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  1. Effect of surface-bound sulfide on oxygen reduction reaction on Pt: Breaking the scaling relationship and mechanistic insights

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2019, American Institute of Physics

    YuYe Tong, Dejun Chen

  2. In situ Raman spectroscopic measurement of near-surface proton concentration changes during electrochemical reactions

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  3. A straightforward implementation of in situ solution electrochemical 13C NMR spectroscopy for studying reactions on commercial electrocatalysts: ethanol oxidation

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  4. In Situ FT-IR Investigation of Methanol and CO Electrooxidation on Cubic and Octahedral/Tetrahedral Pt Nanoparticles Having Residual PVP

    Article • Electrocatalysis, March 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    YuYe Tong

  5. Electrochemical and in situ ATR-SEIRAS investigations of methanol and CO electro-oxidation on PVP-free cubic and octahedral/tetrahedral Pt nanoparticles

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  6. On the chemistry of activation of a commercial carbon-supported PtRu electrocatalyst for the methanol oxidation reaction

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  7. Foreword

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, July 2013, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  8. Application of the condensed Fukui function to predict reactivity in core–shell transition metal nanoparticles

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, July 2013, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  9. Enhanced CO monolayer electro-oxidation reaction on sulfide-adsorbed Pt nanoparticles: A combined electrochemical and in situ ATR-SEIRAS spectroscopic study

    Article • Catalysis Today, March 2013, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  10. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopic measurement of potential of zero charge of octanethiolate-protected Au and Pd nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, January 2013, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  11. Spatially Resolved Electronic Alterations As Seen by in Situ195Pt and 13CO NMR in Ru@Pt and Au@Pt Core–Shell Nanoparticles

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, December 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  12. An in situ attenuated total reflection-surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopic study of enhanced methanol electro-oxidation activity on carbon-supported Pt nanoparticles by poly(vinylpyrrolidone) of different molecular weights

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, November 2012, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  13. Inverse-Micelle-Encapsulated Water-Enabled Bond Breaking of Dialkyl Diselenide/Disulfide: A Critical Step for Synthesizing High-Quality Gold Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  14. Mechanistic Insights into the Brust–Schiffrin Two-Phase Synthesis of Organo-chalcogenate-Protected Metal Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  15. Electroless deposition of ultrathin Au film for surface enhanced in situ spectroelectrochemisrty and reaction-driven surface reconstruction for oxygen reduction reaction

    Article • Catalysis Today, March 2012, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  16. Different Mechanisms Govern the Two-Phase Brust–Schiffrin Dialkylditelluride Syntheses of Ag and Au Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  17. Mechanistic insights on one-phase vs. two-phase Brust–Schiffrin method synthesis of Au nanoparticles with dioctyl-diselenides

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  18. Unconventional promoters of catalytic activity in electrocatalysis

    Article • Chemical Society Reviews, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  19. Synthesis of Au and Ag nanoparticles with alkylselenocyanates

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  20. Origin of the current peak of negative scan in the cyclic voltammetry of methanol electro-oxidation on Pt-based electrocatalysts: a revisit to the current ratio criterion

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  21. Mechanistic Insights on Sulfide-Adsorption Enhanced Activity of Methanol Electro-Oxidation on Pt Nanoparticles

    Article • ACS Catalysis, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  22. An in situ SERS investigation of the chemical states of sulfur species adsorbed onto Pt from different sulfur sources

    Article • Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, November 2011, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  23. Spectroscopic evidence of a bidentate-binding of meso-2,3-dimercaptosuccinic acid on silver nanoclusters

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, June 2011, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  24. Critical Role of Water and the Structure of Inverse Micelles in the Brust–Schiffrin Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles

    Article • Langmuir, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  25. Identification of the Most Active Sites and Surface Water Species: A Comparative Study of CO and Methanol Oxidation Reactions on Core−Shell M@Pt (M = Ru, Au) Nanoparticles by in Situ IR Spectroscopy

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  26. Inside Cover: Chemical State of Adsorbed Sulfur on Pt Nanoparticles (ChemPhysChem 4/2011)

    Article • ChemPhysChem, March 2011, Wiley

    YuYe Tong

  27. Size-Dependent Methanol Electro-oxidation Activity of Pt Nanoparticles with Different Shapes

    Article • Electrocatalysis, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    YuYe Tong

  28. Chemical State of Adsorbed Sulfur on Pt Nanoparticles

    Article • ChemPhysChem, February 2011, Wiley

    YuYe Tong

  29. Mechanistic Insights into the Brust−Schiffrin Two-Phase Synthesis of Organo-chalcogenate-Protected Metal Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  30. Identification of a source of size polydispersity and its solution in Brust–Schiffrin metal nanoparticle synthesis

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  31. Capping polymer-enhanced electrocatalytic activity on Pt nanoparticles: a combined electrochemical and in situ IR spectroelectrochemical study

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  32. Polyoxometalate-stabilized Pt nanoparticles and their electrocatalytic activities

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  33. Electrocatalytic properties of Au@Pt nanoparticles: effects of Pt shell packing density and Au core size

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  34. Evaluation of methods to predict reactivity of gold nanoparticles

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  35. A volcano curve: optimizing methanol electro-oxidation on Pt-decorated Ru nanoparticles

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  36. A comparative in situ195Pt electrochemical-NMR investigation of PtRu nanoparticles supported on diverse carbon nanomaterials

    Article • Faraday Discussions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  37. Shape and size stability of Pt nanoparticles for MeOH electro-oxidation

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, September 2008, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  38. Room-Temperature and Low-Ordered, Amphotropic-Lyotropic Ionic Liquid Crystal Phases Induced by Alcohols in Phosphonium Halides

    Article • Langmuir, August 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  39. Spatially resolved Pt195 NMR of carbon-supported PtRu electrocatalysts: Local electronic properties, elemental composition, and catalytic activity

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2008, American Institute of Physics

    YuYe Tong

  40. An unexpected enhancement in methanol electro-oxidation on an ensemble of Pt(111) nanofacets: a case of nanoscale single crystal ensemble electrocatalysis

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2008, Royal Society of Chemistry

    YuYe Tong

  41. Particle Size Limit for Concomitant Tuning of Size and Shape of Platinum Nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Cluster Science, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    YuYe Tong

  42. Interactions between Keggin-Type Lacunary Polyoxometalates and Ag Nanoparticles: A Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Spectroscopic Investigation

    Article • Journal of Cluster Science, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    YuYe Tong

  43. Local quantum size effect as seen by room-temperature 195Pt NMR in octanethiol-protected Pt nanoparticles

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, April 2005, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  44. A Fast and Convenient One-Pot Synthesis of Dioctyldiselenide at Ambient Temperature and Atmosphere

    Article • Synlett, January 2005, Thieme Publishing Group

    YuYe Tong

  45. NMR Spectroscopy in Electrochemistry

    Article • February 2003, Wiley

    YuYe Tong

  46. NMR evidence of a spatially resolved oscillation in the Ef-LDOS in a nanoscale platinum electrocatalyst

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters, July 2002, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  47. Advanced 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation of Metal-Ligand Interactions in Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles: NMR Shifts and Relaxations

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    YuYe Tong

  48. Infrared reflection–absorption properties of platinum nanoparticle films on metal electrode substrates: control of anomalous optical effects

    Article • Electrochemistry Communications, September 2001, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  49. Electronic Properties at a Metal-Solution Interface as Viewed by Solid-State NMR

    Article • August 2001, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  50. 195Pt NMR of Platinum Electrocatalysts:  Friedel−Heine Invariance and Correlations between Platinum Knight Shifts, Healing Length, and Adsorbate Electronegativity

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, November 2000, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  51. Peer Reviewed: Exploring Electrochemical Interfaces with Solid-State NMR

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, August 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  52. Cyclic voltammetry and 195Pt nuclear magnetic resonance characterization of graphite-supported commercial fuel cell grade platinum electrocatalysts

    Article • Electrochimica Acta, June 1998, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  53. Supported Aqueous-Phase Palladium Catalysts for the Reaction of Allylic Substitution:  Toward an Understanding of the Catalytic System

    Article • Organometallics, January 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    YuYe Tong

  54. Comparison between the hydration processes of tricalcium silicate and beta-dicalcium silicate

    Article • Cement and Concrete Research, July 1991, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  55. Hydration process of beta-dicalcium silicate followed by MAS and CP/MAS nuclear magnetic resonance

    Article • Cement and Concrete Research, March 1991, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  56. CP/MAS NMR studies of the initial hydration processes of activated and ordinary beta-dicalcium silicates

    Article • Cement and Concrete Research, November 1990, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong

  57. Paramagnetism of Small Metal Particles Studied by NMR

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    YuYe Tong

  58. The influence of VTES on the hydration process of C3S

    Article • Cement and Concrete Research, November 1989, Elsevier

    YuYe Tong