2026

93. Toward Intrinsic Activity: An Experimental Descriptor for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction,

Lixia Yang, Jianan Xu*, Furong Cai, Han Gao, Pengfei Wang, Lin Zhang, Xiangyi Shan, Zhiquan Zhang, Bin Cai*, Min Zhou*,

ACS Catalysis, 2026, 16(11): 9746-9752.

92. Modulation of Spin States in the Second Coordination Shell of Single-Atom Electrocatalysts for Efficient Water Oxidation,

Cunyuan Gao, Shiyu Zhen, Yutong Wang, Lingwei Wang, Xuguang Zhang, Yin Xiao*, Liang Zhang*, Bin Cai*,

Advanced Energy Materials, 2026, e71653.

91. Hierarchical Site-to-Composition Machine Learning for High-Entropy Electrocatalysts Design,

Shiyu Zhen, Lingwei Wang, Jinhao Wang, Haohong Duan, Bin Cai*, Liang Zhang*,

Advanced Functional Materials, 2026, 36(67), e77313.

90. Pulsed-Laser Ablation for the Synthesis of High-Entropy Alloy Aerogels toward H₂O₂ Production and Water Decolorization,

Cui Wang, Varatharaja Nallathambi, Lingwei Wang, Johannes Kresse, Natalia F. Shkodich, Michael Farle, René Hübner, Alexander Eychmüller,* Sven Reichenberger, Stephan Barcikowski* and Bin Cai*，

Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2026, e2026722.

89. High-Entropy-Alloy Aerogels with High-Density Solid-Solid Heterointerfaces for Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution,

Lingwei Wang, Shiyu Zhen, Varatharaja Nallathambi, Cui Wang, Xiaoyue Shi, Ning Lu, René Hübner, Alexander Eychmüller, Sven Reichenberger, Baptiste Gault,* Liang Zhang,* and Bin Cai*，

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2026,  148(22), 22663-22672.

88. Accelerated discovery of highly stable ruthenium-based high-entropy oxides for acidic oxygen evolution,

Yuanhua Tu, Xiangyi Shan, Lunbo Chen, Jiaxi Zhanghttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6177-8690, Lixia Yang, Furong Cai, Chengzhi Zhong, Pengfei Wang, Han Gaohttps://orcid.org/0009-0008-4794-7425, Jianan Xuhttps://orcid.org/0009-0000-5649-9275, Zhaoyu Jinhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0840-3931, Bin Cai*https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3263-0395, Zhiming Cui*https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0305-4181, Min Zhou*,https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-5370

Science Advances, 2026, 12(18): eaed8479.

87. Interparticle Charge Transport in CuInS₂ Quantum Dot Aerogels Enables Label-Free Electrochemiluminescence Immunosensing,

Xuguang Zhang, Xuwen Gao, Jingyi Li, Xiangyu Kong, Guizheng Zou*, Wenjing Zhou*, Bin Cai*,

Analytical Chemistry, 2026, 98(17), 13003-13011.

86. Tuning the Iron–Oxygen Bond Length in α-Fe₂O₃ for Efficient Electrochemical Sensing,

Cunyuan Gao, Yutong Wang, Na Zhang, Weiyi Wang, Qasim Imtiaz, Zhaoyong Guan*, Bin Cai*,

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2026, 17(17), 5037-5044.

85. .Electrochemical Sensing of 8-Hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine with a Portable Cu Metal Hydroxide Organic Framework Saliva Kit: Toward At-Home Oral Cancer Monitoring,

Yuchen Zhang, Zheng Wang, Xiaoyue Shi, Cunyuan Gao, Anwei Chen, Jinhua Zhan*, Bin Cai*,

ACS Sensors, 2026, 11(5), 3601-3607.

84. Ultrasensitive Electrochemiluminescence Nanoprobe for Early Screening and Early Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer,

Xinhui Tang, Xiaoting Peng, Weina Zhang, Zihe Li, Min He, Ping Zhang, Wenjing Zhou, Qihui Zhou, Huixin Zhang*, Bin Cai*,

Analytical Chemistry 2026, 98(11):8550-8561.

2025

83. Isovalent doping of tin in sodium trititanate for enhanced sodium-ion battery performance, 

Xin Jin, Fujie Li, Xuguang Zhang, Guangrong Zeng, Xuehua Liu, Bin Cai*, Chao Wang*, Xiu Song Zhao*, 

Journal of Energy Chemistry 2025, 103: 324-332.

82. High-Performance Graphdiyne Oxide/Au Nanoparticle Electrode for Electrochemical Non-enzymatic Glucose Sensor, 

Yu Zhou, Fuchun Nan,  Zhaolei Li, Tengyu Yin, Bin Cai*, Dan Huang*, Lingyun Wang*, William W. Yu*. 

ACS Nano 2025, 19(27):25262-25272.

81. Tuning of the D-Orbital Electronic Configuration in Cobalt Octahedra for Efficient Electrochemical Sensing, 

Cunyuan Gao, Hui Li, Shiyu Zhen, Yutong Wang, Lingwei Wang, Jinhua Zhan, Liang Zhang*, Bin Cai*,

Advanced Functional Materials 2025, e21801.

80. Spin Effects in Regulating the Adsorption Characteristics of Metal Ions, 

Cunyuan Gao, Shiyu Zhen, Yutong Wang, Lingwei Wang, Yang Cao, Jinhua Zhan, Liang Zhang*, Bin Cai*, 

Chemical Science 2025, 16(5):2429-2436.

79. Exploring the Diffusion of DNA Strands into Nanoporous Structures for Establishing a Universal Electrochemical Biosensor, 

CongLin Zhao, Runlei Gao, Yinzheng Niu, Bin Cai*, Ye Zhu*, 

Chemical Science 2025, 16, 2420-2428.

78. Multivalent Redox Reversible Conversion-Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence Strategy for Progesterone Detection, 

Xiaoshuai Xia, Xue Dong, Yu Du, Tingting Wu, Xuejing Liu, Dehao Jia, Faying Li*, Qin Wei*, Bin Cai*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 3720-3728.

77. Advanced Dual-Mode Microfluidic Sensing Platform Based on Amphiphilic Polymer-Capped Perovskite Nanozymes Induced Photoelectrochemical Signal Amplification and Fluorescence Emission,

Junqiang Fu, Dongquan Leng, Jingui Chen, Xiang Ren, Yamei Li, Tingting Wu*, Qin Wei*, Bin Cai*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 1386-1394.

76. Endogenous Free-Electron-Involved Coreactant-Free Electrochemiluminescence from Nanoclusters and Its Immunoassay Application, 

Yaojia Ai, Xuwen Gao, Xiaowen Xu*, Xiaoxuan Ren, Bin Cai*, Guizheng Zou*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 4565-4573.

75. Ascorbic Acid Encapsulated in Apoferritin as Improved Protoporphyrin-Sensitized TiO₂ Nanoarrays of a Photoelectrochemical Nanobody-Based Microfluidic Biosensor for Immunoassay,

Zhen Yu, Zhi Wang, Yue Jia, Yan Zhang, Dongquan Leng, Xuejing Liu, Faying Li*, Qin Wei*, Bin Cai*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 6067-6074.

74. Mesostructured Silica Xerogel-Encapsulated Gold Nanoclusters as an Electrochemiluminescence Emitter Combined with a DNA Walker Amplification Strategy for Detection of Ochratoxin A, 

Dehao Jia, Xiaoyue Zhang, Yue Jia, Xuejing Liu, Yu Du*, Tingting Wu, Qin Wei*, Bin Cai*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 6464-6472.

73. Real-Time Probing of Electrochemical Intermediates: Mechanistic Insights via Ambient Mass Spectrometry, 

Lulu Chen, Xiang Zhao, Bingjie Kong, Chaoyue Gu*, Bin Cai*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 19389-19408.

72. Controllable Methylene Blue Release/Enrichment System for Ultrasensitive Electrochemical Detection of α-Fetoprotein, 

Cong-Lin Zhao, Hongkai Wang, Xiaoyan Wang, Ye Zhu*, Bin Cai*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2025, 97, 24449-24457.

71. Rapid Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Ir–Ni Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Efficient Water Oxidation, 

Cunyuan Gao, Yutong Wang, Shiyu Zhen, Jinhua Zhan, Liang Zhang, Bin Cai*, 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2025, 129, 12796-12803.

70. One-Step Electrospinning Synthesis of Lead-Free Perovskite Nanofiber-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Wearable Intelligent Fall Alarm, 

Huanxin Su, Jianshu Zheng, Lei Tang, Feiyang Liu, Min Lu, Feng Wang, Lingyun Wang*, Haiwu Zheng*, Bin Cai*, William W. Yu*, 

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2025, 696, 137836.

69. Self-Assembled CdS/C₃N₅ Heterostructure for Photocatalytic CO₂ Reduction, 

Xia Zhou, Cunyuan Gao, Shiben Liu, Guangchao Zou, Juan Wang, Xuguang Zhang, Lingwei Wang, Yifeng Wang, Jinheung Kim, Bin Cai*, 

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 2025, 116, 682-693.

68. Electrochemiluminescence of Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Mechanisms and Sensor Application, 

Guangchao Zou, Xuguang Zhang, Hui Li, Cui Wang, Bin Cai*, 

Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2025, 13, 15796-15806.

67. Enriching Oxidation Sites-Based Facets in Lead Chromate to Boost Photoelectrochemical Sensing Response, 

Shiben Liu, Jinhua Zhan*, Bin Cai*, 

Small 2025, 21, 2408680.

66. Spin Effects in Optimizing Electrochemical Applications, 

Cunyuan Gao, Bin Cai*, 

ACS Materials Au 2025, 5, 253-267.

2024

65. A bioinspired iron-peroxy species of feroxyhyte for micropollutants oxidation with ultrahigh peroxymonosulfate utilization efficiency, 

Lingshuai Kong, Guanchen Liu, Yang Liu, Bin Cai*, Sihui Zhan*, Jinhua Zhan*, 

Chemical Engineering Journal 2024, 480: 148084.

64. Structural Regulation of Au-Pt Bimetallic Aerogels for Catalyzing the Glucose Cascade Reaction, 

Cui Wang, Lingwei Wang, Varatharaja Nallathambi, Yuanwu Liu, Johannes Kresse, René Hübner, Sven Reichenberger, Baptiste Gault, Jinhua Zhan*, Alexander Eychmüller*, Bin Cai*, 

Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 2405200.

63. Dendritic Pt Aerogel for Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Methanol Oxidation Reaction, 

Shuai Lin, Lingwei Wang, Xia Liu, Chen Cai, Bin Cai*, 

ChemistrySelect 2024, 9(31): e202401236.

62. Doping of potassium by partial substitution of sodium in sodium trititanate for improved sodium-ion storage properties, 

Fujie Li, Liu Gao, Yunhe Lv, Bin Cai*, Chao Wang*, Xiu Song Zhao*, 

Journal of Power Sources 2024, 623: 235393.

61. Orbital-Morphology-Based Oxygen Reduction in a Correlated Oxide, 

Zhihua Zhang, Yangyu Zhu, Xiaoyue Shi, Baotong Qi, Yu Ding, Yan Du, Wanfeng Shi, Jian Zhang, Jian Liu, Yuanhua Sang, Zeyan Wang, Lei Zhang, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, Bin Cai*, Mingwen Zhao*, Yangyang Li*, 

Advanced Functional Materials 2024, 34, 2316448.

60. Spin Effect to Regulate the Electronic Structure of Ir-Fe Aerogels for Efficient Acidic Water Oxidation, 

Cunyuan Gao, Juan Wang, René Hübner, Jinhua Zhan, Mingwen Zhao, Yangyang Li*, Bin Cai*, 

Small 2024, 20, 2400875.

59. Cu@MOF Core-Shell Aerogel: High Enzyme-Like Activity for Ultratrace Colorimetric Detection of Hg²⁺ Ions, 

Juan Li, Xiaoyue Shi, Wenjing Gao, Youcong Li, Zhenhuai Ma, Shuai Yuan, Jinhua Zhan*, Bin Cai*, 

Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 2024, 417, 136200.

58. Strain Effects in Ru–Au Bimetallic Aerogels Boost Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution, 

Wei Wei, Fei Guo, Cui Wang, Lingwei Wang, Zhizhi Sheng, Xiaodong Wu, Bin Cai*, 

Alexander Eychmüller*, Small 2024, 20, 2310603.

57. Boosting Photocatalytic CO₂ Methanation through Interface Fusion over CdS Quantum Dot Aerogels, 

Shishun Xu, Guocan Jiang*, Hangkai Zhang, Cunyuan Gao, Zhihao Chen, Zhihong Liu, Jin Wang*, Jun Du*, Bin Cai*, Zhengquan Li*, 

Small 2024, 20, 2400769.

56. Aggregation-Induced Electrochemiluminescence of Silica-Confined Tetraphenylethylene with Pd Nanocube-Loaded Co₃O₄ Nanosheets as a Coreaction Accelerator for Sensitive Bioanalysis, 

Yu Du, Rui Feng, Tingting Wu, Hongying Jia*, Bin Cai*, Huangxian Ju*, Qin Wei*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2024, 96, 20594-20601.

55. Directionally Exfoliated Ni/Co Hydroxide-Organic Framework Nanosheets for Enhanced Wearable Glucose Sensing, 

Xiangyu Kong#, Xiaoyue Shi#, Fanhong Min, Zhenhuai Ma, Jinhua Zhan*, Bin Cai*, 

Langmuir 2024, 40, 15449-15455.

54. Recent Advances in Photoelectrochemical Platforms Based on Porous Materials for Environmental Pollutant Detection, 

Shiben Liu, Jinhua Zhan*, Bin Cai*, 

RSC Advances 2024, 14, 7940-7963.

2023

53. Nitrogen-Doped Nickel Selenium Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 

Chen Cai, Cunyuan Gao, Shuai Lin, Bin Cai*,

Catalysts 2023, 13(10): 1317.

52. Complete Glucose Electrooxidation Enabled by Coordinatively Unsaturated Copper Sites in Metal-Organic Frameworks, 

Xiaoyue Shi, Yiqi Ling, Youcong Li, Guanhua Li, Juan Li, Lingwei Wang, Fanhong Min, René Hübner, Shuai Yuan*, Jinhua Zhan*, Bin Cai*, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202316257.

51. Interparticle Charge-Transport-Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence of Quantum-Dot Aerogels, 

Xuwen Gao#, Guocan Jiang#, Cunyuan Gao, Anatol Prudnikau, René Hübner, Jinhua Zhan, Guizheng Zou*, Alexander Eychmüller*, and Bin Cai*, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202214487.

50. Optimizing the Pd Sites in Pure Metallic Aerogels for Efficient Electrocatalytic H2O2 Production, 

Xin Zhang#, Cui Wang#, Kai Chen#, Adam H. Clark, René Hübner, Jinhua Zhan, Liang Zhang, Alexander Eychmüller* and Bin Cai*, 

Advanced Materials 2023, 35, 2211512.

49. Bimetallic Pt-Hg Aerogels for Electrocatalytic Upgrading of Ethanol to Acetate, 

Xin Zhang, Tao Wang, Cui Wang, René Hübner, Alexander Eychmüller, Jinhua Zhan* and Bin Cai*, 

Small 2023, 19, 202207557.

48. Rh Single-Atom Nanozymes for Efficient Ascorbic Acid Oxidation and Detection, 

Xiaoyue Shi, Juan Li, Yu Xiong*, Ziyu Liu*, Jinhua Zhan, and Bin Cai*, 

Nanoscale 2023,15, 6629-6635.

47. Insights into the Biomimetic Synthesis of 2D ZnO Nanomaterials through Peptoid Engineering, 

Wenchao Yang, Bin Cai*, Kacper J. Lachowski, Qiuxiang Yin, James J. De Yoreo, Lilo D. Pozzo, and Chun-Long Chen*, 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2023, 14: 9732-9739.

46. A Decade of Electrocatalysis with Metal Aerogels: A Perspective, 

Weishan Li, Beibei Weng, Xiaoyue Sun, Bin Cai*, René Hübner, Yunjun Luo, and Ran Du*, 

Catalysts 2023, 13(1), 167.

45. A Bioinspired Atomic-Thin Nanodot Supported Single-Atom Nanozyme for Antibacterial Textile Coating, 

Xiaohui Dai, Huan Liu, Bin Cai, Yang Liu, Kepeng Song, Jing Chen, ShouQing Ni, Lingshuai Kong, and Jinhua Zhan*, 

Small 2023, 2303901.

44. Ball milling treatment of Mn₃O₄ regulates electron transfer pathway for peroxymonosulfate activation, 

Huan Liu, Xiaohui Dai, Lingshuai Kong, Chengji Sui, Zixuan Nie, Yang Liu, Bin Cai, Shou-Qing Ni, Grzegorz Boczkaj, and Jinhua Zhan*, 

Chemical Engineering Journal 2023, 467, 143339.

43. Mechanochemically synthesized Mn₃O₄@β-cyclodextrin mediates efficient electron transfer process for peroxymonosulfate activation, 

Huan Liu, Xiaohui Dai, Lingshuai Kong, Meng Xie, Chengji Sui, Qianyi Zhang, Grzegorz Boczkaj, Przemysław Kowal, Bin Cai, and Jinhua Zhan*, 

Separation and Purification Technology 2023, 326, 124873.

42. Bio-inspired interfacial micro-electric field of FeOCl nanosheets for rapid adsorption of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), 

Zixuan Nie, Chengji Sui, Xiaobin Xie, Huan Liu, Yanzhan Chen, Shou-Qing Ni, Bin Cai, Lingshuai Kong, and Jinhua Zhan*, 

Separation and Purification Technology 2023, 327, 24980.

41. Designing sequence-defined peptoids for fibrillar self-assembly and silicification, 

Wenchao Yang, Yicheng Zhou, Biao Jin, Xin Qi, Bin Cai, Qiuxiang Yin, Jim Pfaendtner, James J De Yoreo, and Chun-Long Chen*, 

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2023, 634, 450-459.

2022

40. Tunable metal hydroxide-organic frameworks for catalysing oxygen evolution, 

Shuai Yuan#, Jiayu Peng#, Bin Cai#, Zhehao Huang, Angel Garcia-Esparza, Dimosthenis Sokaras, Yirui Zhang, Livia Giordano, Karthik Akkiraju, Yunguang Zhu, René Hübner, Xiaodong Zou, Yuriy Román*, and Yang Shao-Horn*, 

Nature Materials 2022, 21, 673-680.

-Highlighted by MIT NEWS, SCITechDaily, Tech Explorist, Verve Times, Kenmin Souko, and Sonnenseite.

39. Interparticle Charge‐Transport‐Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence of Quantum‐Dot Aerogels, 

Xuwen Gao, Guocan Jiang, Cunyuan Gao, Anatol Prudnikau, René Hübner, Jinhua Zhan, Guizheng Zou,* Alexander Eychmüller,* and Bin Cai*, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2023, 62, e202214487.

38. Tuning Iron-Oxygen Covalency in Perovskite Oxides for Efficient Electrochemical Sensing, 

Cunyuan Gao, Yiming Lu, Yutong Wang, Chao Wang, René Hübner, Yangyang Li, Jinhua Zhan, Mingwen Zhao, and Bin Cai*, 

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2022, 126, 17618-17626.

37. Facile Synthesis of FeCoNiCuIr High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysis, 

Chen Cai, Zongwei Xin, Xuefan Zhang, Jian Cui, Hui Lv, Wanjie Ren, Cunyuan Gao, and Bin Cai*, 

Catalysts 2022, 12, 1050.

36. Engineering of aerogel-based electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction, 

Cunyuan Gao, Xin Zhang, Jinhua Zhan, and Bin Cai*, 

Electrochemical Science Advances 2022, 2, e2100113. (Invited Review)

35. Molecular Driving Force for Facet Selectivity of Sequence-Defined Amphiphilic Peptoids at Au–Water Interfaces, 

Xin Qi, Biao Jin, Bin Cai, Feng Yan, James De Yoreo, Chun-Long Chen, and Jim Pfaendtner*, 

Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2022, 126, 27, 5117-5126.

34. Peptoid-Directed Formation of Five-Fold Twinned Au Nanostars through Particle Attachment and Facet Stabilization, 

Biao Jin#, Feng Yan#, Xin Qi, Bin Cai, Jinhui Tao, Xiaofeng Fu, Susheng Tan, Peijun Zhang, Jim Pfaendtner, Nada Y. Naser, François Baneyx, Xin Zhang, James J DeYoreo*, and Chun-Long Chen*, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2022, 61, e202201980.

33. Self-Supported Three-Dimensional Quantum Dot Aerogels as a Promising Photocatalyst for CO₂ Reduction, 

Guocan Jiang, Jin Wang*, Nuoya Li, René Hübner, Maximilian Georgi, Bin Cai, Zhengquan Li, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik*, and Alexander Eychmüller, 

Chemistry of Materials 2022, 34, 6, 2685-2687.

2021

32. Hierarchical Nanomaterials Assembled from Peptoids and Other Sequence-Defined Synthetic Polymers, 

Zhiliang Li#, Bin Cai#, Wenchao Yang#, and Chun-Long Chen*, 

Chemical Reviews 2021, 121, 22, 14031-14087. (Cover article)

31. Enhancing oxygen reduction electrocatalysis by tuning interfacial hydrogen bonds, 

Tao Wang#, Yirui Zhang#, Botao Huang, Bin Cai, Reshma Rao, Livia Giordano, ShiGang Sun, and Yang Shao-Horn*, 

Nature Catalysis 2021, 4, 753-762.

-Highlighted by Nature Reviews Chemistry, MIT News, SciTechDaily.

30. Nanoparticle-Mediated Assembly of Peptoid Nanosheets Functionalized with Solid-Binding Proteins: Designing Heterostructures for Hierarchy, 

Jinrong Ma, Bin Cai, Shuai Zhang, Tengyue Jian, James J. De Yoreo, Chun-Long Chen, and François Baneyx*, 

Nano Letters 2021, 21, 4, 1636-1642.

29. Peptoid-directed assembly of CdSe nanoparticles, 

Madison Monahan, Bin Cai, Tengyue Jian, Shuai Zhang, Guomin Zhu, Chun-Long Chen, James J. De Yoreo, and Brandi M. Cossairt*, 

Nanoscale 2021, 13, 1273-1282.

2020

28. Programming Amphiphilic Peptoid Oligomers for Hierarchical Assembly and Inorganic Crystallization, 

Bin Cai, Zhiliang Li, and Chunlong Chen*, 

Accounts of Chemical Research 2020, 54, 81-91. (Cover article)

27. Peptoid-based hierarchically-structured biomimetic nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization and applications, 

Jianli Liu, Bin Cai, Lifeng Cui*, and Chunlong Chen*, 

Science China Materials 2020, 63, 1099-1112.

26. Selective Selenization of Mixed-Linker Ni-MOFs: NiSe₂@NC Core-Shell Nano-Octahedrons with Tunable Interfacial Electronic Structure for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, 

Zhaodi Huang^#, Shuai Yuan^#, Tiantian Zhang, Bin Cai, Ben Xu, Xiaoqing Lu, Lili Fan, Fangna Dai, Daofeng Sun*, and Hongcai Zhou*, 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2020, 272, 118976.

25. Improved separation scheme of Sr through fluoride coprecipitation combined with cation-exchange resin from geological samples with high Rb/Sr ratios for high-precision determination of  Sr isotope ratios,

Wen-Gang Liu, Shuang Wei, Jian Zhang, Cong Ao, Fu-Tian Liu, Bin Cai, Hong-Ying Zhou, Ji-Long Yang, and Chao-Feng Li*, 

Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 2020, 35, 953-960.

2019

24. Solid-state gelation for nanostructured perovskite oxide aerogels, 

Bin Cai, Karthik Akkiraju, William P. Mounfield III, Zhenshu Wang, Xing Li, Botao Huang, Shuai Yuan, Dong Su, Yuriy Román-Leshkov* and Yang Shao-Horn, 

Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 9422-9429.

23. Promoting electrocatalysis upon Aerogels, 

Bin Cai*, and Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Advanced Materials 2019, 31, 1804881.

22. 2020 roadmap on pore materials for energy and environmental applications, 

Zengxi Wei, Bing Ding, Hui Dou*, Jorge Gascon*, Xiang-Jian Kong*, Yujie Xiong*, Bin Cai*, Ruiyang Zhang, Ying Zhou*, Mingce Long*, Jie Miao, Yuhai Dou*, Ding Yuan and Jianmin Ma*, 

Chinese Chemical Letters 2019, 30, 2110-2122.

21. Ligand-Exchange Mediated Fabrication of High-Surface-Area Gold Aerogels with Enzyme-Like Behavior, 

Xuelin Fan, Bin Cai, Ran Du, René Hübner, Maximilian Georgi, Guocan Jiang, Lianwei Li, Mahdi Samadi Khoshkhoo, Hanjun Sun*, Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Chemistry of Materials 2019, 31, 10094-10099.

20. Synthesis of unsupported two-dimensional molybdenum carbide nanosheets for hydrogen evolution, 

William P. Mounfield III, Botao Huang, Bin Cai, Yang Shao-Horn, Yuriy Román-Leshkov*, 

Materials Letters 2019, 261, 126987.

2018

19. Core-shell Structuring of Pure Metallic Aerogels towards Highly Efficient Pt Utilization for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction, 

Bin Cai, René Hübner, Kotaro Sasaki, Yuanzhe Zhang, Dong Su, Christoph Ziegler, Miomir B. Vukmirovic, Bernd Rellinghaus, Radoslav R. Adzic*, Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2018, 57, 2963-2966.

-Designated as “Hot Paper”; Highlighted at Journal of Electrochemistry 2018, 24, 197-198.

18. Emerging Hierarchical Aerogels: Self-assembly of Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystals, 

Bin Cai*, Vladimir Sayevich, Nikolai Gaponik, and Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Advanced Materials 2018, 30, 1707518.

2017

17. Multimetallic Hierarchical Aerogels: Shape-engineering of the Building Blocks for efficient electrocatalysis, 

Bin Cai, Arezoo Dianat, René Hübner, Wei Liu, Dan Wen, Albrecht Benad, Luisa Sonntag, Thomas Gemming, Gianaurelio Cuniberti, and Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1605254.

16. Nanostructuring noble metals as unsupported electrocatalysts for fuel cells, 

Bin Cai^#, Sebastian Henning^#, Juan Herranz, Thomas J. Schmidt* and Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Advanced Energy Materials 2017, 7, 1700548.

15. Quantum-Dot-in-Polymer Composites via Advanced Surface Engineering, 

Rostyslav Lesyuk, Bin Cai, Uta Reuter, Nikolai Gaponik, Dmytro Popovych, Vladimir Lesnyak*, 

Small Methods 2017, 1, 1700189.

14. Precise Engineering of Nanocrystal Shells via Colloidal Atomic Layer Deposition, 

Emanuele A. Slejko, Vladimir Sayevich, Bin Cai, Nikolai Gaponik, Vanni Lughi, Vladimir Lesnyak*, and Alexander Eychmüller, 

Chemistry of Materials 2017, 29, 8111-8118.

13. Microtubular Fuel Cell with Ultra-high Power Output per Footprint, 

Shiding Miao*, Shulian He, Mengnan Liang, Gungun Lin, Bin Cai, and Oliver G. Schmidt, 

Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1607046.

2016

12. Electrocatalysis at Noble-Metal-Derived Pure Metallic Aerogels, 

Bin Cai, Wei Liu, Dan Wen, Alexander Eychmüller, 

Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstracts 2016 (35): 1745-1745.

11. 3D Assembly of All-Inorganic Colloidal Nanocrystals into Gels and Aerogels, 

Vladimir Sayevich, Bin Cai, Albrecht Benad, Danny Haubold, Luisa Sonntag, Nikolai Gaponik, Vladimir Lesnyak*, and  Alexander Eychmüller, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2016, 55, 6334-6338.

10. Hybrid N-Butylamine-Based Ligands for Switching the Colloidal Solubility and Regimentation of  Inorganic-Capped Nanocrystals, 

Vladimir Sayevich, Chris Guhrenz, Volodymyr Dzhagan, Maria Sin, Matthias Werheid, Bin Cai, Lars Borchardt, Johannes Widmer, Dietrich R.T.Zahn, Eike Brunner, Vladimir Lesnyak, Nikolai Gaponik*, Alexander Eychmüller, 

ACS Nano 2016, 11, 1559-1571.

2015

9. Function-led Design of Aerogels: Self-Assembly of Alloyed PdNi  Hollow Nanospheres for Efficient Electrocatalysis, 

Bin Cai, Dan Wen, Wei Liu, Anne-Kristin Herrmann, Albrecht Benad and Alexander Eychmüller*, 

Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2015, 54, 13101-13105.

8. Hierarchically Z-scheme photocatalyst of Ag@AgCl decorated on BiVO4 (040) with enhancing photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic performance, 

Hongyan Li, Yingjuan Sun, Bin Cai, Shiyu Gan, Dongxue Han*, Li Niu, and Tongshun Wu, 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2015, 170, 206-214.

7. Efficiently photocatalytic reduction ofcarcinogenic contaminant Cr(VI) upon AgCl:Ag hollow nanocrystals,

Hongyan Li, Tongshun Wu, Bin Cai, Weiguang Ma, Yingjuan Sun, Shiyu Gan, Dongxue Han*, Li Niu, 

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2015, 164, 344–351.

2014

6. A distinctive red Ag/AgCl photocatalyst with efficient photocatalytic oxidative and reductive activity, 

Bin Cai, Jing Wang, Shiyu Gan, Dongxue Han, Zhi jian Wu, Li Niu*, 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 5280–5286.

5. Ce-/S-Codoped TiO₂/Sulfonated Graphene for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes, 

Yingying Fan, Dongxue Han, Bin Cai, Weiguang Ma, Mohsin Javed, Shiyu Gan, Tongshun Wu, M. Siddiq, Xiandui Dong*, Li Niu*, 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 13565–13570.

4. High performance Pd nanocrystals supported on SnO₂-decorated graphene for aromatic nitro compound reduction, 

Hongyan Li, Shiyu Gan, Dongxue Han*, Weiguang Ma, Bin Cai, Wei Zhang, Qixian Zhang, Li Niu, 

Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2014, 2, 3461–3467.

2013

3. Ternary Alloyed AgCl_xBr_1-x Nanocrystals: Facile Modulation of Electronic Structure toward Advanced Photocatalytic Performance, 

Bin Cai, Jing Wang, Dongxue Han, Shiyu Gan, Qixian Zhang, Zhijian Wu, Li Niu*, 

Nanoscale 2013, 5, 10989–10995.

2. Advanced Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalyst upon the Incorporation of Sulfonated Graphene, 

Bin Cai, Xiangyu Lv, Shiyu Gan, Min Zhou, Weiguang Ma, Tongshun Wu, Fenghua Li, Dongxue Han*, Li Niu, 

Nanoscale 2013, 5, 1910–1916.

2012

1. Effective Solid Contact for Ion-Selective Electrodes: Tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)borate (TB^–) Anions Doped Nanocluster Films, 

Min Zhou, Shiyu Gan, Bin Cai, Fenghua Li, Weiguang Ma, Dongxue Han, Li Niu*, 

Analytical Chemistry 2012, 84, 3480–3483.