Publications

Publications at NTU

40. Tu, G.-Z.; Chen, S.-Y.; Chuang, C.-Y.; Cheng, P.-W.; Chen, C.-h.; Jiang, C.-M. Facet-Dependent Catalytic Performance of Solution-Derived Epitaxial Bismuth Vanadate Photoanodes. In preparation. (ChemRxiv link)

39. Kuang, C.-C.; Chen, Y.-W.; Tu, G.-Z.; Chen, H.-L.; Fong, J.-L.; Wang, Y.-S.; Chang, C.-W.; Wu, J.-Y.; Chang, T.-T.; Chang, C.-H.; Tian, H.-K.; Jiang, C.-M. Mitigating Redox Mediator-Induced Surface Recombination for Efficient Photoelectrocatalytic Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation on Mo-Doped BiVO4. Sustain. Energy Fuel. 2026, 10, 2090-2100. (link)

38. Huang, Y.-C.; Mohanta, M. K.; Fong, J.-L.; Reyes, A. M.; Reyes-Lillo, S. E.; Jiang, C.-M. Unraveling Defect-Dependent Conductivity-Type Switching in CuFe2O4 for Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic Reduction of Benzaldehyde. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2026, 18, 12759-12769. (link)

37. Yeh, C.-H.; Cheng, W.-Y.; Chou, T.-C.; Liu, Y.-C.; Chang, C.-W.; Chen, Y.-S.; Wang, C.-H.; Weng, S.-C.; Sharp, I. D.; Chou, P.-T.; Jiang, C.-M. Collective Motion of Methylammonium Cations Affects Phase Transition and Self-Trapped Exciton Emission in A-Site Engineered MAPbI3 Films. Nanoscale Adv. 2025, 7, 5580-5588. (link)

36. Chang, C.-W.; Lai, B.-Y.; Jiang, C.-M. Efficient Ta3N5 Photoanodes via Interface Engineering of Bixbyite-Type Ta2N3 Precursors. Small 2025, 21, e05487. (link)

35. Chu, H.-C.; Hung, C.-M.; Huang, H.-C.; Weng, S.-C.; Lin, B.-H.; Yang, S.; Wu, Y.-H.; Chang, K.-H.; Shyue, J.-J.; Chou, P.-T.; Jiang, C.-M. Hydrogen Plasma Treatment Compensates for the Intrinsic Defects in Cs2AgBiBr6 Thin Films. J. Phys. Chem C 2024, 128, 20441-20450. (link)

34. Kuang, C.-C.; Chen, Y.-W.; Fong, J.-L.; Chang, C.-W.; Jiang, C.-M. Photoelectrocatalytic Energy Conversion and Organic Synthesis (光電催化應用於能源轉換與有機合成的簡介). 化學 2024, 82, 263-285. (link)

33. Tu, G.-Z.; Chen, J.-Y.; Zhen, Z.-X.; Li, Y.; Chang, C.-W.; Chang, W.-J.; Chen, H. M.; Jiang, C.-M. Elucidating the Epitaxial Growth Mechanisms of Solution-Derived BiVO4 Thin Films Utilizing Rapid Thermal Annealing. ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2024, 6, 1872-1885. (link)

Publications Before PI Appointment at NTU

32. Sirotti, E.; Scaparra, B.; Böhm, S.; Pantle, F.; Wagner, L. I.; Rauh, F.; Munnik, F.; Jiang, C.-M.; Kuhl, M.; Müller, K.; Eichhorn, J.; Streibel, V.; Sharp, I. D. Oxygen Incorporation as a Route to Non-Degenerate Zinc Nitride Semiconductor Thin Films. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 7958-7968.

31. Wagner, L. I.; Canever, A.; Sirotti, E.; Jiang, C.-M.; Munnik, F.; Streibel, V.; Sharp, I. D. Bixbyite-Type Zirconium Tantalum Oxynitride Thin Films as Composition-Tunable High Refractive Index Semiconductors. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 12, 2400745. 

30. Sirotti, E.; Wagner, L. I.; Jiang, C.-M.; Eichhorn, J.; Munnik, F.; Streibel, V.; Xchilcher, M.; März, B.; Hegner, F. S.; Kuhl, M.; Höldrich, T.; Müller-Caspary, K.; Egger, D. A.; Sharp, I. D. Beyond Cation Disorder: Site Symmetry-Tuned Optoelectronic Properties of the Ternary Nitride Photoabsorber ZrTaN3. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14, 2402540.

29. Streibel, V.; Schönecker, J. L.; Wagner, L. I.; Sirotti, E.; Munnik, F.; Jiang, C.-M.; Eichhorn, J.; Santra, S.; Sharp, I. D. Zirconium Oxynitride Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024, 7, 4004-4015. 

28. Hegner, F. S.; Cohen, A.; Rudel, S. S.; Kronawitter, S.; Grumet, M.; Zhu, X.; Korobko, R.; Houben, L.; Jiang, C.-M.; Schnick, W. W.; Kieslich, G.; Yaffe, O.; Sharp, I. D.; Egger, D. A. The Critical Role of Anharmonic Lattice Dynamics for Macroscopic Properties of the Nitride Semiconductor CuTaN2. Adv. Energy Mater. 2024, 14, 2303059. 

27. Kuhl, M.; Henning, A.; Haller, L.; Wagner, L. I.; Jiang, C.-M.; Streibel, V.; Sharp, I. D.; Eichhorn, J. Designing Multifunctional Cobalt Oxide Layers for Efficient and Stable Electrochemical Energy Conversion. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 9, 2200582.

26. Kunzelmann, V. F.; Jiang, C.-M.; Eichhorn, J.; Henning, A.; Ilicheva, I.; Rieth, T.; Sharp, I. D. Solution-Based Synthesis of Wafer-Scale Epitaxial BiVO4 Thin Films Exhibiting High Structural and Optoelectronic Quality. J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10, 12026-12034.

25. Eichhorn, J.; Lechner, S. P.; Jiang, C.-M.; Folchi Heunecke, G.; Munnik, F.; Sharp, I. D. Indirect Bandgap, Optoelectronic Properties, and Photoelectrochemical Characteristics of High-Purity Ta3N5 Photoelectrodes. J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9, 20653-20663.

24. Henning, A.; Bartl, J. D.; Zeidler, A.; Qian, S.; Bienek, O.; Jiang, C.-M.; Paulus, C.; Rieger, B.; Stutzmann, M.; Sharp, I. D. Aluminum Oxide at the Monolayer Limit via Oxidant-Free Plasma-Assisted Atomic Layer Deposition on GaN. Adv. Fun. Mater. 2021, 31, 2101441.

23. Eichhorn, J.; Jiang, C.-M.; Cooper, J. K.; Sharp, I. D.; Toma, F. M. Nanoscale Heterogeneities and Composition-Reactivity Relationships in Copper Vanadate Photoanodes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13, 23575-23583.

22. Jiang, C.-M.; Wagner, L. I.; Horton, M. H.; Eichhorn, J.; Rieth, T.; Kunzelmann, V. F.; Kraut, M.; Li, Y.; Persson, K. A.; Sharp, I. D. Metastable Ta2N3 with Highly Tunable Electrical Conductivity via Oxygen Incorporation. Mater. Horiz. 2021, 8, 1744-1755.

21. Cooper, J. K.; Zhang, Z.; Roychoudhury, S.; Jiang, C.-M.; Gul, S.; Liu, Y.-S.; Dhall, R.; Ceballos, A.; Yano, J.; Prendergast, D.; Reyes-Lillo, S. E. CuBi2O4: Electronic Structure, Optical Properties, and PEC Performance Limitations of the Photocathode. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 934-945.

20. Xiao, Y.; Feng, C.; Fu, J.; Wang, F.; Kunzelmann, V. F.; Jiang, C.-M.; Nakabayashi, M.; Shibata, N.; Sharp, I. D.; Domen, K.; Li, Y. Band Structure Engineering and Defect Control of Ta3N5 for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. Nat. Catal. 2020, 3, 932-940.

19. Fu, J.; Wang, F.; Xiao, Y.; Yao, Y.; Feng, C.; Chang, L.; Jiang, C.-M.; Kunzelmann, V. F.; Wang, Z. M.; Govorov, A. O.; Sharp, I. D.; Li, Y. Identifying Performance-Limiting Deep Traps in Ta3N5 for Solar Water Splitting. ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 10316-10324.

18. Kraut, M.; Sirotti, E.; Pantle, F.; Jiang, C.-M.; Grötzner, G.; Koch, M.; Wagner, L. I.; Sharp, I. D.; Stutzmann, M. Control of Band Gap and Band Edge Positions in Gallium-Zinc Oxynitride Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy. J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 7668-7676.

17. Jiang, C.-M.; Reyes-Lillo, S. E.; Liang, Y.; Liu, Y.-S.; Liu, G.; Toma, F. M.; Prendergast, D.; Sharp, I. D.; Cooper, J. K. Electronic Structure and Performance Bottlenecks of CuFeO2 Photocathodes. Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 2524-2534.

16. Liu, G.; Eichhorn, J.; Jiang, C.-M.; Scott, M. C.; Hess, L. H.; Gregoire, J.; Haber, J. A.; Sharp, I. D.; Toma, F. M. Interface Engineering for Light-Driven Water Oxidation: Unravelling the Passivation and Catalytic Mechanism in BiVO4 Overlayers. Sustain. Energy Fuel. 2019, 3, 127-135.

15. Cooper, J. K.; Reyes-Lillo, S. E.; Hess, L. H.; Jiang, C.-M.; Neaton, J. B.; Sharp, I. D. Physical Origins of the Transient Absorption Spectra and Dynamics in Thin Film Semiconductors: The Case of BiVO4. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 20642-20652.

14. Jiang, C.-M.; Segev, G.; Hess, L. H.; Liu, G.; Zaborski, G.; Toma, F. M.; Cooper, J. K.; Sharp, I. D. Composition-Dependent Functionality of Copper Vanadate Photoanodes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 10627-10633.

13. Segev, G.; Jiang, C.-M.; Cooper, J. K.; Eichhorn, J.; Toma, F. M.; Sharp, I. D. Quantification of the Loss Mechanisms in Emerging Water Splitting Photoanodes Through Empirical Extraction of the Spatial Charge Collection Efficiency. Energy Environ. Sci. 2018, 11, 904-913.

12. Chen, Y.-C.; Lu, A.-Y.; Lu, P.; Yang, X.; Jiang, C.-M.; Mariano, M.; Kaehr, B.; Lin, O.; Taylor, A.; Sharp, I. D.; Li, L.-J.; Chou, S. S.; Tung, V. Structurally Deformed MoS2 for Electrochemically Stable, Thermally Resistant, and Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. Adv. Mater. 2017, 1703863.

11. Jiang, C.-M.; Farmand, M.; Wu, C.; Liu, Y.-S.; Guo, J.; Drisdell, W. S.; Cooper, J. K.; Sharp, I. D. Electronic Structure, Optoelectronic Properties, and Photoelectrochemical Characteristics of γ-Cu3V2O8 Thin Films. Chem. Mater. 2017, 29, 3334−3345.

10. Hess, L. H.; Cooper, J. K.; Loiudice, A.; Jiang, C.-M.; Buonsanti, R.; Sharp, I. D.; Probing Interfacial Energetics and Charge Transfer Kinetics in Semiconductor Nanocomposites: New Insights into Heterostructured TiO2/BiVO4 Photoanodes. Nano Energy 2017, 34, 375−384.

9. Kornienko, N.; Resasco, J.; Becknell, N.; Jiang, C.-M.; Liu, Y.-S.; Nie, K.; Sun, X.; Guo, J.; Leone, S. R.; Yang, P. Operando Spectroscopic Analysis of an Amorphous Cobalt Sulfide Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 7448−7455.

8. Baker, L. R.; Jiang, C.-M.; Kelly, S. T.; Lucas, J. M.; Vura-Weis, J.; Gilles, M. K.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Leone, S. R. Charge Carrier Dynamics of Photoexcited Co3O4 in Methanol: Extending High Harmonic Transient Absorption Spectroscopy to Liquid Environments. Nano. Lett. 2014, 14, 5883−5890.

7. Jiang, C.-M.; Baker, L. R.; Lucas, J. M.; Vura-Weis, J.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Leone, S. R. Characterization of Photo-Induced Charge Transfer and Hot Carrier Relaxation Pathways in Spinel Cobalt Oxide (Co3O4). J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 22774−22784.

6. Vura-Weis, J.; Jiang, C.-M.; Liu, C.; Gao, H.; Lucas, J. M.; de Groot, F. M. F.; Yang, P.; Alivisatos, A. P.; Leone, S. R. Femtosecond M2,3-Edge Spectroscopy of Transition-Metal Oxides: Photoinduced Oxidation State Change in α-Fe2O3. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 3667−3671.

5. Hsieh, C.-C.; Jiang, C.-M.; Chou, P.-T. Recent Experimental Advances on Excited-State Intramolecular Proton Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction. Acc. Chem. Res. 2010, 43, 1364−1374.

4. Chang, S.-Y.; Cheng, Y.-M.; Chi, Y.; Lin, Y.-C.; Jiang, C.-M.; Lee, G.-H.; Chou, P.-T. Emissive Pt(II) Complexes Bearing Both Cyclometalated Ligand and 2-Pyridyl Hexafluoropropoxide Ancillary Chelate. Dalton Trans. 2008, 48, 6901−6911.

3. Hsieh, C.-C.; Chen, K.-Y.; Hsieh, W.-T.; Lai, C.-H.; Shen, J.-Y.; Jiang, C.-M.; Duan, H.-S.; Chou, P.-T. Cyano Analogue of 7-Azaindole: Probing Excited-State Charge-Coupled Proton Transfer Reactions in Protic Solvents. ChemPhysChem 2008, 9, 2221−2229.

2. Chang, S.-Y.; Chen, J.-L.; Chi, Y.; Cheng, Y.-M.; Lee, G.-H.; Jiang, C.-M.; Chou, P.-T. Blue-Emitting Platinum(II) Complexes Bearing Both Pyridylpyrazolate Chelate and Bridging Pyrazolate Ligands: Synthesis, Structures, and Photophysical Properties. Inorg. Chem. 2007, 46, 11202−11212.

1. Yang, D.-Y.; Chen, Y.-S.; Kuo, P.-Y.; Lai, J.-T.; Jiang, C.-M.; Lai, C.-H.; Liao, Y.-H.; Chou, P.-T. Novel Oxazabicycles as a New Class of Photochromic Colorants. Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 5287−5290.