1.       Tian-Nan Ye, Sangwon Park, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Tomofumi Tada, and Hideo Hosono*, “Vacancy-enabled N₂ activation for ammonia synthesis on an Ni loaded catalyst”, Nature 2020, 583, 391.

2.       Tian-Nan Ye, Sangwon Park, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, and Hideo Hosono*, “Contribution of Nitrogen Vacancies to Ammonia Synthesis over Metal Nitride Catalysts”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020，142, 14374.

3.       Tian-Nan Ye*, Zewen Xiao, Jiang Li, Yutong Gong, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono*, “Stable single platinum atoms trapped in subnanometer cavities in 12CaO·7Al₂O₃ for chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes”, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 1020.

4.       Yangfan Lu#*, Tian-Nan Ye#, Sangwon Park#, Jiang Li, Masato Sasase, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono*, “Intermetallic ZrPd₃ embedded nanoporous ZrC as an efficient and stable catalyst of the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction”, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 14366.

5.       Tian-Nan Ye, Yangfan Lu, Yasukazu Kobayashi, Jiang Li, Sangwon Park, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*, “Efficient Ammonia Synthesis over Phase-Separated Nickel-Based Intermetallic Catalysts”, J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 28589.

6.       Tian-Nan Ye*, Yangfan Lu, Zewen Xiao#, Jiang Li, Takuya Nakao, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Masaaki Kitano, Tomofumi Tada, and Hideo Hosono* “Palladium-bearing Intermetallic Electride as Efficient and Stable Catalyst for Suzuki Cross-coupling Reactions”, Nat. Commun. 2019, 10, 5653.

7.       Junjie Wang#, Tian-Nan Ye#, Yutong Gong, Jiazhen Wu*, Tomofumi Tada, Hideo Hosono*, “Discovery of boron-containing MAX phase Ti₂InB₂ and its evolution to layered TiB MX phase”, Nat. Commun. 2019, 2019, 10, 2284.

8.       Tian-Nan Ye, Yangfan Lu, Jiang Li, Takuya Nakao, Hongsheng Yang, Tomofumi Tada, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono*, “Copper-Based Intermetallic Electride Catalyst for Chemoselective Hydrogenation Reactions”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017，139, 17089.

9.       Yangfan Lu#*, Jiang Li#, Tian-Nan Ye#, Yasukazu Kobayashi#, Masato Sasase, Masaaki Kitano, Hideo Hosono*, “Synthesis of Rare-Earth-Based Metallic Electride Nanoparticles and Their Catalytic Applications to Selective Hydrogenation and Ammonia Synthesis”, ACS Catal. 2018，8, 11054.

10.   Tian-Nan Ye, Jiang Li, Masaaki Kitano*, Hideo Hosono*, “Unique nanocages of 12CaO·7Al₂O₃ boost heterolytic hydrogen activation and selective hydrogenation of heteroarenes over ruthenium catalyst”, Green. Chem. 2017, 19, 749.

11.   Tian-Nan Ye, Jiang Li, Masaaki Kitano*, Masato Sasase, Hideo Hosono*, “Electronic interactions between a stable electride and a nano-alloy control the chemoselective reduction reaction”, Chem. Sci. 2016, 7, 5969.

12.   Tian-Nan Ye, Wei-Jie Feng, Bing Zhang, Miao Xu, Li-Bing Lv, Juan Su, Xiao Wei, Xin-Hao Li*, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “Converting waste paper to multifunctional graphene-decorated carbon paper: from trash to treasure”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2015, 15, 13926.

13.   Tian-Nan Ye, Li-Bing Lv, Miao Xu, Bing Zhang, Kai-Xue Wang, Juan Su, Xin-Hao Li*, Jie-Sheng Chen*,  “Hierarchical carbon nanopapers coupled with ultrathin MoS₂ nanosheets: Highly efficient large-area electrodes for hydrogen evolution”, Nano Energy 2015, 15, 335.

14.   Tian-Nan Ye, Li-Bing Lv, Xin-Hao Li*, Miao Xu, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “Strongly-veined Carbon Nanoleaves as Highly Efficient Metal-free Electrocatalyst”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 6905.

15.   Tian-Nan Ye, Miao Xu, Wei Fu, Yi-Yu Cai, Xiao Wei, Kai-Xue Wang, Yong-Nan Zhao, Xin-Hao Li*, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “The crystallinity effect of mesocrystalline BaZrO₃ hollow nanospheres on charge separation for photocatalysis”, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 3021.

16.   Tian-Nan Ye, Shan Li, Xueyan Wu, Miao Xu, Xiao Wei, Kaixue Wang*, Hongliang Bao, Jianqiang Wang, Jiesheng Chen*, “Sol–gel preparation of efficient red phosphor Mg₂TiO₄:Mn⁴⁺ and XAFS investigation on the substitution of Mn⁴⁺ for Ti⁴⁺”, J. Mater. Chem. C 2013, 1, 4327.

17.   Tian-Nan Ye, Zhenghong Dong, Yongnan Zhao*, Jianguo Yu, Fengqin Wang, Shukun Guo, Yongcun Zou, “Controllable Synthesis and Photoluminescence of Single-Crystalline BaHfO₃ Hollow Micro- and Nanospheres”, Langmuir 2011, 27, 8878.

18.   Tian-Nan Ye, Zhenghong Dong, Yongnan Zhao*, Jianguo Yu, Fengqin Wang, Lingling Zhang, Yongcun Zou, “Rationally fabricating hollow particles of complex oxides by a templateless hydrothermal route: the case of single-crystalline SrHfO₃ hollow cuboidal nanoshells”, Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 2601.

19.   Tian-Nan Ye, Zhenghong Dong, Yongnan Zhao*, Jianguo Yu, Fengqin Wang, Shukun Guo, Yongcun Zou, “Controllable fabrication of perovskite SrZrO₃ hollow cuboidal nanoshells”, CrystEngComm 2011, 13, 3842.

20.   Mengya Yang, Long Jiao, Huilong Dong, Liujiang Zhou*, Changqing Teng, Dongming Yan, Tian-Nan Ye, Xiaoxin Chen, Yi Liu*, Hai-Long Jiang*, “Conversion of bimetallic MOF to Ru-doped Cu electrocatalysts for efficient hydrogen evolution in alkaline media”, Sci. Bull. 2021, 66, 257.

21.   Yajun Zhang, Dongming Yan, Nv Han, Yu Ao, Shikun Chen, Hailong Ye, Hamed Fazli, Tian-Nan Ye, “Effects of Activator Types on Degradation Mechanisms of Metakaolin Geopolymer Mortars Exposed to High Temperature”, J. Mater. Civ. Eng. 2020, 32, 04030269.

22.   Rong Zhao, Mengya Yang, Huan Wang, Tian-Nan Ye, Yi Liu*, Dongming Yan*, “Metal-organic frameworks assisted the construction of Ni_xCo_1-xP/rGO composites as highly efficient hydrogen evolution catalysts”, J. Solid State Chem. 2020, 290, 121602.

23.   Mengya Yang, Weiwei Zhu, Rong Zhao, Huan Wang, Tian-Nan Ye, Yi Liu*, Dongming Yan*, “MOF-derived hollow spherical Co2P@ C composite with micro-nanostructure for highly efficient oxygen evolution reaction in alkaline solution”, J. Solid State Chem. 2020, 288, 121456.

24.   Jiang Li, Jiazhen Wu, Haiyun Wang, Yangfan Lu, Tian-Nan Ye, Masato Sasase, Xiaojun Wu*, Masaaki Kitano*, Takeshi Inoshita, Hideo Hosono*, “Acid-durable electride with layered ruthenium for ammonia synthesis: boosting the activity via selective etching”, Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 5712.

25.   Yutong Gong, Jiazhen Wu, Masaaki Kitano, Junjie Wang*, Tian-Nan Ye, Jiang Li, Yasukazu Kobayashi, Kazuhisa Kishida, Hitoshi Abe, Yasuhiro Niwa, Hongsheng Yang, Tomofumi Tada, Hideo Hosono*, “Ternary intermetallic LaCoSi as a catalyst for N₂ activation”, Nat. Catal. 2018, 1, 178.

26.   Jiang Li, Masaaki Kitano*, Tian-Nan Ye, Masato Sasase, Toshiharu Yokoyama, Hideo Hosono*, “Chlorine‐Tolerant Ruthenium Catalyst Derived Using the Unique Anion Exchange Properties of 12CaO⋅7Al₂O₃ for Ammonia Synthesis”, ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 3078.

27.   Jie-Min Ge, Bing Zhang, Li-Bing Lv, Hong-Hui Wang, Tian-Nan Ye, Xiao Wei, Juan Su, Kai-Xue Wang, Xin-Hao Li*, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “Constructing holey graphene monoliths via supramolecular assembly: Enriching nitrogen heteroatoms up to the theoretical limit for hydrogen evolution reaction”, Nano Energy 2015, 15, 567.

28.   Miao Xu, Tian-Nan Ye, Fang Dai, Jin-Di Yang, Jing-Mei Shen, Jian-Tao Zai*, Xue-Feng Qian*, “Rationally Designed n–n Heterojunction with Highly Efficient Solar Hydrogen Evolution”, ChemSusChem 2015, 8, 1218.

29.   Li-Bing Lv, Tian-Nan Ye, Ling-Hong Gong, Kai-Xue Wang, Juan Su, Xin-Hao Li*, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “Anchoring Cobalt Nanocrystals through the Plane of Graphene: Highly Integrated Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, Chem. Mater. 2015, 27, 544.

30.   Li-Na Han, Tian-Nan Ye, Li-Bing Lv, Kai-Xue Wang, Xiao Wei, Xin-Hao Li*, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “Supramolecular nano-assemblies with tailorable surfaces: recyclable hard templates for engineering hollow nanocatalysts”, Sci. China Mater. 2014, 57, 7.

31.   Miao Xu, Min Wang, Tian-Nan Ye, Na Liang, Lun Jin, Jian-Tao Zai*, Xue-Feng Qian*, “Cube-in-Cube Hollow Cu₉S₅ Nanostructures with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities in Solar H₂ Evolution”, Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 13576.

32.   Wei Fu, Fei-Hu Du, Juan Su, Xin-Hao Li, Xiao Wei, Tian-Nan Ye, Kai-Xue Wang*, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “In situ catalytic growth of large-area multilayer graphene/MoS₂ heterostructures”, Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 4673.

33.   Yongcun Zou*, Yang Luo, Ni Wen, Tian-Nan Ye, Caiyun Xu, Jianguo Yu, Fengqin Wang, Guodong Li, Yongnan Zhao*, “Fabricating BaZrO₃ hollow microspheres by a simple reflux method”, New J. Chem. 2014, 38, 2548.

34.   Wei Fu, Fei-Hu Du, Kai-Xue Wang*, Tian-Nan Ye, Xiao Wei, Jie-Sheng Chen*, “In situ growth of ultrafine tin oxide nanocrystals embedded in graphitized carbon nanosheets for use in high-performance lithium-ion batteries”, J. Mater. Chem. A 2014, 2, 6960.

35.   Shan Li, Tian-Nan Ye, Yang Lu, Xiao Wei*, “Hydrothermal Synthesis and Luminescent Properties of Non Rare-Earth Mn Doped SrGe₄O₉ Red Phosphor”, J. Jilin U. Sci. Edition 2014, 5, 1055.

36.   Yongzheng Lu, Hua Huang, Tian-Nan Ye, Jianguo Yu, Guodong Li, Yongnan Zhao*, “Fabricating Perovskite BaHfO₃ Hollow Nanospheres through a Mild Reflux Route”, Chem. Lett. 2013, 42, 148.

37.   Juan Chen, Tian-Nan Ye, Yongnan Zhao*, Jianguo Yu, Shaofei Wang, “Photoluminescence Properties of Perovskite BaZrO₃:Y Hollow Microspheres”, Chem. J. Chinese U. 2011, 4, 805。

38.   Zhenghong Dong, Tian-Nan Ye, Yongnan Zhao*, Jianguo Yu, Fengqin Wang, Lingling Zhang, Xiaobin Wang, Shukun Guo, “Perovskite BaZrO₃ hollow micro- and nanospheres: controllable fabrication, photoluminescence and adsorption of reactive dyes”, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, 21, 5978.