Chao Xu (徐超)

Postdoctoral, School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology

Email: chaoxu@ecust.edu.cn

Biography

Chao Xu was born in 1994 in Zhenjiang, China. He received his B.S. degree from Shanghai Institute of Technology in 2017 and his Ph.D. degree from East China University of Science and Technology in 2023. He joined the school of chemical engineering and technology from November 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow. His current research focuses on nanostructured materials for electrocatalytic energy conversion. 

Education

2012.9 – 2017.6

School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, for B.S.

2018.9 ~ 2023.9

School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, for PhD.

Work Experience

2023.11 ~ present

Postdoctoral, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, East China University of Science and Technology

Research Interests

Membranes for Energy Conversion and Storage:

Anion exchange membranes for electrolytic water splitting.

Electrocatalytic Materials:

Nanostructured materials for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) and oxygen evolution reactions (OER).

Selected Publications

1.       Xu C, Li X W, Guo P P, et al. Creating Asymmetric Fe–N₃C–N Sites in Single-Atom Catalysts Boosts Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Reduction Reaction [J]. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2024, 16 (29), 37927-37937.

2.       Xu C, Zhang Y P, Zheng T L, et al. Contracted Fe–N₅–C₁₁ Sites in Single-Atom Catalysts Boosting Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Reduction Reaction [J]. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces2023, 15 (27), 32341-32351.

3.       Xu C, Guo P P, Yang K Z, et al. F-Doped Co−N−C Catalysts for Enhancing the Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Zn-Air Batteries [J]. ChemCatChem 2023, 15 (11), e202300404.

4.       Yang K Z, Xu C, Guo P P, et al. Regulating the Electronic Configuration of Single-Atom Catalysts with Fe−N₅ Sites via Environmental Sulfur Atom Doping for an Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reaction [J]. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2024, 12, 11033−11043.

5.       Lu C, Xu C, Guo P P, et al. A P-doped PtNi alloy supported on N,C-doped TiO₂ nanosheets as a stable electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in an acidic electrolyte [J]. Chem. Commun. 2023,59, 6525

Contacts

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