Weixin Huang

material synthesis, heterogeneous catalysis for energy and environmental sustainablity, in situ/operando characterizations

(Selected Publications)

1. W. Huang, A. C. Johnston-Peck, T. Wolter, W. D. Yang, L. Xu, J. Oh, B. A. Reeves, C. Zhou, M. E. Holtz, A. A. Herzing, A. M. Lindenberg, M. Mavrikakis and M. Cargnello*. Steam-Created Grain Boundaries for Methane C–H Activation in Palladium Catalysts, Science, 2021, 373, 1518-1523.  

2. W. Huang, X. Zhang, A. Yang, E. D. Goodman, K. Kao and M. Cargnello*. Enhanced Transient Activity for Methane Combustion through In-Situ H2O Removal. ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 8157-8167.  

3. Y. Wang*, C. Niu, Y. Zhu, D. He, and W. Huang (co-corresponding author)*. Tunable Syngas Formation from Electrochemical CO2 Reduction on Copper Nanowire Arrays. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2020, 3, 9841–9847. (Front Cover)  

4. W. Huang+, * S. J. Yoon+, * and P. Sapkota. Effect of Light Illumination on Mixed Halide Lead Perovskites: Reversible or Irreversible Transformation. ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2018, 1, 2859-2865.  

5. W. Huang, S. Sadhu, P. Sapkota and S. Ptasinska*. In Situ Identification of Cation-Exchange-Induced Reversible Transformations of 3D and 2D Perovskites. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 5879-5882.  

6. W. Huang+, Y. Wang+ and S. K. Balakrishnan*. Controllable Transformation Between 3D and 2D Perovskites through Cation Exchange. Chemical Communications, 2018, 54, 7944-7947.

7. W. Huang, S. Sadhu and S. Ptasinska*. Heat- and Gas-Induced Transformation in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskites and Its Effect on the Efficiency of Solar Cells. Chemistry of Materials, 2017, 29, 8478–8485.  

8. W. Huang, S. Zhang, Y. Tang, Y. Li, L. Nguyen, Y. Li, J. Shan, D. Xiao, R. Gagne, A. I. Frenkel and F. Tao*. Low?Temperature Transformation of Methane to Methanol on Pd1O4 Single Sites Anchored on the Internal Surface of Microporous Silicate. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2016, 55, 13441–13445.  

9. W. Huang, J. S. Manser, S. Sadhu, P. V. Kamat and S. Ptasinska*. Direct Observation of Reversible Transformation of CH3NH3PbI3 and NH4PbI3 Induced by Polar Gaseous Molecules. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2016, 7, 5068?5073.  

10. W. Huang, J. S. Manser, P. V. Kamat and S. Ptasinska*. Evolution of Chemical Composition, Morphology, and Photovoltaic Efficiency of CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite under Ambient Conditions. Chemistry of Materials, 2016, 28, 303–311.  

Postdoc: Stanford University; Washingston State University

Ph.D.: University of Notre Dame