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Lu Tingyu
Section
Advanced Institute for Materials Research
Job title
Assistant Professor
e-Rad No.
41030480

Research History 1

  • 2025/07 - 2026/05
    Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University　Core Research Cluster for Materials Science

Education 3

  • Nanjing Normal University　School of Chemistry and Materials Science

    2022/09 - 2025/06

  • Nanjing Normal University　School of Chemistry and Materials Science

    2020/09 - 2022/06

  • Nanjing Normal University　School of Chemistry and Materials Science

    2016/09 - 2020/06

Research Interests 3

  • Surface state analysis

  • Density functional theory

  • Electrocatalysis

Research Areas 2

  • Nanotechnology/Materials / Nanomaterials / Nanomaterials

  • Energy / Earth resource engineering, energy science / energy science

Awards 3

  1. Best Poster Award

    2021/05　2nd International Conference on Electrochemical Energy Systems　In situ establishment of Co/MoS2 heterostructures onto inverse opal structured N,S-doped carbon hollow nanospheres: Interfacial and architectural dual engineering for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

  2. Outstanding Graduate Student

    2021

  3. National Inspirational Scholarship, Ministry of Education

    2018

Papers 31

  1. Explicit Spin Regulation as an Emerging Design Paradigm in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    Tingyu Lu, Yuan Huang, Ang Cao, Li Wei, Hao Li

    Accounts of Materials Research　2026/10/12

    Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

    DOI： 10.1021/accountsmr.6c00167 　

    eISSN： 2643-6728

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    Conspectus Catalytic activity, selectivity, and durability arise from coupled electronic, structural, interfacial, transport, and spin-related processes. Conventional catalyst design has relied largely on electronic effects, strain or stress engineering, active-site construction, and local reaction environment control. Although these strategies have enabled major advances, they do not fully capture the spin degrees of freedom associated with open-shell transition-metal centers and magnetically responsive catalysts. Spin state, spin polarization, magnetic moment, spin density, and magnetic ordering can influence adsorbate binding, transition-state stabilization, charge transfer, and reaction pathways, yet their catalytic consequences are often grouped under the broad label of magnetic enhancement without a clear mechanistic assignment. In this Account, we develop explicit spin regulation as a framework for magnetism-informed catalysis. Magnetic enhancement describes an observed response to a magnetic field, a magnetic component, or a magnetic environment. Explicit spin regulation, by contrast, requires deliberate modulation of spin-related variables at or near catalytically active sites and a mechanistic connection to catalytic function. We organize this framework around two routes. Catalyst-integrated spin levers use promoters, interfaces, or interphases to tune the active-site spin/electronic structure, whereas field-induced spin levers introduce external fields or catalyst-localized magnetic perturbations during catalysis. Although implemented differently, both routes seek to control how the active-site spin governs adsorption, transition-state energetics, charge transfer, selectivity, stability, and durability. Our studies provide representative evidence for this framework. Promoter-induced spin modulation stabilizes the N–N dissociation transition state beyond conventional electrostatic promotion, establishing the spin-promotion effect as a catalyst-integrated design principle. In electrocatalysis, external fields, embedded nanomagnets, and magnetic proximity effects provide progressively localized perturbations that can be connected to spin-sensitive active sites, key intermediates, or local magnetic ordering. These examples also show why performance enhancement alone is insufficient. A convincing assignment should connect the imposed perturbation, the active-site spin/electronic response, the affected intermediate or transition state, and the resulting catalytic consequence. Magnetic measurements, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, element-specific X-ray spectroscopies, operando methods, kinetic analysis, and spin-polarized theory provide complementary elements of this evidence loop. Building on this mechanistic framework, we further translate the active-site spin into catalyst-design descriptors. The local metal-center spin moment can be correlated with oxygen-intermediate adsorption and activity trends, enabling descriptor-guided screening of dual-atom catalysts. Spin-related variables may also inform stability and durability through their connections to phase stability, surface reconstruction, active-site preservation, dissolution resistance, and long-term operation. Generalizing these insights requires paired, standardized, and machine-readable datasets that connect magnetic perturbations, active-site structures, spin-sensitive measurements, catalytic metrics, and durability under comparable conditions. Artificial intelligence-assisted literature mining, knowledge graph construction, high-throughput spin-polarized calculations, active learning, and magnetism-aware machine-learning interatomic potentials may help identify transferable spin descriptors and extend spin-regulated catalyst design to dynamic interfaces. The broader aim is to move magnetism-informed catalysis from phenomenological enhancement toward predictive control through deliberate regulation of the active-site spin.

  2. Matching the Coupling of Valence Electrons in the Oxide Interface to Perturb the Magnetic Order Enhancing Oxygen Reduction in Zinc–Air Batteries

    Jing Li, Ningkang Peng, Jianhua Ma, Tingyu Lu, Haibin Zhu, Guangyao Zhou, Yizhou Zhang, Yanhui Gu, Yawen Tang, Hao Li

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition　2026/05/25

    Publisher: Wiley

    DOI： 10.1002/anie.7852726 　

    ISSN： 1433-7851

    eISSN： 1521-3773

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    ABSTRACT The inherently locked spin state between the metal sites and oxygen‐containing intermediates imposes an intrinsic limitation on the maximum achievable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. Herein, we construct the sub‐5 nm Fe 2 O 3 /Sm 2 O 3 heterojunctions immobilized in N‐doped carbon nanofibers (denoted as sub‐5 nm Fe 2 O 3 /Sm 2 O 3 @N‐CNFs), where coupled Fe (3d)‐O (2p)‐Sm (4f) orbitals can regulate the interfacial spin order, thereby attenuating the Fe–OH binding. Operando spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations reveal that the super‐exchange interaction across the Fe–O–Sm bond induces an antiparallel magnetic alignment, which suppresses the spin interaction with OH* at the surface, thereby accelerating OH* desorption and enhancing ORR activity. In 0.1 M KOH, the catalyst delivers excellent ORR performance with a half‐wave potential of 0.94 V and a Tafel slope of 92.4 mV dec −1 , along with long‐term stability. Furthermore, the liquid‐ and all‐solid‐state rechargeable zinc–air batteries (ZABs) assembled with sub‐5 nm Fe 2 O 3 /Sm 2 O 3 @N‐CNFs also exhibit marked device performance, surpassing Pt/C + RuO 2 benchmarks. These results demonstrate that interfacial spin regulation via Fe–O–Sm coupling is an effective strategy to enhance ORR activity and stability of catalysts by reconfiguring local magnetic ordering to tune oxygenated‐intermediate adsorption. More broadly, this intrinsic‐property modulation can be extended to other anion‐bridged compounds and spin‐involved electrocatalytic reactions.

  3. Nicotinamide‐Mediated Self‐Assembly of One‐Dimensional Platinum‐Copper Alloyed Nanowires for High‐Efficiency Acidic Hydrogen Evolution and Methanol Oxidation

    Shasha Ye, Zhenbo Zhang, Jiayi Wu, Yiyuan Ren, Xuan Wang, Tingyu Lu, Lei Chen, Dongmei Sun, Yawen Tang

    ChemCatChem　18　(6)　2026/03/24

    Publisher: Wiley

    ISSN： 1867-3880

    eISSN： 1867-3899

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    ABSTRACT Platinum (Pt)‐based materials are the state‐of‐the‐art catalysts for the methanol oxidation reaction (MOR) and the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), yet their industrial application is hindered by limited activity and stability, which necessitates the development of effective strategies to address the activity‐stability challenge. Alloying platinum with copper can effectively regulate the electronic states of active sites via synergistic and strain effects, thereby improving the electrocatalytic performance, while morphology controlling remains the intrinsic limitation. In this study, by using nicotinamide as the morphology controller, the Pt–Cu alloy nanoparticles were designed via a nicotinamide‐mediated self‐assembly strategy to fabricate one‐dimensional (1D) nanowires (NWs). Benefiting from the morphology display and electronic structure regulation induced by the alloying effect, the as‐prepared Pt 1 Cu 1 NWs are endowed with sufficient active site accessibility, high atom utilization, and excellent robustness, thereby boosting their electrocatalytic performance. Consequently, Pt 1 Cu 1 NWs exhibit excellent HER performance with a low overpotential (8 mV at 10 mA cm −2 ), and long‐term stability in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4 . Furthermore, Pt 1 Cu 1 NWs also present superior MOR activity with a high peak current density of 564 mA mg Pt −1 in 0.5 M H 2 SO 4  + 1 M CH 3 OH, outperforming commercial Pt black. This work provides an innovative strategy for the design of high‐efficiency Pt–Cu alloy catalysts toward highly effective HER and MOR.

  4. Stepwise Acceleration of Water Dissociation and Hydrogen Spillover for Enhanced Overall Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution

    Tingyu Lu, Jing Li, Caikang Wang, Heng Liu, Songbo Ye, Xue Jia, Linda Zhang, Di Zhang, Dongmei Sun, Yanhui Gu, Qiang Wang, Bo Da, Li Wei, Yizhou Zhang, Hao Li, Yawen Tang

    ACS Catalysis　2026/01/23

    Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)

    DOI： 10.1021/acscatal.5c08576 　

    ISSN： 2155-5435

    eISSN： 2155-5435

  5. Graphitic-N induced asymmetric charge distribution of carbon sites accelerates O2 activation for efficient oxygen reduction reaction Peer-reviewed

    Jing Li, Zhenlong Wang, Haibin Zhu, Tingyu Lu, Guangyao Zhou, Tongfei Li

    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science　139729-139729　2025/12

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.139729 　

    ISSN： 0021-9797

  6. Rectifying Contact‐induced Electronic Regulation of Fe Within Nitrogen‐doped Carbon for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Shiqi Zeng, Jing Li, Changsheng Xu, Chuangwei Liu, Guangyao Zhou, Xuan Wang, Tingyu Lu, Lin Xu, Yawen Tang

    Chemistry – A European Journal　2025/11/28

    Publisher: Wiley

    DOI： 10.1002/chem.202502892 　

    ISSN： 0947-6539

    eISSN： 1521-3765

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    ABSTRACT Developing efficient and durable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts from earth‐abundant elements is of great significance for the advancement of sustainable energy technologies such as rechargeable zinc‐air batteries. Herein, we present a 3D honeycomb‐like nitrogen‐doped carbon matrix decorated to in‐situ form Fe nanoparticles (denoted as Fe‐NPs@N‐HC) via an ice‐templating method. Theoretical calculations and experimental analyses collectively reveal that the work function mismatch between metallic Fe and the N‐doped carbon host drives spontaneous charge transfer, establishing a built‐in electric field at the heterointerface to form the rectifying contact. This interfacial effect fine tunes electronic structure and optimizes the adsorption of oxygen intermediates, thereby accelerating the ORR kinetics. Benefiting from these synergistic effects, Fe‐NPs@N‐HC achieves a half‐wave potential of 0.86 V, superior tolerance to methanol, and excellent long‐term durability in alkaline media. When integrated into a liquid zinc‐air battery, Fe‐NPs@N‐HC also delivers a high peak power density of 126.4 mW cm −2 and outstanding cycling stability exceeding 482 cycles, surpassing the benchmark Pt/C‐based system. This work demonstrates that tailoring the electronic structure through interfacial engineering, coupled with rational 3D framework design, provides a promising strategy for the development of next‐generation nonprecious metal catalysts for practical energy conversion applications.

  7. Synergistic Effects of Ruthenium and Zinc Active Sites Fine Tune the Electronic Structures of Augmented Electrocatalysis

    Lu, T., Li, J., Ying, J., Peng, N., Zhang, L., Zhang, Y., Zhang, D., Ye, S., Xu, L., Sun, D., Li, H., Gu, Y., Tang, Y.

    Advanced Functional Materials　35　(17)　2025/04

    DOI： 10.1002/adfm.202422594 　

    ISSN： 1616-301X 1616-3028

  8. Synergistic Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis over MoC Triggered by Doping Single Ru Atoms

    Yin, J., Lu, T., Li, J., Liu, J., Lin, Y., Sun, D., Xu, L., Zhao, Q., Pang, H., Zhang, S., Tang, Y.

    Advanced Functional Materials　35　(11)　2025/03

    DOI： 10.1002/adfm.202417034 　

    ISSN： 1616-301X 1616-3028

  9. Importing Atomic Rare-Earth Sites to Activate Lattice Oxygen of Spinel Oxides for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution

    Wang, X., Hu, J., Lu, T., Wang, H., Sun, D., Tang, Y., Li, H., Fu, G.

    Angewandte Chemie International Edition　64　(3)　2025/01/15

    DOI： 10.1002/anie.202415306 　

    ISSN： 1433-7851 1521-3773

  10. Self-Adjustment of Intrinsic Reaction Intermediate on Atomically Dispersed Co2–N6 Binuclear Sites Achieving Boosted Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Performance

    Lu, T., Zhou, Q., Li, J., Li, T., Gong, J., Zhang, S., Pang, H., Xi, S., Xu, L., Luo, G., Sun, D., Sun, K., Tang, Y.

    Advanced Functional Materials　34　(44)　2024/10

    DOI： 10.1002/adfm.202405564 　

    ISSN： 1616-301X 1616-3028

  11. The manipulation of rectifying contact of Co and nitrogen-doped carbon hierarchical superstructures toward high-performance oxygen reduction reaction

    Li, J., Lu, T., Fang, Y., Zhou, G., Zhang, M., Pang, H., Yang, J., Tang, Y., Xu, L.

    Carbon Energy　6　(9)　2024/09

    DOI： 10.1002/cey2.529 　

    ISSN： 2637-9368

  12. Ultrathin curved PdNiRu nanosheets as bifunctional catalysts for oxygen reduction and ethylene glycol oxidation

    Li, X., Lu, T., Pang, H., Zhang, M., Xu, D., Xu, L., Han, M., Yang, J.

    Nano Research　17　(5)　2024/05

    DOI： 10.1007/s12274-023-6314-6 　

    ISSN： 1998-0124 1998-0000

  13. A Versatile Extended Stöber Approach to Monodisperse Sub-40 nm Carbon Nanospheres for Stabilizing Atomically Dispersed Fe─N4 Sites Toward Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis

    Lu, T., Zhang, S., Zhou, Q., Wang, R., Pang, H., Yang, J., Zhang, M., Xu, L., Xi, S., Sun, D., Jin, C., Tang, Y.

    Small　19　(45)　2023/11

    DOI： 10.1002/smll.202303329 　

    ISSN： 1613-6810 1613-6829

  14. Interfacial water reconfiguration driven by dual-site synergism in Pt/MoC toward efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution

    Bingqing Li, Cheng Chang, Yiyuan Ren, Jianhua Ma, Lizhang Chen, Jing Li, Tingyu Lu, Dongmei Sun, Xuan Wang, Lei Chen, Yawen Tang

    Journal of Colloid and Interface Science　727　141593-141593　2027/02

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jcis.2026.141593 　

    ISSN： 0021-9797

  15. From prediction to realization: large language models and AI agents for inorganic materials discovery

    Lionel Sebastian Veiga, Di Zhang, Tingyu Lu, Yiming Lu, Hao Li

    Chemical Synthesis　6　(4)　2026/08/13

    Publisher: OAE Publishing Inc.

    DOI： 10.20517/cs.2026.35 　

    eISSN： 2769-5247

  16. Digital catalysis platform as a gateway to big data and AI-powered innovations in catalysis

    Di Zhang, Zhixian Bao, Yue Chu, Zhongyuan Guo, Xue Jia, Qiuling Jiang, Heng Liu, Tengyi Liu, Tingyu Lu, Yiming Lu, Daksh Devang Shah, Yong Wang, Yuan Wang, Yuhang Wang, Songbo Ye, Siwei Ying, Zixun Yu, Linda Zhang, Shangqing Zhao, Hao Li

    Chem Catalysis　101775-101775　2026/06

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.checat.2026.101775 　

    ISSN： 2667-1093

  17. Operando surface reconstruction steers the electrochemical CO₂ reduction behaviors

    Zhongyuan Guo, Chaohuang Chen, Yuhang Wang, Yiming Lu, Tingyu Lu, Di Zhang, Jiang Xu, Hao Li

    Chemical Communications　2026

    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

    DOI： 10.1039/d6cc02925f 　

    ISSN： 1359-7345

    eISSN： 1364-548X

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    Stabilizing active phases for CO 2  reduction is crucial. Advanced theoretical simulations decipher dynamic sites and C–C coupling mechanisms for harnessing surface reconstruction.

  18. Localized hetero-ion modulation engineering over nickel-based catalyst for electrochemical urea oxidation

    Shucheng Li, Jing Li, Xuan Wang, Meng Li, Tingyu Lu, Hao Li, Yawen Tang, Gengtao Fu

    Chemical Science　2026

    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

    DOI： 10.1039/d6sc03404g 　

    ISSN： 2041-6520

    eISSN： 2041-6539

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    Electrochemical urea oxidation reaction (UOR) offers the effective alternative for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical production of hydrogen source, yet the nickel (Ni)-based catalysts show the inferior reaction kinetics....

  19. C15-Phase Platinum-Lanthanide Intermetallics for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution: Identifying Lanthanide's Enhanced Mechanism

    Yan, W., Mou, Y., Li, M., Ma, K., Xu, Z., Lu, T., Du, H., Wang, C., Sun, H., Chen, L., Tang, Y., Wang, Y., Fu, G.

    Advanced Materials　37　(34)　2025/06/08

    DOI： 10.1002/adma.202506936 　

    ISSN： 0935-9648 1521-4095

  20. Maneuver of the d-orbital spin polarization of Fe single atomic sites via a near-range axial ligand effect for boosting oxygen reduction reaction

    Chen, L., Wang, X., Lu, T., Pang, H., Zhang, S., Xu, L., Yang, G., Zhou, Q., Tang, Y.

    Applied Catalysis B Environmental　366　2025/06

    DOI： 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.125007 　

    ISSN： 0926-3373

  21. The manipulation of Ni/MnO heterostructures within carbon hierarchical superstructures as bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for enhanced Zn–air batteries

    Ge, C., Li, Z.-J., Chang, Y.-N., nd Li, T.-F., He, B., Lu, T.-Y., Xu, L.

    Rare Metals　44　(5)　2025

    DOI： 10.1007/s12598-024-03164-z 　

    ISSN： 1001-0521 1867-7185

  22. Gram-scale synthesis and unraveling the activity origin of atomically dispersed Co-N4O sites toward superior electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

    Zhang, S., Zhou, Q., Fang, L., Wang, R., Lu, T., Zhao, Q., Gu, X., Tian, S., Xu, L., Pang, H., Yang, J., Tang, Y., Sun, S.

    Applied Catalysis B Environmental　328　2023/07

    DOI： 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122489 　

    ISSN： 0926-3373

  23. Atomically Dispersed V-O2N3 Sites with Axial V-O Coordination on Multichannel Carbon Nanofibers Achieving Superior Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Media

    Li, T., Lu, T., Zhong, H., Xi, S., Zhang, M., Pang, H., Yang, J., Xu, L., Tang, Y., Xue, J.

    Advanced Energy Materials　13　(3)　2023/01

    DOI： 10.1002/aenm.202203274 　

    ISSN： 1614-6832 1614-6840

  24. Encapsulation of Co/Co3O4 hetero-nanoparticles within the inner tips of N-doped carbon nanotubes: Engineering Mott-Schottky nanoreactors for efficient bifunctional oxygen electrocalysis toward flexible zinc-air batteries

    Zhang, B., Lu, T., Ren, Y., Huang, L., Pang, H., Zhao, Q., Tian, S., Yang, J., Xu, L., Tang, Y., Tian, X.

    Chemical Engineering Journal　448　2022/11

    DOI： 10.1016/j.cej.2022.137709 　

    ISSN： 1385-8947

  25. Electron density regulation of Pt–Co nanoalloys via P incorporation towards methanol electrooxidation

    Yang, N., Hu, Z., Song, J., Lu, T., Cui, P., Xu, L., Liu, H., Yang, J.

    Materials Advances　3　(10)　2022

    DOI： 10.1039/d2ma00357k 　

    ISSN： 2633-5409

  26. Atomically Dispersed Mo Sites Anchored on Multichannel Carbon Nanofibers toward Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Li, T., Lu, T., Li, X., Xu, L., Zhang, Y., Tian, Z., Yang, J., Pang, H., Tang, Y., Xue, J.

    ACS Nano　15　(12)　2021/12/28

    DOI： 10.1021/acsnano.1c07694 　

    ISSN： 1936-0851 1936-086X

  27. In situ establishment of Co/MoS2 heterostructures onto inverse opal-structured N,S-doped carbon hollow nanospheres: Interfacial and architectural dual engineering for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction

    Lu, T., Li, T., Shi, D., Sun, J., Pang, H., Xu, L., Yang, J., Tang, Y.

    Smartmat　2　(4)　2021/12

    DOI： 10.1002/smm2.1063 　

    ISSN： 2766-8525 2688-819X

  28. Heterogeneous nanocomposites consisting of Pt3Co alloy particles and CoP2 nanorods towards high-efficiency methanol electro-oxidation

    Yang, N., Chen, D., Cui, P., Lu, T., Liu, H., Hu, C., Xu, L., Yang, J.

    Smartmat　2　(2)　2021

    DOI： 10.1002/smm2.1032 　

    ISSN： 2766-8525 2688-819X

  29. Interfacial engineering-induced electronic regulation drastically enhances the electrocatalytic oxygen evolution: Immobilization of Janus-structured NiS/NiO nanoparticles onto carbon nanotubes/nanofiber-integrated superstructures

    Li, T., Lu, T., Li, Y., Yin, J., Tang, Y., Zhang, M., Pang, H., Xu, L., Yang, J., Zhang, Y.

    Chemical Engineering Journal　428　2021

    DOI： 10.1016/j.cej.2021.131094 　

    ISSN： 1385-8947

  30. Hollow Porous Carbon Coated FeS2-Based Nanocatalysts for Multimodal Imaging-Guided Photothermal, Starvation, and Triple-Enhanced Chemodynamic Therapy of Cancer

    Wu, F., Zhang, Q., Zhang, M., Sun, B., She, Z., Ge, M., Lu, T., Chu, X., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Zhou, N., Li, A.

    ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces　12　(9)　2020

    DOI： 10.1021/acsami.0c00170 　

    ISSN： 1944-8244 1944-8252

  31. Black phosphorus nanosheets-based nanocarriers for enhancing chemotherapy drug sensitiveness via depleting mutant p53 and resistant cancer multimodal therapy

    Wu, F., Zhang, M., Chu, X., Zhang, Q., Su, Y., Sun, B., Lu, T., Zhou, N., Zhang, J., Wang, J., Yi, X.

    Chemical Engineering Journal　370　2019

    DOI： 10.1016/j.cej.2019.03.228 　

    ISSN： 1385-8947

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Presentations 2

  1. Engineering Electronic Structures and Stepwise Water Dissociation on Ru Catalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution

    Materials Science and Spintronics for Sustainable Futures from Tohoku 2025

  2. Self-regulation of reaction intermediates on bimetallic sites enabling efficient oxygen reduction reaction

    8th National Conference on New Energy and Chemical Materials & Symposium on Energy Conversion and Storage Materials　2024/04/12