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions," Energy & Environmental Science 7(2), 609-616, 2014.

 

J. B. Chang, X. K. Huang, G. H. Zhou, S. M. Cui, P. B. Hallac, J. W. Jiang, P. T. Hurley, and J. H. Chen*, "Multilayered Si Nanoparticle/Reduced Graphene Oxide Hybrid as a Lithium-Ion Battery Anode," Advanced Materials 26(5), 758-764, 2014. (Front Cover)

 

Y. Qin, Y. J. Zhou, J. Li, J. Ma, D. L. Shi, J. H. Chen*, and J. H. Yang*, "Fabrication of Hierarchical Core-Shell Au@ZnO Heteroarchitectures Initiated by Heteroseed Assembly for Photocatalytic Applications," Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 418C, 171-177, 2014.

 

S. Q. Ci, T. Z. Huang, Z. H. Wen*, S. M. Cui, S. Mao, D. A. Steeber, and J. H. Chen*, " Nickel Oxide Hollow Microsphere for Non-enzyme Glucose Detection," Biosensors & Bioelectronics 54, 251-257, 2014.

 

C. Y. Zhao, L. J. Liu, H. L. Zhao, A. Krall, Z. H. Wen, J. H. Chen, P. T. Hurley, J. W. Jiang, and Y. Li*, "Sulfur-Infiltrated Porous Carbon Microspheres with Controllable Multi-Modal Pore Size Distribution for High Energy Lithium-Sulfur Batteries," Nanoscale 6(1), 882-888, 2014.

 

Z. H. Wen, G. H. Lu, S. Mao, S. M. Cui, H. Kim, S. Q. Ci, J. W. Jiang, P. T. Hurley, and J. H. Chen*, "Rational Design of Hollow Si/SiC-C Hybrid Nanosphere as Anode of Lithium-ion Batteries," Nanoscale 6(1), 342-351, 2014.

 

S. Yun*, H. H. Pu, L. Wang, J. H. Chen, and T. L. Ma*, "Enhanced Performance of HfO2-MGC Counter Electrode and DFT/CPMD Calculation for Triiodide/Iodide and Disulfide/Thiolate Redox Couples Dye-sensitized Solar Cells," ChemSusChem 7(2), 442-450, 2014.