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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.

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.

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, and R. Panajotović*. Langmuir, 2023, 39, 23, 8055–8064.

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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Selected Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Controllable Transformation Between 3D and 2D Perovskites through Cation Exchange

W. Huang⁺, Y. Wang⁺, and S. K. Balakrishnan*. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 7944–7947.