Selective Publications (†equal contribution, *corresponding author)
Full publication list (>60 papers, >4000 citations) in https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=c422KG4AAAAJ&hl=en
Catalysis & batteries (aqueous):
11. Xiuli Guo, Qiaoling Peng, Rui Yang, Gengyou Cao, Jianfeng Wen, Kyungsoo Shin, Ye Zheng, Sarayut Tunmee, Caineng Zou*, Yongping Zheng*, Xiaolong Zhou*, Yongbing Tang*, "Non-coordinating charge transfer enables ultrafast desolvation of hydrated zinc ions in the outer Helmholtz layer for stable aqueous Zn metal batteries". Natl. Sci. Rev. 2025, 12, nwaf070.
10. Jiawei Li, Miaojin Wei, Bifa Ji, Sunpei Hu, Jing Xue, Donghao Zhao, Haoyuan Wang, Chunxiao Liu, Yifan Ye, Jilong Xu, Jie Zeng, Ruquan Ye, Yongping Zheng*, Tingting Zheng*, Chuan Xia*, "Copper-Catalysed Electrochemical CO2 Methanation via the Alloying of Single Cobalt Atoms". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 64, e202417008.
9. Rui Yang, Wenjiao Yao, Liyu Zhou, Fan Zhang*, Yongping Zheng*, Chun-Sing Lee*, Yongbing Tang*, "Secondary Amines Functionalized Organocatalytic Iodine Redox for High-Performance Aqueous Dual-Ion Batteries", Advanced Materials 2024, 2314247.
8. Lei Zhao*, Yunkun Dai, Yunlong Zhang, Bo Liu, Pan Guo, Ziyu Zhang, Lixiao Shen, Nian Zhang, Yongping Zheng*, Zhen Zhang*, Zhenbo Wang*, Zhongwei Chen*, "Atomically Dispersed p-Block Aluminum-Based Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, e202402657.
7. Liyu Zhou, Rui Yang, Siqi Xu, Xin Lei, Yongping Zheng*, Jianfeng Wen, Fan Zhang*, Yongbing Tang*, "Maximizing Electrostatic Polarity of Non-Sacrificial Electrolyte Additives Enables Stable Zinc‐Metal Anodes for Aqueous Batteries". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 135, e202307880.
6. Xin Lei, Qingyun Tang, Yongping Zheng*, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Xiaolong Zhou, Bifa Ji, Yongbing Tang*, "High-entropy single-atom activated carbon catalysts for sustainable oxygen electrocatalysis". Nature Sustainability 2023, 6, 816-826.
5. Lei Wang, Bifa Ji, Yongping Zheng*, Yongbing Tang*, "Asymmetric Coordination of Iridium Single-atom IrN3O Boosting Formic Acid Oxidation Catalysis". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, e202301711.
4. Bifa Ji, Jiali Gou, Yongping Zheng*, Xiuhao Pu, Yehai Wang, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Yongbing Tang*, "Coordination chemistry of large-size yttrium single-atom catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction". Advanced Materials 2023, 2300381
3. Bifa Ji, Jiali Gou, Yongping Zheng*, Xiaolong Zhou, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Yehai Wang, Qingyun Tang, Yongbing Tang*, "Metalloid-cluster ligands enabling stable and active FeN4-Ten motifs for oxygen reduction reaction". Advanced Materials 2022, 34(28): 2202714.
2. Yongping Zheng, Sampreetha Thampy, Nickolas Ashburn, Sean Dillon, Luhua Wang, Yasser Jangjou, Kui Tan, Fantai Kong, Yifan Nie, Moon J. Kim, William S. Epling, Yves J. Chabal, Julia W. P. Hsu, Kyeongjae Cho*. "Stable and active oxidation catalysis by cooperative lattice oxygen redox on SmMn2O5 mullite surface". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141(27): 10722-10728.
1. Yang Lou†, Yongping Zheng†, Xu Li, Na Ta, Jia Xu, Yifan Nie, Kyeongjae Cho*, Jingyue Liu*. "Pocket-like active site of Rh1/MoS2 single-atom catalyst for selective crotonaldehyde hydrogenation". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141(49): 19289-19295.
Catalysis & batteries (aprotic):
6. Huan Xu, Nanzhong Wu, Bifa Ji, Jinghua Cai, Wenjiao Yao*, Zihang Wang, Yatian Zhang, Xinyuan Zhang, Shu Guo, Xiaolong Zhou, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Yongping Zheng*, Yongbing Tang*, "Lattice Water Deprotonation Enables Potassium-Ion Chemistries". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202503904.
5. Qingguang Pan, Zhaopeng Tong, Yuanqiang Su, Yongping Zheng*, Lin Shang, Yongbing Tang*, "Flat-Zigzag Interface Design of Chalcogenide Heterostructure towards Ultra-Low Volume Expansion for High‐Performance Potassium Storage". Advanced Materials 2022, 34(39), 2203485.
4. Zhongzhong Li, Manqi Peng, Xiaolong Zhou*, Kyungsoo Shin, Sarayut Tunmee, Xiaoming Zhang, Chengde Xie, Hidetoshi Saitoh, Yongping Zheng*, Zhiming Zhou, Yongbing Tang*, "In Situ Chemical Lithiation Transforms Diamond-Like Carbon into an Ultrastrong Ion Conductor for Dendrite-Free Lithium-Metal Anodes". Advanced Materials 2021, 33(37), 2100793.
3. Kai Yang†, Qirong Liu†, Yongping Zheng†, Hang Yin, Shanqing Zhang, Yongbing Tang*, "Locally ordered graphitized carbon cathodes for high-capacity dual-ion batteries". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60(12), 6326-6332.
2. Bifa Ji†, Wenjiao Yao†, Yongping Zheng†, Pinit Kidkhunthod, Xiaolong Zhou, Sarayut Tunmee, Suchinda Sattayaporn, Hui-Ming Cheng*, Haiyan He, Yongbing Tang*. "A fluoroxalate cathode material for potassium-ion batteries with ultra-long cyclability". Nature Communications 2020, 11, 1225.
1. Hee-Dae Lim†, Byungju Lee†, Yongping Zheng, Jihyun Hong, Jinsoo Kim, Hyeokjo Gwon, Youngmin Ko, Minah Lee, Kyeongjae Cho*, Kisuk Kang*. "Rational design of redox mediators for advanced Li-O2 batteries". Nature Energy 2016, 1(6): 16066.
