Publications

R. Ren, M. S. Faber, R. Dziedzic, Z. H. Wen, S. Jin, S. Mao*, and J. H. Chen*, "Vertically-Aligned Metallic CoS2 Nanowires on Current Collectors for Supercapacitors with Excellent Cycling Performance," Nanotechnology 26(49), 494001, 2015.

 

S. M. Cui, H. H. Pu, S. A. Wells, Z. H. Wen, S. Mao, J. B. Chang, M. C. Hersam, and J. H. Chen*, "Ultrasensitive Sensitivity and Layer-dependent Sensing Performance of Phosphorene-based Gas Sensors," Nature Communications 6, No. 3632, 2015.

 

G. S. Zeng*, H. Li, S. Huang, X. Y. Wang, and J. H. Chen*, "Determination of Metastable Zone Width and the Primary Nucleation Kinetics of Sodium Sulfate," Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering 49(6), 869-876, 2015.

 

X. R. Guo, G. H. Lu, and J. H. Chen*, "Graphene-based Materials for Photoanodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells," Frontiers in Energy Research 3, 50, 2015. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2015.00050. 

 

S. Mao, X. K. Huang, J. B. Chang, S. M. Cui, G. H. Zhou, and J. H. Chen*, "One-Step Continuous Synthesis of Spherical Li4Ti5O12/graphene Composite as a High-Performance Lithium-ion Battery Anode," NPG Asia Materials 7(11), e224, 2015.

 

Y. Hou, S. M. Cui, Z. H. Wen, X. R. Guo, X. L. Feng*, and J. H. Chen*, "Strongly Coupled 3D Hybrids of N‐doped Porous Carbon Nanosheet/CoNi Alloy‐Encapsulated Carbon Nanotubes for Enhanced Electrocatalysis," Small 11(44), 5940-5948, 2015. (Featured as Frontispiece)

 

X. K. Huang, S. M. Cui, D. Wieboldt, P. B. Hallac, C. Fell, B. Metz, J. W. Jiang, and J. H. Chen*, "Hollow TiO2 as an Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries: Synthesis and In Situ Visualization of State of Charge," Advanced Electronic Materials 1(12), 2015. (Featured as Inside Front Cover)

 

H. Y. Yuan, Y. Hou, Z. H. Wen, X. R. Guo, J. H. Chen*, and Z. He*, "Porous Carbon Nanosheets Co-doped with Nitrogen and Sulfur for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Microbial Fuel Cells," ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 7(33), 18672-18678, 2015.

 

J. B. Chang, G. H. Zhou, X. F. Gao, S. Mao, S. M. Cui, L. E. Ocola, C. Yuan, and J. H. Chen*, "Real-time Detection of Mercury Ions in Water Using a Reduced Graphene Oxide/DNA Field-effect Transistor with Assistance of a Passivation Layer," Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research 5, 97-104, 2015.

 

J. Zhao, Y. Xie*, D. Guan, H. Hua, R. Zhong, Y. Qin, J. Fang, H. Liu, and J. H. Chen*, "BaFe12O19-chitosan Schiff-base Ag (I) Complexes Embedded in Carbon Nanotube Networks for High-performance Electromagnetic Material," Scientific Reports, 5, 12544, 2015.

 

S. Mao, J. B. Chang, G. H. Zhou, and J. H. Chen*, "Nanomaterial-enabled Rapid Detection of Water Contaminants," Small 11(40), 5336-5359, 2015.

 

J. Zhao, Y. Xie*, D. S. Hu, D. S. Guan, J. H. Chen*, J. Yu, S. He, Y. Lu, H. L. Liu, S. K. Bao, and L. Wang, "Phenylenediamine–benzaldehyde Schiff Base Ag(I) Complexes Grown on Graphene with the Intercalated Structures for Eelectromagnetic Composites," Synthetic Metals 204, 95-102, 2015.

 

J. B. Chang, X. K. Huang, G. H. Zhou, S. M. Cui, S. Mao, and J. H. Chen*, "Three-Dimensional Carbon coated Si/RGO Nanostructures anchored Nickel Foams through Carbon Nanotubes for Li-Ion Battery Applications," Nano Energy 15, 679-687, 2015.

 

S. Q. Ci, Z. H. Wen*, Y. Y. Qian, S. Mao, S. M. Cui, and J. H. Chen*, "NiO-Microflower Formed by Nanowire-weaving Nanosheets with Interconnected Ni-network Decoration as Supercapacitor Electrode," Scientific Reports 5, 2015.

 

J. Z. Crouse, K. M. Mahuta, B. A. Mikulski, J. N. Harvestine, X. R. Guo, J. C. Lee, M. G. Kaltchev, K. S. Midelfort, J. H. Chen, and W. J. Zhang*, "Development and Characterization of Micro-Scale Red-Blood-Cell-Shaped Pectin-Oligochitosan Hydrogel Capsule System," Journal of Applied Biomaterials and Functional Materials 13(4), 2015.

 

Z. Bo, S. Mao, Z. J. Han, K. F. Cen, J. H. Chen*, and K. Ostrikov*, "Emerging Energy and Environmental Applications of Vertically-Oriented Graphenes," Chemical Society Reviews 44(8), 2108-2121, 2015.

 

S. Q. Ci, Z. H. Wen, S. Mao, Y. Hou, S. M. Cui, Z. He, and J. H. Chen*, " One-pot synthesis of high-performance Co/graphene electrocatalysts for glucose fuel cells free of enzymes and precious metals," Chemical Communications 51(45), 9354-9357, 2015.

 

R. Ren, Z. H. Wen, S. M. Cui, Y. Hou, X. R., Guo, and J. H. Chen*, "Controllable Synthesis and Tunable Photocatalytic Properties of Ti3+-doped TiO2," Scientific Reports 5, 2015.

 

L. R. Wu, L. X. Zhang, T. Meng, F. Yu, J. H. Chen*, and J. Ma, “Facile Synthesis of 3D Amino-functional Graphene-Sponge Composites Decorated by Graphene Nanodots with Enhanced Removal of Indoor Formaldehyde,” Aerosol and Air Quality Research 15(3), 1028-1034. 2015.

 

Y. Zhuang, F. Yu, J. Ma, and J. H. Chen*, “Adsorption of Ciprofloxacin onto Graphene-Soy Protein Biocomposite,” New Journal of Chemistry 39(5), 3333-3336, 2015. 

 

Y. Zhuang, F. Yu, J. Ma*, and J. H. Chen*, “Graphene as a Template and Structural Scaffold for the Synthesis of 3D Porous Bio-adsorbent to Remove Antibiotics from Water,” RSC Advances 5, 27964 – 27969, 2015.

 

X. K. Huang, S. Mao, J. B. Chang, P. B. Hallac, C. Fell, Y. T. Luo, B. Metz, J. W. Jiang, P. T. Hurley, and J. H. Chen*, "Improving cyclic performance of Si anode for lithium-ion batteries by forming intermetallic surface," RSC Advances, 5(48), 38660-38664, 2015.

 

S. M. Cui, X. R. Guo, R. Ren, G. Zhou, and J. H. Chen*, "Decoration of vertical graphene with aerosol nanoparticles for gas sensing," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 48(31), 314008, 2015. (Invited Contribution)

 

S. Q. Ci, S. Mao, Y. Hou, S. M. Cui, H. Kim, R. Ren, Z. H. Wen*, and J. H. Chen*, "Rational design of mesoporous NiFe-alloy-based hybrids for oxygen conversion electrocatalysis," Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3(15), 7986-7993, 2015.

 

E. C. Mattson, K. Pande, S. M. Cui, M. Weinert, J. H. Chen, and C. J. Hirschmugl*, "Investigation of NO2 adsorption on reduced graphene oxide," Chemical Physics Letters 622, 86-91, 2015.

 

X. W. Zhang, F. Meng, S. Mao, Q. Ding, M. Shearer, M. S. Faber, J. H. Chen, R. J. Hamers, S. Jin*, " Amorphous MoSxCly Electrocatalyst and Heterostructure on Vertical Graphene for Efficient Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation," Energy & Environmental Science 8(3), 862-868, 2015.

 

H. Kim, X. K. Huang, Z. H. Wen, S. M. Cui, X. R. Guo and J. H. Chen*, "Novel Si Film/Carbon Nanofiber Hybrid as Anode Materials in Lithium-ion Batteries," Journal of Materials Chemistry A 3(5), 1947-1952, 2015.

 

B. Chen, Z. L. Zhu*, J. Ma*, Y. L. Qiu, and J. H. Chen, "Iron Oxide Supported Sulfhydryl-functionalized Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube for Removal of Arsenite from Aqueous Solution," ChemPlusChem 80(4), 740-748, 2015.

 

S. Mao, G. H. Lu, and J. H. Chen*, "Three-dimensional Graphene-based Composites for Energy Applications," Nanoscale 7(16), 6924-6943, 2015. (Invited Review)

 

J. Liu, Q. D. Zhao, X. Y. Li*, and J. H. Chen*, "Structure Sensitivity of Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with Propylene over Cu-doped Ti0.5Zr0.5O2-δ Catalysts," Applied Catalysis B 165, 519-528, 2015.

 

J. Ma*, M. X. Yang, F. Yu, and J. H. Chen*, “Easy Solid-phase Synthesis of pH-insensitive Heterogeneous CNTs/FeS Fenton-like Catalyst for the Removal of Antibiotics from Aqueous Solution,” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 444, 24-32, 2015.

 

T. Z. Huang*, S. Mao, G. H. Zhou, Z. H. Wen, X. K. Huang, S. Q. Ci, and J. H. Chen*, "A high-performance catalyst support for methanol oxidation with graphene and vanadium carbonitride," Nanoscale 7(4), 1301-1307, 2015.

 

Y. Hou, J. Y. Li, Z. H. Wen, S. M. Cui, Y. C. Yuan*, and J. H. Chen*, "Co3O4 Nanoparticles Embedded in Nitrogen-doped Porous Carbon Dodecahedrons with Enhanced Electrochemical Properties for Lithium Storage and Water Splitting," Nano Energy 12, 1-8, 2015.

 

Y. Hou, Z. H. Wen*, S. M. Cui, S. Q. Ci, S. Mao, and J. H. Chen*, "An Advanced Nitrogen‐Doped Graphene/Cobalt‐Embedded Porous Carbon Polyhedron Hybrid for Efficient Catalysis of Oxygen Reduction and Water Splitting," Advanced Functional Materials 25(6), 872-882, 2015. (Featured as Frontispiece)

 

S. M. Cui, H. H. Pu, E. C. Mattson, Z. H. Wen, J. B. Chang, Y. Hou, C. J. Hirschmugl, and J. H. Chen*, "Engineering MoS2 Nanosheets through SnO2 Nanocrystal Decoration for Practical Sensing Applications," Small 11(19), 2305-2313, 2015.

 

X. K. Huang, S. M. Cui, J. B. Chang, P. B. Hallac, C. Fell, Y. T. Luo, B. Metz, J. W. Jiang, P. T. Hurley, and J. H. Chen*, " A Hierarchical Tin/Carbon Composite as an Anode for Lithium‐Ion Batteries with a Long Cycle Life," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 54(5), 1490-1493, 2015.

 

S. Mao, Z. H. Wen, S. Q., Ci, X. R. Guo, K. Ostrikov, and J. H. Chen*, "Perpendicularly oriented MoSe2/graphene nanosheets as advanced electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution," Small 11(4), 414-419, 2015. (Featured as Back Cover)

 

C. Y. Chen, F. Yu, H. M. Zhou, J. H. Chen, and J. Ma*, "Synthesis of Three-dimensional Graphene Electrodes and Their Applications in Capacitive Deionization," Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities – Chinese 36(12), 2516-2522, 2015.

 

X. Y. Chen, Y. R. Sun, F. Yu, J. H. Chen, and J. Ma*, "The Catalytic Properties for Reduction of Graphene-Based Aerogels and Their Applications," Progress in Chemistry 27(11), 1542-1554, 2015.

 

Y. R. Sun, M. X. Yang, F. Yu*, J. H. Chen, and J. Ma, "Synthesis of Graphene Aerogel Adsorbents and Their Applications in Water Treatment," Progress in Chemistry 27(8), 1133-1146, 2015.