My research topic is the development of earth-abundant transition-metal-based electrocatalysts and photosensitizers for energy conversion and storage emphasizing the materials design and synthesis, fundamental understanding of electrocatalytic reactions and sustainable-energy applications.

• Hongfei Liu, René Moré, Henrik Grundmann, Chunhua Cui, Rolf Erni, and Greta R. Patzke, Promoting Photochemical Water Oxidation with Metallic Band Structures, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016, DOI:10.1021/jacs.5b10215
• Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Maximilian Neumann, Marc Heggen, Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, and Peter Strasser, Carbon Monoxide-Assisted Size Confinement of Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 4813-4816.
• Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan, Marc Heggen, Stefan Rudi and Peter Strasser, Compositional Segregation in Shaped Pt Alloy Nanoparticles and Their Structural Behavior During Electrocatalysis. Nature Mater, 2013, 12, 765-771.
• Chun-Hua Cui, Shu-Hong Yu, Engineering Interface and Surface of Noble Metal Nanoparticle Nanotubes toward Enhanced Catalytic Activity for Fuel Cell Applications. Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46 (7), 1427–1437.
• Chunhua Cui, Lin Gan,Hui-Hui Li, Shu-Hong Yu, Marc Heggen, and Peter Strasser, Octahedral PtNi Nanoparticle Catalysts: Exceptional Oxygen Reduction Activity by Tuning the Alloy Particle Surface Composition. Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 5885–5889.
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