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Wei Zhu
Researcher at South China University of Technology
Publications - 108
Citations - 5585
Wei Zhu is an academic researcher from South China University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Catalysis & Chemistry. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 88 publications receiving 3624 citations. Previous affiliations of Wei Zhu include MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology & University of New Mexico.
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Design of Single-Atom Co–N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability
Yuan Pan,Rui Lin,Yinjuan Chen,Yinjuan Chen,Shoujie Liu,Shoujie Liu,Wei Zhu,Xing Cao,Wenxing Chen,Konglin Wu,Konglin Wu,Weng-Chon Cheong,Yu Wang,Lirong Zheng,Jun Luo,Yan Lin,Yunqi Liu,Chenguang Liu,Jun Li,Qi Lu,Xin Chen,Dingsheng Wang,Qing Peng,Chen Chen,Yadong Li +24 more
TL;DR: Experiments and density functional theory calculations demonstrate single-atom Co-N5 site is the dominating active center simultaneously for CO2 activation, the rapid formation of key intermediate COOH* as well as the desorption of CO.
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Iridium single-atom catalyst on nitrogen-doped carbon for formic acid oxidation synthesized using a general host-guest strategy.
Zhi Li,Yuanjun Chen,Shufang Ji,Yan Tang,Wenxing Chen,Ang Li,Jie Zhao,Yu Xiong,Yuen Wu,Yue Gong,Tao Yao,Wei Liu,Lirong Zheng,Juncai Dong,Yu Wang,Zhongbin Zhuang,Wei Xing,Chun-Ting He,Chao Peng,Chao Peng,Weng-Chon Cheong,Q.H. Li,Maolin Zhang,Zheng Chen,Ninghua Fu,Xin Gao,Wei Zhu,Jiawei Wan,Jian Zhang,Lin Gu,Shiqiang Wei,Peijun Hu,Peijun Hu,Jun Luo,Jun Li,Chen Chen,Qing Peng,Xiangfeng Duan,Yu Huang,Xiao-Ming Chen,Dingsheng Wang,Yadong Li,Yadong Li +42 more
TL;DR: A general host–guest strategy to make various single-atom catalysts on nitrogen-doped carbon has been developed; the iridium variant electrocatalyses the formic acid oxidation reaction with high mass activity and displays high tolerance to CO poisoning.
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Modular assembly of superstructures from polyphenol-functionalized building blocks
Junling Guo,Blaise L. Tardy,Andrew J. Christofferson,Yunlu Dai,Joseph J. Richardson,Wei Zhu,Ming Hu,Yi Ju,Jiwei Cui,Raymond R. Dagastine,Irene Yarovsky,Frank Caruso +11 more
TL;DR: This work provides a platform for the rapid generation of superstructured assemblies across a wide range of length scales, from nanometres to centimetres, based on the polyphenol surface-functionalization of micro- and nanoparticles, nanowires, nanosheets, nanocubes and even cells.
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High-Concentration Single Atomic Pt Sites on Hollow CuSx for Selective O2 Reduction to H2O2 in Acid Solution
Rongan Shen,Wenxing Chen,Qing Peng,Siqi Lu,Lirong Zheng,Xing Cao,Yu Wang,Wei Zhu,Juntao Zhang,Zhongbin Zhuang,Chen Chen,Dingsheng Wang,Yadong Li +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the synthesis of hollow nanospheres constructed by atomically dispersing platinum in amorphous CuSx support (h-Pt1-CuSx) with a high concentration of single atomic Pt sites was reported.
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Functionalization of Hollow Nanomaterials for Catalytic Applications: Nanoreactor Construction.
Wei Zhu,Wei Zhu,Zheng Chen,Yuan Pan,Ruoyun Dai,Yue Wu,Zhongbin Zhuang,Dingsheng Wang,Qing Peng,Chen Chen,Yadong Li +10 more
TL;DR: Functionalized hollow nanomaterials provide an ideal model for the rational design and development of efficient catalysts, and are classified into five types of versatile strategies with a top-down perspective.