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1) Zhao, Z.; Li, J.; Yuan, W.; Cheng, D.; Ma, S.; Li, Y.; Shi, Z; Hu, K.*, Nature-Inspired Photocatalytic Azo Bond Cleavage with Red Light. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 146 (2), 1364-1373. X-Mol报道链接：https://www.x-mol.com/news/875131
2) Li, P.; Liu, R.; Zhao, Z.; Yang, W.; Niu, F.; Tian, L.; Hu, K.*, Visible-Light-Driven Chlorine-Atom-Mediated Efficient and Selective Cleavage of C–C Bond in Lignin Models. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 1, 10–17
3) Kang, W.; Li, B.; Zhao, Z.; Sun, S.; Feng, C.; Hu, K.*; Houk, K.N.; Guo, H.*, Generation of Thioxanthone Hydrogen Anion by Double Photoreduction and Uses for Catalytic Photoreductions. ACS Catalysis 2023 13 (20), 13588-13596.
4) Weng, W.; Lin, Z.; Zhang, H.; Niu, F.; Wang, C.; Hu, K*; Guo, J.*, Effect of ESIPT-Induced Photoisomerization of Keto–Enamine Linkages on the Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Performance of Covalent Organic Frameworks. JACS Au 2023, 3, 12, 3391–3399.
5) Sun, X.; Liu, j.; Wang, H.; Li, Q.; Zhou, J.; Li, P.; Hu, K*; Wang, C*.;Jiang, B.*, In-situ detection technique for charge transfer behavior of direct Z-scheme BiVO4/UiO-66-NH2 composites during photocatalytic thioanisole conversion. Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 472, 144750
6) Han, Y.; Chang, M.; Zhao, Z.; Niu, F.; Zhang, Z.; Sun, Z.; Zhang, L.; Hu, K.*, Selective Valorization of Glycerol to Formic Acid on a BiVO4 Photoanode through NiFe Phenolic Networks. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 15, 9, 11678–11690.
7) Niu, F.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, Z.; Zhou, Q.; Li, P.; Liu, R.; Li, W.; Hu, K.*, Ultrathin corrugated nanowire TiO2 as a versatile photoanode platform for boosting photoelectrochemical alcohol and water oxidation. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2023, 11, 4170.
8) Li, P.; Liu, R.; Zhao, Z.; Niu, F.; Hu, K.*, Lignin C–C bond cleavage induced by consecutive two-photon excitation of a metal-free photocatalyst. Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 1777
9) Wang, X.; Liu, R.; Tian, L.; Bao, J.; Zhao, C.; Niu, F.; Cheng, D.; Lu, Z.; Hu, J.; Meyer, G. J.*; Hu, K.*, Highly Luminescent NHC-Stabilized Au13 Clusters as EfficientExcited-State Electron Donors. J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 18374−18382.
10) Li, P.; Deetz, A. M.; Hu, J.; Meyer, G. J.*; Hu, K.*, Chloride Oxidation by One- or Two-Photon Excitation of N-Phenylphenothiazine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 17604-17610. X-Mol报道链接：https://www.x-mol.com/news/821854
11） Niu, F.; Zhou, Q.; Han, Y.; Liu, R.; Zhao, Z.; Zhang, Z.; Hu, K.*, Rapid Hole Extraction Based on Cascade Band Alignment Boosts Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation Efficiency. Acs Catal. 2022, 12,16, 10028-10038. X-Mol报道链接：https://www.x-mol.com/news/781510
12) Zhao, Z.; Niu, F.; Li, P.; Wang, H.; Zhang, Z.; Meyer, G. J.*; Hu, K.*, Visible Light Generation of a Microsecond Long-Lived Potent Reducing Agent. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7043-7047. X-Mol报道链接：https://www.x-mol.com/news/754800
13) Song, Y.; Li, A.; Li, P.; He, L.; Xu, D.; Wu, F.; Zhai, F.; Wu, Y.; Hu, K.*; Wang, S.*; Sheridan, M. V.*, Unassisted Uranyl Photoreduction and Separation in a Donor–Acceptor Covalent Organic Framework. Chem. Mater. 2022, 34, 2771-2778.
14) Niu, F.; Zhou, Q.; Liu, R.; Hu, K.*, Photoinduced Hole Hopping across CdS Quantum Dot Surfaces for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5 (1), 1244-1251.
15) Cheng, D.; Liu, R.; Tian, L.; Zhou, Q.; Niu, F.; Yue, Y.*; Hu, K.*, Photocatalytic Nitroaromatic Prodrug Activation by Functionalized Gold Nanoclusters. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4 (12), 13413-13424.
16) Shen, L.; Zhang, S.; Ding, H.; Niu, F.; Chu, Y.; Wu, W.*; Hu, Y.; Hu, K.*; Hua, J.*, Pure organic quinacridone dyes as dual sensitizers in tandem photoelectrochemical cells for unassisted total water splitting. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 5634-5637.
17) Han, X.; Liu, R.; Zhang, H.; Zhou, Q.; Feng, W.*; Hu, K.* Enhanced Peroxidase-mimicking Activity of Plasmonic Gold-modified Mn3O4 Nanocomposites through Photoexcited Hot Electron Transfer. Chem. Asian J. 2021, 16, 1603-1607.
18) Liu, R.; Cheng, D.; Zhou, Q.; Niu, F.; Hu, K.* Gold Nanoclusters Perform Enzyme-like Photocatalysis for Prodrug Activation. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 990-994.
19) Hu, K.; Sampaio, R. N.; Schneider, J.; Troian-Gautier, L.; Meyer, G. J.* Perspectives on Dye Sensitization of Nanocrystalline Mesoporous Thin Films. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142 (38), 16099-16116.
20) Shi, Y.; Yuan, W.; Liu, Q.; Kong, M.; Li, Z.; Feng, W.; Hu, K. *; Li, F. * Development of Polyene-Bridged Hybrid Rhodamine Fluorophores for High-Resolution NIR-II Imaging. ACS Mater. Lett. 2019, 1, 418-424.
21) Shi, Y.; Wang, R.; Yuan, W.; Liu, Q.; Shi, M.; Feng, W.; Wu, Z.; Hu, K.*; Li, F.* Easy-to-Use Colorimetric Cyanine Probe for the Detection of Cu2+ in Wilson’s Disease ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 20377-20386
22) Hu, K.*; Sheiko, S. S.* Time Programmable Hydrogels: Regulating the Onset Time of Network Dissociation by a Reaction Relay. Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 5899-5902.
23) Hu, K. #; Sampaio R. N. #; Marquard S. L.; Tamaki Y.; Meyer T. J.; Meyer G. J. A High-Valent Metal-Oxo Species Produced by Photoinduced One Electron, Two-Proton Transfer Reactivity. Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 486-494. （#contributed equally）
24) Nayak, A.#; Hu, K.#; Roy, S; Brennaman, M. K.; Shan, B.; Gish, M.; Meyer, G. J.; Meyer, T. J. Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of a Covalently Linked, Porphyrin Chromophore-Ru(II) Water Oxidation Catalyst Assembly on SnO2 electrodes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 13455-13461（#contributed equally）
25) Hu, K.; Blair, A. D.; Piechota, E. J.; Schauer, P. A.; Sampaio, R. N.; Parlane, F. G. L.; Meyer, G. J.; Berlinguette, C. P. Kinetic Pathway for Interfacial Electron Transfer from a Semiconductor to a Molecule. Nature Chem. 2016, 8, 853-859.
26) Hu, K.; Meyer, G. J. Lateral Intermolecular Self-Exchange Reactions for Hole and Energy Transport on Mesoporous Metal Oxide Thin Films. Langmuir 2015, 31, 11164.
27) Hu, K.; Robson, K. C. D.; Beauvilliers, E. E.; Schott, E.; Zarate, X.; Arratia-Perez, R.; Berlinguette, C. P.; Meyer, G. J. Intramolecular and Lateral Intermolecular Hole Transfer at the Sensitized TiO2 Interface. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 1034.
28) Hu, K.; Severin, H. A.; Koivisto, B. D.; Robson, K. C. D.; Schott, E.; Arratia-Perez, R.; Meyer, G. J.; Berlinguette, C. P. Direct Spectroscopic Evidence for Constituent Heteroatoms Enhancing Charge Recombination at a TiO2–Ruthenium Dye Interface. J. Phys. Chem. C 2014, 118, 17079.
29) Hu, K.; Robson, K. C. D.; Berlinguette, C. P.; Meyer, G. J. Donor-π-Acceptor Organic Hybrid TiO2 Interfaces for Solar Energy Conversion. Thin Solid Films 2014, 560, 49.
30) Hu, K.; Robson, K. C. D.; Johansson, P. G.; Berlinguette, C. P.; Meyer, G. J. Intramolecular Hole Transfer at Sensitized TiO2 Interfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 8352.
31) Ye, H.; Wang, Z.; Hu, K.; Wu, W.; Gong, X.; Hua, J.*, FeOOH photo-deposited perylene linear polymer with accelerated charge separation for photocatalytic overall water splitting. Science China Chemistry 2022, 65 (1), 170-181.
32) Pan, C.; Chao, J.; Niu, F.; Xie, S.; Gu, H.; Su, T.; Hu, K.; Zhang, D.-W.*; Liu, K.; Liu, G.; Xie, T.; Li, Z.-T.*; Zhang, L.* Encapsulating Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Supramolecular Metal-Organic Frameworks for Superior Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2022, 9 (1), 2101678.
33) Mi, Z.; Zhou, T.; Weng, W.; Unruangsri, J.; Hu, K.; Yang, W.; Wang, C.; Zhang, K. A. I.; Guo, J.* Covalent Organic Frameworks Enabling Site-Isolation of Viologen-Derived Electron Transfer Mediators for Stable Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 9642-9649
34) Wang, D.; Eberhart, M. S.; Sheridan, M. V.; Hu, K.; Sherman, B. D.; Nayak, A.; Wang, Y.; Marquard, S. L.; Dares, C. J.; Meyer, T. J. Stabilized photoanodes for water oxidation by integration of organic dyes, water oxidation catalysts, and electron-transfer mediators. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1802903115
35) Sampaio, R. N.; Piechota, E. J.; Troian-Gautier, L.; Maurer, A. B.; Hu, K.; Schauer, P. A.; Blair, A. D.; Berlinguette, C. P.; Meyer, G. J. Kinetics teach that electronic coupling lowers the free-energy change that accompanies electron transfer. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 2018, 115, 7248-7253.
36) Piechota, E. J.; Troian-Gautier, L.; Sampaio, R. N.; Brennaman, M. K.; Hu, K.; Berlinguette, C. P.*; Meyer, G. J.*, Optical Intramolecular Electron Transfer in Opposite Directions through the Same Bridge That Follows Different Pathways. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140 (23), 7176-7186.
37) Maurer, A. B.; Hu, K.; Meyer, G. J. Light Excitation of a Bismuth Iodide Complex Initiates I–I Bond Formation Reactions of Relevance to Solar Energy Conversion. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 8066
38) Swords, W. B.; Simon, S. J. C.; Parlane, F. G. L; Dean, R. K.; Kellett, C. W; Hu K.; Meyer, G. J.; Berlinguette, C. P. Evidence for Interfacial Halogen Bonding. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 1.
39) Simon, S. J. C.; Parlane, F. G. L.; Swords, W. B.; Kellett, C. W.; Du, C.; Lam, B.; Dean, R. K.; Hu, K.; Meyer, G. J.; Berlinguette, C. P. Halogen Bonding Promotes Higher Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Photovoltages. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 10406.
40) DiMarco, B. N.; Motley, T. C.; Balok, R. S.; Li, G.; Siegler, M. A.; O’Donnell, R. M.; Hu, K.; Meyer, G. J. A Distance Dependence to Lateral Self-Exchange across Nanocrystalline TiO2. A Comparative Study of Three Homologous RuIII/II Polypyridyl Compounds. J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 14226.
41) Li, G.; Hu, K.; Robson, K. C. D.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Meyer, G. J.; Berlinguette, C. P.; Shatruk, M. Tris-heteroleptic Ruthenium-Dipyrrinate Chromophores in a Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell. Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 2173.
42) Cottingham, P.; Wallace, D. C.; Hu, K.; Meyer, G. J.; McQueen T. M. Thermally-activated Recombination in One Component of (CH3NH3)PbI3/TiO2 Observed by Photocurrent Spectroscopy. Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 7309.
43) Robson, K. C. D.; Hu, K.; Meyer, G. J.; Berlinguette, C. P. Atomic Level Resolution of Dye Regeneration in the Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 1961.
44) Li, G.; Hu, K.; Yi, C.; Knappenberger, Jr., K. L.; Meyer, G. J.; Gorelsky, S. I.; Shatruk, M. Panchromatic Light Harvesting and Hot Electron Injection by Ru(II) Dipyrrinates on TiO2 Surface. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 17399.
45) Cui, Y. H.; Xue, M. Z.; Wang, X. L.; Hu, K.; Fu, Z. W. InP as New Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries. Electrochem. Commun. 2009, 11, 1045.