Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
1st author research articles: 14 Average impact factor (IF): ~18.8

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2025

42. Prebiotic Interconversion of Pyruvate and Lactate over Zeolite‐Supported Ni Catalyst.

Youngdong Song, Eko Budiyanto, Ashwani Kumar, Gautier Landrot, Harun Tüysüz*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202503747 (IF: 16.1)

2024

41. Regulating Local Coordination Sphere of Ir Single Atoms at the Atomic Interface for Efficient Oxygen Evolution Reaction .

Ashwani Kumar, Marcos Gil-Sepulcre, Jean Pascal Fandré, Olaf Rüdiger, Min Gyu Kim, Serena DeBeer, Harun Tüysüz*

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 32953−32964 (IF: 15.0) Supplementary Cover Art

MPI-KOFO News: "Unlocking the Future of Green Hydrogen: Innovations in Single Atom Catalysts"

40. Iridium Single-Atom-Ensembles Stabilized on Mn-Substituted Spinel Oxide for Durable Acidic Water Electrolysis .

Ashwani Kumar, Marcos Gil-Sepulcre, Jinsun Lee, Viet Q. Bui, Yue Wang, Olaf Rüdiger, Min Gyu Kim, Serena DeBeer, Harun Tüysüz*

Adv. Mater. 2024, 36, 2401648 (IF: 29.4)

MPI-KOFO News: "Unlocking the Future of Green Hydrogen: Innovations in Single Atom Catalysts"

39. Orbital-Engineered Anomalous Hall Conductivity in Stable Full Heusler Compounds: A Pathway to Optimized Spintronics.

Quynh Anh Thi Nguyen, Thi Huynh Ho, Seong-Gon Kim, Ashwani Kumar, Viet Q Bui*

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, DOI: 10.1039/D4TC02116A (IF: 5.7)

38. Advanced Dual-Atom Catalysts on Graphitic Carbon Nitride for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution via Water Splitting .

Xinghui Liu, Dang Kim Hoang, Quynh Anh Thi Nguyen, Dinh Phuc Do, Seong-Gon Kim, Pham Cam Nam, Ashwani Kumar, Fuchun Zhang, Chunyi Zhi, Viet Q Bui*

Nanoscale, 2024, 16, 13148-13160 (IF: 5.8)

37. Graphene and Its Hybrid Nanocomposite: A Metamorphoses elevation in the field of Tissue Engineering .

Rajesh Singh, Hemant Rawat*, Ashwani Kumar, Yashika Gandhi, Vijay Kumar, Sujeet K Mishra, Ch Venkata Narasimhaji

Heliyon, 2024, 10, e33542 (IF: 3.4)

36. Boron-Incorporated Cobalt–Nickel Oxide Nanosheets for Electrochemical Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

Yue Wang, Ashwani Kumar, Eko Budiyanto, Haritha Cheraparambil, Claudia Weidenthaler, Harun Tüysüz*

ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 2024, 7, 3145-3156 (IF: 6.4)

35. Solar-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Oxidative Coupling of Phenol Derivatives over Bismuth-Based Porous Metal Halide Perovskites.

Jinsun Lee, Ashwani Kumar, Harun Tüysüz*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202404496 (IF: 16.82)

2023

34. Transition metal phosphides as cardinal electrocatalytic materials for alkaline hydrogen production.

S.K. Tarik Aziz, Sabiha Sultana, Ashwani Kumar, Sk. Riyajuddin, Manodip Pal, Arnab Dutta*

Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., 2023, 4, 101747 (IF: 8.90)

33. Exploring catalytic behaviors of CoS2-ReS2 heterojunction by interfacial engineering.

Jianmin Yu, Yongteng Qian, Sohyeon Seo, Yang Liu, Huong TD Bui, Ngoc Quang Tran, Jinsun Lee, Ashwani Kumar, Hongdan Wang, Yongguang Luo, Xiaodong Shao, Yunhee Cho, Xinghui Liu, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

J. Energy Chem., 2023, 85, 11-18 (IF: 13.60)

32. Nanorod Arrays-Based Hierarchical NiO Microspheres as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for selective and corrosion-resistance seawater photo/electrolysis system.

Khadijeh Hemmati, Ashwani Kumar, Amol R Jadhav, Omran Moradlou, Alireza Z. Moshfegh, Hyoyoung Lee*

ACS Catal., 2023, 13, 5516-5528 (IF: 13.7)

31. Inverse 'Intra-Lattice' Charge Transfer in Nickel-Molybdenum Dual Electrocatalysts Regulated by Under-coordinating the Molybdenum Center.

Sahanaz Parvin, Neha Bothra, Supriti Dutta, Mamoni Maji, Maglu Mura, Ashwani Kumar, Dhirendra K. Chaudhary, Parasmani Rajput, Manvendra Kumar, Swapan K. Pati, Sayan Bhattacharyya*

Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 3056-3069 (IF: 9.97)

30. Density-Controlled Metal Nanocluster with Modulated Surface for pH-Universal and Robust Water Splitting.

Xiaodong Shao, Mengfang Liang, Min Gyu Kim, Sara Ajmal, Ashwani Kumar, Xinghui Liu, Hyun Seung Jung, Haiyan Jin, Fengliang Cao, Jianmin Yu, Kim My Tran, Hyun Ko, Jinsun Lee, Jong Wook Bae, Hyoyoung Lee*

Adv. Funct. Mater., 2023, 33, 2211192 (IF: 19.92) Supplementary Cover Art

2022

29. Unveiling the Protonation Kinetics-Dependent Selectivity in Nitrogen Electroreduction: Achieving 75.05 % Selectivity.

Yang Liu, Lingling Wang, Lin Chen, Hongdan Wanga, Amol R. Jadhav, Taehun Yanga, Yixuan Wang, Jinqiang Zhang, Ashwani Kumar, Jinsun Lee, Viet Q.Bui, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e2022095 (IF: 16.82)

28. Efficient Nitrate Conversion to Ammonia on f-Block Single-Atom/Metal Oxide Heterostructure via Local Electron-Deficiency Modulation.

Ashwani Kumar†, Jinsun Lee†, Min Gyu Kim, Bharati Debnath, Xinghui Liu, Yosep Hwang, Yue Wang, Xiaodong Shao, Amol R. Jadhav, Yang Liu, Harun Tüysüz, Hyoyoung Lee*

ACS Nano, 2022, 16, 15297–15309 (IF: 18.02)

† Equal contribution

27. The Perfect Imperfections in Electrocatalysts.

Rahul Majee, Sahanaz Parvin, Quazi Arif Islam, Ashwani Kumar, Bharati Debnath, Surajit Mondal, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Satarupa Das, Arun Kumar, Sayan Bhattacharyya*

Chem. Rec. 2022, 22, e202200070 (IF: 6.94)

26. Intra-Lattice Inverse Charge Transfer in Bimetallic Electrocatalysts.

Sahanaz Parvin, Neha Bothra, Ashwani Kumar, Maglu Mura, Dhirendra K. Chaudhary, Parasmani Rajput, Manvendra Kumar, Swapan K. Pati, Sayan Bhattacharyya*

ChemRxiv, 2022, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-v492x (Not peer-reviewed)

25. Unveiling a three-phase mixed heterojunction via phase-selective anchoring of polymer for efficient photocatalysis.

Amol R Jadhav, Viet Q. Bui, Yunhee Cho, Yang Liu, Ashwani Kumar, Hyojung Kim, Sara Ajmal, Xinghi Liu, Shahid Saqlain, Jinsun Lee, Hyunjung Kim, Young Dok Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 12, 2102116 (IF: 29.70)

24. Amorphization of Metal Nanoparticles by 2D Twisted Polymer for Super Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

Xiaodong Shao, Mengfang Liang, Ashwani Kumar, Xinghui Liu, Haiyan Jin, Sara Ajmal, Viet Quoc Bui, Huong Thi Diem Bui, Jinsun Lee, Ngoc Quang Tran, Jianmin Yu, Yunhee Cho, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Adv. Energy Mater., 2022, 12, 2102257 (IF: 29.70) Supplementary Cover Art

23. Unraveling the Function of Metal-Amorphous Support Interactions in Single-Atom Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

Yang Liu, Xinghui Liu, Amol R. Jadhav, Taehun Yang, Yosep Hwang, Hongdan Wang, Lingling Wang, Yongguang Luo, Ashwani Kumar, Jinsun Lee, Huong T. D. Bui, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 61, e202114160 (IF: 16.82)

22. Accelerating water reduction towards hydrogen generation via cluster size adjustment in Ru-incorporated carbon nitride.

Sara Ajmal, Huong T. D. Bui, Viet Q. Bui, Taehun Yang, Xiaodong Shao, Ashwani Kumar, Seong-Gon Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Chem. Eng. J., 2022, 429, 132282 (IF: 16.74)

2021

21. Single-Metal-Atom Dopants Increase the Lewis Acidity of Metal-Oxides and Promote Nitrogen Fixation.

Jinsun Lee†, Ashwani Kumar†, Min Gyu Kim, Taehun Yang, Xiaodong Shao, Xinghui Liu, Yang Liu, Yeseul Hong, Amol Jadhav, Mengfang Liang, Ngoc Tran, Hyoyoung Lee*

ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 4299−4308 (IF: 23.99)

† Equal contribution

20. Moving Beyond Bimetallic-Alloy to Single-Atom Dimer Atomic-Interface for All-pH Hydrogen Evolution.

Ashwani Kumar†, Viet Q. Bui†, Jinsun Lee, Lingling Wang, Amol R. Jadhav, Xinghui Liu, Xiaodong Shao, Yang Liu, Jianmin Yu, Yosep Hwang, Huong T.D. Bui, Sara Ajmal, Min Gyu Kim, Seong-Gon Kim, Gyeong-Su Park, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Hyoyoung Lee*

Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 6766 (IF: 17.70)

† Equal contribution

(2021 Top 25 chemistry and materials science articles published in Nature Communications)

IBS Research News: "Two is Better than One: Single-Atom Dimer Electrocatalyst for Green Hydrogen Production".

SKKU Research Stories: "Single-Atom Dimer Electrocatalyst for Green Hydrogen Production".

Highlighted as news items in

(i) CHEMEUROPE, Nov. 23, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production".

(ii) AZO Materials, Nov. 22, 2021: "New Single-Atom Dimer Electrocatalyst for Green Hydrogen Production".

(iii) Nanotechnology Now, Nov. 19, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production ".

(iv) Nanowerk, Nov. 19, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production".

(v) Innovation News Network, Nov. 19, 2021: "Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production".

(vi) PHYS.ORG, Nov. 19, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production".

(vii) Science Daily, Nov. 19, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production ".

(viii) EurekAlert!, Nov. 19, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production".

(ix) Mirage News, Nov. 19, 2021: "Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production ".

(x) SCIENMAG, Nov. 19, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production".

(xi) Alpha Galileo, Nov. 18, 2021: "Two is better than one: Single-atom dimer electrocatalyst for green hydrogen production ".

(xii) Etnews, Nov. 22, 2021: "IBS develops a dimer catalyst combining two single metal atoms... Contribute to eco-friendly hydrogen production".

(xiii) NAVER News, Nov. 22, 2021: "CO2 worry-free' eco-friendly hydrogen production 4 times cheaper ".

(xiv) TECHWORLD, Nov. 23, 2021: "IBS develops a dimer catalyst combining two single metal atoms".

(xv) HelloDD, Nov. 22, 2021: "Hydrogen production from any water... A new concept catalyst has emerged".

(xvi) News 1, Nov. 22, 2021: "IBS Develops New Catalyst to Generate Hydrogen from Any Water ".

(xvii) Haiger, Nov. 23, 2021: "Development of a dimer catalyst combining two single metal atoms... Contribute to eco-friendly hydrogen production ".

(xviii) Geumgang Ilbo, Nov. 22, 2021: "IBS develops a catalyst that produces hydrogen from any water".

(xix) Thereport, Dec. 06, 2021: "Domestic research team develops a catalyst that produces hydrogen from any Water ".

(xx) Dnfinet news, Nov. 25, 2021: "Hydrogen production possible from any nature of water, new catalyst development".

19. Discovering Ultrahigh-Loading of Single-Metal-Atom via Surface Tensile-Strain for Unprecedented Urea Electrolysis.

Ashwani Kumar†, Xinghui Liu†, Jinsun Lee, Bharati Debnath, Amol R. Jadhav, Xiaodong Shao, Viet Q. Bui, Yosep Hwang, Yang Liu, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, 14, 6494-6505 (IF: 39.72)

† Equal contribution

IBS Research News: "A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate".

TJB NEWS video: "Development of a catalyst that produces hydrogen with low power".

Highlighted as news items in

(i) ScienceDaily, Oct. 13, 2021: "A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate".

(ii) AZO Materials, Oct. 13, 2021: "New Way to Achieve Ultra-High Loading of Single Metal Atom Sites for Hydrogen Synthesis".

(iii) PHYS.ORG, Oct. 14, 2021: "A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate ".

(iv) EurekAlert!, Oct. 13, 2021: "A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate ".

(v) Mirage News, Oct. 14, 2021: "New single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate ".

(vi) AlphaGalileo, Oct. 13, 2021: "A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate ".

(vii) Chem Europe, Oct. 13, 2021: "New single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate ".

(viii) Gasnews, Oct. 15, 2021: "Green hydrogen production at low voltage… Resolving water pollution ".

(ix) NEWSIS, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS makes it possible to produce green hydrogen even at low voltage ".

(x) Electronic news, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS Develops High-Performance Urea Electrolysis Catalyst... Contributes to Green Hydrogen Economy ".

(xi) Asian economy, Oct. 14, 2021: "Hydrogen production from urea in wastewater… "Consuming less electricity and solving water pollution ".

(xii) Newsworks, Oct. 14, 2021: "Hyo-Young Lee, Deputy Head of IBS Research Team, Develops Urea Electrolysis Catalyst to Advance Hydrogen Production at Low Voltage ".

(xiii) Herald Economy, Oct. 14, 2021: "Mass production of green hydrogen cheaply... Development of IBS 'High Performance Catalyst ".

(xiv) News 1, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS develops high-performance urea electrolysis catalyst… Green hydrogen production 'strongly'".

(xv) Yunhap news, Oct. 14, 2021: "Development of high-performance catalyst for “zero-emission” green hydrogen production ".

(xvi) Chungcheong News, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS, Green Hydrogen Production at Low Voltage... Electrolysis Catalyst Development ".

(xvii) National Daily Newspaper, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS develops element electrolysis catalyst capable of loading single metal atoms with ultra-heavy weight ".

(xviii) Tech world, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS develops urea electrolysis catalyst capable of loading ultra-heavy weight of single metal atoms ".

(xix) Geumgang Ilbo, Oct. 14, 2021: "IBS Develops High-Performance Catalyst to Advance Green Hydrogen ".

(xx) Scienmag, Oct. 13, 2021: "A new single-atom catalyst can produce hydrogen from urea at an exceptional rate ".

18. Restructuring highly electron-deficient metal-metal oxides for boosting stability in acidic oxygen evolution reaction.

Xinghui Liu, Shibo Xi, Hyunwoo Kim, Ashwani Kumar, Jinsun Lee, Jian Wang, Quang Tran, Taehun Yang, Xiaodong Shao, Mengfang Liang, Min Gui Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Nature Commun., 2021, 12, 5676 (IF: 17.70)

SKKU Sungdae News: "Development of Electrode Catalyst for Water Electrolysis Oxygen Generation".

SKKU Research Stories: "Green hydrogen production: Restructuring highly electron-deficient metal-metal oxides".

17. Comprehensive and High-throughput Electrolysis of Water and Urea by 3-5 nm Nickel and Copper Coordination Polymers.

Ashwani Kumar†, Sahanaz Parvin†, Raj Kumar Das, Sayan Bhattacharyya*

Chem Asian J., 2021, 16, 1-10 (IF: 4.84)

† Equal contribution

Invited contribution to the Special Collection celebrating the 15th Anniversary of IISER Inception

16. Unraveling the Synergy of Chemical Hydroxylation and the Physical Heterointerface upon Improving the Hydrogen Evolution Kinetics.

Yang Liu, Xinghui Liu, Xiaoshan Wang, Hui Ning, Taehun Yang, Jianmin Yu, Ashwani Kumar,
Yongguang Luo, Hongdan Wang, Lingling Wang, Jinsun Lee, Amol R. Jadhav, Han Hu, Mingbo Wu, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 15017-15026 (IF: 18.02)

15. Phase-selective Active Site on Ordered/Disordered Titanium Dioxide Enables Exceptional Photocatalytic Ammonia Synthesis.

Jinsun Lee†, Xinghui Liu†, Ashwani Kumar†, Yosep Hwang, Eunji Lee, Jianmin Yu, Young Dok Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Chem. Sci., 2021, 12, 9619-9629 (IF: 9.97) Supplementary Cover Art

† Equal contribution

14. Activity−Selectivity Enhancement and Catalytic Trend of CO2 Electroreduction on Metallic Dimers Supported by N‑Doped Graphene: A Computational Study.

Huong T. D. Bui, Viet Q. Bui, Xiaodong Shao, Ashwani Kumar, Seong-Gon Kim, Hung M. Le, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Hyoyoung Lee*

J. Phys. Chem. C., 2021, 125, 13176–13184 (IF: 4.17)

13. Revealing the Synergy of Cation and Anion Vacancies on Improving Overall Water Splitting Kinetics.

Yang Liu, Huong T. D. Bui, Amol R. Jadhav, Taehun Yang, Shahid Saqlain, Yongguang Luo, Jianmin Yu, Ashwani Kumar, Hongdan Wang, Lingling Wang, Viet Q. Bui, Min Gyu Kim, Young Dok Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 31, 2010718 (IF: 19.92)

12. Identifying the Activity Origin of a Cobalt Single-Atom Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Using Supervised Learning .

Xinghui Liu, Lirong Zheng, Chenxu Han, Hongxiang Zong, Guang Yang, Shiru Lin, Ashwani Kumar, Amol R. Jadhav, Ngoc Quang Tran, Yosep Hwang, Jinsun Lee, Suresh Vasimalla, Zhongfang Chen, Seong-Gon Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 31, 2100547 (IF: 19.92)

11. Modulating Interfacial Charge-density of NiP2-FeP2 via Coupling with Metallic-Cu for Accelerating Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution.

Ashwani Kumar†, Viet Q. Bui†, Jinsun Lee, Amol Jadhav, Yosep Hwang, Min Gyu Kim, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Hyoyoung Lee*

ACS Energy Letters, 2021, 6, 354−363 (IF: 23.99)

† Equal contribution

(Recognized as journal’s Top 20 most downloaded articles during January 2021)

10. Influence of Lattice Oxygen on the Catalytic Activity of Blue Titania Supported Pt Catalyst under CO oxidation.

Han Seul Choi, Jinsun Lee, Daeho Kim, Ashwani Kumar, Beomgyun Jeong, Ki-jeong Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*, Jeong Y. Park*

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2021, 11, 1698-1708 (IF: 6.17)

2020

9. Stabilizing OOH* Intermediate via Pre-adsorbed Surface Oxygen of Single Ru Atom-bimetallic Alloy for Ultralow Overpotential Oxygen Generation.

Jinsun Lee†, Ashwani Kumar†, Taehun Yang, Xinghui Liu, Amol R Jadhav, G. Hwan Park, Yosep Hwang, Jianmin Yu, Chau TK Nguyen, Yang Liu, Sara Ajmal, Min Gyu Kim, Hyoyoung Lee*

Energy Environ. Sci., 2020, 13, 5152-5164 (IF: 38.53)

† Equal contribution

SKKU Research stories: "Development of highly efficient and long-lasting electrocatalyst for water oxidation".

IBS Research News: "Highly efficient, long-lasting electrocatalyst to boost hydrogen fuel production".

KOSUA Award 2021 summer: "Excellent research paper award in XAFS field (Korean Synchroton User's Association: KOSUA), Synchroton Radiation Science and Technology (Summer 2021)".