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[37] C. J. Chen†, C. S. Huang†, Y. C. Huang, T. F. Hung, W. S. Chang, C. L. Dong*, L. C. Yin*, and R. S. Liu*, “Catalytically Active Site Identification of Molybdenum Disulfide as Gas Cathode in a Nonaqueous Li-CO2 Battery” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 6156-6167. (†These authors equally contributed to this work) [Link]
[36] A. Jena, C. J. Chen, H. Chang*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Comprehensive View on Recent Developments in Hydrogen Evolution Using MoS2 on a Si Photocathode: from Electronic to Electrochemical Aspects” J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 3767-3785.
[35] C. J. Chen, C. Y. Yeh, C. H. Chen, A. Jena, D. H. Wei*, H. Chang*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Molybdenum Tungsten Disulfide Composite with Large Numbers of Sulfur Vacancies and Electronic Unoccupied States on Silicon Micropillars for Solar Hydrogen Evolution” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 54671-54682. [Link]
[34] K. Pichaimuthu†, C. J. Chen†, C. H. Chen, Y. T. Chen, C. Su*, D. H. Wei*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Boosting Solar Hydrogen Production of Molybdenum Tungsten Sulfide Modified Si Micropyramids by Introducing Phosphate Materials” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 41515-41526. (†These authors equally contributed to this work) [Link]
[33] H. Tang†, C. J. Chen†, Z. Huang, J. Bright, G. Meng, R. S. Liu*, and N. Wu*, “Plasmonic Hot Electrons for Sensing, Photodetection and Solar Energy Applications: A Perspective” J. Chem. Phys. 2020, 152, 22090. (†These authors equally contributed to this work; This work is cover highlighted) [Link]
[32] S. Thoka, C. J. Chen, A. Jena, F. M. Wang, X. C. Wang, H. Chang*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Spinel Zinc Cobalt Oxide (ZnCo2O4) Porous Nanorods as a Cathode Material for Highly Durable Li–CO2 Batteries” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 17353-17363.
[31] C. J. Chen, J. J. Yang, D. H. Wei*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Improvement of Lithium Anode Deterioration for Ameliorating Cyclabilities of Non-aqueous Li-CO2 Batteries” Nanoscale 2020, 12, 8385–8396. [Link]
[30] X. Zhu, D. Zhang, C. J. Chen, Q. Zhang, R. S. Liu*, Z. Xia, L. Dai, Rose Amal*, and X. Lu*, “Harnessing Interplay of Fe-Ni Atom Pairs Embedded in Nitrogen-doped Carbon for Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis” Nano Energy 2020, 71, 104597.
[29] C. J. Chen, V. Veeramani, Y. H. Wu, A. Jena, L. C. Yin*, H. Chang*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Phosphorous-doped Molybdenum Disulfide Anchored on Silicon as an Efficient Catalyst for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation” Appl. Catal. B Environ. 2020, 263, 118259. [Link]
[28] J. Zhang, Y. Zhao, C. Chen*, Y. C. Huang, C. L. Dong, C. J. Chen, R. S. Liu*, C. Wang, K. Yan, Y. Li*, and G. Wang*, “Tuning the Coordination Environment in Single-atom Catalysts to Achieve Highly Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reactions” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 20118-20126.
[27] C. P. Han, C. J. Chen, C. C. Hsu, A. Jena, H. Chang, N. C. Yeh, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Pressure-controlled Chemical Vapor Deposition of Graphene as Catalyst for Solar Hydrogen Evolution Reaction” Catal. Today 2019, 335, 395-401.
[26] C. J. Chen, C. W. Liu, K. C. Yang, L. C. Yin, D. H. Wei*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Amorphous Phosphorus-Doped Cobalt Sulfide Modified on Silicon Pyramids for Efficient Solar Water Reduction” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 43, 37142-37149. [Link]
[25] S. K. Cushing, C. J. Chen, C. L. Dong, X. T. Kong, A. O. Govorov, R. S. Liu*, and N. Wu*, “Tunable Nonthermal Distribution of Hot Electrons in a Semiconductor Injected from a Plasmonic Gold Nanostructure” ACS Nano 2018, 12, 7117-7126.
[24] C. J. Chen†, T. Mori†, A. Jena, H. Y. Lin, N. H. Yang, N. L. Wu, H. Chang*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Optimizing the Lithium Phosphorus Oxynitride Protective Layer Thickness on Low-Grade Composite Si-based Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries” ChemistrySelect 2018, 3, 729-735. (†These authors equally contributed to this work)
[23] B. Bazri, Y. C. Lin, T. H. Lu, C. J. Chen, E. Kowsari*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Heteroelectrode Structure for Solar Water Splitting: Integrated Cobalt Ditelluride across TiO2-passivated Silicon Microwire Array” Catal. Sci. Technol. 2017, 7, 1488-1496.
[22] S. K. Cushing, F. Meng, J. Zhang, C. K. Chen, C. J. Chen, A. D. Bristow, R. S. Liu*, and N. Wu*, “Effects of Oxygen Vacancies on Photocatalytic Activity of Chemically Reduced Titanium Oxide Nanobelts” ACS Catalysis 2017, 7, 1742-1748.
[21] C. J. Chen, K. C. Yang, C. W. Liu, Y. R. Lu, C. L. Dong, D. H. Wei*, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Silicon Microwire Arrays Decorated with Amorphous Heterometal-doped Molybdenum Sulfide for Water Photoelectrolysis” Nano Energy 2017, 32, 422-432. [Link]
[20] T. H. Lu, C. J. Chen, Y. R. Lu, C. L. Dong*, and R. S. Liu*, “Synergistic-effect-controlled CoTe2/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Material for Efficient Water Oxidation” J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 28093-28099.
[19] R. S. Liu*, C. J. Chen, and S. F. Hu*, “Enhancing solar hydrogen production with cobalt dichalcogenides” SPIE Newsroom 2016, DOI: 10.1117/2.1201609.006644.
[18] M. Basu, Z. W. Zhang, C. J. Chen, T. H. Lu, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “CoSe2 Embedded in C3N4: An Efficient Photocathode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 26690-26696.
[17] C. J. Chen†, W. K. Pang†, T. Mori., V. Peterson, N. Sharma, P. H. Lee., S. H. Wu, C. C. Wang, Y. F. Song, and R. S. Liu*, “The Origin of Capacity Fade in the Li2MnO3∙LiMO2 (M = Li, Ni, Co, Mn) Microsphere Positive Electrode: An Operando Neutron Diffraction and Transmission X-ray Microscopy Study” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 8824-8833. (†These authors equally contributed to this work) [Link]
[16] C. J. Chen, K. C. Yang, M. Basu, T. H. Lu. Y. R. Lu, C. L. Dong, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Wide Range pH-Tolerable Silicon@Pyrite Cobalt Dichalcogenide Microwire Array Photoelectrodes for Solar Hydrogen Evolution” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8, 5400-5407. [Link]
[15] C. J. Chen†, C. K. Chen†, T. H. Lu, and R. S. Liu*, “The Substitution of Platinum Counter Electrode in Plasmonic Photoelectrochemical System with Near-infrared Absorption for Solar Water Splitting” RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 103160-103168. (†These authors equally contributed to this work)
[14] C. J. Chen, P. T. Chen, M. Basu, Y. R. Lu, C. L. Dong, C.-G. Ma, C. C. Shen, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “An Integrated Cobalt Disulfide (CoS2) Co-catalyst Passivation Layer on Silicon Microwires for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 3, 23466-23476. [Link]
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[12] S. G. Mohamed, Y. Q. Tsai, C. J. Chen, T. F. Hung, W. S. Chang, and R. S. Liu*, “Ternary Spinel MCo2O4 (M=Mn, Fe, Ni, and Zn) Porous Nanorods as Bifunctional Cathode Materials for Lithium-O2 Batteries”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7, 12038-12046.
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[10] T. Mori, C. J. Chen, T. F. Hung, S. G. Mohamed, Y. Q. Lin, H. Z. Lin, J. C. Sung, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “High Specific Capacity Retention of Graphene/Silicon Nanosized Sandwich Structure Fabricated by Continuous Electron Beam Evaporation as Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries”, Electrochim. Acta 2015, 165, 166-172.
[9] C. J. Chen, M. G. Chen, C. K. Chen, P. C. Wu, P. T. Chen, M. Basu, S. F. Hu*, D. P. Tsai, and R. S. Liu*, “Ag-Si Artificial Microflowers for Plasmon-enhanced Solar Water Splitting”, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 549-552. [Link]
[8] S. G. Mohamed, C. J. Chen, C. K. Chen, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “High-performance Lithium-Ion Battery and Symmetric Supercapacitors Based on FeCo2O4 Nanoflakes Electrodes”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 22701-2270.
[7] S. G. Mohamed, T. F. Hung, C. J. Chen, C. K. Chen, S. F. Hu*, and R. S. Liu*, “Efficient Energy Storage Capabilities Promoted by Hierarchical MnCo2O4 Nanowire-based Architectures” RSC Adv. 2014, 4, 17230-17235.
[6] C. K. Chen, Y. P. Shen, H. M. Chen, C. J. Chen, T. S. Chan, J. F. Lee, and R. S. Liu*, “Quantum-dot-sensitized Nitrogen-doped ZnO for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting” Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 2014, 773-779.
[5] S. G. Mohamed, T. F. Hung, C. J. Chen, C. K. Chen, S. F. Hu*, R. S. Liu*, K. C. Wang, X. K. Xing, H. M. Liu, A. S. Liu, M. H. Hsieh, and B. J. Lee, “Flower-like ZnCo2O4 Nanowires: toward a High-performance Anode Material for Li-ion Batteries”, RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 20143-20149.
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[3] T. F. Hung, M. H. Tu, C. W. Tsai, C. J. Chen, R. S. Liu*, W. R. Liu, and M. Y. Lo, “Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Carbon-incorporating Iron Nitride/Nitrogen-doped Graphene Nanosheets Catalyst”, Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 2013, 38, 3956-3962.
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