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Copper-stabilized bismuth subcarbonate electrocatalysts for durable large-scale formate production at kilowatt power

Electrochemical CO₂ reduction to formate with both high catalytic selectivity and stability remains challenging. Here, the authors report high-performance CO₂ electroreduction for molar-scale formate electrosynthesis at kilowatt-scale power by stabilizing bismuth subcarbonate with copper.

Huihui Zhang
Zheng Bo
Yang Hou
ResearchOpen Access11 Dec 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 17, P: 1-11
Enhanced proton-feeding kinetics of metal-organic framework toward industrial-level H₂O₂ electrosynthesis for sustainable bleaching

Two-electron oxygen reduction reaction for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis is hindered by slow proton-feeding kinetics. Here, authors report bio-inspired B coordinated Ni-based metal-organic frameworks to accelerate water dissociation, achieving industrial-level hydrogen peroxide production.

Fanpeng Cheng
Yingnan Liu
Yang Hou
ResearchOpen Access19 Nov 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-12
Coordinatively unsaturated bismuth sites accelerate in-situ hydrogen peroxide electrochemical formation for efficient butanone oxime synthesis

Selective electrochemical water oxidation via a 2e⁻ pathway represents a sustainable H₂O₂ electrosynthesis route. Here, the authors develop an unsaturated coordinative bismuth-benzene tricarboxylic acid metal-organic framework using a hetero-linker doping strategy for high activity and selectivity.

Fan He
Yingnan Liu
Yang Hou
ResearchOpen Access29 Jul 2025
Nature Communications

Volume: 16, P: 1-10
Accelerated water activation and stabilized metal-organic framework via constructing triangular active-regions for ampere-level current density hydrogen production

The sluggish water activation kinetics and instability of metal-organic frameworks for hydrogen evolution reaction limit their industrial applications. Here, authors construct a unique triangular active region to accelerate the crucial water activation and stabilize metal-organic frameworks.

Fanpeng Cheng
Xianyun Peng
Yang Hou
ResearchOpen Access30 Oct 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-10
Natural Halloysites-Based Janus Platelet Surfactants for the Formation of Pickering Emulsion and Enhanced Oil Recovery

Lecheng Zhang
Qun Lei
Zhengdong Cheng
ResearchOpen Access17 Jan 2019
Scientific Reports

Volume: 9, P: 1-8
Exceptional catalytic activity of oxygen evolution reaction via two-dimensional graphene multilayer confined metal-organic frameworks

While metal-organic frameworks offer a diverse array of structural motifs for electrocatalysis, poor conductivity and mass permeability limit performances. Here, authors confine low-conductivity metal-organic frameworks between graphene multilayers to enhance oxygen evolution performances.

Siliu Lyu
Chenxi Guo
Yang Hou
ResearchOpen Access18 Oct 2022
Nature Communications

Volume: 13, P: 1-8
Torsion strained iridium oxide for efficient acidic water oxidation in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers

Torsion-strained Ta_xTm_yIr_1−x−_yO_2−δ nanocatalyst with abundant grain boundaries is promising towards acidic oxygen evolution in practical proton exchange membrane electrolysers. The cost of H₂ is estimated to be reduced to US$1 per kg.

Shaoyun Hao
Hongyuan Sheng
Song Jin
Research25 Oct 2021
Nature Nanotechnology

Volume: 16, P: 1371-1377
Atomically dispersed nickel–nitrogen–sulfur species anchored on porous carbon nanosheets for efficient water oxidation

Water oxidation is considered the bottleneck reaction for light-driven water splitting due to the sluggish kinetics and poor stability. Here, authors show metal- and heteroatom-doped carbons as effective catalysts for both electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting.

Yang Hou
Ming Qiu
Xinliang Feng
ResearchOpen Access27 Mar 2019
Nature Communications

Volume: 10, P: 1-9
Dopants fixation of Ruthenium for boosting acidic oxygen evolution stability and activity

There is an increasing interest in understanding how defect chemistry can alter material reactivity. Here, authors tune the electronic structure of RuO₂ by introducing W and Er dopants that boost acidic oxygen evolution performances by limiting oxygen vacancy formation during catalysis.

Shaoyun Hao
Min Liu
Xingwang Zhang
ResearchOpen Access23 Oct 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-11
Synthesis of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles on supports by the fast moving bed pyrolysis

The large-scale application of extremely small, high-entropy alloy nanoparticles is limited by the phase separation and immobilization. Here, the authors develop a general method of fast-moving bed pyrolysis, uniformly dispersing high-entropy alloy nanoparticles on various granular supports.

Shaojie Gao
Shaoyun Hao
Jun Lu
ResearchOpen Access24 Apr 2020
Nature Communications

Volume: 11, P: 1-11
Membrane electrode assembly for hydrogen peroxide electrosynthesis

The electrosynthesis of H₂O₂ is a potential alternative to the traditional, energy-intensive anthraquinone process. This Review describes the electrochemical production of H₂O₂ using membrane electrode assembly (MEA) cells and examines core components, different MEA configurations, alternative anode oxidation reactions and cascade catalytic systems.

Xinyi Zhang
Xiaoxuan Yang
Yang Hou
Reviews27 May 2025
Nature Reviews Clean Technology

Volume: 1, P: 413-431

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