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140. Activation of Hidden Catalytic Sites in 2D Basal Plane via p–n Heterojunction Interface Engineering Toward Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction, E. Kim#, S Kim#, Y. Kim, K. Hamkins, J. Baek, M. Kim, T. Liu, Y. M. Choi, J. H. Lee, G. Y. Jang, K. Lee*, G. Lee*, X. L. Zheng*, and J. H. Park*, Adv. Energy Mater. 2403722 (2024) 

137. Rapid Surface Reconstruction of In2S3 Photoanode via Flame Treatment for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance, Y. J. Jeong, R. Tan, S. S. Nam, J. H. Lee, S. K. Kim, T. G. Lee, S. S. Shin,* X. L. Zheng*, I. S. Cho*, Adv. Mater. (2024)

135. Bulk-Heterojunction Electrocatalysts in Confined Geometry Boosting Stable, Acid/Alkaline-Universal Water Electrolysis, G. Y. Jang, S. Kim, J. Choi, J. Park, S. An, J. Baek, Y. Li, T. Liu, E. Kim, J. H. Lee, H. Wang, M. Kim, H. Cho, X. L. Zheng, J. S. Yoo, K. Seo, J. H. Park, Adv. Energy Mater. 2303924 (2024) 

133. Upcycling plastic wastes into value-added products via electrocatalysis and photoelectrocatalysis, S. Kim, D. Kong, X. L. Zheng*, and J. H. Park*, J. Energy Chem. (2024)

129. Synergistic Effects of Mixing and Strain in High Entropy Spinel Oxides for Oxygen Evolution Reaction,  J. Baek#, M. D. Hossain#, P. Mukherjee, J. Lee, K. T. Winther, J. Leem, Y. Jiang, W. C. Chueh, M. Bajdich*, and X. L. Zheng*, Nat. Commun. 14, 5936 (2023) 

127. Recent advances in defect-engineered molybdenum sulfides for catalytic applications, Y. Zhao, X. L. Zheng*, P. Gao*, H. Li*, Mater. Horiz. (2023)

125. Organic Upgrading through Photoelectrochemical Reactions: Toward Higher Profits, T.-K. Liu, G. Y. Jang, S. Kim, K. Zhang*, X. L. Zheng*, and J. H. Park*, Small Methods 2300315 (2023)

123. Machine Learning Assisted Analysis of Electrochemical H2O2 Production, J. Leem#, L. Vallez#, T. Gill, and X. L. Zheng, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 6, 3953–3959 (2023)

120. Discovery of LaAlO3 as an efficient catalyst for two-electron water electrolysis towards hydrogen peroxide, J. Baek#, Q. Jin#, N. S. Johnson, Y. Jiang, R. Ning, A. Mehta, S. Siahrostami*, and X. L. Zheng*, Nat. Commun., 13, 7256 (2022)

119. Crystal Reconstruction of Mo:BiVO4: Improved Charge Transport for Efficient Solar Water Splitting, Y. J. Jeong, D. H. Seo, J. Baek, M. J. Kang, B. N. Kim, S. k. Kim, X. L. Zheng*, and I. S. Cho*, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2208196 (2022)

117. Efficient and Stable Acidic Water Oxidation Enabled by Low-Concentration, High-Valence Iridium Sites, X. Shi#, H. Peng#, T. J. P. Hersbach, Y. Jiang, Y. Zeng, J. Baek, K. T. Winther, D. Sokaras*, X. L. Zheng*, and M. Bajdich*, ACS Energy Lett. (2022) 7, 2228–2235

116. Effect of doping TiO2 with Mn for electrocatalytic oxidation in acid and alkaline electrolytes, L. Vallez*, S. Jimenez-Villegas*, A. T. Garcia-Esparza*, Y. Jiang, S. Park, Q. Wu, T. M. Gill, D. Sokaras, S. Siahrostami, X. Zheng, Energy Adv. 1, 357–366 (2022) 

113. Local Structure of Sulfur Vacancies on the Basal Plane of Monolayer MoS2, A. T. Garcia-Esparza*, S. Park*, H. Abroshan, O. A. Parades Mellone, J. Vinson, B. Abraham, T. R. Kim, D. Nordlund, A. Gallo, R. Alonso-Mori, X. L. Zheng and D. Sokaras, ACS Nano 16, 4, 6725–6733 (2022)

111. Enhancing Electrochemical Water Oxidation toward H2O2 via Carbonaceous Electrolyte Engineering, T. M. Gill, L. Vallez and X. L. Zheng, ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 4, 11, 12429–12435 (2021)

110. The Role of Bicarbonate-Based Electrolytes in H2O2 Production through Two-Electron Water Oxidation, T. M. Gill, L. Vallez and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 6, 8, 2854–2862 (2021)

106. Operando Study of Thermal Oxidation of Monolayer MoS2, S. Park, A. T. Garcia‐Esparza, H. Abroshan, B. Abraham, J. Vinson, A. Gallo, D. Nordlund, J. Park, T. R. Kim, L. Vallez, R. Alonso‐Mori, D. Sokaras and X. L. Zheng, Adv. Sci. 8, 2002768 (2021)

103. Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2 by Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction, X. Shi*, S. Back*, T. M. Gill*, S. Siahrostami and X. L. Zheng, Chem 7, 1, 3863 (2020)

101. Comparing Methods for Quantifying Electrochemically Accumulated H2O2, T. M. Gill and X. L. Zheng, Chem. Mater. 32, 15, 6285–6294 (2020)

100. Effect of Adventitious Carbon on Pit Formation of Monolayer MoS2, S. Park, S. Siahrostami, J. Park, A. Hassan, B. Mostaghimi, T. R. Kim, L. Vallez, T. M. Gill, W. Park, K. E. Goodson, R. Sinclair and X. L. Zheng, Adv. Mater. 32 2003020 (2020)

98. On-Demand Production of Hydrogen by Reacting Porous Silicon Nanowires with Water, R. Ning*, Y. Jiang*, Y. Zeng, H. Gong, J. Zhao, J. Weisse, X. Shi, T. M. Gill and X. L. Zheng, Nano Res. 13, 1459–1464 (2020)

96. ZnO as an Active and Selective Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide, S. Kelly*, X. Shi*, S. Back*, L. Vallez, S. Y. Park, S. Siahrostami, X. L. Zheng and J. K. Norskov, ACS Catal. 9, 5, 4593–4599 (2019)

94. A Zn:BiVO4/Mo:BiVO4 homojunction as an efficient photoanode for photoelectrochemical water splitting, J. M. Lee*, J. H. Baek*, T. M. Gill, X. Shi, S. M. Lee, I. S. Cho, H. S. Jung and X. L. Zheng, J. Mater. Chem. A 7, 9019–9024 (2019)

93. Enhancing Electrocatalytic Water Splitting by Strain Engineering, B. You*, M. T. Tang*, C. Tsai, F. Abild-Pedersen, X. L. Zheng and H. Li, Adv. Mater. 31, 1807001 (2019)

92. Selective and Efficient Gd-Doped BiVO4 Photoanode for Two-electron Water Oxidation to H2O2, J. H. Baek*, T. Gill*, H. Abroshan*, S. Park, X. Shi, J. K. Norskov, H. S. Jung, S. Siahrostami and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 4, 3, 720–728 (2019)

91. Rapid Flame-annealed CuFe2O4 as Efficient Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, S. Park*, J. H. Baek*, L. Zhang, J. M. Lee, K. H. Stone, I. S. Cho, J. Guo, H. S. Jung and X. L. Zheng, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 7, 6, 5867–5874 (2019)

89. CaSnO3: An Electrocatalyst for Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction to Form H2O2, S. Y. Park*, H. Abroshan*, X. Shi*, H. S. Jung, S. Siahrostami and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 4, 1, 352–357 (2019)

87. Enhancing Catalytic Activity of MoS2 Basal Plane S-Vacancy by Co Cluster Addition, S. Park*, J. Park*, H. Abroshan*, L. Zhang, J. K. Kim, J. Zhang, J. Guo, S. Siahrostami and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 3, 11, 2685–2693 (2018)

86. Epitaxial growth of WO3 nanoneedles by flame: engineering of hole transport and water oxidation reactivity, X. Shi*, L. Cai*, I. Y. Choi*, M. Ma, K. Zhang, J. Zhao, J. K. Kim, J. K. Kim, X. L. Zheng and J. H. Park, J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 19542–19546 (2018)

84. Resolving Hysteresis in Perovskite Solar Cells with Rapid Flame-Processed Cobalt-Doped TiO2, J. K. Kim*, S. U. Chai*, Y. Ji, B. Levy-Wendt, S. H. Kim, Y. Yi, T. F. Heinz, J. K. Norskov, J. H. Park and X. L. Zheng, Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1801717 (2018)

82. Conformal Electroless Nickel Plating on Silicon Wafers, Convex and Concave Pyramids, and Ultralong Nanowires, T. M. Gill, J. Zhao, E. J. W. Berenschot, N. Tas and X. L. Zheng, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 26, 22834–22840 (2018)

81. Light-Driven BiVO4-C Fuel Cell with Simultaneous Production of H2O2, X. Shi*, Y. Zhang*, S. Siahrostami and X. L. Zheng, Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1801158 (2018)

80. Rapid Flame Doping of Co to WS2 for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution, X. Shi*, M. Fields*, J. Park*, J. M. McEnaney, H. Yan, Y. Zhang, C. Tsai, T. F. Jaramillo, R. Sinclair, J. K. Norskov and X. L. Zheng, Energy Environ.Sci. 11 2270–2277 (2018)

79. Enabling Silicon Photoanodes for Efficient Solar Water Splitting by Electroless-deposited Nickel, J. Zhao, T. M. Gill and X. L. Zheng, Nano Res. 11, 3499–3508 (2018)

78. Flame-Engraved Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reactivity, D. Zhou, X. Xiong, Z. Cai, N. Han, Y. Jia, Q. Xie, X. Duan, T. Xie, X. L. Zheng, X. Sun and X. Duan, Small Methods 2, 1800083 (2018)

76. Boosting Solar Water Oxidation Performance of BiVO4 Photoanode by Crystallographic Orientation Control, H. S. Han, S. Sun, D. H. Kim, I. J. Park, J. S. Kim, P. S. Huang, J. K. Lee, I. S. Cho and X. L. Zheng, Energy Environ. Sci. 11, 1299–1306 (2018)

74. Rapid Formation of a Disordered Layer on Monoclinic BiVO4: Co-catalyst-free Photoelectrochemical Solar Water Splitting, J. K. Kim*, Y. Cho*, M. J. Jeong, B. Levy-Wendt, D. Shin, Y. Yi, D.H. Wang, X. L. Zheng and J. H. Park, ChemSusChem 11, 933–940 (2017)

73. Enhancing Mo:BiVO4 Solar Water Splitting with Patterned Au Nanospheres by Plasmon-Induced Energy Transfer, J. K. Kim*, X. Shi*, M. J. Jeong, J. Park, H. S. Han, S. H. Kim, Y. Guo, T. F. Heinz, S. Fan, C.-L. Lee, J. H. Park, and X. L. Zheng, Adv. Energy Mater. 8, 1701765 (2017)

72. Ultrafast Flame Annealing of TiO2 Paste for Fabricating Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells with Enhanced Efficiency, J. K. Kim*, S. U. Chai*, Y. Cho, L. Cai, S. J. Kim, S. Park, J. H. Park, X. L. Zheng, Small 13, 170260 (2017)

71. Understanding Activity Trends in Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Form Hydrogen Peroxide, X. Shi*, S. Siahrostami*, G. Li*, Y. Zhang, P. Chakthranont, F. Studt, T. Jaramillo, X. L. Zheng and J. Norskov, Nat. Commun. 8, 701 (2017)

69. Stabilizing Silicon Photocathodes by Solution-Deposited NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Media, J. Zhao, L. Cai, H. Li, X. Shi, and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 2, 9, 1939–1946 (2017)

64. Effect of Interfacial Blocking Layer Morphology on the Solar Peroxydisulfate Production of WO3 Nanoflakes, S. H. Ahn*, J. Zhao*, J. H. Kim and X. L. Zheng, Electrochim. Acta 244, 184–191 (2017)

63. Methanol Photo-Oxidation on Rutile TiO2 Nanowires: Probing Reaction Pathways on Complex Materials, A. S. Crampton, L. Cai, N. Janvelyan, X. L. Zheng and C. M. Friend, J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 18, 9910–9919 (2017)

62. Electrochemical Generation of Sulfur Vacancies in the Basal Plane of MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution, C. Tsai*, H. Li*, S. Park*, J. Park, H. Park, J. Norskov, X. L. Zheng and F. Pedersen, Nat.Commun. 8, 15113 (2017)

61. Molybdenum Disulfide Catalyzed Tungsten Oxide for on-Chip Acetone Sensing, H. Li, S. Ahn, S. Park, L. Cai, J. Zhao, J. He, M. Zhou, J. Park, and X. L. Zheng, Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 133103 (2016)

60. One-Step Hydrothermal Deposition of Ni:FeOOH onto Photoanodes for Enhanced Water Oxidation, L. Cai, J. Zhao, H. Li, J. Park, I. Cho, H. Han, and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 1, 3, 624–632 (2016)

58. High-Performance Ultrathin BiVO4 Photoanode on Textured Polydimethylsiloxane Substrates for Solar Water Splitting, J. Zhao, Y. Guo, L. Cai, H. Li, K. Wang, I. Cho, C. Lee, S. Fan, and X. L. Zheng, ACS Energy Lett. 1, 1, 68–75 (2016)

57. Kinetic Study of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction over Strained MoS2 with Sulphur-Vacancies using Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, H. Li*, M. Du*, M. Mleczko, A. L. Koh, Y. Nishi, E. Pop, A. Bard and X. L. Zheng, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 138, 15, 5123–5129 (2016)

55. Enhancing Low-Bias Performance of Hematite Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting by Simultaneous Reduction of Bulk, Interface, and Surface Recombination Pathways, I. S. Cho, H. Han, M. Logar, J. Park and X. L. Zheng, Adv. Energy Mater. 6, 1501840 (2015)

54. Activating and optimizing MoS2 basal planes for hydrogen evolution through the formation of strained sulphur vacancies, H. Li*, C. Tsai*, A. Koh, L. Cai, A. Contryman, A. Fragapane, J. Zhao, H. Han, H. Manoharan, F. Pedersen, J. Norskov and X. L. Zheng, Nat. Mater. 15, 4853 (2015)

53. (Review) General Characterization Methods for Photoelectrochemical Cells for Solar Water Splitting, X. Shi*, L. Cai*, M. Ma, X. L. Zheng, and J. H. Park, ChemSusChem 8, 3192–3203 (2015)

52. Highly Efficient Solar Water Splitting from Transferred TiO2 Nanotube Arrays, I.S. Cho*, J. Choi*, K. Zhang*, S.J. Kim, M.J. Jeong, L. Cai, T. Park, X. L. Zheng, and J. H. Park, Nano Lett. 15, 5709–5715 (2015)

51. Enhancing Catalytic CO Oxidation over Co3O4 Nanowires by Substituting Co2+ with Cu2+, M. Zhou*, L. Cai*, M. Bajdich, M. G.Melchor, H. Li, J. He, J. Wilcox, W. Wu, A. Vojvodic, and X. L. Zheng, ACS Catal. 5, 4485–4491 (2015)

50. Optoelectronic Crystal of Artificial Atoms in Strain-Textured Molybdenum Disulphide, H. Li, A.W. Contryman, X. Qian, S.M. Ardakani, Y. Gong, X. Wang, J.M. Weisse, C.H. Lee, J. Zhao, P.M. Ajayan, J. Li, H.C. Manoharan and X. L. Zheng, Nat. Commun. 6, 7381 (2015)

47. (Perspective) Titanium Incorporation into Hematite Photoelectrodes: Theoretical Considerations and Experimental Observations , C.X. Kronawitter, I. Zegkinoglou, S.H. Shen, P. Liaod, I.S. Cho, O. Zandi, Y.S. Liu, K. Lashgari, G. Westin, J.H. Guo, F.J. Himpsel, E.A. Carter, X.L. Zheng, T.W. Hamann, B.E. Koel, S.S. Mao and L. Vayssieresb, Energy Environ. Sci. 7, 3100 (2014)

45. Sol-Flame Synthesis of Cobalt-doped TiO2 Nanowires with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Evolution Reaction, L. Cai, I. S. Cho, M. Logar, A. Mehta, J. He, C. H. Lee, P. M. Rao, Y. Feng, J. Wilcox, F. B. Prinz and X.L. Zheng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16, 12299 (2014)

44. Simultaneously Efficient Light Absorption and Charge Separation in WO3/BiVO4 Core/Shell Nanowire Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation, P.M. Rao*, L.L. Cai*, C. Liu, I.S. Cho, C.H. Lee, J.M. Weisse, P.D. Yang and X.L. Zheng, Nano Lett. 14, 2, 1099–1105 (2014)

43. Rapid and Controllable Flame Reduction of TiO2 Nanowires for Enhanced Solar Water-Splitting, I.S. Cho, M. Logar, C.H. Lee, L. L. Cai, F.B. Prinz and X. L. Zheng, Nano Lett. 14 (1) 24–31 (2013)

41. Peel-and-Stick: Mechanism Study for Efficient Fabrication of Flexible/Transparent Thin-film Electronics, C. H. Lee, J. H. Kim, C. Zou, I. S. Cho, J. M. Weisse, W. Nemeth, Q. Wang, A. C. Duin, T. S. Kim and X. L. Zheng, Sci. Rep. 3, 2917 (2013)

38. Codoping titanium dioxide nanowires with tungsten and carbon for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance, I. S. Cho, C. H. Lee, Y. Feng, M. Logar, P. M. Rao, L. Cai, D. R. Kim, R. Sinclair and X. L. Zheng, Nat. Commun. 4:1723 (2013)

30. Flame Synthesis of WO3 Nanotubes and Nanowires for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water-Splitting, P. M. Rao, I. S. Cho, and X. L. Zheng, Proc. Combust. Inst. 10.1016 (2012)

28. Copper Ion Enhanced Synthesis of Nanostructured Cobalt Oxide Catalyst for Oxidation of Methane, Y. Feng, and X. L. Zheng, ChemCatChem. 4(10) 1551–1554 (2012)

27. Branched TiO2 Nanorods for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production, I. S. Cho, Z. Chen, A. J. Forman, D. R. Kim, P. M. Rao, T. F. Jaramillo, and X. L. Zheng, Nano Lett. 11, 4978–4984 (2011)

19. Methane Oxidation Over Catalytic Copper Oxides Nanowires, Y. Feng, P.M. Rao, D. R. Kim, and X. L. Zheng, Proc. Combust. Inst. 33, 3169–3175 (2011)

16. Plasma-Enhanced Catalytic CuO Nanowires for CO Oxidation, Y. Feng, and X. L. Zheng, Nano Lett. 10, 4762–4766 (2010)

9. Single and Tandem Axial p-i-n Nanowire Photovoltaic Devices, T. J. Kempa, B. Tian, D. R. Kim, J. Hu, X. L. Zheng, and C. M. Lieber, Nano Lett. 8, 3456–3460 (2008)

8. Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources, B. Tian*, X. L. Zheng*, T.J. Kempa, Y. Fang, N. Yu, G. Yu, J. Huang and C.M. Lieber, Nature 449, 885–890 (2007)