Publications

24.  Valence-to-core X-ray emission spectroscopy to resolve the size-dependent valence electronic structure of Pt nanoparticles
David P. Dean, Gaurav S. Deshmukh, Christopher K. Russell, Kuixin Zhu, Christina W. Li, Jeffrey Greeley, Denis Lechshev, Eli Stavitski* and Jeffrey T. Miller*  Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, ASAP10.1039/D3CY01554H

23.  Calcium additives enhance coke migration and catalyst stability for Pt-based catalysts in ethane dehydrogenation
Vamakshi Yadav, Joanna M. Rosenberger, Brandon K. Bolton, Rajamani Gounder, Christina W. Li* J. Catal. 2024, 432, 115446.  10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115446   Equal Contribution

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22.  Diastereoselective Hydrogenation of Tetrasubstituted Olefins using a Heterogeneous Pt-Ni Alloy Catalyst
William A. Swann, Anish Yadav, Nicholas B. Colvin, Nicole K. Freundl, Dr. Christina W. Li* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202317710.  10.1002/ange.202317710

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21.  Facet-Defined Dilute Metal Alloy Nanorods for Efficient Electroreduction of CO 2 to n-Propanol
Soojin Jeong, Chuanliang Huang, Zachary Levell, Rebecca X. Skalla, Wei Hong, Nicole J. Escorcia, Yaroslav Losovyj, Baixu Zhu, Alex N. Butrum-Griffith, Yang Liu, Christina W. Li, Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, Yuanyue Liu*, and Xingchen Ye* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, ASAP.  10.1021/jacs.3c11013

20.  Reaction Chemistry at Discrete Organometallic Fragments on Black Phosphorus
Kendahl L Walz Mitra, Michael Riehs, Andrei Draguicevic, William A Swann, Christina W Li, Alexandra Velian*  Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, 49, e202311575.  10.1002/anie.202311575

19.  Factors Controlling Intercalation of Metal Atoms into WS 2: Implications for Electronically Tunable Semiconductors
Kuixin Zhu, Yiyin Tao, Sagarmoy Mandal, Ming Chen, and Christina W. Li*  ACS Appl. Nano Mater.  2023, 6, 16846-16855.  10.1021/acsanm.3c03028

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18.  Solution-Phase Synthesis of Vanadium Intercalated 1T′-WS 2 with Tunable Electronic Properties
Kuixin Zhu, Yiyin Tao, Daniel E. Clark, Wei Hong, and Christina W. Li*  Nano Lett.  2023, 23, 4471-4478.  10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00826

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17.  Controlled site coverage of strong metal–support interaction (SMSI) on Pd NP catalysts
Christian J. Breckner, Kuixin Zhu, Mingrui Wang, Guanghui Zhang, Christina W. Li and Jeffrey T. Miller*  Catal. Sci. Technol.  2023, 13, 157-169.  10.1039/D2CY01707E

 

16.  Quantifying Structural Heterogeneity in Individual CsPbBr 3 Quantum Dot Superlattices
Daniel E. Clark, Victoria A. Lumsargis, Daria D. Blach, Kuixin Zhu, Alexander J. Shumski, Lehan Yao, Qian Chen, Libai Huang*, and Christina W. Li*  Chem. Mater.  2022, 34, 10200-10207.  10.1021/acs.chemmater.2c03153

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15.  Superradiance and Exciton Delocalization in Perovskite Quantum Dot Superlattices
Daria D. Blach , Victoria A. Lumsargis , Daniel E. Clark , Chern Chuang, Kang Wang, Letian Dou, Richard D. Schaller, Jianshu Cao, Christina W. Li* , and Libai Huang*  Nano Lett. 202222, 7811-7818.  10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02427    Equal Contribution

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14.  Kinetics of Propylene Epoxidation over Extracrystalline Gold Active Sites on AU/TS-1 Catalysts
Arvay, J. W.; Hong, W.; Li, C. W.; Delgass, W. N., Ribeiro, F. H.; and Harris, J. W.*  ACS Catal.  2022, 12 10147–1016010.1021/acscatal.2c02213

 

13.  Haptophilicity and Substrate-Directed Reactivity in Diastereoselective Heterogeneous Hydrogenation
Hong, W. ; Swann, W. A. ; Yadav, V. ; Li, C. W.*  ACS Catal. 2022, 12 , 7643–7654. Invited Perspective.  10.1021/acscatal.2c02028    Equal Contribution

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12.  Kinetic and Thermodynamic Factors Influencing Palladium Nanoparticle Redispersion into Mononuclear Pd(II) Cations in Zeolite Supports
Lardinois, T.; Mandal, K.; Yadav, V.; Wijerathne, A.; Bolton, B.; Lippie, H.; Li, C. W.; Paolucci, C.*; Gounder, R.*  J. Phys. Chem. C  2022, 126, 8337-8353. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c01613

 

11.  Surface-Limited Galvanic Replacement Reactions of Pd, Pt, and Au onto Ag Core Nanoparticles through Redox Potential Tuning
Yadav, V.; Jeong, S.; Ye, X.; Li, C. W.*  Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 1987-1904. 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c04176

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10.  Controlling the Co-S Coordination Environment in Co-Doped WS 2 Nanosheets for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction
 Hong, W. ; Meza, E. ; Li, C. W.* J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 19865-19873. 10.1039/D1TA02468J   Equal Contribution
 Invited Article: Emerging Investigators 2021

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9.  Heterogeneous Hydroxyl-Directed Hydrogenation: Control of Diastereoselectivity through Bimetallic Surface Composition
Shumski, A. J.; Swann, W. A.; Escorcia, N. J.; Li, C. W.*   ACS Catalysis  2021, 11, 6128-6134. 10.1021/acscatal.1c01434

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8.  Influence of the Defect Stability on n-Type Conductivity in Electron-Doped α- and β-Co(OH) 2 Nanosheets
Martinez, E. Y.; Zhu, K.; Li, C. W.*   Inorganic Chemistry  2021, 60, 6950-6956.  10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00455
Invited Article: Heterogeneous Interfaces through the Lens of Inorganic Chemistry

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7.   Modulating the Structure and Hydrogen Evolution Reactivity of Metal Chalcogenide Complexes through Ligand Exchange onto Colloidal Au Nanoparticles
Yadav, V.; Lowe, J. S.; Shumski, A. J.; Liu, E. Z.; Greeley, J.;  Li, C. W.*  ACS Catalysis  2020, 10, 13305-13313. DOI:  10.1021/acscatal.0c02895

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6.   Reversible Electron Doping of Layered Metal Hydroxide Nanoplates (M = Co, Ni) Using n-Butyllithium
Martinez, E. Y.; Zhu, K.; Li, C. W.*  Nano Lett.  2020, 20, 7580-7587. DOI:  10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03092

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5.  Colloidal Synthesis of Well-Defined Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Nonoxidative Alkane Dehydrogenation
Escorcia, N. J.; LiBretto, N. J.; Miller, J. T.; Li, C. W.*  ACS Catalysis  2020, 17, 9813-9823. DOI:  10.1021/acscatal.0c01554

 

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4.  Solution-Phase Activation and Functionalization of Colloidal WS 2 Nanosheets with Ni Single Atoms
Meza, E.; Diaz, R. E.; Li, C. W.*  ACS Nano  2020, 14, 2238-2247. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b09245

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3.    Microstructural Evolution of Au@Pt Core-shell Nanoparticles under Electrochemical Polarization
Hong, W.; Li, C. W.*  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces  2019, 11, 30977-30986 . DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10158

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2.    Surface functionalization of Pt nanoparticles with metal chlorides for bifunctional CO oxidation
Martinez, E. Y.; Li, C. W.*   Polyhedron 2019170, 239-244 . DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2019.05.048
Invited Article: Women with MOxy: Metal Oxide Chemistry from Female Investigators

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1.    Systematic Control of Redox Properties and Oxygen Reduction Reactivity through Colloidal Ligand-Exchange Deposition of Pd on Au
Huang, X.; Shumski, A. J.; Zhang, X.; Li, C. W.*   J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018140, 28, 8918-8923 . DOI:  10.1021/jacs.8b04967

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Prior to Purdue

5.   Probing the Active Surface Sites for CO Reduction on Oxide-derived Copper Electrocatalysts
Li, C. W.; Verdaguer-Casadevall, A.; Johansson, T. P.; Scott, S. B.; McKeown, J. T.; Kumar, M.; Stephens, I. E. L.; Kanan, M. W.; Chorkendorff, I.   J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2015, 137, 9808-9811.

4.   Electroreduction of carbon monoxide to liquid fuel on oxide-derived nanocrystalline copper
Li, C. W.; Ciston, J.; Kanan, M. W.  Nature  2014, 508, 504-507.

3.   Aqueous CO 2 Reduction at Very Low Overpotential on Oxide-derived Au Nanoparticles
Chen, Y.; Li, C. W.; Kanan, M. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2012, 134, 19969-19972.

2.   CO 2 Reduction at Low Overpotential on Cu Electrodes Resulting from the Reduction of Thick Cu 2O Films
Li, C. W.; Kanan, M. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc.  2012, 134, 7231-7234.

1.   Finite-Size Effects in O and CO Adsorption for the Late Transition Metals
Peterson, A. A.; Grabow, L. C.; Brennan, T. P.; Shong, B.; Ooi, C.; Wu, D. M.; Li, C. W.; Kushwaha, A.; Medford, A.; Mbuga, F.; Li, L.; Norskov, J. Topics in Catalysis  2012, 1-7.