1. Rui Huang, Zi Li, Xi Lin, Jingwei Hou,* Zhigang Hu,* Jianxin Zou,* Photoluminescent metal-organic frameworks and their composites: fundamentals, applications, and outlooks, Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024.
2. Fengzhan Sun, Zhao Li, Hao Xu, Yang Fu, Yingying Yao, Li Ren, Xiaoqian He, Yinghui Li, Nian Zhang, Zhigang Hu, Tianyi Ma,* and Jianxin Zou,* Exploring structural evolution behaviors of ligand-defect-rich ferrocene-based metal-organic frameworks for electrochemical oxygen evolution via operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Advanced Energy Materials, 2024.
3. Yingyan Zhao, Bolun Wang, Li Ren, Yinghui Li, Xi Lin, Qiuyu Zhang, Zhigang Hu, Jianxin Zou,* Nanostructured MXene-based materials for boosting hydrogen sorption properties of Mg/MgH2: A critical review, Materials Reports: Energy, 2024, 4, 100255. (Invited Review)
4. Wen Zhu, Li Ren, Yinghui Li, Chong Lu, Xi Lin, Qiuyu Zhang, Xue Yang, Zhigang Hu, Tao Cheng, Yingyan Zhao,* Jianxin Zou,* In situ High-Energy Synchrotron X-ray Studies in Thermodynamics of Mg-In-Ti Hydrogen Storage System, Energy Materials Advances, 2023, 4, 0069.
5. Yinghui Li, Qiuyu Zhang, Li Ren, Zi Li, Xi Lin, Zhewen Ma, Haiyan Yang, Zhigang Hu, Jianxin Zou,* Core-shell nanostructured magnesium-based hydrogen storage materials: a critical review, Industrial Chemistry & Materials, 2023, 1, 282-298. (Invited Review)
6. Xi Lin, Cheng-long Yin, Li Ren, Yinghui Li, Zi Li, Qiuyu Zhang, Zhigang Hu, Jianxin Zou,* A one- and three-dimensional coupled model and simulation investigation for the large-scale oil-heating type Mg-based hydrogen storage tank, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 472, 144943.
7. Lei Xing, Meng Li, Teng Xu, Yuchen Li, Tieyue Qi, Huanxin Li, Zhiguang Hu, Guang-Ping Hao, Shihan Zhang, Tony David James, Boyang Mao,* Lidong Wang,* MOF-Derived Robust and Synergetic Acid Sites Inducing C-N Bond Disruption for Energy-Efficient CO2 Desorption, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56, 17936–17945.
8. Zhigang Hu,* Yuxiang Wang, Dan Zhao,* Modulated Hydrothermal Chemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Accounts of Materials Research, 2022, 3, 1106-1114. (Supplementary Cover)
9. Bofei Li, Zhao Li, Haoyuan Chen, Xu Zhang, Shuaijin Wu, Hao Xu, Yingying Yao, Yinghui Li, Xiaolong Li, Zhigang Hu, Richard M. Laine, Jianxin Zou,* Kemin Zhang,* Li+ additive accelerated structural transformation of MoS2 cathodes for performance-enhancing rechargeable Mg2+ batteries, Materials Today Energy, 2022, 27, 101047.
10. Haoyuan Chen, Hao Xu, Bofei Li, Zhao Li, Kemin Zhang,* Jianxin Zou,* Zhigang Hu, Richard M. Laine, Using amorphous CoSx hollow nanocages as cathodes for high-performance magnesium-lithium dual-ion batteries, Applied Surface Science, 2022, 598, 153768.
11. Lei Xing, Meng Li,* Tieyue Qi, Liang Mao, Zhigang Hu, En Zhang, Guang-Ping Hao, Boyang Mao,* Lidong Wang,* Construction of Confined Bifunctional 2D Material for Efficient Sulfur Resource Recovery and Hg2+ Adsorption in Desulfurization, Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56, 4531-4541.
12. Zhe Wang,# Boyang Mao,# Ming Zhao, David Calatayud, Wei Qian, Peng Li, Zhigang Hu, Huaqiang Fu, Xin Zhao, Shilin Yan, Zongkui Kou,* Daping He,* Ultrafast Macroscopic Assembly of High-Strength Graphene Oxide Membranes by Implanting an Interlaminar Superhydrophilic Aisle, ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 3934-3942.
13. Feng Gong,#* Hao Li,# Jigang Huang, Zhigang Hu, Dawei Xia, Qiang Zhou, Rui Xiao,* Low-grade energy harvesting from dispersed exhaust steam for power generation using a soft biomimetic actuator, Nano Energy, 2022, 91, 106677.
14. Qiang Zhou,# Feng Gong, #* Yunlong Xie,* Dawei Xia, Zhigang Hu, Sijun Wang, Lishan Liu, Rui Xiao,* A General Strategy for Designing Metal-free Catalysts for Highly-efficient Nitric Oxide Reduction to Ammonia, Fuel, 2022, 310, 122442.
15. Meng Li,* Qiuhan Li, Mengwen Xu, David G. Calatayud, Lidong Wang, Zhigang Hu, Tony D. James, Boyang Mao,* Amphiphilic engineering of reduced graphene oxides using a carbon nitride coating for superior removal of organic pollutants from wastewater, Carbon, 2021, 184, 479-491.
16. Zhigang Hu,* Yuxiang Wang, Dan Zhao,* The Chemistry and Applications of Hafnium and Cerium (IV) Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemical Society Reviews, 2021, 50, 4629-4683. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Chemistry, Top 1% paper of Chemistry)
17. Zhigang Hu,* Tanay Kundu, Yuxiang Wang, Yao Sun, Kaiyang Zeng, Dan Zhao,* Modulated Hydrothermal Synthesis of Highly Stable MOF-808(Hf) for Methane Storage, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8, 17042-17053.
18. Karsten G. Kirste, Said Laassiri, Zhigang Hu, Dragos Stoian, Laura Torrente-Murciano,* Justin S.J. Hargreaves,* Karina Mathisen,* XAS investigation of silica aerogel supported cobalt rhenium catalysts for ammonia decomposition, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020, 22, 18932-18949.
19. Zhigang Hu, Julien Mahin, Laura Torrente-Murciano,* A MOF-Templated Approach for Designing Ruthenium-Cesium Catalysts for Hydrogen Generation from Ammonia, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2019, 44, 30108-30118.
20. Zhigang Hu, Julien Mahin, SukanyaDatta, Tamsin Bell, Laura Torrente-Murciano,* Ru-based catalysts for H2 production from ammonia – effect of 1D support, Topics in Catalysis, 2019, 62, 1169-1177. (Invited paper)
21. Yuxiang Wang, Shuai Yuan, Zhigang Hu, Tanay Kundu, Shing Bo Peh, Youdong Cheng, Jinqiao Dong, Daqiang Yuan, Hong-Cai Zhou, Dan Zhao,* Pore Size Reduction in Zirconium Metal-Organic Frameworks for Ethylene/Ethane Separation, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2019, 7, 7118-7126.
22. Hao Li, Kecheng Wang, Zhigang Hu, Ying-Pin Chen, Wolfgang Verdegaal, Dan Zhao,* Hong-Cai Zhou,* Harnessing solvent effect to integrate alkylamine into metal-organic frameworks for exceptionally high CO2 uptake, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2019, 7, 7867-7874.
23. Zhigang Hu*, Yuxiang Wang, Bhuvan B. Shah, Dan Zhao,* CO2 Capture in Metal-Organic Frameworks: An Engineering Perspective, Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2019, 3, 1800080. (Invited perspective, Inside Front Cover, ESI Highly Cited Paper in Materials Science, Top 1% paper of Materials Science, Highlighted by AdvancedScienceNews, https://www.advancedsciencenews.com/mofs-carbon-capture-players/)
24. Yuxiang Wang, Zhigang Hu, Tanay Kundu, Youdong Cheng, Jinqiao Dong, Yuhong Qian, Linzhi Zhai, Dan Zhao,* Metal-Organic Frameworks with Reduced Hydrophilicity for Postcombustion CO2 Capture from Wet Flue Gas, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 11904-11912.
25. Zhigang Hu, Yuxiang Wang, Xuerui Wang, Linzhi Zhai, Dan Zhao,* Solution-Reprocessable Microporous Polymeric Adsorbents for Carbon Dioxide Capture, AIChE Journal, 2018, 64, 3376-3389.
26. Zhigang Hu, Abhishek Gami, Yuxiang Wang, Dan Zhao,*A Triphasic Modulated Hydrothermal Approach for the Synthesis of Multivariate Metal-Organic Frameworks with Hydrophobic Moieties for Moisture-Resistant CO2 Capture, Advanced Sustainable Systems, 2017, 1, 1700092. (Inside Front Cover)
27. Xuerui Wang, Linzhi Zhai, Yuxiang Wang, Ruitong Li, Xuehong Gu, Yi Di Yuan, Yuhong Qian, Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao,* Improving Water-Treatment Performance of Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework Membranes by Post-Synthetic Defect Healing, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 37848-37855.
28. Yao Sun, Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao,* Kaiyang Zeng,* Mechanical Properties of Microcrystalline Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Measured by Bimodal Amplitude Modulated-Frequency Modulated Atomic Force Microscopy, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(37), 32202-32210.
29. Yao Sun, Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao,* Kaiyang Zeng,* Probing Nanoscale Functionalities of Metal-Organic Framework Nanocrystals, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 12163-12169.
30. Zhigang Hu,# Yao Sun,# Kaiyang Zeng,* Dan Zhao,* Structural-Failure Resistance of Metal-Organic Frameworks toward Multiple-Cycle CO2 Sorption, Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 8653-8656. (Hot article, Inside Back Cover)
31. Zhigang Hu, Yuxiang Wang, Shamsuzzaman Farooq, Dan Zhao,* A Highly Stable Metal-Organic Framework with Optimum Aperture Size for CO2 Capture, AIChE Journal, 2017, 63, 4103-4114. (Session's Best Paper at 2016 AIChE Meeting, Top Downloaded Article 2017-2018, Most Accessed Paper in 2017)
32. Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao,* Metal-organic frameworks with Lewis acidity: synthesis, characterization, and catalytic applications, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 4066-4081. (Invited highlight, Inside Back Cover, Most Cited Highlight articles in CrystEngComm 2017, Editor’s Collection: Zirconium based MOFs for catalysis)
33. Zhigang Hu, Ezwan Mahmoud Mahdi, Yongwu Peng, Yuhong Qian, Bin Zhang, Ning Yan, Daqiang Yuan, Jin-Chong Tan, Dan Zhao,* Kinetically controlled synthesis of two-dimensional Zr/Hf metal–organic framework nanosheets via a modulated hydrothermal approach, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017, 5, 8954-8963. (Inside Back Cover)
34. Linius Bolinois, Tanay Kundu, Xuerui Wang, Yuxiang Wang, Zhigang Hu, Kenny Koh, Dan Zhao,* Breathing-induced new phase transition in MIL-53(Al)-NH2 metal-organic framework under high methane pressures, Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 8118-8121. (Inside Back Cover)
35. Yuhong Qian, Zhigang Hu, Xiaoming Ge, Shiliu Yang, Yongwu Peng, Zixi Kang, Zhaolin Liu, Jim-Yang Lee, Dan Zhao,* A Metal-Free ORR/OER Bifunctional Electrocatalyst Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks for Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries, Carbon, 2017, 111, 641-650. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Materials Science, Top 1% paper of Materials Science)
36. Wei Liu, Xin Luo, Yang Bao, Yanpeng Liu, Guo-Hong Ning, Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Linjun Li, Chang Tai Nai, Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao, Bin Liu,* Su Ying Quek,* Kian Ping Loh,* A two-dimensional conjugated aromatic polymer via C-C coupling reaction, Nature Chemistry, 2017, 9, 563-570. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Chemistry, Top 1% paper of Chemistry)
37. Yuxiang Wang, Zhigang Hu, Youdong Cheng, Dan Zhao,* Silver-Decorated Hafnium Metal-Organic Framework for Ethylene/Ethane Separation, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2017, 56, 4508-4516.
38. Yongwu Peng, Wai Kuan Wong, Zhigang Hu, Youdong Cheng, Daqiang Yuan, Saif A. Khan, Dan Zhao,* Room Temperature Batch and Continuous Flow Synthesis of Water-Stable Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 5095-5101.
39. Xuerui Wang, Chenglong Chi, Jifang Tao, Yongwu Peng, Shaoming Ying, Yuhong Qian, Jinqiao Dong, Zhigang Hu, Yuandong Gu, Dan Zhao,* Improving hydrogen selectivity of graphene oxide membranes by reducing non-selective pores with intergrown ZIF-8 crystals, Chemical Communications, 2016, 52, 8087-8090. (Inside Back Cover)
40. Yongwu Peng, Guodong Xu, Zhigang Hu, Youdong Cheng, Chenglong Chi, Daqiang Yuan, Hansong Cheng, Dan Zhao,* Mechanoassisted Synthesis of Sulfonated Covalent Organic Frameworks with Superprotonic Conductivity, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2016, 8, 18505-18512.
41. Chenglong Chi, Xuerui Wang, Yongwu Peng, Yuhong Qian, Zhigang Hu, Jinqiao Dong, Dan Zhao,* Facile Preparation of Graphene Oxide Membranes for Gas Separation, Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28(9), 2921-2927.
42. Zixi Kang, Yongwu Peng, Yuhong Qian, Daqiang Yuan, Matthew A. Addicoat, Thomas Heine, Zhigang Hu, Lincoln Tee, Zhengang Guo, Dan Zhao,* Mixed Matrix Membranes (MMMs) Comprising Exfoliated 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for Efficient CO2 Separation, Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28(5), 1277-1285. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Materials Science, Top 1% paper of Materials Science)
43. Yuhong Qian, Jack Cavanaugh, Inayat Ali Khan, Xuerui Wang, Yongwu Peng, Zhigang Hu, Yuxiang Wang, Dan Zhao,* Fe/Fe3C/N-Doped Carbon Materials from Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) as Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts, ChemPlusChem, 2016, 81, 718-723. (Back Cover)
44. Qing Xu, Zhengang Guo, Mei Zhang, Zhigang Hu, Yuhong Qian, Dan Zhao,* Highly microporous photocatalysts by pyrolyzing a Zn-Ti heterometallic metal-organic framework, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 4046-4052.
45. Zhigang Hu, Yongwu Peng, Yongjun Gao, Yuhong Qian, Shaoming Ying, Daqiang Yuan, Satoshi Horike, Naoki Ogiwara, Ravichandar Babarao, Ning Yan, Dan Zhao,* Direct Synthesis of Hierarchically Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks with High Stability and Strong Brønsted Acidity: the Decisive Role of Hafnium in Efficient and Selective Fructose Dehydration, Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28(8), 2659-2667.
46. Zhigang Hu, Zixi Kang, Yuhong Qian, Yongwu Peng, Xuerui Wang, Chenglong Chi, Dan Zhao,* Mixed Matrix Membranes Containing UiO-66(Hf)-(OH)2 Metal-Organic Framework Nanoparticles for Efficient H2/CO2 Separation, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2016, 55, 7933-7940.
47. Zhigang Hu,# Ioannina Castano,# Songnan Wang, Yuxiang Wang, Yongwu Peng, Yuhong Qian, Chenglong Chi, Xuerui Wang, Dan Zhao,* Modulator effects on the synthesis of metal-organic frameworks: quantitative relationship studies between modulators and performances, Crystal Growth & Design, 2016, 16, 2295-2301.
48. Zhigang Hu, Jiajin Lin, Naoki Ogiwara, Alvaro Rodriguez, Yongwu Peng, Yuxiang Wang, Satoshi Horike, Dan Zhao,* A pH-responsive phase transformation of a sulfonated metal-organic framework from amorphous to crystalline for efficient CO2 capture, CrystEngComm, 2016, 18, 2803-2807. (Back Cover)
49. Zhigang Hu, Anjaiah Nalaparaju, Yongwu Peng, Jianwen Jiang, Dan Zhao,* Modulated Hydrothermal Synthesis of UiO-66(Hf)-Type Metal-Organic Frameworks for Optimal Carbon Dioxide Separation, Inorganic Chemistry, 2016, 55, 1134-1141.
50. Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao,* De facto synthetic methodologies towards the synthesis and commercialization of UiO-66-type metal-organic frameworks, Dalton Transactions, 2015, 44, 19018-19040. (Invited perspective, Inside Front Cover)
51. Zhigang Hu,# Samuel Faucher,# Yingying Zhuo, Yao Sun, Songnan Wang, Dan Zhao,* Combination of Optimization and Metalated-Ligand Exchange: An Effective Approach to Functionalize UiO-66(Zr) MOFs for CO2 Separation, Chemistry-A European Journal, 2015, 21, 17246-17255. (Frontispiece)
52. Zhigang Hu, Yongwu Peng, Zixi Kang, Yuhong Qian, Dan Zhao,* A Modulated Hydrothermal (MHT) Approach for the Facile Synthesis of UiO-66-Type MOFs, Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 4862-4868. (ESI Highly Cited Paper in Chemistry, Top 1% paper of Chemistry)
53. Zhigang Hu, Maninder Khurana, Yong Huang Seah, Mei Zhang, Zhengang Guo, Dan Zhao,* Ionized Zr-MOFs for highly efficient post-combustion CO2 capture, Chemical Engineering Science, 2015, 124, 61-69.
54. Zhigang Hu, Yongwu Peng, Kai Min Tan, Dan Zhao,* Enhanced Catalytic Activity of a Hierarchical Porous Metal-Organic Framework CuBTC, CrystEngComm, 2015, 17, 7124-7129.
55. Yongwu Peng, Zhigang Hu, Yongjun Gao, Daqiang Yuan, Zixi Kang, Yuhong Qian, Ning Yan, Dan Zhao,* De novo Synthesis of a Sulfonated Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Framework as an Efficient Solid Acid Catalyst for Bio-Based Chemical Conversion, ChemSusChem, 2015, 8, 3348-3348. (Back Cover)
56. Zixi Kang, Yongwu Peng, Zhigang Hu, Yuhong Qian, Chenglong Chi, Ling Yong Yeo, Lincoln Tee, Dan Zhao,* Mixed Matrix Membranes Comprising Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Pre-Combustion CO2 Capture: A Relationship Study of Filler Morphology versus Membrane Performance, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 20801-20810.
57. Lu Mao, Yu Zhang, Yating Hu, Kuan Hung Ho, Qingqing Ke, Huajun Liu, Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao, John Wang,* Activation of sucrose-derived carbon spheres for high-performance supercapacitor electrodes, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 9307-9313.
58. Guodong Xu, Yongwu Peng, Zhigang Hu, Daqiang Yuan, Dan Zhao,* Hansong Cheng,* A 2D metal-organic framework composed of bifunctional ligand with ultra-micropores for postcombustion CO2 capture, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 47384-47389.
59. Ernest Lau Sze Ngee, Yongjun Gao, Xi Chen, Timothy Misso Lee, Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao, Ning Yan,* Sulfated Mesoporous Niobium Oxide Catalyzed 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Formation from Sugars, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2014, 53, 14225-14233.
60. Zhengang Guo, Jin Kiat Cheng, Zhigang Hu, Mei Zhang, Qing Xu, Zixi Kang, Dan Zhao,* Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as precursors towards TiOx/C composites for photodegradation of organic dye, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 34221-34225.
61. Mei Zhang, Guangxue Feng, Zhegang Song, Yu-Peng Zhou, Hsiu-Yi Chao, Daqiang Yuan, Tristan T. Y. Tan, Zhengang Guo, Zhigang Hu, Ben Zhong Tang,* Bin Liu,* Dan Zhao,* Two-Dimensional Metal-Organic Framework with Wide Channels and Responsive Turn-On Fluorescence for the Chemical Sensing of Volatile Organic Compounds, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2014, 136, 7241-7244.(ESI Highly Cited Paper in Chemistry, Top 1% paper of Chemistry)
62. Zhigang Hu, Kang Zhang, Mei Zhang, Zhengang Guo, Jianwen Jiang, Dan Zhao,* A Combinatorial Approach towards Water-Stable Metal-Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Carbon Dioxide Separation, ChemSusChem, 2014, 7, 2791-2795.(Inside Back Cover)
63. Zhigang Hu, Dan Zhao,* Polymerization within Confined Nanochannels of Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks, Journal of Molecular and Engineering Materials, 2013, 1, 1330001. (Invited review, Front Cover)
64. Zhigang Hu, Fei Huo, Yi Zhang, Chunyang Chen, Kehua Tu, Hongliang Jiang, Li-Qun Wang,* “Smart” Nanocarriers: A New Paradigm for Tumor Targeting Drug Delivery Systems, Drug Delivery Letters, 2011, 1, 67-84. (Invited review)