1. “Artificial photosynthesis: opportunities and challenges of molecular catalysts”
B. Zhang, L. Sun*
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2019, 48, 2216-2264.  

2. “Molecular Engineering of Copper Phthalocyanines: A Strategy in Developing Dopant-Free Hole-Transporting Materials for Efficient and Ambient-Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”
X. Jiang, D. Wang, Z. Yu,* W. Ma, H. Li, X. Yang, F. Liu,* A. Hagfeldt, L. Sun*
Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 9, 1803287.

3. “3D Porous Pyramid Heterostructure Array Realizing Efficient Photo-Electrochemical Performance”
S. Cao, Y. Wu, J. Hou,* B. Zhang, Z. Li, X. Nie, L. Sun*
Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 1902935.

4. “Selectively Etching Vanadium Oxide to Modulate Surface Vacancies of Unary Metal–Based Electrocatalysts for High-Performance Water Oxidation”
K. Fan,* H. Zou, L. Duan, L. Sun*
Adv. Energy Mater. 2020, 10(5), 1903571.

5. “Tailoring Active Sites in Mesoporous Defect-Rich NC/V-o-WON Heterostructure Array for Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution”
B. Zhang, J. Hou,* Y. Wu, S. Cao, Z. Li, X. Nie, Z. Gao, L. Sun
Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 9, 1803693.  

 

6. “Polymeric, Cost-Effective, Dopant-Free Hole Transport Materials for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells”
F. Zhang, Z. Yao, Y. Guo, Y. Li, J. Bergstrand, C. Brett, B. Cai, A. Hajian, Y. Guo, X. Yang, J. Gardner, J. Widengren, S. Roth, L. Kloo, L. Sun*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19700-19707.

7. “Ru-bda: Unique Molecular Water-Oxidation Catalysts with Distortion Induced Open Site and Negatively Charged Ligands”
B. Zhang, L. Sun*
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 5565-5580.  

8. “Paired Electrocatalytic Oxygenation and Hydrogenation of Organic Substrates with Water as the Oxygen and Hydrogen Source”
P. Zhang, X. Sheng, X. Chen, Z. Fang, J. Jiang, M. Wang, F. Li, L. Fan, Y. Ren, B. Zhang, B. Timmer, M. Ahlquist, L. Sun*
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 9155-9159.

9.  “A bio-inspired coordination polymer as outstanding water oxidation catalyst via second coordination sphere engineering”
W. Li^#, F. Li^#,* H. Yang, X. Wu, P. Zhang, Y. Shan, L. Sun*
Nat. Commun., 2019, 10, 5074. (Editors’ Highlights)

10. “Rational Design of Nanoarray Architectures for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting”
J. Hou,* Y. Wu, B. Zhang, S. Cao, Z. Li, L. Sun*
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2019, 29, 1808367.

11. “Two-dimensional Janus heterostructures for superior Z-scheme photocatalytic water splitting”
Z. Li, J. Hou,* B. Zhang, S. Cao, Y. Wu, Z. Gao, X. Nie, L. Sun,
NANO ENERGY 2019, 59, 537-544.  

12. “Iron-Salen Complex and Co2+ Ion-Derived Cobalt-Iron Hydroxide/Carbon Nanohybrid as an Efficient Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalyst”
J. Du, G. Liu, F. Li,* Y. Zhu, L. Sun
Adv. Science 2019, 6, 1900117.

13. “Fine-tuning the coordination atoms of copper redox mediators: an effective strategy for boosting the photovoltage of dye-sensitized solar cells”
Y. Zhao, J. Shen, Z. Yu,* M. Hu, C. Liu, J. Fan, H. Han, A. Hagfeldt, M. Wang,* L. Sun
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 2019, 7, 12808-12814.

14. “Boosting the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells to 17.7% with an indolo[3,2-b]carbazole dopant-free hole transporting material by improving its spatial configuration”
B. Cai, X. Yang,* X. Jiang, Z. Yu,* A. Hagfeldt, L. Sun
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A 2019, 7, 14835-14841.

15. “Boosting nitrogen reduction reaction by bio-inspired FeMoS containing hybrid electrocatalyst over a wide pH range”
Y. Guo, Z. Yao, B. Timmer, X. Sheng, L. Fan, Y. Li, F. Zhang, L. Sun*
Nano Energy 2019, 62, 282-288.  

16. “13.6% Efficient Organic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells by Minimizing Energy Losses of the Excited State”
L. Zhang, X. Yang,* W. Wang, G. Gurzadyan, J. Li, X. Li, J. An, Z. Yu, H. Wang, B. Cai, A. Hagfeldt,* L. Sun*
ACS ENERGY LETTERS 2019, 4, 943-951.

17.  “Exploring Overall Photoelectric Applications by Organic Materials Containing Symmetric Donor Isomers”
Z. Yao, X. Liao, Y. Guo, H. Zhao, Y. Guo, F. Zhang, L. Zhang, Z. Zhu, L. Kloo, W. Ma,* Y. Chen,* L. Sun*
Chem. Mater. 2019, 31, 8810-8819.

18. “Surface-Supported Metal-Organic Framework Thin-Film-Derived Transparent CoS1.097@N-Doped Carbon Film as an Efficient Counter Electrode for Bifacial Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
J. Ou, J. Xiang,* J. Liu,* L. Sun,
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019, 11, 14862-14870.

19. “A steady composite molecular anode Ru1 /MWCNTsCOOH/GC for robust catalytic water oxidation”
Y. Gao,* Y. Wei, Z. Lu, X. Chen, D. Wang*
J. Energy Chem. 2019, 35, 49-54.

 

20. “High isotropic dispiro structure hole transporting materials for planar perovskite solar cells”
B. Cai, X. Yang,* H. Wang, W. Wang, J. An, L. Sun,
JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY 2019, 32, 152-158.

21. “Simultaneously efficient light absorption and charge transport of CdS/TiO2 nanotube array toward improved photoelectrochemical performance”,
L. Wang, J. Han, J. Feng, X. Wang, D. Su, X. Hou,* J. Hou,* J. Liang,* S. Dou
Int. J. Hydrogen ENERGY. 2019, 44, 30899-30909.  

 

22. “Base-enhanced electrochemical water oxidation by a nickel complex in neutral aqueous solution”
L. Zhang, F. Yu, Y. Shi, F. Li,* H. Li*
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 6122-6125.  

23. “Defects Promote Ultrafast Charge Separation in Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction Activity”
H. Shi, J. Hou,* L. Ye, Y. Sun, W. Ni, C. Song, K. Li,* G. Gurzadyan, X. Guo*
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 5028-5035.

 

24. “Cobalt/iron bimetal-organic frameworks as efficient electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction”
S. Xie, F. Li,* S. Xu, J. Li, W. Zeng
Chinese J. Catal. 2019, 40, 1205-1211.

25. “Iron carbonate hydroxide templated binary metal-organic frameworks for highly efficient electrochemical water oxidation”
J. Du, S. Xu, L. Sun, F. Li*
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 14773-14776.

26. “Dye-sensitized LaFeO3 photocathode for solar-driven H-2 generation”
F. Li,* R. Xu, C. Nie, X. Wu, P. Zhang, L. Duan, L. Sun*
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 12940-12943.

 

27. “Energy-Loss Reduction as a Strategy to Improve the Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”
Z. Yao, Y. Guo, Y. Hao, Y. Guo, D. Franchi, F. Zhang, L. Kloo, L. Sun*
Solar RRL 2019, 3(10), 1900253.

28. “A structurally simple donor with a low recombination rate for highperformance dye-sensitized solar cells”
J. An, X. Yang,* W. Wang, L. Zhang, B. Cai, H. Wang, X. Wang
Solar Energy 2019, 185, 124-130.

29. “Highly transparent nickel and iron sulfide on nitrogen-doped carbon films as counter electrodes for bifacial quantum dot sensitized solar cells”
J. Ou, J. Liang, J. Xiang,* L. Sun, J. Liu*
Solar Energy 2019, 193, 766-773.  4.674

30. “A structurally simple donor with a low recombination rate for high-performance dye-sensitized solar cells”
J. An, X. Yang,* W. Wang, L. Zhang, B. Cai, H. Wang, X. Wang
Solar Energy 2019, 185, 124-130.

31. “Hollow Carbon@NiCo2O4 Core-Shell Microspheres for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution”
X. Wu,* X. Wu, H. Lee, Q. Ye, X. Wang, Y. Zhao, L. Sun,
ENERGY TECHNOLOGY 2019, 7, 1800919.  

32. “Singlet Fission from Upper Excited Electronic States of Cofacial Perylene Dimer”
W. Ni, G. Gurzadyan,* J. Zhao, Y. Che, X. Li, L. Sun*
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS 2019, 10, 2428-2433.

33. “Improving energy transfer efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell by fine tuning of dye planarity”
X. Song, X. Yang,* H. Wang, J. An, Z. Yu, X. Wang, A. Hagfeldt,* L. Sun*
SOLAR ENERGY 2019, 187, 274-280.  

34. “Across the Board: Licheng Sun on the Mechanism of O−O Bond Formation in Photosystem II”
B. Zhang, L. Sun*
CHEMSUSCHEM 2019, 12, 3401-3404.  

35. “Hierarchical CoS2/Ni3S2/CoNiOx nanorods with favorable stability at 1 A cm(-2) for electrocatalytic water oxidation”
H. Lee, X. Wu,* Q. Ye, X. Wu, Y. Zhao, L. Sun*
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2019, 55(11), 1564-1567.  

36. “Iron-Based Molecular Water Oxidation Catalysts: Abundant, Cheap, and Promising”
T. Liu, B. Zhang,* L. Sun*
CHEMISTRY-AN ASIAN JOURNAL 2019, 14, 31-43.  

37. “Enhanced performance of perovskite solar cells using p-type doped PFB:F4TCNQ composite as hole transport layer”
M. Elawad,* L. Sun, G. Mola, Z. Yu, A. Arbab,
JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS 2019, 771, 25-32.