20. S. Zhang, H. Yao*, L. Shi, X. Zhang, X. Bao, X. Shi, Y. Guo, T. Zhao, S. Zhou, K. Hui, X. Li, S. Zhao*, Medium-entropy metal-organic framework-integrated catalytic distillation system for near 100% urea removal, Nat. Commun., 2026, 17, 6421.

19. Y. Yang, Y. Yang, J. A. Yuwono, S. Cheong, X. Shi, T. Zhao, R. D. Tilley, N. M. Bedford, S. Zhao*, High-entropy alloy nanowires for direct electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater, Nat. Synth., 2026, 5(6), 907-917.

18. Y. Guo, L. Shi, X. Shi, T. Zhao, W. Tian, S. Zhang, D. Liu, Y. Li, F. Zhong, S. Zhao*, Scalable metal–organic framework-based electrodes for efficient alkaline water electrolysis, Nat. Chem. Eng., 2025, 2(8), 474–483.

17. ‡T. Zhao, ‡L. Shi, ‡G. Zhang, Y. Guo, Y. Li, J. Wang, S. Kong, Q. Zheng, Y. R Yang, T. Tan, Q. Qiu, F. Zhong, J.Dong*, J. Guo*, S. Zhao*, Compressive strain in high-entropy alloy for high-performance acidic oxygen evolution, Matter, 2025, 8(5), 102091.

16. X. Shi, L. Shi, J. Wang, Y. Zhou*, S. Zhao*, Defect engineering of nanomaterials for selective electrocatalytic CO₂ reduction, Matter, 2024, 7 (12), 4233-4259.

15. Y. Hou, H. Liu, L. Shi*, S. Zhao*, Oxygen-affinity engineering on single-site catalysts for selective CO₂ electroreduction, Matter, 2024, 7 (5), 1692-1695.

14. T. Yang, Z. Chen, Y. Yang*, S. Zhao*, Anion-exchange membrane fuel cells with ionomerless cathodes, Joule., 2024, 8(2), 287-290.

13. Y. Liu, T. Maschmeyer, S. Zhao*, From nitric oxide to ammonia: Unpacking the potential of electrochemistry, Chem., 2024, 10(2), 437-440.

12. L. Shi, S. Zhao*,  Misorientation strategy on high-entropy metal oxides for enhanced acidic oxygen evolution reaction, Chem., 2023, 9 (11), 3025-3027.

11. J. Dong*, Y. Liu, J. Pei, H. Li, S. Ji, L. Shi, Y. Zhang, C. Li*, C. Tang, J. Liao, S. Xu, H. Zhang, Q. Li, S. Zhao*, Continuous electroproduction of formate via CO₂ reduction on local symmetry-broken single-atom catalysts, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14(1): 6849.

10. H. Wang, T. Yang, J. Wang, Z. Zhou*, Z. Pei*, S. Zhao*, Coordination engineering in single-site catalysts: General principles, characterizations, and recent advances, Chem., 2024, 10(1), 48-85.

9. Z. Wu, X. Liu, H. Li, Z. Sun, M. Cao, Z. Li, C. Fang, J. Zhou, C. Cao, J. Dong*, S. Zhao*, Z. Chen*,A semiconductor-electrocatalyst nano interface constructed for successive photoelectrochemical water oxidation , Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 2574.

8. Y. Liu, C. Li, C. Tan, Z. Pei, T. Yang, S. Zhang, Q. Huang, Y. Wang, Z. Zhou, X. Liao, J. Dong, H. Tao*, W. Yan, H. Yin, Z. Liu, J. Huang*, S. Zhao*,Electrosynthesis of chlorine from seawater-like solution through single-atom catalysts, Nat. Commun., 2023, 14, 2475.

7. Y. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Pei, K. Wu, C. Tan, H. Wang, L. Wei, A. Mahmood, C. Yan, J. Dong, S. Zhao*, Y. Chen*, Recent progress of carbon-supported single-atom catalysts for energy conversion and storage, Matter, 2020, 3(5), 1442-1476.

6. S. Zhao, C. Tan, C. He, P. An, F. Xie, S. Jiang, Y. Zhu, K. Wu, B. Zhang, H. Li, J. Zhang, Y. Chen, S. Liu*, J. Dong*, Z. Tang*, Structural transformation of highly active metal–organic framework electrocatalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction, Nature Energy, 2020, 5 (11), 881-890.

5. Y. Wang, Y. Zhu, S. Zhao, S. She, F. Zhang, Y. Chen, T. Williams, T. Gengenbach, L. Zu, H. Mao, W. Zhou, Z. Shao, H. Wang, J. Tang*, D. Zhao*, C. Selomulya*, Anion etching for accessing rapid and deep self-reconstruction of precatalysts for water oxidation , Matter., 2020, 3, 2124-2137. (co-first author)

4. X. Zhang, H. Liu, P. An, Y. Shi, J. Han, Z. Yang, C. Long, J. Guo, S. Zhao, K. Zhao, H. Yin, L. Zheng, B. Zhang, X. Liu, L. Zhang, G. Li, Z. Tang, Delocalized electron effect on single metal sites in ultrathin conjugated microporous polymer nanosheets for boosting CO₂ cycloaddition, Science Advances, 2020, 6, eaaz4824.

3. K. Meng, S. Zhao, Y. Zhou, Y. Wu, S. Zhang, Q. He, X. Wang, Z. Zhou, W. Fan, X. Tan*, J. Yang*, J. Chen*, Photo-rechargeable fabrics as sustainable and robust power sources for wearable bioelectronics, Matter, 2020, 2, 1260-1269. (Top 1% ISI Highly Cited)

2. N. Zhang, F. Huang, S. Zhao, X. Lv, Y. Zhou, S. Xiang, S. Xu, Y. Li, G. Chen, C. Tao, Y. Nie, J. Chen*, X. Fan*A wireless textile-based sensor system for self-powered personalized health care, Matter, 2020, 2, 896-907. (Top 1% ISI Highly Cited)

1. S. Zhao, Y. Wang, C. He, H. Yin, P. An, K. Zhao, X. Zhang, C. Gao, L. Zhang, J. Lv, J. Wang, J. Zhang, A. M. Khattak, N. A. Khan, Z. Wei, J. Zhang, S. Liu*, H. Zhao*, Z. Tang*, Ultrathin metal–organic framework nanosheets for electrocatalytic oxygen evolution, Nat. Energy, 2016, 1, 16184. (Top 0.1% ISI Highly Cited)