Publications Peer-reviewed journal papers

2024       

  45. Photocatalytic water splitting for large-scale solar-to-chemical energy conversion and storage

Takashi Hisatomi, Qian Wang, Fuxiang Zhang ,Shane Ardo, Erwin Reisner, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Akihiko Kudo, Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen

Frontiers in Science, 2024, 2

https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2024.1411644

 
44. Magnetically recyclable CoFe2O4 nanocatalysts for efficient glycolysis of polyethylene terephthalate

Jin-Tao Du, Hao Wu, Yao Jie, Yi Xia, Zhenyu Yang, Hong Yan, Qian Wang, Jie-Xin Wang, Jian-Feng Chen

Chemical Enginnering Science, 2024, 121042

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2024.121042

 

43. Novel materials and techniques for photocatalytic water splitting developed by Professor Kazunari Domen

Yaqiang Wu, Jianuo Li, Wei-Kean Chong, Zhenhua Pan, Qian Wang

Chinese Journal of Castalysis, 2024, 44, 0-0

DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60152-X

 

42. Solar Fuel Synthesis Using a Semiartificial Colloidal Z-Scheme

Yongpeng Liu, Ariffin Bin Mohamad Annuar, Santiago Rodríguez-Jiménez, Celine Wing See Yeung, Qian Wang, Ana M. Coito, Rita R. Manuel, Inês A. C. Pereira, Erwin Reisner

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2024

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c11827

 
41. Accelerating kinetics of alkaline hydrogen oxidation reaction on Ru through engineering oxophilicity

Changlai Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Hongda Shi, Jiahe Yang, Pin Meng, Yang Yang, Zhiyu Cheng, Xingyan Chen, Chenyang Bi, Hao Wu, Jitang Chen, Dongdong Wang, Qian Wang, Qianwang Chen

ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, 4491–4497

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c01346

 
40. Simultaneous structural and electronic engineering on Bi- and Rh-co-doped SrTiO3 for promoting photocatalytic water splitting

Zhenhua Pan, Junie Jhon M Vequizo, Hiroaki Yoshida, Jianuo Li, Xiaoshan Zheng, Chiheng Chu, Qian Wang, Mengdie Cai, Song Sun, Kenji Katayama, Akira Yamakata, Kazunari Domen

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024, e202414628

https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202414628

 
39. 2D photocatalysts for hydrogen peroxide synthesis

Liyong Ding, Zhenhua Pan, Qian Wang

Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024, 35, 110125

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110125

 

2023

38. Hybrid photothermal–photocatalyst sheets for solar-driven overall water splitting coupled to water purification

Chanon Pornrungroj, Ariffin Bin Mohamad Annuar, Qian Wang, Motiar Rahaman, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Virgil Andrei, Erwin Reisner

Nature Water 2023, 1, 952–960 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00139-9

 
37. Strategies to improve the photocatalytic performance of covalent triazine frameworks

Yubing Liu, Hao Wu, Qian Wang

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2023, 11, 21470-21497

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3TA04472F

 
36. Photocatalysis in energy application: What’s next?

Qian Wang, Xinchen Wang, Fuxiang Zhang

Next Energy, 2023, 1, 100016

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxener.2023.100016

 
35. Alternatives to water oxidation in the photocatalytic water splitting reaction for solar hydrogen production

Yaqiang Wu, Takuya Sakurai, Takumi Adachi, Qian Wang

Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 6521-6523

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NR00260H

 
34. 2D transition metal dichalcogenides for photocatalysis

Ruijie Yang, Yingying Fan, Yuefeng Zhang, Liang Mei, Rongshu Zhu, Jiaqian Qin, Jinguang Hu, Zhangxing Chen, Yun Hau Ng, Damien Voiry, Shuang Li, Qingye Lu, Qian Wang, Jimmy C Yu, Zhiyuan Zeng

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202218016

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202218016open_in_new

 
33. Framework structure engineering of polymeric carbon nitrides and its recent applications

Bin Tian, Derek Ho, Jiaqian Qin, Jinguang Hu, Zhangxin Chen, Damien Voiry, Qian Wang, Zhiquan Zeng

Progress in Materials Science, 2023, 133, 101056

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2022.101056

 

2022

32. Decoupling light absorption and carrier transport via heterogeneous doping in Ta3N5 thin film photoanode

Yequan Xiao, Zeyu Fan, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Qiaoqiao Li, Liujiang Zhou, Qian Wang, Changli Li, Naoya Shibata, Kazunari Domen, Yanbo Li

Nature Communication 2022, 13, 7769 (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35538-1

 
31. Solar panel technologies for light-to-chemical conversion

Virgil Andrei, Qian Wang, Taylor Uekert, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Erwin Reisner

Accounts of Chemical Research 2022, 55, 3376–3386

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00477

 
30. Band-tail states meditated visible-light-driven overall water splitting in Y2Ti2O5S2 photocatalyst

Ronghua Li, Zhengdi Zha, Yanning Zhang, Minji Yang, Lihua Lin, Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Kazunari Domen, Yanbo Li

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2022, 10, 24247-24257

https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TA06315H

 
29. Advances and challenges in developing cocatalysts for photocatalytic conversion of carbon dioxide to fuels

Qian Wang,  Zhenhua Pan

Nano Research  2022, 15, 10090–10109

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4705-8

 
28. Floating perovskite-BiVO4 devices for scalable solar fuel production

Virgil Andrei, Geani M Ucoski, Chanon Pornrungroj, Chawit Uswachoke, Qian Wang, Demetra S Achilleos, Hatice Kasap, Katarzyna P Sokol, Robert A Jagt, Haijiao Lu, Takashi Lawson, Andreas Wagner, Sebastian D Pike, Dominic S Wright, Robert LZ Hoye, Judith L MacManus-Driscoll, Hannah J Joyce, Richard H Friend, Erwin Reisner

Nature 2022, 608, 518–522

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04978-6

 
 27. Bacteria–photocatalyst sheet for sustainable carbon dioxide utilization

Qian Wang,Shafeer Kalathil, Chanon Pornrungroj, Constantin D Sahm, Erwin Reisner

Nature Catalysis 2022, 5, 633–641

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-022-00817-z

 

2021

26. Strategies to improve light utilization in solar fuel synthesis.

Qian Wang, Chanon Pornrungroj, Stuart Linley, Erwin Reisner

Nature Energy 2022, 7, 13–24 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00919-1

 

~2020

 

25. Linking in-situ charge accumulation to electronic structure in doped SrTiO3 reveals design principles for hydrogen evolving photocatalysts

Benjamin Moss, Qian Wang, Keith T. Butler, Ricardo Grau-Crespo, Shababa Selim, Anna Regoutz,Takashi Hisatomi, Robert Godin, David J. Payne, Andreas Kafizas1, Kazunari Domen, Ludmilla Steier, James R. Durrant

Nature Materials 2021, 20, 511–517

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00868-2

 
24. Molecularly engineered photocatalyst sheet for scalable solar formate production from carbon dioxide and water

Qian Wang, Julien Warnan, Santiago Rodríguez-Jiménez, Jane J Leung, Shafeer Kalathil, Virgil Andrei, Kazunari Domen, Erwin Reisner

Nature Energy 2020, 5, 703–710

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-0678-6

 
23. Particulate photocatalysts for light-driven water splitting: Mechanisms, challenges, and design strategies

Qian Wang, Kazunari Domen

Chemical Reviews 2020, 120, 2, 919–985

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00201

 
22. A three-dimensional hybrid electrode with electroactive microbes for efficient electrogenesis and chemical synthesis

Xin Fang, Shafeer Kalathil, Giorgio Divitini, Qian Wang, Erwin Reisner

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020, 117, 50745080

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1913463117

 
21. Mutually-dependent kinetics and energetics of photocatalyst/Co-catalyst/Two-redox liquid junctions

Zhenhua Pan, Yanagi Rito, Qian Wang, Xin Shen, Qianhong Zhu, Yudong Xue, Jason Rohr, Takashi Hisatomi, Kazunari Domen, Shu Hu

Energy & Environmental Science 2020, 13, 162-173

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EE02910A

 
20. Oxysulphide photocatalyst for visible-light-driven overall water splitting

Qian Wang, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Takashi Hisatomi, Song Sun, Seiji Akiyama, Zheng Wang, Zhenhua Pan, Xiong Xiao, Tomoaki Watanabe, Taro Yamada, Naoya Shibata, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen

Nature Materials 2019, 18, 827–832

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0399-z

 
19. Visible lightdriven photocatalytic Z-scheme overall water splitting in La5Ti2AgS5O7-based powder suspension system

Zhimin Song, Takashi Hisatomi, Shanshan Chen, Qian Wang, Guijun Ma, Shikuo Li, Xiaodi Zhu, SongSun, Kazunari Domen

ChemSusChem 2019, 12, 1906–1910

https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201802306

 
18. Metal selenide photocatalysts for visible-light-driven Z-scheme pure watersplitting

Shanshan Chen, Guijun Ma, Qian Wang, Song Sun, Takashi Hisatomi, Tomohiro Higashi, Zheng Wang, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Zhenhua Pan, Toshio Hayashi, Tsutomu Minegishi, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7, 7415-7422

https://doi.org/10.1039/C9TA00768G

 
17. Revealing the role of Rhvalence state, La doping level and Ru cocatalyst in determining the H2 evolution efficiency in doped SrTiO3 photocatalysts

Dharmapura H. K. Murthy, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Qian Wang, Yohichi Suzuki, Kazuhiko Seki, TakashiHisatomi, Taro Yamada, Akihiko Kudo, Kazunari Domen, Akihiro Furube

Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2019, 3, 208-218

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SE00487K

 
16. Printable photocatalyst sheets incorporating a transparent conductive mediator for Z-scheme water splitting

Qian Wang, Sayuri Okunaka, Hiromasa Tokudome, Takashi Hisatomi, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen

Joule 2018, 2, 2667-2680

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2018.08.003

 
15. Overall water splitting by Ta3N5 nanorod single crystals grown on the edges of KTaO3 particles

Zheng Wang, Yasunobu Inoue, Takashi Hisatomi, Ryo Ishikawa, Qian Wang, Tsuyoshi Takata, ShanshanChen, Naoya Shibata, Yuichi Ikuhara, Kazunari Domen

Nature Catalysis 2018, 1, 756–763

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-018-0134-1

 
14. Efficient redox-mediator-free Z-scheme water splitting employing oxysulfide photocatalysts under visible light

Song Sun, Takashi Hisatomi, Qian Wang, Shanshan Chen, Guijun Ma, Jingyuan Liu, Swarnava Nandy,Tsutomu Minegishi, Masao Katayama, Kazunari Domen

ACS Catalysis 2018, 8, 1690-1696

https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.7b03884

 
13. Particulate photocatalyst sheets based on non-oxidesemiconductor materials for water splitting under visible light irradiation

Takashi Hisatomi, Takahiro Yamamoto, Qian Wang, Takahiro Nakanishi, Tomohiro Higashi, MasaoKatayama, Tsutomu Minegishi, Kazunari Domen

Catalysis Science & Technology 2018, 8, 3918-3925

https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CY00860D

 
12. A particulate photocatalyst water-splitting panel for large-scale solarhydrogen generation

Yosuke Goto, Takashi Hisatomi, Qian Wang, Tomohiro Higashi, Kohki Ishikiriyama, Tatsuya Maeda,Yoshihisa Sakata, Sayuri Okunaka, Hiromasa Tokudome, Masao Katayama, Seiji Akiyama, HiroshiNishiyama, Yasunobu Inoue, Takahiko Takewaki, Tohru Setoyama, Tsutomu Minegishi, Tsuyoshi Takata, Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen

Joule 2018, 2, 509-520

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2017.12.009

 
11.Particulate photocatalyst sheets based on carbon conductor layer for efficient Z-scheme pure-water splitting at ambient pressure

Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Yohichi Suzuki, Zhenhua Pan, Jeongsuk Seo, Masao Katayama, Tsutomu Minegishi, Hiroshi Nishiyama, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazuhiko Seki, Akihiko Kudo, Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen

Journal of the American Chemical Society 2017, 139, 1675–1683

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b12164

 
10. Particulate photocatalyst sheets for Z-scheme water splitting: advantages over powder suspension and photoelectrochemical systems and future challenges

Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Masao Katayama, Tsuyoshi Takata, Tsutomu Minegishi, Akihiko Kudo,Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen

Faraday Discussions 2017, 197, 491-504

https://doi.org/10.1039/C6FD00184J

 
9. Rational interpretation of correlated kinetics of mobile and trapped charge carriers: analysis of ultrafast carrier dynamics in BiVO4

Yohichi Suzuki, Dharmapura H. K. Murthy, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki, Akihiro Furube, Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Kazunari Domen, Kazuhiko Seki

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2017, 121, 19044–19052

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05574

 
8. Scalable water splitting on particulate photocatalyst sheets with a solar-to-hydrogen energy conversion efficiency exceeding 1%

Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Qingxin Jia, Hiromasa Tokudome, Miao Zhong, Chizhong Wang, Zhenhua Pan, Tsuyoshi Takata, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Yanbo Li, Ian D Sharp, Akihiko Kudo, Taro Yamada, Kazunari Domen

Nature Materials 2016, 15, 611–615

https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4589

 
7. Photocatalyst sheets composed of particulate LaMg1/3Ta2/3O2N and Mo-doped BiVO4 for Z-scheme water splitting under visible light

Zhenhua Pan, Takashi Hisatomi, Qian Wang, Shanshan Chen, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Chengsi Pan, Tsuyoshi Takata, Masao Katayama, Tsutomu Minegishi, Akihiko Kudo, Kazunari Domen

ACS Catalysis 2016, 6, 7188–7196

https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.6b01561

 
6. Photoreduced graphene oxide as a conductive binder to improve the water splitting activity ofphotocatalyst sheets

Zhenhua Pan, Takashi Hisatomi,  Qian Wang, Shanshan Chen, Akihide Iwase, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Tsuyoshi Takata, Masao Katayama, Tsutomu Minegishi, Akihiko Kudo, Kazunari Domen

Advanced Functional Materials 2016, 26, 7011–7019

 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201602657

 
5. Application of LaMg1/3Ta2/3O2N as a hydrogen evolution photocatalyst of a photocatalyst sheet for Z-scheme water splitting

Zhenhua Pan, Takashi Hisatomia,  Qian Wang, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Chengsi Pan, Tsuyoshi Takata, Kazunari Domen

Applied Catalysis A: General 2016, 521, 26-33

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2015.10.034

 
4. Synthesis of nanostructured BaTaO2N thin films as photoanodes forsolar water splitting

Chizhong Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Tsutomu Minegishi, Qian Wang, Miao Zhong, Masao Katayama, Jun Kubota, Kazunari Domen

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2016, 120, 15758–15764

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11564

 
3. Z-scheme water splitting using particulate semiconductors immobilized onto metal layers for efficient electron relay

Qian Wang, Yanbo Li, Takashi Hisatomi, Mamiko Nakabayashi, Naoya Shibata, Jun Kubota, Yuichi Ikuhara, Kazunari Domen

Journal of Catalysis 2015, 328, 308-315

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2014.12.006

 
2. Core/shell structured La- and Rh-codoped SrTiO3 as a hydrogen evolution photocatalyst in Z-scheme overall water splitting under visible light irradiation

Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Su Su Khine Ma, Yanbo Li, Kazunari Domen

Chemistry of Materials 2014, 26, 4144–4150

https://doi.org/10.1021/cm5011983

 
1. Physicochemical properties and photocatalytic H2 evolution activity of Rh-doped La2Ti2O7 prepared by molten salt synthesis

Qian Wang, Takashi Hisatomi, Kazuhiko Maeda, Yosuke Moriya, Kazunari Domen

Catalysis Science & Technology 2013, 3, 2098-2103

https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CY00179B

 

Book Chapters

1.  Photocatalytic water splitting using Z-scheme heterostructures in Heterostructured Photocatalysts for Solar Energy Conversion (ed. Srabanti Ghosh), Elsevier

Zheng Wang, Qian Wang

ISBN: 9780128200728 (2020)

 
2. Recent Developments in Functional Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis

Srabanti Ghosh, Qian Wang

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839167768Hardback

PDF ISBN: 978-1-83916-776-8

Hardback ISBN: 978-1-83916-442-2

No. of Pages:368

Publication date:08 Mar 2023

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Chapter 2: SrTio3-based Perovskite [hotocatalysts for Efficient Solar-driven Pverall Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction

Qian Wang; Zhenhua Pan

Royal Society of Chemistry, Mar 2023