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[58] J. Han, H. Tan, K. Guo, H. Lv, X. Peng, W. Zhang, H. Lin*, U. Apfel, R. Cao*, The "Pull Effect" of a Hanging Zn^II on Improving the Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction Selectivity with Co Porphyrin, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, (2024), e202409793.

[57] Z.Z. Liang, G.J. Zhou, H. Tan, Y.H. Mou, J.L. Zhang, H.B. Guo, S.J. Yang, H.T. Lei, H.Q. Zheng*, W. Zhang, H. Lin*, R. Cao*, Constructing Co₄(SO₄)₄ Clusters within Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Advanced Materials, (2024), 2408094.

[56] Y. Wang, T. Yang, X. Fan, Z. Bao, A. Tayal, H. Tan, M. Shi, Z. Liang, W. Zhang, H. Lin*, R. Cao, Z. Huang*, H. Zheng*, Anchoring Fe Species on the Highly Curved Surface of S and N Co-Doped Carbonaceous Nanosprings for Oxygen Electrocatalysis and a Flexible Zinc-Air Battery, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 63 (2024), e202313034.

[55] L.S. Zhang, Z.W. Ma, Z.Z. Wu, Y.X. Liu, J. Bai, S.H. Zhang*, E. Debroye, W. Fan, H. Lin*, T.X. Liu*, Atomically Dispersed Platinum on Conjugated Polymers with Tailored Cation-π Interactions and Microstructures for Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalysis, Advanced Functional Materials, (2024), 2404707.

[54] J. Bai, Y. Liu, Z. Ma, S. Zhang, G. Chao, H. Lin*, E. Debroye, L. Zhang*, T. Liu*, Cation-π interactions regulate electrocatalytic water oxidation over iridium single atoms supported on conjugated polymers, Science China-Chemistry, 67 (2024) 2063-2069.

[53] S. Liu, H. Tan, Y. Huang, Q. Zhang, H. Lin*, L. Li, Z. Hu, W. Huang, C. Pao, J. Lee, Q. Kong, Q. Shao, Y. Xu*, X. Huang*, Structurally-Distorted RuIr-Based Nanoframes for Long-Duration Oxygen Evolution Catalysis, Advanced Materials, 35 (2023) 2305659.

[52] S. Li, Y. Liu, K. Feng*, C. Li, J. Xu, C. Lu, H. Lin*, Y. Feng, D. Ma*, J. Zhong*, High Valence State Sites as Favorable Reductive Centers for High-Current-Density Water Splitting, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 62 (2023) e202308670.

[51] W. Qiao, X. Fan, W. Liu, F.N. Khan, D. Zhang, F. Han, H. Yue, Y. Li, N. Dimitratos, S. Albonetti, X. Wen, Y. Yang, F. Besenbacher, Y. Li, H. Niemantsverdriet, H. Lin*, R. Su*, Creating and Stabilizing an Oxidized Pd Surface under Reductive Conditions for Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Aromatic Carbonyls, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145 (2023) 5353-5362.

[50] K. Feng, R. Song, J. Xu, Y. Chen, C. Lu, Y. Li, W. Hofer, H. Lin*, Z. Kang*, J. Zhong*, The S-Fe(Ni) sub-surface active sites for efficient and stable overall water splitting, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 325 (2023) 122365.

[49] M. Wang, J. Wang, P. Huang, H. Lin*, Q. Li*, New strategies to improve two-electron oxygen reduction reaction selectivity of polypyrrole-based catalysts, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 11 (2023) 2168-2177.

[48] C. Deng, J. Wang, H. Zhu, C. Xu, X. Fan, Y. Wen, P. Huang, H. Lin*, Q. Li*, L. Chi*, Constructing Two-Dimensional Distorted Kagome Lattices on Ag(111), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, (2023) 9584-9589.

[47] Y. Zhao, X. Li, X. Fan, H. Wang, Y. Liu, Y. Chen, T. Yang, J. Ye, H. Huang, H. Li, X. Zhang, Y. Liu, H. Lin*, Y. Zhao*, Z. Kang*, Small-molecule Catalyzed H₂O₂ Production via A Phase-transfer Photocatalytic Process, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 314 (2022) 121499.

[46] X. Fan, S. Tan, J. Yang, Y. Liu, W. Bian, F. Liao*, H. Lin*, Y. Li*, From Theory to Experiment: Cascading of Thermocatalysis and Electrolysis in Oxygen Evolution Reactions, ACS Energy Letters, 7 (2022) 343-348.

[45] D. Yang, Z. Su, Y. Chen*, K. Srinivas*, X. Zhang, W. Zhang, H. Lin*, Self-reconstruction of a MOF-derived chromium-doped nickel disulfide in electrocatalytic water oxidation, Chemical Engineering Journal, 430 (2022) 133046.

[44] Y. Liu, X. Fan, W. Bian, Y. Yang, P. Huang, W.A. Hofer, H. Huang, H. Lin*, Y. Li*, S.-T. Lee, High-loading Fe-1 sites on vanadium disulfides: a scalable and non-defect-stabilized single atom catalyst for electrochemical nitrogen reduction, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10 (2022) 21142-21148.

[43] M. Zhang, W. Zhang, X. Fan, Y. Ma, H. Huang, X. Wang, Y. Liu*, H. Lin*, Y. Li, H. Tian*, M. Shao*, Z. Kang*, Chiral Carbon Dots Derived from Serine with Well-Defined Structure and Enantioselective Catalytic Activity, Nano Letters, 22 (2022) 7203-7211.

[42] R. Zhou, X. Fan, X. Ke, J. Xu, X. Zhao, L. Jia, B. Pan, N. Han, L. Li, X. Liu, J. Luo, H. Lin*, Y. Li*, Two-Dimensional Palladium–Copper Alloy Nanodendrites for Highly Stable and Selective Electrochemical Formate Production, Nano Letters, 21 (2021) 4092-4098.

[41] Z. Liang, N. Kong, C. Yang, W. Zhang, H. Zheng*, H. Lin*, R. Cao*, Highly Curved Nanostructures Coated Co, N-Doped Carbon Materials for Oxygen Electrocatalysis, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60 (2021) 1-7.

[40] Y. Xu*, X. Wang, D. Yang, Z. Tang, M. Cao, H. Hu, L. Wu, L. Liu, J. McLeod, H. Lin*, Y. Li, Y. Lifshitz*, T.-K. Sham, Q. Zhang*, Stabilizing Oxygen Vacancies in ZrO₂ by Ga₂O₃ Boosts the Direct Dehydrogenation of Light Alkanes, ACS Catalysis, 11 (2021) 10159-10169.

[39] Y. Han, J. Wang, L. Song, Y. Zheng, Y. Li, H. Lin*, Q. Li*, L. Chi*, A Fundamental Role of the Molecular Length in Forming Metal-Organic Hybrids of Phenol Derivatives on Silver Surfaces, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters,12 (2021) 1869-1875.

[38] Q. Dang, H. Lin (equal contribution), Z. Fan, L. Ma, Q. Shao, Y. Ji, F. Zheng, S. Geng, S.-Z. Yang*, N. Kong, W. Zhu, Y. Li*, F. Liao, X. Huang*, M. Shao*, Iridium metallene oxide for acidic oxygen evolution catalysis, Nature Communications, 12 (2021) 6007.

[37] D. Yang, Z. Su, Y. Chen*, K. Srinivas, J. Gao, W. Zhang, Z. Wang*, H. Lin*, Electronic Modulation of Hierarchical Spongy Nanosheets toward Efficient and Stable Water Electrolysis, Small, 17 (2021) 2006881.

[36] H. Lin, Z. Wang, H. Wang, J. Gao, H. Ding, Y. Xu, Q. Li, Q. Guo, Z. Ma*, X. Yang*, M. Pan*, In Situ Observation of Stepwise C-H Bond Scission: Deciphering the Catalytic Selectivity of Ethylbenzene-to-Styrene Conversion on TiO₂, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 11 (2020) 9850-9855.

[35] L. Li, Y. Wen, H. Ming, H. Zhang, W. Bian, H. Lin* and Y. Yang*, Insight into the Li- and Zn-Ion Synergistic Effect for Benzoquinone-Based Anodes in Aqueous Batteries, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 3 (2020) 8309-8316.

[34] K. Feng, D. Zhang, F. Liu, H. Li, J. Xu, Y. Xia, Y. Li, H. Lin*, S. Wang, M. Shao*, Z. Kang*, J. Zhong, Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution by a Thermocatalytic Process Cascaded Electrocatalysis Over Sulfur-Treated Fe-Based Metal-Organic-Frameworks, Advanced Energy Materials, 10 (2020) 2000184.

[33] B. Jiang, X. Fan, Q. Dang, F. Liao, Y. Li, H. Lin*, Z. Kang*, M. Shao*, Functionalization of metal oxides with thiocyanate groups: A general strategy for boosting oxygen evolution reaction in neutral media, Nano Energy, 76 (2020) 105079.

[32] N. Kong, X. Fan, F. Liu, L. Wang, H. Lin*, Y. Li*, S.-T. Lee, Single Vanadium Atoms Anchored on Graphitic Carbon Nitride as a High-Performance Catalyst for Non-oxidative Propane Dehydrogenation, ACS Nano, 14 (2020) 5772-5779.

[31] F. Liu, L. Song, Y. Liu, F. Zheng, L. Wang, K. Palotas, H. Lin*, Y. Li*, Using the N-N dipole as a theoretical indicator for estimating the electrocatalytic performance of active sites in the nitrogen reduction reaction: single transition metal atoms embedded in two dimensional phthalocyanine, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (2020) 3598-3605.

[30] Y. Xu, M. Chu, F. Liu, X. Wang, Y. Liu, M. Cao, J. Gong, J. Luo, H. Lin*, Y. Li, Q. Zhang*, Revealing the Correlation between Catalytic Selectivity and the Local Coordination Environment of Pt Single Atom, Nano Letters, 20 (2020) 6865-6872.

[29] P. Zeng, C. Liu, X. Zhao, C. Yuan, Y. Chen*, H. Lin*, L. Zhang*, Enhanced Catalytic Conversion of Polysulfides Using Bimetallic Co7Fe3 for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, ACS Nano, 14 (2020) 11558-11569.

[28] S. Bai, F. Liu, B. Huang, F. Li, H. Lin, T. Wu, M. Sun, J. Wu, Q. Shao, Y. Xu*, X. Huang*, High-efficiency direct methane conversion to oxygenates on a cerium dioxide nanowires supported rhodium single-atom catalyst, Nature communications, 11 (2020) 954.

[27] X. Yu, X. Li, H. Lin (equal contribution), M. Liu*, L. Cai, X. Qiu, D. Yang, X. Fan, X. Qiu, W. Xu*, Bond-Scission-Induced Structural Transformation from Cumulene to Diyne Moiety and Formation of Semiconducting Organometallic Polyyne, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (2020) 8085-8089.

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[24] M. Sheng, B. Jiang, B. Wu, F. Liao, X. Fan, H. Lin*, Y. Li, Y. Lifshitz*, S.T. Lee, M. Shao*, Approaching the Volcano Top: Iridium/Silicon Nanocomposites as Efficient Electrocatalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, ACS Nano, 13 (2019) 2786-2794.

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[22] Q. Li, H. Lin*, R. Lv, M. Terrones, L. Chi, W.A. Hofer*, M. Pan*, Locally Induced Spin States on Graphene by Chemical Attachment of Boron Atoms, Nano Letters, 18 (2018) 5482-5487.

[21] Q. Li, J. Gao, Y. Li, M. Fuentes-Cabrera, M. Liu, X. Qiu, H. Lin*, L. Chi*, M. Pan*, Self-assembly directed one-step synthesis of [4]radialene on Cu(100) surfaces, Nature Communications, 9 (2018) 3113.

[20] Y. Liu, K. Palotas, X. Yuan, T. Hou, H. Lin*, Y. Li*, S.-T. Lee, Atomistic Origins of Surface Defects in CH₃NH₃PbBr₃ Perovskite and Their Electronic Structures, ACS Nano, 11 (2017) 2060-2065.

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[17] Y. Cheng, X. Fan, F. Liao, S. Lu, Y. Li, L. Liu, Y. Li*, H. Lin*, M. Shao*, S.-T. Lee, Os/Si nanocomposites as excellent hydrogen evolution electrocatalysts with thermodynamically more favorable hydrogen adsorption free energy than platinum, Nano Energy, 39 (2017) 284-290.

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[15] L. Zhu, H. Lin (equal contribution), Y. Li*, F. Liao, Y. Lifshitz, M. Sheng, S.-T. Lee*, M. Shao*, A rhodium/silicon co-electrocatalyst design concept to surpass platinum hydrogen evolution activity at high overpotentials, Nature Communications, 7 (2016) 12272.

[14] Z. Gong, B. Yang, H. Lin (equal contribution), Y. Tang, Z. Tang, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Li, Y. Xie, Q. Li, L. Chi, Structural Variation in Surface-Supported Synthesis by Adjusting the Stoichiometric Ratio of the Reactants, ACS Nano, 10 (2016) 4228-4235.

[13] Q. Li, B. Yang, H. Lin (equal contribution), N. Aghdassi, K. Miao, J. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Li, S. Duhm, J. Fan, L. Chi, Surface-Controlled Mono/Diselective ortho C-H Bond Activation, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 138 (2016) 2809-2814.

[12] B. Yang, H. Lin (equal contribution), K. Miao, P. Zhu, L. Liang, K. Sun, H. Zhang, J. Fan, V. Meunier, Y. Li, Q. Li, L. Chi, Catalytic Dealkylation of Ethers to Alcohols on Metal Surfaces, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 55 (2016) 9881-9885.

[11] M. Cao, Z. Tang, Q. Liu, Y. Xu, M. Chen, H. Lin*, Y. Li, E. Gross, Q. Zhang, The Synergy between Metal Facet and Oxide Support Facet for Enhanced Catalytic Performance: The Case of Pd-TiO₂, Nano Letters, 16 (2016) 5298-5302.

[10] B. Yang, J. Bjork, H. Lin, X. Zhang, H. Zhang, Y. Li, J. Fan, Q. Li, L. Chi, Synthesis of Surface Covalent Organic Frameworks via Dimerization and Cyclotrimerization of Acetyls, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (2015) 4904-4907.

[9] H. Zhang, H. Lin, K. Sun, L. Chen, Y. Zagranyarski, N. Aghdassi, S. Duhm, Q. Li, D. Zhong, Y. Li, K. Muellen, H. Fuchs, L. Chi, On-Surface Synthesis of Rylene-Type Graphene Nanoribbons, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 137 (2015) 4022-4025.

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[6] M. Ebrahimi, K. Huang, X. Lu, I.R. McNab, J.C. Polanyi, Z. Wagar, J. Yang, H. Lin, W.A. Hofer, Facile Charge-Displacement at Silicon Gives Spaced-out Reaction, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133 (2011) 16560-16565.

[5] K.R. Harikumar, J.C. Polanyi*, A. Zabet-Khosousi, P. Czekala, H. Lin, W.A. Hofer, Directed long-range molecular migration energized by surface reaction, Nature Chemistry, 3 (2011) 400-408.

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