60. Ruihao Wang,† Xia Guo,† Wenqing Ren,† Meiqi Wang (本科生),† Youliang Zhou (本科生),† Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie* Recent progresses on electro-oxidative lignin depolymerization for production of value-added chemicals, Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 4496–4514. 59. Shichen Wang, Lingfeng Gao,* Liheng Sun, Haoqi Zhan, Zhibin Han, Zeyu Wang, Junfeng Xie,* Xu Sun* High-entropy hydroxyl carbonate with Zn, Co, Ni, Cu, and In as an efficient catalyst for benzyl alcohol upgrading, Chem. Eur. J., 2026, DOI: 10.1002/chem.70798. 58. Zhuangzhuang Ren,† Ruihao Wang,† Xianghui Pang, Wenqian Zheng, Liheng Sun, Meiqi Wang, Fengcai Lei, Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie* Crystalline/amorphous Bi-BiNiOx electrocatalyst enables efficient concurrent formate production from CO2 and methanol, Nano Res., 2025, 18, 94908017. 57. Wenqian Zheng,† Xianghui Pang,† Changgang Dong,† Liheng Sun, Jiaqi Guo, Pin Hao, Fengcai Lei, Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie* A quasi-single-crystalline/amorphous high-entropy layered hydroxide for robust glycerol valorization to formate, Green Chem., 2025, 27, 11491–11499. 56. Xianghui Pang,† Zhuangzhuang Ren,† Ruihao Wang, Wenqian Zheng, Jiayi Kuang, Youliang Zhou, Qianru Wang, Pin Hao, Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie* Lattice-distorted quasi-single-crystalline Cu-based nanoarrays for robust electrochemical methanol upgrading to produce formate, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 16014–16017. 55. Pengfeng Li,† Wenqian Zheng,† Min Guo, Yuhan Chen, Fuji Jia, Liheng Sun, Fengcai Lei, Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie* Grain boundary-engineered porous CuO/Co3O4 heterostructure as a pre-catalyst for enhanced oxygen evolution, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 14979–14982. 54. Xue Yang,† Xiaoning Sun (本科生),† Jindi Qi, Jiaqi Zhang, Xinqi Zheng, Xiaodong Zhang,* Fengcai Lei, Xu Sun,* Bo Tang, Junfeng Xie* Two-dimensional confined topotactic transformation to produce Co-Pi/Co3O4 hybrid porous nanosheets for promoted water oxidation, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2025, 677, 406–416. 53. Pengfeng Li, Jiaqi Zhang, Shan-Shan Liu, Fengcai Lei, Xu Sun, Junfeng Xie* Multimetal synergy in iron-cobalt-nickel hydroxide electrocatalyst for electro-oxidative lignin depolymerization to produce value-added aromatic chemicals, Chem. Commun., 2024, 60, 9982–9985. 52. Jing Chen,† Kexin Wang (本科生),† Zimeng Liu, Xu Sun,* Xiaodong Zhang, Fengcai Lei, Xiuyan Wan,* Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang Sulfurization-induced lattice disordering in high-entropy catalyst for promoted bifunctional electro-oxidation behavior, Chem. Eng. J., 2024, 489, 151234. 51. Shunda Hu, Xiaoning Sun, Zimeng Liu, Lingfeng Gao,* Xiaoli Li, Chunyu Yu, Xiangkang Han, Junfeng Xie,* Xu Sun* Annealing activated nickel-molybdenum oxide as an efficient electrocatalyst toward benzyl alcohol upgrading, Energy Adv., 2024, 3, 281–286. 50. Yameng Wang,† Xue Yang,† Kexin Wang, Zimeng Liu, Xiaoning Sun, Jinyue Chen, Shanshan Liu, Xu Sun, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* Tailoring the catalytically active sites in Co-based catalysts for electrochemical methanol upgrading to produce formate, Green Chem., 2023, 25, 8216–8225. 49. Min Hao,† Jing Chen,† Zimeng Liu, Xiaoning Sun, Shanshan Liu, Fengcai Lei, Xu Sun, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang High-entropy wire-on-sheet nanoarray catalyst with boosted pre-oxidation for efficient oxygen evolution reaction, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 13147–13150. 48. Min Guo,† Pengfeng Li,† Anran Wang, Jiale Wang, Jinyue Chen, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* Topotactic synthesis of high-entropy sulfide nanosheets as efficient pre-catalysts for water oxidation, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 5098–5101. 47. Min Hao,† Jing Chen,† Jinyue Chen, Kexin Wang, Jiale Wang, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Xu Sun,* Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* Lattice-disordered high-entropy metal hydroxide nanosheets as efficient precatalysts for bifunctional electro-oxidation, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2023, 642, 41–52. 46. Luyao Kang (本科生),† Jun Li,† Yameng Wang,† Wen Gao, Pin Hao, Fengcai Lei, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang Dual-oxidation-induced lattice disordering in a Prussian blue analog for ultrastable oxygen evolution reaction performance, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 2023, 630, 257–265. 45. 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Jiechen Li (本科生),† Changgang Dong,† Min Guo, Wen Gao, Luyao Kang, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* Cerium-induced lattice disordering in Co-based nanocatalysts promoting the hydrazine electro-oxidation behavior, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 6845–6848. 41. Junfeng Xie†,* Changgang Dong,† Jiechen Li, Min Guo, Ying Zhao, Luyao Kang, Wen Gao, Fengcai Lei, Bo Tang* Acceleration of the pre-oxidation process by tuning the degree of sulfurization for promoted oxygen evolution reaction, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 6360–6363. 40. Wenbin Sun,† Jiechen Li (本科生),† Wen Gao (本科生),† Luyao Kang (本科生),† Fengcai Lei,* Junfeng Xie* Recent advances in the pre-oxidation process in electrocatalytic urea oxidation reactions, Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 2430–2442. 39. Shanshan Cao, Jindi Qi, Fengcai Lei, Zimeng Wei, Shanshan Lou, Xueying Yang, Yanqing Guo, Pin Hao, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* Reduction-induced surface reconstruction to fabricate cobalt hydroxide/molybdenum oxide hybrid nanosheets for promoted oxygen evolution reaction, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 413, 127540. 38. Xueying Yang,† Luyao Kang (本科生),† Zimeng Wei, Shanshan Lou, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* A self-sacrificial templated route to fabricate CuFe Prussian blue analogue/Cu(OH)2 nanoarray as an efficient pre-catalyst for ultrastable bifunctional electro-oxidation, Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 422, 130139. 37. Junfeng Xie,†,* Jun Li,† Luyao Kang, Jiechen Li, Zimeng Wei, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Bo Tang* Molten-salt-protected pyrolytic approach for fabricating borate-modified cobalt-iron spinel oxide with robust oxygen-evolving performance, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 14596−14604. 36. Junfeng Xie,†,* Xueying Yang,† Yameng Wang, Luyao Kang, Jiechen Li, Zimeng Wei, Pin Hao, Fengcai Lei, Qian Wang, Bo Tang* “Pit-dot” ultrathin nanosheets of hydrated copper pyrophosphate as efficient pre-catalysts for robust water oxidation, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 11517−11520. 35. Wenbin Sun,† Zimeng Wei (本科生),† Jindi Qi,† Luyao Kang, Jiechen Li, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang, Yi Xie* Rapid and scalable synthesis of Prussian blue analogue nanocubes for electrocatalytic water oxidation, Chin. J. Chem., 2021, 39, 3347−3353. 34. Xinyuan Xia,* Lin Tang, Hongyan Ji, Luyao Kang, Zimeng Wei, Shanshan Lou, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang Synergistic enhancement of photocatalytic H2 production by Ni decorated 2D bubble-like carbon nitride, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2021, 46, 23311−23321. 33. Zimeng Wei (本科生),† Wenbin Sun,† Shanshan Liu, Jindi Qi, Luyao Kang, Jiechen Li, Shanshan Lou, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang, Yi Xie* Lanthanum-doped α-Ni(OH)2 1D-2D-3D hierarchical nanostructures for robust bifunctional electro-oxidation, Particuology, 2021, 57, 104−111. 32. 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Li Gao,† Junfeng Xie,†,* Shanshan Liu, Shanshan Lou, Zimeng Wei, Xiaojiao Zhu, Bo Tang* Crystalline cobalt/amorphous LaCoOx hybrid nanoparticles embedded in porous nitrogen-doped carbon as efficient electrocatalysts for hydrazine-assisted hydrogen production, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2020, 12, 24701−24709. 30. Yanqing Guo,† Fengcai Lei,† Jindi Qi, Shanshan Cao, Zimeng Wei, Shanshan Lou, Pin Hao, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* Molten-salt-protected pyrolysis for fabricating perovskite nanocrystals with promoted water oxidation behavior, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., 2020, 8, 16711−16719. 29. Shanshan Lou (本科生),† Xueying Yang,† Pin Hao, Fengcai Lei, Junfeng Xie,* Bo Tang* In-plane β-Co(OH)2/Co3O4 hybrid nanosheets for flexible all-solid-state thin-film supercapacitors with high electrochemical performance, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 24251−24258. 28. Junfeng Xie, Xueying Yang, Yi Xie* Defect engineering in two-dimensional electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 4283−4294. 27. 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Junfeng Xie,†,* Li Gao,† Shanshan Cao, Weiwei Liu, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Xinyuan Xia, Bo Tang* Copper-incorporated hierarchical wire-on-sheet α-Ni(OH)2 nanoarrays as robust trifunctional catalysts for synergistic hydrogen generation and urea oxidation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 13577−13584. 22. Weiwei Liu,† Junfeng Xie,†,* Yanqing Guo, Shanshan Lou, Li Gao, Bo Tang* Sulfurization-induced edge amorphization in copper-nickel-cobalt layered double hydroxide nanosheets promoting hydrazine electro-oxidation, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2019, 7, 24437−24444. 21. Junfeng Xie,†,* Shanshan Cao,† Li Gao, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Bo Tang* Modified bluing treatment to produce nickel-cobalt-iron spinel oxide with promoted oxygen-evolving performance, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 9841–9844. 20. Jian Bao,* Zhaolong Wang, Junfeng Xie,* Li Xu, Fengcai Lei, Meili Guan, Yan Zhao, Yunpeng Huang, Huaming Li, A ternary cobalt-molybdenum-vanadium layered double hydroxide nanosheet array as an efficient bifunctional electrocatalyst for overall water splitting, Chem. Commun., 2019, 55, 3521–3524. 19. Junfeng Xie, Xiaodong Zhang,* Yi Xie* Preferential microstructure design of two-dimensional electrocatalysts for boosted oxygen evolution reaction, ChemCatChem, 2019, 11, 4662–4670. 18. Junfeng Xie,†,* Li Gao,† Hailong Jiang, Xiaodong Zhang, Fengcai Lei, Pin Hao, Bo Tang, Yi Xie, Platinum nanocrystals decorated on defect-rich MoS2 nanosheets for pH-universal hydrogen evolution reaction, Cryst. Growth Des., 2019, 19, 60–65. 17. Shiyong Mou,† Tongwei Wu,† Junfeng Xie,† Ya Zhang, Lei Ji, Hong Huang, Ting Wang, Yonglan Luo, Xiaoli Xiong,* Bo Tang,* Xuping Sun* Boron phosphide nanoparticles: a nonmetal catalyst for high-selectivity electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CH3OH, Adv. 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