Materials Chemistry and Catalysis for Environmental challenges (MC2=E)



After joining UND (For the full list, see )

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4. Single-Atom Zr Promoter Boosts Oxygen Activation on Ceria-Supported Pt Catalysts
W. Huang, H. Xu, Y. Deng, S.-W. Lin, H. N. Pham, R. Zhang, D. Jiang, Z. Zhang, A. DeLaRiva, S. Feng, Y. Li, X. Zhang, A. K. Datye, C.-J. Chen*, and Y. Wang*. Nature Communications, 2025, 16, 7274.
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3. Unraveling Reaction Pathways in CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol at Metal-Oxide Interfaces
S. Feng, X. He, Y. Deng, Hao Xu, C. Dun* and W. Huang*. ACS Catalysis, 2025, 15, 14, 11981–11992.
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2. Direct Probing of Water Adsorption on Liquid-Phase Exfoliated WS2 Films Formed by the Langmuir–Schaefer Technique
J. Vujin, W. Huang, J. Ciganović, S. Ptasinska, R. Panajotović*. Langmuir, 2023, 39, 23, 8055–8064.
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1. Memory-Dictated Dynamics of Single-atom Pt on CeO2 for CO Oxidation
Z. Zhang, J. Tian, Y. Lu, S. Yang, D. Jiang, W. Huang, Y. Li, J. Hong, A. S. Hoffman, S. R. Bare, M. H. Engelhard, A. K. Datye, and Y. Wang*. Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 2664.
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Before joining UND (Selected Publications)

1. Steam-Created Grain Boundaries for Methane C–H Activation in Palladium Catalysts
W. Huang, A. C. Johnston-Peck, T. Wolter, W. D. Yang, L. Xu, J. Oh, B. A. Reeves, C. Zhou, M. E. Holtz, A. A. Herzing, A. M. Lindenberg, M. Mavrikakis and M. Cargnello*. Science, 2021, 373, 1518–1523.


2. Low‐Temperature Transformation of Methane to Methanol on Pd1O4 Single Sites Anchored on the Internal Surface of Microporous Silicate
W. Huang, S. Zhang, Y. Tang, Y. Li, L. Nguyen, Y. Li, J. Shan, D. Xiao, R. Gagne, A. I. Frenkel and F. Tao*. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 13441–13445.


3. Enhanced Transient Activity for Methane Combustion through In-Situ H2O Removal
W. Huang, X. Zhang, A. Yang, E. D. Goodman, K. Kao and M. Cargnello*. ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 8157−8167.


4. Heat- and Gas-Induced Transformation in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskites and Its Effect on the Efficiency of Solar Cells
W. Huang, S. Sadhu and S. Ptasinska*. Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 8478–8485.


5. Evolution of Chemical Composition, Morphology, and Photovoltaic Efficiency of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite under Ambient Conditions
W. Huang, J. S. Manser, P. V. Kamat and S. Ptasinska*. Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 303–311.


6. Direct Observation of Reversible Transformation of CH3NH3PbI3 and NH4PbI3 Induced by Polar Gaseous Molecules
W. Huang, J. S. Manser, S. Sadhu, P. V. Kamat and S. Ptasinska*. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016, 7, 5068−5073.


7. Tunable Syngas Formation from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper Nanowire Arrays
Y. Wang*, C. Niu, Y. Zhu, D. He, and W. Huang (co-corresponding author)*. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3, 9841–9847.


8. Effect of Light Illumination on Mixed Halide Lead Perovskites: Reversible or Irreversible Transformation
W. Huang+, * S. J. Yoon+, * and P. Sapkota. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018, 1, 2859–2865.


9. In Situ Identification of Cation-Exchange-Induced Reversible Transformations of 3D and 2D Perovskites
W. Huang, S. Sadhu, P. Sapkota and S. Ptasinska*. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 5879–5882.


10. Controllable Transformation Between 3D and 2D Perovskites through Cation Exchange
W. Huang+, Y. Wang+ and S. K. Balakrishnan*. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 7944–7947.

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