Chen Chen

Professor

E-mail: cchen@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel: +86-10-62791240

ORCID: 0000-0001-5902-3037

Education and Experience

2021–now          Professor                           Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University


2015–2021          Associate Professor          Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University


2011–2014          Postdoctoral Fellow            Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory


2006–2011          Ph.D.                                Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University


2010–2011          Visiting Scholar                  Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley


2002–2006          B.S.                                   Department of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Inorganic Materials, Catalysis, Sustainable Energy

Selected publications

[1] Heterogeneous Iridium Single-Atom Molecular-like Catalysis for Epoxidation of Ethylene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c11380.

[2] Single-Atom-Mediated Spinel Octahedral Structures for Elevated Performances of Li–Oxygen Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, e202218926.

[3] Interfacial water engineering boosts neutral water reduction, Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 6260.

[4] Nature-Inspired Design of Molybdenum–Selenium Dual-Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for CO2 Reduction, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2206478.

[5] Construction of N, P Co-Doped Carbon Frames Anchored with Fe Single Atoms and Fe2P Nanoparticles as a Robust Coupling Catalyst for Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction, Adv. Mater., 2022, 34, 2203621.

[6] Cobalt Single Atom Incorporated in Ruthenium Oxide Sphere: A Robust Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for HER and OER, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202114951.

[7] Constructing FeN4/Graphitic Nitrogen Atomic Interface for High-efficiency Electrochemical CO2 Reduction over a Broad Potential Window, Chem, 2021, 7, 1297-1307.

[8] Manganese vacancy-confined single-atom Ag in cryptomelane nanorods for efficient Wacker oxidation of styrene derivatives, Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 6099-6106.

[9] Synergistically Interactive Pyridinic–N–MoP Sites: Identified Active Centers for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution in Alkaline Solution, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59, 8982-8990.

[10] Copper Atom-pair Catalyst Anchored on Alloy Nanowires for Selective and Efficient Electrochemical Reduction of CO2, Nat. Chem., 2019, 11, 222-228.

[11] A Photochromic Composite with Enhanced Carrier Separation for the Photocatalytic Activation of Benzylic C–H Bonds in Toluene. Nat. Catal., 2018, 1, 704-710.

[12] Regulating the Coordination Structure of Single–atom Fe–NxCy Catalytic Sites for Benzene Oxidation, Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 4290.

[13] MXene (Ti3C2) Vacancy Confined Single–Atom Catalyst for Efficient Functionalization of CO2, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 4086-4093.

[14] Nitrogen-Coordinated Cobalt Nanocrystals for Oxidative Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation of N-Heterocycles, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 5345-5352.

[15] Core-Shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67 Derived CoP Nanoparticles- Embedded N-doped Carbon Nanotube Hollow Polyhedron for Efficient Over-all Water Splitting, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 2610-2618.

[16] Design of Single-Atom Co-N5 Catalytic Site: A Robust Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction with Nearly 100% CO Selectivity and Remarkable Stability, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 4218-4221.

[17] Quantitative Study of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Well-Defined WO3 Nanowires and Nanosheets: Insight into the Crystal Facet Effect in Photocatalysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018, 140, 9078-9082.

[18] A Bimetallic Zn/Fe Polyphthalocyanine-Derived Single-Atom Fe-N4 Catalytic Site: A Superior Trifunctional Catalyst for Overall Water Splitting and Zn–Air Batteries, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 130, 8750-8754

[19] Single-Site AuI Catalyst for Silane Oxidation with Water, Adv. Mater., 2018, 30, 1704720.

[20] Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three- Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces, Science, 2014, 343, 1339-1343.