Publication

Review/perspective/commentary:

148. Ion transport phenomena in electrode materials

J. Wen, X. Ma, L. Li, X. Zhang*, Bin Wang*

Chem. Phys. Rev. 4, 021302 (2023)


147. Solvent Effects on Catalytic Reactions and Related Phenomena at Liquid-Solid Interfaces

G. Li, B. Wang. D. E. Resasco

Surf. Sci. Rep. 76(4) 100541 (2021)


146. Interaction of water with zeolite: a review

D. E. Resasco, S. P. Crossley, B. Wang, J. L. White

Catal. Rev. Sci. Eng. 302-362 (2021)


145. Photocatalysis on Hybrid Plasmonic Nanostructures 

S. B. Ramakrishnan, F. Mohammadparast, A. P. Dadgar, T. Mou, T. Le, B. Wang, P. K. Jain, M. Andiappan 

Adv. Opt. Mater., 9 (22) 2101128 (2021)


144. Water-mediated heterogeneously catalyzed reactions

G. Li, Bin Wang*, D. E. Resasco*

ACS Catalysis, 10 (2), 1294-1309 (2020)


143. Distributed processes for biomass conversion could aid UN Sustainable Development Goals

D. E. Resasco*, Bin Wang*, D. Sabatini

Nature Catalysis 1, 731-735 (2018)


142. An Adsorptive Membrane Platform for Precision Ion Separation: Membrane Design and First-Principles Studies

Bin Wang*

Mol. Simul. 43(5-6), 384-393 (2017)

From special issue "Surface Chemistry"


141. Zeolite-Catalyzed C-C Bond Forming Reactions for Biomass Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals

D. E. Resasco, Bin Wang, S. Crossley,

Catal. Sci. Technol., 6, 2543-2559 (2016)

From themed collection Catalysis on Zeolites


140. Gas transport in porous electrodes of solid oxide fuel cells: A review on diffusion and diffusivity measurement

W. D. He, J. Zou, B. Wang, S. Vilayurganapathy, M. Zhou, X. Lin, K. HL Zhang, J. H. Lin, P. Xu, J. H. Dickerson, 

J. Power Sources 237, 64-73 (2013)

 

139. Defects and doping and their role in functionalizing graphene

S.T. Pantelides*, Y. Puzyrev*, L. Tsetseris*, B. Wang*, 

MRS Bulletin, 37, 1187-1194 (2012)

 

138. Metal-Organic interaction probed by First Principles STM simulations

M.-L. Bocquet and B. Wang, 

Prog. Surf. Sci. 85, 435 (2010)

 

Research Papers

2024

137. Oxygen Vacancies Alter Methanol Oxidation Pathways on NiOOH

V. Phan, Q. P. Nguyen, Bin Wang*, I. J. Burgess*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 7, 4830–4841 (2024) 


136. Computational Design of Metal-Exchanged MFI Zeolites for Coupling CO2─Ethylene to Form Acrylic Acid

Z. Masood, Q. P. Nguyen, B. Wang*, 

ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c08535 (2024) 

Front cover


135. Mechanistic Study of Direct Coupling of CO2 and C2H4 over Atomically Dispersed Metal at Graphene Edges

Q. P. Nguyen, Z. Masood, B. Wang*, 

Chem. Eng. J. DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.150922 (2024) 


134. Water Confinement on Polymer Coatings Dictates Proton-Electron Transfer on Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenations

P. Huang, Y. Yan, R. P. Martinho, L. Lefferts, Bin Wang*, J. A. Faria*

JACS Au under revision 

 

133. Catalytic Hydrogenolysis by Atomically-Dispersed Iron Sites Embedded in Chemically and Redox Non-Innocent N-Doped Carbon 

Z. Luo, L. Li, V. Nguyen, U. Kanbur, Y. Li, R. Nie, A. Biswas, L. Zhou, W. Huang, A. Sadow, Bin Wang, S. Scott, L. Qi 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c00741 (2024


132. Bond Selective Photochemistry at Metal Nanoparticle Surfaces: CO Desorption from Pt and Pd

I. B. Alvarez, T. Le,A. Beck, S. Samira, J. Marlowe, Bin Wang, P. Christopher

J. Am. Chem. Soc. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13874 (2024) 


131. Revealing Critical Mechanisms Governing Precision Ion Separation of Adsorptive Membranes

V. T. C. Le, Q. P. Nguyen, H. D. Mai, Bin Wang, N. T. Bui

Small Structures 10.1002/sstr.202400067 (2024)


130. Bifunctional metal-acid sites on nickel boride catalysts: Phenol Hydrodeoxygenation and water-promoted C=C hydrogenation

G. Li, T. Salas, S.-T. Sun, Bin Wang, M. R. Komarneni, D. Resasco

J. Catal. 431, 115384 (2024)

60th Commemorative Anniversary Issue of Journal of Catalysis



2023

129. Plasmonic Energetic Electrons Drive CO2 Reduction on Defective Cu2O

T. Le, T. Salavati-fard, Bin Wang*

ACS Catal. 13, 6328–6337 (2023)


128. Balancing elementary steps enables coke-free dry reforming of methane

J. Yu, T. Le, D. Jing, E. Stavitski, N. Hunter, K. Lalit, D. Leshchev, D. E. Resasco, E. H. Sargent,* Bin Wang,*, W. Huang,* 

Nature Commun. 14, 7514 (2023)


127. Mechanistic insights into the conversion of polyalcohols over Brønsted acid sites

Q. Nguyen, H. K Chau, L. Lobban, S. Crossley, Bin Wang*, 

Catal. Sci. Technol. 13, 4477-4488 (2023) 

part of the themed collection: Emerging Investigator Series


126. Solvent-induced local environment effect in plasmonic catalysis

T. Le, Bin Wang*

Nanoscale Adv. 5, 5774-5779 (2023)


125. Lanthanum-Doped Graphene for Electrocatalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Monoxide

Y. Yan, Z. Masood, B. Wang*

J. Phys. Chem. C DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c01366 (2023)

part of The Journal of Physical Chemistry virtual special issue “Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry Volume 2”.


124. Fe-single-atom catalyst nanocages linked by bacterial cellulose-derived carbon nanofiber aerogel for Li-S batteries

X. Lin, W. Li, V. Nguyen, S. Wang, S. Yang, L. Ma, Y. Du , B. Wang, Z. Fan

Chem. Eng. J. 477, 1, 146977 (2023)


123. Cooperative roles of water and metal-support interfaces in the selective hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde over cobalt boride catalysts

G. Li, M. R. Komarneni, Bin Wang, N. Marinkovic, D. E. Resasco

Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 4, 4, 101367 (2023)


122. Controlling Selectivity in Plasmonic Catalysis: Switching Reaction Pathway from Hydrogenation to Homocoupling Under Visible Light Irradiation

E. Peiris, S. Hanauer, T. Le, J. Wang, T. Salavati-fard, P. Brasseur, E. V. Formo, Bin Wang, P. Camargo

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 62 (4), e202216398 (2023)


121. The role of water on zeolite-catalyzed transformation of polar polymers

H. K. Chau, Q. P. Nguyen, L. L. Lobban, B. Wang, S. P. Crossley

ACS Catal. 13, 2, 1503–1512 (2023)


120. Influence of Brønsted Acid Site Proximity on Alkane Cracking in MFI Zeolites

T. Pham, V. Nguyen, H. Nguyen-Phu, B. Wang, S. Crossley

ACS Catal. 13, 2, 1359–1370 (2023)


119. Direct Z-scheme 2D/2D heterojunction of BP/monolayer SnSe2 with photocatalytic activities: A first-principles study

S. Ming, J. Huang, Bin Wang, M. Li, L. Xu, J. Su

Physica E Low Dimens. Syst. Nanostruct. 153, 115783 (2023) 


118. Computational Studies of Auto-Active van der Waals Interaction Molecules on Ultra-Thin Black-Phosphorus Film

S. Laref, Bin Wang, X. Gao, T. Gojobori

Molecules 28(2), 681 (2023) 


117. Synergy of Small Antiviral Molecules on a Black-Phosphorus Nanocarrier: Machine Learning and Quantum Chemical Simulation Insights

S. Laref, F. Harrou, Bin Wang, Y. Sun, A. Laref, T.-M. Laleg-Kirati, T. Gojobori, X. Gao

Molecules 28(8), 3521 (2023)


2022


116. Plasmon-Assisted Direct Interfacial Charge Transfer Enables Molecular Photodissociation on Metal Surfaces 

T. Salavati-fard, Bin Wang* 

ACS Catal. 12, 12869–12878 (2022)


115. How Van der Waals Approximation Methods Affect Activation Barriers of Cyclohexene Hydrogenation over a Pd Surface

J. Crouch, D. E. Resasco, Bin Wang*

ACS Engineering Au, 2(6), 547–552 (2022)


114. Proton shuttling flattens the energy landscape of nitrite catalytic reduction

P. Huang+, Y. Yan+, A. Banerjee, L. Lefferts, B. Wang*, J. A. Faria*

J. Catal. 413, 252-263 (2022)


113. 17O Labeling Reveals Paired Active Sites in Zeolite Catalysts

 K. Chen, A. Zomes, V. Nguyen, Bin Wang, Z. Gan, S. P. Crossley, J. L White 

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 37, 16916–16929 (2022)


112. Manipulating the Microenvironment of Surfactant-Encapsulated Pt Nanoparticles to Promote Activity and Selectivity

G. Li, N. Marinkovic, Bin Wang, M. Komarneni, D. E. Resasco

ACS Catal.12, 22, 13930–13940 (2022)


111. Selective reduction of carboxylic acids to aldehydes over promoted MoO3 catalysts

L. A. Gomez, R. Bababrik, M. R. Komarneni, J.Marlowe, T. Salavati-fard, A. D. D’Amico, B. Wang, P. Christopher, and S. P. Crossley

ACS Catal. 12, 6313-6324 (2022)


110. A Peculiar Binding Characterization of DNA (RNA) Nucleobases at MoOS-Based Janus Biosensor: Dissimilar Facets Role on Selectivity and Sensitivity

S. Laref, B. Wang, S. Inal, S. Al-Ghamdi, X. Gao, T. Gojobori

Biosensors, 12(7), 442 (2022)


109. Solution preparation of CsPbBr3/Cs4PbBr6 polycrystalline composites

S. Ming, H. Chen, J. Huang, M. Li, B. Wang, J. Su

Physica B: Condensed Matter, 647, 414378 (2022)


108. Giant Effects of Interlayer Interaction on Valence-Band Splitting in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

G. Benson, V. Zurdo Costa, N. Border, K. Yumigeta, M. Blei, S. Tongay, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. Ichimura, S. KC, T. Salavati-fard, B. Wang, and A. Newaz

J. Phys. Chem. C 126(20), 8667-8675 (2022)


107. First-principles calculations of the structural, electronic and optical properties of Cs2AgxNa1-xInBr6 double perovskites

M. Li, H. Chen, S. Ming, B. Wang, J. Su

Chem. Phys. 559, 111520 (2022)


106. General Synthetic Strategy to Ordered Mesoporous Carbon Catalysts with Single-Atom Metal Sites for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Z. Luo, Z. Yin, J. Yu, Y Yan, B. Hu, R.  Nie, A. F. Kolln, X. Wu, R. K. Behera, M. Chen, L. Zhou, F. Liu, B. Wang, W. Huang, S. Zhang, L. Qi

Small 18(16), 2107799 (2022)

Inside Front Cover

2021

105. Significant Role of Oxygen Dopants in Photocatalytic PFCA Degradation over h-BN 

Taha Salavati-fard, Bin Wang* 

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 39, 46727-46737 (2021)


104. Plasmon-induced CO2 conversion on Al@Cu2O: a DFT study

T. Le, Y.-H. Shao, Bin Wang*

J. Phys. Chem. C, 125 (11), 6108–6115 (2021)

 

103. First-Principles Study of Interaction between Molecules and Lewis Acid Zeolites Manipulated by Injection of Energized Charge Carriers

T. Le, Bin Wang* 

I&EC Research 60, 39, 14124-14133 (2021) 

Invited contribution as part of the I&EC Research special issue for the 2021 Class of Influential Researchers. 


102. Localized Orbital Excitation Drives Bond Formation in Plasmonic Catalysis 

T. Mou, J. Quiroz, P. H. C. Camargo, Bin Wang* 

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 125 (11), 6108–6115 (2021)


101. Thermal Unequilibrium of PdSn Intermetallic Nanocatalysts: From in situ Tailored Synthesis to Unexpected Hydrogenation Selectivity

M. Chen, Y. Yan, M. Gebre, C. Ordonez, L. Qi, A. Lamkins, Andrew; D. Jing, K. Dolge, B. Zhang, P. Heintz, D. Shoemaker*, B. Wang*, W.-Y. Huang*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, 60, 18309-18317 (2021)


100. Optimizing the surface distribution of acid sites for cooperative catalysis in condensation reactions promoted by water

G. Li, B. Wang, T. Kobayashi, M. Pruski, D. E. Resasco 

Chem Catal. 1(5) 1065-1087 (2021)


99. First-Formed Framework Species and Phosphate Structure Distributions in Phosphorus-Modified MFI Zeolites

K. Chen, A. Zornes, R. Bababrik, J. Crouch, W. Alvarez, M. Wulfers, D. Resasco, B. Wang, S. Crossley, J. L. White

J. Phys. Chem. C, accepted (2021)


98. Experimental and computational kinetics study of the liquid-phase hydrogenation of C=C and C=O bonds

G. Li, Z. Zhao, T. Mou, Q. Tan, B. Wang D. Resasco

Journal of Catalysis, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.09.002 (2021)


97. A Comparative Study of Thermal- and electrocatalytic Conversion of Furfural: Methylfuran as a Primary and Major Product

R. Bababrik, D. Santhanaraj, D. E. Resasco, Bin Wang*

J. Appl. Electrochem. 51, 19-26 (2021)


96. Quantifying the Influence of Water on the Mobility of Aluminum 2 Species and Their Effects on Alkane Cracking in Zeolites 

T. N. Pham, V. Nguyen, B. Wang, J. L. White, S. Crossley 

ACS Catalysis, 11(12), 6982–6994 (2021)


95. First-principles study on the structure, electronic and optical properties of Cs2AgSbxBi1-xCl6 double perovskites

H. Chen, S. Ming, M. Li, B. Wang, J. Su

J. Phys. Chem. C, 125 (20), 11271-11277 (2021)


94. First-principles study on the structure, electronic and optical properties of CsPbX3 halide perovskites

H. Chen, M. Li, B. Wang, S. Meng, J. Su

J. Alloys Compd., 862, 158442 (2021)


2020

93. Transition metal-like carbocatalyst

Z. Luo, R. Nie, V. T. Nguyen, A. Biswas, R. K. Behera, X. Wu, T. Kobayashi, A. Sadow, Bin Wang*, W.-Y. Huang* & L. Qi*

Nature Communications, 11, 4091 (2020)

This work has been featured on a few public media, OU Research, Phys.org, EurekAlert!, ScienMag, Newswise, Azom, Chem Europe, Sciencenewsnet, Ames Lab


92. Oxide-catalyzed Self- and Cross-Condensation of Cycloketones. Kinetically Relevant Steps that Determine Product Distribution

G. Li, Bin Wang, D. E. Resasco 

J. Catal. 391, 163-174 (2020)


91. First-Principles Study on the Structure, Electronic and Optical Properties of Cs2AgBiBr6-xClx Mixed-halide Double Perovskites

J. Su, T. Mou, J. Wen, Bin Wang*

J. Phys. Chem. C, 124 (9), 5371-5377 (2020)

 

90. Relationship between atomic scale structure and reactivity of Pt catalysts: Hydrodeoxygenation of m-cresol over isolated Pt cations and clusters

J. Resasco, F. F. Yang, T. Mou, Bin Wang, P. Christopher, D. E. Resasco  

ACS Catalysis, 10, 595-603 (2020)

89. Nondestructive functionalization of monolayer black phosphorus using Lewis acids: a first-principles study 

J. Su, T. Mou, J. Wen, Bin Wang*

Appl. Sur. Sci. 548, 146210 (2020)


88. Factors Determining Selectivity of Acid- and Base-Catalyzed Self- and Cross-Condensation of Acetone and Cyclopentanone

G. Li, D. Ngo, Y. Yan, Q. Tan, Bin Wang, D. E. Resasco

ACS Catalysis, 10, 21, 12790–12800 (2020)


87. Water Promotion (or Inhibition) of Condensation Reactions Depends on Exposed Cerium Oxide Catalyst Facets

G. Li, Bin Wang, D. E. Resasco

ACS Catalysis, 10, 9, 5373-5382 (2020)


86. Structure and catalytic characterization of a second framework Al(IV) site in zeolite catalysts revealed by NMR at 35.2 Tesla

K. Chen, S. Horstmeier, Vy T. Nguyen, Bin Wang, S. P. Crossley, T. Pham, Z. Gan, I. Hung, J. L White

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 142, 16, 7514-7523 (2020)


85. Design-controlled Synthesis of IrO2 sub-monolayers on Au Nanoflowers: Marrying Plasmonic and Electrocatalytic Properties

I. De Freitas , L. Parreira , E. Barbosa , B. Novaes , T. Mou , T. Alves , J. Quiroz , Y.-C. Wang , T. Slater , A. Thomas , Bin Wang , S. Haigh, P. Camargo

Nanoscale 12, 12281-12291 (2020)


84. Analysis and visualization of energy densities. I. Insights from real-time time-dependent density functional theory simulations

J. Yang, Z. Pei, J. Deng, Y. Mao, Q. Wu, Z. Yang, B. Wang, C. M. Aikens, W. Liang and Y. Shao

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 26838-26851 (2020)


83. Analysis and visualization of energy densities. II. Insights from linear-response time-dependent density functional theory simulations

Z. Pei, J. Yang, J. Deng, Y. Mao, Q. Wu, Z. Yang, B. Wang, C. M. Aikens, W. Liang and Y. Shao

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 22, 26852-26864 (2020)


82. Doping-driven electronic and lattice dynamics in the phase-change material vanadium dioxide

K. Appavoo, J. Nag, B. Wang, W. Luo, G. Duscher, E. A. Payzant, M. Y. Sfeir, S. T. Pantelides, and R. F. Haglund

Phys. Rev. B 102, 115148 (2020)

2019

81. Solvent-mediated charge separation drives alternative hydrogenation path of furanics in liquid water

Z. Zhao, R. Bababrik, W.H. Xue, Y.P. Li, N. M. Briggs, D.-T. Nguyen, U. Nguyen, S. P. Crossley, S. W. Wang, Bin Wang*, D. E. Resasco*

Nature Catalysis, 2, 431-436 (2019)

"Research shows water can aid production of plant-based fuel" reported in OKLAHOMAN - the largest daily newspaper in the state

Research Highlight - OU Engineers Discover Novel Role of Water in Production of Renewable Fuels

Other highlights Phys.org, Science Daily, Green Car Congress, EurekAlert, DOE Office of Science, etc

See "behind the paper" story - To water, or not to water: that is the question


80. Understanding the different diffusion mechanisms of hydrated protons and potassium ions in titanium carbide MXene

Jing Wen, Qishan Fu, Wanying Wu, Hong Gao, Xitian Zhang*, Bin Wang*

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 11 (7), 7087–7095 (2019)


79. Hydrodeoxygenation of anisole over different Rh surfaces

N. Duong, D. Aruho, Bin Wang*, D. E. Resasco*

Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 40, 1721-1730

Special issue to celebrate DICP's 70th anniversary


78. Role of In in Hydrogenation of N-Related Complexes in GaInNAs

Tong Mou, S. Li, C. Brown, V. Whiteside, K. Hossain, M. Al Khalfioui, M. Leroux, I. Sellers, Bin Wang*

ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 1 (4), 461–466 (2019)


77. Aldol condensation of cyclopentanone on hydrophobized MgO. Promotional role of water and changes in rate-limiting step upon organosilane functionalization

D. Ngo, Q. Tan, Bin Wang, D. E. Resasco

ACS Catalysis, 9, 2831–2841 (2019)


76. Role of Water in Cyclopentanone Self-Condensation Reaction Catalyzed by MCM-41 Functionalized with Sulfonic Acid Group

G.-N. Li, Bin Wang, B. Chen, D. E. Resasco

Journal of Catalysis, 377, 245-254 (2019)

 

75. Brønsted-Brønsted Synergies Between Framework and Non- Crystalline Protons in Zeolite H-ZSM-5

K. Chen, M. Abdolrahmani, S. Horstmeier, T. Pham, V. Nguyen, M. Zeets, Bin Wang, S. Crossley, J. L. White 

ACS Catalysis, 9, 6124-6136 (2019)


74. Stabilization of furanics to cyclic ketone building blocks in the vapor phase

T. Omotoso, L. V. Herrera, T. Vann, N. M. Briggs, A. Gomez, L. Barrett, D. Jones, T. Pham, Bin Wang, S. P. Crossley

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 254, 491-499 (2019)


73. Homogeneous versus Heterogeneous Catalysis in Cu2O- nanoparticle-catalyzed C-C Coupling Reactions

R. Tirumala, A. Dadgar, F. Mohammadparast, S. Ramakrishnan, T. Mou, Bin Wang, M. Andiappan

Green Chemistry, 21, 5284-5290 (2019)


72. High-Temperature Grafting Silylation for Minimizing Leaching of Acid Functionality from Hydrophobic Mesoporous Silicas used as Catalysts in the Liquid Phase

T. Bui, S. Umbarila, Bin Wang, T. Sooknoi, G. Li, B. Chen, D. Resasco

Langmuir, 35, 6838-6852 (2019) 


71. Layer Dependent Interfacial Transport and Optoelectrical Properties of MoS2 on Ultra-flat Metals

H. Lee , S. Deshmukh, J. Wen , V.Z. Costa, J. S. Schuder, M. Sanchez, A. S. Ichimura, E. Pop , Bin Wang , A. K. M. Newaz

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 11, 31543-31550 (2019)

 

2018

70. The Effect of Co-Fed Species on the Kinetics of Catalytic Methyl Lactate Dehydration on NaY

B. Murphy, T. Mou, Bin Wang, B. Xu

ACS Catalysis, 8, 9066-9078 (2018)


69. C-C Coupling on Sing-Atom Based Heterogeneous Catalyst

X.-Y. Zhang, Z.-C. Sun, Bin Wang, Y. Tang, L. Nguyen, Y.-T. Li, and F. Tao

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 140 (3), 954-962 (2018)


68. Controlling Reaction Selectivity over Hybrid Plasmonic Nanocatalysts

J. Quiroz, E. Barbosa, T. Araujo, J. Fiorio, Y. Wang, Y. Zou, T. Mou, T. Alves, D. de Oliveira, B. Wang, S. Haigh, L. Rossi, P. Camargo

Nano Lett. 18(11), 7289-7297 (2018)

 

67.  Enhanced Chemical Activity and Wettability at Adjacent Brønsted Acid Sites in HZSM-5

M. Zeets, D. E. Resasco, Bin Wang* 

Catalysis Today, 312, 44-50 (2018) 

Special Issue "Computational Catalysis at NAM25"

 

66. Ab Initio Calculations of Ionic Hydrocarbon Compounds with Heptacoordinate Carbon

G. Wang, A. K. F. Rahman, Bin Wang* 

Journal of Molecular Modeling, 24, 116 (2018)

- George is a high school student from OSSM. In this work, he discussed how many chemical bonds a carbon atom can have in a molecule.

- This work has been featured on a few public media, including a feature story "Oklahoma High School Student Makes Scientific Discovery By Questioning Common Knowledge" at the STATEIMPACT Oklahoma, Oklahoma Radio NPR, "A High Schooler Has Upended a Fundamental Chemistry Theory" at INVERSE,  "A High School Kid From Oklahoma Just Made A Massive Breakthrough In Chemistry" at IFL Science, and a broad discussion on Reddit.

Top 10 most downloaded paper in Springer's Chemistry Journals, 2018


65. Enhanced hot electron lifetimes in quantum wells with inhibited phonon coupling

H. Esmaielpour, V. R. Whiteside, H. P. Piyathilaka, S. Vijeyaragunathan, B. Wang, E. Adcock-Smith, K. P. Roberts, T. D. Mishima, M. B. Santos, A. D. Bristow, and I. R. Sellers

Scientific Report, 8, 12473 (2018)

 

64. Graphene Oxide‐Template Controlled Cuboid‐Shaped High‐Capacity VS4 Nanoparticles as Anode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

S. Wang  F. Gong  S. Yang  J. Liao  M. Wu  Z. Xu  C. Chen, X. Yang  F. Zhao  B. Wang  Y. Wang  X. Sun

Adv. Funct. Mater. 28(34), 1801806 (2018)


63. Enhanced electrochemical and thermal transport properties of graphene/MoS2 heterostructures for energy storage: Insights from multi-scale modeling

F. Gong*, Z. Ding, Y. Fang, C.-J. Tong, D. Xia, Y. Lv, Bin Wang*, D. V. Papavassiliou*, J. Liao, M. Q. Wu

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 10 (17), 14614–14621


62. Rational surface modification of two-dimensional layered black phosphorus – insights from first-principlescalculations 

T. Mou, Bin Wang*

ACS Omega, 3 (2), pp 2445–2451 (2018)


61. Reaction Pathway Dependence in Plasmonic Catalysis: Hydrogenation as a Model Molecular Transformation

E. Barbosa, J. L. Fiorio, T. Mou, Bin Wang, L. M. Rossi, P. H. C. Camargo

Chem. Eur. J, 24(47), 12330-12339 (2018)

 

2017

60. Photoresponse of Natural van der Waals Heterostructures

K. Ray, A. E. Yore, Tong Mou, S. Jha, K. H. Smithe, Bin Wang, E. Pop, A.K.M. Newaz

ACS Nano, 11 (6), 6024–6030 (2017)


59. Enhancing the Acylation Activity of Acetic Acid by Forming an Intermediate Aromatic Ester

N. Duong, Bin Wang, T. Sooknoi, S. P. Crossley, D. E. Resaso

ChemSusChem, 10 (13), 2823–2832 (2017)


58. The effect and nature of N-H complexes in the control of the dominant photoluminescence transitions in UVhydrogenated GaInNAs

C. B. Brown, N. J. Estes, V. R. Whiteside, Bin Wang, K. Hossain, T. D. Golding, M. Leroux, M. AI Khalfioui, J. Tischler, C. T. Ellis, E. R. Glaser, I. Sellers

RSC Adv. 7, 25353-25361 (2017)


57. Reaction mechanism for the conversion of γ-valerolactone (GVL) over a Ru catalyst: a first-principles study

Reda M. Bababrik, Bin Wang*, D. E. Resasco

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 56, 3217-3222 (2017)

Invited contribution as part of the "Best Presentation" in the 252nd ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia

 

56. Gel Based Sulfur Cathodes with High Sulfur Content and Large Mass Loading for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

S. Li, Tong Mou, G. Ren, J. Warzywoda, Z. Wei, Bin Wang, Z. Fan  

J. Mater. Chem. A, 5, 1650-1657 (2017)

Selected as part of themed collection: 2017 Journal of Materials Chemistry A HOT Papers

 

2016

55. Direct carbon-carbon coupling of furanics with acetic acid over Brønsted zeolites  

A. Gumidyala, Bin Wang, S. Crossley

Science Advances, 2(9), e160107 (2016) 


54. Visualization of Defect-Induced Excitonic Properties of the Edges and Grain Boundaries in Synthesized Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

A. Yore, Kirby, K. H. Smithe, W. Crumrine, A. Miller, J. A. Tuck, Br. Redd, E. Pop, Bin Wang, AKM Newaz

J. Phys. Chem. C, 120(42), 24080 (2016)


53. Confining Sulfur Species in Cathodes of Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Insight into Nonpolar and Polar Matrix Surfaces

S.-Q. Li, Tong Mou, G.-F. Ren, J. Warzywoda, Bin Wang, Z.-Y. Fan

ACS Energy Letters, 1, 481-489 (2016)

52. Direct quantitative identification of the “surface trans-effect”

P. S. Deimel, Reda M. Bababrik, Bin Wang, P. J. Blowey, L. A. Rochford, P. K. Thakur, T.-L. Lee, M.-L. Bocquet, J. V. Barth, D. P. Woodruff, D. A. Duncan, F. Allegretti

Chemical Science, 7, 5647-5656  (2016)

Selected as the Back Cover of the September issue.


51. Dirac loops in trigonally connected 3D lattices

K. Mullen, B. Uchoa, D. T. Glatzhofer, Bin Wang 

submitted, see arXiv:1603.0164

50. Suppression of phonon-mediated hot carrier relaxation in type-II InAs/AlAsxSb1-x quantum wells: a practical route to hot carrier solar cells

H. Esmaielpour, V.R. Whiteside, J. Tang, S. Vijeyaragunathan, T. D. Mishima, S. Cairns, M. B. Santos, Bin Wang, I. R. Sellers

Prog. Photovolt. Res. Appl., 24(5), 591-599 (2016)

2015


49. Reaction of Phthalocyanines with Graphene on Ir(111)

S. J. Altenburg, M. Lattelais, Bin Wang, M.-L. Bocquet , R. Berndt

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137 (29), 9452–9458 (2015)

+ Selected for JACS Spotlights entitled "Graphene and Metals Share New Chemistry"


48. Physical justification for ionic conductivity enhancement at strained coherent interfaces

K. Wen, K. HL. Zhang, W. Wang, J. Lin, W. Lv, B. Wang, Z. M. Wang, J. H. Dickerson, X. Guo, W. D. He, 

J. Power Sources, 285, 37-42  (2015)

2014 and before joining University of Oklahoma

47. Total Ionizing Dose Effects on h-BN Encapsulated Graphene Devices 

C. X. Zhang, Bin Wang, G. X. Duan, E. X. Zhang, D. M. Fleetwood, M. L. Alles, R. D. Schrimpf, A. P. Rooney, E. Khestanova, G. Auton, R. V. Gorbachev, S. J. Haigh, .S. T. Pantelides,

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 61(6), 2862-2873 (2014)


46. Electrical stress and total ionizing dose effects on MoS2 transistors 

C. X. Zhang, AKM Newaz, B. Wang, E. X. Zhang, G. X. Duan, D. M. Fleetwood, M. L. Alles, R. D. Schrimpf, K. I. Bolotin, S. T. Pantelides 

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., 61(6), 2862-2867 (2014)

 

45. Formation of Large Polysulfide Complexes during the Lithium-Sulfur Battery Discharge, 

B. Wang*, S. M. Alhassan, S. T. Pantelides,  

Phys. Rev. Appl. 2, 034004 (2014)


44. Probing excitonic states in suspended two-dimensional semiconductors by photocurrent spectroscopy, 

A. R. Klots, A. K. M. Newaz, Bin Wang, D. Prasai, H. Krzyzanowska, J. H. Lin, D. Caudel, N. J. Ghimire, J. Yan, B. L. Ivanov, K. A. Velizhanin, A. Burger, D. G. Mandrus, N. H. Tolk, S. T. Pantelides, and K. I. Bolotin 

Scientific Report 4, 6608 (2014)


43.  Ultrafast Phase Transition via Catastrophic Phonon Collapse Driven by Plasmonic Hot-Electron Injection

K. Appavoo, B. Wang, N. F. Brady, M. Seo, J. Nag, R. P. Prasankumar, D. J. Hilton, S. T. Pantelides, R. F. Haglund, 

Nano Letters, 14, 1127 (2014)

Vanderbilt; IEEE spectrum; Science daily; UAB; nanowerk; kurzweil


42. Hydrogen Dynamics and Metallic Phase Stabilization in VO2

K. H. Warnick, B. Wang, S. T. Pantelides, 

Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 101913 (2014)


41. Substitutional doping of graphene: The role of carbon divacancies

L. Tsetseris, B. Wang, S. T. Pantelides, 

Phys. Rev. B 89, 035411 (2014)

  

40. Introduction of Nitrogen with controllable configuration into graphene via vacancies and edges

B. Wang*, L. Tsetseris, S. T. Pantelides, 

J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, 14927-14934 (2013)


39. Bandgap engineering of strained monolayer and bilayer MoS2

H. Conley, B. Wang, J. Ziegler, R. F. Haglund, S. T. Pantelides, and K. I. Bolotin, 

Nano Letters, 13, 3626 (2013) 

ESI hot; ESI highly cited; Top-10 most cited Nano Lett. papers published in 2013


38. Room-temperature reactions for self-cleaning molecular nanosensors

K. H. Warnick, B. Wang, D. E. Cliffel, D. W. Wright, R. F. Haglund, S. T. Pantelides, 

Nano Letters, 13, 798-802 (2013)

 

37. Enhanced chemical reactions of oxygen at grain boundaries in polycrystalline graphene

B. Wang*, Y. S. Puzyrev, S. T. Pantelides

Polyhedron, 64, 158-162 (2013) 

(invited for a special issue dedicated to Prof. Christou’s 60th birthday)

 

36. Scalable synthesis of uniform few-layer hexagonal boron nitride dielectric films

P. Sutter, J. Lahiri, P. Zahl, B. Wang, E. Sutter

Nano Letters 13, 276-281 (2013)


35. Growth of solid and hollow gold particles through the thermal annealing of nanoscale patterned thin films

J. Lin, W. He, S. Vilayurganapathy, S. Peppernick, B. Wang, S. Palepu, M. Remec, W. Hess, A. Hmelo, S. T. Pantelides, J. Dickerson

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 5(22), 11590-11596 (2013)


34. Enhanced Photoresponse in Curled Graphene Ribbons

Z. Jarrahi, Y. H. Cao, T. Hong, Y. S. Puzyrev, B. Wang, J. H. Lin, A. H. Huffstutter, S. T. Pantelides, Y.-Q. Xu

Nanoscale 5, 12206-12211 (2013)

 

33. A current-sensor electrochemical device for accurate gas diffusivity measurement in fuel cells

W. He, B. Wang

J. Power Sources 232, 93-98 (2013)

 

32. Magnetic moment of a single vacancy in graphene and semiconducting nanoribbons

B. Wang*, S. T. Pantelides

Phys. Rev. B 86, 165438 (2012)


31. Interfacial Coupling in Rotational Monolayer and Bilayer Graphene on Ru(0001) from First Principles

B. Wang*, M.-L. Bocquet

Nanoscale 4, 4687-4693 (2012) 


30. Role of defects in the phase transition of VO2 nanoparticles probed by plasmon resonance spectroscopy

K. Appavoo, D. Y. Lei, Y. Sonnefraud, B. Wang, S. T. Pantelides, S. A. Maier, R. F. Haglund, Jr.

Nano Letters 12(2), 780-786 (2012)


29. Probing charge scattering mechanisms in suspended graphene by varying its dielectric environment

A.K.M. Newaz, Y. S. Puzyrev, B. Wang, S. T. Pantelides, and K. I. Bolotin

Nature Commun. 3, 734 (2012) doi:10.1038/ncomms1740

highlighted at news@vanderbilt, Science Daily, nanowerk


28. Templating of arrays of Ru nanoclusters by monolayer graphene/Ru moires with different periodicities

E. Sutter, B. Wang, P. Albrecht, J. Lahiri, M.-L. Bocquet, P. W. Sutter

J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 24, 314201 (2012)


27. Surface reactions and defect formation in irradiated graphene devices

Y. S. Puzyrev, B. Wang, E. X. Zhang, C. X. Zhang, A. K. M. Newaz, K. Bolotin, D. M. Fleetwood, R. D. Schrimpf, S. T. Pantelides

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 59, 3039 (2012)


26. Ozone-Exposure and Annealing Effects on Graphene-on-SiO2 Transistors

E. X. Zhang, A. K. M. Newaz, B. Wang, C. X. Zhang, D. M. Fleetwood, K. Bolotin, R. D. Schrimpf, S. T. Pantelides, and M. L. Alles

Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 121601 (2012)


25. Simulation of high-energy ion collisions with graphene fragments

S. Bubin, B. Wang, K. Varga, S.T. Pantelides

Phys. Rev. B 85, 235435 (2012)


24. Overall concentration polarization and limiting current density of fuel cells with nanostructured electrodes

W. He, B. Wang, J. H. Dickerson

Nano energy 1(6), 828-832 (2012)


23. Voltage-dependent conductance states of a single-molecule junction

Y. F. Wang, N. Neel, J. Kröger, H. Vazquez, M. Brandbyge, B. Wang, R. Berndt

J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 24, 394012 (2012)


22. A multi-sensor device for the highly-efficient diffusivity measurement and overall concentration-polarization evaluation in fuel cells

W. D. He and B. Wang

Adv. Energy Mater. 2(3), 329-333 (2012)


21. An analytical expression for the van der Waals interaction in oriented-attachment growth: a spherical nanoparticle and a growing cylindrical nanorod

W. D. He, J. H. Lin, B. Wang, S. Q. Tuo, S. T. Pantelides, J. H. Dickerson

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 4548-4553 (2012)

 

20. Monolayer graphene and h-BN on metal substrates as versatile templates for metallic nanoclusters

B. Wang*, M.-L. Bocquet

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 2341 (2011)


19. Ionization enhanced decomposition of 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) molecules

B. Wang*, D. Wright, D. Cliffel, R. Haglund, S. T. Pantelides,

J. Phys. Chem. A 115(28), 8142 (2011)


18. Strain enhanced defect reactivity at grain boundaries in polycrystalline graphene

B.Wang*, Y. Puzyrev, S. T. Pantelides,

Carbon, 49(12), 3983  (2011)


17. Controllable healing of defects and nitrogen doping of graphene by CO and NO molecules

B.Wang*, S. T. Pantelides,

Phys. Rev. B, 83, 245403 (2011)


16. Comparison of the Carbonyl and Nitrosyl Complexes Formed by Adsorption of CO and NO on Monolayers of Iron Phthalocyanine on Au(111)

C. Isvoranu, B. Wang, E. Ataman, J. Knudsen, K. Schulte, J. N. Andersen, M.-L. Bocquet, J. Schnadt

J. Phys. Chem. C, 115(50), 24718-24727 (2011)


15. Pyridine adsorption on single-layer iron phthalocyanine on Au (111)

C. Isvoranu, B. Wang, E. Ataman, K. Schulte, J. Knudsen, J. N. Andersen, M.-L. Bocquet, J. Schnadt

J. Phys. Chem. C, 115(41), 20201-20208 (2011)


14. Low-energy X-ray and ozone-exposure induced defect formation in graphene materials and devices

E. X. Zhang, A. Newaz, B. Wang, S. Bhandaru, C. X. Zhang, D. M. Fleetwood, K. I. Bolotin, S. T. Pantelides, M. L. Alles, R. D. Schrimpf, S. M. Weiss, R. A. Reed, R. A. Weller,

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 6, 2961-2967 (2011)


13. Doubling the diffusivity measurement efficiency in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) via a bi-sensor electrochemical cell

W. D. He, B. Wang, H. Zhao, Y. Jiao

J. Power Sources, 196, 9985 (2011)


12. Single terrace growth of graphene on a metal surface

S.Günther, S. Dänhardt, B. Wang, M. -L. Bocquet, S. Schmitt and J. Wintterlin,

Nano Letters 11(5), 1895 (2011)


11. Adsorption of ammonia on multilayer iron phthalocyanine

C. Isvoranu, J. Knudsen, E. Ataman, K. Schulte, B. Wang, M.-L. Bocquet, J. N. Andersen, and J. Schnadt

J. Chem. Phys. 134, 114711 (2011)


10. Ammonia adsorption on iron phthalocyanine on Au(111): Influence on adsorbate-substrate coupling and molecular spin

C. Isvoranu, B. Wang, E. Ataman, K. Schulte, J. Knudsen, J. N. Andersen, M. -L. Bocquet, and J. Schnadt,

J. Chem. Phys. 134, 114710 (2011)


9. Arrays of Ru nanoclusters with narrow size distribution templated by monolayer graphene on Ru

E.Sutter, P. Albrecht, B. Wang, M. -L. Bocquet, L. Wu, Y. Zhu and P. Sutter,

Surf. Sci. 605(17-18), 1676 (2011)

 

8. Graphene on Ru(0001) : contact formation and chemical reactivity on the atomic scale

S.J. Altenburg, J. Kröger, B. Wang,  M. -L. Bocquet, N. Lorente and R. Berndt,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 236101 (2010)

 

7. Tuning the spin state of iron phthalocynanine by ligand adsorption

C. Isvoranu, B. Wang, E. Ataman, K. Schulte, J. Knudsen, J. N. Andersen, M. -L. Bocquet, and J. Schnadt,

J. Phys.: Cond. Mat. 22, 472002 (2010) (Fast Track Com)

Select for [IOP select]


6. Structure determination of the coincidence phase of graphene on Ru(0001)

W. Moritz, B. Wang, M. -L. Bocquet, T. Brugger, T. Greber, J. Wintterlin, and S. Gunther,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 136102 (2010)

ESI highly cited

 

5. Periodicity, Work function and Reactivity of graphene on Ru(0001) from First Principles

B.Wang, S. Günther, J. Wintterlin, M. -L. Bocquet,

New J. Phys. 12, 043041 (2010)

 

4. Electron spectroscopy study of the initial stages of iron phthalocyanine growth on highly oriented pyrolitic graphite

C. Isvoranu, J. Åhlund, B. Wang, E. Ataman, N. Mårtensson, C. Puglia, J. N. Andersen, M. -L. Bocquet and J. Schnadt,

J.Chem. Phys. 131, 214709 (2009)


3. Comparison of electronic structure and template function of single layer graphene and hexagonal boron nitride nanomesh on Ru(0001)

T. Brugger, S. Günther, B. Wang, H. Dil, M. -L. Bocquet, J. Osterwalder, J. Wintterlin and T. Greber,

Phys. Rev. B 79, 045407 (2009)

Kaleidoscope Image: January 2009

 

2. Comment on Periodically Rippled Graphene: Growth and Spatially Resolved Electronic Structure

B. Wang, M. -L. Bocquet , S. Günther, J. Wintterlin,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 099703 (2008)


1. Chemical origin of a graphene moiré overlayer on Ru(0001)

B. Wang, M. -L. Bocquet, S. Marchini, S. Gunther, J. Wintterlin,

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 3530 (2008)

Top 10 most cited PCCP paper in 2008


Book chapters:

2. Plasmonic Photocatalysis. 

S. B. Ramakrishnana, R. T. Tirumala, F. Mohammadparast, T. Mou, T. Le, B. Wang., M. Andiappan

In Catalysis Series: Volume 33, Editors: Spivey, J., Han, Y., Shekhawat, D.,, Royal Society of Chemistry RSC Catalysis, Series 33, 38-86 (2021).


1. Physical and chemical properties of phosphorus

I. Alalq, J. Gao, Bin Wang*

In Fundamentals and Applications of Phosphorus Nanomaterials; H.-F. Ji Eds.; ACS Symposium Series, 2019; Vol. 1333. pp61-77