Thesis

Construction of dual-cofactor artificial metalloenzymes for synergistic and enantiodivergent catalysis of Michael addition reactions

W. Wang; X. Ji; P. Gorrea-Acín; K. Lau; F. Pojer et al. 

Using the Latent Diffusion Model to Enhance Time-resolved Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging (tr-lsci) of Cerebral Blood Flow

F. Fathi; R. T. Sadia; M. Mohtasebi; P. Mos; C. Bruschini et al. 

Switching Enantioselectivity in Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase for the Synthesis of Electron‐Deficient Aromatic d‐Amino Acids

I. Buslov; S. Desmons; W. Wang; L. E. Massaad; X. Hu 

Cation Dehydration by Surface-Grafted Phenyl Groups for Enhanced C₂₊ Production in Cu-Catalyzed Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction

M. Chang; S. Yoo; W. Ma; H. Girault; Y. J. Hwang et al. 

Nickel-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydroalkylation of Cyclic Phosphinates: Generation of Enantioenriched Phosphorus and Carbon Stereocenters

L. Lavrencic; U. Dhawa; X. Hu 

Polycondensation as a Universal Method for Preparing High-density Single-atom Catalyst Libraries

J-C. Schmidt; J. Romano-deGea; D. C. Stoian; M. Mensi; M. Chang et al. 

Remote Iron dynamics of NiFe (oxy)hydroxides toward robust active sites in water oxidation

Z. Jian-xiong; Y. Zhang; Y. Ye; Q. Xu; S. Luo et al. 

CO Adsorption Dynamics during CO₂ Electrolysis in Aprotic Organic Electrolytes

F. Longhin; M. Rodrigues Pinto; Q. Xu; B. Seger 

Enantioconvergent Cobalt‐Catalyzed Hydroalkylation for the Construction of Fluoro‐, Chloro‐, and Trifluoromethyl Stereogenic Centers

U. Dhawa; X. Hu 

Encapsulated Co–Ni alloy boosts high-temperature CO2 electroreduction

W. Ma; J. Morales‐Vidal; J. Tian; M. Liu; S. Jin et al. 

Electrolyte Effects in Membrane-Electrode-Assembly CO Electrolysis

Q. Xu; B. o. Joensen; N. C. Kani; A. Sartori; T. Willson et al. 

Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis at 10 A ⋅ cm⁻² Over 800 Hours

Y. Zheng; W. Ma; A. Serban; A. Allushi; X. Hu 

Advancing the Synthesis for Perdeuterated Small Organic Chemicals via Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction

B. O. Joensen; Q. Xu; K. Enemark-Rasmussen; V. Frankland; A. P. Periasamy et al. 

Artificial Metalloenzymes with Multiple Catalytic Sites for Tandem or Synergistic Transformations

Operando Nanoscale Characterization Reveals Fe Doping of Ni Oxide Enhances Oxygen Evolution Reaction via Fragmentation and Formation of Dual Active Sites

Y. Liang; S. O. Parreiras; S. Lee; K. Banjac; V. Boureau et al. 

Metal-Hydride Catalysis for the Functionalization of Lignin-Derived Monomers and Asymmetric Hydroalkylation of Alkenes

Encapsulated alloy catalysts and their methods of preparation

W. Ma; X. Hu 

Artificial Metalloenzymes with Two Catalytic Cofactors for Tandem Abiotic Transformations

W. Wang; R. Tachibana; K. Zhang; K. Lau; F. Pojer et al. 

Well-Defined Co2 Dual-Atom Catalyst Breaks Scaling Relations of Oxygen Reduction Reaction

Q. Sun; X. Yue; L. Yu; F-Z. Li; Y. Zheng et al. 

An oxide-promoted, self-supported Ni₄Mo catalyst for high current density anion exchange membrane water electrolysis

A. Serban; M. Liu; N. Chen; H. M. Chen; X. Hu 

Strain by metal nitrides accelerates oxygen reduction

W. Ni; x. hu 

Nickel-Catalyzed Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of Fluorine-Containing Vicinal Stereogenic Centers

U. Dhawa; L. Lavrencic; X. Hu 

Recycling Spent Ternary Cathodes to Oxygen Evolution Catalysts for Pure Water Anion-Exchange Membrane Electrolysis

L. Zhang; Q. Xu; S. Wen; H. Zhang; L. Chen et al. 

Engineered Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyases for the Enantioselective Synthesis of Aspartic Acid Derivatives

I. Buslov; S. Desmons; Y. Duhoo; X. Hu 

Regiodivergent and Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclic Sulfones via Ligand-Controlled Nickel-Catalyzed Hydroalkylation

C. Fan; U. Dhawa; D. Qian; D. Sakic; J. Morel et al. 

Deoxygenative Transformation of Alcohols via Phosphoranyl Radical from Exogenous Radical Addition

W. Xu; C. Fan; X. Hu; T. Xu 

A redox-responsive prodrug for tumor-targeted glutamine restriction

C. J. Prangea; N. Y. Ben Sayed; B. Feng; C. Goepfertd; D. O. Trujillo et al. 

Nickel molybdenum catalysts and their methods of preparation

A. Serban; X. Hu 

6-diazo-5-oxo-l-norleucine prodrugs

C. J. Prange; X. Hu; L. Tang; N. Y. Ben Sayed 

Integration of Hypervalent Iodine Reagents and Carbazolyl Cyanobenzenes-Based Dyes into Peptides: New Opportunities for Biomolecule Functionalization

Field-enhanced CO electroreduction in membrane electrolyzers at a dehydrated interface

W. Ren; H. Zhang; M. Chang; N. Chen; W. Ma et al. 

Fluorinated polyaromatics with linear, branched or crosslinked structure for anion exchange membranes and ionomers

X. Hu; N. Chen; X. Wu 

Smart chemistry for traceless release of anticancer therapeutics

C. J. Prange; X. Hu; L. Tang 

Manganese Transfer Hydrogenases Based on the Biotin-Streptavidin Technology

W. Wang; R. Tachibana; Z. Zou; D. Chen; X. Zhang et al. 

Tailored water and hydroxide transport at a quasi-two-phase interface of membrane electrode assembly electrolyzer for CO electroreduction

W. Ren; W. Ma; X. Hu 

Robust Piperidinium-Enriched Polystyrene Ionomers for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Water Electrolyzers

N. Chen; Q. Jiang; F. Song; X. Hu 

Synergistic interactions between PtRu catalyst and nitrogen-doped carbon support boost hydrogen oxidation

W. Ni; J. L. Meibom; N. Ul Hassan; M. Chang; Y-C. Chu et al. 

Copper-Catalyzed Benzylic Functionalization of Lignin-Derived Monomers

L. Lavrencic; U. Dhawa; A. Blumenstein; X. Hu 

Copper lattice tension boosts full-cell CO electrolysis to multi-carbon olefins and oxygenates

W. Ma; S. Xie; B. Zhang; X. He; X. Liu et al. 

Anion Exchange Membranes for Hydrogen Technologies: Challenges and Progress

X. Wu; X. Hu 

High entropy molybdate-derived FeOOH catalyzes oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline media

S. Lee; L. Bai; J. Jeong; D. Stenzel; S. Schweidler et al. 

Fluorinated Poly(aryl piperidinium) Membranes for Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

X. Wu; N. Chen; C. Hu; H-A. Klok; Y. M. Lee et al. 

Operando identification of a side-on nickel superoxide intermediate and the mechanism of oxygen evolution on nickel oxyhydroxide

S. Lee; Y-C. Chu; L. Bai; H. M. Chen; X. Hu 

Development of stimuli-responsive chemistry for tumor-targeted immunotherapy

The design and development of anion exchange membranes for hydrogen fuel cells

Aryl-ether-free polyaromatic polymers with branched structures for anion exchange membranes

X. Wu; X. Hu 

Anion Exchange Ionomers Enable Sustained Pure-Water Electrolysis Using Platinum-Group-Metal-Free Electrocatalysts

Y. Zheng; A. Serban; H. Zhang; N. Chen; F. Song et al. 

Investigation of nickel iron layered double hydroxide for water oxidation in different pH electrolytes

Q. Xie; D. Ren; L. Bai; R. Ge; W. Zhou et al. 

Enantio- and diastereoselective construction of vicinal C(sp(3)) centres via nickel-catalysed hydroalkylation of alkenes

S. Bera; C. Fan; X. Hu 

The Function of Two Radical-SAM Enzymes, HcgA and HcgG, in the Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor

F. J. Arriaza-Gallardo; S. Schaupp; Y-C. Zheng; M. F. Abdul-Halim; H-J. Pan et al. 

A Cation Concentration Gradient Approach to Tune the Selectivity and Activity of CO2 Electroreduction

W. Ren; A. Xu; K. Chan; X. Hu 

Enhancement of electrocatalytic oxygen evolution by chiral molecular functionalization of hybrid 2D electrodes

Y. Liang; K. Banjac; K. Martin; N. Zigon; S. Lee et al. 

Enhanced rate performance of lithium-ion battery anodes using a cobalt-incorporated carbon conductive agent

A. C. J-P. Daubry; Z. Xu; M. Yang; Y-J. Cheng; Y. Xia et al. 

Electronic Regulation of Nickel Single Atoms by Confined Nickel Nanoparticles for Energy-Efficient CO2 Electroreduction

W. Ren; X. Tan; C. Jia; A. Krammer; Q. Sun et al. 

Streamlined Alkylation via Nickel-Hydride-Catalyzed Hydrocarbonation of Alkenes

Z. Zhang; S. Bera; C. Fan; X. Hu 

Bronze-Phase TiO2 as Anode Materials in Lithium and Sodium-Ion Batteries

S. Liang; X. Wang; R. Qi; Y-J. Cheng; Y. Xia et al. 

An efficient nickel hydrogen oxidation catalyst for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

W. Ni; T. Wang; F. Heroguel; A. Krammer; S. Lee et al. 

In Vitro Biosynthesis of the [Fe]-Hydrogenase Cofactor Verifies the Proposed Biosynthetic Precursors

S. Schaupp; F. J. Arriaza-Gallardo; H-j. Pan; J. Kahnt; G. Angelidou et al. 

Oxidase-Type C-H/C-H Coupling Using an Isoquinoline-Derived Organic Photocatalyst

L. Zhang; B. Pfund; O. S. Wenger; X. Hu 

Ring-Opening Reactions of Aminocyclopropanes and Aminocyclobutanes

Mapping Catalyst‐Solvent Interplay in Competing Carboamination/Cyclopropanation Reactions

M. D. Wodrich; M. Chang; S. Gallarati; Ł. Woźniak; N. Cramer et al. 

Tracking high-valent surface iron species in the oxygen evolution reaction on cobalt iron (oxy)hydroxides

S. Lee; A. Moysiadou; Y-C. Chu; H. M. Chen; X. Hu 

Modulating electric field distribution by alkali cations for CO2 electroreduction in strongly acidic medium

J. Gu; S. Liu; W. Ni; W. Ren; S. Haussener et al. 

Atomic doping & coating for Electrocatalysis & Li-ion batteries

Branched Poly(Aryl Piperidinium) Membranes for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

X. Wu; N. Chen; H-A. Klok; Y. M. Lee; X. Hu 

Double-atom catalysts as a molecular platform for heterogeneous oxygen evolution electrocatalysis

L. Bai; C-S. Hsu; D. T. L. Alexander; H. M. Chen; X. Hu 

Photocatalytic Decarboxylative Coupling of Aliphatic N-hydroxyphthalimide Esters with Polyfluoroaryl Nucleophiles

X. Yi; R. Mao; L. Lavrencic; X. Hu 

Anchoring single platinum atoms onto nickel nanoparticles affords highly selective catalysts for lignin conversion

L. Chen; L. Pan; A. P. van Muyden; L. Bai; J. Li et al. 

Copper-Catalyzed Intermolecular Functionalization of Unactivated C(sp(3))-H Bonds and Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids

R. Mao; S. Bera; A. C. Turla; X. Hu 

Visible-Light-Driven Catalytic Deracemization of Secondary Alcohols

Z. Zhang; X. Hu 

Diversifying Metal-Ligand Cooperative Catalysis in Semi-Synthetic [Mn]-Hydrogenases

H-J. Pan; G. Huang; M. D. Wodrich; F. F. Tirani; K. Ataka et al. 

Mechanochemical synthesis of novel rutile-type high entropy fluorides for electrocatalysis

P. Anitha Sukkurji; Y. Cui; S. Lee; K. Wang; R. Azmi et al. 

Intermolecular oxidative amination of unactivated alkenes by dual photoredox and copper catalysis

X. Yi; X. Hu 

Chiral Alkyl Amine Synthesis via Catalytic Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of Enecarbamates

D. Qian; S. Bera; X. Hu 

Spectroscopic and Electrokinetic Evidence for a Bifunctional Mechanism of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction**

L. Bai; S. Lee; X. Hu 

The design and synthesis of nanostructured hydrogen oxidation reaction electrocatalysts for hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells

Atomic Level Insights of Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Electronic Multi-material Fibers and Textiles: Novel Designs and Applications

Copper-catalyzed transformations of carboradicals generated by electrochemical and photochemical methods: oxidative amination and polyfluoroarylation

Enantioselective C(sp(3))-C(sp(3)) cross-coupling of non-activated alkyl electrophiles via nickel hydride catalysis

S. Bera; R. Mao; X. Hu 

High-Efficiency Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis Employing Non-Noble Metal Catalysts

P. Chen; X. Hu 

Mechanism of Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Cobalt Oxyhydroxide: Cobalt Superoxide Species as a Key Intermediate and Dioxygen Release as a Rate-Determining Step

A. Moysiadou; S. Lee; C-S. Hsu; H. M. Chen; X. Hu 

Tandem Photoredox and Copper-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C(sp3)–N Coupling of Anilines and Imines Using an Organic Photocatalyst

G. Barzanò; R. Mao; M. Garreau; J. Waser; X. Hu 

The Role of Percent Volume Buried in the Characterization of Copper(I) Complexes for Lighting Purposes

M. Alkan-Zambada; E. C. Constable; C. E. Housecroft 

Mechanistic Investigations of Nickamine-catalyzed Hydrosilylation of Alkenes: Nickel Nanoparticles Are the Active Species

M. L. Ploeger; I. Busbov; X. Hu 

Deciphering Iron-Dependent Activity in Oxygen Evolution Catalyzed by Nickel-Iron Layered Double Hydroxide

S. Lee; L. Bai; X. Hu 

Efficient Hydrogen Oxidation Catalyzed by Strain-Engineered Nickel Nanoparticles

W. Ni; T. Wang; P. A. Schouwink; Y-C. Chuang; H. M. Chen et al. 

Nickel catalysis enables convergent paired electrolysis for direct arylation of benzylic C–H bonds

L. Zhang; X. Hu 

Biomimetic Hydrogenation Catalyzed by a Manganese Model of [Fe]-Hydrogenase

H-J. Pan; X. Hu 

Strategies for Semiconductor/Electrocatalyst Coupling toward Solar-Driven Water Splitting

S. M. Thalluri; L. Bai; C. Lv; Z. Huang; X. Hu et al. 

Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Alkyl Iodides with Alkynes To Yield cis-Olefins: Mechanistic Insights from Computation

A. Daru; X. Hu; J. N. Harvey 

Arylsilylation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes via Cooperative Photoredox and Nickel Catalysis

Z. Zhang; X. Hu 

Oxygen evolution reaction catalyzed by first-row transition metal oxides: stability and mechanism

Synthetic methodologies for C-C and C-N bond formation involving alkyl radicals

Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids as Coupling Partners in Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reactions

Mechanistic Studies of Two Ni-Catalyzed Reactions: Reductive Amidation of Esters with Nitroarenes and Hydrosilylation of Alkenes

Copper(I) Based Photoredox Chemistry

Stability profiles of transition metal oxides in the oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline medium

A. Moysiadou; X. Hu 

Ligand-Controlled Regiodivergent Hydroalkylation of Pyrrolines

D. Qian; X. Hu 

Deoxygenative trifluoromethylthiolation of carboxylic acids

R. Mao; S. Bera; A. Cheseaux; X. Hu