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Overview

Wen-Fu Fu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Materials Science and Energy. Their work spans various specialized subfields including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics such as CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Wen-Fu Fu has contributed to publications in a range of scientific journals and databases with recent papers including:

  • Highly efficient electrochemical hydrogenation of acetonitrile to ethylamine for primary amine synthesis and promising hydrogen storage, 2021, Chem Catalysis
  • Visible light driven photo-reduction of Cu2+ to Cu2O to Cu in water for photocatalytic hydrogen production, 2020, RSC Advances
  • Spherical Mesoporous SBA-15-Supported CoP Nanoparticles as Robust Selective CO2 Reduction and H2-Generating Catalyst under Visible Light, 2020, ChemCatChem
  • Pt single atoms promoting the construction of asymmetric double sites to achieve highly selective photoreduction of CO2 to ethylene, 2024, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • CCDC 2479174: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination, 2025, The Cambridge Structural Database

Frequent co-authors in their research include Quan-Qing Xu, Xiaojun Lv, Jiang Mo, Su Liu, and Xuefeng He.

Wen-Fu Fu's work has appeared notably in the following publication venues:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chem Catalysis
  • RSC Advances
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • ChemCatChem

Best Publications

  • Interstitial P-Doped CdS with Long-Lived Photogenerated Electrons for Photocatalytic Water Splitting without Sacrificial Agents.

    Rui Shi;Hui-Fang Ye;Fei Liang;Zhuan Wang

  • P-doped ZnxCd1−xS solid solutions as photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution from water splitting coupled with photocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

    Hui-Fang Ye;Rui Shi;Xiao Yang;Wen-Fu Fu

  • Ternary Ni–Co–P nanoparticles as noble-metal-free catalysts to boost the hydrolytic dehydrogenation of ammonia-borane

    Chun-Chao Hou;Qiang Li;Chuan-Jun Wang;Cheng-Yun Peng

  • Platinum(II) complexes with π-conjugated, naphthyl-substituted, cyclometalated ligands (RC∧N∧N): Structures and photo- and electroluminescence

    Steven C. F. Kui;Iona H. T. Sham;Cecil C. C. Cheung;Chun-Wah Ma

  • Spectacular photocatalytic hydrogen evolution using metal-phosphide/CdS hybrid catalysts under sunlight irradiation

    Shuang Cao;Yong Chen;Chuan-Jun Wang;Xiao-Jun Lv

  • Nanostructured Ni2 P as a Robust Catalyst for the Hydrolytic Dehydrogenation of Ammonia-Borane.

    Cheng-Yun Peng;Cheng-Yun Peng;Lei Kang;Shuang Cao;Yong Chen

  • Cuprophilic interactions in luminescent copper(I) clusters with bridging bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)methane and iodide ligands: spectroscopic and structural investigations.

    Wen-Fu Fu;Wen-Fu Fu;Wen-Fu Fu;Xin Gan;Chi-Ming Che;Qian-Yong Cao

  • Self-Supported Cedarlike Semimetallic Cu3P Nanoarrays as a 3D High-Performance Janus Electrode for Both Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution under Basic Conditions.

    Chun-Chao Hou;Qian-Qian Chen;Chuan-Jun Wang;Fei Liang

  • Hydrogen evolution from water using semiconductor nanoparticle/graphene composite photocatalysts without noble metals

    Xiao Jun Lv;Wen Fu Fu;Wen Fu Fu;Hai Xin Chang;Hao Zhang

  • Synergetic effect of Cu and graphene as cocatalyst on TiO2 for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from solar water splitting

    Xiao Jun Lv;Shi Xiong Zhou;Chen Zhang;Hai Xin Chang

  • Ultrafine CoP Nanoparticles Supported on Carbon Nanotubes as Highly Active Electrocatalyst for Both Oxygen and Hydrogen Evolution in Basic Media

    Chun-Chao Hou;Shuang Cao;Wen-Fu Fu;Wen-Fu Fu;Yong Chen

  • The Intrinsic 3[dσ*pσ] Emission of Binuclear Gold(I) Complexes with Two Bridging Diphosphane Ligands Lies in the Near UV; Emissions in the Visible Region Are Due to Exciplexes

    Wen-Fu Fu;Kwok-Chu Chan;Vincent M. Miskowski;Chi-Ming Che

  • Highly efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution by nickel phosphide nanoparticles from aqueous solution.

    Shuang Cao;Yong Chen;Chuan-Jun Wang;Ping He

  • Metal Phosphides as Co-Catalysts for Photocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting.

    Shuang Cao;Chuan-Jun Wang;Wen-Fu Fu;Wen-Fu Fu;Yong Chen

  • Incorporation of a [Ru(dcbpy)(bpy)2]2+ photosensitizer and a Pt(dcbpy)Cl2 catalyst into metal–organic frameworks for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution from aqueous solution

    Chun-Chao Hou;Ting-Ting Li;Shuang Cao;Yong Chen

  • Cobalt phosphide as a highly active non-precious metal cocatalyst for photocatalytic hydrogen production under visible light irradiation

    Shuang Cao;Yong Chen;Chun-Chao Hou;Xiao-Jun Lv

  • Visible-light driven oxidative coupling of amines to imines with high selectivity in air over core-shell structured CdS@C3N4

    Yong Xu;Yong Chen;Wen-Fu Fu;Wen-Fu Fu

  • Single-Atom Catalysts for Photocatalytic Reactions

    Qiushi Wang;Dafeng Zhang;Yong Chen;Wen-Fu Fu

  • Large Stokes shift induced by intramolcular charge transfer in N,O-chelated naphthyridine-BF2 complexes.

    Yun-Ying Wu;Yong Chen;Gao-Zhang Gou;Wei-Hua Mu

  • Structures and photoluminescence of dinuclear platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes with bridging thiolates and 2,2′-bipyridine or 2,2′∶6′,2″-terpyridine ligands

    Biing-Chiau Tzeng;Wen-Fu Fu;Chi-Ming Che;Hsiu-Yi Chao

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure
Chi-Ming Che
Chi-Ming Che University of Hong Kong
Zheshuai Lin
Zheshuai Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fei Liang
Fei Liang Technical University of Darmstadt
Kung-Kai Cheung
Kung-Kai Cheung University of Hong Kong
Jing-Lin Zuo
Jing-Lin Zuo Nanjing University
Wai Ming Kwok
Wai Ming Kwok Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Shie-Ming Peng
Shie-Ming Peng National Taiwan University
Xing Huang
Xing Huang ETH Zurich
Jinghong Li
Jinghong Li Tsinghua University

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