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Overview

Jingguang G. Chen is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Energy, Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science. Within these broader areas, specific subfields of study include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Plant Science, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's main topics of work focus on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Carbon Dioxide Utilization in Catalysis, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Catalysts for Methane Reforming, and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies.

Chen has published in a variety of scientific venues, with frequent contributions to ACS Catalysis, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Angewandte Chemie, and Nature Communications.

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research:

  • Recent Advances in Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol via Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Using nature's blueprint to expand catalysis with Earth-abundant metals, 2020, Science
  • Selective electroreduction of CO2 to acetone by single copper atoms anchored on N-doped porous carbon, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Promoting H2O2 production via 2-electron oxygen reduction by coordinating partially oxidized Pd with defect carbon, 2020, Nature Communications
  • N2 Fixation by Plasma-Activated Processes, 2020, Joule

The scientist has collaborated frequently with:

  • Zhenhua Xie
  • Shyam Kattel
  • Sooyeon Hwang
  • Ji Hoon Lee
  • Ping Liu

Best Publications

  • Trends in the exchange current for hydrogen evolution

    Jens Kehlet Nørskov;Thomas Bligaard;Ashildur Logadottir;J.R. Kitchin

  • Large On-Off Ratios and Negative Differential Resistance in a Molecular Electronic Device.

    J. Chen;M. A. Reed;A. M. Rawlett;J. M. Tour

  • Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations.

    Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Richard M. Crooks;Lance C. Seefeldt;Kara L. Bren

  • Active sites for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol on Cu/ZnO catalysts

    Shyam Kattel;Pedro J. Ramírez;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;José A. Rodriguez;José A. Rodriguez

  • Role of strain and ligand effects in the modification of the electronic and chemical properties of bimetallic surfaces

    John R. Kitchin;Jens K. Norskov;Mark A. Barteau;J G. Chen

  • A selective and efficient electrocatalyst for carbon dioxide reduction

    Qi Lu;Jonathan Rosen;Yang Zhou;Gregory S. Hutchings

  • Recent Advances in Carbon Dioxide Hydrogenation to Methanol via Heterogeneous Catalysis.

    Xiao Jiang;Xiaowa Nie;Xiaowa Nie;Xinwen Guo;Chunshan Song;Chunshan Song

  • Catalytic reduction of CO2 by H2 for synthesis of CO, methanol and hydrocarbons: challenges and opportunities

    Marc D. Porosoff;Binhang Yan;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen

  • Review of Pt-based bimetallic catalysis: from model surfaces to supported catalysts.

    Weiting Yu;Marc D. Porosoff;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen

  • Modification of the surface electronic and chemical properties of Pt(111) by subsurface 3d transition metals

    J. R. Kitchin;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;M. A. Barteau;J. G. Chen

  • Tuning Selectivity of CO2 Hydrogenation Reactions at the Metal/Oxide Interface

    Shyam Kattel;Ping Liu;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen

  • Correlating the hydrogen evolution reaction activity in alkaline electrolytes with the hydrogen binding energy on monometallic surfaces

    Wenchao Sheng;MyatNoeZin Myint;Jingguang G. Chen;Yushan Yan

  • Correlating hydrogen oxidation and evolution activity on platinum at different pH with measured hydrogen binding energy.

    Wenchao Sheng;Zhongbin Zhuang;Minrui Gao;Jie Zheng

  • Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose into ethylene glycol using nickel-promoted tungsten carbide catalysts.

    Na Ji;Tao Zhang;Mingyuan Zheng;Aiqin Wang

  • Carbide and Nitride Overlayers on Early Transition Metal Surfaces: Preparation, Characterization, and Reactivities.

    Jingguang G. Chen

  • Adsorbate-mediated strong metal–support interactions in oxide-supported Rh catalysts

    John C. Matsubu;Shuyi Zhang;Leo DeRita;Nebojsa S. Marinkovic

  • Surface chemistry of transition metal carbides.

    Henry H Hwu;Jingguang G Chen

  • Optimizing Binding Energies of Key Intermediates for CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol over Oxide-Supported Copper.

    Shyam Kattel;Binhang Yan;Binhang Yan;Yixiong Yang;Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen

  • NEXAFS investigations of transition metal oxides, nitrides, carbides, sulfides and other interstitial compounds

    J.G. Chen

  • The Central Role of Bicarbonate in the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide on Gold.

    Marco Dunwell;Qi Lu;Qi Lu;Jeffrey M. Heyes;Jonathan Rosen

  • Oxygen-containing functional groups on single-wall carbon nanotubes: NEXAFS and vibrational spectroscopic studies.

    Anya Kuznetsova;Irene Popova;John T. Yates;Michael J. Bronikowski

  • Catalytic Aminohalogenation of Alkenes and Alkynes.

    Sherry R. Chemler;Michael T. Bovino

  • Nanostructured electrodes for high-performance pseudocapacitors.

    Qi Lu;Jingguang G. Chen;John Q Xiao

  • A new class of electrocatalysts for hydrogen production from water electrolysis: metal monolayers supported on low-cost transition metal carbides.

    Daniel V. Esposito;Sean T. Hunt;Yannick C. Kimmel;Jingguang G. Chen

  • Low-cost hydrogen-evolution catalysts based on monolayer platinum on tungsten monocarbide substrates.

    Daniel V. Esposito;Sean T. Hunt;Alan L. Stottlemyer;Kevin D. Dobson

  • Trends in the Exchange Current for Hydrogen Evolution.

    J. K. Noerskov;T. Bligaard;A. Logadottir;J. R. Kitchin

Frequent Co-Authors

Shyam Kattel
Shyam Kattel Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Mark A. Barteau
Mark A. Barteau University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Dionisios G. Vlachos
Dionisios G. Vlachos University of Delaware
Siyu Yao
Siyu Yao Zhejiang University
Qi Lu
Qi Lu Tsinghua University
Tiefeng Wang
Tiefeng Wang Tsinghua University
Robert W. Birkmire
Robert W. Birkmire University of Delaware
Yushan Yan
Yushan Yan University of Delaware
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
Feng Jiao
Feng Jiao Washington University in St. Louis

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